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CONSPIRACY THEORY: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Episode 85
In the summer of 1776, as the Continental Army braced for a British invasion of New York City, a network of loyalist conspirators bribed five of Geor…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
CRIME: The Boston Massacre
Episode 84
On the night of March 5, 1770, British soldiers opened fire on a crowd of colonists on King Street in Boston, killing five men and wounding several o…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
CULT: The Freemasons
Episode 83
For centuries, the Freemasons have counted kings, revolutionaries, and founding fathers among their ranks, a secret brotherhood whose rituals, oaths,…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
CONSPIRACY THEORY: Who Drew the Nazca Lines?
Episode 82
In Peru's scorching Nazca Valley, ancient inhabitants carved enormous animal figures into the desert floor over a thousand years ago, figures so larg…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
CRIME: Captain Phillips & the Maersk Alabama
Episode 81
In April 2009, four Somali pirates boarded the MV Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean, taking Captain Richard Phillips hostage in a lifeboat standoff …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
CULT: Pacific Cargo Cults
Episode 80
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, indigenous communities across Melanesia developed powerful religious movements in response to the sudden a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
CONSPIRACY THEORY: China's Bigfoot featuring Maci and Nadoly from GHOSTEAS
Episode 79
For over 2,000 years, the Yeren, China's legendary wildman, has haunted the mountains and folklore of rural China, inspiring fear, government bans, a…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
CRIME: Griselda Blanco the Cocaine Godmother
Episode 78
By her early 30s, Griselda Blanco had transformed herself from a poverty-stricken Colombian girl into one of the wealthiest and most feared drug lord…
3 months ago
CULTS: Colonia Dignidad
Episode 77
In the Chilean wilderness, German preacher Paul Schaefer ran Colonia Dignidad, a walled commune where 300 followers lived under surveillance, forced …
3 months ago
The Crimes that Built America | Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House’s Murder: True Crime Stories presents a special series for America’s 250th Birthday: The Crimes That Built America. Listen every Monday u…
3 months ago