Mary Kay McBrayer: Madame Queen
This week on Wicked Words we’re traveling back to 1923 Harlem and its seedy world of gambling and racketeering. Author Mary Kay McBrayer tells me about Stephanie St. Clair. She was one of the only fem...
7 Jul 202547min
Duncan McCue: Kuper Island
Kuper Island is a remarkable podcast, an investigation into one of Canada’s most notorious so called Indian residential schools. Journalist Duncan McCue explores the unsolved death of a student, a tra...
23 Jun 20251h 2min
Thomas Maier: The Invisible Spy
I love a good spy story. We’ve talked about spies embedded with the American government. We’ve discussed librarians and academics researching in the basement of the Library of Congress during World Wa...
16 Jun 20251h
Virginia Feito: Victorian Psycho
Occasionally we interview fiction authors who use true crime stories as jumping off points for their novels. Virginia Feito wrote a book called “Victorian Psycho.” And it’s based on several cases you’...
9 Jun 202549min
Claire St. Amant: Killer Story
I’m so excited about this interview. It’s with Claire St. Amant. She’s a journalist and an author. And she was a TV producer for 48 Hours and 60 Minutes. Now she’s pulling back the curtain on true cri...
2 Jun 202559min
Gilbert King: Bone Valley
We might have our first Pulitzer Prize winner on our show. Author Gilbert King digs into cases of wrongful conviction. Today, we’re talking about his outstanding podcast, Bone Valley Season 2. Gilbert...
19 Mai 20251h 4min
Christopher Goffard: Crimes of the Times
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard was the voice behind the hit podcast “Dirty John.” And now he has a new podcast that covers crimes in Los Angeles that made headlines, stories like the murder of ...
12 Mai 202544min
Pagan Kennedy: The Secret History of the Rape Kit
This week on Wicked Words, years ago author Pagan Kennedy wondered about the history of the rape kit, a crucial tool for investigators today. Who designed it? She found out that it was Martha Goddard,...
5 Mai 202551min
