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The Lonely Hearts Club Killers
Season 4 Episode 16
After World War II stole a great many men from their loving wives, Lonely Hearts clubs were all the rage for lonely widows looking for love. A number…
1 year, 7 months ago
Randy Ayers: The Case of the Lookalike
Season 4 Episode 15
Randy Ayers was a 17-year-old high school senior when he was spotted at school and identified as the man who raped and tried to kill a 15-year-old gi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Voyage of the Damned: The M.S. St. Louis
Season 4 Episode 14
The 937 passengers aboard the M.S. St. Louis had every reason to be optimistic as they left Hamburg, Germany, on May 13, 1939. After years of their r…
1 year, 7 months ago
Kidnapped and Buried Alive: The Nightmare in Chowchilla
Season 4 Episode 13
When 26 California schoolchildren and their bus driver failed to show up after a swimming trip on the penultimate day of summer school, authorities l…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Tsavo Man Eaters
Season 4 Episode 12
In 1898, a pair of killers stalked a worksite in the Tsavo region of Kenya. They evaded blockades and booby traps to torment hundreds of men who'd si…
1 year, 7 months ago
Marie Noe and Her Cradle of Death
Season 4 Episode 11
In the 1960s, after losing all 10 of the babies they'd conceived, Marie Noe and her husband, Arthur, became the most famous bereaved parents in Ameri…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Walk of Death: Howard Unruh
Season 4 Episode 10
On September 6, 1949, 28-year-old World War II veteran Howard Unruh ate the breakfast his mother made him, then armed himself with a Luger pistol and…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Monster of Wall Street
Season 4 Episode 9
While the grift he deployed had been named for another man, Bernie Madoff took the concept of a Ponzi scheme and pumped it full of steroids, allowing…
1 year, 8 months ago
Charles Ponzi's Scheme
Season 4 Episode 8
Italian-born Charles Ponzi had grown up hearing from his mother that he was destined for greatness, so it was no surprise to her when she visited him…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Los Angeles Times Bombing
Season 4 Episode 7
In the midst of nationwide bombings that pit union backers against anti-union bosses, an explosion at the Los Angeles Times building crossed a line t…
1 year, 9 months ago