Criminal
Criminal & Radiotopia
Criminal
Criminal & Radiotopia
Criminal is a podcast about crime. Not so much the "if it bleeds, it leads," kind of crime. Something a little more complex. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, and/or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. We are a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
Friday 03 July 2020 : "I didn't do what they said I did. And it was like, I don't know how to disprove the police. I mean, it's my word against theirs. I don't...
Friday 19 June 2020 : On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His...
Friday 05 June 2020 : On August 10th, 2014, one day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, Edward...
Friday 15 May 2020 : In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank...
Friday 01 May 2020 : “I’ve been teaching law for almost 40 years. And I recently realized we don’t really teach people in law school about the tools of...
Friday 17 April 2020 : In January 2000, two bodies were found frozen in a remote area of Saskatoon, Canada. It was a place where nobody walked, especially in the...
Friday 03 April 2020 : In April of 1995, wildlife biologists flew small airplanes over Yellowstone National Park, looking for two missing wolves. “They’re just...
Wednesday 25 March 2020 : Our other show, This is Love, is coming back on April 1. All new stories, about animals and the wild, and what happens when we take time to...
Tuesday 24 March 2020 : Phoebe reads Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. For more, visit Phoebe Reads a Mystery on its own...
Friday 20 March 2020 : Sgt. David Mascarenas was the Dive Supervisor for the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s been diving his whole life, and prides himself...
Friday 06 March 2020 : Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on...
Friday 21 February 2020 : "The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn't want to try to rush the house because they thought...
Friday 07 February 2020 : One day Adam Braseel got a phone call from his mother. She said that a man in Grundy County, Tennessee had been murdered, and the police...
Friday 24 January 2020 : In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their...
Friday 10 January 2020 : Debbie Schum waited a long time to receive the cremated ashes of her friend, LoraLee Johnson. When she did, she felt relieved to finally...
Friday 20 December 2019 : Crime Blotter: “The Learning Center on Hanson Street reports a man across the way stands at his window for hours watching the center,...
Friday 13 December 2019 : We are trying something different. Have a question for Phoebe? You can call into our voicemail at (919) 697-8231. Make your mark. Go...
Friday 06 December 2019 : In 1995, two men filmed an episode of daytime talk show, The Jenny Jones Show. A few days later, one of the men was dead. The shooter later...
Friday 22 November 2019 : World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked...
Friday 08 November 2019 : In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his...
Wednesday 30 October 2019 : In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she...
Friday 25 October 2019 : Three years ago, we spoke with Axton Betz-Hamilton about discovering that her identity had been stolen as a child. When she found out who...
Friday 11 October 2019 : After a crime occurs, or when someone dies, the police aren’t responsible for cleaning up. That’s not their job. The coroner takes the...
Friday 27 September 2019 : When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that...
Friday 13 September 2019 : John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before...
Criminal
Criminal & Radiotopia
Episode 143: Knock and Announce
"I didn't do what they said I did. And it was like, I don't know how to disprove the police. I mean, it's my word against theirs. I don't...
Episode 142: Robert Smalls
On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His...
Episode 141: It Looked Like Fire
On August 10th, 2014, one day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, Edward...
Episode 140: Cowboy Bob
In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank...
Episode 139: Learning How to Forgive
“I’ve been teaching law for almost 40 years. And I recently realized we don’t really teach people in law school about the tools of...
Episode 138: Starlight Tours
In January 2000, two bodies were found frozen in a remote area of Saskatoon, Canada. It was a place where nobody walked, especially in the...
Episode 137: Wolf 10
In April of 1995, wildlife biologists flew small airplanes over Yellowstone National Park, looking for two missing wolves. “They’re just...
Looking for Wolves
Our other show, This is Love, is coming back on April 1. All new stories, about animals and the wild, and what happens when we take time to...
Phoebe Reads a Mystery
Phoebe reads Agatha Christie’s first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles. For more, visit Phoebe Reads a Mystery on its own...
Episode 136: La Brea Dave
Sgt. David Mascarenas was the Dive Supervisor for the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s been diving his whole life, and prides himself...
Episode 135: 527 Lime Street
Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on...
Episode 134: Call Russ Ewing
"The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn't want to try to rush the house because they thought...
Episode 133: Red Hair, Gold Car
One day Adam Braseel got a phone call from his mother. She said that a man in Grundy County, Tennessee had been murdered, and the police...
Episode 132: Herrin Massacre
In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their...
Episode 131: Sunset Mesa
Debbie Schum waited a long time to receive the cremated ashes of her friend, LoraLee Johnson. When she did, she felt relieved to finally...
Episode 130: Who's There
Crime Blotter: “The Learning Center on Hanson Street reports a man across the way stands at his window for hours watching the center,...
Phoebe, Judge Me
We are trying something different. Have a question for Phoebe? You can call into our voicemail at (919) 697-8231. Make your mark. Go...
Episode 129: Panic Defense
In 1995, two men filmed an episode of daytime talk show, The Jenny Jones Show. A few days later, one of the men was dead. The shooter later...
Episode 128: Deep Breath
World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked...
Episode 127: The Reverend
In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his...
Episode 126: A New Kind of Life
In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she...
Episode 125: The Less People Know About Us
Three years ago, we spoke with Axton Betz-Hamilton about discovering that her identity had been stolen as a child. When she found out who...
Episode 124: A Bucket, a Mop, and a Sledgehammer
After a crime occurs, or when someone dies, the police aren’t responsible for cleaning up. That’s not their job. The coroner takes the...
Episode 123: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that...
Episode 122: Professor Quaalude
John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duke and NYU, before...
