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 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...
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...
Criminal
Criminal & Radiotopia
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...
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...
