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Crimes of the Centuries

Crimes of the Centuries

De: 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 Ciências Sociais Crimes Reais Mundo
Episódios
  • S6 Ep7: Reckless Disregard: The Carrollton Bus Crash

    S6 Ep7: Reckless Disregard: The Carrollton Bus Crash
    Apr 13 2026
    In May 1988, a church bus returning to Kentucky was struck head-on by a wrong-way driver. Within seconds, it became an inferno. As families searched for answers, an unsettling truth emerged: The children had been trapped inside a bus never designed to protect them. The Carrollton bus tragedy is a story about how grief collided with corporate power, government delay tactics and America’s evolving reckoning with drunken driving.
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    55 minutos
  • S6 Ep6: The Murder That Sparked the Zoot Suit Riots

    S6 Ep6: The Murder That Sparked the Zoot Suit Riots
    Apr 6 2026
    In August 1942, 22-year-old Jose Diaz was found dying near a Los Angeles reservoir called Sleepy Lagoon. He'd been beaten and stabbed the night before he was set to report to the U.S. Army. His death became the excuse the LAPD needed to launch a massive crackdown on Mexican American youth—rounding up 600 people, trying 22 young men with questionable evidence and igniting racial tensions that exploded into the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943. But who really killed Jose Diaz? And why did a fashion choice become a crime?
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    56 minutos
  • ENCORE: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke

    ENCORE: The Life and Death of Sam Cooke
    Mar 30 2026
    Singing his way through the 1950s and early 1960s, appealing to audiences across a segregated music industry, churning out hits of dreamy quality like “You Send Me” and inspirational fortitude like “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke was more than an artist. He lived – and died – a legend. So how did he end up shot in a Los Angeles motel in 1964? In this episode, we’ll trace the tale: start to finish.
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    39 minutos
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