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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Bobby Franks Pt. 2
Just over a week after Bobby Franks’ body was found, his teenaged killers confessed, revealing a motive too callous to believe.
40 min
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Bobby Franks Pt. 1
In the early 1920s, some of Chicago’s wealthiest families became horribly intertwined after the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks.
37 min
153
Oceana Snead Pt. 2
The death of young Oceana Snead was dubbed a “bathtub tragedy” — but as investigators tracked her mysterious, veiled caretakers, they uncovered evidence of a callous crime.
42 min
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Oceana Snead Pt. 1
In 1909, 24-year-old Oceana Snead died of an apparent suicide — but the case was far less clear-cut than the woman’s aunt, Virginia Wardlaw, would have police believe.
43 min
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Jane Britton Pt. 2
After Jane Britton's death in 1969, police suspected that one of her instructors may have been responsible for her gruesome murder.
34 min
156
Jane Britton Pt. 1
In January 1969, anthropology student Jane Britton was brutally murdered in her own apartment.
36 min
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Martha "Mamah" Borthwick Cheney Pt. 2
It didn’t take long to find the perpetrator of the Taliesin massacre: 30-year-old Julian Carlton.
40 min
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Martha "Mamah" Borthwick Cheney Pt. 1
In 1911, Frank Lloyd Wright built a mansion in Spring Green, Wisconsin.
36 min
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Robert Piest Pt. 2
As police zeroed in on a local contractor named John Wayne Gacy, they began to suspect they weren’t investigating the disappearance of one missing teenager — but the murders of several.
38 min
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Robert Piest Pt. 1
After ending his shift at Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois, fifteen-year-old Robert Piest asked his mother to wait while he spoke to a man about a construction job.
37 min
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Captain Joseph White
The brutal murder of one of the wealthiest ship owners in the world shocked the town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1830.
40 min
162
David Blakely Pt. 2
After Ruth Ellis murdered her lover in April 1955, people throughout London thought she was guaranteed the death penalty.
43 min
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David Blakely Pt. 1
In 1955, wealthy racecar driver David Blakely was gunned down outside a bar in London.
35 min
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Mary Hogan Pt. 2
Following a lead, police zeroed in on the home of one local man.
37 min
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Mary Hogan Pt. 1
In 1954, a 55-year-old tavern owner in central Wisconsin went missing, leaving behind a disturbing crime scene.
32 min
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Carol Thompson Pt. 2
When Carol Thompson’s murderer confessed to his crime, he implicated another person in the ordeal — and a shocking murder-for-hire plot began to unravel.
36 min
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Carol Thompson Pt. 1
In March 1963, a Minnesota housewife named Carol Thompson was attacked in her home, later dying from her wounds.
41 min
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Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey Pt. 2
Marguerite Alibert was found holding the gun she used to kill her husband, but her trial was far from an open-and-shut case.
35 min
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Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey Pt. 1
In 1922, Egyptian millionaire Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey became smitten with French socialite Marguerite Alibert.
38 min
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Lesley Whittle Pt. 2
Months after the 17-year-old went missing, an investigation into the underground sewage tunnels in Bathpool Park turned up a torrent of clues—and Lesley Whittle’s body.
34 min
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Lesley Whittle Pt. 1
After a young heiress went missing in 1975, her family found a ransom note demanding £50,000.
36 min
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Helen Potts Pt. 2
By March of 1891, the coroner’s office failed to find evidence of foul play, and investigators moved on from Helen Potts’ case.
39 min
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Helen Potts Pt. 1
It became one of the most sensationalized cases of the late 19th century: The young wife of a playboy medical student died not long after a botched abortion.
36 min
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Benjamin Pitezel Pt. 2
In the chaotic search for Benjamin Pitezel's murderer, investigators enlisted authorities from multiple states, and even crossed the border into Canada.
40 min
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Benjamin Pitezel Pt. 1
In September 1894, conman Benjamin Pitezel met a mysterious, violent end in Philadelphia.
39 min