Lamb to the Slaughter: The Murder at Emmanuel Church
The great poet and painter William Blake wrote that, “It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” And I think that makes sense to all of us. Few things cut so deep as betrayal from som...
12 Touko 202345min
A Mother's Hate: The Crimes of Debora Green, Pt 2
In March of 1996, a cat named Scarlett made national news when she ran into a burning building five separate times to rescue her kittens. She sustained severe burns to her paws, she was blinded by the...
5 Touko 202345min
A Mother's Hate: The Crimes of Dr. Debora Green, Pt 1
In his play Medea, Euripides wrote the story of a mother scorned. Her husband, Jason left her for another woman and in her fury, Medea murders their children in revenge. As she prepared to poison her ...
28 Huhti 202340min
Stranger Than Fiction, Vol. IV: Couples Edition
In case you haven’t noticed already, we tend to seek out the kind of stories that make your brain hurt. The kind of stuff you wouldn’t believe was real if you didn’t have our solemn word for it. This ...
21 Huhti 202351min
Wondery Presents Generation Why: Kalief Browder
The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Now, in a special, 4-part series, The Generation Why podcast unravels the stor...
18 Huhti 20235min
In Plain Sight: The Abduction and Murder of Lori Kirkley
I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, the movie “Jaws” scared me silly. Now part of that, obviously, is that it’s about a giant shark eating people, but the shark itself isn’t actually in the ...
14 Huhti 202340min
Angel of Death: Serial Killer Nurse Kristen Gilbert
Nurses often take what they call the Florence Nightingale Pledge at graduation. It goes, in part, like this: “I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life ...
7 Huhti 202348min
Matchstick Man: The Murders of Carla and Alan Rutherford
In his novel “1984,” George Orwell wrote, “If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.” The man at the center of this week’s case didn’t manage that—his secrets and troubles gna...
31 Maalis 202349min
