Wicked Words - Amit Katwala: Tremors in the Blood
One of the most controversial tools used by investigators is the lie detector. It’s used often to intimidate suspects and sometimes it’s responsible for confessions, real and false. Author Amit Katwal...
7 Aug 202341min
Wicked Words - Katherine Corcoran: In the Mouth of the Wolf
In some parts of the world, one of the most dangerous jobs you can have is being a journalist. Author Katherine Corcoran writes about a ground-breaking reporter who risked her life to expose corruptio...
31 Jul 202339min
Wicked Words - Richard White: Who Killed Jane Stanford?
In 1905, many people seemed to have a reason to kill one of the richest women in America and Stanford University’s co-founder, Jane Stanford. Author and Stanford Professor Dr. Richard White tells us a...
24 Jul 202345min
Wicked Words - James T. Bartlett: The Alaskan Blonde
When a powerful businessman in Alaska is murdered in his bed in 1953, the police believe that it might have been a break-in gone wrong. But as details about his personal life made headlines, investiga...
17 Jul 202341min
Wicked Words - Cristina Rivera Garza: Liliana’s Invincible Summer
Liliana Rivera Garza lived in Mexico and journaled everything about her life until she was murdered. Her sister, author Cristina Rivera Garza, looked for clues inside Liliana’s diaries and letters. De...
10 Jul 202341min
Wicked Words - John Little: The Donnellys
In the 1840s, an Irish family lived in constant turmoil after starting a feud with their entire town in Canada. When tensions rose in the town, the family’s lives were put at risk. Author John Little ...
3 Jul 202345min
Wicked Words - Jamie Gehring: Madman in the Woods
How well do you know your neighbor? Author Jamie Gehring discusses how for decades she and her family had no idea they were living right next-door to the Unabomber who was secretly building explosives...
26 Jun 202342min
Wicked Words - Gregg Olsen: American Mother
In the mid-1980s Stella Nickell was suspected of murdering her husband using headache pills laced with poison. Author Gregg Olsen describes the panic that ensued when someone else also died from takin...
19 Jun 202343min
