Today in True Crime

American abolitionist John Brown, who had served as a leader during the Bleeding Kansas warfare, was hanged for attempting to start a slave rebellion.

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After Russian Tsar Alexander I was pronounced dead of a mysterious illness, some believed he faked his death to escape the royal court. Guest hosted by Kate Leonard from Dictators, a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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Despite a heavy security detail, the Chairman of Deutsche Bank was killed after an explosive detonated near his car in West Germany. 

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Notorious U.K. serial killer Rosemary West was born on this day in Devon, England. 

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Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was one of two inmates murdered by Christopher Scarver inside the Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.

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Sixty-seven years ago, former State Department official and suspected Soviet spy Alger Hiss was released from prison after serving almost four years for perjury.

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Bruno Richard Hauptmann gained notoriety for his involvement in the "Crime of the Century," where he climbed a ladder and kidnapped the Lindbergh baby from his nursery.

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The Greek Junta came to an end when George Papadopoulos was ousted in a military coup by Dimitrios Ioannidis, his partner from their coup to take over Greece years earlier.

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Jack Ruby fatally shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, on live television. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from Unsolved Murders, a Spotify Original from Parcast.

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Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen targeted young men and brought them back to his flat where he would strangle and drown them, often keeping their bodies as company.

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