Today in True Crime

23-year-old Philip Cline was given eight consecutive life sentences without parole for starting a fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel that killed eight people and injured around 200 others.

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Three neighbors identified the man who broke into Debra Reese’s home and murdered her. But by the time DNA technology could prove the man's innocence, it was already too late. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from Unsolved Murders, a podcast that digs deep into the mysteries of true, cold cases using a modern twist on old-time radio.

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Until this day, the majority of executions in the U.S. were carried out via hanging or firing squad. Gee Jon would become the first American executed by lethal gas.

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He killed his wife and two of his children and then buried them beneath his bathroom floor. An international treaty law kept the case in the spotlight for over a decade. 

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Two gunmen fired on a fraternity party near Youngstown State University, killing 25-year-old Jamail Johnson and injuring at least 11 other people.

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A robbery gone wrong led to the deaths of Susan Brouk and her children Adrian and Kyle. Investigators found their bodies in a pond near their home in Vichy, Missouri.

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Ross Ulbricht, founder of the dark web marketplace known as the “Silk Road,” was convicted on several federal charges including conspiracy to commit money laundering, computer hacking, and drug trafficking.

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An unidentified truck driver killed 27-year-old Terry Milroy and raped 17-year-old Cynthia Nadeau while they were hitchhiking in Florida.

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21-year-old convict Susan LeFevre escaped the Scott Correctional Facility in Wayne County, Michigan. She would start a new life under a new name on the West Coast. Guest hosted by Lanie Hobbs of Crimes of Passion, a podcast that delves into love stories gone wrong.

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After pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, disgraced film director Roman Polanski fled the United States before his sentencing.

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