Twisted Roots: A Genealogist's True Crime Podcast

11/19/2024

Good news!! (and a little bad). I finally have been able to recover the website data! The bad news is that I'm having to recreate the site from scratch, but at least everything I've written hasn't been lost and I'll be able to transfer everything fairly easily - just a little time consuming.

I'm thinking of taking this opportunity to completely reboot the podcast. I've learned a lot since starting this but had a lot of bumps and hickups along the way and I'm really not happy with the quality of most of the episodes up to this point.

I am working on a new interesting story that was brought to me not to long ago - a man that may have been murdered in a hate crime on a military base during WW2, his mother was also murdered several years before. It's a mystery, and I'm going to focus more on unsolved cases going forward, gathering the evidence with all of you with the goal of attempting to solve one.

Please keep an eye out for updates soon!

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10/14/2024

Hello everyone! Just a quick update in case you have been wondering. Our website is currently down. We are aware of this and are working to get it back up and running as quickly as possible. We are also working on some new case files and better fleshing out old ones. Please stay tuned for updates :)

09/29/2024

This week's scorecard:
Max Weis: 0
Cat: 1
(Ottawa Journal 1961, via Newspapers.com)

09/21/2024

Have you heard the latest episode of Twisted Roots? "The Murder on Bond Street! Who Killed Dr. Burdell?!"

Listen here: https://twistedroots.buzzsprout.com/2382276/episodes/15779900-the-murder-on-bond-street-who-killed-dr-burdell

09/20/2024

09/01/2024

Have you heard the latest episode of Twisted Roots?? Hear the true story from the original source documentation:

S2E4: In Atlanta, Georgia in the Fall of 1928, a brief crime spree leads to the death of two young clerks.  The story of the handsome young killer will take us through an unexpected journey of wealth and privilege that will end in a surprisin...

08/29/2024

I just want to know why she's wearing a newspaper on her head :) But also, I totally agree with Moamen, I've never felt so judged by a painting in my life.

08/29/2024

An oldie but goodie.

08/26/2024

On a brisk October's night in 1927, the smell of rain in the air, a fashionable young lady had recently arrived in the city of Minneapolis to attend college for piano. After finishing a long night attending to a party at the Jolly Peasant Tea Rooms, a job she had aquired only days before, she headed home. She stepped off the streetcar, just after midnight, with a mysterious young man and was never seen alive again. This century old mystery has never been solved. Listen to the facts of the case and see if you can determine who killed Pearl Osten.

S1E19: On a brisk October's night in 1927, the smell of rain in the air, a fashionable young lady had recently arrived in the city of Minneapolis to attend college for piano.  After finishing a long night attending to a party at the Jolly Pea...

08/08/2024

S1E17: In this new format episode of Twisted Roots, genealogist Dale Sheldon tells the true story of a murder within his own family. In the barn of a secluded ranch in Washington State in 1914, a man is brutally murdered by persons unknown. His wife, (and Dale's 2nd great-aunt), is put through the ordeal of a trial - her four children scattered to various households. But did she do it? Listen, and decide for yourself.

S1E17: In this new format episode of Twisted Roots, genealogist Dale Sheldon tells the true story of a murder within his own family.  In the barn of a secluded ranch in Washington State in 1914, a man is brutally murdered by persons unknown.&...

08/02/2024

S1E16: In this episode we discover the lost origins of Susannah Sheldon, never before discovered or shared. She was an "afflicted girl" who has been largely forgotten compared to other figures in the trials and yet was one of the most prolific testifiers. We will also review some of the details of Susannah's testimonies and the individuals that she helped to send to the gallows.

S1E16:  In this episode we discover the lost origins of Susannah Sheldon, never before discovered or shared.  She was an "afflicted girl" who has been largely forgotten compared to other figures in the trials and yet was one of the most ...

07/25/2024

S1E15: At just an hour past midnight, on a cool pleasant evening in an opulent neighborhood that edged along the Osage Country of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1912 - the sound of shots and a woman's screams were heard. A talented young lawyer had been killed, a woman locked in her bedroom and screaming for help from the porch roof. BURGLAR! MURDER! But was everything really as it appeared? Hear about the life and death of Charles Reuter on Twisted Roots: A Genealogist's True Crime Podcast!

S1E15:  At just an hour past midnight, on a cool pleasant evening in an opulent neighborhood that edged along the Osage Country of Tulsa, Oklahoma - the sound of shots and a woman screaming were heard.  A talented young lawyer had been k...

07/23/2024

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