S3 Ep40: Anna Marie Hahn: Cincinnati's "Angel of Death"
Her story seemed innocent at first, if not charming. A young immigrant woman from Germany befriending older gentlemen in Cincinnati's German community and providing them memories of home with her Old...
29 Jan 202436min
S3 Ep39: The Lincoln Assassination's Forgotten Conspirators
It's a story every American grade school student learns - how the actor John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln in his box at the Ford's Theater, jumped down to the stage, and fled Washington...
22 Jan 202438min
S3 Ep38: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 2
After the murder of the Defeo family, the house known as "High Hopes" where the murders occurred was purchased by the George and Kathy Lutz. But the Lutz family soon fled the property, claiming frigh...
15 Jan 202437min
S3 Ep37: The Defeo Murders: Behind the Amityville Horror - Part 1
The word "Amityville" has practically become synonymous in popular culture with the eerie and supernatural. But behind the books and movies is a true story of the Defeo murders, and in today's episod...
8 Jan 202435min
S3 Ep36: American Black Widow Sharon Harrelson
Having one husband die under suspicious circumstances may not cause alarm bells to ring, but what if a second husband also meets an unfortunate fate? The so-called "American Black Widow" Sharon Harrel...
1 Jan 202433min
S3 Ep35: The Kansas City Union Station Massacre
There were seven men guarding the notorious criminal Frank Nash as he moved through Kansas City Union Station to a car waiting outside. But these officers couldn't stop the onslaught that faced them a...
11 Dec 202340min
S3 Ep34: Bonnie and Clyde: The Real Story of the Notorious Duo
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is probably familiar to many of our COTC listeners. But this story of young outlaws terrorizing the country is one that has been romanticized and practical...
4 Dec 202338min
S3 Ep33: The Scourge of Thalidomide
In March of 1954, scientists from German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal produced Thalidomide for the first time. Thalidomide was a sedative and sleep aid sold in many countries worldwide und...
20 Nov 202338min
