The Axe Murder Diaries

Episodes

1. 24

   24. The Borden Murder-Suicide of 1848

   Trigger warning for suicide and the deaths of children.

   Feb 25, 2024

   26m
2. 23

   23. The 1880 Murder of Mary Seneff in New Philadelphia, Ohio

   Mary Seneff (18) was murdered with an axe by Ellen Ann Athey (27)

   Jan 17, 2024

   1h 52m
3. 22

   22. The Thanksgiving Murder of Eleanor Seresta & Captain Paul Howard

   A Thanksgiving murder & ghost story

   Nov 11, 2023

   9m
4. 21

   21. Slaughter & Destruction-The Murder of the Reynold’s Family in Burrillville, RI

   April 14th, 1897

   Nov 5, 2023

   1h 04m
5. 20

   20. The Murder of Lura Vellie Libby

   September 14th, 1862. **Franklin B. Evans part 2**

   Sep 23, 2023

   18m
6. 19

   19. The Tragic Murder of Georgianna Lovering in Northwood, NH

   My hometown murder of 12-13-year-old Georgianna Lovering

   Jul 9, 2023

   20m
7. 18

   18. The Loveless Murder of Nancy Ann “Annie” McCandless

   “His crime was caused by jealousy. Intending to disfigure the face of Miss McCandless, he fired at her with a rifle through a window, while the family was sitting at supper.”

   Apr 16, 2023

   1h 33m
8. 17

   17. “A Shocking Disaster" -The Murder Suicide of the Beadle Family in Wethersfield, CT

   "William Beadle cut the throats of his wife and four children, then took a pair of pistols and shot his own brains out."

   Apr 11, 2023

   25m
9. 16

   16. The Murders of 1904 in Statesboro, Georgia

   Warning: This episode deals with the death of a family in 1904 including children as well as racism and deaths resulting from said racism. Listener discretion is advised.

   Apr 3, 2023

   1h 11m
10. 15

    15. The Murder of Delia Congdon in Wallingford, VT

    "A roadside fire, apparently started by a lighted cigarette near the old cemetery on Sugar Hill, destroyed the Delia Congdon house, one of the oldest in town. The house had not been occupied, except transiently, since the murder of Delia Congdon, July 24th, 1908, as it had the reputation of being...

    Mar 12, 2023

    32m
11. 14

    14. The Mariticide/Parricide of Anton Liszka in Cleveland, Ohio

    "Because the father and husband held them in a thrall of fear, Mrs. Anthony Liszka and her daughter, Elizabeth, 13, hacked him to death with axes while he slept."

    Feb 22, 2023

    15m
12. 13

    13. The Axe Murder of Annie Walsh in New Bedford, Massachusetts

    "A chance acquaintance in the back room of a saloon, a few moments of laughter and revelry over the cups, and Annie Walsh of 16 Elm Street walked out with her newfound friend last night to her death, for within an hour of the time when she and Captain Matroni of the barge, Snipe, moored at the…

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    Feb 20, 2023

    18m
13. 12

    12. The Tragic Murder of the Naramore Children in Coldbrook Springs, Massachusetts

    “What would you do if they were going to take your children away from you never to see them anymore?”

    Feb 18, 2023

    18m
14. 11

    11. The "Sweetheart Murder" of Elizabeth "Bessie" Goodwin

    "I am far happier now I have done it than I was before, and I trust she is."

    Feb 9, 2023

    33m
15. 10

    10. The Ax Murder of John Carrigan in Buffalo, NY

    "...The murderer struck but one blow and that it was the most brutal and cold-blooded blow ever struck in Buffalo."

    Jan 24, 2023

    31m
16. 9

    9. The Tragic Murder of the Porter Children

    The hatchet murder of three-year-old Minda (Minnie) Effie Porter and one-year-old Adaline May Porter December 12, 1872 near Columbiana, Ohio

    Jan 10, 2023

    22m
17. 8

    8. The Axe Murder of John Whalen in Washington, MA

    “His mutilated body buried in the woods and discovered by a dog. The worst crime in the history of Berkshire.”

    Jan 6, 2023

    27m
18. 7

    7. The Tea-Kettle Murder of Margaret Finn in Marquette, Michigan Nov. 1887

    “…on the blood-colored floor were found the pieces of the heavy iron tea-kettle with which Finn killed her, no axe being used as first reported.”

    Dec 30, 2022

    10m
19. 6

    6. The Christmas Axe Murder of Jacob & Annie Geogle

    “Jacob Geogle and Annie Geogle came to their deaths by blows and cuts inflicted upon their heads and bodies with an axe in the hands of Joseph Snyder, on the night of Dec. 26, 1880.”

    Dec 22, 2022

    21m
20. 5

    5. The Parricide of David & Sally Shepard in Foxboro, Massachusetts September 1900

    “What happened before the sun rose in the east this morning and looked in at the windows of a white cottage can be judged at this writing only by the marks of bloodshed.”

    Dec 20, 2022

    13m
21. 4

    4. Signed in Blood- The Hatchet Murder of Marie Carmelia Fuda

    “Guiseppe Fuda went to the gallows for the butchery of his wife at East Norwalk, the night of February 17, 1897. By his own confession he and Nicondemo Impusino, who is sentenced to be hanged December 17, 1897, planned plotted and carried out the brutal murder of Marie Carmelia Fuda.”

    Dec 18, 2022

    20m
22. 3

    3. The Axe Murder of Gilman Spaulding in Windham, VT

    “Mr. Gilman Spaulding was kill’d with an axe by an insane Brother, Sep. 19, 1842 AEt. 38.”

    Dec 15, 2022

    4m
23. 2

    2. The Axe Murder of Mr. & Mrs. Anderson in Billings, Montana

    “Nels Anderson and his wife, Anna Anderson, came to their deaths as the result of wounds inflicted in their heads by an ax, said ax being in the hands of some person unknown…”

    Dec 15, 2022

    4m
24. 1

    1. The Haunting Axe Murder of Glen Mills, PA

    A family feud that had its inception two years ago ended yesterday, when Levin* K. Hopkins, 75-year-old farmer, of Glen Mills, took an ax and killed his son-in-law, Samuel Stoy, 41 years old, who was asleep on a couch in the small farm house occupied by both the Hopkins and Stoy families. The...

    Dec 14, 2022

    12m
25. 1

    The Axe Murder Diaries (Trailer)

    Dec 14, 2022

    0m