Infamous America
Historical True Crime — assassins, gangsters, mobsters and lawmen; manhunts, scandals and unexplained phenomena. Stories of the wildest and darkest chapters of America's past.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 267
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
TEXAS CHAINSAW Ep. 3 | “The Ghoul of Plainfield”
After another woman goes missing in Plainfield, Wisconsin, the police make horrifying discoveries at the farm of Ed Gein. The scene is beyond their worst nightmares, and Ed’s crimes become national n…
00:31:22 |
Wed 04 Nov 2020
TEXAS CHAINSAW Ep. 2 | “Killing Time”
After Ed Gein experiences personal tragedy, he becomes a true eccentric. His house fills with junk and squalor. He begins visiting cemeteries in the dark of night. He reads about grave robbing and mu…
00:32:22 |
Wed 28 Oct 2020
TEXAS CHAINSAW Ep. 1 | “A Sinister Tale”
In the 1920s and 1930s, Ed Gein grows up on a Wisconsin farm with a domineering mother and an alcoholic father. He’s bullied by other kids and sinks deeper into a dark mindset. In Austin, Texas in th…
00:30:35 |
Wed 21 Oct 2020
LIZZIE BORDEN Ep. 3 | “The Verdict”
Lizzie Borden goes to trial for the murder of her father and stepmother. The stakes are as high as they can get: she could face the death penalty if convicted. The prosecution presents damaging evide…
00:32:31 |
Wed 07 Oct 2020
LIZZIE BORDEN Ep. 2 | “Prime Suspect”
The Borden murders shock the city of Fall River. The police begin their investigation and they quickly discover a potential murder weapon. They believe poison might have been involved. They question …
00:31:39 |
Wed 30 Sep 2020
LIZZIE BORDEN Ep. 1 | “Axe Murders”
August 4, 1892 is a hot day in Fall River, Massachusetts. The Borden house is quiet until 30-year-old Lizzie screams that her father has been killed. Shortly thereafter, the body of her stepmother is…
00:31:27 |
Wed 23 Sep 2020
LEOPOLD & LOEB Ep. 4 | “Aftermath”
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb begin their new lives in prison, and those lives take very different turns. They use their money and intelligence to curry favor with the prison staff, but their stori…
00:33:18 |
Wed 02 Sep 2020
LEOPOLD & LOEB Ep. 3 | “Trial of the Century”
The families of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb hire the most famous defense attorney in America, Clarence Darrow, to keep their sons off death row. Darrow uses ingenious tactics, long-winded speeche…
00:31:53 |
Wed 26 Aug 2020
LEOPOLD & LOEB Ep. 2 | “Bobby”
In May of 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnap 14-year-old Bobby Franks and carry out their ruthless murder plan. They believe they are supermen who are above the law. They believe they have …
00:32:28 |
Wed 19 Aug 2020
LEOPOLD & LOEB Ep. 1 | “Crime of the Century”
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb are young and rich. They’re highly intelligent. And they’re about to become cold-blooded killers. They meticulously plan a murder that will rock the city of Chicago du…
00:32:06 |
Wed 12 Aug 2020
DB COOPER Ep. 4 | “Conspiracy Theories”
Host Chris Wimmer interviews the writer of the D.B Cooper series, Jamie Lyko. They add more detail to the story of the money found in the sand bar; they analyze a new suspect; and they discuss theori…
00:40:07 |
Wed 29 Jul 2020
DB COOPER Ep. 3 | “The Suspects”
Years pass, and the heat of the initial investigation dies down. The FBI reviews numerous suspects but dismisses each one. There are no leads on the hijacker and no new pieces of evidence … until a b…
00:37:06 |
Wed 22 Jul 2020
DB COOPER Ep. 2 | “The Investigation”
Law enforcement agencies race to find the hijacker, but they face major obstacles. The possible search area is massive and the weather hampers the investigation on the ground. The media turns the sto…
00:34:31 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
DB COOPER Ep. 1 | “The Skyjacking”
This is the story of one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in American history. In November of 1971, a man calling himself “Dan Cooper” hijacks an airplane out of Portland, Oregon. He demands four…
00:36:45 |
Wed 08 Jul 2020
ALCATRAZ Ep. 5 | “The Greatest Escape”
In the waning days of the prison, three inmates perform arguably the greatest prison break in American history. It’s immortalized by Hollywood in the 1979 film, “Escape From Alcatraz,” starring Clint…
00:36:51 |
Wed 24 Jun 2020
ALCATRAZ Ep. 4 | “The Hole”
Alcatraz cools down for a few years after the battle, but eventually the escape attempts resume. Some inmates are desperate to flee the harsh conditions on the island. Some seem like they are simply …
00:29:56 |
Wed 17 Jun 2020
ALCATRAZ Ep. 3 | “Battle of Alcatraz”
The most violent escape attempt in the history of Alcatraz, and possibly the American prison system, rocks the island in May of 1946. Six inmates take over D Block and end up in a siege against priso…
00:33:29 |
Wed 10 Jun 2020
ALCATRAZ Ep. 2 | “Blastout”
In the 1940s, the situation on Alcatraz took a dark turn. A brutal escape attempt claims two lives, but also turns a guard into a hero. And then “Doc” Barker, of the infamous Barker Gang, leads a bre…
00:29:14 |
Wed 03 Jun 2020
ALCATRAZ Ep. 1 | “Fortress of Isolation"
The history of Alcatraz Island is written by the escape attempts. In the earliest days of American occupation, it was a fort. And from the very beginning, military prisoners tried to escape. As the f…
00:28:42 |
Wed 27 May 2020
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Tue 26 May 2020
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