S5 Ep44: Mary Meyer: The Mysterious Murder of JFK's Mistress
Crimes of the Centuries
Amber Hunt and Audioboom
4.7 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In October 1964, a Washington socialite was shot execution-style on the Georgetown towpath. She had been JFK's lover. Her ex-husband worked for the CIA. Her diary vanished. And the man accused of killing her was acquitted. What really happened to Mary Pinchot Meyer?
"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. You can get early and ad-free episodes and more over at www.grabbagcollab.com
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| 0:47.8 | Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, |
| 0:51.1 | or even earn the label, Crime of the Century. |
| 0:54.9 | But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today. |
| 0:58.2 | I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist, an author, |
| 1:00.9 | and in each episode of this show, |
| 1:02.9 | I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, |
| 1:06.4 | but was huge when it happened. |
| 1:09.7 | This is Crimes of the Centuries. |
| 1:22.0 | Ray Crump Jr. emerged from the chilly waters of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that early Monday afternoon, |
| 1:29.3 | soaked to the bone and a little disoriented. On that glorious October day, the canal was lined |
| 1:36.2 | with foliage from the dense woods that were cut below the street level by a 150-year-old towpath. |
| 1:42.9 | In 1964, it was beautifully overgrown. Busy people, many who lived in the |
| 1:48.9 | up-and-coming posh neighborhood of Georgetown, would often walk or jog along the towpath for pleasure. |
| 1:55.2 | These were the same towpaths that mules were once lashed and made to trod, towing boats south to the Potomac. |
| 2:02.9 | On this day, October 12, 1964, the 25-year-old day laborer had decided to skip work, |
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