True Crime Historian

Fred Fanning's False Confession


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YESTERDAY’S NEWS --Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told from historic newspapers in the golden age of yellow journalism...
Who Killed The Widow Short?
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Episode 137 is the quirky story of the death of a beloved widow in Topeka, Kansas. She was old and in ill health, and no one suspected any foul play until her caretaker--allegedly her late husband’s nephew--suddenly confessed to the crime, but then the autopsy told another story entirely. Was Fred Fanning covering for someone? Or did someone have undue influence over his mind, if he had one?
I’m True Crime Historian Richard O Jones and I give you:
Fred Fanning’s False Confession
Who Killed The Widow Short?
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Here are some other True Crime Historian episodes about poisoners and/or confessions:
The Mystery of My Husband’s Body In My Trunk
The Death Cell Confession Of Anna Marie Hahn
The Murderous Mania Of Jolly Jane, Part I
The Murderous Mania Of Jolly Jane, Part II
The Cyanide Widow
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Media management by Sean R. Jones
Production assistance by Emily Simer Braun
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