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  • S1E5 - Final Table: Mob Boss

    S1E5 - Final Table: Mob Boss
    Oct 22 2025
    Episode Notes

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    • https://www.fbi.gov/history/artifacts/brick-from-the-palace-chop-house-dutch-schultz-murder-case
    • https://losthistory.net/njhm/dutchschultz.htm
    • https://nj1015.com/the-murder-of-bootlegger-dutch-schultz/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Schultz
    • https://www.crimelibrary.org/gangsters_outlaws/mob_bosses/schultz/1935_7.html
    • https://mrbellersneighborhood.com/2021/12/blackout-at-umbertos-clam-house
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Gallo
    • https://esquire.com/entertainment/a30061890/joseph-crazy-joe-gallo-the-irishman-true-story/
    • https://allthatsinteresting.com/joe-gallo
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbertos_Clam_House

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    22 min
  • S1E4 - Chapter 3 - The Murder of Joe Masseria

    S1E4 - Chapter 3 - The Murder of Joe Masseria
    Oct 15 2025
    15 min
  • S1E3 - Chapter 2 - The Bloody Benders

    S1E3 - Chapter 2 - The Bloody Benders
    Oct 8 2025
    Episode Notes Emporia News (Emporia, KS), May 9, 1873. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ The Lake County Star (Chase, MI), May 15, 1873, coverage referencing the Benders. Chronicling America, Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85026421/1873-05-15/ed-1/?sp=2&st=text Archival collections, museums, and primary materials Kansas Memory (Kansas Historical Society) — portal to digitized Kansas history collections. Search “Bender.” https://www.kansasmemory.org/ Kansas Historical Society, Kansapedia (archived) — “Bender Knife.” Background and collection note for the knife associated with the case. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215120007/https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106 Pittsburg State University, Digital Commons — “Bender Crimes photographs, 1873.” https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/fa/439/ Cherryvale Museum (official Kansas tourism listing). Exhibits include Bender-related materials and a cabin replica. https://www.travelks.com/listing/cherryvale-museum/1480/ Books and long-form studies Jonusas, Susan. Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier. Viking, 2022. Publisher page. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622578/hells-half-acre-by-susan-jonusas/ Jonusas, Susan. Hell’s Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier. Paperback edition details. https://books.google.com/books/about/Hell_s_Half_Acre.html?id=BYqeEAAAQBAJ James, John T. The Benders in Kansas. Kan-Okla Publishing, 1913. Catalog record with publication details. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Benders_in_Kansas.html?id=U10qQAAACAAJ James, John T. The Benders in Kansas (defense attorney’s narrative). Antiquarian listing with bibliographic description confirming first edition details. https://www.buckinghambooks.com/book/the-benders-in-kansas-by-john-t-james-attorney-for-the-defense-in-the-trial-of-the-bender-women-atoswego-labette-county-in-1889-1890-the-complete-story-facts-not-fiction-1/ Adleman, Robert H. The Bloody Benders. Stein and Day, 1970. Library catalog record. https://csu-sonoma.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?adaptor=Local+Search+Engine&context=L&docid=alma991002869589702901 Geary, Rick. The Saga of the Bloody Benders: The Infamous Homicidal Family of Labette County, Kansas. NBM Publishing, 2007. Library record. https://archive.org/details/sagaofbloodybend0000gear Articles, essays, and reference overviews Library of Congress, Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room blog. “The Bloody Benders: Homestead of Horrors” (curated links to 1873 newspaper coverage in Chronicling America). https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2024/10/bloody-benders/ Wichita Eagle. Tim Potter, “The Bloody Benders: 140-year-old crime scene still fascinates today” (Aug. 24, 2013). https://www.kansas.com/news/article1121436.html Kansas Reflector. Max McCoy, “A mysterious murder site has a new owner. He’s looking for answers about the Bloody Benders.” (Oct. 31, 2021). https://kansasreflector.com/2021/10/31/a-mysterious-murder-site-has-a-new-owner-hes-looking-for-answers-about-the-bloody-benders/ Humanities Kansas. “True Crime in Kansas: The Mystery of the Benders” (Oct. 26, 2022). https://www.humanitieskansas.org/get-involved/kansas-stories/people/true-crime-in-kansas-the-mystery-of-the-benders/ HistoryNet. “The Bloody Benders’ Grim Harvest” (Mar. 30, 2012). https://www.historynet.com/the-bloody-benders-grim-harvest/ Crimereads. “The Bloody Benders: America’s First Family of Serial Killers” (Aug. 19, 2019). https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/ Recent research, digs, and broadcast coverage KCTV5 (Kansas City). “Kansas’ Bloody Benders: Digging for clues in century-old murders” (Jul. 4, 2024). https://www.kctv5.com/2024/07/04/kansas-bloody-benders-digging-clues-century-old-murders/ Yahoo News video write-up, KU research effort at the Bender site (May 31, 2024). https://www.yahoo.com/news/ku-researchers-dig-deeper-bloody-234633828.html University of Kansas feature video about ongoing archaeological work related to the Benders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLF0-4E_nXQ Tourism and site markers Historical Marker Database entry for “The Bloody Benders” (notes the marker’s former location and removal status; useful for site documentation history). https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=275329 Roadside America note on the Cherryvale Historical Museum display of the three Bender hammers. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/79636 Publisher and review references for Jonusas’s study Scribner UK edition page for Hell’s Half-Acre (paperback, 2023). https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Hells-Half-Acre/Susan-Jonusas/9781471190322 Publishers Weekly review of Hell’s Half-Acre (Jan. 14, 2022). https://www.publishersweekly.com/...
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    11 min
  • S1E2 - Chapter 1 - Historical Inn Murders

    S1E2 - Chapter 1 - Historical Inn Murders
    Oct 1 2025
    Episode Notes Visit our Patreon patreon.com/3MinModernist The Ostrich (Colnbrook, UK) https://ostrichcolnbrook.co.uk/history.html https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1124367 https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101124367-the-ostrich-public-house-colnbrook-with-poyle https://historicengland.org.uk/education/schools-resources/educational-images/ostrich-inn-high-street-colnbrook-11673 https://mikedashhistory.com/2010/07/19/the-horrible-history-of-the-ostrich-inn/ https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ostrich-inn The Relay Inn / Relay House (Relay, Maryland, USA) https://relaymaryland.com/about/ https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=103010 https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=8764 https://www.roads.maryland.gov/OPPEN/Maryland_Railroads_Statewide_Historic_Context_Complete.pdf (If you meant the Pennsylvania stagecoach stop often called “Relay Inn”): https://www.facebook.com/mifflincountyhistoricalsociety/posts/reportedly-haunted-the-relay-inn-built-in-1799-and-used-as-a-stage-coach-stop-le/1229519535871197/ The Bleeding Horse (Camden Street, Dublin) https://bleedinghorse.ie/ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50110427/bleeding-horse-24-25-camden-street-upper-charlotte-way-dublin-2-dublin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bleeding_Horse https://www.visitdublin.com/the-bleeding-horse https://www.dublinbypub.ie/pubs/bleeding-horse/ https://comeheretome.com/2011/04/07/the-bleeding-horse/ Transcript Part 1 – Historical Inn Murders “Once a traveler leaves his home, he loses almost 100% of his ability to control his environment.” — Special Agent Dale Cooper Restaurant murders are nothing new. As long as there have been road trips, there have been inns. The European-style inn really started as a precursor of today’s Airbnb; people would rent out an extra bed (or even a space in the stables) and feed any traveler who needed to bunk and chow down for a night. These were unofficial, but really, they would evolve into today’s highway motels, hotels, and rest stops. They were important in enabling travelers not only to have a place to stay, but also as a way to avoid spending a night out along the trail where they might have to deal with highwaymen, local tribes, and wild animals. Now, with a clientele that was on the go as a rule, and with no way to communicate with the folks back home, it was not too unusual for an inn to be the final stop for travelers who checked in but never checked out. Thefts happened often, even at some reputable inns, but murders were not unheard of. There are three examples, of varying veracity, that show how dangerous an old-timey inn could be: one English, one French, and one American. The Ostrich Inn (Colnbrook, England) The Ostrich Inn may or may not be nearly a millennium old. It might also “only” be 500 years old. With a building that old, five hundred years may not make too much of a difference. Instead of razing and starting over with older structures, many new buyers would simply add on and remodel. Fix-and-flip was a thing even in the dim dark past. It’s certainly possible that there are elements of The Ostrich that date back to the 12th century. The story goes that it was originally called The Hospice, and while under that name it was visited by a couple of historically important folks. Of course, this could actually be a conflation with another building—possibly the hospital, or hospice, of the local abbey that might have stood on the site. There are myriad other possibilities, but those two are the most likely. All we know for sure is that the place still stands, not too far from Heathrow airport, and has a delightful menu today. In 1215, King John—aka Softsword, aka Lackland, aka the lion in Disney’s Robin Hood—was on his way to Runnymede to sign a treaty with rebellious Barons who were threatening war. The Archbishop of Canterbury drafted the original version of the Carta Libertatum, which was signed and settled some hash for a little bit. Of course, no one really took it to heart at first: there was a war between the crown and the Barons, then John died, his son used the Carta Libertatum as the basis for more laws, and they renamed the document Magna Carta. On the way, supposedly, King John stopped with his retinue and stayed at The Hospice. Whether this is true or not—or simply a story invented to draw tourists at some point in the past—is uncertain. It could be that his team stayed at The Hospice, or at the actual abbey hospice that might have stood on the spot. The building was certainly there in the early 18th century when Dick Turpin, arguably the most famous of highwaymen, stayed at the inn. The Ostrich is, and was, not the only inn to make the claim that Turpin and his gang stayed there. Looking at the areas where his alleged crimes took place, it’s possible he could have. The criminal lore of The Ostrich, though, comes from an older story. The inn was supposedly owned by the Jarmans, a couple who ...
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    11 min
  • S1E1 - Episode 1 - Introduction

    S1E1 - Episode 1 - Introduction
    Sep 24 2025
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    Introduction “A restaurant is not a business; it’s a passion.” — Unknown Let us go then, you and I, into your favorite restaurant. Picture the layout, the seating, the staff, the clientele. Relive the smells of the food, the sounds of chatter, the clinking of cutlery, the waitstaff taking orders. Sit in that memory for just a moment. Recall your last visit, your first. Now think of everything you don’t see—everything you don’t experience personally. The long hours of the staff. The resentment of dissatisfied diners. The anger of rivals. The dangers of preparation. The relationships that live and die in those rooms. That is where danger lives. As light as the impact might be on you, for others restaurants can be dark places, heavy places—and that can lead to violence, and even… murder. Welcome to Food Criminals: Last Seating. This is a follow-on to my first book, Food Criminals (published by Pen & Sword as Food & Crime in 2023). Here I’ll revisit some of the crimes mentioned in passing in that earlier volume, while tackling many more, broadly divided into sections that deal with the organized crime figures getting murdered, poisoning, employee murders, robberies, terrorism, and mass killings. Along with those broad views, I’ll be taking a look at individual cases that illuminate the concept and have ties further afield. Each and every one has murders that take place in, or immediately outside, a restaurant. Why only the ones that take place inside? For one, do you know how many murders were planned in restaurants? Neither do I—because I stopped counting after about a hundred. Crime syndicates have long favored restaurants as planning sites. They’re public, often loud, and the comings and goings are difficult to track. Add to this the fact that restaurants are often used as fronts for everything from money laundering to card skimming, gambling, or even human trafficking, and they become natural hubs of criminal activity. Several crime families made their headquarters in now-infamous eateries, including American giants like the Gallo crew, the Gambinos, and the Chicago Outfit. Some of these restaurants even became attractions, places where outsiders hoped to catch a glimpse of mobsters. There is also a deeper thread here. Restaurants represent comfort, safety, identity. That very symbolism makes them ideal targets for terrorists, regardless of ideology. Political and religious attacks on restaurants go back generations, particularly in occupied territories. And in recent decades, the massive uptick in mass murder—often a form of domestic terrorism—has shifted focus to schools, but some of the most brutal shootings happened in restaurants: the San Ysidro McDonald’s massacre in 1984, Luby’s Cafeteria in 1991, and others. Restaurants are vulnerable not only because they are densely populated, but because diners are engrossed in what they are eating and experiencing. This book examines these stories one by one. No two murders are the same, and no two impacts identical. I will explore the individuals involved—victims and perpetrators alike—and trace the social, political, and financial threads that explode outward from these violent events

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    5 min
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