Tag: true crime

  • Vanished in Vermillion by Lou Raguse

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Vanished in Vermillion: Holy bad policing, Batman! Quick synopsis: The story of the 1971 disappearance of Pam Jackson and Sherri Miller in South Dakota. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: South Dakota has more shoreline than Florida. Fun Fact for History Nerds: South Dakota is home to less than 1 million…

  • The Real-Life Murder Clubs by Nicola Stow

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for The Real-Life Murder Clubs: Murder solving in your spare time! Quick synopsis: A collection of stories about crime solvers who don’t get paid for it. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: I don’t want to give anything away so here’s a random fact: there are over 28,000 private investigators in the…

  • Heaven on the Hudson by Stephanie Azzarone

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Heaven on the Hudson: At one point, New York City wasn’t all potholes. Quick synopsis: The story of how Riverside Park and Riverside Drive came to be in New York City. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Edgar Allan Poe wrote “The Raven” while staying in a farmhouse on 84th Street.…

  • Don’t Pick Up the Phone (Netflix)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Don’t Pick Up the Phone: If someone tells you to strip a coworker, just don’t. Quick synopsis: The story of a string of hoax phone calls by a police impersonator who makes supervisors strip search their employees. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Some of these phone calls lasted over 3…

  • Woman, Captain, Rebel by Margaret Willson

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Woman, Captain, Rebel: I would not recommend living in Iceland in the 1800s. Quick synopsis: The life of Captain Thurídur, Iceland’s most famous female sea captain, in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: In 1783, a massive volcanic eruption decimated Iceland which would ultimately kill…

  • Orgasm Inc (Netflix)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline: Why can’t sex cults ever keep it together? Quick synopsis: The story of OneTaste, a company focused on orgasms and well, some other stuff. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: I don’t want to spoil anything. But it gets crazier by the minute. Fun Fact for History Nerds: The word “orgasm” wasn’t…

  • House of Hammer (Discovery+)

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for House of Hammer: The Long Ranger is not his biggest sin. Quick synopsis: The story of why actor Armie Hammer is a messed-up individual from a messed-up family. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: “Finsta” means a fake Instagram account. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Armie Hammer’s father inherited $180 million…

  • Operation Underworld by Matthew Black

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Operation Underworld: They may be criminals, but they are still Americans. Quick synopsis: The story of how the Mafia helped the war effort during World War II. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: When TVs were first being introduced to the public, RCA had to create TVs with a transparent case,…

  • Hanged in Medicine Hat by Nathan Greenfield

    Brendan’s Alternate Tagline for Hanged in Medicine Hat: Life is so much more civilized without Nazis. Quick synopsis: The story of executions at a German POW camp in Canada. Fun Fact Non-History People Will Like: Yes, there is a town in Canada called Medicine Hat. Fun Fact for History Nerds: Yes, there were German POW…