It’s a day full of fun and fireworks, and to celebrate the 4th of July, we’re releasing this week’s episode a few days early! 

And in our very special Independence Day episode, we’re going to look at not one, not two, but THREE stories of historical American Murders: the first known murderer in the colonies that would become the United States, an infamous massacre that helped kickstart the revolution, and the first fully transcribed murder trial in American history.

BUT FIRST! This Week In Murder takes a look at another “self-defense” shooting through a locked door and an unlikely plea for clemency in a California killing

An, as always, we finish up with a rousing game of Who Died The Worst?!