When Nerds Attack - KVLT: The Crimes of the Norwegian Black Metal Scene, Pt 2
On the song “Freezing Moon,” lead singer of Mayhem howls,“Diabolic shapes float by/Out from the dark/I remember it was here I died”. It’s an oddly prophetic line, considering two members of the band w...
18 Aug 202349min
When Nerds Attack - KVLT: The Crimes of the Norwegian Black Metal Scene Pt 1
Robert Johnson was a Blues singer in the 1930s who was said to have sold his soul to the devil in exchange for his talent. He died, inexplicably, at the age of 27, right at the peak of his fame. No on...
11 Aug 202343min
Eye for an Eye: A Story of Murder for Hire
Punk rock legend Patti Smith once sang, “You gotta lose control before you take control.” It’s a romantic idea—especially because so many of us spend our lives chasing an illusion of control, when rea...
4 Aug 202345min
Audacity: The Murder of Janet March
In The Godfather, Mario Puzo wrote “The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other.” Family loyalty can be like armor in our most troubled times—when we’re a...
28 Jul 202352min
The Good Fight: The Story of Three Young Women in the Dutch Resistance in WWII
G.K. Chesterton wrote, "The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." It speaks to an important struggle--how to hold onto your humani...
21 Jul 202341min
Listen Now: Suspect "Five Shots in the Dark"
Leon Benson spent 24 years in an Indiana state prison for the 1998 murder of a young man named Kasey Schoen. His conviction hinged on the testimony of two eyewitnesses – but what if their memories tur...
17 Jul 20237min
Where the Heart Is: The Murder of Jessica Sacco
You know that old saying—I think it was Ben Franklin again—that guests, like fish, begin to stank after three days? I feel like that’s being pretty generous, actually, I’ve thought about buying one of...
14 Jul 202339min
Never Too Late: A Grab Bag of Lethal Old Ladies
David Bowie once described aging as “an extraordinary process by which you become the person you have always been.” We want to think of this as a nice sentiment, right? Like, aww, I’m gonna come into ...
7 Jul 202346min
