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Crimes of the Centuries

Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking to be labelled the “crime of the century.” Even so, there are a lot of cases that have earned the distinction. In each episode of ... Read more

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S1 Ep12: The Tylenol Murders: Over-the-Counter Killers

S1 Ep12: The Tylenol Murders: Over-the-Counter Killers

When 52-year-old Bruce Nickell suddenly dropped dead in Washington state, investigators at first thought he'd died of a ... Read more

18 Jan 2021

38mins

Ranked #2

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S1 Ep11: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw

S1 Ep11: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw

It was one of the most salacious stories the country had ever heard: A famous architect had been gunned down in front of... Read more

11 Jan 2021

47mins

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S1 Ep13: Edward Rulloff: The Genius Psychopath

S1 Ep13: Edward Rulloff: The Genius Psychopath

Edward Rulloff was a genius, speaking seven languages by the time he graduated high school -- no easy feat for someone f... Read more

25 Jan 2021

37mins

Ranked #4

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S1 Ep6: Bob Berdella: The Serial Killer Known as the Kansas City Butcher

S1 Ep6: Bob Berdella: The Serial Killer Known as the Kansas City Butcher

To his neighbors, Bob Berdella was a proactive citizen who helped launch a neighborhood watch group. Sure, he was a bit ... Read more

30 Nov 2020

43mins

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S1 Ep5: Prohibition Murderers: The Karpis/Barker Gang

S1 Ep5: Prohibition Murderers: The Karpis/Barker Gang

Thanks to Prohibition, criminal gangs were a dime a dozen in the 1920s and '30s, but the Karpis/Barker Gang became one o... Read more

16 Nov 2020

43mins

Ranked #6

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S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

When a 22-year-old woman living with relatives in a boarding house disappeared on Dec. 22, 1799, her loved ones didn't i... Read more

2 Nov 2020

45mins

Ranked #7

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S1 Ep15: The Landmark Case of the Scottsboro Boys

S1 Ep15: The Landmark Case of the Scottsboro Boys

In 1932, a group of white men rushed to police to report a group of Black men had roughed them up on as they sneaked a r... Read more

8 Feb 2021

37mins

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S1 Ep14: The Million-Dollar Kidnapping of Ginny Piper

S1 Ep14: The Million-Dollar Kidnapping of Ginny Piper

When wealthy Ginny Piper was kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight inside of her secluded Minnesota home, it put the n... Read more

1 Feb 2021

41mins

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S1 Ep10: The Torture Chamber of Delphine LaLaurie

S1 Ep10: The Torture Chamber of Delphine LaLaurie

A fire broke out in a stately New Orleans mansion in 1834, leading neighbors to rush to the homeowners' aid. What they d... Read more

4 Jan 2021

39mins

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S1 Ep7: The Mysterious Beheading of Pearl Bryan

S1 Ep7: The Mysterious Beheading of Pearl Bryan

When a headless woman's remains were discovered near Cincinnati in 1896, police had a problem. Long before DNA and finge... Read more

7 Dec 2020

39mins

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