New series coming 16th September
Con-artists. Corruption. Cult leaders. Murders. Rapists. Extortionists. Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen are back soon with stories of the worst among us and the research that can help us under...
9 Sep 20213min
37. Mr Creepy: Can gun bans prevent school shootings?
25 years ago, a man walked into Dunblane Primary School and opened fire on a gymnasium full of school children. The horror of this event led to a change in gun legislation - did it work?The US has mor...
29 Jul 202136min
36. Nazi on Trial 2: Is Evil banal?
We continue the story of the notorious Nazi officer and organiser of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, as he goes on trial in Israel. Political theorist Hannah Arendt covers the case, and like so many ot...
22 Jul 202134min
35. Nazi on Trial 1: Can “just following orders” justify horrific crimes?
Our story starts in Argentina in 1960. A middle-age man is on his way home. As he gets off the bus, hooded men grab him and shuffle him into a van. The man is Adolf Eichmann and the hooded men are Isr...
15 Jul 202136min
34. #Pizzagate: Why do people believe conspiracy theories?
Back in 2016 the pizza restaurant owner James Alefantis began to receive a large number of abusive messages on social media. Confused and afraid, he goes online and to his horror discovers dozens of b...
8 Jul 202143min
33. Kill Team: Could you be trained to kill on command?
A group of American soldiers sought out and murdered three civilians in Afghanistan. How did this happen? Was it the work of a rogue platoon or is it part of a larger issue?On this episode of Bad Peop...
1 Jul 202134min
32. Jimmy McGovern: Doing Time
This episode of Bad People features the writer of the new BBC One hit drama, Time, Jimmy McGovern. There will be spoilers. Mark Cobden is drunk. Again. But this time he gets into his car and drives of...
20 Jun 202145min
31. Horrorhaus Höxter 2: Should we judge offenders for being ice cold?
This is part two of the shocking story of abuse and torture which marked the small German town of Höxter. Angelika was called the ‘torture witch’, a psychopath, and a sadist.The truth about Angelika i...
17 Jun 202142min
