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

But the stories that made headlines in decades past 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.

On June 5, 1986, a seemingly healthy man named Bruce Nichol came home from work with a throbbing

headache. He did what most of us do. He went to his kitchen where he and his wife Stella

kept their painkillers and grabbed some headache medicine. It was a pretty bad headache, so

Bruce took four pills at once and waited for the drug to kick in. He watched a little

TV, went for a short walk near his home in Auburn, Washington, and then called out to

his wife. Babe, he said, I feel like I'm going to pass out. And then he did pass out.

He was dead a few hours later. Less than a week later, on July 11, a 40-year-old mother

of two woke up for a job at a bank near Seattle, Washington.

Susno felt fine, but she had a morning routine that included popping a couple of exedron because

it contained caffeine and it was akin to a morning coffee. 15 minutes later, her 15-year-old

daughter found her sprawled on the bathroom floor.

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