Classified: The Murder of Walter Sartory
There’s an old saying that just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get ya. For one brilliant yet troubled mind, living in fear was pretty much the norm for most of his adult life....
15 Apr 202246min
Fake Fiction: The Story of J.T. LeRoy
So, this might seem like a weird question, but hear me out. Does authenticity matter? Let me be more specific. Does art need to be authentic? What if you found out, for example, that your favorite wri...
8 Apr 202250min
One Night in Hell: The Richmond Hill Explosion
The first law of thermodynamics states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed—only transferred from one form to another. For example, dynamite explodes when chemical energy is converted to k...
1 Apr 202244min
Bad Neighbors: The Murder of Kay Parsons
Becky Sears and Kay Parsons were not only next door neighbors, but best friends, too. Their sons were in Little League together, and their husbands liked to join them both for dinner, drinks, and game...
25 Mar 202254min
Golden Boy: The Story of Brian Blackwell
Lying is an essential human activity—everybody does it sometimes. And there are a few different reasons people do it. Sometimes it’s an innocent attempt to spare somebody’s feelings: Y’know, “It’s not...
18 Mar 202246min
Full-Tilt Boogie: The Crimes of Peter Braunstein
T.S. Eliot ends his poem “The Hollow Men” with the line “This is the way the world ends…not with a bang, but a whimper.” Spree criminals are always after the bang. Many see themselves going out in a b...
11 Mar 202255min
Introducing: American Hostage
In the series premiere, radio DJ Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) receives an unexpected call from a listener that turns his life upside down. Follow American Hostage on Amazon Music, to hear all 8 episodes ri...
8 Mar 20226min
Red Wine, White Lies: Wine Fraudster Rudy Kurniawan
In the old Hans Christian Anderson tale of the Emperor’s New Clothes, the emperor was the kind of clothes horse who’d make Anna Wintour look like a frump in a burlap sack. This guy was all about the f...
4 Mar 202251min
