S4 Ep3: The Cold-Blooded Killing of the Candy Man

S4 Ep3: The Cold-Blooded Killing of the Candy Man

Every parent has worried about their children hauling home tainted candy on Halloween, but not everyone knows where that fear originated. On Halloween in 1974, an 8-year-old boy named Timothy O’Bryan was granted one pick from his basket before bed — and soon after downing the contents of his Pixy Stix, he went limp in his father’s arms. The investigation threw parents into a panic, prompting tons of candy to be taken to sheriff’s offices for inspection. As horrifying as the case appeared to be at first, what police uncovered was far more sinister than anyone had imagined.

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S3 Ep17: The Double Indemnity Murder

S3 Ep17: The Double Indemnity Murder

When Ruth Snyder began having an affair with a married corset salesman, Henry Judd Gray, in Queens, New York, in 1925, things soon turned deadly. Ruth convinced Henry to assist her in killing her husb...

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S3 Ep16: Going to the Lordy: The Assassination of President James Garfield

S3 Ep16: Going to the Lordy: The Assassination of President James Garfield

At 9:30 am on July 2, 1881 in Washington, D.C., the 20th American president James Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station. Garfield's assassin: Charles J. Guiteau, a man descri...

10 Jul 202338min

S3 Ep15: Murder in the Bahamas Part 2

S3 Ep15: Murder in the Bahamas Part 2

As we explored in our first episode covering this case, Sir Harry Oakes was a member of the "elite" class of men who migrated to the Bahamas to avoid taxes and take part in business activities that we...

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S3 Ep14: Murder in the Bahamas - Part One

S3 Ep14: Murder in the Bahamas - Part One

Harry Oakes was an entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and gold miner. Sometime after midnight on July 8, 1943, Oakes was found dead inside his Bahamas house, struck four times behind the left ear...

19 Jun 202336min

S3 Ep13: The Massie Affair

S3 Ep13: The Massie Affair

In 1931 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Thalia Massie claimed she was raped by a group of men, including Joseph Kahahawai, a well-known local prizefighter. Cracks in Thalia's story throughout the case led to dea...

12 Jun 202341min

S3 Ep12: Stolen Potential: The Murder of Alberta Jones

S3 Ep12: Stolen Potential: The Murder of Alberta Jones

In 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky, Alberta Jones was named the first woman prosecutor. Only a few years later in 1965, she was found dead in the Ohio River. In today's episode we discuss Alberta's trail...

5 Jun 202336min

From Strange and Unexplained: The Tragicomedy of Typhoid Mary

From Strange and Unexplained: The Tragicomedy of Typhoid Mary

Hey, Crimes of the Centuries listeners! We’re off for the Memorial Day holiday, but didn’t want to leave you with an empty feed, so we’re featuring an episode from another Obsessed Network show, “Str...

29 Mai 202331min

S3 Ep11: The Last Call Killings

S3 Ep11: The Last Call Killings

Multiple murders, violent assaults, and a new forensic fingerprint technique. In today's episode we visit the killings, the acquittals, and eventually the conviction of Richard Rogers, a cold-blooded ...

22 Mai 202335min

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