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Enter Evelyn
<p>Enter Evelyn Campbell, the columnist who became a detective and helped bring Hoch to justice. </p>


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Hosted by Adam Selzer · history · EN
Coming September, 2025! Deep dive history investigations! Author Adam Selzer goes deep into archives and microfilm reels looking for the real history behind incredible stories. He's joined by comedian and radio host Patti Vasquez. Season 1 examines Johann Hoch, who married at least 20 women between 1895 and 1905 - and probably murdered five of them. In the process of writing a book on Hoch, Adam located legal records, long lost interviews, affidavits from major players in the story that haven't been seen in a century. Unlock the true story and learn how that story is pieced together - we might solve a mystery or rewrite history!
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Signup to Generate a PitchComing September, 2025! Deep dive history investigations! Author Adam Selzer goes deep into archives and microfilm reels looking for the real history behind incredible stories. He's joined by comedian and radio host Patti Vasquez. Season 1 examines Johann Hoch, who married at least 20 women between 1895 and 1905 - and probably murdered five of them.
Tomb Snoopers is hosted by Adam Selzer. The show has published 14 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Enter Evelyn" (3 December 2025, 22 minutes), "Newspapers of 1905" (25 November 2025, 28 minutes), and "Hoch and the Candy Store" (11 November 2025, 1 minute).
Tomb Snoopers publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 14 episodes.
Booking probability for Tomb Snoopers is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Tomb Snoopers requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Tomb Snoopers's contact route on record: public web form.
Adam Selzer hosts Tomb Snoopers, a history podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Episode #13
<p>Enter Evelyn Campbell, the columnist who became a detective and helped bring Hoch to justice. </p>

Episode #12
<p>Hoch goes missing - but newspapers pick up the story and make him a sensation while he hides out. </p>

Episode #11
<p>Hoch returns to Chicago (and his old alias), where he commits the murder that will end his career. </p>

Episode #10
<p>Hoch goes on one last cross-country spree, unaware that his career is heading towards its end - but the story is just beginning. </p>

Episode #9
<p>Over the summer of 1903, Hoch attempts to catfish two Chicago women, one of whom will be his undoing. </p>

Episode #8
<p>Humiliated by Liz Goerke, Hoch attempts a fresh start, maybe even a plan to go straight, in St. Louis, with a new marriage that lasts nearly a year. </p>

Episode #7
<p>Out of jail, Hoch attempts to swindle Liz Goerke, who encourages him to take up hypnosis. Which is not really a skill you want someone to have if they're trying to swindle you! </p>

Episode #6
<p>After getting into a scrape over rented furniture, Hoch spends two years in jail. While he's there, stories of his crimes begin to hit the press, and he becomes a sensation for the first time.</p>

Episode #5
<p>Having figured out that deserting was easier than killing, Hoch goes on a spree of quickie marriages across the nation. Plus, Adam talks about his own recent tomb snooping in New England. </p>

Episode #4
<p>Having recovered his confidence, Hoch goes west, then heads to Cincinnati for his longest marriage yet - and the beginning of his biggest crime spree. </p>

Episode #3
<p>One year into his American sojourn, Hoch had married and murdered two women. But the next he tried to swindle was also trying to swindle him - and may have been a murderer herself. </p>

Episode #2
<p>The beginning of Johann Hoch's American career, beginning with a marriage and murder in West Virginia, a faked death that fooled no one, and another murder in Chicago. </p>

Episode #1
<p>When they captured Johann Hoch, he had already proposed to what police believed to be wife #55. As many as ten, they believed, had been murdered. Hoch was the sensation of the year - and this season we're going to...

Tomb Snoopers
<p>At Tomb Snoopers, we just might solve a mystery or rewrite history! In this sneak peak, Adam combs through records to see if an 1895 murder weapon might still be in the coffin at Chicago's Graceland Cemetery. Join us...
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