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 was stolen from his nursery. The ensuing investigation into the kidnapping would involved a host of characters, including an amateur detective named Jafsie and a mysterious man named Cemetery John. Even the infamous gangster Al Capone volunteered his services to help. In the end, would the world ever know what happened to the Lindbergh baby?

"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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S5 Ep7: Jack Kevorkian: Dr. Death or Champion of Choice?

S5 Ep7: Jack Kevorkian: Dr. Death or Champion of Choice?

In the 1990s, Dr. Jack Kevorkian ignited a firestorm when he began helping to end the lives of people who said they were terminally ill. Over the years, he claimed to have assisted in the deaths of mo...

14 Apr 202549min

S5 Ep6: The Enduring Mystery of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

S5 Ep6: The Enduring Mystery of Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

For much of their outlaw careers, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid weren't the inseparable duo that Hollywood made us believe with its 1969 depiction of the pair. But the movie isn't the only reason...

7 Apr 202544min

 *BONUS* Strange And Unexplained- That Time Democracy Almost Collapsed: The Forgotten History of Smedley Butler and the Plot to Overthrow FDR

*BONUS* Strange And Unexplained- That Time Democracy Almost Collapsed: The Forgotten History of Smedley Butler and the Plot to Overthrow FDR

Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, but we hope you'll enjoy this episode of Strange And Unexplained with Daisy Eagan. In the 1930s, some shadowy figures approached a decorated and beloved Ma...

31 Mars 202542min

S5 Ep5: How the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Forever Changed Civil Litigation

S5 Ep5: How the Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Forever Changed Civil Litigation

As the audience was settling in for an evening of entertainment in one of the swankiest nightclubs in the Midwest, a busboy approached the mic and asked everyone to exit the sprawling building. Soon, ...

24 Mars 202543min

S5 Ep4: How Family Man John List Became New Jersey's Bogeyman

S5 Ep4: How Family Man John List Became New Jersey's Bogeyman

To outsiders, John List was a mild-mannered, church-going father of three whose oddest trait was mowing the lawn in a suit and tie. But then the bodies of his wife, mother and three children were unco...

17 Mars 202544min

S5 Ep3: Mulholland's Deadly Dam Disaster

S5 Ep3: Mulholland's Deadly Dam Disaster

William Mulholland was summoned to the St. Francis Dam in San Francisquito Canyon early March 12, 1928, to inspect some leaks that workers found worrisome. Mulholland shrugged off the concerns and dec...

10 Mars 202543min

S5 Ep2: The Genesee River Killer

S5 Ep2: The Genesee River Killer

Sex workers began disappearing in the Rochester, New York, area at an alarming rate in the late 1980s. When their strangled and mutilated bodies were later discovered, it was clear they were being tar...

3 Mars 202544min

Friday Follow-Up: Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom

Friday Follow-Up: Charley Ross: America's First Kidnapping for Ransom

On this Friday Follow-Up, we update with information brought to us by two descendants of an important latter-day figure in the case.  After 4-year-old Charley Ross vanished in a carriage with two men ...

28 Feb 202543min

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