S5 Ep20: The Fox in the Henhouse: Klaus Fuchs and the Secret That Changed the World

S5 Ep20: The Fox in the Henhouse: Klaus Fuchs and the Secret That Changed the World

You’d think the guy helping build the deadliest weapon in history would be someone the Allies vetted carefully. You’d be wrong. Klaus Fuchs was a physicist, a refugee, and a trusted member of the Manhattan Project. He was also a Soviet spy. His quiet betrayal helped the USSR test its first atomic bomb years ahead of schedule—ending America’s monopoly on nuclear weapons and setting the stage for the Cold War. All in the name of “peace.”

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S1 Ep31: Doris Duke's Dark Secret

S1 Ep31: Doris Duke's Dark Secret

Tobacco heiress Doris Duke got upsetting news on Oct. 7, 1966. Her longtime friend and art curator, Eduardo Tirella wanted to end their work relationship. Within hours, Tirella was dead, having been h...

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S1 Ep30: Patty Hearst: Murder, Terror, and the Taking of an Heiress

S1 Ep30: Patty Hearst: Murder, Terror, and the Taking of an Heiress

When the granddaughter of one of America's best-known publishing magnates was kidnapped in 1974, the news of course grabbed headlines. But that was nothing compared to the attention the case would rec...

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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...

24 Mai 202142min

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

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