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
S5 Ep9: John Reginald Christie and the Murders at Rillington Place
In 1953, a horrific discovery was made behind some hastily hung wallpaper in a flat at 10 Rillington Place in London's Notting Hill neighborhood: The decomposing bodies of three women. Another body w…
00:41:15 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
S5 Ep8: Journalist Spy: The Double Life of Pham Xuan An
As American journalists worked to cover the Vietnam War, one of their colleagues proved a valuable asset: Pham Xuan An had been born in Vietnam, and was therefore able to help his coworkers navigate …
00:45:38 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
S5 Ep7: Jack Kevorkian: Dr. Death or Champion of Choice?
In the 1990s, Dr. Jack Kevorkian ignited a firestorm when he began helping to end the lives of people who said they were terminally ill. Over the years, he claimed to have assisted in the deaths of m…
00:49:15 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
S5 Ep6: The Enduring Mystery of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
For much of their outlaw careers, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid weren't the inseparable duo that Hollywood made us believe with its 1969 depiction of the pair. But the movie isn't the only reaso…
00:44:26 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
*BONUS* Strange And Unexplained- That Time Democracy Almost Collapsed: The Forgotten History of Smedley Butler and the Plot to Overthrow FDR
Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, but we hope you'll enjoy this episode of Strange And Unexplained with Daisy Eagan.
In the 1930s, some shadowy figures approached a decorated and beloved M…
In the 1930s, some shadowy figures approached a decorated and beloved M…
00:42:08 |
Mon 31 Mar 2025
S5 Ep5: How the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Forever Changed Civil Litigation
As the audience was settling in for an evening of entertainment in one of the swankiest nightclubs in the Midwest, a busboy approached the mic and asked everyone to exit the sprawling building. Soon,…
00:43:30 |
Mon 24 Mar 2025
S5 Ep4: How Family Man John List Became New Jersey's Bogeyman
To outsiders, John List was a mild-mannered, church-going father of three whose oddest trait was mowing the lawn in a suit and tie. But then the bodies of his wife, mother and three children were unc…
00:44:21 |
Mon 17 Mar 2025
S5 Ep3: Mulholland's Deadly Dam Disaster
William Mulholland was summoned to the St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon early March 12, 1928, to inspect some leaks that workers found worrisome. Mulholland shrugged off the concerns and de…
00:43:20 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
S5 Ep2: The Genesee River Killer
Sex workers began disappearing in the Rochester, New York, area at an alarming rate in the late 1980s. When their strangled and mutilated bodies were later discovered, it was clear they were being ta…
00:44:32 |
Mon 03 Mar 2025
Friday Follow-Up: Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom
On this Friday Follow-Up, we update with information brought to us by two descendants of an important latter-day figure in the case. After 4-year-old Charley Ross vanished in a carriage with two me…
00:43:06 |
Fri 28 Feb 2025
S5 Ep1: Twins Torn Apart: The Kidnapping of Marion Parker
When a well-dressed man approached a Los Angeles junior high school in 1927 asking for his coworker Perry Parker's daughter, the woman at the front desk should have immediately sensed something was o…
00:46:14 |
Mon 24 Feb 2025
Introducing: CRIME HOUSE TRUE CRIME STORIES
Crime House True Crime Stories is the ultimate destination for true crime fans. Every episode features two notorious cases from that week in crime history, tied by a common theme like infamous seria…
00:15:51 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
S4 Ep46: The Betrayal of Anne Frank
Most people know the story of Anne Frank, the young Jewish girl who hid in a secret attic for two years with six other people to avoid the Nazis, but a question still festers 80 years later: Who turn…
00:40:42 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
S4 Ep45: The Lysine Cartel: How an Informant (Sloppily) Exposed Archer Daniels Midland
Mark Whitacre, a high-ranking exec at the agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland, approached the FBI with some scandalous news: His employer was part of an international cartel illegally inflati…
00:45:25 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
S4 Ep44: At Any Cost: The Rise and Fall of Lance Armstrong
After recovering from Stage 4 testicular cancer, cyclist Lance Armstrong not only got his health back, but he became one of the sport's highest profile figures, winning seven Tour de France races in …
00:45:25 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
S4 Ep43: How Two Murders Became Three: The Story of George Stinney Jr.
In 1944, the brutal slayings of two young girls made plenty of headlines in Alcolu, South Carolina. The trial of their suspected killer garnered far less attention -- even when he was convicted and v…
00:43:40 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
S4 Ep42: Aberfan's Lost Generation
Students at Pantglas Junior School had just settled in at their desks the morning of Oct. 21, 1966, when an avalanche of slurry swept through the building, trapping hundreds of children and teachers …
00:47:57 |
Mon 20 Jan 2025
S4 Ep41: The Stealing of 'The Scream'
As the world descended on Norway for the 1994 Winter Olympics, a determined thief set his sights on a Norweigian painting he'd coveted most of his life: Edvard Munch's The Scream. The daring theft of…
00:41:15 |
Mon 13 Jan 2025
S4 Ep40: The Murder That Scandalized Harvard
On Thanksgiving week in 1849, Boston doctor and Harvard graduate George Parkman went for a walk and never returned home. The last place he'd been spotted was near the college's medical school, where …
00:40:50 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Introducing The In Between Podcast
Host Mel Barrett investigates a famous murder case that has split the community in her home state of New Hampshire right down the middle for thirty-four years. It’s a closed case, but based on what M…
00:27:42 |
Mon 30 Dec 2024
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