Historical True Crime Cases Covered on The Sealed Docket
The Sealed Docket true crime podcast, hosted by Domonique Luchin, reopens real historical cases from the Prohibition and Depression eras, from Chicago gangsters to vanished judges and "perfect" murders. Each case file below links to the full episode, notes, and primary sources.
1920s True Crime Cases
Leopold and Loeb
Two wealthy Chicago students planned the "perfect murder" of 14-year-old Bobby Franks; a dropped pair of eyeglasses unraveled it.
Sources: Wikipedia: Leopold and Loeb · UMKC Famous Trials: Leopold & Loeb
1930s True Crime Cases
John Dillinger
Public Enemy No. 1, betrayed by the "Woman in Red" and shot by federal agents outside Chicago's Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934.
Sources: FBI History: John Dillinger · Wikipedia: John Dillinger
Judge Joseph Crater
A New York Supreme Court justice stepped into a taxi on August 6, 1930 and became "the missingest man in New York."
Sources: Wikipedia: Joseph Force Crater
Fictionalized Case Files
Night Receipt
An original fictionalized series inspired by real events; names and details are changed.
Sources: Fictionalized; no case records.
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