Today in True Crime

On this day in 1998, white supremacist Eric Rudolph is named the prime suspect in a series of bombings—including Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic Games. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1974, a 19-year-old newlywed is murdered inside Stanford Memorial Church. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1964, a famous painter’s daily walk ends in murder. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Zodiac Killer’s last confirmed victim was shot and killed on this day in 1969. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2012, multi-millionaire Peter Chadwick murders his wife before going on the run. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1995, Amtrak's Sunset Limited was derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1934, B.R. Hauptmann was indicted for the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of Nazi Germany’s most feared officers was born on this day in 1923. Sponsored by Jimmy John’s – Order a $3 Little John at JimmyJohns.com or with the Jimmy John’s app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1998, convicted murderer Michael Stone stood trial for the slayings of Doctor Lin Russell, her daughter, Megan Russell, and for the attempted murder of Lin’s other daughter, Josie Russell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1838, 17-year-old Mary Cecelia Rogers was reported missing by the New York Sun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1931, New York gang leader Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll was arrested for the murder of five-year-old Michael Vengali. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1995, O. J. Simpson was aquitted for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1976, cold case victim Jane Seneca Doe was found in unincorporated Seneca, Grundy County, Illinois. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1910, dynamite was intentionally detonated at the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21 and injuring 100 others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2016, two stolen Van Gogh paintings were recovered in the possession of one of Italy's most notorious gangs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1982, four people, including a 12 year old girl named Mary Kellerman, mysteriously died in the greater Chicago area. The investigation that followed soon determined they had been poisoned with tainted Tylenol Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 48 BCE, Gnaeus “Pompey” Magnus was assassinated in Pelusium on the northern shores of Egypt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1918, seventeen-year-old Friedel Rothe went missing. His body was never found, but serial killer Fritz Haarmann, also known as the Butcher of Hanover, later admitted to killing him in cold blood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1989, 1995, and 1997, Harold Shipman, killed three different elderly women under the guise of providing medical care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1966, the Bricca family, Linda, Jerry, and their 4-year-old daughter Debbie, were all brutally murdered in their own home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1972, John Robert Hill was shot to death in his home just before he could stand trial for his role in the mysterious death of his first wife, Joan Robinson Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1935, the first bodies linked to the Cleveland Torso murderer were discovered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1933, outlaw John Dillinger was arrested in Dayton, Ohio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1976, Chilean economist Orland Letelier was assassinated in Washington, D.C., by dictator Augusto Pinochet’s secret police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1928, serial killer Gordon Stewart Northcott was apprehended in Okanagan Landing near Vernon, British Columbia after several days on the run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this in 2017, Ricky Wirths shot tax enforcement agent Cortney Holloway after being served with a $400,000 tax warrant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was arrested by the FBI after close to two years on the run. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2009, Yale University lab technician Raymond Clark was arrested and charged with the murder of graduate student Annie Le. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1920, unidentified attackers bombed Wall Street in Manhattan, killing 38. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1963, the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was bombed by members of the KKK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1922, Reverend Edward Hall and his lover, Eleanor Mills, were killed and later found dead beneath a crabapple tree surrounded by their shredded love letters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1987, terrorist and hijacker Fawaz Younis was arrested by undercover FBI agents and extradited back to the United States to stand trial for his crimes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1990, the body of retired police chief Dick Humphreys was discovered. The woman responsible, they would soon learn, was America’s first female widely acknowledged serial killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1978, writer and broadcaster Georgi Markov died of blood poisoning, four days after being implanted with a poisonous device from an umbrella. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1931, 45-year-old Mafia boss Salvatore Maranzano was brutally murdered in his New York office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1971, prisoners rioted and seized control of maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility, leading to a bloody stand-off with state troopers that left 43 dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this date in 1974, US President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon for all crimes committed while in office, ensuring that he would not be prosecuted for his role in the Watergate scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1996, Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2006, fifty-one-year-old Susan Kuhnhausen was forced to do the unthinkable: she killed a man in self-defense. However, it wasn’t a would-be thief or potential rapist that she killed. Instead, it was a hitman... sent by her own husband. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1930, serial Killer Carl Panzram was executed at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for the murder of laundry foreman Robert Warnke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1977, a violent, years-long conflict between two rival gangs in San Francisco’s Chinatown culminated in one of the bloodiest shootouts the city had ever seen – The Golden Dragon Massacre. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 2012, cocaine queenpin Griselda Blanco was gunned down in her hometown of Medellin, Colombia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1946, Dan White, future murderer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, was born. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1981, Eric Witte shoots his father, Paul Witte in the family home at his mother's orders. Parcasters - Family dynamics introduce an entirely new dimension to crime. Our other podcast, Crimes of Passion, is dedicated to sorting through those additional layers! Search Crimes of Passion on Spotify to listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1888, Jack the Ripper killed his first victim, Mary Ann Nichols. Parcasters - Who was Jack the Ripper? We do our best to find out on our other podcast, Unexplained Mysteries. Search Unexplained Mysteries in Spotify to start listening today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1850, Harvard Professor Dr. John W. Webster was executed for murdering a member of Boston's upper class. Parcasters - Interested in more evaluations of questionable trials? Check out our other podcast, Not Guilty! Search Not Guilty on Spotify to listen today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1976, a mother and daughter's quiet evening at home was interrupted by an attack from the Golden State Killer. Parcasters - This week on Serial Killers we examine the life and crimes of Dennis Nilsen, The Kindly Killer. Subscribe to Serial Killers on Spotify to listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was abducted from his bed by two white men, beaten, and murdered. Parcasters - The assassination of Emmett Till reverberates through American society to this day. For deep dives on impactful deaths and their result, subscribe to Assassinations on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1964, a 15-year-old boy named Edmund Kemper would brutally kill his paternal grandparents. He would later go on to become one of the most infamous serial killers of all time. Parcasters - This week on Serial Killers we examine the life and crimes of Dennis Nilsen, The Kindly Killer. Subscribe to Serial Killers on Spotify to listen now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this day in 1916, Virginia Hill, mob queen, was born in Lipscomb, Alabama. Parcasters - For more stories like this one, check out our podcast covering organized crime figures throughout history, Kingpins! Search Kingpins on Spotify today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices