Hey fam! Patrick here! I am so excited to introduce you to the newest podcast from the Obsessed

Network. It's called Crimes of the Centuries, and it's hosted by the Amazing Amber Hunt.

An award winning journalist who, in the podcasting world, is probably best known for hosting

the podcast Accused. Each week on Crimes of the Centuries, Amber takes a deep investigative

dive into a crime that was huge when it happened, but has been lost to time.

In almost every episode, Amber is telling the story of a crime you've likely never heard

about before. It is some of the most compelling and fascinating true crime story telling I

have ever heard. You're about to hear the first 12 minutes or so of episode 1. Episodes

1 and 2 are available right now wherever you get your podcasts. I'd be over the moon if

you'd go and subscribe and you won't be sorry I promise you.

So all right, here's Crimes of the Centuries with Amber Hunt.

Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label crime of the century,

but the stories that made headlines and decades passed aren't necessarily remembered today.

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author. And in each episode of this show, I'll examine

a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened. This is Crimes of

the Centuries.

In 1913, Atlanta, Georgia was still struggling to recover from the Civil War some 50 years

prior. You might remember from history class that the city had been seized and burned

in 1864. After the war, the South had to spend more money on reconstruction than the

North did. And that meant it was good business for middle class northerners to move their

businesses down South. They weren't exactly welcome. That's where the phrase carpet

bagger comes from, but they were pretty successful. There were huge divides in the South

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