S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

S1 Ep3: Elma Sands: The Manhattan Well Murder

When a 22-year-old woman living with relatives in a boarding house disappeared on Dec. 22, 1799, her loved ones didn't immediately worry. But when she still hadn't returned days later, all eyes turned to her lover -- whom she'd supposedly been set to marry the last time she was seen alive. Levi Weeks came from a family with money, so his rich brother did something that was unheard of at this point in American history: He hired fancy lawyers. And that's how Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr ended up on the same side defending a man against murder charges in 1800.

The case, referenced in Lin Manuel Miranda's award-winning musical "Hamilton," marks two firsts: The defense panel was America's first legal Dream Team, and the Weeks' case was the first recorded murder trial in the country's history.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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S2 Ep2: The Galvanizing Murder of Emmett Till

S2 Ep2: The Galvanizing Murder of Emmett Till

A fun-loving Chicago teenager convinced his mom to let him visit relatives in Mississippi over the summer of 1955. Three days after his arrival, 14-year-old Emmett Till was viciously murdered. Because...

17 Jan 202243min

S2 Ep1: The Cleveland Torso Murders

S2 Ep1: The Cleveland Torso Murders

On a crisp fall morning in 1935, two young boys made a grisly discovery in Kingsbury Run, an area in southeast Cleveland, Ohio. The boys, ages 16 and 12, had been playing catch but lost control of the...

10 Jan 202243min

S1 Ep42: The Osage Nation Murders

S1 Ep42: The Osage Nation Murders

When members of the incredibly wealthy Osage Nation started dropping dead of mysterious ailments in 1920s Oklahoma, few people in state power paid it much mind. After all, many of those who could do s...

4 Okt 202138min

S1 Ep41: Richard Biegenwald: The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer

S1 Ep41: Richard Biegenwald: The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer

It's possible no one would have known that Richard Biegenwald was a serial killer if he hadn't shown a dead woman's body to a friend he wanted to enlist as a murderous protege. Once police started dig...

27 Sep 202137min

S1 Ep40: Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper

S1 Ep40: Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper

When five college students in Florida were brutally slain in a four-day span in 1990, it sent shockwaves across the nation as newscasters made comparisons to serial killer Ted Bundy. Police franticall...

20 Sep 202141min

S1 Ep39: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

S1 Ep39: The Theft of the Mona Lisa

As soon as Leonardo da Vinci unveiled the Mona Lisa in the early 1500s, the art world recognized it as a masterpiece. But it wasn't until centuries later that her face became one of the most famous in...

13 Sep 202136min

S1: The Death of Kendrick Johnson (from "Strange and Unexplained")

S1: The Death of Kendrick Johnson (from "Strange and Unexplained")

Hey, COTC listeners! We're taking a break for the holiday this week, but we wanted to share an episode from another Obsessed Network show with you.  From "Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan," th...

6 Sep 202135min

S1 Ep38: Susan Smith: More than a Monster

S1 Ep38: Susan Smith: More than a Monster

A distraught young mother pounded on the door of a stranger's house and told a story that riveted the nation: She'd been carjacked while driving an empty stretch of road, and the man who'd held her at...

30 Aug 202137min

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