S2 Ep16: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 1

S2 Ep16: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 1

Defense lawyer George Remus started to notice a new kind of client in 1919 and 1920: the bootlegger. He also noticed that those bootleggers always paid handsomely in cash. Remus, who had a background in pharmaceuticals, decided he wanted in, and within a year, he owned 35% of America's alcohol. The federal government moved quickly to shut down this so-called King of the Bootleggers.

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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

S2 Ep17: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 2

S2 Ep17: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 2

Pharmacist-turned lawyer-turned bootlegger George Remus had been making headlines for years as one of the richest men in America thanks to his illegal booze-selling operation during the start of Prohi...

9 Touko 202238min

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