It didn’t take long to find the perpetrator of the Taliesin massacre: 30-year-old Julian Carlton. But though they had the “who,” police still needed to uncover the “why” — and as Julian himself approached his deathbed, time was running out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright built a mansion in Spring Green, Wisconsin. The sprawling estate was a haven for him and his mistress, “Mamah” Cheney. But in 1914, it became the scene of a massacre that would claim seven lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As police zeroed in on a local contractor named John Wayne Gacy, they began to suspect they weren’t investigating the disappearance of one missing teenager — but the murders of several. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After ending his shift at Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois, fifteen-year-old Robert Piest asked his mother to wait while he spoke to a man about a construction job. It was December 11, 1978 — the last time Elizabeth Piest saw her son alive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The brutal murder of one of the wealthiest ship owners in the world shocked the town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1830. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After Ruth Ellis murdered her lover in April 1955, people throughout London thought she was guaranteed the death penalty. But as investigators began looking into her past, they found new information that cast her case in new light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1955, wealthy racecar driver David Blakely was gunned down outside a bar in London. Passersby were shocked to see a petite, picturesque woman standing over his corpse with the smoking gun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Following a lead, police zeroed in on the home of one local man. It was eventually dubbed a “House of Horrors” after news of its contents spread, with its owner inspiring a string of movies and books that drew on his heinous crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1954, a 55-year-old tavern owner in central Wisconsin went missing, leaving behind a disturbing crime scene. Police caught a break in her case when a similar abduction occurred nearly three years later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
When Carol Thompson’s murderer confessed to his crime, he implicated another person in the ordeal — and a shocking murder-for-hire plot began to unravel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In March 1963, a Minnesota housewife named Carol Thompson was attacked in her home, later dying from her wounds. Months later, two men were indicted for her murder — but the case was far from resolved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Marguerite Alibert was found holding the gun she used to kill her husband, but her trial was far from an open-and-shut case. The courtroom proved as dramatic and explosive as the relationship that resulted in Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey's death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1922, Egyptian millionaire Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey became smitten with French socialite Marguerite Alibert. She was charming, and accustomed to keeping the company of rich and powerful men — including England’s Prince Edward VIII. But while their romance was passionate, it was also ill-fated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Months after the 17-year-old went missing, an investigation into the underground sewage tunnels in Bathpool Park turned up a torrent of clues—and Lesley Whittle’s body. But it wasn’t until nearly a year after her kidnapping that detectives would find her killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After a young heiress went missing in 1975, her family found a ransom note demanding £50,000. The police coordinated a plan to secure her safe return, but a series of missteps and mistakes meant time was running out for Lesley Whittle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
By March of 1891, the coroner’s office failed to find evidence of foul play, and investigators moved on from Helen Potts’ case. Even so, reporter Dilworth Choate felt the story deserved a closer look… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It became one of the most sensationalized cases of the late 19th century: The young wife of a playboy medical student died not long after a botched abortion. But it wasn’t the dangerous procedure that killed her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the chaotic search for Benjamin Pitezel's murderer, investigators enlisted authorities from multiple states, and even crossed the border into Canada. Meanwhile, the remaining members of the Pitezel family fell one by one at the hands of a ruthless, depraved killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In September 1894, conman Benjamin Pitezel met a mysterious, violent end in Philadelphia. For years, he'd been committing petty crimes across America, fleeing the authorities across multiple states. And the deeper authorities dug into Pitezel's background, the more baffling his death became. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The search for John List spanned two decades and all 50 states. But it took a supermarket tabloid and a TV crime show to finally break the case—and unravel the full story of what drove a man like List to murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1971, a middle-aged accountant woke up, put on a tie, and shot his entire family to death in their home. Then he disappeared, leaving behind two glaring questions: What drove this religious family man to murder—and, more importantly, where did he go? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1983, police closed in on the murderers of Jerry Dean and Deborah Thornton, thanks to a well-placed informant. Their capture led one killer to have a dramatic change of heart, sparking a world-wide debate about capital punishment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
They were two strangers, crossing paths at a pool party in Houston, Texas in the summer of 1983. Jerry Dean and Deborah Thornton spent the night together—and by morning, they were both dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1897, the discovery of a severed torso led to an explosion of investigative activity in the media. The identification of the body and the arrest of the dead man’s murderers would prove to be one of the most incredible true crime stories ever told. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On June 26, 1897, four boys discovered a package wrapped in red oilcloth floating in New York City’s East River. It contained the upper torso of an unknown man, launching one of the largest media murder mysteries ever, and igniting newspaper wars that would last a decade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In October of 1931, two bloody trunks arrived at the Los Angeles train station containing the bodies of Anne LeRoi and Hedvig “Sammy” Samuelson. What followed was one of most scandalous murder cases of the Roaring Twenties… One that has left detectives with more questions than answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In 1931, the friendship between three women living in Phoenix, Arizona was torn apart when they all fell for the same man: 44-year-old “Happy” Jack Halloran. Slowly, their rift began to heal, and they planned a gathering one night in October—but the reunion proved deadly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After Sal Mineo was murdered in February of 1976, the LAPD did their best to track down every lead they could find. They searched for over a year in vain, until they received a tip that forced them to reconsider every assumption they'd made about the case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On February 12th, 1976, actor Sal Mineo, best known for his role in Rebel Without a Cause , was stabbed outside his apartment building in Los Angeles. Authorities desperately searched for evidence, but hit dead ends everywhere they turned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
After the massacre of the Clutter Family on November 15th, 1959, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation began an intensive probe into the crime. Their search for the killers would result in one of the greatest true crime stories of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
