Vintage Homicide: A true crime podcast
Hostesses Miss Ruby Wilde and Miss Mei Day combined their love of vintage fashion with their passion for forensic science on this collaboration, Vintage Homicide: A True Crime Podcast. We will be taking you through case histories from our unique perspectives as forensic scientists, examining evidence and the various historical analytical methods that may have been used. Episodes of Vintage Homicide will not only include discussions of bizarre and intriguing historical cases of murder but case narratives will be intertwined with commentary about vintage fashion, ephemera from that period in history, or vintage elements surrounding the cases. We guarantee Vintage Homicide will satisfy your obsessions for true crime drama and your interest in modern retro or the vintage lifestyle.
Episodes
87 episodes
A Crime of Evidence Alone: The Murder of Claire Josephs
A newlywed found murdered. No weapon. No witnesses. No motive.In 1968, 20-year-old Claire Josephs was brutally killed in her home in Bromley, England. What followed would change criminal justice forever.With nothing but blood typi...
Valentine's Day Massacre: Part 3
Blood, betrayal, and a mystery that still refuses to die…Who really orchestrated the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?Was it Al Capone pulling the strings from afar… or was his ruthless enforcer Jack McGurn the true ...
Valentine's Day Massacre: Part 2
The investigation continues with burned and dismantled cars. A garage rented next to the Circus Café point to ties with Capone’s circle. A raid at the home of a killer uncovers two Tommy guns that link them to both the massacre and the mu...
Valentine's Day Massacre: Part 1
Valentine’s Day, 1929 — Chicago.While the city spent thousands on candy and romance, seven men stood lined up inside a North Side garage.Two “police officers” walked in. Then two more men followed. Seventy...
Jeffrey MacDonald and the MacDonald Family Murders
This week Ruby is going to cover one of the most litigated cases in United States History. It seems to be very polarizing with numerous people on both sides of the fence as to whether Jeffrey MacDonald is a family annihilator, or is he an innoc...
The Neverending Story: Sacco and Vanzetti
This week Ruby continues on the Firearms Analysis Train and tells you the never ending story of Sacco and Vanzetti, were they scapegoated, or were they guilty? You will need to listen to this weeks episode to decide.
Forensic Firearms Analysis: The Beginning
This week Ruby Wilde will bring you a solo episode about the history of forensic firearms analysis through the cases that established what can be done. You will hear about the murder of Mrs. Maxwell which is the first documented for...
Announcement: We Heard You Listeners
Hello Dear Listeners. We understand we have been having technical difficulties of late, so this is an announcement about Vintage Homicide's temporary plan. Hopefully this finds all of you well.
Re-recorded! A Bad Blackout: The tale of the Blackout Ripper
We have recorded this episode due to the audio issues of the previous recording. Enjoy!What happens when the city is plunged into complete darkness to protect the citizens from air raids in a time of war? Hunters lurk for their prey with...
Unit 731: The work of General Shiro Ishii
This week will be heavy. We are discussing atrocities that you may not know about that happened in WW2. No not Josef Mengele, but another in Japan, who chose to conduct human experimentation for what they claimed was the betterment of their peo...
Devil's Island Part 2 (Remastered)
For the second part of the history and inhabitants of this infamous penal colony we will be discussing the legend of Papillion. Henri Charriere who wrote the famous book by the same title and the movies that followed, but were these his stories...
Devil's Island Part 1 (Remastered)
We all know about Alcatraz, but you may not be familiar with another island prison, Devil's Island. It began as housing for France's political prisoners and it expanded from there. There were famous and infamous criminals housed there, some die...
Frank Lloyd Wright: Murders at the Taliesin
When you Google search the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright you may be surprised with what pops up. He had some tragedy in his life with his love and with his creations, and that is not all as one of his proteges also had terrible luck wit...
Race to the Northwest Passage
This week is self serving for Ruby as she is obsessed with historical expeditions that went wrong. We will cover Sir John Franklin, and Charles Francis Hall and their tragic stories that connect to each other and the attempted discovery of the ...
Furman Ruling, Good or Bad?
This week we will be covering the murders of Marcus Dunnam, Robert Brand and Edna Louise Sullivan. Teenagers who had gone out for a night on the town in 1966 only to never return. Roy Green and Kenneth McDuff were dually convicted of the crimes...
The Notorious Barclay Hotel, Part 2
Every building has a history, it just happens that the Barclay Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, California has a darker one then most. From when it opened as the Van Nuys Hotel in 1897 to the current still standing building there have been numero...
The Notorious Barclay Hotel, Part 1
Every building has a history, it just happens that the Barclay Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, California has a darker one then most. From when it opened as the Van Nuys Hotel in 1897 to the current still standing building there have been numero...
Slaycation: Murder on Palmyra Atoll
When Malcom "Mac" Graham III and his wife Eleanor "Muff" LaVerne Graham sailed their ketch the Sea Wind to Palmyra in 1974 they had no idea it was going to be their final trip. They had the misfortune of meeting Duane Buck Walker and his girlfr...
Hot Pursuit - Part 2
Welcome to Hot Pursuit, a summer true-crime collaboration, where we dive deep into the world of true crime. We’ve gathered many incredible true-crime podcasters to bring you a multi-part series that’s all about the heat of the chase. We'll e...
Hot Pursuit - Part 1
Welcome to Hot Pursuit, a summer true-crime collaboration, where we dive deep into the world of true crime. We’ve gathered many incredible true-crime podcasters to bring you a multi-part series that’s all about the heat of the chase. We'll e...
Ruby Wilde's collaboration with True Crime BnB
In case you missed it, Ruby Wilde did a guest spot on True Crime BnB telling the tragic tale of Country Music Star Stringbean and his wife Estelle. As usual Ruby includes many other stories that intersect with this story. Keeping in par with Tr...
Elements of Murder: Phosphorus
Join us this week as we continue to cover elemental murders, and murderous doctors. We dive deep into phosphorus and more love gone wrong. Dr. Milton Bowers was a man who could not keep a wife having 3 die prematurely, until it was discov...
Hanging with the Pierrepoints: The Family of Executioners part 2
We are back with part 2 of our story about one of the most famous hangman families that ever existed, the Pierrepoint’s. We talk about why and how they started in the business and those that they executed along the way. As always, stayed ...
Hanging with the Pierrepoints: The Family of Executioners part 1
Sorry we have left you hanging these past couple of weeks, so to make up for it, we have an entire 2 episodes about one of the most famous hangman families that ever existed, the Pierrepoint’s. We talk about why and how they started in the busi...
Shipping Off: The Tales of Mutiny
We are back on the high seas this week as Miss Mei Day is deep into her sailing season again. We bring you mutiny’s, 3 of them to be precise. So, listen this week to hear about what happened on board the Mary Russell, the Albion Cooper and the ...