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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S1 Ep29: John Arthur Pender: The Pardoned Killer?

S1 Ep29: John Arthur Pender: The Pardoned Killer?

The book The Man from the Train describes dozens of axe slayings in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, many of which authors Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James believe were committed by what wo...

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S1 Ep28: The Villisca Murders

S1 Ep28: The Villisca Murders

The Moore house seemed awfully quiet one June morning in 1912, prompting neighbors to investigate. Inside, they discovered a horrific scene: All eight people who'd been inside -- a mother, father, the...

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S1 Ep27: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

S1 Ep27: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

Charles Lindbergh became an American and worldwide hero after becoming the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.  But five years later, his world was upended when his toddler son...

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S1 Ep26: Did Jeffrey MacDonald Kill His Family?

S1 Ep26: Did Jeffrey MacDonald Kill His Family?

The sight that greeted arriving medics in February 1970 was so upsetting that at least one had to rush from the scene to vomit. Inside of Army surgeon Jeffrey MacDonald's home were three dead bodies b...

17 Mai 202140min

S1: Introducing "Murder in Alliance: Ep. 1 Dead in the Water"

S1: Introducing "Murder in Alliance: Ep. 1 Dead in the Water"

Hey, Crimes of the Centuries listeners! We're so excited to bring you the new show from the Obsessed Network, "Murder in Alliance." We've got the first episode here for you in this feed, and two more ...

13 Mai 202128min

S1 Ep25: Belle Gunness: Butcher of Men

S1 Ep25: Belle Gunness: Butcher of Men

When an Indiana home caught fire and burned to the ground in 1908, townspeople mourned the poor mother and two children believed trapped inside. But then someone started to dig on the property, they r...

10 Mai 202137min

S1 Ep24: The Dark Tale of the Radium Girls

S1 Ep24: The Dark Tale of the Radium Girls

In the early 20th century, one of the best jobs for a young woman to land in America involved a new discovery: radium. The substance discovered by Marie Curie could be tweaked and turned into glow-in-...

3 Mai 202137min

S1 Ep23: Jane Britton's Mysterious Murder

S1 Ep23: Jane Britton's Mysterious Murder

Though 23-year-old Jane Britton had no enemies when she was violently killed in 1969, her case somehow had no shortage of suspects. Who killed the brilliant and feisty Harvard grad student — was it th...

19 Apr 202137min

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