On This Day In Crime

1995- Hugh Grant is arrested for soliciting a hooker for some stress relief

1967- Muhammad Ali is found guilty of draft refusal for refusing to go to war ⚖ . 1947- American mobster, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, is shot to death in Beverley Hills

1906 - Mobster, Emanuel “Mandy” Weiss is born in NYC

1853 - Alphonse Bertillon, one of the pioneers of forensic police work and the creator of the mugshot photo is born in Paris, France

It's been so long I forgot what to do?.... No, seriously, I actually did!

Halloween Special 13 Crime Intro... Feature story on Sonny Liston, who left prison On This Day in 1952 after serving 2 years and 5 months of a 5-year sentence. A decade later, he'd be the heavyweight boxing champion of the world that nobody wanted, other than the mob.  References for feature story: Wikipedia, Biography.com, bbc.com, ESPN, BoxRec.com, dailymail.co.uk, independent.co.uk, theundefeated.com (Shaun Assael), Most Notorious Podcast.

A quick thankyou and appreciation episode because On This Day In Crime hit it's first milestone! 1917- Mata Hari is executed in Paris for espionage. 2019- A gunfight in Mexico leaves 15 dead. 1997- Boxer Mitch Green is awarded $45,000 in damages from Mike Tyson. 2017- Alyssa Milano triggers the 'Me Too' movement in response to Harvey Slimesteins sexual abuse revelations. 1977- Florence Broadhurst is discovered badly bashed to death with her head in a toilet. 2007- Police raids in New Zealand recovering an enormous haul of guns and ammunition (not really!) 

1883 - Was Robert Francis Burns from Ireland,  Australia's first documented serial killer? 1828 - Simón Bolívar has an assassination attempt made on his life in Colombia. 2018 - Bill Cosby receives a 3-10 prison sentence for aggravated indecent assault. 1983 - A victim of Richard Kuklinski named Louis Masgay is discovered in Orangetown, New York. 1966 - The Bricca Family are all brutally murdered in their home in Cincinnati, Ohio. References for feature story: Wikipedia, The Gippsland Times -1883, The Argus- 1883, Mt Alexander Mail- 1883, The Burrowa News- 1883, Wagga Wagga Express- 1879, The Portland Guardian- 1883, The Bendigo Advertiser- 1883, Cootamundra Herald- 1883, The Australasian Supplement- 1882, The Sydney Daily Telegraph- 1882.

1992- Tupac Shakur drops his gun which then kills a 6-year-old boy, and 1500 kilometres north, the Ruby Ridge incident claims the lives of an unarmed mother of 4, a 14-year-old boy and a US Marshal.

1883- Executioner William Marwood's final hanging in England. 1890- William Kemmler is the debutant of the Electric Chair in New York.

2007 - years of engineering negligence lead to The Mississippi River Bridge disaster  which claimed the lives of 13. 2018 - Zombie Boy fell to his death and the media speculated that he killed himself.

I don't know why they call it a trailer, when a trailer comes AFTER the vehicle pulling it?.... I also don't know why it's a preview, when we're not watching it? Hence, 'prehear' in the title, makes more sense in my little book.....  I don't really know what sense is though, as you'll find out if you choose to listen. Thanks :)