Forgotten Felonies
Forgotten Felonies revisits historical crimes that were forgotten—or remembered incorrectly. It’s tempting, looking backward, to fill in the gaps with conclusions that feel obvious now. But that isn’t how history works. Through original newspaper reporting, period advertisements from the years the crimes occurred, and a blend of forensic psychology and genealogical research, each episode restores context to cases history left behind—asking not only what happened, but why.
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Forgotten Felonies
Latest Episodes
Pearl Bryan, Part 1: The Headless Woman of Fort Thomas
In January 1896, 23-year-old Pearl Bryan boarded a train bound for Indianapolis... and never came home.When her body was discovered in northern Kentucky a few days later, investigators didn't even know who the victim was. But once they u...
The Joyce Children: A Mystery in Bussey Woods - A Fun-Sized Felony
In June of 1865, fourteen-year-old Isabella Joyce and her twelve-year-old brother John packed a picnic basket, visited their grandmother, and set out for a summer afternoon in the woods outside Boston.They never returned.What foll...
Murder by Fork: A Tragedy at Suppertime - A Fun-Sized Felony
A serving fork isn't supposed to be a murder weapon.In 1911, a Sunday evening argument in a Pennsylvania boarding house ended with one man dead and his wife under arrest for murder. But conflicting newspaper accounts soon turned my resea...
Halsey Coon and the House of Fire - A Fun-Sized Felony
A respected fire captain. A woman dying from horrific burns. A small Connecticut town searching for answers.In this Fun-Sized Felony, Monica pieces together a forgotten case from scattered newspaper accounts dating back to 1842. What she...
William Hooper Young: Murder, Madness, and the Morris Canal
In September 1902, the body of Annie Pulitzer was discovered in New Jersey's Morris Canal, weighted down and hidden from view. The investigation quickly led police to William Hooper Young, grandson of famed Mormon leader Brigham Young and a man...
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