Bad Fortune: Two Tales of Psychic Scammers
As Abe Lincoln once said—or possibly some guy named Peter Drucker, depends on who you ask—the best way to predict the future is to create it. But for a lot of us humans, that’s a little too loosey-goo...
20 Joulu 202446min
Fool Me Twice: The Murders of James & Virginia Campbell
Some of the easiest people on the planet to fool are those who have a real high opinion of their own brains based on very little evidence. A classic con-artist trick is to make the mark think they’re ...
13 Joulu 202456min
Listen Now - Hollywood & Crime: The Cotton Club Murder
On June 10th, 1983, the decomposing body of a well-dressed man was found in a desolate canyon near Los Angeles. John Doe #94 would soon be identified as missing variety show producer Roy Radin. He'd l...
9 Joulu 20246min
Journey Into Darkness: The Stayner Brothers Part 2
When we left you at the end of Part 1, fourteen year old Steven Stayner had escaped from seven years of captivity and abuse at the hands of child predator Kenneth Parnell—and he’d rescued Parnell’s ne...
6 Joulu 202454min
I Know My First Name Is Steven: The Abduction of Steven Stayner
In classic literature—and in soap operas, too—there are a lot of families who become lightning rods for misfortune. Sometimes it really strains your suspension of disbelief—like, come on, one family c...
29 Marras 202455min
Payback: The Murder of Ted Ammon, Pt 2
In Part One, we met high-powered millionaire Ted Ammon and his…let’s say “eccentric” soon-to-be-ex-wife Generosa. When we left off, the Ammons were embroiled in a vicious divorce and a struggle over T...
22 Marras 202457min
Payback: The Murder of Ted Ammon, Pt 1
As much as most of us might try to live easy, conflict-free lives, sometimes you just can’t avoid an uncomfortable interaction. Maybe an unpleasant neighbor gets in your face about nothing at all, may...
15 Marras 202455min
Let the Right One In: A Halloween Special
Monsters in folklore are easy for us to comprehend. You can only kill a werewolf with a silver bullet, to stop a zombie for good, you have to destroy its brain, and vampires can’t enter your home with...
1 Marras 202442min
