Serial killers. Gangsters. Gunslingers. Victorian-era murderers. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, the Most Notorious podcast features true-life tales of crime, criminals, tragedies and disasters throughout history. Host Erik Rivenes interviews authors and historians who have studied their subjects for years. Their stories are offered with unique insight, detail, and historical accuracy.
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Joe House and Nathan Hubbard break down the latest headlines in the world of golf, with special guests, coverage of the major championships, and all the drama in the sport. Welcome to Fairway Rollin'!
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416: Nazi Germany’s Bungled Operation Condor w/ Gavin Whitehead
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57:52In 1942, two Abwehr German agents, including Johannes Eppler, slipped into Cairo to gather intelligence for Rommel’s desert campaign, getting help from local allies like the famous dancer Hekmet Fahmy and Anwar Sadat. Despite their efforts to infiltrate British circles, the whole operation eventually fell apart once Allied intelligence caught on. M…
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415: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald w/ John U. Bacon
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55:04November 10, 2025, marked the fiftieth anniversary of the sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald during a vicious Lake Superior storm. All 29 crew members were lost, a tragedy later memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot’s iconic song. My guest is bestselling author John U. Bacon, who shares details from his new book, "The Gales of November: The U…
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414: The Martha Wise Murders w/ Rod Kackley
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54:41In the winter of 1924-1925, quiet Medina County, Ohio, was shaken to its core. Martha Wise, an ordinary farm widow with an extraordinary obsession, slipped arsenic into her family’s food and water. Three of her relatives were dead, dozens more gravely ill, and a rural community was gripped by fear. What followed was a murder investigation and trial…
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MoNo Encore: The Murder of President James Garfield w/ Candice Millard
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59:28Original Pub Date: 1/14/19 On July 2nd, 1881, a disappointed and mentally unstable office-seeker named Charles Guiteau shot President James A. Garfield in a Washington D.C. train station. Over the next weeks, Garfield would linger, bedridden, as infection set in, caused by poor medical treatment, and America would wait with bated breath over whethe…
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413: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday & Tombstone w/ Mark Lee Gardner
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1:20:10Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday were two complicated men whose steadfast friendship became one of the legendary relationships of the American West. Both were flawed, and often on uncertain moral ground, yet their bond carried them through the violent world of frontier justice, culminating in a deadly conflict with the Clanton-McLaury gang in Tombstone,…
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412: The Killing of William Woodward w/ Jerry Aylward
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1:09:13In the early hours on a rainy autumn night in 1955, on a lavish country estate in Oyster Bay Cove, esteemed New York socialite Ann Woodward fired both barrels of her custom-made shotgun into the head of her husband, multimillionaire William J. “Billy” Woodward Jr., killing him. She mistook him for a notorious prowler who preyed on the privileged cl…
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411: The Murder of Zoya Fyodorova w/ Chris Pouy
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1:26:12My guest is Chris Pouy, who shares an astonishing true story of love, betrayal, and murder on this latest episode of Most Notorious. His grandmother, Zoya Fyodorova, was a celebrated Russian actress who fell in love with an American naval officer, Jackson Tate, in 1945. It was a forbidden romance that led to the birth of Chris’s mother, Victoria. Z…
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The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis - Southern Gothic
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36:31Just off the old Natchez Trace, in the quiet woods of Tennessee, stands a broken marble column marking the grave of Meriwether Lewis. The monument was meant to honor one of America’s greatest explorers, but its shattered form also reflects a life cut short under circumstances that remain unsolved more than two centuries later. In 1804, Lewis and Cl…
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410: The 1856 Dublin Railway Murder w/ Thomas Morris
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1:13:12In November 1856, Dublin was shaken by the murder of George Little, chief cashier at the Broadstone railway terminus. He was found in his office, beaten and with his throat cut, thousands of pounds worth of gold and silver left untouched and the door locked. The investigation gripped the public, filled with twists and unusual developments, includin…
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MoNo Encore: The Car Barn Murders w/ Karen Smith
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1:12:08(Orig pub date 8/15/23) In the early morning of January 21st, 1935 two employees of the Capital Transit Company in Chevy Chase, Maryland were cold-bloodedly gunned down. One of the men murdered was my guest's great-great uncle Emory Smith. As the police investigated the list of compelling suspects grew, but a powerful cover-up appeared to be in pla…
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409: The Scientist & the Serial Killer w/ Lise Olsen
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1:29:46In "The Scientist and the Serial Killer: The Search for Houston’s Lost Boys", investigative journalist Lise Olsen tells the gripping true-crime story behind the “Lost Boys” murders in 1970s Houston, when more than two dozen teenage boys were murdered at the hands of Dean Corll, nicknamed the “Candy Man”, and his young accomplices. Through years of …
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Ryder Cup Recap: Europe Holds Off the U.S., Cameron Young Shines, and Team Chemistry Lessons | Fairway Rollin'
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1:03:58Joe House, Nathan Hubbard, and Mark Hubbard break down an unforgettable Ryder Cup as Europe defeats the U.S. 15-13. The crew dives into Cameron Young’s breakout performance, examines why Europe continues to thrive with superior team chemistry, projects the next American captain, and highlights key takeaways from the American team’s resilient effort…
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408: The Murder of Cecelia Gullivan w/ Jeffrey L. Amestoy
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1:05:33In November 1926, Cecelia Gullivan, treasurer of the Cone Automatic Machine company of Windsor, Vermont, was brutally killed in her home. Local police quickly arrested Cone Automatic machinist John Winters on suspicion of the crime, and the trial that followed was sensational and swift. Convicted of murder, Winters’ appeal brought in an unexpected …
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407: The Thames Torso Murders w/ Sarah Bax Horton
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1:02:24Victorian London is often remembered for the Ripper murders, yet at the same time another equally chilling series of slayings unfolded. Between 1887 and 1889, the dismembered bodies of four women appeared along the Thames. The river itself became the killer’s cover, its tides and hidden corners serving as a macabre dumping ground. Overshadowed by t…
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House and Hubbard return with their preview of the Ryder Cup, projecting the potential matchups and pairings, and examining how the American team will use Bethpage Black as home-field advantage. Plus, the guys share their picks on who will win the tournament, along with best bets for matchups and rookies. 0:00 Ryder Cup Preview 2:30 Expectations fo…
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406: The Murder of Jujube Heiress Ruth Quinn w/ Taylor Kiland
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57:10The small Southern California island of Coronado rarely makes news for violent crime. But in the spring of 1975, World War II widow and retired librarian Ruth Quinn was murdered, execution-style, in her cottage. Her death sent a shock wave through the community. The granddaughter of Jujubes and Jujyfruits creator Henry Heide, Ruth was found fully c…
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MoNo Encore: The Murder of Dr. W.D. Broadhurst w/ Patrick Gallagher
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1:15:56(Orig pub date: 2/15/22) In October of 1946, a chiropractor and rancher named Willis "W.D." Broadhurst was beaten with a wrench and finished off with a shotgun on a lonely eastern Oregon road. Investigators would soon accuse his wife Gladys of plotting the doctor's murder with the help of his young cowhand and her lover, Alvin Williams. Stunning de…
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405: A History of Eugenics in America w/ Mark A. Torres
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1:07:20In the early twentieth century, eugenics captivated scientists and the public alike, giving researchers license to exploit the infirm, the mentally ill, prisoners, Native communities and many others considered "defective" or "feebleminded" under the guise of genetics. At its center stood the Eugenics Record Office in Cold Spring Harbor, directed by…
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