S1E11: After decades of unfair treatment, hardship, and imprisonment - a grandfather must face the tragic death of his beloved granddaughter at the hands of her jealous boyfriend. In this episode we share clips of our interview with witness Deanna, granddaughter of Angelo Vinch and sister of Jeanette Gilbault, as we discuss Angelo's life and other …

S1E10: In 1895 the literary genius Oscar Wilde was confronted and publicly antagonized by the brutish John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry - the father of Oscar's lover Alfred Bruce "Bosie" Douglas. When Oscar filed a case of libel against the Marquess, it would start a domino effect that lead to his downfall and eventual death. In this…

S1E9: On a snowy evening in 1926, in the North Country of New York State on the Canadian border - the city of Ogdensburg, the only US city on the St Lawrence River: an older gentlemen sits alone in his kitchen smoking a pipe and writing Hebrew poetry among piles of scrap metal, papers, boxes, and other random items waiting for him to sort for his w…

S1E8: On a Spring morning in 1896, while her young daughters were at school, Kate Conroy was confronted by her estranged and jealous husband in her basement tenement apartment in northern New York. After a brief review of an earlier murder in Ogdensburg, learn about Kate's brutal murder and the events leading up to it. These are the 1st and 2nd in …

S1E7: Murderess! Arsonist! Con-woman! (Part 3 of 3) Are you ready to meet the talented Mrs. Halliday? The singular story of one of the most prolific female criminals in the United States. She operated primarily in upstate New York with excursions to Pennsylvania and Vermont in the 1880s and 1890s. She would reinvent her identity for a fresh start, …

S1E6: Murderess! Arsonist! Con-woman! (Part 2 of 3) Are you ready to meet the talented Mrs. Halliday? The singular story of one of the most prolific female criminals in the United States. She operated primarily in upstate New York with excursions to Pennsylvania and Vermont in the 1880s and 1890s. She would reinvent her identity for a fresh start, …

S1E5: Murderess! Arsonist! Con-woman! (Part 1 of 3) Are you ready to meet the talented Mrs. Halliday? The singular story of one of the most prolific female criminals in the United States. She operated primarily in New York with excursions to Pennsylvania and Vermont in the 1880s and 1890s. She would reinvent her identity for a fresh start, but the …

S1E4: The conclusion of The Beautiful Cigar Girl (Part 3)! In the summer of 1841, a beautiful shop girl from the heart of Manhattan went missing. A few days later her body washed up along the shore of Hoboken. In the final part of this trilogy, learn the details of the final theories of the New York and New Jersey officials and find out about never…

S1E3: In the summer of 1841, a beautiful shop girl from the heart of Manhattan went missing. A few days later her body washed up along the shore of Hoboken. In Part 2 of "The Beautiful Cigar Girl", based on original source documentation, we'll work through the weeks after the discovery as the police, justices, and political forces of New York and N…

S1E2: On a summer Sunday morning in Manhattan, 1841, as a storm begins to roll in from the distance, a young woman leaves home to visit a cousin. Mary Cecilia Rogers, having previously worked at a cigar shop popular with literary society, had become known as The Beautiful Cigar Girl. She never arrived in Brooklyn, and was never seen alive again. He…

S1E1: In 1912 rural Wisconsin, a young man is tired of his family being decimated by consumption. So he decides to take matters into his own hands. Listen to the story, as told from the facts found in original source documentation, in our first episode "The Mailahn Family Massacre", on Twisted Roots: A Genealogist's True Crime Podcast. Twisted Root…

Welcome to Twisted Roots: A Genealogist's True Crime Podcast! This is our brief pilot intro, get to know our hosts Dale Sheldon and CT Ehler. Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553231212041 Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/twistedrootspod Twisted Roots Wiki: https://twistedrootspod.com/index.php/Main_Page…