Wesley Elkins: The 11-Year-Old Killer

Podcast: Crimes of the Centuries · Amber Hunt and Audioboom

Opublikowano: 2026-05-25

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...