True Crime Episodes

March 16, 2025

THE CHECKERED LIFE AND SUDDEN DEATH OF COL.M JAMES FISK and THE SHRAP…

CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and ne...

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March 9, 2025

THE CRIME OF BATHSHEBA SPOONER and THE SHOCKINGLY PEACEFUL PASSING OF…

CRIME CLASSICS Crime Classics came to CBS September 30, 1953 and was a neat little series of "true crime stories". The show introduced itself succinctly: "Crime Classics, a series of true crime stories from the records and ne...

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Feb. 23, 2025

THE MARIA RUDULPH SOLVED-THEN UNSOLVED MURDER CASE: AMERICA'S OLDEST …

This famous kidnapping/murder case made headlines numerous times over a period of 50 years. In December of 1957 young Maria Rudolph was kidnapped from her neighborhood in Illinois by a young man who introduced himself as Johnnie to she and her friend....

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Jan. 12, 2025

THE LYNN SCHULZ DISAPPEARANCE 1971 (PT 2)

On Dec 10, 1971, Middelbury College freshman Lynn Kathryn Schulz was last seen at 2:10 pm standing across from a small health food store and bus terminal on Court Street in Middlebury VT. Despite continuing investgation, the killer was never found,...

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Jan. 5, 2025

THE LYNNE SCHULZ DISAPPEARANCE DEC 1971

On December 10th, 1971, Middlebury VT college fresman Lynne Schulz failed to attend a final exam and was seen standing across from a health food store on Court Street in Middebury.One witness would later say they saw her walking down the main route...

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Dec. 22, 2024

THE RATCLIFFE HWY MURDERS

The Ratcliffe Hwy murders were attacks on two separate families-the Marr and Williamson families-living within a few blocks of each other in the East End of London-that resulted in 7 deaths. The attacks occurred only 7 days apart and were very...

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Dec. 15, 2024

THE LIZZIE BORDEN MURDER MYSTERY

The Lizzie Borden trial made a huge splash in the newspapers of the time,not only in Fall river, Massachusetts, where the double axe murder occurred, but across the country.  Police investigations of families with any kid of social status were...

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Dec. 8, 2024

THE ROUTE 29 MURDERS

Also called #Route29Slaker and #theshenandoahmurders, the Rte. 29 murders in Virginia terrified citizens and travelers beween 1996 and 2014.According to witnesses on Route 29, the unidentified stalker would flag down womwn who appeared to be driving...

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Nov. 30, 2024

JOLLY JANE TOPPAN: AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE SERIAL KILLER

It was the Hearst newspaper story of the new century in 1902. Everybody loved Jolly Jane Toppan- the loving, caring nurse- until her patients, friends, enemies, and relatives started dropping like flies.  When they finally caught up with her, she...

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