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Rachel McCarthy James: Whack Job

12/15/2025 • 54 min

When Rachel McCarthy James and her father wrote their best-selling book The Man from the Train, Rachel became fascinated with axes. Were they good weapons during murders? What kind of killer used them? She wrote the story of the axe in her book Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder. Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this… Play episode

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Rod Sadler: Depraved Obsession
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Dane Huckelbridge: Queen of All Mayhem
Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee: Shadow of the Bridge
Rich Cohen: Murder in the Dollhouse
Jane Borden: Cults Like Us
Anne Soon Choi: L.A. Coroner
Patricia Cornwell: Scarpetta
Ross Halperin: Bear Witness
Michael Beach Nichols: Perfect Wife
Bryan Burrough: The Gunfighters
James Polchin: Shadow Men
Dan Slater: The Incorruptibles
Tanya Talaga: The Knowing
Alex Eliseev: Cold Case Confession
Megan Abbott: El Dorado Drive
Caroline Fraser: Murderland
Matthew McGough + Rick Jackson: Black Tunnel White Magic
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Jonquilyn Hill: Through the Cracks
Mary Kay McBrayer: Madame Queen
Duncan McCue: Kuper Island
Thomas Maier: The Invisible Spy
Virginia Feito: Victorian Psycho
Claire St. Amant: Killer Story
Gilbert King: Bone Valley
Christopher Goffard: Crimes of the Times
Pagan Kennedy: The Secret History of the Rape Kit
Brendan Koerner: The Skies Belong to Us
Hallie Lieberman: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Joseph Cox: Dark Wire
Avril Speaks: Uprooted
Lana Hall: The Incel Terrorist
Lise Olsen: The Scientist and the Serial Killer
Marcia Clark: Trial by Ambush
Elyse Graham: Book and Dagger
Craig A. Monson: The Black Widows of the Eternal City
Thomas Morris: The Dublin Railway Murder
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Rollo Romig: I Am on the Hit List
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