S6 Ep8: The Covenant Conspiracy
Crimes of the Centuries
Amber Hunt and Audioboom
4.7 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In 1945, a reverend, a realtor, a science teacher, and a white woman in a low-cut dress conspired to help a St. Louis couple buy a house. The couple had steady jobs, a down payment, and six children who needed a safe home. What they didn't have was permission — at least not according to a clause buried in the property's deed. Their attempt to move in triggered outrage from neighbors, a lawsuit, and a legal battle that climbed all the way to the United States Supreme Court, resulting in the landmark 1948 ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer.
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| 1:06.3 | Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even |
| 1:13.6 | earn the label, Crime of the Century. |
| 1:16.4 | But the stories that made headlines in decades past aren't necessarily remembered today. |
| 1:23.1 | I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist, an author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case |
| 1:28.7 | that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened. |
| 1:34.4 | This is Crimes of the Centuries. |
| 1:49.5 | The Crime the couple committed was simple. |
| 1:50.9 | They bought a house. |
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| 1:57.8 | It made sense that they wanted a house. |
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