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Crime and History peels back the layers of the world's most consequential crimes and the historical shifts they quietly set in motion. Each episode traces documented testimony, primary sources, and the political context that turned single acts into turning points. You'll hear meticulously researched narratives, expert commentary, and clear analysis that connects crime to consequence — all grounded in verified history and criminal investigation. New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 7:00 PM, so you can follow how one crime after another reshaped the record. Expect episodes that range from focused case studies to sweeping historical narratives; every installment examines a single crime or era with documented sources and competing accounts weighed fairly. This podcast is for listeners who crave well-researched history, fans of true crime who want historical depth over shock value, and anyone curious about how crime has quietly shaped nations and institutions. If you want history told through its crimes, with evidence, context, and respect for those involved, Crime and History is your weekly—actually daily—companion. Subscribe now and listen at 7:00 PM daily to catch history's next turning point. keywords SEO: true crime, historical crimes, criminal history, political intrigue, primary sources© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators Crimini reali
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  • The Mason lid that proved she hadn't starved

    The Mason lid that proved she hadn't starved
    Oct 15 2026
    A road-grader finds Melissa Hayes motionless with a Mason jar lid on the sill - how did that lid expose something about her death?

    The Mason lid that proved she hadn't starved

    In this episode, we follow the discovery at Melissa Hayes’s farmhouse and the details that caught county coroner’s deputy Paula Whitfield’s eye. The scene raises a single question that drives the investigation: what did that new Mason jar lid mean?

    Person: Melissa Hayes
    Date: March 7, 1936
    Location: Garfield County, Oklahoma
    Person: Paula Whitfield
    Person: Kevin Foster

    - Robert Wallace, a road-grader operator, detoured and found Melissa seated at her kitchen table and did not touch anything before leaving.
    - Paula Whitfield, a 38-year-old coroner’s deputy with self-taught toxicology, examined the scene and recorded “Not yet satisfied.”
    - Every jar lid in the pantry was aged and darkened except one bright silver Mason jar lid on the windowsill, sealed recently.
    - Melissa had butchered her last chicken six weeks before her death, and she’d lived alone on a failing wheat farm through drought and Depression.
    - Kevin Foster, the hired hand who lived fifty feet from the back door, had managed the property since 1933 and had regular access to the kitchen.

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    16 min
  • She Photographed Her Own Killer: The Murder of Beverly Nelson

    She Photographed Her Own Killer: The Murder of Beverly Nelson
    Oct 14 2026
    She Photographed Her Own Killer: The Murder of Beverly Nelson

    A locked gate, a body tucked under a maintenance tarp, and a camera bag still on her shoulder - Beverly Nelson was found face down at 7:41 a.m. with eleven dollars and her credentials untouched; what had she seen and why had she crossed out the one line in her ledger? Who would arrange a scene after the violence and leave no sign of forced entry?

    In this episode, we present the sequence of events from Beverly's arrival at the Meridian County Fairgrounds through the discovery of her body and the puzzling evidence that followed, tracing the ledger entry, the recovered photographs, and the deputy who refused to accept the obvious answer: what did that crossed-out notation conceal?

    Person: Beverly Nelson
    Date: Found at 7:41 a.m. on August 14
    Location: South service corridor, Meridian County Fairgrounds
    Person: Tracy Andrews
    Item: Ledger entry showing "F-4-8" crossed out and a phrase with a question mark

    - Beverly Nelson, 47, arrived on August 12 and began inspection August 13 after receiving her vendor badge from manager Donald Pruitt.
    - Cheryl Boyd discovered the body at 7:41 a.m. while sixty feet up a utility pole on August 14.
    - The south gate padlock was confirmed locked by Donald Pruitt at 10:15 p.m., checked locked by guard Eugene Foss at 11:40 p.m., and found locked again at 6:15 a.m.
    - Dr. Alton Marsh estimated time of death between 10:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m.
    - Four days after the body was removed, a package of Beverly's photos arrived from her Indianapolis photo lab at the Meridian County Sheriff's Office.

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    27 min
  • The insurance policy that named Carlson collected Frank's life

    The insurance policy that named Carlson collected Frank's life
    Oct 14 2026
    A telegraph lineman finds a buried man in the Carrow River; an insurance policy named Douglas Carlson-how did that expose them?

    The insurance policy that named Carlson collected Frank's life

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of events around Frank Padgett’s disappearance, death, and burial in Millhaven, and how routine paperwork and small decisions shaped the investigation. What can a £400 life policy, a dock ledger entry, and a volunteer’s habit reveal about what happened on Pier Seven?

    Date: February 3, 1893
    Person: Frank Padgett
    Location: Pier Seven freight road / Carrow River / Millhaven Cemetery
    Event: Body recovered February 6; buried February 9; face seen in river February 19
    Person: Douglas Carlson

    - Rebecca Harris, an Ohio Valley Telegraph lineman, climbed a telegraph pole at the mill weir on February 19 and saw a face in the river that matched a man buried ten days earlier.
    - Nora Padgett bought a $400 life insurance policy for her son on January 14 and signed a form that named Douglas Carlson as a secondary claimant citing an unspecified debt.
    - Frank’s last logged activity was a delivery to Carlson’s warehouse on Pier Seven at approximately 8 p.m. on February 3, recorded in the dock ledger.
    - A body was reported anonymously on February 6, identified only by a note in the coat pocket, and the coroner ruled accidental drowning after a brief examination.
    - Sheriff Stanley Chambers focused on the routine-looking policy clause, the ledger entry, and Nora’s unsigned memory of any debt as the investigative road that might explain why a buried man reappeared in the river.

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    15 min
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