S6 Ep10: The Fire That Condemned Cameron Todd Willingham

In 1991, investigators of a house fire in Corsicana, Texas, concluded the fatal blaze was arson, pointing to burn patterns they said proved someone had deliberately turned the house into a death trap. They zeroed in on Cameron Todd Willingham as the one who ignited the inferno. But in the years that followed, a growing number of fire scientists began questioning whether the evidence used to convict him was ever sound in the first place, raising enduring doubts about one of the most controversial death penalty cases in modern Texas history. 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 Order the Crimes of the Centuries book at your favorite bookstore or at !

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S6 Ep10: The Fire That Condemned Cameron Todd Willingham is an episode from Crimes of the Centuries.

This episode is 61:00 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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