S4 Ep45: The Lysine Cartel: How an Informant (Sloppily) Exposed Archer Daniels Midland

S4 Ep45: The Lysine Cartel: How an Informant (Sloppily) Exposed Archer Daniels Midland

Mark Whitacre, a high-ranking exec at the agribusiness company Archer Daniels Midland, approached the FBI with some scandalous news: His employer was part of an international cartel illegally inflating the cost of lysine, an additive used in animal feed. What Whitacre ultimately helped uncover landed more than just his bosses in prison.

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S5 Ep14: Breach of Trust: Inside the Legendary Loomis Fargo Heist

S5 Ep14: Breach of Trust: Inside the Legendary Loomis Fargo Heist

One Sunday morning in 1997, a security guard noticed the front fence at Loomis Fargo in Charlotte, North Carolina, was ajar. So was the warehouse door. And the vault inside was fitted with a suspiciou...

2 Kesä 202540min

S5 Ep13: Silenced in the South: Ruby McCollum and the Murder of Dr. Adams

S5 Ep13: Silenced in the South: Ruby McCollum and the Murder of Dr. Adams

In 1952, Ruby McCollum left two of her children in her car as she casually walked into a doctor's office in Live Oak, Florida, and shot Dr. C. Leroy Adams — a respected white physician and newly elect...

26 Touko 202543min

S5 Ep12: The Stolen Cells and Silent Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

S5 Ep12: The Stolen Cells and Silent Legacy of Henrietta Lacks

When Henrietta Lacks discovered a tumor inside of her in 1951, she turned to Johns Hopkins Medical Center for help. They examined her cells and discovered two things: First, she had cervical cancer. A...

19 Touko 202544min

Presenting: Murder True Crime Stories

Presenting: Murder True Crime Stories

Murder: True Crime Stories explores the depths of history's most notorious murders, like you've never heard before. Go beyond the crime scene as we search for the real story, and focus on the people i...

15 Touko 20256min

S5 Ep11: Sex on the Moon: The Audacious Theft of Lunar Rocks

S5 Ep11: Sex on the Moon: The Audacious Theft of Lunar Rocks

A band of nerdy geology enthusiasts were sure the email they received in 2002 was a hoax: The unsolicited message said that its writer was in possession of moon rocks that he was willing to sell. But ...

12 Touko 202541min

S5 Ep10: Did Britain Hang an Innocent Man? The Murders at Rillington Place Part 2

S5 Ep10: Did Britain Hang an Innocent Man? The Murders at Rillington Place Part 2

When 25-year-old Tim Evans was hanged for killing his wife and 14-month-old daughter in 1949, few outside of his family questioned whether justice had been done. After all, Evans had at one point conf...

5 Touko 202539min

S5 Ep9: John Reginald Christie and the Murders at Rillington Place

S5 Ep9: John Reginald Christie and the Murders at Rillington Place

In 1953, a horrific discovery was made behind some hastily hung wallpaper in a flat at 10 Rillington Place in London's Notting Hill neighborhood: The decomposing bodies of three women. Another body wa...

28 Huhti 202541min

S5 Ep8: Journalist Spy: The Double Life of Pham Xuan An

S5 Ep8: Journalist Spy: The Double Life of Pham Xuan An

As American journalists worked to cover the Vietnam War, one of their colleagues proved a valuable asset: Pham Xuan An had been born in Vietnam, and was therefore able to help his coworkers navigate t...

21 Huhti 202545min

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