Today in True Crime

Preacher and Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen was arrested for the 1964 murders of three voter registration workers in Mississippi. Guest hosted by Alastair Murden from Superstitions, a Parcast Original from Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The British pilot bailed out of her plane over the Thames Estuary, never to be recovered from the icy water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The circus elephant’s death was delivered by a 7000-volt shock after her owners failed to find new buyers for the troublesome leviathan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who would eventually kill at least 33 people, murdered his first victim: 16-year-old Timothy Jack McCoy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

46-year-old Montgomery wrote a note to himself willing a full transformation into his internet persona. Months later, he murdered his online girlfriend’s other online beau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The attack, carried out by Islamic terrorist Abdulkadir Masharipov, killed 39 people and injured upwards of 70 people. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24-year-old Moraine Armstrong was the first victim of serial killer Robert Spahalski, who confessed to the crime over a decade later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The former president of Iraq was found guilty for crimes against humanity and executed by hanging. Guest hosted by Kate Leonard from Daily Quote, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a murder that would live in infamy: Four knights loyal to King Henry II killed the Archbishop of Canterbury following a failed attempt to arrest him for crimes against the crown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The largest familial massacre in U.S. history was part of a week-long killing spree that left 16 people dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

37-year-old Billy Wright, who had established a fearsome reputation during a period known as the Troubles, was shot to death in a maximum-security prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four members of the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria hijacked a plane, intending to detonate it above the Eiffel Tower. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scottish nationalists broke into Westminster Abbey in London and stole the Stone of Destiny, an ancient symbol of Scottish royalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

International terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal, received a life sentence for murders he committed in 1975. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A trio of young girls vanished from a mall in Fort Worth, Texas. Their disappearance remains unsolved. Guest hosted by Tim Johnson from the Parcast series Today in Music History. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a lifetime of exile in France, 27-year-old James Edward arrived in Scotland to lead an uprising and claim the throne of England. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After 21 years in prison, Mayes’ wrongful conviction was overturned. He became the 100th person in the U.S. to be liberated due to advances in DNA testing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combating Counterrevolution and Sabotage — Cheka for short — was a secret government organization, and precursor to the infamous KGB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov was once the country’s leading scientist. In 1980, he was arrested and exiled to the city of Gorky, where he and his wife spent 6 years in isolation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of America’s most infamous serial killers, Ed Kemper, was born on this day in 1948 in Burbank, California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Harold Holt was out for a swim when he disappeared, never to be recovered. Officially, there was no foul play. Unofficially, conspiracy theories swirled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one of the country’s first instances of peaceful public protest, 100 American colonists dumped 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbor. Guest hosted by Alastair Murden, host of the Parcast series Medical Murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A single-engine plane carrying popular bandleader and U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller disappeared over the English Channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Vladimir Putin pardoned Pope, a former U.S. naval-intelligence officer, after he’d been convicted of espionage in Moscow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Edgar Maddison Welch was charged after storming a Washington D.C. pizzeria with his AR-15 rifle, believing it to be ground zero of a conspiracy theory involving pedophilia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A botched burglary left a would-be thief stuck in the grease vent of an abandoned Chinese restaurant. He was trapped for two days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. Law Enforcement launched a successful initiative against online piracy, seizing computers across the country and shutting down a group called Drink or Die. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frances Brown was one of three victims of the self-titled “Lipstick Killer,” who left a message for police on Brown’s living room wall written in the victim’s lipstick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rod Blagojevich, nicknamed “Governor Sunshine,” was arrested by FBI agents on bribery and conspiracy charges. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn of the Parcast series Serial Killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world-famous rock star and advocate for world peace was murdered in broad daylight in New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The surprise attack on the U.S. naval base killed over 2,400 U.S. soldiers, sailors and civilians, and thrust the nation into war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

James R. Porter was sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing 28 children. The Boston Archdiocese had been complicit in covering up his crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The crew of the Dei Gratia found the abandoned Mary Celeste drifting in open water. The ship was largely intact, but no passengers were aboard, and its crew was never found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one of the deadliest bombings in Irish history, an explosion destroyed McGurk’s Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The French National Convention resolved to put the king on trial for committing high crimes against France throughout his 18-year reign. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The infamous drug lord was killed in a shootout with Colombian law enforcement. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from Unsolved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The civil rights activist was arrested by Montgomery police for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sidney Dorsey, former DeKalb County Sheriff in Georgia, was arrested for the murder of Sherriff-elect Derwin Brown after losing his bid for re-election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The brutality of the still-unsolved murder shocked Butte, Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a time of extreme racial tensions in South Africa, militant gunmen opened fire in a country club, killing four people and injuring twenty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was the first modern papal assassination attempt: A Bolivian painter disguised as a priest attacked the pope while he was visiting the Philippines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most committed members of the Manson Family tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Reagan stunned reporters — and the world — at a press briefing weeks after a Lebanese magazine reported the U.S. had sold weapons to Iran. Guest hosted by Molly Brandenburg of Unexplained Mysteries, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The notorious murderer, who grew up believing his mother was his sister, displayed a penchant for violence from a young age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the deadliest airliner attacks in history began when gunmen hijacked EgyptAir Flight 648 en route to Cairo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A dramatic love triangle ends in murder, and an Oregon man named William Hargrove is convicted for killing his 27-year-old Russian fiancée. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After news broke that Cuban inmates were subject to new deportation orders, detainees at a federal prison in Louisiana united in an attempt to overtake the prison. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nearly two dozen Nazis went on trial in Nuremberg, Germany to answer for atrocities committed during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Bill Clinton was charged with lying under oath and obstruction of justice. This day marked the first of several hearings that resulted in the president’s impeachment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cult leader Jim Jones ordered the mass murder-suicide of hundreds of his followers. Guest hosted by Wenndy Mackenzie from Solved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices