S5 Ep21: Gun on the Ferry: The Ruin of Laura Fair

S5 Ep21: Gun on the Ferry: The Ruin of Laura Fair

Laura Fair wanted what many women in Gilded-Age San Francisco wanted: security, respectability, and a husband who told the truth. What she got instead was a years-long affair and a heap of public scorn. When a single gunshot rang out aboard a crowded ferry, it set off a national debate about morality, madness, and how far a woman could be pushed. Based on real letters, real lies, and a courtroom drama that captivated 19th century America.

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More Like Ancient FAILiens: Underground Aliens with Guest Amber Hunt

More Like Ancient FAILiens: Underground Aliens with Guest Amber Hunt

While Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, please enjoy this special episode of the podcast, More Like Ancient Fail-iens, where Amber Hunt was a special guest! Whether you are in your enormous ...

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S5 Ep33: The Nazi Killed at the Laundromat — and How It Shaped Modern Extremism

S5 Ep33: The Nazi Killed at the Laundromat — and How It Shaped Modern Extremism

In August 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell — founder of the American Nazi Party and one of the most hated men in America — was shot by a sniper while doing laundry at a suburban strip mall. His murder ma...

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S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr

S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr

When Horst Wessel died in 1930, he was an obscure 22-year-old member of the SA. Within months, Joseph Goebbels had elevated him into a saint of the Third Reich, complete with a theme song that would e...

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S5 Ep31: Murder in the Mews: The Fall of Elvira Barney

S5 Ep31: Murder in the Mews: The Fall of Elvira Barney

London in the early 1930s was captivated by the Bright Young Things — aristocratic sons and daughters whose glittering parties and endless scandals filled the tabloids. Among them was Elvira Mullens B...

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S5 Ep30: The Prophet of Kirtland, Part 2: Blood Atonement

S5 Ep30: The Prophet of Kirtland, Part 2: Blood Atonement

Despite police informants thwarting one of his deadly plans, cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren’s appetite for violence couldn’t be satiated. When one target was out of reach, he simply shifted his sights t...

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S5 Ep29: The Prophet of Kirtland, Part 1: The Birth of a Cult

S5 Ep29: The Prophet of Kirtland, Part 1: The Birth of a Cult

In 1980s Ohio, Jeffrey Lundgren wasn’t just studying scripture — he was twisting it into something dangerous. To outsiders, he was a soft-spoken tour guide at a historic church site. But behind closed...

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S5 Ep28: Can You Ever Forgive Me? The Literary Forgeries of Lee Israel

S5 Ep28: Can You Ever Forgive Me? The Literary Forgeries of Lee Israel

For a brief, dazzling moment in early 1990s New York, biographer Lee Israel became one of the most notorious literary forgers of all time. Out of money, out of friends, and with a sick cat to care for...

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S5 Ep27: The Real Goodfellas Job

S5 Ep27: The Real Goodfellas Job

It was the score of all scores: a $6 million haul in cash and jewels lifted from JFK Airport in 1978. The headlines called it the Lufthansa heist; Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas turned it into legend. B...

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