S4 Ep26: How the Horrifying Murder of Adam Walsh Changed America

S4 Ep26: How the Horrifying Murder of Adam Walsh Changed America

In 1981, a 6-year-old boy accompanied his mother to a Sears department store, where she left him for mere minutes in the toy department. Two weeks later, the boy's head was discovered in a ditch. Learn how the horrifying case -- and the South Florida police department's decades-long bungling of it -- changed parenting in America.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history. You can get early and ad-free episodes on the Grab Bag Patreon page.

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S5: Bonus: Gary Glitter and the Dark Side of Glam Rock

S5: Bonus: Gary Glitter and the Dark Side of Glam Rock

For this holiday week, we're releasing an episode that initially was available only to subscribers through GrabBagCollab.com and Apple Podcasts. In the 1970s, Gary Glitter was a glam rock sensation: s...

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Introducing The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance

Introducing The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance

On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another youn...

26 Joulu 202514min

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...

22 Joulu 202551min

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...

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