Scary Tales of New York

Season 1

6 episodes · Oct 19, 2023

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  • S1E1

    The Model and the Maniac

    Oct 19, 2023

    The prime suspect of a gruesome triple homicide, wax sculptor Robert Irwin, sold his story to finance his defence and escape the death penalty.

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  • S1E2

    Double Indemnity

    Oct 26, 2023

    An investigation into the iconic real life crimes in the age of film noir, from the Double Indemnity murder to the Honeymoon Killers and the mob hit on the boss...

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  • S1E3

    The Lonely Hearts Killers

    Nov 2, 2023

    Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck have a good thing going, conning lonely women of their riches-until their dysfunctional relationship pushes them to...

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  • S1E4

    Haircut for the Mob Boss

    Nov 9, 2023

    Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

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  • S1E5

    The Mad Bomber

    Nov 16, 2023

    A bomber terrorizes NYC for 16 years, targeting landmarks and sending warnings to media. Police use new profiling methods to catch George Metesky, a former electrician with a grudge against Con Edison. Declared insane at trial.

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  • S1E6

    The Man They Couldn't Kill

    Nov 23, 2023

    Irish down and out Michael Malloy finds solace a Bronx dive bar and never pays his tab. Owner, Tony Marino, bar tender Joe Murphy, an under taker named Francis Pasqua, and regular Dan Kriesberg hatch a plan to insure the barfly and then kill him. Over several months they fail to kill him in increasingly outlandish ways. Wood alcohol, poisoned oysters, sandwiches laced with ground glass and carpet tacks, they strip him naked in an alcoholic coma and leave him in a freezing park... they even run him down with a taxi. He comes back through the doors of the bar every time... They finally succeed in gassing him but as they try to make their claims the insurers become suspicious and the gang begins to fight among itself. Tried as the 'Murder Trust' all four men go to the electric chair for their part in the killing of the almost indestructible Mr Malloy.

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