Today in True Crime

By Parcast NetworkEducation True Crime History

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April 11, 2020 April 11, 1955: Ruth Ellis Charged With Murder
On this day in 1955, 28-year-old English nightclub hostess and escort Ruth Ellis was charged with murdering her lover, 25-year-old race car driver, David Blakely.

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14 min
April 10, 2020 April 10, 1834: Madame LaLaurie Caught
On this day in 1834, New Orleans firefighters responded to an act of arson. But the fire’s light revealed an even more heinous crime, deep inside the LaLaurie Mansion.

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16 min
April 09, 2020 April 9, 1881: Billy the Kid Found Guilty
On this day in 1881, legendary outlaw William H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, was found guilty of murder and condemned to the gallows.

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15 min
April 08, 2020 April 8, 1943: Otto and Elise Hampel Executed
On this day in 1943, Otto and Elise Hampel were beheaded in Berlin’s Plötzensee Prison for their protests against Hitler’s government.

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15 min
April 07, 2020 April 7, 1972: Joe Gallo Murdered
On this day in 1972, notorious mobster Joseph “Crazy Joe” Gallo was gunned down in front of his family in a clam bar in Little Italy.

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12 min
April 06, 2020 April 6, 1978: Gene Leroy Hart Manhunt
On this day in 1978, a team of Oklahoma law enforcement agents arrested 34-year-old Gene Leroy Hart. Hart was the main suspect for the notorious Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders.

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14 min
April 05, 2020 April 5, 1991: Beverley Allitt Murders
On this day in 1991, 11-year-old patient, Timothy Hardwick, was admitted to the hospital after suffering from epileptic seizures. He would die in the care of nurse Beverley Alitt only a few hours later.

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14 min
April 04, 2020 April 4, 1966: Buddhist Uprising
On this day in 1966, the Buddhist uprising in South Vietnam reached a crucial turning point when Nguyen Cao Ky sent battalions of South Vietnamese Marines to quash the unrest in Da Nang.

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15 min
April 03, 2020 April 3, 1996: Unabomber Arrested
On this day in 1996, the FBI arrested an infamous domestic terrorist at his cabin in the Montana wilderness. It was the culmination of a 17-year manhunt, for a man known as “The Unabomber.”

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14 min
April 02, 2020 April 2, 1973: Wanda Walkowicz
On this day in 1973, 11-year-old Wanda Walkowicz was sent to fetch groceries for her mother in Rochester, New York. Unfortunately, that afternoon, Wanda was the second victim in the gruesome and haunting, “Alphabet Murders.”

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16 min

About Today in True Crime

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There’s never an ordinary day in true crime history. Flip back the calendar and see how one fateful day can ripple through time. Today in True Crime is a Spotify Original from Parcast.