Hard Times and True Crimes
Listen to two Southern, Christian women tell each other historical true crime stories.
Hard Times and True Crimes
Latest Episodes
131. The Horrors of 10 Rillington Place: John Christie & Timothy Evans
At 10 Rillington Place in Notting Hill, Timothy and Beryl Evans lived upstairs with their baby daughter, Geraldine.Downstairs lived their quiet, helpful neighbors—John and Ethel Christie.When Beryl and Geraldine were found strangl...
130. Andrea Yates: Postpartum Psychosis, Depression & the Deaths of Her Five Children
Andrea Yates became one of the most infamous mothers in American true crime history when she drowned her five children in her Houston bathtub in 2001. But the story of Andrea Yates is far more complicated than the headlines suggest.
129. The Monster and the Martyr: Irma Grese & Sophie Scholl
For listeners of history, WWII, and true crime podcasts.In this episode, we examine the lives of Irma Grese, an SS Aufseherin (guard) at Ravensbrück and Auschwitz-Birkenau known for extraordinary cruelty toward pris...
128: Who Killed Tupac and Biggie? The Murders That Changed Hip-Hop Forever
The murders of Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G. remain two of the most infamous unsolved cases in music history. Decades later, questions still linger: Were the murders connected? Was it really East Coast vs. West Coast? And what evidence ...
Fan Mail
Good Morning! I wanted to reach out to express my gratitude for both of you awesome ladies. It occurred to me as I was listening to yet another awesome episode that you guys have become my true crime comfort food (how about that phrasing!). It has been an extremely rough few years for me. I very frequently have found comfort and solace when settling in for an hour or so of peace and reprieve with you. I appreciate that so much and wanted to express that you have made an impact. One never knows how we might touch another person's life, or even IF we have made a difference. You ladies have and in a world so full of negativity these days, I am sending you some love and light. Thank you for being there and for unwittingly becoming a positive coping mechanism as I continue to claw my way out of this stubborn sh*t-storm that has it's claws in me (I have weathered many a storm, but this one? I have no words. So, I apologize for my diatribe. I wanted you to know that what you do is above and beyond true crime. That it has meant more than true crime, for me somehow. And some of us out here know and understand that you put so much into this. I'll end with this...in my 25 years of working in the field of mental health and substance abuse treatment, I learned to sense, to feel, s heartfelt "thank you, you changed my life." There were three. I chuckle now; I just realized that two of the three came in the forms letters and conversations with the mothers of two different male clients. And after all of these years, I still have those letters. I made a difference.
Roanoke, Virginia
