History + True Crime UNCOVERED

History + True Crime UNCOVERED

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History + True Crime UNCOVERED episodes

  • Weird History and the Italian Bride: Julia Petta

    In Hillside, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, is Mount Carmel Cemetery. In addition to being the final resting place of Al Capone, Dion O'Banion and other notorious Chicago mobsters, the cemetery is also the burial place of a woman named Julia Buccola Petta. While her name may not spring to mind as a part of Chicago history, for those intrigued by the supernatural, she is better known as the "Italian Bride."

    12 min
  • Romanov Family Massacre: The Brutal End to a Dynasty

    In the midst of the Russian Revolution, the imperial family was killed by the Bolsheviks, a horrific execution that ended a 300-year dynasty.

    It was July 1918, when Czar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, and their servants were brutally murdered by the revolutionary Bolsheviks at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg. A gruesome incident, the execution of the imperial Romanov family and their associates would change Russian history forever.

    18 min
  • The Black Dahlia: Hollywood’s Most Infamous Unsolved Case
    Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation of her corpse, which was bisected at the waist.
    12 min
  • Women of the War of the Roses: Cecily Neville, Duchess of York
    Cecily Neville (3 May 1415 – 31 May 1495) was an English noblewoman, the wife of Richard, Duke of York (1411–1460), and the mother of two kings of England—Edward IV and Richard III. Cecily Neville was known as "the Rose of Raby", because she was born at Raby Castle in Durham, and "Proud Cis", because of her pride and a temper that went with it, although she was also known for her piety. She herself signed her name "Cecylle".
    16 min
  • Women of the War of the Roses: Lady, Margaret Beaufort
    Lady Margaret Beaufort was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch. A descendant of King Edward III, Lady Margaret passed a disputed claim to the English throne to her son, Henry Tudor.
    40 min
  • The Women of the War of the Roses: Queen Margaret of Anjou
    Margaret of Anjou was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Through marriage, she was also nominally Queen of France from 1445 to 1453. Remembered for: Helping to end the Hundred Years' War by marrying Henry VI, but becoming embroiled in the Wars of the Roses.
    28 min

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History + True Crime UNCOVERED: A New Podcast Series is about stories of fascinating facts on various cases and historical figures from history. If you enjoy these, this may be the perfect podcast for…