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How the Assault of Recy Taylor Shaped Civil Rights Tactics
Season 4 Episode 6
In September 1944, a 24-year-old married woman named Recy Taylor was walking home with friends from church when a carload of seven men stopped her. F…
1 year, 9 months ago
From Grab Bag Collab: The Catalyst
Hey, Crimes of the Centuries listeners! COTC is now part of Grab Bag Collab, a Patreon-based podcasting network. You can find our other shows availab…
1 year, 9 months ago
Winnie Ruth Judd: The Trunk Murderess
Season 4 Episode 5
When luggage leaking blood arrived at a Los Angeles train depot in 1931, the woman who'd traveled with the items feigned ignorance -- and then disapp…
1 year, 9 months ago
The Texas Tower Sniper
Season 4 Episode 4
The morning of Aug. 1, 1966, 25-year-old Charles Whitman called his wife's boss to say she'd be out, then did the same for his mother. After killing …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Cold-Blooded Killing of the Candy Man
Season 4 Episode 3
Every parent has worried about their children hauling home tainted candy on Halloween, but not everyone knows where that fear originated. On Hallowee…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
Season 4 Episode 2
Notorious labor union leader Jimmy Hoffa had for decades been a polarizing figure, with his ties to organized crime investigated as early as 1957 by …
1 year, 10 months ago
Dr. Satan of Occupied Paris: Marcel Petiot
Season 4 Episode 1
Living in Occupied Paris during World War II was utter chaos, with the Gestapo police constantly changing rules, kidnapping people from the streets a…
1 year, 10 months ago
From Grab Bag Collab: Introducing The Catalyst
Random offenses, Institutions and Orange Socks. This is the story of The Drifter.
Dive deep into the upbringing and backstories of individuals who c…
1 year, 10 months ago
Uncovering the True Story of the Tulsa Massacre
Season 3 Episode 42
For years, the violence that occurred in the area known as "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921 was remembered as the "Tulsa Race Riot" - …
1 year, 11 months ago
The Death of Bob Crane: A Television Star's Secret Life
Season 3 Episode 41
Handsome and charismatic, the actor Bob Crane led the cast of the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" for six seasons from the mid-sixties into the beginning…
1 year, 11 months ago