On this day in 1780, a British spy named John André was hanged by American revolutionaries. He had been caught conspiring with the notorious Benedict Arnold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1982, the seventh victim of the Tylenol Murderer was found dead in her Chicago, Illinois home. The killer’s crime would forever change the way medication is packaged. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1986, Gennadi Zakharov, a Soviet spy, spent four minutes in a Brooklyn Courtroom before promptly being let go. Guest hosted by Alastair Murden from Haunted Places: Ghost Stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1979, Francisco Macías Nguema, the brutal dictator of Equatorial Guinea, was executed for crimes against humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 935 CE, the Duke of Bohemia, Wenceslaus was assassinated by his younger brother, Prince Boleslaus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1888, London’s Central News Agency received the first piece of correspondence from the Victorian era serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1985, Robert Berdella Jr. AKA the Kansas City Butcher, brutally abused and murdered his fourth victim, James Ferris. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2018, Judge Steven O’Neill sentenced Bill Cosby to up to 10 years in prison for the sexual assault of Andrea Constand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1977, child predator Nathaniel Bar-Jonah assaulted and attempted to kill two children. Years later, Bar-Jonah faced allegations of sadistic serial murder and cannibalism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2005, real estate developer Adam Anhang was killed on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The case culminated in an international manhunt that lasted more than ten years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1998, Ira Einhorn was arrested for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Helen “Holly” Maddux. The arrest came nineteen years after her shocking death–and sixteen years after Einhorn posted bail for the crime and fled to Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2015, 21-year-old UCLA student Andrea DelVesco was found dead in her campus apartment. She had been stabbed 19 times in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2000, members of the Real Irish Republican Army launched a rocket at the MI6 office in London. Those responsible were never arrested. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1977, the New York Post published a letter from the serial killer known as “Son of Sam.” The letter implied that he hadn’t been acting alone in his murder spree. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 96 CE, Roman Emperor Domitian was assassinated. His successor, Nerva, was named that same day… leading some to suspect that the new emperor was involved in Domitian’s bloody demise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2014, Iowa State University student Shao Tong was reported missing. Her body was found nine days later—but by then, her killer had taken a one-way flight to China. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1986, Dennis Rader, also known as the BTK Killer, strangled 28-year-old Vicki Lynn Wegerle. Guest hosted by Dan Cummins from Incredible Feats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2008, financial firm Lehman Brothers made the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1972, 15-year-old Aiko Koo was murdered by notorious serial killer, Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1980, a housekeeper at the Amana Holiday Inn in Williamsburg, Iowa discovered a double homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1943, Hollywood actor David Bacon died of a mysterious stab wound while driving his car. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1776, three representatives of the Continental Congress met with British Admiral Richard Howe in Staten Island, New York. They hoped to broker a peace treaty that might save the colonies from a bloody war. Instead, they crossed a point of no return. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1897, a sheriff’s posse gunned down 19 unarmed coal miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1939, Sayadaw U Ottama, Buddhist monk and non-violent revolutionary, starved to death. Many call him the first martyr in Burma’s fight for independence. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from the Parcast original, Famous Fates: Movers and Shakers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1888, the mutilated body of 47-year-old Annie Chapman was found in Whitechapel, England. Annie was the second victim of notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1989, a pair of bandits shot two security guards and one onlooker while robbing a Brinks truck in San Francisco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1901, anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. The president died eight days later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1986, four hijackers attacked Pan Am Flight 73 on a runway in Pakistan, resulting in the deaths of over twenty passengers and crew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 1949, Black singer Paul Robeson performed a concert to benefit the Civil Rights Congress near Peekskill, New York. But thousands of his supporters had to form a human shield around the show to block out angry, racist protesters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On this day in 2012, the self-proclaimed messiah accused of cult-like behavior, Sun Myung Moon, died at the age of 92. His death ignited a power struggle over who should take his place at the head of the Unification Church—or the “Moonies,” as they’re sometimes called. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
