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 18 June 2021 : “I think it was around 3:00 a.m., and that’s when I heard a strange man’s voice waking me from sleep.” This is part one of a...
Friday 04 June 2021 : On November 12th, 2012, the Accomack County volunteer fire departments got a call. An abandoned house had suddenly gone up in flames. And...
Friday 21 May 2021 : In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor,...
Friday 07 May 2021 : After 32 years in the United States, José Chicas was told he had to leave. He bought a plane ticket to El Salvador, but then a local church...
Friday 23 April 2021 : The Pacific Northwest was said to be terrorized by a serial killer in the early 20th century. Bodies were floating to the surface of the...
Friday 09 April 2021 : The song “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four reached number 9 on the Billboard Charts in the week of March 12, 1966. Just months...
Friday 26 March 2021 : When Joan Borsten married actor Oleg Vidov, also known as “the Soviet Robert Redford,” he introduced her to beautiful Soviet animations...
Friday 12 March 2021 : In 2010, a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket was sold at a gas station in Des Moines, Iowa. At first, no one showed up to claim the prize. And...
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 called Shah Sadar Din, a place where it was shocking to see a woman swimming...
Friday 15 January 2021 : In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row in Louisiana’s Angola State Prison named Elmo Patrick...
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 the murder of Jeanette “Baldie” Williams in Jacksonville, Florida on May 2,...
Friday 20 November 2020 : One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the WGN nine o’clock news in Chicago. Sportscaster Dan...
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 Prohibition-era New York City hatched a plan — to take out life insurance on a loner named...
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...
Friday 25 September 2020 : Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in a small town in Florida, which some referred...
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 : Tim Jenkin was a member of the ANC (African National Congress). The organization had been declared unlawful in South Africa, seen by the...
Friday 07 August 2020 : In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York at 1 Laveta Place. It didn’t go as planned. There were...
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...
Criminal
Criminal & Radiotopia
Episode 167: 48 Hours
“I think it was around 3:00 a.m., and that’s when I heard a strange man’s voice waking me from sleep.” This is part one of a...
Episode 166: On Fire
On November 12th, 2012, the Accomack County volunteer fire departments got a call. An abandoned house had suddenly gone up in flames. And...
Episode 165: Unfit
In August 1934, Ann Cooper Hewitt was having lunch with her mother when she suddenly felt pain in her abdomen. When she went to the doctor,...
Episode 164: Sanctuary
After 32 years in the United States, José Chicas was told he had to leave. He bought a plane ticket to El Salvador, but then a local church...
Episode 163: The Ghoul of Grays Harbor
The Pacific Northwest was said to be terrorized by a serial killer in the early 20th century. Bodies were floating to the surface of the...
Episode 162: I Fought the Law
The song “I Fought the Law” by the Bobby Fuller Four reached number 9 on the Billboard Charts in the week of March 12, 1966. Just months...
Episode 161: Only in Hollywood
When Joan Borsten married actor Oleg Vidov, also known as “the Soviet Robert Redford,” he introduced her to beautiful Soviet animations...
Episode 160: Hot Lotto
In 2010, a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket was sold at a gas station in Des Moines, Iowa. At first, no one showed up to claim the prize. And...
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 called Shah Sadar Din, a place where it was shocking to see a woman swimming...
Episode 156: Sister Helen
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row in Louisiana’s Angola State Prison named Elmo Patrick...
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 the murder of Jeanette “Baldie” Williams in Jacksonville, Florida on May 2,...
Episode 153: The Max Headroom Incident
One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the WGN nine o’clock news in Chicago. Sportscaster Dan...
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 Prohibition-era New York City hatched a plan — to take out life insurance on a loner named...
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...
Episode 148: Errol Morris
Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in a small town in Florida, which some referred...
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
Tim Jenkin was a member of the ANC (African National Congress). The organization had been declared unlawful in South Africa, seen by the...
Episode 145: How to Sell A Haunted House
In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York at 1 Laveta Place. It didn’t go as planned. There were...
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...
