Today in True Crime

To protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, 31-year-old pacifist Norman Morrison drove to the Pentagon in Washington D.C. with his one-year-old daughter Emily and set himself on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Greece, two people died and a third was severely injured after an attacker shot at an office for Golden Dawn, a far-right political party. To this day, authorities are still unsure who was responsible for the crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Freelance photographer Teresa Halbach was sent by AutoTrader to take photos of a minivan at Avery's Auto Salvage. She headed there around midday but was never seen again. Her disappearance was examined in the Netflix documentary "Making a Murderer." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Euthanasia activist Nichold Reed was jailed for aiding and abetting suicides. Reed believed that patients living with terminal illness had a right to die in the time and manner of their choosing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jane Toppan was arrested for the murder of four members of the Davis family. The nurse claimed to have killed 31 people, including her own foster sister, and some say there could be as many as 100 victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23-year-old Stacy Peterson vanished without a trace. Her husband Drew Peterson, thought to be responsible for her disappearance, is currently in jail for the murder of a previous wife. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A man stormed into the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and carried out what is considered to be the largest antisemitic massacre on U.S. soil. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Haunted Places, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Believing he was acting in the nation's best interest, Kim Jae Kyu, the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, shot and killed South Korean President Park Chung Hee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The first of unfortunately several "Craigslist Killers," 19-year-old Michael John Anderson lured Katherine Olson to his house for a babysitting job. Once she arrived, Anderson shot her in the back and stuffed her in the trunk of her car. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nezar Hindawi was sentenced to 45 years in prison for attempting to blow up an Israeli passenger jet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aniah Blanchard was at a gas station when she texted her roommate that she’d be home in ten minutes. But the 19-year-old woman never made it home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Charlie Harris drove his pick-up truck through the gates of the Augusta National Golf Club and took several people hostage as he demanded to speak with President Ronald Reagan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In what was called one of the most sophisticated and coordinated digital incursions of all time, hackers employed a mass Denial of Service attack on 13 DNS root servers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Newlyweds Glen and Bessie Hyde mysteriously disappeared after they embarked on a river run through the Grand Canyon. Their boat was found in good condition with all their provisions. Guest hosted by Shelby Scott from Mediums, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the case of Buck v. Bell, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that compulsory sterilization didn’t violate the 14th amendment to the Constitution. Mental hospitals across the country used the decision to forcibly sterilize patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over 100 people were killed and hundreds more were injured when a suicide bomber tried to assassinate former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono earned their nickname because they dumped their victims' bodies on the barren hills outside Los Angeles. It was on this day that the "Hillside Stranglers" claimed their first victim, Yolanda Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the most infamous serial killers in the USSR murdered and brutalized at least 52 young people. Andrei Chikatilo was born on this day in 1936. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Toledo, Ohio, tensions between neo-Nazis who had planned a march and counter-protestors built for hours before sparking riots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After an evening out with a co-worker at a mall in Atlanta, Georgia, 25-year-old Mary Shotwell Little disappeared. While her car was found still in the parking lot the following morning, Mary was never seen again. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

King Philip IV had more than 600 members of the Knights Templar, including Grand Master of the Knights Templar, Jacques de Molay, rounded up and arrested in France. Guest hosted by Wenndy Mackenzie from Solved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During a live televised debate, Japanese Socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma was assassinated by 17-year-old Otoya Yamaguchi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a lifetime of crimes, including the murder of a childhood friend, thousands gathered to watch the execution of one of the most notorious murderers in American history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the greatest warriors in the Roman Empire, Germanicus died of a mysterious illness. On his deathbed, he blamed Syria’s governor, Piso, and Piso’s wife Plancina for poisoning him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While visiting Prime Minister Louis Barthou of France in Marseilles, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated. In the ensuing crowd panic and reaction from police, more shots were fired. Innocent victims would also die, as well as Barthou and the assassin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Four men lured Michael Sandy to a remote location in an attempt to rob him. When Sandy tried to escape, he was killed in a hit-and-run. His sexuality would play a major role in the criminal trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21-year-old Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten by two men in an alleged hate crime. He would die five days later. His death would lead to the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Riots broke out in North London after police indirectly caused the death of a 49-year-old woman. In the ensuing clash between police and protestors, Constable Keith Blakelock was killed. Guest hosted by Rabia Chaudry from Nighty Night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fifty-one bodies, including 22 children, were unearthed from a cemetery in Menden-Barge, Germany. It is believed they were victims of Aktion T4, the Nazi euthanasia program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On a quiet night in a small New Hampshire town, Kimberly Cates and her 11-year-old daughter were brutally attacked by four unknown assailants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Antoine Yates was arrested after NYPD officers discovered he’d been keeping a tiger in his Harlem apartment. Yates had hidden the animal there for over two years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leader of the Mormon church and former Utah governor Brigham Young was arrested on charges of bigamy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

News media called it the perfect crime: 21-year-old Heather Tallchief, aided by her boyfriend Roberto Solis, stole millions of dollars from an armored car in Las Vegas. Heather resurfaced over ten years later with a sensational story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former athlete Anthony Curcio executed an elaborate heist to steal $400,000 from a Bank of America in Monroe, Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the UK’s most depraved killers was born on this day in Herefordshire, England. Guest hosted by Alastair Murden from Medical Murders, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In London, three gunmen took nine people hostage in a robbery gone wrong. Their reasons for attempting the heist were both monetary and political. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the deadliest mass shooting in Switzerland’s history, 14 people died after 57-year-old Friedrich Leibacher opened fire in a regional government building. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While he was known more for bootlegging and bank robbing, Machine Gun Kelly was arrested one last time... for the kidnapping of oil tycoon Charles F. Urschel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Patrick Mackay, one of the UK’s most iconic serial killers, was born on this day. Now one of Britain’s longest serving inmates, Mackay was convicted of only three murders but is likely responsible for many more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Heiss was taken into custody for murdering the boyfriend of a woman he had become obsessed with online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Flying from Pakistan to the United Arab Emirates, Gulf Air Flight 771 crashed and exploded outside of Abu Dhabi after a bomb exploded in its cargo hold. All 112 people aboard the aircraft were killed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

72-year-old Martha Corey, who was accused of making a pact with the devil, was the final victim of the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Serial Killers, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Follow Serial Killers to dive into their most recent miniseries on six professions perfectly suited for the darkest after-hours pursuits… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In one of the most legendary betrayals in U.S. history, Revolutionary War general Benedict Arnold met with a British intelligence officer to surrender a U.S. military fort. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In Islamabad, Pakistan, 54 people were killed and hundreds more were injured after a truck filled with explosives detonated at a Marriott Hotel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16-year-old Jeannette DePalma was found dead near a cliff known as Devil’s Teeth. There was no clear cause of death and police wondered if her death was part of a Satanic ritual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

During a contentious labor dispute at the Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Canada, a bomb went off killing three replacement workers and six union members who crossed the picket line. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A deadly explosion in front of the Tati clothing store in Paris, France left five dead and dozens injured. The terror that had enveloped the city for the last year reached a peak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He was days away from premiering the first-ever moving images captured on celluloid. The family of Louis Augustin Le Prince said he boarded a train in Dijon, France headed for Paris, but never arrived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He confessed to hundreds of murders, but police were never sure how many of them were genuine. So when Ottis Toole died in a prison hospital, so did the truth about his past. Guest hosted by Richard Rossner from Dictators, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eight people were killed and 13 people were injured when Joseph Wesbecker showed up for work at a Kentucky printing plant with an AK-47 and opened fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices