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Back to SearchCharley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom
Season 1 Episode 9
After 4-year-old Charley Ross vanished in a carriage with two men who'd offered him candy and fireworks, police at first told his father to wait it out. Surely the men had no bad intentions. Then cam…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Kitty Genovese: A Murder with 38 Witnesses
Season 1 Episode 8
As a 28-year-old woman screamed for help on an otherwise quiet New York City street, neighbors roused from sleep ... and then largely did nothing. The 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese would soon represe…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
The Mysterious Beheading of Pearl Bryan
Season 1 Episode 7
When a headless woman's remains were discovered near Cincinnati in 1896, police had a problem. Long before DNA and fingerprinting, the lack of a head made it tough to identify the victim. Thanks to a…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Bob Berdella: The Serial Killer Known as the Kansas City Butcher
Season 1 Episode 6
To his neighbors, Bob Berdella was a proactive citizen who helped launch a neighborhood watch group. Sure, he was a bit condescending, but he seemed to have a big heart, using his Kansas City home as…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Prohibition Murderers: The Karpis/Barker Gang
Season 1 Episode 5
Thanks to Prohibition, criminal gangs were a dime a dozen in the 1920s and '30s, but the Karpis/Barker Gang became one of the era's longest lived, highest profile, and most consequential. During the …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny
Season 1 Episode 4
When widower Sam Doss was rushed to the hospital with abdominal pains in 1954, his doctor was flummoxed by his life-threatening yet mysterious illness. But Doss got better and came home -- then died …
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder
Season 1 Episode 3
When a 22-year-old woman living with relatives in a boarding house disappeared on Dec. 22, 1799, her loved ones didn't immediately worry. But when she still hadn't returned days later, all eyes turne…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Leopold & Loeb: Jazz Age Killers
Season 1 Episode 2
On May 21, 1924, 19-year-old Nathan Leopold and 18-year-old Richard Loeb convinced a younger boy, 14 year old Bobby Franks, to get in a car with them. We think Leopold was driving with Loeb in the ba…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Season 1 Episode 1
At 3:00 am on April 27th, 1913, the body of 13 year old Mary Phagan was found in the basement of the factory where she worked in Atlanta, Georgia. Her dress was up around her waist and a strip from h…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
S1: PREVIEW: Crimes of the Centuries
Season 1
Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking to be labelled the “crime of the century.” Even so, there are a lot of cases that have earned the distinction. In each episode of…
Published on 4 years, 11 months ago