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In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were  murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their  houses to watch, and in some cases, to take part in  the violence.Scott Doody's book is Herrin Massacre. Special thanks to  the Special Collections Research Center at Southern Illinois University,  Carbondale, and Matt Gorzalski, and to John Griswold, who wrote Herrin:  The Brief History of an Infamous American City. - CRIMINAL

Debbie Schum waited a long time to receive the cremated ashes of her  friend, LoraLee Johnson. When she did, she felt relieved to finally take  them home with her. But then, she got a call from  the FBI.To learn more, check out Elena Saavedra Buckley's article,  "‘None of this happened the way you think it did’" - CRIMINAL

Crime Blotter: “The Learning Center on Hanson Street reports a man  across the way stands at his window for hours watching the center,  making parents nervous. Police ID the subject as a cardboard cutout of Arnold Schwarzenegger.” Today, we're looking at mistakes. CRIMINAL

In 1995, two men filmed an episode of daytime talk show, The Jenny Jones  Show. A few days later, one of the men was dead. The shooter later  claimed he’d committed the murder “in a panic that  he was being falsely accused or identified as a gay person.”Thanks to  Thomas Curry, who helped co-produce this episode. CRIMINAL

World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the  mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked her  path.This story was produced by 30 for 30 Podcasts from ESPN.