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
S3 Ep32: Billy the Kid: The Lincoln County War Part 2
After the five-day Battle of Lincoln, the deputized posse called the Regulators disbanded. The Lincoln County War appeared to be over. Lew Wallace, the newly appointed governor of the New Mexico Terri...
13 Nov 202334min
S3 Ep31: The Lincoln County War Part 1
In November 1876, a 24-year-old wealthy cattleman and banker named John Tunstall, arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico. Together with lawyer Alexander McSween, John Tunstall set up a rival business t...
6 Nov 202336min
S3 Ep30: The Lattimer Mine Massacre
On September 10, 1897, roughly 300 to 400 unarmed strikers marched peacefully to a coal mine to support a newly formed United Mine Workers union. The miners, mostly consisting of Slovak and German eth...
30 Okt 202337min
S3 Ep29: Juana Barraza: Mexico's Little Old Lady Killer
Born December 27, 1957 in Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, Juana Dayanara Barraza Samperioa was a 48-year-old single mother with a troubled past. After years of traumatic experiences in her early life, including ...
23 Okt 202332min
S3 Ep28: Terror in the Big Top: The Hartford Circus Fire
On July 6, 1944, in Hartford, Connecticut, thousands of patrons were excited to escape the heat and attend the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus performance. While the Flying Wallendas be...
16 Okt 202333min
Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper
When five college students in Florida were brutally slain in a four-day span in 1990, it sent shockwaves across the nation as newscasters made comparisons to serial killer Ted Bundy. Police franticall...
2 Okt 202342min
S3 Ep26: Elizabeth Báthory: The So-Called Blood Countess
Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory is known as the most prolific female serial killer of all time, accused of slaughtering over 600 young women in her luxurious castles. Legend says Báthory believed...
25 Sep 202339min
