Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast
The Twisted Roots podcast is hosted by genealogist Dale Sheldon. He shares true crime stories with the facts and descriptions coming directly from the original source documentation. From famous unsolved cases, to small town murders lost for a century, here you will discover what really happened. When the truth is stranger than fiction, there is no need to make it up.
Podcasting since 2024 • 29 episodes
Twisted Roots: A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast
Latest Episodes
Froseth Family Massacre
S3E3: In this brief but difficult episode of Twisted Roots, we share yet another family massacre in our archive.All information told on Twisted Roots, including quotes and testimony, is taken directly from original source documentation s...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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11:22
Manslaughter by Billiard Cue
S3E2: One day in 1907, a man walks into a bar on a routine work round and is thrown into a coma, never to awake again. He was "the best man in the world", according to his wife and young son. Hear the stories of Charles Breitwieser and Jo...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:12
A Death at La Junta Army Air Field (1944)
S3E1: This episode is a "Call to Action" to help find additional information to determine the cause of circumstances surrounding the death of Pvt. Theodore W. Haley at the La Junta Army Air Field in 1944. We will also touch on the murder ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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44:10
Updates (Lizzie Halliday & Pearl Osten)
S2E9: In this episode we will have a brief announcement on the future of Twisted Roots and will explore some interesting updates on some previous episodes about Lizzie Halliday (The Talented Mrs. Halliday), and Pearl Osten.All informati...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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57:14
Killing at the Golden Eagle Hotel
S2E8 - In the true old west of Sacramento, California in 1855 - an abusive father and a desperate daughter - with a gentle but proud young man caught between them. There wasn't room enough for all of them in that town. Was justice r...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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56:04