S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

When a 22-year-old woman living with relatives in a boarding house disappeared on Dec. 22, 1799, her loved ones didn't immediately worry. But when she still hadn't returned days later, all eyes turned to her lover -- whom she'd supposedly been set to marry the last time she was seen alive. Levi Weeks came from a family with money, so his rich brother did something that was unheard of at this point in American history: He hired fancy lawyers. And that's how Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr ended up on the same side defending a man against murder charges in 1800.

The case, referenced in Lin Manuel Miranda's award-winning musical "Hamilton," marks two firsts: The defense panel was America's first legal Dream Team, and the Weeks' case was the first recorded murder trial in the country's history.

"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.

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S1 Ep35: The Massacre at Taliesin

S1 Ep35: The Massacre at Taliesin

For years, famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright had made headlines for his personal life. After all, he'd left his wife and six children for a married woman during the Victorian era, and made no apologi...

2 Elo 202143min

S1 Ep34: Satanic Panic and the McMartin Preschool Case

S1 Ep34: Satanic Panic and the McMartin Preschool Case

Judy Johnson was horrified when her 3-year-old son told her he'd been abused by a teacher at his preschool. So, too, was her community. Soon, hundreds of parents throughout Manhattan Beach, California...

26 Heinä 202140min

S1 Ep33: The Murder of William Guldensuppe: The Headless Torso that Sparked a Media Furor

S1 Ep33: The Murder of William Guldensuppe: The Headless Torso that Sparked a Media Furor

When a group of kids cooling off along New York City's East River spotted a parcel in the water, they figured a passing freighter had dropped some goods. When they opened the package, however, they di...

19 Heinä 202139min

S1 Ep32: The Bath Massacre

S1 Ep32: The Bath Massacre

Andrew Kehoe really didn't like the new property taxes being leveled to pay for his community's fancy new school. This was well known throughout his hometown of Bath Township, Michigan.  What residen...

12 Heinä 202137min

S1: Roanoke: That Time 100 People Vanished for No Reason (from "Strange and Unexplained")

S1: Roanoke: That Time 100 People Vanished for No Reason (from "Strange and Unexplained")

Hey, COTC listeners! We're taking a break for the holiday this week, but we wanted to share an episode from another Obsessed Network show with you.  From "Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan," th...

5 Heinä 202132min

S1 Ep31: Doris Duke's Dark Secret

S1 Ep31: Doris Duke's Dark Secret

Tobacco heiress Doris Duke got upsetting news on Oct. 7, 1966. Her longtime friend and art curator, Eduardo Tirella wanted to end their work relationship. Within hours, Tirella was dead, having been h...

28 Kesä 202140min

S1 Ep30: Patty Hearst: Murder, Terror, and the Taking of an Heiress

S1 Ep30: Patty Hearst: Murder, Terror, and the Taking of an Heiress

When the granddaughter of one of America's best-known publishing magnates was kidnapped in 1974, the news of course grabbed headlines. But that was nothing compared to the attention the case would rec...

21 Kesä 202143min

S1 Ep29: John Arthur Pender: The Pardoned Killer?

S1 Ep29: John Arthur Pender: The Pardoned Killer?

The book The Man from the Train describes dozens of axe slayings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many of which authors Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James believe were committed by what wo...

14 Kesä 202137min

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