Today in True Crime

On this day in 935 CE, the Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus was assassinated by his younger brother, Prince Boleslaus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1888, London’s Central News Agency received the first piece of correspondence from the Victorian era serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1985, Robert Berdella Jr. AKA the Kansas City Butcher, brutally abused and murdered his fourth victim, James Ferris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2018, Judge Steven O’Neill sentenced Bill Cosby to up to 10 years in prison for the sexual assault of Andrea Constand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1977, child predator Nathaniel Bar-Jonah assaulted and attempted to kill two children. Years later, Bar-Jonah faced allegations of sadistic serial murder and cannibalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2005, real estate developer Adam Anhang was killed on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The case culminated in an international manhunt that lasted more than ten years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1998, Ira Einhorn was arrested for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Helen “Holly” Maddux. The arrest came nineteen years after her shocking death–and sixteen years after Einhorn posted bail for the crime and fled to Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2015, 21-year-old UCLA student Andrea DelVesco was found dead in her campus apartment. She had been stabbed 19 times in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2000, members of the Real Irish Republican Army launched a rocket at the MI6 office in London. Those responsible were never arrested. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1977, the New York Post published a letter from the serial killer known as “Son of Sam.” The letter implied that he hadn’t been acting alone in his murder spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 96 CE, Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated. His successor, Nerva, was named that same day… leading some to suspect that the new emperor was involved in Domitian’s bloody demise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2014, Iowa State University student Shao Tong was reported missing. Her body was found nine days later—but by then, her killer had taken a one-way flight to China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1986, Dennis Rader, also known as the BTK Killer, strangled 28-year-old Vicki Lynn Wegerle. Guest hosted by Dan Cummins from Incredible Feats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2008, financial firm Lehman Brothers made the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1972, 15-year-old Aiko Koo was murdered by notorious serial killer, Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1980, a housekeeper at the Amana Holiday Inn in Williamsburg, Iowa discovered a double homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1943, Hollywood actor David Bacon died of a mysterious stab wound while driving his car. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1776, three representatives of the Continental Congress met with British Admiral Richard Howe in Staten Island, New York. They hoped to broker a peace treaty that might save the colonies from a bloody war. Instead, they crossed a point of no return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1897, a sheriff’s posse gunned down 19 unarmed coal miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1939, Sayadaw U Ottama, Buddhist monk and non-violent revolutionary, starved to death. Many call him the first martyr in Burma’s fight for independence. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from the Parcast original, Famous Fates: Movers and Shakers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1888, the mutilated body of 47-year-old Annie Chapman was found in Whitechapel, England. Annie was the second victim of notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1989, a pair of bandits shot two security guards and one onlooker while robbing a Brinks truck in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1901, anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The president died eight days later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1986, four hijackers attacked Pan Am Flight 73 on a runway in Pakistan, resulting in the deaths of over twenty passengers and crew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1949, Black singer Paul Robeson performed a concert to benefit the Civil Rights Congress near Peekskill, New York. But thousands of his supporters had to form a human shield around the show to block out angry, racist protesters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2012, the self-proclaimed messiah accused of cult-like behavior, Sun Myung Moon, died at the age of 92. His death ignited a power struggle over who should take his place at the head of the Unification Church—or the “Moonies,” as they’re sometimes called. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1885, a mob of white nationalists slaughtered 28 Chinese miners and wounded 15 more in Rock Springs, Wyoming—all in the name of a union uprising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1969, a military group led by captain Muammar Gaddafi orchestrated a coup and seized control of Libya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1985, serial killer Richard Ramirez was chased down by a mob of angry Angelenos and caught by police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1885, an 11-year-old girl named Mary Ramey was murdered in Austin, Texas. She was the fourth victim of a serial killer known as “the Servant Girl Annihilator.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1985, 16-year-old Joann Hobson went missing from her hometown of Stockton, California—marking the inception of a gruesome, tragic tale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1849, the Republic of San Marco—or Venice, Italy as we know it today—lost its brief independence and was forced back under the Austrian Empire’s control. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1660, King Charles II commanded English poet John Milton’s books burned in the city of London. These events inspired the outspoken, and controversial, Milton to complete his epic poem, “Paradise Lost.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2009, Jaycee Lee Dugard reappeared at a parole office in Concord, California. She had been missing for 18 years. Guest hosted by Molly Brandenburg from the Parcast original, “Conspiracy Theories.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1948, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a highly anticipated and televised congressional hearing, known as “Confrontation Day.” Alger Hiss took to the stand to defend himself against accusations of communism from Whittaker Chambers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by King Alaric, became the first group of people to sack Rome. For three days, the Visigoths plundered, pillaged—and set the most prosperous city of the ancient world ablaze. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1927, two Italian-born anarchists were executed for a robbery they possibly didn’t commit. The controversial penalty sparked riots throughout the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1864, twelve nations signed the First Geneva Convention, which established neutral, war-time medical services for all soldiers. The resulting organization eventually became the Red Cross. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2014, serial killer Robert Hansen died in prison. Known as the “Butcher Baker,” Hansen raped, tortured, and killed at least 17 women before his capture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 14 C.E., Postumus Agrippa, the grandson and potential heir of the late Roman emperor Augustus, was executed under mysterious circumstances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1692, five residents of Salem, Massachusetts—including a clergyman—were hanged to death for the crime of witchcraft. They wouldn’t be the last. Guest hosted by Wenndy MacKenzie from the Parcast original podcast, Unsolved Murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2017, Abderrahman Bouanane—a Moroccan man who was denied asylum in Finland—staged a deadly terrorist attack, killing two people and wounding eight others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1847, 40-year-old Françoise, Duchess de Choiseul-Praslin, was brutally murdered. The scandal surrounding the noblewoman’s slaying sent French society into an uproar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1912, 17-year-old Virginia Christian was executed by electric chair for the murder of her employer, Ida Belote. To this day, Virginia remains the only female juvenile delinquent ever sentenced to the electric chair. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright’s employee set fire to one of his Wisconsin homes. Seven people died in the blaze, including the architect’s mistress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1040, the forces of Macbeth of Moray killed Scottish King Duncan I in battle. Nearly 600 years later, William Shakespeare immortalized Macbeth’s bloody fight for the throne in his tragedy of the same name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1961, the first stretch of the Berlin Wall was erected with barbed wire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1993, a teenager named Joseph Shadow Clark broke into his old childhood home in the early hours of the morning and murdered the new residents. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from the Parcast original, Espionage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1994, a U.S. federal jury awarded nearly 287 million dollars to Alaskan commercial fishermen for the losses they sustained as a result of the devastating Exxon Valdez oil spill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2019, financier, pedophile, and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his jail cell. The coroner ruled it a suicide, but much of the public—and Epstein’s lawyers—called it a conspiracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices