Prime Crime: Solved Murders
Hosted and executive produced by Attorney and Law&Crime anchor Jesse Weber, Prime Crime puts a spotlight on infamously controversial stories that have shocked investigators and the public alike. Jesse Weber takes a deep dive into the most high-profile and shocking criminal cases that have garnered national attention.
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The Easter Sunday Killings Pt. 1
36 min
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Irene Garza Pt. 2
33 min
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Irene Garza Pt. 1
34 min
104
Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin Pt. 2
Captain Schaack was dismissed for withholding that his partner, Dan Coughlin, was connected to the murder of Patrick Cronin. New detectives on the case uncovered an elaborate scheme involving a secret group of Irish revolutionaries.
35 min
105
Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin Pt. 1
In May of 1889, in the Lake View area of Chicago, well-known and respected doctor Patrick Henry Cronin disappeared. Police Captain Michael Schaack investigated a variety of leads.
35 min
106
The Palmyra Island Murders Pt. 2
When human remains washed up on Palmyra Island, authorities confirmed they belonged to Muff Graham who had disappeared along with her husband seven years earlier.
38 min
107
The Palmyra Island Murders Pt. 1
After a couple goes missing from a tiny, uninhabited ring of islands in the Pacific, their yacht is discovered in Hawaii with the last people who ever saw them alive.
35 min
108
Charles Sherman Ross
On September 25th, 1937, 72-year-old businessman Charles Sherman Ross was kidnapped. His wife wanted to pay the ransom, so the FBI took down the serial numbers of every bill she used.
38 min
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Officer Ian Campbell Pt. 2
After LAPD officer Ian Campbell was shot at close range, officer Karl Hettinger ran into the onion field to try to escape. He heard more shots go off, but had no idea which of the two kidnappers was firing.
38 min
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Officer Ian Campbell Pt. 1
In March of 1963, two LAPD officers were kidnapped at gunpoint by two men. They were forced to drive two hours north of Los Angeles to an onion field. After being ordered out of the car, shots rang out. And chaos ensued.
36 min
111
“Grosse Pointe Murder” Jane Bashara
In January 2012, the body of 56-year-old Jane Bashara was found in the back of her SUV. Almost immediately, police start zeroing in on her husband – known as “Big Bob” around the neighborhood, and “Master Bob” in his underground sex dungeon.
32 min
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“Murder on the Mignonette” Richard Parker
When an aging yacht is shipwrecked in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the crew will do anything to survive.
41 min
113
The Houston Mass Murders Pt. 2
When Dean Corll’s crimes finally came to light in 1973, grief and outrage flooded the community. The trials of his two teenage accomplices would paint a picture of one of the most gruesome serial killers in American history.
34 min
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The Houston Mass Murders Pt. 1
When teen boys start disappearing in Houston in the 1970s, they’re mostly written off as runaways by local police. Their true fate is only revealed after Dean Corll, known around town as “the Candyman,” is shot and killed.
36 min
115
Rita Morel
When a plane crashed in Canada in 1949, investigators uncovered a conspiracy that had 29-year-old Rita Morel at its center. The full plot became clear only after they tracked down a woman known around town as “The Raven.”
49 min
116
Dagmar Petrzywalski Pt. 2
In late 1946, police zeroed in on the primary suspect in Dagmar Petrzywalski's murder. He said his name was Sidney Sinclair — but officers soon realized he was living under a secret identity.
41 min
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Dagmar Petrzywalski Pt. 1
In 1940s England, an unlucky passerby found a woman's body on the side of a busy roadway. With a knitted bag as their primary clue, local police teamed up with Scotland Yard to solve the case.
37 min
118
“Halloween Panic” Timothy O'Bryan
Every Halloween, an urban legend makes the rounds about a child dying after eating poisoned candy. The reality is that it rarely happens.
39 min
119
Nell Cropsey Pt. 2
About a month after her disappearance, two fishermen found Nell Cropsey's body in a nearby river. With Jim Wilcox the last to see her alive, he was already convicted in the court of public opinion.
41 min
120
Nell Cropsey Pt. 1
Within two hours of 19-year-old Nell Cropsey’s disappearance on November 20th, 1901, the town of Elizabeth City began the search for her. Her 25-year-old boyfriend, Jim Wilcox, was the last to be seen with her and insisted she was alive when they parted ways.
34 min
121
The Acid Bath Murders Pt. 2
The only chance John George Haigh stood to avoid hanging for the murder of Olive Durand-Deacon was to plead insanity. While he claimed to drink the blood of his murder victims, would it be enough to convince the jury?
35 min
122
The Acid Bath Murders Pt. 1
69-year-old Olive Durand-Deacon disappeared from a London hotel in 1949. The investigation led police to one of the most infamous serial killers in British history.
31 min
123
Jean-Baptiste Nozière Pt. 2
By August of 1933, everyone in Paris knew 18-year-old Violette Nozière was a murderer. But the real question wasn't if she killed her father — it was why.
41 min
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Jean-Baptiste Nozière Pt. 1
Who would want to poison an engine driver in Paris? The 1933 murder of Jean-Baptiste Nozière set police on the trail of a surprising killer, with a devastating motive.
34 min
125
Saville Kent Pt. 2
In 1860, two Scotland Yard detectives raced to find evidence that would confirm a hunch… But Saville Kent’s killer was shrewd and calculating, and the case went cold. Five years later, a startling confession changed everything.
41 min