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Crimes of the Centuries

Crimes of the Centuries

Auteur(s): Amber Hunt and Audioboom
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 Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking to be labelled the “crime of the century.” Even so, there are a lot of cases that have earned the distinction. In each episode of Crimes of the Centuries, award-winning journalist Amber Hunt will examine a case that’s lesser known today but was huge when it happened. The cases explored span the centuries and each left a mark. Some made history by changing laws. Others were so shocking they changed society.Amber Hunt Monde Sciences sociales True Crime
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  • S5: From What If They're Wrong: The Justice Who Won't Let Go

    S5: From What If They're Wrong: The Justice Who Won't Let Go
    Jan 30 2026

    From Amber's other podcast, titled What If They're Wrong? After the Accusation: After charges against former death row inmate Elwood Jones were dismissed, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Joe Deters—the former prosecutor who originally secured Jones’ conviction—went on talk radio insisting Jones was still guilty. The next day, phone records show Justice Deters had a 10-minute call with his former colleague, Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Sammarco. Four days later, the coroner announced false forensic evidence about the victim—evidence that collapsed within 24 hours. Through phone logs, text messages, and public records obtained exclusively for this investigation, this episode reveals the coordination between a sitting justice, former prosecutors and county officials after the case was supposed to be closed.

    What If They're Wrong? After The Accusation is published early and ad-free for subscribers over at www.grabbagcollab.com.

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    51 min
  • S5 Ep43: The President's Silence: How Thousands Died Before Reagan Said 'AIDS'

    S5 Ep43: The President's Silence: How Thousands Died Before Reagan Said 'AIDS'
    Jan 26 2026
    In October 1982, journalist Lester Kinsolving asked the White House press secretary about a mysterious disease that had already killed hundreds of Americans. The response? Laughter. For years, as the death toll climbed into the tens of thousands, President Ronald Reagan said nothing. His administration did less. This is the story of what happens when a government decides some lives don't matter—and the activists, doctors, and ordinary people who refused to let their community die in silence.
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    55 min
  • S5 Ep42: Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Serial Killer

    S5 Ep42: Mary Ann Cotton: Britain’s First Serial Killer
    Jan 19 2026
    In the industrial villages of 19th-century England, death was common—but not this common. Over two decades, Mary Ann Cotton married, buried, and moved on with chilling regularity as children, husbands, and relatives died from what doctors called “gastric fever.” Only when forensic chemistry advanced—and one parish officer heard her say too much—did her pattern come into focus.
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    52 min
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