S5 Ep34: The Monster in Plain Sight: Jimmy Savile
He was the BBC’s quirky golden boy — cigar in hand, tracksuit on, always ready to raise money for charity. Margaret Thatcher lobbied to get him knighted. The Queen pinned the honor on him. And all the...
17 Nov 202553min
More Like Ancient FAILiens: Underground Aliens with Guest Amber Hunt
While Crimes Of The Centuries is dark this week, please enjoy this special episode of the podcast, More Like Ancient Fail-iens, where Amber Hunt was a special guest! Whether you are in your enormous ...
10 Nov 20251h 8min
S5 Ep33: The Nazi Killed at the Laundromat — and How It Shaped Modern Extremism
In August 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell — founder of the American Nazi Party and one of the most hated men in America — was shot by a sniper while doing laundry at a suburban strip mall. His murder ma...
3 Nov 202552min
S5 Ep32: Horst Wessel: The Making of a Nazi Martyr
When Horst Wessel died in 1930, he was an obscure 22-year-old member of the SA. Within months, Joseph Goebbels had elevated him into a saint of the Third Reich, complete with a theme song that would e...
27 Okt 202551min
S5 Ep31: Murder in the Mews: The Fall of Elvira Barney
London in the early 1930s was captivated by the Bright Young Things — aristocratic sons and daughters whose glittering parties and endless scandals filled the tabloids. Among them was Elvira Mullens B...
20 Okt 202543min
S5 Ep30: The Prophet of Kirtland, Part 2: Blood Atonement
Despite police informants thwarting one of his deadly plans, cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren’s appetite for violence couldn’t be satiated. When one target was out of reach, he simply shifted his sights t...
13 Okt 202550min
S5 Ep29: The Prophet of Kirtland, Part 1: The Birth of a Cult
In 1980s Ohio, Jeffrey Lundgren wasn’t just studying scripture — he was twisting it into something dangerous. To outsiders, he was a soft-spoken tour guide at a historic church site. But behind closed...
5 Okt 202550min
S5 Ep28: Can You Ever Forgive Me? The Literary Forgeries of Lee Israel
For a brief, dazzling moment in early 1990s New York, biographer Lee Israel became one of the most notorious literary forgers of all time. Out of money, out of friends, and with a sick cat to care for...
29 Sep 202545min
