Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even

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.

The rumors circulating through the village were so dark, so awful that few paid them

much mind and just didn't make any sense.

If what was being said was actually true, it would make one of the highest profile,

wealthiest, most powerful women in the entire country, a psychopathic killer.

How could that even be possible?

But then the talk around town shifted in a crucial way.

Instead of the rumored victims being merely poor peasant girls, some now were reportedly

members of a, quote unquote, higher societal class.

The pre-pubescent daughters of noble men and women whose complaints garnered a lot more

attention than did the complaints of poor parents.

Finally, after years of speculation, the highest-ranking politician in the Kingdom of Hungary

launched an investigation.

Georges Thurzo knew the accused woman well.

He had long been a family confidant and had known the woman's husband, a celebrated

war hero who had died a few years earlier.

Thurzo was sure he could quickly put the rumors to bed.

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