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 gunpoint took not only her car, but her two young sons strapped into the car seats. As Susan Smith publicly pleaded for her boys to be returned unharmed, she hid a terrible secret that would shock the country and horrify her family.

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S2 Ep24: The Murder of Phil Hartman

S2 Ep24: The Murder of Phil Hartman

When news spread that a high-profile comedian was killed in a murder-suicide in 1998, the response was disbelief: Phil Hartman wasn't just famous for being funny. He was even better known for being a ...

11 Heinä 202236min

S2 Ep23: The Easter Sunday Massacre

S2 Ep23: The Easter Sunday Massacre

On Easter Sunday 1937, Ethel Gedeon discovered her sister Veronica and mother Mary murdered in their New York City apartment alongside a third victim, a man who was residing in the apartment as a boar...

27 Kesä 202239min

S2 Ep22: The Notorious Case Against Dr. Sam Sheppard

S2 Ep22: The Notorious Case Against Dr. Sam Sheppard

When the county coroner arrived at Sam Sheppard's house in July of 1954, the pathologist was certain the case was open-and-shut: Sheppard, a headlines-courting doctor and serial philanderer, clearly h...

20 Kesä 202237min

S2 Ep21: The Heartbreaking Slayings of Nancy, Melissa, and Angela Newman

S2 Ep21: The Heartbreaking Slayings of Nancy, Melissa, and Angela Newman

When three members of the Newman family were discovered slain in 1987, residents of Anchorage, Alaska, flew into a panic. Though murders weren't rare there, the slayings were brutal and the potential ...

13 Kesä 202235min

S2 Ep20: Arthur Fried and the 'Kidnap Years'

S2 Ep20: Arthur Fried and the 'Kidnap Years'

The Great Depression sparked a desperation in people that led to an epidemic of kidnappings nationwide, including the 1937 abduction of Arthur Fried, a married father of one whose father owned a sand-...

6 Kesä 202235min

Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

Rebecca Schaeffer: The Slaying of a Starlet

We're taking a break for the holiday, so we wanted to feature an episode from our first season you may not have heard yet.  We'll be back with a new episode next week! As actress Rebecca Schaeffer ru...

30 Touko 202240min

S2 Ep19: The Reid Technique and the Wrongful Conviction of Darrel Parker

S2 Ep19: The Reid Technique and the Wrongful Conviction of Darrel Parker

You've probably heard of the controversial Reid interrogation technique designed to extract confessions from suspects, but did you know that the case that put that technique on the map actually elicit...

23 Touko 202238min

S2 Ep18: Patty Cannon's Murderous Gang: Selling People for Profit

S2 Ep18: Patty Cannon's Murderous Gang: Selling People for Profit

With the issue of slavery dividing America in the early 1800s, Patty Cannon told neighbors curious about the Black people they spotted secreted across her property that she was helping them escape int...

16 Touko 202235min

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