S2 Ep16: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 1

S2 Ep16: George Remus: Lawyer, Bootlegger, Killer Pt. 1

Defense lawyer George Remus started to notice a new kind of client in 1919 and 1920: the bootlegger. He also noticed that those bootleggers always paid handsomely in cash. Remus, who had a background in pharmaceuticals, decided he wanted in, and within a year, he owned 35% of America's alcohol. The federal government moved quickly to shut down this so-called King of the Bootleggers.

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S4 Ep13: Kidnapped and Buried Alive: The Nightmare in Chowchilla

S4 Ep13: Kidnapped and Buried Alive: The Nightmare in Chowchilla

When 26 California schoolchildren and their bus driver failed to show up after a swimming trip on the penultimate day of summer school, authorities launched a search that grew much more frantic after ...

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S4 Ep12: The Tsavo Man Eaters

S4 Ep12: The Tsavo Man Eaters

In 1898, a pair of killers stalked a worksite in the Tsavo region of Kenya. They evaded blockades and booby traps to torment hundreds of men who'd simply signed up to do a job but instead found themse...

20 Maj 202437min

S4 Ep11: Marie Noe and Her Cradle of Death

S4 Ep11: Marie Noe and Her Cradle of Death

In the 1960s, after losing all 10 of the babies they'd conceived, Marie Noe and her husband, Arthur, became the most famous bereaved parents in America, with most of the deaths attributed to "crib dea...

13 Maj 202438min

S4 Ep10: The Walk of Death: Howard Unruh

S4 Ep10: The Walk of Death: Howard Unruh

On September 6, 1949, 28-year-old World War II veteran Howard Unruh ate the breakfast his mother made him, then armed himself with a Luger pistol and walked calmly through his Camden, New Jersey, neig...

6 Maj 202437min

S4 Ep9: The Monster of Wall Street

S4 Ep9: The Monster of Wall Street

While the grift he deployed had been named for another man, Bernie Madoff took the concept of a Ponzi scheme and pumped it full of steroids, allowing it to keep him -- and plenty of others -- filthy r...

29 Apr 202441min

S4 Ep8: Charles Ponzi's Scheme

S4 Ep8: Charles Ponzi's Scheme

Italian-born Charles Ponzi had grown up hearing from his mother that he was destined for greatness, so it was no surprise to her when she visited him in America to find him wealthy beyond her wildest ...

22 Apr 202441min

S4 Ep7: The Los Angeles Times Bombing

S4 Ep7: The Los Angeles Times Bombing

In the midst of nationwide bombings that pit union backers against anti-union bosses, an explosion at the Los Angeles Times building crossed a line that changed everything. At 1:07 a.m. on Oct. 1, 191...

15 Apr 202438min

S4 Ep6: How the Assault of Recy Taylor Shaped Civil Rights Tactics

S4 Ep6: How the Assault of Recy Taylor Shaped Civil Rights Tactics

In September 1944, a 24-year-old married woman named Recy Taylor was walking home with friends from church when a carload of seven men stopped her. Forced into the car, Recy, a Black woman, was repeat...

8 Apr 202443min

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