Podcast Episodes

The Young Murders: Mrs. Clem's Secret Dealings

Season 3 Episode 20

On September 13, 1868 in Cold Springs, Indiana, the bodies of business-minded Jacob Young and Nancy Jane Young were found along White River. Both Jac…

2 years, 5 months ago

The Resurrectionists: Murder for Profit

Season 3 Episode 19

In 18th- and 19th-century England, doctors employed grave robbers - or "resurrectionists" - to unearth bodies for anatomical research. Unwilling to w…

2 years, 5 months ago

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders

Season 3 Episode 18

After seeing a movie together on February 22nd in 1946, Jimmy Hollis and his girlfriend Mary Jeanne Larey parked on a secluded road known as a lovers…

2 years, 5 months ago

The Double Indemnity Murder

Season 3 Episode 17

When Ruth Snyder began having an affair with a married corset salesman, Henry Judd Gray, in Queens, New York, in 1925, things soon turned deadly. Rut…

2 years, 6 months ago

Going to the Lordy: The Assassination of President James Garfield

Season 3 Episode 16

At 9:30 am on July 2, 1881 in Washington, D.C., the 20th American president James Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. Ga…

2 years, 6 months ago

Murder in the Bahamas Part 2

Season 3 Episode 15

As we explored in our first episode covering this case, Sir Harry Oakes was a member of the "elite" class of men who migrated to the Bahamas to avoid…

2 years, 6 months ago

Murder in the Bahamas - Part One

Season 3 Episode 14

Harry Oakes was an entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and gold miner. Sometime after midnight on July 8, 1943, Oakes was found dead inside his B…

2 years, 7 months ago

The Massie Affair

Season 3 Episode 13

In 1931 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Thalia Massie claimed she was raped by a group of men, including Joseph Kahahawai, a well-known local prizefighter. Crac…

2 years, 7 months ago

Stolen Potential: The Murder of Alberta Jones

Season 3 Episode 12

In 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky, Alberta Jones was named the first woman prosecutor. Only a few years later in 1965, she was found dead in the Ohio R…

2 years, 7 months ago

From Strange and Unexplained: The Tragicomedy of Typhoid Mary

Hey, Crimes of the Centuries listeners!

We’re off for the Memorial Day holiday, but didn’t want to leave you with an empty feed, so we’re featuring …

2 years, 7 months ago