S1 Ep13: Edward Rulloff: The Genius Psychopath

S1 Ep13: Edward Rulloff: The Genius Psychopath

Edward Rulloff was a genius, speaking seven languages by the time he graduated high school -- no easy feat for someone from a poor farming family. But Rulloff was also arrogant, hot-headed and prone to violence. When his wife and infant daughter disappeared in 1844, Rulloff said they'd simply gone on a trip, though his in-laws were suspicious. Somehow, he managed time and again to slip through authorities' fingers -- once with the help of an undersheriff's son whom he'd smooth-talked into freeing him from jail. When Rulloff was finally caught, some argued that his life should be spared and his brain studied, and he went down in history as one of America's smartest and most slippery criminals.

"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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S2 Ep2: The Galvanizing Murder of Emmett Till

S2 Ep2: The Galvanizing Murder of Emmett Till

A fun-loving Chicago teenager convinced his mom to let him visit relatives in Mississippi over the summer of 1955. Three days after his arrival, 14-year-old Emmett Till was viciously murdered. Because...

17 Tammi 202243min

S2 Ep1: The Cleveland Torso Murders

S2 Ep1: The Cleveland Torso Murders

On a crisp fall morning in 1935, two young boys made a grisly discovery in Kingsbury Run, an area in southeast Cleveland, Ohio. The boys, ages 16 and 12, had been playing catch but lost control of the...

10 Tammi 202243min

S1 Ep42: The Osage Nation Murders

S1 Ep42: The Osage Nation Murders

When members of the incredibly wealthy Osage Nation started dropping dead of mysterious ailments in 1920s Oklahoma, few people in state power paid it much mind. After all, many of those who could do s...

4 Loka 202138min

S1 Ep41: Richard Biegenwald: The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer

S1 Ep41: Richard Biegenwald: The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer

It's possible no one would have known that Richard Biegenwald was a serial killer if he hadn't shown a dead woman's body to a friend he wanted to enlist as a murderous protege. Once police started dig...

27 Syys 202137min

S1 Ep40: Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper

S1 Ep40: Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper

When five college students in Florida were brutally slain in a four-day span in 1990, it sent shockwaves across the nation as newscasters made comparisons to serial killer Ted Bundy. Police franticall...

20 Syys 202141min

S1 Ep39: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

S1 Ep39: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

As soon as Leonardo da Vinci unveiled the Mona Lisa in the early 1500s, the art world recognized it as a masterpiece. But it wasn't until centuries later that her face became one of the most famous in...

13 Syys 202136min

S1: The Death of Kendrick Johnson (from "Strange and Unexplained")

S1: The Death of Kendrick Johnson (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...

6 Syys 202135min

S1 Ep38: Susan Smith: More than a Monster

S1 Ep38: Susan Smith: More than a Monster

A distraught young mother pounded on the door of a stranger's house and told a story that riveted the nation: She'd been carjacked while driving an empty stretch of road, and the man who'd held her at...

30 Elo 202137min

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