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 Ep18: Reckoning at Penn State: The Jerry Sandusky Scandal

S5 Ep18: Reckoning at Penn State: The Jerry Sandusky Scandal

Jerry Sandusky was a legend at Penn State University. As the right hand of head football coach Joe Paterno, he was known not only as an exceptional coach but also as a big-hearted philanthropist and a...

14 Heinä 202550min

S5 Ep17: Faith Vs. Flag: How the Gobitis Case Tested the Limits of Religious Freedom

S5 Ep17: Faith Vs. Flag: How the Gobitis Case Tested the Limits of Religious Freedom

In 1935, 12-year-old Lillian Gobitas and her little brother William were kicked out of their Pennsylvania public school — not for misbehaving, but for quietly refusing to salute the flag, which they b...

7 Heinä 202544min

The Murder of Phil Hartman

The Murder of Phil Hartman

Crimes Of The Centuries is dark again this week, so here is an episode that you might not have heard previously... or might just want to listen to again. When news spread that a high-profile comedian...

30 Kesä 202538min

Guest Episode: The Wild Tale of Black Jack Ketchum

Guest Episode: The Wild Tale of Black Jack Ketchum

While Crimes of the Centuries takes a brief summer break, enjoy a guest episode from Josh at The Wild West Extravaganza. This one’s a doozy: It’s the story of "Black Jack" Ketchum — a train robber who...

23 Kesä 202530min

S5 Ep16: The Siege of Sidney Street

S5 Ep16: The Siege of Sidney Street

In late 1910 and early 1911, a band of impulsive Latvian radicals fleeing persecution in Russia unleashed a wave of violence in London that left three policemen dead and part of a quiet city block in ...

16 Kesä 202549min

S5 Ep15: The Repairman's Ruse: The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

S5 Ep15: The Repairman's Ruse: The Kidnapping of Alice Speed Stoll

When Berry Stoll returned from work on Oct. 10, 1934, the scene greeting him was pure chaos: His maid was tied up, his wife was missing and a terrifying pool of blood covered one of the beds. Alice Sp...

9 Kesä 202540min

S5 Ep14: Breach of Trust: Inside the Legendary Loomis Fargo Heist

S5 Ep14: Breach of Trust: Inside the Legendary Loomis Fargo Heist

One Sunday morning in 1997, a security guard noticed the front fence at Loomis Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina, was ajar. So was the warehouse door. And the vault inside was fitted with a suspiciou...

2 Kesä 202540min

S5 Ep13: Silenced in the South: Ruby McCollum and the Murder of Dr. Adams

S5 Ep13: Silenced in the South: Ruby McCollum and the Murder of Dr. Adams

In 1952, Ruby McCollum left two of her children in her car as she casually walked into a doctor's office in Live Oak, Florida, and shot Dr. C. Leroy Adams — a respected white physician and newly elect...

26 Touko 202543min

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