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 his mother insisted that the world see the violence inflicted upon her son, the case made international news and galvanized the civil rights movement in the United States.

"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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S3 Ep42: Uncovering the True Story of the Tulsa Massacre

S3 Ep42: Uncovering the True Story of the Tulsa Massacre

For years, the violence that occurred in the area known as "Black Wall Street" in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921 was remembered as the "Tulsa Race Riot" - when it was even remembered at all.  But that name,...

11 Helmi 202438min

S3 Ep41: The Death of Bob Crane: A Television Star's Secret Life

S3 Ep41: The Death of Bob Crane: A Television Star's Secret Life

Handsome and charismatic, the actor Bob Crane led the cast of the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" for six seasons from the mid-sixties into the beginning of the next decade.  The show ended in 1971, and C...

5 Helmi 202442min

S3 Ep40: Anna Marie Hahn: Cincinnati's "Angel of Death"

S3 Ep40: Anna Marie Hahn: Cincinnati's "Angel of Death"

Her story seemed innocent at first, if not charming.  A young immigrant woman from Germany befriending older gentlemen in Cincinnati's German community and providing them memories of home with her Old...

29 Tammi 202436min

S3 Ep39: The Lincoln Assassination's Forgotten Conspirators

S3 Ep39: The Lincoln Assassination's Forgotten Conspirators

It's a story every American grade school student learns - how the actor John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in his box at the Ford's Theater, jumped down to the stage, and fled Washington...

22 Tammi 202438min

S3 Ep38: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 2

S3 Ep38: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 2

After the murder of the Defeo family, the house known as "High Hopes" where the murders occurred was purchased by the George and Kathy Lutz.  But the Lutz family soon fled the property, claiming frigh...

15 Tammi 202437min

S3 Ep37: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 1

S3 Ep37: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 1

The word "Amityville" has practically become synonymous in popular culture with the eerie and supernatural.  But behind the books and movies is a true story of the Defeo murders, and in today's episod...

8 Tammi 202435min

S3 Ep36: American Black Widow Sharon Harrelson

S3 Ep36: American Black Widow Sharon Harrelson

Having one husband die under suspicious circumstances may not cause alarm bells to ring, but what if a second husband also meets an unfortunate fate? The so-called "American Black Widow" Sharon Harrel...

1 Tammi 202433min

S3 Ep35: The Kansas City Union Station Massacre

S3 Ep35: The Kansas City Union Station Massacre

There were seven men guarding the notorious criminal Frank Nash as he moved through Kansas City Union Station to a car waiting outside. But these officers couldn't stop the onslaught that faced them a...

11 Joulu 202340min

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