Watch On Trial for Murder: America

2025
1 Season

Travel south to Atlanta, where in 1913 Jewish businessman Leo Frank went on trial for allegedly murdering a teenage girl in his factory. Complicating the narrative was an eyewitness who changed his story, as well as investigators plagued by confirmation bias, and Southern racial dynamics that made an honest trial all but impossible.

On Trial for Murder: America is a series that ran for 1 seasons (10 episodes) between September 18, 2025 and on The Great Courses

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10. The Public Trial of Amanda Knox

September 18, 2025

Round out this course with the trial of an American citizen abroad. In 2007, college-aged Amanda Knox was accused of murdering her roommate in Italy. Her conviction and eventual acquittal shed light on how cultural misunderstanding, media distortions, and systemic failures can have grave repercussions in a high-profile case.

9. Panic in Arkansas: The West Memphis Three

September 18, 2025

8. Truth and Fiction: The Dr. Sam Sheppard Case

September 18, 2025

In this survey of the Dr. Sam Shepherd case, explore the relationship between mass media and due process. Shepherd, who was accused of killing his wife, was the victim of media sensationalism and a muddled investigation. Learn the truth about a case that continues to intrigue the public, after it served as an inspiration for Hollywood

7. Murder in Mississippi: The Emmett Till Case

September 18, 2025

The murder of Emmett Till in 1955 is one of the most famous in American history. In this lecture, uncover what we know about the murder

6. Murder in Honolulu: The Massie Affair

September 18, 2025

A woman alleges that she was assaulted on her way home one night, but the story of a gang assault doesn

5. The

September 18, 2025

Not all crimes are solved. The death of numerous Osage tribe members in Oklahoma

4. Sacco and Vanzetti: Anarchists on Trial

September 18, 2025

Do juries always get it right? Can public opinion sway the results? The infamous Sacco and Vanzetti trial over a deadly robbery brings these questions to the fore. This lecture takes you into the tumultuous 1920s, where issues of social class, race, and xenophobia created a spectacle around the trial of two Italian Americans.

3. Leo Frank and the Mary Phagan Murder

September 18, 2025

Your next stop is Western Idaho, where class conflicts between the miners

1. Murder at Madison Square Garden

September 18, 2025

Step back to the Gilded Age in New York City, to a night in 1906 at Madison Square Garden, when millionaire Harry Thaw murdered the man who defiled his wife, starlet Evelyn Nesbit, years earlier. What appears to be a clearcut case of cold-blooded murder devolved into a sensational trial over the novel

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On Trial for Murder: America is available for streaming on the The Great Courses website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch On Trial for Murder: America on demand at Prime Video and Amazon.