Best True Crime

Maria Mandl "Mistress of Life & Death" author Susan J. Eischeid

Author SusanJ. Eischeid spent years writing the book "Mistress of Life & Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl." We peer into the frightening and cruel mind of the head overseer at Auschwitz's women's camp during WWII. Mandl left her good, anti-Nazi family to become one of the most hated and feared leaders in the Third Reich. What led her to assist in the slaughter of thousands? Why did she join the political party that her loving family despised? Susan conducted hundreds of interviews, traveled thousands of miles, and relentlessly researched to tell the gripping, complex story of a woman who played classical piano after walking children to the gas chambers. The book details the entire life of Maria Mandl, from birth in a lovely small town to death in a prison. Susan J. Eischeid has created one of the best nonfiction books covering Holocaust history and personalized those who perpetrated the horror.

The Oldest Female Bank Robber - she had her gun in her walker!

86-year-old Emily Coakley felt the Philadelphia bank had robbed her of $400. So, the next day, she went to the bank to get her money. She had a gun in her pocket and bullets hidden in her walker. From the book "Put the Money in My Purse! A history of female bank robbers".

Texas Transgenders & Elimination - a new law threatens the trans community

A new ordinance in Odessa, Texas, rewards citizens for reporting transgender people who use the public bathroom. Is this price for elimination an effort to eliminate this population? An eye-opening episode on what it means to be transgender and discrimination in the Lone Star State. (The views & opinions expressed are those of the speakers and don't necessarily reflect views or positions of any entities they represent.)

“Do I Scare You?” Behind the Fear of Clowns

Over 50% of Americans report a phobia called coulrophobia: fear of clowns. I hate clowns. So, I decide to face my own fears. Let’s hold hands for support while discussing the fear of clowns including the history, the causes of our fear, and what some studies reveal. TRIGGER WARNINGS

"I Was Going to Shoot My Teacher" - he carefully planned for campus carnage. Then he went home. What happened?

“Al” was standing less that 50 feet away from the teacher he hated. Al had a shotgun in his backpack, and he had a plan. He had schemed for days on storming the office and killing this instructor. What led to Al’s plan, and how did it end? A rare interview with a school shooter who changed his mind and went home.