{"podcast":{"title":"Crimes of the Centuries","slug":"crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689","podcast_index_feed_id":1330689,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5034723.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5034723","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/41419318.jpg","author":"Amber Hunt and Audioboom","episode_count":275,"summary":"Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking to be labelled the “crime of the century.” Even so, there are a lot of cases that have earned the distinction. In each episode of Crimes of the Centuries, award-winning journalist Amber Hunt will examine a case that’s lesser known today but was huge when it happened. The cases explored span the centuries and each left a mark. Some made history by changing laws. Others were so shocking they changed society.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T20:22:35.066214+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689"},"episode":{"title":"S6 Ep13: Wesley Elkins: The 11-Year-Old Killer","slug":"s6-ep13-wesley-elkins-the-11-year-old-killer","published_at":"2026-05-25T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689/s6-ep13-wesley-elkins-the-11-year-old-killer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8906853","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8906853.mp3?modified=1783573397&sid=5034723&source=rss","summary":"On a hot July morning in 1889, two adults were found murdered in their beds on a small Iowa farm, shot and bludgeoned to death while they slept. The only witness was an 11-year-old boy who said a stranger had done it. What followed was a legal and moral reckoning that divided the country and forced a question the American justice system wasn't remotely prepared to answer: What do you do with a child who kills? 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 Order the Crimes of the Centuries book at your favorite bookstore or at www.centuriespod.com/book ! Follow us on Instagram and other social media: @centuriespod Episode Sponsors: Storyworth: Save up to $20 on Storyworth at storyworth.com/cotc . Boll and Branch: Get 20% off plus free shipping at BollAndBranch.com/cotc with code cotc.","meta_description":"On a hot July morning in 1889, two adults were found murdered in their beds on a small Iowa farm, shot and bludgeoned to death while they slept. The only…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3098,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689/episodes/s6-ep13-wesley-elkins-the-11-year-old-killer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689/s6-ep13-wesley-elkins-the-11-year-old-killer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}