Hosted and executive produced by Attorney and Law&Crime anchor Jesse Weber, Prime Crime puts a spotlight on infamously controversial stories that have shocked investigators and the public alike. Jesse Weber takes a deep dive into the most high-profile and shocking criminal cases that have garnered national attention.
150 episodes transcribedFollowing a lead, police zeroed in on the home of one local man. It was eventually dubbed a “House of Horrors” after news of its contents spread, with...
In 1954, a 55-year-old tavern owner in central Wisconsin went missing, leaving behind a disturbing crime scene. Police caught a break in her case when...
When Carol Thompson’s murderer confessed to his crime, he implicated another person in the ordeal — and a shocking murder-for-hire plot began to unrav...
In March 1963, a Minnesota housewife named Carol Thompson was attacked in her home, later dying from her wounds. Months later, two men were indicted f...
Marguerite Alibert was found holding the gun she used to kill her husband, but her trial was far from an open-and-shut case. The courtroom proved as d...
In 1922, Egyptian millionaire Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey became smitten with French socialite Marguerite Alibert. She was charming, and accustomed to keeping...
Months after the 17-year-old went missing, an investigation into the underground sewage tunnels in Bathpool Park turned up a torrent of clues—and Lesl...
In the chaotic search for Benjamin Pitezel's murderer, investigators enlisted authorities from multiple states, and even crossed the border into Canad...
The search for John List spanned two decades and all 50 states. But it took a supermarket tabloid and a TV crime show to finally break the case—and un...
Every murder case has clues: an errant fingerprint, a spatter of blood, a forgotten bullet casing. But these investigations can go awry. Clues disappe...
