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 more than 130 people, all while challenging police and prosecutors who vowed to stop him. His first four trials ended in three acquittals and a mistrial, but as his antics grew more daring, so, too, did the legal system's fervor to put him behind bars. His legacy is divisive, but few can argue that he single-handedly forced America to confront its stance on physician-assisted suicide.

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S3 Ep10: Finding Her Voice: Sabella Nitti of Murderess Row

S3 Ep10: Finding Her Voice: Sabella Nitti of Murderess Row

In the musical Chicago, the foreign woman held prisoner on Murderess Row has only one line in English: "Uh-uh, not guilty."   In today's episode, we explore the real-life case that inspired that chara...

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S3 Ep9: The Mysterious Case of Edward Earl

S3 Ep9: The Mysterious Case of Edward Earl

Though he had been known by many names throughout his life, it was under the name Edward Earl that he was prosecuted and hanged in 1881 New York.  What would the writings he composed in prison reveal ...

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S3 Ep8: The Case Behind Stockholm Syndrome

S3 Ep8: The Case Behind Stockholm Syndrome

You're probably familiar with the concept of Stockholm Syndrome - the phenomenon where people taken hostage come to empathize with or even join up with their captors.  But did you realize that the ter...

1 Touko 202344min

S3 Ep7: The "Fireproof" Theatre: Tragedy at the Iroquois

S3 Ep7: The "Fireproof" Theatre: Tragedy at the Iroquois

Chicago's state-of-the-art Iroquois Theatre was supposed to be a jewel in the rapidly expanding American arts scene of the early twentieth century.  But in an emergency, a combination of disaster mana...

24 Huhti 202343min

S3 Ep6: Deadly Blaze: The Thiokol Factory Explosion

S3 Ep6: Deadly Blaze: The Thiokol Factory Explosion

At the height of the space race, the arrival of the Thiokol chemical company was supposed to bring jobs and opportunities for the small Georgia town of Woodbine.  But a tragic explosion in 1971 killed...

17 Huhti 202336min

S3 Ep5: The Deaths of Herman and Irving Arthur

S3 Ep5: The Deaths of Herman and Irving Arthur

Brothers Herman and Irving Arthur wanted to leave their life as Southern sharecroppers in Texas and move to the North in search of better opportunities.  But after an encounter with the landowners tur...

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S3: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny

S3: Nannie Doss: The Murderous Giggling Granny

This week we dive into our archives for a look back at one our episodes from the first season of "Crimes of the Centuries." Check out this episode and all our episodes from seasons 1 and 2, and we'll ...

3 Huhti 202340min

S3 Ep4: The Chippendales Murder - Separating Fact from Fiction

S3 Ep4: The Chippendales Murder - Separating Fact from Fiction

Nick De Noia dreamed of becoming a successful choreographer, a goal he attained through his sexy yet classy routines for the Chippendales all-male revue.  Unfortunately, that job also brought him into...

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