The Lipstick Killer: William Heirens Pt. 1

In the 1920s, Carl Panzram cut a path of robbery, arson, rape, and murder across three continents... and kept a meticulous account of every crime. Shaped by brutal reform schools and violence from childhood, he declared war on society itself and never looked back. By his own coun ...  Show more

In June 1893, Lizzie Borden stood trial in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the hatchet murders of her father Andrew and stepmother Abby... and walked free after a jury deliberated for barely ninety minutes. But the evidence her jury never heard, a burned dress, excluded testimony ...  Show more

When a six-year-old girl was brutally murdered in Chicago in 1945, the public and the press demanded answers. Luckily, police found the killer by chance when they arrested a teenage burglar named William Heirens. Or did they? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices ...  Show more

A young Chicago girl's brutal murder in 1946 led police to a dangerous criminal with more blood on his hands than anyone could have imagined. However, decades later those who re-examine the facts wonder if they got the wrong man. 

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Growing up in a family that didn’t have a lot of money, William Heirens turned to burglary to ease his economic anxiety. It became a compulsion he couldn’t control, and got him into trouble with the law in the early 1940s. Then, one day, it changed his life forever. Learn more ab ...  Show more