S1 Ep19: The Murder of Marie Smith

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

History, Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

When a 9-year-old girl failed to return home from school in 1910 Asbury Park, N.J., a local reporter became convinced of a Black man's guilt -- putting that man's life in danger even before an arrest was made in the case. The confounding unraveling of the murder of Marie Smith would not only shock the small town and make headlines nationwide, but it would employ a new type of detective work that had rarely been attempted before -- or since.

"Crimes of the Centuries" is a podcast from Grab Bag Collab exploring forgotten crimes from times past that made a mark and helped change history.

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0:00.0	Tom Hanks is Otto. He's seen it all.
0:02.6	Otto?
0:03.3	Otto?
0:04.0	O-T-T-O.
0:05.2	You don't hear that name very often, I do.
0:07.4	He's a man who gets easily annoyed.
0:09.3	What are you doing?
0:10.1	Parallel parking. Parallel the water.
0:12.0	And he has had enough.
0:13.5	Are you always this unfriendly?
0:15.3	I am not unfriendly.
0:16.6	OK, you're like a warm cuddle.
0:18.2	But he's finding his joy again in the most unlikely place.
0:21.6	I'm not sure about this.
0:23.5	He's going to be a good friend.
0:25.3	Man called Otto, only in cinemas now.
0:30.5	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking
0:40.7	that they earn the label crime of the century.
0:44.7	But the stories that made headlines in decades past
0:47.7	aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:52.6	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author.
0:56.4	And in each episode of this show,
	...

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