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Terms Apply. Hey, Crimes of the Century's listeners. This is Amber. I hope you're having a great

holiday week. Because it's Christmas, I am taking the week off,

but I thought I would share with you

one of my favorite episodes from season one.

Next week, we have something special in store for you,

and the week after that,

we'll have all new episodes of crimes of the centuries.

Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they earn the label Crime of the Century.

But the stories that made headlines and decades past aren't necessarily remembered today.

I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.

This is Crimes of the Centuries.

Barton Key stood in Washington, D.C.'s Lafayette Square, waving his handkerchief in the air, hoping to catch the eye of his lover.

It was their signal. Well, one of their signals anyway. Another way Key would get his lady's attention would be to hang a string from the balcony of a love nest he had rented in a poor

section of town, a section no one would think to look for Barton Key. He was, after all, the son

of the famous Francis Scott Key, whose poem written during the War of 1812 became the lyrics

of the Star-Spangled Banner. And Barton was no slouch himself, having been appointed U.S. District Attorney of Washington, D.C.,

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