The Crime of the Century

<p>On June 25, 1906, three shots rang out at Mam'zelle Champagne, a musical revue playing in a restaurant space atop Madison Square Garden. Millionaire Harry Thaw had just killed famed architect Stanford White, in front of rows and rows of witnesses and a stageful of chorus girls. The murder became known as the crime of the century, and word of it spread throughout New York society and beyond.</p><p>Thaw would claim that he had killed White to avenge his wife Evelyn Nesbit. She said that White had raped her. But later it would come out that Thaw had a dark history of his own, one filled with sexually charged violence.</p><p>Follow the&nbsp;<em>Murder Sheet&nbsp;</em>on social media for the latest.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MSheetPodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li><li><a href="https://twitter.com/MurderSheet" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li><li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/murdersheet/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li></ul><p>And send tips and thoughts to murdersheet@gmail.com.&nbsp;</p><p><em>The Murder Sheet is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC.</em></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>