1001 True Crime From Another Time with Host Jon Hagadorn

1001 True Crime From Another Time with Host Jon Hagadorn

True Crime From Another Time is the ultimate true crime storytelling podcast! Using multiple sources, and digging deep for the hidden story, we bring you the real events as the occurred- the crimes that rocked small and large towns across America (and sometimes England), trials that became household...

Recent Episodes

Sept. 20, 2026

THE REAL CASE BEHIND THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE: ED GIER (WISCONSIN 1957)

⭐ 1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME THE REAL CASE BEHIND THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MURDERS: ED GEIN (WISCONSIN, 1957) EXPLICIT Show Notes In this chilling episode of 1001 True Crime From Another Time, we travel back to rural Wisconsin in 1957 — to the quiet farming town of Plainfield, where nothing ever seemed to happen… until the day Sheriff Schley and his deputies stepped into the farmhouse of Ed Gein and found horrors that would haunt American culture forever. This is the real story behind The Texa
Sept. 13, 2026

THE BORGIA CRIME FAMILY AND THE LEGEND OF LUCRETIA BORGIA

🎙️ 1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME The Borgia Crimes: Murder, Power, and the Legend of Lucretia Part One — The Poisoned Name "For five hundred years, her name has been synonymous with murder by poison. The real shocker? She never poisoned anyone. Her only crime was being born into a family of murderers." 📋 EPISODE SUMMARY Lucretia Borgia is one of history's most infamous villains — beautiful, lethal, and supposedly armed with a ring filled with poison. But that version of Lucretia is a lie.
Sept. 6, 2026

THE MURDER OF JULIA BULETTE (1867) VIRGINIA CITY

⭐ 1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME SHOW NOTES — The Murder of Julia Bulette (1867) “The Belle of the Comstock and the Killer in the Shadows” Episode Summary In this episode, we travel back to Virginia City, Nevada, in the roaring days of the Comstock Lode — a place where silver flowed like water, saloons thumped with piano music, and danger lurked behind every swinging door. It was a world of wealth, vice, and volatility, and at the center of it all lived Julia Bulette, one of the most beloved
Sept. 2, 2026

THE LINDBERGH NURSEMAID TRIAL-THE OTHER SUSPECT-VIOLET SHARPE

1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME THE LINDBERGH NURSEMAID TRIAL: THE OTHER SUSPECT — VIOLET SHARPE (1932–1936) SHOW NOTES Episode Summary: In the wake of the 1932 Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the world focused on ransom notes, ladders, mob intermediaries, and the frantic hunt for a culprit. But behind the headlines, behind the Hopewell estate, behind the public grief of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, there was another story unfolding — quieter, more fragile, and ultimately more tragic. This is the
Aug. 30, 2026

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY: THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING

SHOW NOTES — 1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY: THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING Episode Summary: In March of 1932, the nation was shaken to its core when the infant son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh was kidnapped from his crib in the family’s secluded Hopewell, New Jersey home. A crude ladder. A ransom note. A frantic search that spiraled into one of the largest investigations in American history. Newspapers called it “The Crime of the Century,” and nearly a hundred
Aug. 23, 2026

THE HALLS-MILLS CHURCH MURDER MYSTERY (1922)

⭐ 1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME THE HALL–MILLS CHURCH MURDER MYSTERY (1922) Podcast Show Notes ⭐ Episode Summary In the early morning hours of September 16, 1922, two teenagers walking along the Raritan River stumbled upon a scene so bizarre and unsettling that it would ignite one of the most sensational murder investigations of the Jazz Age. Beneath a crabapple tree beside the old Phillips Farm Church lay the bodies of Reverend Edward Hall and Eleanor Mills, the choir singer with whom he h
Aug. 16, 2026

THE TRUNK MURDERESS OF PHOENIX (1931)

1001 TRUE CRIME FROM ANOTHER TIME Episode: THE TRUNK MURDERESS OF PHOENIX (1931) In the summer heat of 1931, two battered steamer trunks sat abandoned at the Phoenix train station—unclaimed, unremarkable, and nearly forgotten. But when police finally pried them open, they uncovered a gruesome secret: the dismembered remains of two men, packed away like freight. What followed was a twisting trail of clues that led investigators to a woman no one would ever suspect—a quiet, seemingly ordinary figu
Sept. 14, 2025

BLACKBEARD'S 14TH WIFE and THE TRIANGLE ON THE ROUNDTABLE CRIME CLASSICS

Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, Mr. Thomas Hyland -- connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders." Thomas Hyland was played by Lou Merrill, although you'd never know it was an "actor" doing the part. The great Elliott Lewis, actor, produce
May 18, 2025

RASCHI AMONG THE CROCODILES andn BLACKBEARD'S 14TH WIFE TRUE CRIME STORIES

CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land, from every time. Your host each week, Mr. Thomas Hyland -- connoisseur of crime, student of violence, and teller of murders." Thomas Hyland was played by Lou Merrill, although you'd never know it was an "actor" doing the part. The great Elliott Lewis
May 4, 2025

BILLY BONNEY BLOODLETTER and JOHN HAYES, HIS HEAD, AND HOW HE LOST IT

CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land,...
April 27, 2025

THE HANGMAN AND WILLIAM PARKER and THE 7-LAYERED ARSENIC CAKE OF MADAME LAFARGE

Two great episodes from CRIME CLASSICS (SEE " JOHN HAYES" BELOW) CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of...

Recent Blog Posts

April 12, 2025

The Axe and the Droot Family: Unraveling a Crime Classic

Welcome back to the blog, true crime aficionados! In this post, we're diving deep into a case that has haunted imaginations for generations: the Droot family axe murder. The sheer brutality and lingering questions surrounding this crime have cemente…

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