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 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...

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S5 Ep12: The Stolen Cells and Silent Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

S5 Ep12: The Stolen Cells and Silent Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

When Henrietta Lacks discovered a tumor inside of her in 1951, she turned to Johns Hopkins Medical Center for help. They examined her cells and discovered two things: First, she had cervical cancer. A...

19 Touko 202544min

Presenting: Murder True Crime Stories

Presenting: Murder True Crime Stories

Murder: True Crime Stories explores the depths of history's most notorious murders, like you've never heard before. Go beyond the crime scene as we search for the real story, and focus on the people i...

15 Touko 20256min

S5 Ep11: Sex on the Moon: The Audacious Theft of Lunar Rocks

S5 Ep11: Sex on the Moon: The Audacious Theft of Lunar Rocks

A band of nerdy geology enthusiasts were sure the email they received in 2002 was a hoax: The unsolicited message said that its writer was in possession of moon rocks that he was willing to sell. But ...

12 Touko 202541min

S5 Ep10: Did Britain Hang an Innocent Man? The Murders at Rillington Place Part 2

S5 Ep10: Did Britain Hang an Innocent Man? The Murders at Rillington Place Part 2

When 25-year-old Tim Evans was hanged for killing his wife and 14-month-old daughter in 1949, few outside of his family questioned whether justice had been done. After all, Evans had at one point conf...

5 Touko 202539min

S5 Ep9: John Reginald Christie and the Murders at Rillington Place

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 wa...

28 Huhti 202541min

S5 Ep8: Journalist Spy: The Double Life of Pham Xuan An

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 t...

21 Huhti 202545min

S5 Ep7: Jack Kevorkian: Dr. Death or Champion of Choice?

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 mo...

14 Huhti 202549min

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