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.

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.

George Gregrich was in no mood to chat.

He had three cans of beer at his feet and a bottle of 50 cent wine at his side, and

considering he was barely able to afford the 90 cent tonight caught in the flop house

that he was currently calling home, he just wasn't feeling all that neighborly.

So when a plaintive voice from the next room called out to him, he was gruff in his reply.

Leave me alone.

The voice came as more of a wine than a cry.

Please come and see me, it said.

Gregrich again refused.

I ain't coming to see you.

I work hard all day.

I need rest.

It was a man's voice, soft and with a southern drawl.

You gotta come see me.

I done something bad.

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