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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S1 Ep23: Jane Britton's Mysterious Murder

S1 Ep23: Jane Britton's Mysterious Murder

Though 23-year-old Jane Britton had no enemies when she was violently killed in 1969, her case somehow had no shortage of suspects. Who killed the brilliant and feisty Harvard grad student — was it th...

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S1 Ep22: H.H. Holmes and His Macabre "Murder Castle"

S1 Ep22: H.H. Holmes and His Macabre "Murder Castle"

He was born Herman Webster Mudgett, a bright boy beloved by his teachers because of his kind demeanor and thirst for knowledge. Later, the world would know him as H.H. Holmes, a man so determined to m...

12 Huhti 202152min

S1 Ep21: Fatty Arbuckle: Scandal in Hollywood

S1 Ep21: Fatty Arbuckle: Scandal in Hollywood

The roaring '20s of last century were fueled in part by a new industry: filmmaking in Hollywood. Directors were rolling in dough, as were the silver screen's first stars. But in 1921, the future of ci...

5 Huhti 202148min

S1: Introducing "Strange and Unexplained: Ep. 1 The Watcher House"

S1: Introducing "Strange and Unexplained: Ep. 1 The Watcher House"

Hey, Fam! We're so excited to bring you the new show from the Obsessed Network, "Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan." We've got the first episode here for you in this feed, and two more availabl...

2 Huhti 202134min

S1 Ep20: The Enduring Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials

S1 Ep20: The Enduring Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials

When two young girls began suffering from mysterious ailments in Salem, Massachusetts, in the late 17th century, townsfolk were baffled. The only explanation they could imagine was that the girls had ...

29 Maalis 202143min

S1 Ep19: The Murder of Marie Smith

S1 Ep19: The Murder of Marie Smith

When a 9-year-old girl failed to return home from school in 1910 Asbury Park, N.J., a local reporter became convinced of a Black man's guilt -- putting that man's life in danger even before an arrest ...

15 Maalis 202136min

S1 Ep18: Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

S1 Ep18: Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

As actress Rebecca Schaeffer rushed around her apartment to ready for the biggest audition of her career, a disturbed young man was pacing the street below, armed with a gun. Schaeffer's senseless dea...

8 Maalis 202139min

S1 Ep17: Daniel Sickles: Temporarily Insane?

S1 Ep17: Daniel Sickles: Temporarily Insane?

In 1859, two of Washington, D.C.'s highest-profile men were in love with the same woman -- and that love triangle would lead to the broad-daylight shooting of one of them just a stone's throw from the...

1 Maalis 202141min

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