S4 Ep33: The Unholy Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker
As high-rolling televangelists, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker built a Christian media empire that included a theme park, broadcasting network and ministry funded by faithful viewers who believed the Bakke...
4 Nov 202452min
S4 Ep32: How the 1919 World Series Blackened the Chicago White Sox and American Sports
In the wake of the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, disturbing rumors began to swirl that sparked an investigation: Did members of the White Sox club -- includi...
28 Okt 202451min
S4 Ep31: You Have the Right to an Attorney ... Thanks to Clarence Earl Gideon
A poor drifter named Clarence Earl Gideon had faced more than his share of legal run-ins over his lifetime, but when he was arrested in 1961 for allegedly stealing some drinks and quarters from a bar,...
21 Okt 202443min
FRIDAY FOLLOW-UP: Sex, Lies, and Murder: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, and Harry Thaw
On this Friday Follow-Up, we tweak one of our earliest episodes after Amber's later research uncovered that an aspect of this case has been wrongly reported for decades. It was one of the most salacio...
18 Okt 202449min
S4 Ep30: The Pastor and His Mistress: The Scandalous Hall-Mills Murder
The town of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was rocked by the discovery of two bodies beneath a crabapple tree in September 1922. The remains belonged to Edward Hall, a local pastor, and Eleanor Mills, a m...
14 Okt 202444min
S4 Ep29: Col. Tom Parker: The Fraud Who Made Elvis Presley
Music legend Elvis Presley never knew it before he died, but the man he trusted with his career and money was not who he said he was. Col. Tom Parker had been born in the Netherlands, not in Huntingto...
7 Okt 202452min
Crimes Of The Centuries presents: The Burden
Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, but if you liked last week's episode on former Detective Louis Scarcella, we think you'll like season one of The Burden. The Burden is a documentary series t...
30 Sep 202416min
S4 Ep28: From 'Closer' to 'Crooked': NYC Detective Louis Scarcella's Fall from Grace
When Det. Louis Scarcella retired in 1999, he was a New York City hero. He had closed dozens of homicide cases during his decades-long run as a cop nicknamed 'The Closer' for his ability to get suspec...
23 Sep 202441min
