On this day in 1948, the House Un-American Activities Committee held a highly anticipated congressional hearing, wherein Alger Hiss took to the stand to defend himself against accusations from Whittaker Chambers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1980, neo-fascists bombed a train station in Bologna, Italy, killing eighty-five people and injuring more than two-hundred. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1921, Sid Hatfield and his friend Ed Chambers were assassinated by agents of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 30 BCE, 53-year-old Mark Antony defended Egypt against Rome in the bloody Battle of Alexandria. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. The ship had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1993, retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk appeared before the Israeli Supreme Court after appealing his 1988 conviction. He’d been sentenced to death for crimes committed during World War Two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1868, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1919, 17-year-old Black teen Eugene Williams was murdered after accidentally rafting into the white section of Lake Michigan’s segregated waters. His death sparked the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, and a broader wave of protests known as “The Red Summer.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte founded the federal investigative agency that eventually became the FBI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2019, the remains of a 12-year-old girl were found by construction workers in Weld County, Colorado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1997, 24-year-old Amy Wroe Bechtel went missing while running in Wyoming’s Shoshone National Forest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1969, 18-year-old Karen Beineman disappeared in Ypsilanti, Michigan. She was last seen getting onto a stranger’s motorcycle outside a wig shop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1934, legendary bank robber John Dillinger was shot and killed by FBI agents outside Chicago’s Biograph theater. Guest hosted by Ash Kelly and Alaina Urquhart from the Parcast original, Crime Countdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1877, Pennsylvania state militia attacked railroad workers participating in one of the largest strikes of the 19th century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2015, Eddie Tipton was found guilty of rigging the lottery in Iowa. He’d used his position inside the industry to cheat the system and get rich quick… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1979, the Very Large Crude Carrier Atlantic Empress collided with another VLCC, the Aegean Captain. The wreckage spewed roughly 280,000 tons of oil into the Caribbean Sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in the year 1290, King Edward I of England issued an edict expelling the Jewish people from his kingdom. As many as 16,000 Jews were turned into refugees overnight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1771, it’s possible that one of the most infamous events in indigenous Canadian history took place. According to the posthumously released journal of surveyor Samuel Hearne, a group of Dene tribe members killed 20 Inuit nomads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1951, The Catcher in the Rye was published. J.D. Salinger’s coming-of-age classic would be embraced by generations of teenagers. However, the book had another, much darker, legacy… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1987, Taiwan ended thirty-eight years of martial law—but that didn’t necessarily mean peaceful, democratic governing would follow. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from the Parcast original show Haunted Places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1789, angry French citizens and soldiers stormed a garrison-turned-political prison: The Bastille. The mob murdered, looted and destroyed the building. But they did it all in the name of democracy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2003, French intelligence operatives aborted a mission to rescue French-Colombian politician Íngrid Betancourt from FARC rebels in Colombia—resulting in an international political scandal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1562, a Spanish friar named Diego de Landa ordered the destruction of dozens of sacred texts in an attempt to convert the Maya people to Christianity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 472, enemies of Emperor Anthemius, ruler of the Western Roman Empire, captured and beheaded him in Old St. Peter’s Basilica. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1086, King Canute IV of Denmark was killed during a peasant uprising. He was eventually canonized as the patron saint of the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1821, 486 Greek Cypriots were executed by the Ottoman Empire. Among the victims was a prominent member of the Greek Orthodox community, Archbishop Kyprianos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1898, the Wild West’s most notorious con man, Jefferson Randolph “Soapy” Smith, was killed in a shootout in Skagway, Alaska. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from the Parcast series Unsolved Murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1984, Virginia Temple and her ten-year-old daughter were found dead in Toledo, Ohio. They were the latest victims of serial killer couple Alton Coleman and Debra Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1415, Czech religious reformer Jan Hus was burned at the stake for heresy. His martyrdom fueled a nearly 20-year war between the Pope and Hus’s followers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1934, police opened fire on the longshoreman striking at the Embarcadero in San Francisco, California. The men were protesting for better wages and working conditions, but the violent assault left over a hundred wounded and two dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
