This is the story of Phineas P. Gage, an American railroad construction foreman, remembered for his improbable survival of a rock-blasting accident in which a large iron rod was driven completely through his head. 

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David Koresh was the leader of a religious sect known as the Branch Davidians. Koresh and his followers built an "Army of God" by stockpiling weapons in preparation for the apocalypse. On February 28, 1993, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raided the compound in Waco, Texas resulting in a 51-day stand-off. The siege ended with the death of 76 sect members.  Research and Script by Jason Dikes.

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Charles Edmund Cullen is a former nurse who is the most prolific serial killer in New Jersey history.

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Known as the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Harland David Sanders went from rags to riches several times during his life. Sanders was as a devout Christian who cussed like a drunken sailor.  He was a humanitarian who once shot and almost killed a business competitor. Join us as we take a look at the life of one America's most colorful characters.  

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In 1984, Charles Rodman Campbell brutally murdered three victims who had testified against him in an eariler criminal case.

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Harvey Murray Glatman was a serial killer in Califorina during the 1950s.  Glatman was a professional photographer in Hollywood where he would prey on aspiring young models. Glatman would lure his victims to his studio where he would then rape and brutally murder them. 

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Barbara Payton was a beautiful, promising young actress before she self-destructed in a fog of drugs, alcohol and illicit affairs. 

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Joseph Paul Franklin was an extreme racist and serial killer who gained notoriety for numerous murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Franklin also attempted to murder famed civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt.

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Join us as we interview some of our favorite listeners Live at Crimecon2017

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William Chester Minor was a skilled surgeon, U.S. Army Officer and distinguished scholar. He was also a lunatic who was obessessed with prostitutes and murdered an innocent man. Minor would go on to help established the Oxford English Dictionary while serving out his sentence in an insane asylum.

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