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How the 1919 World Series Blackened the Chicago White Sox and American Sports
Season 4 Episode 32
In the wake of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, disturbing rumors began to swirl that sparked an investig…
1 year, 2 months ago
You Have the Right to an Attorney ... Thanks to Clarence Earl Gideon
Season 4 Episode 31
A poor drifter named Clarence Earl Gideon had faced more than his share of legal run-ins over his lifetime, but when he was arrested in 1961 for alle…
1 year, 2 months ago
FRIDAY FOLLOW-UP: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw
On this Friday Follow-Up, we tweak one of our earliest episodes after Amber's later research uncovered that an aspect of this case has been wrongly …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Pastor and His Mistress: The Scandalous Hall-Mills Murder
Season 4 Episode 30
The town of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was rocked by the discovery of two bodies beneath a crabapple tree in September 1922. The remains belonged to …
1 year, 3 months ago
Col. Tom Parker: The Fraud Who Made Elvis Presley
Season 4 Episode 29
Music legend Elvis Presley never knew it before he died, but the man he trusted with his career and money was not who he said he was. Col. Tom Parker…
1 year, 3 months ago
Crimes Of The Centuries presents: The Burden
Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, but if you liked last week's episode on former Detective Louis Scarcella, we think you'll like season one …
1 year, 3 months ago
From 'Closer' to 'Crooked': NYC Detective Louis Scarcella's Fall from Grace
Season 4 Episode 28
When Det. Louis Scarcella retired in 1999, he was a New York City hero. He had closed dozens of homicide cases during his decades-long run as a cop n…
1 year, 3 months ago
From Hero to Traitor: How Benedict Arnold Slid into Infamy
Season 4 Episode 27
Before Benedict Arnold's name became synonymous with 'traitor,' he had been hailed as a hero of the American Revolutionary War. His rise from militia…
1 year, 4 months ago
How the Horrifying Murder of Adam Walsh Changed America
Season 4 Episode 26
In 1981, a 6-year-old boy accompanied his mother to a Sears department store, where she left him for mere minutes in the toy department. Two weeks la…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Clutter Family: The Case Behind Truman Capote's In Cold Blood
Season 4 Episode 25
The horrific killing of four members of the Clutter family in 1959 led author Truman Capote to write In Cold Blood, the book credited with launching …
1 year, 4 months ago