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Back to SearchThe Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 1
Season 3 Episode 37
The word "Amityville" has practically become synonymous in popular culture with the eerie and supernatural. But behind the books and movies is a tru…
2 years, 7 months ago
American Black Widow Sharon Harrelson
Season 3 Episode 36
Having one husband die under suspicious circumstances may not cause alarm bells to ring, but what if a second husband also meets an unfortunate fate?…
2 years, 7 months ago
The Kansas City Union Station Massacre
Season 3 Episode 35
There were seven men guarding the notorious criminal Frank Nash as he moved through Kansas City Union Station to a car waiting outside. But these off…
2 years, 8 months ago
Bonnie and Clyde: The Real Story of the Notorious Duo
Season 3 Episode 34
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is probably familiar to many of our COTC listeners. But this story of young outlaws terrorizing the coun…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Scourge of Thalidomide
Season 3 Episode 33
In March of 1954, scientists from German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal produced Thalidomide for the first time. Thalidomide was a sedative…
2 years, 8 months ago
Billy the Kid: The Lincoln County War Part 2
Season 3 Episode 32
After the five-day Battle of Lincoln, the deputized posse called the Regulators disbanded. The Lincoln County War appeared to be over. Lew Wallace, t…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Lincoln County War Part 1
Season 3 Episode 31
In November 1876, a 24-year-old wealthy cattleman and banker named John Tunstall, arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Together with lawyer Alexand…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Lattimer Mine Massacre
Season 3 Episode 30
On September 10, 1897, roughly 300 to 400 unarmed strikers marched peacefully to a coal mine to support a newly formed United Mine Workers union. The…
2 years, 9 months ago
Juana Barraza: Mexico's Little Old Lady Killer
Season 3 Episode 29
Born December 27, 1957 in Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, Juana Dayanara Barraza Samperioa was a 48-year-old single mother with a troubled past. After years of …
2 years, 9 months ago
Terror in the Big Top: The Hartford Circus Fire
Season 3 Episode 28
On July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, thousands of patrons were excited to escape the heat and attend the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baile…
2 years, 9 months ago