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S6 Ep13: Wesley Elkins: The 11-Year-Old Killer

Crimes of the Centuries

May 25, 202654:36Society & Culture

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. Wh...

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S6 Ep13: Wesley Elkins: The 11-Year-Old Killer is an episode from Crimes of the Centuries. 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...

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Published May 25, 2026, 54:36 long, audio available.