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The Decades-Long Death of "Sunny" von Bülow
Season 4 Episode 39
To outsiders, Claus and Martha "Sunny" von Bülow seemed an idyllic couple on the upper echelons of high society, but those who knew them best were gr…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Nazi Plunder of World War II
Season 4 Episode 38
We all know Adolph Hitler as a mediocre artist-turned-genocidal dictator, but did you know that he pulled off the greatest art heist the world has ev…
1 year, 8 months ago
Escape from Alcatraz
Season 4 Episode 37
The morning of June 12, 1962, alarms sounded at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island when guards conducting a head count came up three inmates short…
1 year, 8 months ago
Brink's Heist: The Ultimate Caper
Season 4 Episode 36
On January 17, 1950, a throng of men wearing superhero Halloween masks stormed into the headquarters of Brink's in Boston, Massachusetts, and made of…
1 year, 8 months ago
Firefighter-Turned-Arsonist John Leonard Orr
Season 4 Episode 35
As a series of brush and building fires baffled most firefighters in the Los Angeles region, John Orr of the Glendale Fire Department seemed amazingl…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Monster of Florence
Season 4 Episode 34
Between 1968 and 1985, eight sets of lovers were murdered during new moons in the Tuscany region of Italy. The mysterious and brutal slayings terrori…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Unholy Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
Season 4 Episode 33
As high-rolling televangelists, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker built a Christian media empire that included a theme park, broadcasting network and ministr…
1 year, 9 months ago
How the 1919 World Series Blackened the Chicago White Sox and American Sports
Season 4 Episode 32
In the wake of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, disturbing rumors began to swirl that sparked an investig…
1 year, 9 months ago
You Have the Right to an Attorney ... Thanks to Clarence Earl Gideon
Season 4 Episode 31
A poor drifter named Clarence Earl Gideon had faced more than his share of legal run-ins over his lifetime, but when he was arrested in 1961 for alle…
1 year, 9 months ago
FRIDAY FOLLOW-UP: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw
On this Friday Follow-Up, we tweak one of our earliest episodes after Amber's later research uncovered that an aspect of this case has been wrongly …
1 year, 9 months ago