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“Chillingworth” recounts the lurid saga of the men behind the most notorious crime in Florida’s history: the grisly 1955 murder of a brilliant judge revered as an icon of integrity. The ten-episode podcast uncovers mesmerizing surveillance audio tapes that broke the case open, unheard in over half a century. “Chillingworth” is the first story in the captivating series, "Worst of Men".
Episodes
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Episode 12 (Part2): Electro-Shock Therapy
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Detective Henry Lovern forces Floyd, Joe, and Bobby to rendezvous in a sleepy little town north of Palm Beach. All three have murder on their minds.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Episode 12 (Part 1): The Creech Cell
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Floyd has deep regrets about leaving Rio de Janeiro. Joe slips off to Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. Bobby reads all about the Chillingworth murders in the paper.
Monday Sep 02, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Episode 11: Room 127
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Monday Aug 19, 2019
Floyd recounts his life story to two close friends, with all of the sordid details. Detective Henry Lovern takes on the greatest challenge of his career.
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Episode 10: Reel to Reel
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Monday Aug 12, 2019
Floyd returns to Florida from Brazil, compelled to settle accounts with Joe. Joe takes steps to ensure his safety.
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Episode 9: Country of the Future
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Monday Aug 05, 2019
Joe and Floyd develop their most profitable enterprise yet, capitalizing on greedy investors of all ages. But just as their company has become a well-oiled machine, his past exploits force Floyd into exile.
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Episode 8: Tommy Gun
Monday Jul 29, 2019
Monday Jul 29, 2019
After Detective Henry Lovern takes over the Chillingworth case, he and his colleagues bring Space Age technology into the investigation.
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Episode 7: Lying, Thieving, Murderous People
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Sunday Jul 21, 2019
Sheriff John Kirk reaches out to the Florida Sheriff’s Bureau for help when the body of a young man from Jacksonville surfaces in a canal. The Sheriff’s Bureau assigns the case to a progressive, relentless young detective, Henry Lovern.
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Episode 6: Twenty Mile Bend
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
Sunday Jul 14, 2019
When the feds arrest Bobby in a moonshine sting operation, Floyd offers to take extreme steps to improve his friend’s chances for acquittal in his upcoming trial.
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
Episode 5: The Chi-Chi Club
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
Shortly after they enter the bookmaking business, Joe and Floyd incur a huge debt to an unforgiving customer connected to the Tampa mob. Joe concocts a risky plan to generate the cash they need to make their customer whole.
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Episode 4: The $64,000 Question
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Sunday Jun 30, 2019
Joe and Floyd join forces with Bobby Lincoln, a sharp, ambitious racketeer who runs a diversified group of illicit enterprises in the black community. The unlikely brethren cross racial lines and develop a scheme to capitalize on Joe’s influence as a judge.
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Episode 3: Government by Assassination
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Sunday Jun 23, 2019
Joe Peel, a charismatic attorney and city magistrate, intends to become Governor of Florida, regardless of who or what stands in his way. As he sets out on his journey towards the governor’s mansion, Joe enlists the aid of Floyd Holzapfel, a war hero from Oklahoma who has dabbled in criminality since he left the Army.
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Episode 2: Manalapan
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
The overwhelmed, corrupt Palm Beach County Sheriff takes control of the crime scene investigation. Law enforcement agents from all over Florida join the search for the people responsible for Florida’s Crime of the Century.