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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast425: Henry Scott Mausell: Michigan's First Serial Killer? w/ Allie SeibertOn a beautiful fall day in September 1916, 68-year-old Hannah Spielman went on a picnic with her new husband, 71-year-old James Allen, in the woods outside Grand Rapids, Michigan. She had met him through a newspaper advertisement, and the two were married just two days earlier - only hours after stepping off a train and meeting him face-to-face for the first time.
But James Allen was not the man he claimed to be. His real name was Henry Scott Mausell, and his intentions were anything but honorable. Eleven days later, Hannah’s decomposed body was discovered and the mu...
2026-02-101h 07
Allie In the ArchivesThe Greatest Race on Earth: New York to Paris, 1908In 1908, six teams stood in Times Square, pointed their automobiles west, and decided to drive to Paris, France.
There were no highways.No GPS.No reliable maps.
But there were blizzards dumping feet of snow onto nonexistent roads, cars hauled out of drifts by horses, engines rebuilt nightly in the cold, and entire continents where the idea of an automobile was still closer to rumor than reality.
This wasn’t a race in the modern sense. It was an endurance experiment dreamed up by newspapers and fueled by national pride, overconfidence, and a...
2026-01-2940 min
Allie In the ArchivesThe Bath School DisasterOn May 18, 1927, a series of explosions tore through Bath Township, Michigan, killing forty-four people and injuring dozens more in what remains the deadliest act of school violence in American history.
This episode traces the full arc of the Bath School Disaster-- from the conditions that allowed it to happen, to the devastation that followed, to the stories that were shaped in its aftermath.
Along the way, we look closely at Andrew Kehoe’s carefully constructed narrative of grievance, the failures of oversight that gave him access and proximity, and the lives that were forever altered-- in...
2026-01-2343 min
Allie In the ArchivesCharles Dickens and the Ghost of Christmas PastCharles Dickens is synonymous with Christmas. With generosity. Redemption. Kindness. But behind the stories that shaped Victorian morality was another story-- one carefully rewritten, tightly controlled, and believed for more than a century. In this episode, we examine the marriage of Charles Dickens and Catherine Hogarth Dickens, a union that collapsed under the weight of celebrity and power. Drawing on letters, contemporary accounts, and modern archival scholarship, this episode explores how a cultural icon became one of the earliest examples of a global media figure shaping "truth," and how Catherine Dickens quietly ensured that her own s...
2025-12-2322 min
Allie In the ArchivesTalking to the Dead: The History of Spiritualism in MichiganLong before ghost tour tickets were sold and Ouija boards became party games, Michigan was at the center of a national movement-- one that believed the dead were still speaking, and the living could learn to listen. This is the strange and powerful world of Spiritualism: seances in pine groves, table rappings by candlelight, and the people who built communities around messages from the other side.
Welcome to the Archives.
Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By TimeHouseholdhistory.comInstagram: @allieinthearchives
2025-12-1233 min
Allie In the ArchivesBurt Lake Burn-OutIt began as an eviction.It ended in fire.
In 1900, the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa watched their homes burn on the shores of northern Michigan-- a community destroyed not by war, but by paperwork. This episode traces the story of Cheboiganing, the village the law tried to erase, and the generations who kept its memory alive.
Welcome to the Archives. Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By TimeHouseholdhistory.comInstagram: @allieinthearchives
2025-11-1423 min
Allie In the ArchivesHaunted Michigan: The Stories Behind the GhostsAcross Michigan, old buildings whisper their stories. The Linden Hotel in Genesee County. A grand home in Fenton. A quiet farmhouse in Maybee. Each has its own ghosts-- and its own history to explain them. Through archival records, family documents, and forgotten local accounts, the legends begin to align with fact. Ghost stories meet documented history, revealing the real lives behind Michigan's most mysterious hauntings. And how memory lingers long after the living are gone. Welcome to The Archives.Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By TimeHouseholdhistory.comInstagram: @allieinthearchives
2025-11-0727 min
Allie In the ArchivesMagdelaine La Framboise: Mackinac Island's Merchant QueenJust off the northern tip of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, where Lake Huron turns cold and clear, there’s an island that remembers. Beneath the postcard charm of Mackinac-- the fudge shops, the bicycles, the horse-drawn carriages-- lies a history far older and far deeper.
Before it was a tourist destination, it was a center of trade. A crossroads between worlds. And at the heart of it all was Magdelaine La Framboise, a Métis fur trader, Odawa woman, and entrepreneur who built one of the most successful trading empires in the Great Lakes.
Her story...
2025-10-1630 min
Allie In the ArchivesMichigan's Unknown First Serial Killer: Henry Scott MausellMichigan’s first “official” serial killer is usually dated to the 1960s. But the records say otherwise.In 1916, a new husband, a picnic, and a bag left at a Grand Rapids grocery store unraveled a man of many names-- James Allen, James Curtis, John Allerton-- until only one remained: Henry Scott Mausell. We trace the pattern that shadowed Mausell for years: a dead son, two sisters in a staged scene, and countless women who answered his letters and disappeared. Welcome to The Archives.Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By TimeHouseholdhistory.comInstagram: @allieinthearchives
2025-09-2629 min
Allie In the ArchivesPirates on the Great LakesWhen we think of pirates, we picture the tropics. Rum. Cannonballs. Eye patches and parrots. But not all piracy came with a flag. And some of it happened much closer to home.
In this episode, we dive into the eerie and violent history of piracy on the Great Lakes and inland waterways-- from the Harpe Brothers and the bloody bluffs of Cave-in-Rock to the Apostle Islands bandits and a timber thief turned government informant. These are stories without palm trees. Without treasure maps. Just cold water, easy targets, and men who vanished into the fog.
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2025-09-1829 min
Allie In the ArchivesMichigan's House of DavidAt the height of its influence, the House of David was a utopian religious colony in Michigan—a place that promised purity, community, and the second coming of Christ. But behind its walls, something far darker was unfolding. This episode unearths the rise and fall of Benjamin Purnell, a charismatic preacher who claimed to be the seventh and final messenger of God. As his following grew into the thousands, so did the accusations: fraud, abuse, and the exploitation of teenage girls. We trace his early life, his mysterious disappearances, the shocking 1927 trial, and the devastating legacy left in his wa...
2025-08-2830 min
Allie In the ArchivesThe Italian Hall DisasterOn Christmas Eve, 1913, nearly 700 striking miners and their families packed into the Italian Hall in Calumet, Michigan, for a children’s holiday party. It was meant to be a moment of joy during a season of hunger and fear.
Then someone shouted a single word: Fire.
What followed was one of the most horrifying tragedies in Michigan’s history. Seventy-three people died, fifty-nine of them children. And over a century later, we still don’t know who was responsible.
In this episode, we travel to the copper mines of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, trace the...
2025-08-0832 min
Allie In the ArchivesThe Black LegionYou’ve heard of the KKK.
But you probably haven’t heard of this other group.The one that wore black robes instead of white.
That hid in mayor’s offices, police stations, and factory floors.
That didn’t march, but hunted.
They called themselves the Black Legion.And for a time, they were one of the most dangerous domestic terror groups in the country.
In this episode, we uncover their strange origins, their brutal tactics, and the chilling truth behind the murders...
2025-08-0143 min
Allie In the ArchivesSix Blocks AwayOn a warm August evening in 1930, fifteen-year-old Alice Collier was sent to the corner store to buy a dozen eggs. She never came back.
What followed was a citywide search, a grieving mother’s voice on the radio, and months of rumors that led nowhere-- until a rabbit hunter stumbled across her body in a field nearly ten miles from home.
This episode traces the disappearance, the brutal discovery, and the confession that cracked the case open-- revealing not just one horrifying crime, but something far worse.
Because the man who killed Alice wa...
2025-07-2442 min
Santana True Crime17. Inside Cold Cases, JonBenét Ramsey & Gilgo Beach: Dr. David Hayes on Crime & JusticeIn this gripping episode of Santana True Crime, guest host Allie Seibert sits down with Dr. David Hayes, a criminologist and professor, to dig into the complex world of crime and justice.
🔍 Topics include:
The challenges behind solving cold cases
Dr. Hayes’ expert insight into the JonBenét Ramsey investigation
How he would help select a jury for the Gilgo Beach Serial Killer trial
What it's really like to teach inside a prison
Whether you're into forensic psychology, true crime theories, or just want to understand the justic...
2025-07-221h 17
Allie In the ArchivesSharp EdgesIn the fall of 1898, a wealthy former legislator in Battle Creek, Michigan, died quietly in his home.
He was 80. His new wife was 28. And just weeks after their wedding, he was gone.
At first, no one questioned it.Until a servant came forward with a story—one so strange, so specific, it cracked the case wide open.
But the questions didn’t end with one death.They spread-- through old family wills, upstairs visitors, and a string of illnesses no one could explain.
And at the center of it all...
2025-07-1035 min
Allie In the ArchivesThe Other Machine Henry BuiltHenry Ford is often remembered as the man who put America on wheels. An industrial titan, a visionary, a symbol of progress. But beneath the shine of the Model-T lies a darker legacy. This episode unearths the other machine Ford built: one driven by control, fear, and silence. From his antisemitic publications that inspired Nazi ideology, to his private army that brutalized labor organizers, to the utopian rubber empire he tried to construct in the Amazon rainforest-- this is the side of Henry Ford history prefers to forget.
With real photos, video archives, and chilling qu...
2025-07-0335 minSantana True CrimeThe 1978 Campus Murder That Still Haunts NC | The Mary Burnett Case | Santana True CrimeIn this episode of Santana True Crime, we dive into the 1978 murder of Mary Burnett — a chilling case that rocked the quiet campus of UNC Asheville and has lingered in North Carolina’s criminal history ever since.
Based on the book “A Murder on Campus: The Professor, the Cop, and North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case” by Brian and Cameron Santana, this episode explores the investigation, suspects, cover-ups, and the chilling parallels with other unsolved cases.
Was justice ever truly served? What secrets still remain buried?
🔎 Hosted by Cameron Santana and Allie Seibert
Guest...
2025-07-011h 18
Allie In the ArchivesJoe SmallboneIn Fenton, Michigan, the name Joe Smallbone still lingers—like the faint hum of a radio just past the dial. He was the town’s quiet repairman. A man who lived alone in a soot-covered house on Wakeman Street, surrounded by broken machines and rusting cars. Most people knew his name. Fewer knew his story.
This episode traces the life of Joseph Milo Smallbone—from his childhood shaped by absence and illness to the quiet genius of his radio repairs, and the complicated love Fenton showed him in return. It’s not a ghost story. It’s not a trag...
2025-06-2629 min
Allie In the ArchivesBeneath The BridgeIn 1935, the body of seven-year-old Richard Streicher Jr. was found beneath a footbridge in Ypsilanti, Michigan—cleaned, staged, and partially frozen. His murder shocked the town, but within months, the case went cold. Nearly a century later, it remains unsolved.
In this episode, we revisit the quiet snowfall of that March afternoon, the frantic search that followed, and the uneasy details that still don’t quite add up. Who placed Richard beneath that bridge? And why has no one ever been held accountable?
Some stories are meant to stay hidd...
2025-06-2632 minMost Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast395: The 1917 Murder of Beatrice Epler w/ Allie SeibertOn the morning of September 5th, 1917, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Epler was found dead just steps from her home in Alma, Michigan. The investigation into her murder would soon entangle a brothel madam, a traveling theater owner, a local farmer, and a French-Canadian amateur detective.
My guest is Allie Seibert, author of Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By Time. She walks us through this unsolved mystery and shares some of the strange twists she was able to uncover while researching this long forgotten case.
The author's Household History website: https...
2025-06-231h 29
Allie In the ArchivesRichard Streicher: Frozen in TimeIn 1935, the body of seven-year-old Richard Streicher Jr. was found beneath a footbridge in Ypsilanti, Michigan—cleaned, staged, and partially frozen. His murder shocked the town, but within months, the case went cold. Nearly a century later, it remains unsolved.
In this episode, we revisit the quiet snowfall of that March afternoon, the frantic search that followed, and the uneasy details that still don’t quite add up. Who placed Richard beneath that bridge? And why has no one ever been held accountable?
Some stories are meant to stay hidd...
2025-06-2032 minSantana True CrimeThe wife he tried to Erase🎙️ Episode Title: "The Wife He Tried to Erase"Podcast: Santana True Crime
In this chilling episode of Santana True Crime, we uncover the twisted and tragic story of Ella Marple, a woman who was murdered by the one person she should have been able to trust—her husband. Determined to cover up the crime, he buried her under a false identity: Ellen White.
Based on the gripping book The Mysterious Mrs. White by Allie Seibert, this episode dives deep into a forgotten murder that took place in Fenton, Michigan, and the shocking deception that followe...
2025-06-191h 23
Allie In the ArchivesOnly to PrayIn the spring of 1922, 25-year-old Gertrude Hanna stepped out into a rainstorm and vanished. Nearly a month later, her body was found in the basement of a vacant church parsonage—bound, poisoned, and six months pregnant.
The case drew headlines across the country. But there were no arrests. No answers. And no justice.
This episode explores a story of mental illness, family secrecy, and a desperate silence surrounding reproductive rights in early 20th-century America. What happened to Gertrude isn’t just a mystery—it’s a warning.
Welcome to the archives.
Bloods...
2025-06-1941 minAllie In the ArchivesFrozen in TimeIn 1935, the body of seven-year-old Richard Streicher Jr. was found beneath a footbridge in Ypsilanti, Michigan—cleaned, staged, and partially frozen. His murder shocked the town, but within months, the case went cold. Nearly a century later, it remains unsolved.
In this episode, we revisit the quiet snowfall of that March afternoon, the frantic search that followed, and the uneasy details that still don’t quite add up. Who placed Richard beneath that bridge? And why has no one ever been held accountable?
Some stories are meant to stay hidd...
2025-06-1932 min
Allie In the ArchivesThe Last Witch of KalamazooIn 1929, the body of Etta Fairchild was found at the bottom of a backyard cistern in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her skull had been shattered. Her body was wrapped in wire and weighted with a cement block. Her killers didn’t deny what they’d done—they insisted it was necessary.
They believed Etta was a witch.
This episode unearths a forgotten crime that feels centuries older than it is. A tale of paranoia, religious fear, and a mind coming undone. Of a woman marked by her differences—and destroyed because of them.
Because the witch tr...
2025-06-1234 min
Allie In the ArchivesThe Man in the Yellow SkirtIn 1934, Paul Ostin was a husband, a father, and just another working man in Detroit.
Then he was found dead—posed beneath a tree, dressed in women’s clothing.
For a few weeks, the newspapers couldn’t get enough of the story. The speculation was feverish, the headlines sensational. And then—nothing. The press went silent. The public moved on. Paul Ostin’s name was lost to history.
Until now.
In this debut episode of Allie in the Archives, historian Allie Seibert unearths the strange and largely forgotten death of Paul Ostin, rais...
2025-06-0928 min
Santana True CrimeThe Man in the Yellow SkirtIn 1934, Paul Ostin was a husband, a father, and just another working man in Detroit.
Then he was found dead—posed beneath a tree, dressed in women’s clothing.
For a few weeks, the newspapers couldn’t get enough of the story. The speculation was feverish, the headlines sensational. And then—nothing. The press went silent. The public moved on. Paul Ostin’s name was lost to history.
Until now.
In this debut episode of Allie in the Archives, historian Allie Seibert unearths the strange and largely forgotten death of Paul Ostin, rais...
2025-05-2928 minSantana True Crime7. Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan’s Darkest Murders With Allie SeibertBloodstained: Exploring Michigan’s Darkest Murders Forgotten By Time by Allie Seibert is a true crime anthology that uncovers five forgotten murder cases in Michigan from 1879 to 1931. Through meticulous research using newspapers, court records, and firsthand documents, Seibert reconstructs these once headline-making crimes that gripped the state but faded into obscurity. The cases, set in Hadley (1879), Flint (1931), Grand Rapids (1916), Kalamazoo (1929), and Alma (1917), explore themes like domestic violence, obsession, and justice—or lack thereof. Notable stories include a 1879 murder confession discovered by chance and the 1931 Flint case of Helen Morgan, who killed her lover in a cemetery. Seibert’s work aims to...
2025-05-131h 03
Tales of Southwest Michigan's PastS4 E17 - Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By Time - An Interview with Author Allie SeibertIn this episode, I am joined by Author Allie Seibert to talk about her new book 'Bloodstained: Exploring Michigan's Darkest Murders Forgotten By Time'.We also discuss the various aspects of researching stories from the past, and its challenges. For more information on Author Allie Seibert, visit:https://householdhistory.comTo follow her on Facebook, visit:https://www.facebook.com/allieseibertauthorFor more information on Michael Delaware, visit:https://michaeldelaware.comFollow Michael Delaware on Facebook at:https://www.facebook.com...
2025-04-271h 07
Tales of Southwest Michigan's PastS3 E88 - Researching Household History & True Crime: An Interview with Author Allie SeibertIn this episode, Author Allie Seibert joins me to discuss her company 'Household History' and the process of researching the history of a home, as well some true crime stories she has uncovered.
For more information Allie Seivert, her books & Household History, visit: Householdhistory.com
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For information on the Writing the Dark event to be held at the Grand Ledge Library on Wednesday, October 9th, Click here.
For information on the Southwest Michigan True Crime Symposium in Charlotte on October 19th, Click here.
2024-10-0242 min