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Aug 9, 2022

Episode 27 - More Than Murder: Oscar Slater & the Murder of Marion Gilchrist

After an elderly woman was brutally murdered in her upscale Glasgow apartment, police charged a 38 year-old Jewish-German immigrant with...

Jul 18, 2022

Episode 26 - Battle for Babylon: The LA Times Bombing (Part II)

When the LA Times exploded in 1910, a labor war erupted in Los Angeles. At stake was nothing less than the future of their city. This is...

Jul 4, 2022

Episode 25 - Battle for Babylon: The LA Times Bombing (I)

In 1910, the city of Los Angeles was an inferno of unrest. A handful of men used coercion, corruption, and outright theft to build their...

May 31, 2022

Episode 24 - Blood Ink: Greek Murder Trials

How did ancient Greeks obtain justice during a century known for bloodshed and turbulence? And how did the Athenians reconcile such...

May 16, 2022

Episode 23 - Slum Angel: Elsie Sigel & The Chinatown Trunk Murder

In 1909, New York City Police discovered the corpse of a white woman stuffed into a trunk. Because cops found the corpse in a Chinese...

Apr 11, 2022

Episode 21: We Not Whipped Yet - The Stono Rebellion

In the very early hours of September 9, 1739, a group of slaves digging a drainage ditch for the Stono River near Charleston, South...