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42 min

S8 · E1 · Apr 28, 2024

Titanic (1): A Clear and Starry Night Episode 1

The fateful Titanic shipwreck of 1912 intertwines with a recent underwater OceanGate voyage that cost more human lives. Interviews with historians, wreck analysts, and descendants of Titanic passengers shed light on both tragedies.

7.8 · You

42 min

S8 · E2 · Apr 28, 2024

Titanic (2): The Last Moments Episode 2

Recent scientific advances have uncovered new secrets around the Titanic sinking, challenging previous notions about the ship's fate. This chapter continues to analyze the wreck and a recent underwater expedition that claimed more lives.

7.7 · You

42 min

S8 · E3 · May 5, 2024

Anthrax: Terror by Mail Episode 3

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the nation faced a new threat: anthrax, dubbed "the poor man's nuclear bomb." This easily weaponized bacteria sparked widespread fear, leading to one of the FBI's largest investigations.

7.1 · You

42 min

S8 · E4 · May 12, 2024

Oscar Pistorius: The Bladerunner Episode 4

The shocking killing of Reeva Steenkamp by Olympic superstar Oscar Pistorius on Valentine's Day 2013 shattered the illusion of a storybook romance between a celebrated Hollywood couple. Was it a terrible accident or a callous murder?

7.3 · You

42 min

S8 · E5 · May 19, 2024

Gardner Art Heist: Stealing Beauty Episode 5

Saint Patrick's Day 1990, robbers stormed Boston's Gardner Museum, making off with 13 priceless artworks, never to be recovered. Valued at half a billion dollars, the whereabouts of the missing pieces remain a mystery.

7.5 · You

42 min

S8 · E6 · Jul 28, 2024

The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 1: "You Have 30 Minutes" Episode 6

In the summer of 1996, a bombing at the Atlanta Olympics killed two and injured over 100; an intense manhunt ensued, with the media and law enforcement falsely accusing security guard Richard Jewell as a suspect.

42 min

S8 · E7 · Jul 28, 2024

The Atlanta Olympic Bombing Part 2: The Bomber Is Watching Episode 7

Interviews with former special agents, journalists, and Richard Jewell's associates provide insight into the case and its aftermath; subsequent bombings over the next eighteen months led investigators to suspect a serial bomber in Atlanta.

42 min

S8 · E8 · Nov 17, 2024

Tylenol Murders: Killer Capsules Episode 8

On September 29, 1982, seven Chicago-area residents were suddenly stricken with a deadly illness. At first doctors were at a loss, but they soon discovered a sinister connection: all the victims had recently taken cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. This launched an investigation that has lasted over four decades and forever changed the way medications and other goods are packaged in stores. This episode features interviews with family members of the victims, law enforcement who were first responders on that day, medical examiners and investigators on the case.

7.2 · You

42 min

S8 · E9 · Nov 17, 2024

Kimes Grifters Episode 9

On July 5, 1998, a wealthy widow named Irene Silverman disappeared from her New York City townhouse. While police went on a frantic search for her, they had no idea the investigation would unravel one of the most shocking series of crimes they had ever seen – a trail of violence and fraud that stretched from the Bahamas to Los Angeles perpetuated by Sante and Kenny Kimes. This episode features interviews with Sante Kimes's son Kent Walker, Sante Kimes's attorney, NYPD officers who worked the case, and a journalist taken hostage by Kenny Kimes in prison.

60 min

S8 · E10 · Nov 24, 2024

Iran Hostages: The Dangerous Journey Home Episode 10

When Iranian students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, they took the Embassy staff hostage and held them for 444 days. Only a handful managed to escape, but they were trapped in Iran until the CIA came up with a daring plan to bring them home. This top-secret mission was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film Argo. In this episode, several former hostages detail their time in captivity, and three of the Tehran Six escapees tell of their daring rescue.

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