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 26 February 2021 : One Sunday afternoon, a man named William Mumler decided to take a self portrait. He said he was alone in the photography studio, but as the...
Friday 12 February 2021 : “What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don't...
Friday 29 January 2021 : Qandeel Baloch grew up in a conservative village in Pakistan, a place where it was shocking to see a woman swimming outdoors. She ran away...
Friday 15 January 2021 : In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, "I...
Thursday 24 December 2020 : A day in the life of the town of Kalispell, Montana. Thanks very much for listening this year, and happy New Year. Read about other days...
Friday 18 December 2020 : With Covid-19 shutdowns, people have been taking advantage of quiet highways to drive as fast as they can from New York City to Redondo...
Friday 04 December 2020 : When Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams were charged with murder, neither of them were worried they would be convicted. They had dozens of...
Friday 20 November 2020 : One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the nine o’clock news in Chicago. As one television viewer...
Friday 13 November 2020 : Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen...
Friday 06 November 2020 : In 1932, a group of men in a speakeasy in New York City hatched a plan — to take out life insurance on a loner named Michael Malloy, and...
Friday 23 October 2020 : On May 8, 2013, a man named Timothy Jones was arrested in Chicago. He says it wasn’t until he got to the police station that he found out...
Friday 09 October 2020 : In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a "den of body snatchers." And then, in November 1849, the school’s...
Friday 25 September 2020 : Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in Florida. When he told an insurance...
Friday 11 September 2020 : The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old...
Friday 28 August 2020 : In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in...
Friday 07 August 2020 : In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York. It didn't go as planned. The house became the center of a...
Friday 17 July 2020 : People incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison aren’t allowed to have pets—but some people, like Ronell Draper, have...
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...
Criminal
Criminal & Radiotopia
Episode 159: Spiritual Developments
One Sunday afternoon, a man named William Mumler decided to take a self portrait. He said he was alone in the photography studio, but as the...
Episode 158: "If it ever happens, run."
“What I recall most is the way that she grabbed my wrist and, shaking a bit, she said over and over again, ‘If it happens, run. Don't...
Episode 157: The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch
Qandeel Baloch grew up in a conservative village in Pakistan, a place where it was shocking to see a woman swimming outdoors. She ran away...
Episode 156: Sister Helen
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, "I...
Bears on Ice
A day in the life of the town of Kalispell, Montana. Thanks very much for listening this year, and happy New Year. Read about other days...
Episode 155: Cannonball
With Covid-19 shutdowns, people have been taking advantage of quiet highways to drive as fast as they can from New York City to Redondo...
Episode 154: The Night of the Party
When Nathan Myers and Clifford Williams were charged with murder, neither of them were worried they would be convicted. They had dozens of...
Episode 153: The Max Headroom Incident
One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the nine o’clock news in Chicago. As one television viewer...
Episode 152: The Clearwater Monster
Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen...
Episode 151: The Many Lives of Michael Malloy
In 1932, a group of men in a speakeasy in New York City hatched a plan — to take out life insurance on a loner named Michael Malloy, and...
Episode 150: 76th and Yates
On May 8, 2013, a man named Timothy Jones was arrested in Chicago. He says it wasn’t until he got to the police station that he found out...
Episode 149: Dr. Parkman is Missing
In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a "den of body snatchers." And then, in November 1849, the school’s...
Episode 148: Errol Morris
Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in Florida. When he told an insurance...
Episode 147: Kids on the Case
The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old...
Episode 146: Ten Doors
In 1978, Tim Jenkin was charged under South Africa’s Terrorism Act for disseminating anti-apartheid material, and sentenced to 12 years in...
Episode 145: How to Sell A Haunted House
In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York. It didn't go as planned. The house became the center of a...
Episode 144: Looking Out
People incarcerated in California’s San Quentin State Prison aren’t allowed to have pets—but some people, like Ronell Draper, have...
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...
