Episode 100: John Getreu
Two young women, their bodies beaten and strangled and found less than a mile from each other in the hills near Stanford University. For 40 years their killer went undetected. Then, during the hunt fo...
8 Jul 20201h 14min
Episode 99: Margaret Williams
A teenager is getting ready for a school dance. She’s quiet and shy but tonight, her friends are making her look and feel like a million bucks. It’s the summer of 1963, and they will all be dancing to...
1 Jul 202057min
Episode 98: The Short Family
You drive past a lakefront mansion, see kids playing in the yard under the watchful eye of a smiling couple and you wish you could be that happy. They have it all. But what if there was something lurk...
24 Jun 20201h 8min
Episode 97: Jayme Closs
In the middle of the night, a man bangs on the door of a suburban house. A mother and daughter huddle in the bathroom. A father goes to the front door to investigate. Within minutes, both the mother a...
17 Jun 20201h 23min
Episode 96: NXIVM
The story of how Keith Raniere became an international self-help guru — and, later, a convicted sex-cult leader — is one of those cautionary tales that’s not unfamiliar. A man who is a master of manip...
10 Jun 20201h 6min
Episode 95: Listen
This week, we are handing our mic over to our Black listeners to share their experiences of living in this country as a Black American. To everyone who sent their stories in, thank you. We appreciate ...
5 Jun 20201h 18min
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Episode 94: Lorena Bobbitt
The story of Lorena Bobbitt drew media attention in 1993 for being one of the most and disturbing domestic dispute stories to ever hit the news. Lorena was not the first woman to ever fight back again...
27 Mai 20201h 14min
