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On October 20, 1973, in San Francisco, a White couple strolling down Telegraph Hill was set upon and butchered by four young Black men. Thus began a reign of terror that lasted six months and left 15 Whites dead and the entire city in a state of panic. The perpetrators wanted nothing less than a race war.

In 1981, PK326 was on a routine domestic flight from Karachi, Pakistan when it was hijacked and diverted to Afghanistan.

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Dive into the intriguing tales from ‘The Loot of Cities,’ an anthology of a novella and seven short stories published in 1917 by Arnold Bennett, a masterful author of the early twentieth century. This collection, listed among the 100 most important works in the genre of crime fiction by Ellery Queen in Queens Quorum (1951), tells the thrilling exploits of a millionaire turned criminal to realize his noble aspirations. Despite its relative obscurity, this work offers an intriguing look at Bennetts early writing and stands as an early example of dilettante detectivism. Join us as we ...

This true-crime police procedural is the riveting story of the racially-motivated serial killings that terrorized San Francisco from 1973 to 1974 and how they were solved. Code named the Zebra Murders, the case involved a series of random violent attacks by African-American men against whites, resulting in fifteen deaths.

In July 2002, the Eastlake police discovered a decomposed body in a modest studio apartment in Cleveland, Ohio. It appeared to be a suicide by firearm. The man was Joseph Newton Chandler III, a retiree whom neighbors and former colleagues described as quiet, secretive, and strange. But as the investigation progressed, less and less about Joseph's life and identity made sense. In 2018, thanks to scientific advances in DNA, the man's true identity was finally discovered: Robert Ivan Nichols.

Immerse yourself in "The Falcon Collection," a series of gripping detective tales featuring the suave and clever Falcon. This collection offers a rich tapestry of mystery and intrigue, ideal for fans of classic detective fiction.

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The author of the acclaimed true-crime memoir, The Kill Jar, tells the inside story of the “University of Idaho Murders,” offering a memorable, thoughtful dive into our societal fascination with true crime, the media’s seeming blood-frenzy, and the future of homicide investigations, while...

We are a pair of online game streamers who take a fascination with the paranormal and the histories that surround them. Follow us as we go over a range of events and topics, both local and global as we unravel the strange happenings and discuss the historical validity involved with them. Brandon is a true believer in the paranormal while Travis is a natural-born skeptic. We take this relationship as a means to try to bring the truth to the strange happenings throughout history. We hope you enjoy these discussions as much as we do! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/...

One hot summer, two young children disappeared from their first-floor apartment in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, reported them missing to the police. Later that day, the body of four-year-old Missy was found in a vacant lot, showing signs of having been strangled. The body of five-year-old Eddie, Jr., was found several days later.

The Witch of New York is the first narrative history about the dueling trial lawyers, ruthless newsmen, and shameless hucksters who turned the Polly Bodine case into America’s formative tabloid trial. An origin story of how America became addicted to sensationalized reporting of criminal trials, The Witch of New York vividly reconstructs an epic mystery from Old New York—and uses the Bodine case to challenge our system of tabloid justice of today.

Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young cop is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on vacation from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realization. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man—a prisoner out on parole—had called him only days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into motion.