S4 Ep42: Aberfan's Lost Generation

S4 Ep42: Aberfan's Lost Generation

Students at Pantglas Junior School had just settled in at their desks the morning of Oct. 21, 1966, when an avalanche of slurry swept through the building, trapping hundreds of children and teachers and wiping out nearby homes and businesses. Known as the Aberfan Disaster, the collapse of a colliery spoil tip ultimately killed 116 children and 28 adults. While the official cause was weeks of heavy rain, what happened was no mere act of God.

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S4 Ep34: The Monster of Florence

S4 Ep34: The Monster of Florence

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S4 Ep33: The Unholy Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker

S4 Ep33: The Unholy Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker

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S4 Ep32: How the 1919 World Series Blackened the Chicago White Sox and American Sports

S4 Ep32: How the 1919 World Series Blackened the Chicago White Sox and American Sports

In the wake of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, disturbing rumors began to swirl that sparked an investigation: Did members of the White Sox club -- includi...

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S4 Ep31: You Have the Right to an Attorney ... Thanks to Clarence Earl Gideon

S4 Ep31: You Have the Right to an Attorney ... Thanks to Clarence Earl Gideon

A poor drifter named Clarence Earl Gideon had faced more than his share of legal run-ins over his lifetime, but when he was arrested in 1961 for allegedly stealing some drinks and quarters from a bar,...

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FRIDAY FOLLOW-UP: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw

FRIDAY FOLLOW-UP: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw

On this Friday Follow-Up, we tweak one of our earliest episodes after Amber's later research uncovered that an aspect of this case has been wrongly reported for decades. It was one of the most salacio...

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S4 Ep30: The Pastor and His Mistress: The Scandalous Hall-Mills Murder

S4 Ep30: The Pastor and His Mistress: The Scandalous Hall-Mills Murder

The town of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was rocked by the discovery of two bodies beneath a crabapple tree in September 1922. The remains belonged to Edward Hall, a local pastor, and Eleanor Mills, a m...

14 Loka 202444min

S4 Ep29: Col. Tom Parker: The Fraud Who Made Elvis Presley

S4 Ep29: Col. Tom Parker: The Fraud Who Made Elvis Presley

Music legend Elvis Presley never knew it before he died, but the man he trusted with his career and money was not who he said he was. Col. Tom Parker had been born in the Netherlands, not in Huntingto...

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Crimes Of The Centuries presents: The Burden

Crimes Of The Centuries presents: The Burden

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