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Norwegian police proudly announced the recovery of two iconic paintings by Edvard Munch that had been stolen two years earlier. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Serial Killers. NOTE: This is the final episode of Today in True Crime. On behalf of Vanessa and everyone here at Parcast, thank you for listening! To hear more from Parcast, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Maurizio Gucci was gunned down in the foyer of his office building in Milan, Italy. His murder went unsolved for two years before an informant shed light on the fatal shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The theoretical physicist vanished after sending a cryptic letter to his employer. Seventy years later, a man came forward with new information that changed everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sarah Chesham was executed for a series of murders she swore she didn’t commit. Was she a victim of England’s poison panic? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The passenger aircraft crashed into the Alps, killing everyone on board, after the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit and sabotaged the flight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After claiming to be the victim of an obsessed sex worker, Joey Buttafucco was charged with the statutory rape of 16-year-old Amy Fisher. He was released after 4 months. Guest hosted by Kate Leonard from Dictators, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Hear their latest series on World Conquerors, free and only on Spotify! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
15-year-old Christopher Endicott shot his legal guardians with a hunting rifle before attempting to run away with his 12-year-old girlfriend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After eating at a café with her friends, 13-year-old Milly Dowler called her father to tell him she’d be home in half an hour. But she never arrived. Six months later, her remains were found in the woods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
49-year-old Martha Place became the first woman executed by the electric chair in the state of New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two men posing as police officers talked their way past security and into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, then stole 13 famous pieces of art worth over 500 million dollars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
51-year-old Anthony Sowell, a registered sex offender, murdered 11 women over a two-year period. He was convicted and sentenced to death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In South Africa, Nobel laureate and ANC president Albert Luthuli died after being struck by a train. Many believe he had been assassinated. Guest hosted by Greg Polcyn from Cults, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a mob killed American Robert Imbrie, Iranian commander Reza Khan declared martial law in Tehran. Imbrie had incited the riot after refusing to stop photographing a legendary well in the capital’s center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Melanie McGuire was sentenced to life in prison for murdering her husband three years earlier. His body was found in multiple suitcases off the coast of Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Actress Rebecca Schaeffer was shot and killed by obsessed fan Robert John Bardo at her West Hollywood apartment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In a small, rural town south of Orlando, three men on a catfishing excursion were brutally murdered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A large group of men pulled off a weekend-long bank heist in Nice, France. It netted the thieves 46 million francs worth of valuables. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Two teenage boys found the body of 16-year-old Wendy Lee Coffield in a Washington river. She was the first known victim of Gary Ridgway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A New Mexico sheriff tracked down Billy the Kid and fatally shot the outlaw, ending his spree of thefts and murders. Guest hosted by Carter Roy from the new special collection Devious Dads, a Spotify Original from Parcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Serial killer Richard Speck broke into a townhouse and killed eight nursing students in Chicago. It likely would have been nine had he not lost track of how many women he was holding hostage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Valerio Viccei, also known as the Wolf, was the mastermind behind Great Britain’s largest bank heist. In under two hours, his crew broke into 121 safety deposit boxes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A man posing as a delivery driver murdered attorney Marc Angelucci. Eight days later, the same shooter may have ambushed the family of Judge Esther Salas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, Texas agreed to pay a large settlement to former altar boys who were sexually abused by Father Rudolph Kos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Neo-Nazis bombed the car of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld in retaliation for their work demanding justice for Holocaust victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Palestinian author Ghassan Kanafani and his niece were killed by a car bomb planted by the Mossad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Enron founder and former CEO Kenneth Lay was indicted for fraud after the company’s 2001 bankruptcy. Guest hosted by Dana Goodyear from Lost Hills, a podcast that delves into the shocking murder of scientist Tristan Beaudette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
During a routine traffic stop, 32-year-old Philando Castile was shot and killed by St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In a 6 to 3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that evidence obtained using a faulty search warrant could still be used in court if the officers acted in good faith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
White Americans took to the streets across the nation after the world’s first Black heavyweight champion defeated former champ Jim Jeffries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A U.S. naval warship mistook Iran Air Flight 655 for an enemy aircraft and fired on it, killing all 290 civilians on board. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
