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
S2 Ep33: Murder Aboard the Ohio Belle
In March of 1856, when a visibly intoxicated man of means boarded the Ohio Belle steamboat, the crew immediately worried that they were in for a bad trip. Still, they never could have predicted that …
00:34:10 |
Mon 19 Sep 2022
S2 Ep32: Trapping a Killer: Could a Psychic Help Catch a Serial Killer?
Between 1967 and 1969, terror gripped two college towns in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, Michigan, as investigators discovered the mutilated corpses of seven young women and girls. The murderer -- called …
00:43:02 |
Mon 12 Sep 2022
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Hey, everyone - for Labor Day, we're re-releasing this episode all about a workplace tragedy that helped spark new regulations in the US to protect workers. Enjoy the episode and we'll be back with …
00:40:29 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
S2 Ep31: Chasing a Ghost: Hunting the Killer of Chief Greg Adams
The heartbreaking murder of a small-town Pennsylvania police chief seemed like an open-and-shut case in December of 1980. After all, whoever shot Gregory Adams appeared to have left a driver's licens…
00:37:32 |
Mon 29 Aug 2022
S2 Ep30: Scandal in Arkansas: The Murder of Fern Rodgers
Porter Rodgers and his family was as close as royalty as one could get in the small town of Searcy, Arkansas. He was a successful doctor working at a hospital that bore his name. But on Sept. 26, 197…
00:33:38 |
Mon 22 Aug 2022
S2 Ep29: Alfred Packer: The Colorado Cannibal
When a haggard Alfred Packer stumbled from the Colorado wilderness in 1874, he at first said he'd been abandoned by five traveling companions who'd left him to fend for himself. But his already-shaky…
00:36:54 |
Mon 15 Aug 2022
S2 Ep28: The Harrowing Murders of Amelia Dyer
To countless women, Amelia Dyer offered salvation: She was a supposedly married but barren woman who offered to adopt babies whose parents (usually unwed mothers) couldn't afford to raise them proper…
00:39:27 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
S2 Ep27: Billy Milligan and His Multiple Personalities
Around the same time the first Hillside Stranglers victims were found near Los Angeles, a young man was arrested in Ohio in an unrelated string of robberies and sexual assaults that would have strang…
00:38:36 |
Mon 01 Aug 2022
S2 Ep26: The Hillside Stranglings Part 2
After Kenneth Bianchi was arrested in early 1979 on suspicion he was responsible for the so-called Hillside Stranglings near Los Angeles, he made an outrageous claim: He did kill 10 women in LA and a…
00:38:11 |
Mon 25 Jul 2022
S2 Ep25: The Hillside Stranglings
The first body discovered on a California hillside in late 1977 didn't make much news, but as the body count kept growing, so did the headlines -- and the sense of panic. The slayings, soon dubbed by…
00:34:51 |
Mon 18 Jul 2022
S2 Ep24: The Murder of Phil Hartman
When news spread that a high-profile comedian was killed in a murder-suicide in 1998, the response was disbelief: Phil Hartman wasn't just famous for being funny. He was even better known for being a…
00:36:45 |
Mon 11 Jul 2022
S2 Ep23: The Easter Sunday Massacre
On Easter Sunday 1937, Ethel Gedeon discovered her sister Veronica and mother Mary murdered in their New York City apartment alongside a third victim, a man who was residing in the apartment as a boa…
00:39:31 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
S2 Ep22: The Notorious Case Against Dr. Sam Sheppard
When the county coroner arrived at Sam Sheppard's house in July of 1954, the pathologist was certain the case was open-and-shut: Sheppard, a headlines-courting doctor and serial philanderer, clearly …
00:37:55 |
Mon 20 Jun 2022
S2 Ep21: The Heartbreaking Slayings of Nancy, Melissa, and Angela Newman
When three members of the Newman family were discovered slain in 1987, residents of Anchorage, Alaska, flew into a panic. Though murders weren't rare there, the slayings were brutal and the potential…
00:35:16 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
S2 Ep20: Arthur Fried and the 'Kidnap Years'
The Great Depression sparked a desperation in people that led to an epidemic of kidnappings nationwide, including the 1937 abduction of Arthur Fried, a married father of one whose father owned a sand…
00:35:58 |
Mon 06 Jun 2022
Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet
We're taking a break for the holiday, so we wanted to feature an episode from our first season you may not have heard yet. We'll be back with a new episode next week!
As actress Rebecca Schaeffer …
As actress Rebecca Schaeffer …
00:40:09 |
Mon 30 May 2022
S2 Ep19: The Reid Technique and the Wrongful Conviction of Darrel Parker
You've probably heard of the controversial Reid interrogation technique designed to extract confessions from suspects, but did you know that the case that put that technique on the map actually elici…
00:38:07 |
Mon 23 May 2022
S2 Ep18: Patty Cannon's Murderous Gang: Selling People for Profit
With the issue of slavery dividing America in the early 1800s, Patty Cannon told neighbors curious about the Black people they spotted secreted across her property that she was helping them escape in…
00:35:51 |
Mon 16 May 2022
S2 Ep17: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 2
Pharmacist-turned lawyer-turned bootlegger George Remus had been making headlines for years as one of the richest men in America thanks to his illegal booze-selling operation during the start of Proh…
00:38:42 |
Mon 09 May 2022
S2 Ep16: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 1
Defense lawyer George Remus started to notice a new kind of client in 1919 and 1920: the bootlegger. He also noticed that those bootleggers always paid handsomely in cash. Remus, who had a background…
00:35:59 |
Mon 02 May 2022
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