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 Crane began traveling the country in a touring play. When he was found dead in his hotel room in Arizona in 1978, was it due to a secret life that he kept hidden from public view?

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S5 Ep46: The Mysterious Death of Hitler's Niece

S5 Ep46: The Mysterious Death of Hitler's Niece

In 1931, Adolf Hitler’s 23-year-old niece, Geli Raubal, was found dead in the Führer's Munich apartment. Authorities ruled it a suicide. But the evidence didn’t settle easily—and neither did the silen...

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S5 Ep45: A Newlywed Murdered: The Sherri Rasmussen Case

S5 Ep45: A Newlywed Murdered: The Sherri Rasmussen Case

Sherri Rasmussen had been married for just three months when she was brutally murdered in her California home. Police quickly decided the case was a burglary gone wrong—and then stopped looking. It wo...

9 Feb 55min

S5 Ep44: Mary Meyer: The Mysterious Murder of JFK's Mistress

S5 Ep44: Mary Meyer: The Mysterious Murder of JFK's Mistress

In October 1964, a Washington socialite was shot execution-style on the Georgetown towpath. She had been JFK's lover. Her ex-husband worked for the CIA. Her diary vanished. And the man accused of kill...

2 Feb 50min

S5: From What If They're Wrong: The Justice Who Won't Let Go

S5: From What If They're Wrong: The Justice Who Won't Let Go

From Amber's other podcast, titled What If They're Wrong? After the Accusation: After charges against former death row inmate Elwood Jones were dismissed, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Joe Deters—the for...

30 Jan 50min

S5 Ep43: The President's Silence: How Thousands Died Before Reagan Said 'AIDS'

S5 Ep43: The President's Silence: How Thousands Died Before Reagan Said 'AIDS'

In October 1982, journalist Lester Kinsolving asked the White House press secretary about a mysterious disease that had already killed hundreds of Americans. The response? Laughter. For years, as the ...

26 Jan 52min

S5 Ep42: Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Serial Killer

S5 Ep42: Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Serial Killer

In the industrial villages of 19th-century England, death was common—but not this common. Over two decades, Mary Ann Cotton married, buried, and moved on with chilling regularity as children, husbands...

19 Jan 48min

S5 Ep41: My Lai and the Cost of Following Orders

S5 Ep41: My Lai and the Cost of Following Orders

The massacre at My Lai was one of the most lethal attacks on civilians carried out by American troops in Vietnam. For more than a year, the Army’s official line held firm: it was an encounter with the...

12 Jan 51min

S5 Ep40: Diane Downs: Beyond Small Sacrifices

S5 Ep40: Diane Downs: Beyond Small Sacrifices

In May 1983, a young Oregon mother arrived at a Springfield hospital with a horrifying story: a stranger had flagged her down on a dark road and shot her and her three children. One child was dead, th...

5 Jan 48min

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