Podcast Episodes

The Last Call Killings

Season 3 Episode 11

Multiple murders, violent assaults, and a new forensic fingerprint technique. In today's episode we visit the killings, the acquittals, and eventuall…

2 years, 7 months ago

Finding Her Voice: Sabella Nitti of Murderess Row

Season 3 Episode 10

In the musical Chicago, the foreign woman held prisoner on Murderess Row has only one line in English: "Uh-uh, not guilty."   In today's episode, we …

2 years, 8 months ago

The Mysterious Case of Edward Earl

Season 3 Episode 9

Though he had been known by many names throughout his life, it was under the name Edward Earl that he was prosecuted and hanged in 1881 New York.  Wh…

2 years, 8 months ago

The Case Behind Stockholm Syndrome

Season 3 Episode 8

You're probably familiar with the concept of Stockholm Syndrome - the phenomenon where people taken hostage come to empathize with or even join up wi…

2 years, 8 months ago

The "Fireproof" Theatre: Tragedy at the Iroquois

Season 3 Episode 7

Chicago's state-of-the-art Iroquois Theatre was supposed to be a jewel in the rapidly expanding American arts scene of the early twentieth century.  …

2 years, 8 months ago

Deadly Blaze: The Thiokol Factory Explosion

Season 3 Episode 6

At the height of the space race, the arrival of the Thiokol chemical company was supposed to bring jobs and opportunities for the small Georgia town …

2 years, 9 months ago

The Deaths of Herman and Irving Arthur

Season 3 Episode 5

Brothers Herman and Irving Arthur wanted to leave their life as Southern sharecroppers in Texas and move to the North in search of better opportuniti…

2 years, 9 months ago

The Zodiac Killer (Potentially) Identified: A New Project from Obsessed Network

Earlier this year, author Jaret Kobec named a new suspect to be the Zodiac Killer. This was based on years of research which uncovered never before s…

2 years, 9 months ago

S3: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny

Season 3

This week we dive into our archives for a look back at one our episodes from the first season of "Crimes of the Centuries." Check out this episode a…

2 years, 9 months ago

The Chippendales Murder - Separating Fact from Fiction

Season 3 Episode 4

Nick De Noia dreamed of becoming a successful choreographer, a goal he attained through his sexy yet classy routines for the Chippendales all-male re…

2 years, 9 months ago