After an intense manhunt that lasted several days, investigators arrested Richard Speck, a twenty-four-year-old unemployed drifter with a criminal history. There was a strong amount of evidence that linked Speck directly to the murders, including his own confession, so when he went to trial, his lawyer tried unsuccessfully to argue Speck was not legally sane ... Show More
Oct 16
October Bonus Episode: The Kidnapping of Peggy McMath
On May 2, 1933, the Harwich Center School received a telephone call from the father of ten-year-old Peggy McMath, a student at the school. Mr. McMath informed them that he was sending a driver to pick up his daughter and he expected her to be ready. However, when the driver showe ... Show More
1h 1m
Oct 15
Notorious Prison Breaks (Vol. 1)
For as long as human beings have been locking one another up in cages or dungeons, there have been other human beings scheming and strategizing ways to escape their cells and break free of their prisons. More often than not, their attempts prove futile and they’re recaptured, the ... Show More
45m 4s
Oct 12
Alma Fielding and the Thornton Heath Haunting
In February 1938, thirty-four-year-old housewife Alma Fielding went to the press with an amazing story: her home in the London suburb of Croydon was haunted. According to Alma, objects would fly off the shelves without the aid of human hands, the family was constantly under assau ... Show More
1h 7m
Mar 2017
Murder Methods - Mass Murder: Richard Speck and The Crime of the Century
On a hot July night in 1966, terror descended upon a quiet Chicago townhouse. Eight young student nurses were brutally murdered—one by one—at the hands of a cold-blooded killer. By morning, only one survivor remained to tell the harrowing tale. This is the case of Richard Speck, ... Show More
52m 15s
Aug 2025
AKA 137F - Part 1 (Brook Baker)
<p>A young college student is murdered, sending shockwaves through the community. But another murder, eerily similar, makes investigators question if a serial killer is loose in this college community.</p><p>View source material and photos for this episode at: <a href="https://an ... Show More
42m 15s