S4 Ep3: The Cold-Blooded Killing of the Candy Man

S4 Ep3: The Cold-Blooded Killing of the Candy Man

Every parent has worried about their children hauling home tainted candy on Halloween, but not everyone knows where that fear originated. On Halloween in 1974, an 8-year-old boy named Timothy O’Bryan was granted one pick from his basket before bed — and soon after downing the contents of his Pixy Stix, he went limp in his father’s arms. The investigation threw parents into a panic, prompting tons of candy to be taken to sheriff’s offices for inspection. As horrifying as the case appeared to be at first, what police uncovered was far more sinister than anyone had imagined.

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S5 Ep39: All the Queen's Money: The Fall of Rita Crundwell

S5 Ep39: All the Queen's Money: The Fall of Rita Crundwell

For two decades, the small Illinois town of Dixon couldn't afford new trucks, fresh asphalt, or summer pools. Meanwhile, their trusted treasurer lived like royalty—breeding champion horses, dripping i...

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S5 Ep38: Milkshakes and Murder: The Kissel Brothers

S5 Ep38: Milkshakes and Murder: The Kissel Brothers

When two wealthy brothers from the same family were murdered three years and 8,000 miles apart, it seemed too strange to be coincidence. But behind both crimes lay the same forces—greed, arrogance, an...

15 Joulu 202549min

S5 Ep37: The Murder Farm of Jasper County

S5 Ep37: The Murder Farm of Jasper County

A boy’s discovery in the Yellow River launched one of the South’s most shocking murder investigations. What authorities found on John S. Williams’s farm in 1921 exposed a brutal system hiding in plain...

8 Joulu 202547min

S5 Ep36: Thomas Jefferson and the $157,000 Bottle

S5 Ep36: Thomas Jefferson and the $157,000 Bottle

In 1985, Christie’s auctioned off a dusty Bordeaux engraved with the initials “Th.J.” The seller claimed it had once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, and the bottle fetched an astonishing $157,000. It wa...

1 Joulu 202552min

S5 Ep35: The Saint and the Survivors: The Story of Junípero Serra

S5 Ep35: The Saint and the Survivors: The Story of Junípero Serra

He gave up comfort for a calling, left Spain for the wilds of California, and walked thousands of miles to bring the Gospel to Indigenous people. Father Junípero Serra is revered by some as a saintly ...

24 Marras 202545min

S5 Ep34: The Monster in Plain Sight: Jimmy Savile

S5 Ep34: The Monster in Plain Sight: Jimmy Savile

He was the BBC’s quirky golden boy — cigar in hand, tracksuit on, always ready to raise money for charity. Margaret Thatcher lobbied to get him knighted. The Queen pinned the honor on him. And all the...

17 Marras 202553min

More Like Ancient FAILiens: Underground Aliens with Guest Amber Hunt

More Like Ancient FAILiens: Underground Aliens with Guest Amber Hunt

While Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, please enjoy this special episode of the podcast, More Like Ancient Fail-iens, where Amber Hunt was a special guest! Whether you are in your enormous ...

10 Marras 20251h 8min

S5 Ep33: The Nazi Killed at the Laundromat — and How It Shaped Modern Extremism

S5 Ep33: The Nazi Killed at the Laundromat — and How It Shaped Modern Extremism

In August 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell — founder of the American Nazi Party and one of the most hated men in America — was shot by a sniper while doing laundry at a suburban strip mall. His murder ma...

3 Marras 202552min

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