Scamanda: She lied about having cancer and stole over $100,000 in donations. How? Why?
For nearly ten years, Amanda C. Riley relied on her community as she struggled through multiple relapses of cancer. Family, friends, and a group of online strangers supported Amanda emotionally, and m...
25 Mar 202440min
Murder in Boston: When a racist lie hoodwinked America
In 1989, the city of Boston was gripped by the murder of Carol Stuart. Stuart was seven months pregnant when her husband Chuck told police a Black man shot and killed her. The police tore through Bost...
18 Mar 202430min
Madness, Murder and Music: Phil Spector and the tragic death of Lana Clarkson
Lana Clarkson was a budding comedian when her life took a tragic turn. On a shift at The House of Blues, she met the troubled “pop genius", Phil Spector. Spector worked with everyone from The Beatles ...
11 Mar 202441min
Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
Why would an Ivy League institution protect a serial predator? In this episode, medical journalist Laura Beil, behind the award-winning podcast, “Dr. Death,” joins Crime Story to discuss her explosive...
4 Mar 202448min
I Got A Name: Murder In The Far North
When a mysterious letter arrived on Eliza Robertson's doorstep, she didn't know what to think. It spoke of a young woman who had been murdered 30 years prior – and the culprit never found. Robertson w...
26 Feb 202435min
Mythologizing Manson: The Original Cult Leader
In 1969, Charles Manson unleashed his cult of murderous hippies onto the LA Hills. Decades later, it’s a saga that continues to inspire books, movies and memes. But how well do we really know the stor...
19 Feb 202447min
In Her Defence: When the accused is also a victim
How should we deal with women who kill their abusers? In the Globe and Mail’s first longform podcast In Her Defence, reporter Jana Pruden tells the story of Helen Naslund, who shot and killed her husb...
12 Feb 202445min
A School They Called Alcatraz: Kuper Island
Why would children risk their lives to run away from school? In the heart-wrenching podcast, Kuper Island, journalist Duncan McCue investigates the suspicious death of Richard Thomas, a student at Kup...
5 Feb 202446min
