Murder of the Century

Narrated by David Ogden Stiers. When Harry K. Thaw shot and killed New York City's leading architect, Stanford White, during a musical performance at Madison Square Garden's rooftop cabaret, the crime was quickly dubbed the "murder of the century". The act was the culmination of a long struggle between the two men over model and showgirl Evelyn Nesbit. Love, sex, jealousy, insanity, revenge, glamour and wealth were all part of the story that made this one of the most sensational murders of all time, and the popular press reported it "to the ends of the civilized globe".