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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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 2 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 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…
2 years, 3 months ago
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…
2 years, 4 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…
2 years, 4 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…
2 years, 4 months ago