The Widower: 'Til Death Do Us Part
He told police he shot the intruder who killed his wife in self defense. But she was not his first spouse to meet a violent end. We’ll talk...
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Crime Writers On...
True crime authors and real-life couple Rebecca Lavoie and Kevin Flynn hold a pop-culture roundtable with noir novelist Toby Ball and journalist-turned-investigator Lara Bricker. The panel c...
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Personally: Agent Layla
A Canadian woman goes undercover to get her brother-in-law to confess to sexually assaulting her years earlier. We’ll discuss the CBC podcas...
UNABOMBER
How did Ted Kaczynski go from Harvard math prodigy to domestic terrorist? Was a college experiment in psychology to blame? We’ll talk about...
Where Is Austin Tice?
An American freelancer disappears while covering the war in Syria. Years later, after the regime falls, a journalist scours the country in s...
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
She became America’s most famous axe murderer. But was all that anger a product of the oppression of women? We’ll take a whack at Netflix’s...
Our Town
Residents are shocked to learn the people buying up real estate in their Appalachian town are Christian nationalists hoping to build a new c...
A Killer Story
A journalist follows two armchair detectives trying to prove an innocent woman is in prison for murder. We’ll talk about the HBO documentary...
In The Dark: The Journey
These surrogate mothers were stunned to learn they were all carrying babies for the same couple. Why was a Chinese businessman and his young...
Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel
A law professor is killed after a contentious divorce. Police spend a decade investigating their lead suspects: his ex-in-laws, the Adelsons...
Kingdom of Fraud
One was a devout polygamist in an insular Mormon sect. The other was a shady Armenian businessman known as “The Lion.” Together they pulled...
Furious
An FBI agent tracks a woman whose killings are disguised as overdoses. Her targets: the men who sex trafficked her as a minor. We’ll discuss...
The Snare
After the murder of an 18-year-old woman, investigators get accusations and confessions among a group of friends. But with the DNA pointing...
Death of the Pastor's Wife
When a woman’s body is discovered in a state park, suspicion falls on her estranged husband — the charismatic pastor of a South Carolina chu...
Chameleon: Wild Boys
Two boys emerge from the woods into a Canadian town claiming to have grown up in the wilderness. What’s the real story behind their appearan...
Where the River Took Us
He lost his nephew when a flash flood swept him and his family down the Guadalupe River. Now, a reporter explores what happened that night t...
The Legend of Cocaine Island
A group of quirky characters goes on the hunt for millions of dollars in drugs buried somewhere in Puerto Rico. Their efforts to hit it rich...
We Keep Us Safe
In 2020, a teen was killed inside Seattle’s police‑free protest zone. A team of reporters reopens the unsolved case to identify the shooter....
Dolly Parton's America
She was a music superstar, a national treasure, and a surprising cultural touchstone. We’ll revisit our review of the classic podcast “Dolly...
Dr. Death: The Cowboy
This surgeon was known for his swagger and the cowboy boots he wore in the OR. But those who tried to critique his work were the ones he tra...
I'm Not a Monster
An American woman found in a Syrian refugee camp says her family was tricked by her husband into joining the Islamic State. A British journa...