Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

This week on Wicked Words, we’re traveling to 1856 Ireland for a locked-door mystery. A cashier for a Dublin railway station is found dead, savagely beaten. Nothing appears to have been stolen. Can an experienced detective crack this case? Author Thomas Morris tells us the story in his new book The Dublin Railway Murder: The Sensational True Story of a Victorian Murder Mystery.  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4gF2K18 [https://bit.ly/4gF2K18]  See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2025 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

On this week’s episode of Wicked Words, we’re traveling to the Texas border town of Laredo. When four vulnerable women are murdered, police suspect that a well-respected U.S. Border Patrol agent has turned into a serial killer. Author Rick Jervis tells me the story behind his book, The Devil Behind the Badge: The Horrifying Twelve Days of the Border Patrol Serial Killer.  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4gF2K18 [https://bit.ly/4gF2K18]  See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2025 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

When an outspoken journalist in India was assassinated in September of 2017, it shocked the world. The conspiracy that was uncovered by journalists and investigators was disturbing. Author Rollo Romig tells me the story at the center of his book: I Am on the Hit List.  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4gF2K18 [https://bit.ly/4gF2K18]  See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com  Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)  2025 All Rights Reserved  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Some of my most favorite true crime stories in history come from the UK, specifically London. So I was very excited to talk to author Simon Read about his book: Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases. Read investigated some of Scotland Yard’s most interesting cases and now he’ll tell us about some of them.  Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4gF2K18 [https://bit.ly/4gF2K18]   See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com   Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)   2025 All Rights Reserved    See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Police cold-case units have broken some of the country’s most notorious murder cases. Today we're talking to writer Michael Arntfield about Nashville’s cold case Murder Squad and how its lead investigator tracked down the serial killers who terrorized the city in the 80s and 90s. The stories unfold in his book, Monster City: Murder, Music, and Mayhem in Nashville's Dark Age.   Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/4gF2K18 [https://bit.ly/4gF2K18]   See more information on my books: katewinklerdawson.com   Follow me on social: @tenfoldmore (Twitter) / @wickedwordspod (Facebook) / @tenfoldmorewicked (Instagram)   2025 All Rights Reserved https://megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.