Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even

earn the label crime of the century.

But the stories that made headlines and decades passed 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.

The valley had seen violence before, and dip would see it again.

But looking at the 19 covered bodies, residents couldn't remember ever seeing anything

as bad as this.

The 19 men, all fighting for a better life for themselves and their families, have been

shot multiple times, many shot in the back.

Their compatriots sought to avenge their deaths, hunting those responsible throughout

the countryside.

But this isn't a story from the front lines of a war zone.

This scene?

This was Latimer, Pennsylvania, in 1897.

The dead men were immigrant minors, killed in their fight for outrageous things like

a livable wage and safe working conditions.

The Latimer Mine massacre of September 1897 was the largest American labor massacre until

the Ludlow massacre in Ludlow, Colorado, more than 17 years later, a noteworthy follow-up

whose 21 victims included women and children, obviously eclipsing this one in terms of publicity.

But Latimer is far less known, hidden in a tiny coal mining region of Central Pennsylvania,

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