EP281: Harry Thaw - The First 'Trial Of The Century'

Crimes and Consequences

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Before O.J., before Menendez, before every “trial of the century” that would follow—there was Harry K. Thaw. The millionaire playboy who gunned down famed architect Stanford White in front of hundreds of witnesses at Madison Square Garden. His crime? Passion. Jealousy. Madness. Or maybe all three.
In this Crimes & Consequences episode, we take you inside the scandal that rocked the Gilded Age: a love triangle dripping in sex, secrets, and society’s hypocrisy. From Thaw’s obsession with showgirl Evelyn Nesbit to the shocking courtroom circus that defined American media’s hunger for spectacle—this is where tabloid true crime was born.

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0:00.0	This episode may contain content of a graphic nature, including descriptions of physical and sexual violence against adults, children, and animals.
0:21.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:33.7	Hi, I'm Shannon.
0:35.9	Hi, I'm Tanya.
0:37.0	And we are Crimes and Consequences, a hardcore true crime podcast.
0:42.7	Hey, Shannon.
0:44.2	Hello, hello, hello.
0:46.2	How are you, Tanya?
0:47.6	I'm doing great.
0:49.4	I would like to just give a little shout out to a new listener that we have. Her name is Rose. She
0:57.3	worked with my husband and she said she loves us. He loves your laugh. She loves our story
1:04.8	telling. And I just wanted to say, hello, Rose. Hey, Rose. I'm so glad you're with us.
1:10.1	Oh, all your friends, my dear.
1:12.1	Yes.
1:13.3	Pass us around like a nice blunt.
1:17.7	A wonderfully packed blunt.
1:20.0	So how is your week, my friend?
1:22.1	Oh, you know, it's been okay.
1:25.1	They have changed some of my job duties at me. Oh, I remember you were telling me this.
1:30.4	And I haven't even had a feel about it yet. It hasn't started, but we were told yesterday, me and the other attorneys that I work with're on my team. So we'll see.
1:45.1	We'll see how it goes.
2:02.0	I don't know how to feel about it. Like I said, maybe it'll be a good thing. So I'm going to try and keep a positive attitude about it. I love that. Yeah. You know, what you have to. Right. I'm good. You know, little guy was not feeling too well the other day. So then I wasn't feeling too well. But everyone's
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