Crimes of the Centuries
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 Crimes of the Centuries, award-winning journalist Amber Hunt will examine a case that’s lesser known today but was huge when it happened. The cases explored span the centuries and each left a mark. Some made history by changing laws. Others were so shocking they changed society.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 223
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S1 Ep21: Fatty Arbuckle: Scandal in Hollywood
The roaring '20s of last century were fueled in part by a new industry: filmmaking in Hollywood. Directors were rolling in dough, as were the silver screen's first stars. But in 1921, the future of c…
00:48:14 |
Mon 05 Apr 2021
S1: Introducing "Strange and Unexplained: Ep. 1 The Watcher House"
Hey, Fam! We're so excited to bring you the new show from the Obsessed Network, "Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan." We've got the first episode here for you in this feed, and two more availab…
00:34:04 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
S1 Ep20: The Enduring Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials
When two young girls began suffering from mysterious ailments in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 17th century, townsfolk were baffled. The only explanation they could imagine was that the girls had…
00:43:53 |
Mon 29 Mar 2021
S1 Ep19: The Murder of Marie Smith
When a 9-year-old girl failed to return home from school in 1910 Asbury Park, N.J., a local reporter became convinced of a Black man's guilt -- putting that man's life in danger even before an arrest…
00:36:50 |
Mon 15 Mar 2021
S1 Ep18: Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet
As actress Rebecca Schaeffer rushed around her apartment to ready for the biggest audition of her career, a disturbed young man was pacing the street below, armed with a gun. Schaeffer's senseless de…
00:39:43 |
Mon 08 Mar 2021
S1 Ep17: Daniel Sickles: Temporarily Insane?
In 1859, two of Washington, D.C.'s highest-profile men were in love with the same woman -- and that love triangle would lead to the broad-daylight shooting of one of them just a stone's throw from th…
00:41:18 |
Mon 01 Mar 2021
S1 Ep16: Richard Speck: Born to Raise Hell
On July 14, 1966, Chicago residents awoke to horrific news: Eight young nurses had been brutally killed in their dorm-style housing overnight. The killer had lost count of his victims and left one su…
00:44:27 |
Mon 22 Feb 2021
S1 Ep15: The Landmark Case of the Scottsboro Boys
In 1932, a group of white men rushed to police to report a group of Black men had roughed them up on as they sneaked a ride on a train. Authorities soon descended and soon even more heinous allegatio…
00:37:25 |
Mon 08 Feb 2021
S1 Ep14: The Million-Dollar Kidnapping of Ginny Piper
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 husband on a macabre scavenger hunt to save Ginny’s …
00:41:23 |
Mon 01 Feb 2021
S1 Ep13: Edward Rulloff: The Genius Psychopath
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. But Rulloff was also arrogant, hot-headed and prone …
00:37:20 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
S1 Ep12: The Tylenol Murders: Over-the-Counter Killers
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 second person collapsed, and police realized that the …
00:38:34 |
Mon 18 Jan 2021
S1 Ep11: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw
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 man who said he was defending his wife's honor. I…
00:47:03 |
Mon 11 Jan 2021
S1 Ep10: The Torture Chamber of Delphine LaLaurie
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, made them realize that the charming and cultured wom…
00:39:27 |
Mon 04 Jan 2021
S1 Ep9: Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom
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…
00:40:12 |
Mon 21 Dec 2020
S1 Ep8: Kitty Genovese: A Murder with 38 Witnesses
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…
00:37:54 |
Mon 14 Dec 2020
S1 Ep7: The Mysterious Beheading of Pearl Bryan
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…
00:39:06 |
Mon 07 Dec 2020
S1 Ep6: Bob Berdella: The Serial Killer Known as the Kansas City Butcher
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…
00:43:52 |
Mon 30 Nov 2020
S1 Ep5: Prohibition Murderers: The Karpis/Barker Gang
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 …
00:43:32 |
Mon 16 Nov 2020
S1 Ep4: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny
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 …
00:40:20 |
Mon 09 Nov 2020
S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder
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…
00:45:25 |
Mon 02 Nov 2020
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