As a firestorm of racial violence rages through the territory, Bass Reeves learns of his next arrest: his own son. Soon after, statehood and Jim Crow laws force Bass into retirement, while whitewashing covers up his accomplishments as Oklahoma's Lone Ranger. In search of justice, we consider his complex legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Accused of murdering his cook in cold blood, Bass stands up for his own innocence - breaking himself financially. Not long after he frees himself, the Marshals become embroiled in a bloody war with a legendary Cherokee leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eager to protect his growing family, Bass becomes one of the first Black Deputy U.S. Marshals West of the Mississippi. The face of the law in a lawless land, Bass outwits and outshoots countless criminals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As an enslaved man, Bass Reeves fights hand-to-hand with his enslaver. Victorious, Bass escapes, becoming a fugitive in America’s most dangerous, lawless territory just before the Civil War. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Over the next four weeks, Carter and Wenndy are handing over the reins to Darnell Ishmel, guest host of a four-part miniseries exploring the exploits of a legendary figure of the Wild West. The man widely believed to have inspired the Lone Ranger… Who was born into slavery and became one of America’s most revered lawmen. His name was Bass Reeves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Prosecuting attorney George Yeaton was certain who committed the gruesome murders on Smuttynose Island. To him, the evidence pointed to a robbery gone wrong. But what motivated the suspect to kill the only friends he had? A follow-up conversation with the lone survivor would give him the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 1873, two women were brutally murdered on Smuttynose Island just off the coast of Maine. A woman who escaped the attack reported her story to the police. Though she didn't see him, she claimed to know who the killer was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Based on witness testimony, authorities believed that Scott Watson killed Olivia Hope and Ben Smart. The jury agreed and took less than 24 hours to convict him. But since his incarceration, several witnesses have recanted their testimony, saying they were pressured by police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It was New Year's Eve 1997 in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand when 17-year-old Olivia Hope and 21-year-old Ben Smart enjoyed a long night of partying. When friends couldn't locate the pair the following day, they assumed the two may have gone off on their own. But after days without contact, it became evident that something was very wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It was May of 1919 in Barre, Vermont, when the body of Lucina Broadwell was found naked on her stomach, hands tied behind her back. To solve the crime, investigators must uncover a dark secret that the entire town is hiding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It was the most extensive manhunt since John Dillinger. Authorities believed they’d found the identity of the man who’d kidnapped and murdered Ad Coors. But when they finally tracked him down in Canada, he refused to talk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Adolph “Ad” Coors was a father of four and an heir to the Coors brewing dynasty when he was kidnapped in 1960. Breakthroughs in the case put the FBI hot on the trail of Ad’s kidnapper, until leads ran dry. Seven months after he disappeared, Ad’s body was found off a hiking trail in Denver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When reporter John McCormack went looking for missing celebrity pundit Madalyn Murray O’Hair, he thought it might be more than a simple case of tax evasion. Sure enough, he found a trail of stolen gold, disgruntled employees, and a disembodied torso... But it would still take years to uncover the truth about Madalyn’s tragic last days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
She was a popular atheist speaker who challenged American evangelicals wherever she went. She was also called "the most hated woman in America" and had no shortage of enemies. So when Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her family went missing in 1995, no one went looking... for two whole years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The spree continues into Christmas Day and beyond, during which the teen gang murders their third, fourth, fifth and sixth victims. After a tip, police catch the group wearing victims’ clothing, driving a victim’s stolen car, and in possession of the guns they used in their murders. A Parcast holiday special from Serial Killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the early hours of Christmas Eve 1992, a senseless murder in Dayton, Ohio, marks the beginning of a rampage. What started as a desire for Christmas cash turns into a three-day killing spree that leaves six people dead. Even more shocking was that the brazen killers were just teens. A Parcast holiday special from Serial Killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
It’s August in Alton, a small farm town in the English countryside. Eight-year-old Fanny Adams goes out to play with her friends, but never returns home. When she’s finally found, it’s a gruesome scene. In their tight knit community, there’s one man who stands out. A man who might be responsible for the death of an innocent girl. If only police could get him to crack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The deaths at Greystone mansion were far from straightforward — at least as far as Detective Leslie White was concerned. But shortly after the DA announced they’d be launching a full investigation, they closed the case. The official narrative was that Hugh Plunkett shot Ned Doheny before turning the gun on himself. The evidence tells a different story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Carter introduces Spotify’s latest true crime podcast, delving into the case of Kevin Keith. Listen to an exclusive clip from the first episode right here, then head to The System to finish the episode and hear more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Ned Doheny found himself embroiled in a huge bribery scandal. On behalf of his father, oil baron Edward Doheny, Ned illegally obtained drilling leases from the US government. His close friend and personal secretary, Hugh Plunkett, was present for the transaction and would likely have to testify. But before either man could even walk into a courtroom, they would wind up dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, knead your dough, and listen to our Thanksgiving Special on the regime-changing, assassination-aiding King of Poisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
By the early ‘90s, the case of Helen Brach was heating up. But to get answers, police needed to go deeper into Chicago’s cutthroat Horse Mafia. As agents worked their informants, the pieces of two cases, decades apart, finally came together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In February 1977, 65-year-old candy heiress Helen Brach disappeared, and her case went cold almost immediately. Over a decade later, investigators searching for her killer stumbled upon a vital clue that might not only solve her case, but the case of three missing Chicago boys decades earlier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 1955, the quiet community of Jefferson Park in Chicago was known as a peaceful suburb. But its innocence was stripped away when three local boys went to a movie and never came home. Days later, their bodies were found. The case went cold for years before a seemingly unrelated crime provided the key to solving the mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eric Tombe’s parents had last heard from him in mid-April 1922 when he sent them a letter about an upcoming trip to Paris. Shortly after, Eric’s mother began having nightmares about her son. By mid-summer, she was convinced he was dead. By 1923, Scotland Yard would find his body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two felons who met in prison decided to stay friends on the outside. They spent the summer and fall of 1979 kidnapping and murdering teenage girls in southern California. Police didn't even have them as suspects. Until an unlikely source came forward with crucial information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aaron Burr is most infamous for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But Burr was also a father — one whose daughter, Theodosia, vanished one night at sea. No one can say for sure what happened to her ship, The Patriot, or its passengers... though a centuries-old portrait may hold a clue. This episode originally aired on Unsolved Murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The estranged adult children of Geraldine Kelley long suspected foul play in their father’s death. Though she had told them that John Kelley had died in a road accident, Geri revealed on her deathbed in 2004 that she’d shot him in the head and kept his body in a storage facility freezer for years. This episode originally aired on Deathbed Confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
There is no debate about who killed Alexander Hamilton. His infamous duel with Aaron Burr was held according to the standards at the time. But many, including the states of New York and New Jersey, concluded that Burr was a cold-blooded killer who got away with murder. This is a special one-part crossover with Unsolved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
On an August night in 1952, a blue Chrysler raced down a hill, hit a barrier, and flipped onto its side. Nearby police officers rushed to help the driver, 33-year-old Dorothy May Grammer, but it was too late. A few days later, the autopsy revealed it was no accident. It was a homicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
