Today in True Crime

In New York City, socialite and heiress Dorothy Arnold told her mother she was heading out to buy an evening dress. When it was time for them to meet at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel later in the afternoon, Dorothy never arrived. And she was never seen again.

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Bernie Madoff was one of Wall Street's most respected financiers. But on this day in 2008, he was arrested for swindling some of the planet's richest investors out of $65 billion in the world's largest Ponzi scheme.

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A clever crook tricked four bank guards into vacating their cash truck. By the time the guards realized what was happening, the truck carrying 300 million yen was gone.

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In her North Carolina home, Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a flight of stairs. Her husband Michael claimed she had fallen, but the evidence told a different story...or so investigators believed.

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Headmaster Philip Lawrence was stabbed to death when he intervened during a gang attack on a 13-year-old student. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Serial Killers, a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a sexual assault case between the Dollar General Corporation and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians.

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Harold Perelson, a successful cardiologist, murdered his wife with a hammer while she slept. He then tried to murder his oldest daughter. The site would later be referred to as "The Los Feliz Murder House."

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In the U.S., the selling and consumption of alcohol became legal after states ratified the 21st Amendment. 

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While awaiting his next trial, imprisoned politician "Boss Tweed" was allowed to leave his cell on daily, supervised walks around the city. On this day, he left his cell and didn’t come back.

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After the release of the "Pumpkin Papers" a day earlier by Richard Nixon, the entire country had to grapple with evidence that former State Department official Alger Hiss spied for the Soviets.

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