S4 Ep4: The Texas Tower Sniper

S4 Ep4: The Texas Tower Sniper

The morning of Aug. 1, 1966, 25-year-old Charles Whitman called his wife's boss to say she'd be out, then did the same for his mother. After killing the two women, he climbed atop the observatory tower at the University of Texas and relentlessly began picking off pedestrians below in an attack unlike any before witnessed in America.

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S6 Ep8: The Covenant Conspiracy

S6 Ep8: The Covenant Conspiracy

In 1945, a reverend, a realtor, a science teacher, and a white woman in a low-cut dress conspired to help a St. Louis couple buy a house. The couple had steady jobs, a down payment, and six children w...

20 Huhti 53min

S6 Ep7: Reckless Disregard: The Carrollton Bus Crash

S6 Ep7: Reckless Disregard: The Carrollton Bus Crash

In May 1988, a church bus returning to Kentucky was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver. Within seconds, it became an inferno. As families searched for answers, an unsettling truth emerged: The child...

13 Huhti 54min

S6 Ep6: The Murder That Sparked the Zoot Suit Riots

S6 Ep6: The Murder That Sparked the Zoot Suit Riots

In August 1942, 22-year-old Jose Diaz was found dying near a Los Angeles reservoir called Sleepy Lagoon. He'd been beaten and stabbed the night before he was set to report to the U.S. Army. His death ...

6 Huhti 55min

ENCORE: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke

ENCORE: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke

Singing his way through the 1950s and early 1960s, appealing to audiences across a segregated music industry, churning out hits of dreamy quality like “You Send Me” and inspirational fortitude like “A...

30 Maalis 39min

S6 Ep5: LIVE Episode: Cincinnati's "Seamstress Slayer"

S6 Ep5: LIVE Episode: Cincinnati's "Seamstress Slayer"

In November 1958, duck hunters at Cowan Lake State Park stumbled upon a burned body so badly damaged it was nearly unrecognizable. It belonged to Louise Bergen, a 32-year-old Cincinnati mother whose d...

23 Maalis 1h 3min

S6 Ep4: Stolen Valor: The Woman Who Wasn't There

S6 Ep4: Stolen Valor: The Woman Who Wasn't There

In the years after September 11, 2001, one survivor’s story rose above nearly all others. She said she had escaped from the South Tower, lost the man she loved on the 99th floor, and lived with injuri...

16 Maalis 52min

S6 Ep3: The Shepherd's Bush Massacre

S6 Ep3: The Shepherd's Bush Massacre

In August 1966, three unarmed London police officers pulled over a suspicious car on Braybrook Street in Shepherd's Bush in West London. Within minutes, all three were dead—shot in cold blood by three...

9 Maalis 49min

S6 Ep2: Brief Against Death: After Edgar Smith's Release

S6 Ep2: Brief Against Death: After Edgar Smith's Release

In 1976, a woman survived a brutal kidnapping and stabbing in a San Diego parking lot. The man accused of the attack was Edgar Smith—once a cause célèbre, hailed as a wrongfully convicted intellectual...

2 Maalis 45min

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