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Back to SearchThe Million-Dollar Kidnapping of Ginny Piper
Season 1 Episode 14
When wealthy Ginny Piper was kidnapped at gunpoint in broad daylight inside of her secluded Minnesota home, it put the nation on edge and sent her hu…
5 years, 6 months ago
Edward Rulloff: The Genius Psychopath
Season 1 Episode 13
Edward Rulloff was a genius, speaking seven languages by the time he graduated high school -- no easy feat for someone from a poor farming family. Bu…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Tylenol Murders: Over-the-Counter Killers
Season 1 Episode 12
When 52-year-old Bruce Nickell suddenly dropped dead in Washington state, investigators at first thought he'd died of a heart attack. But then a seco…
5 years, 6 months ago
Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw
Season 1 Episode 11
It was one of the most salacious stories the country had ever heard: A famous architect had been gunned down in front of an audience of hundreds by a…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Torture Chamber of Delphine LaLaurie
Season 1 Episode 10
A fire broke out in a stately New Orleans mansion in 1834, leading neighbors to rush to the homeowners' aid. What they discovered inside, however, ma…
5 years, 7 months ago
Charley 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 o…
5 years, 7 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. Th…
5 years, 7 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…
5 years, 8 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 …
5 years, 8 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, hi…
5 years, 8 months ago