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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…

3 years 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…

3 years, 1 month 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…

3 years, 1 month 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…

3 years, 1 month 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…

3 years, 2 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…

3 years, 2 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 an…

3 years, 2 months ago

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…

3 years, 2 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 …

3 years, 2 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…

3 years, 3 months ago