Golden Years: The Hatton Garden Heist
Mark Twain, always a good man for a quote, said about getting old: “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” There is generally a broad unspoken societal agreement o...
1 Aug 202559min
Mystery Grab Bag
There’s an old saying that if you hear hoofbeats, you should think horses, not zebras. It means that in most situations, the simplest, most likely explanation is probably the right one. But you know w...
25 Jul 202548min
Disaster Class: Two Deadly Man-Made Disasters
There’s a saying that goes, “All regulations are written in blood.” And it’s true. If given the opportunity, companies will cut corners and find loopholes to make their jobs easier or cheaper or skirt...
18 Jul 202546min
Dark Strangler: The Crimes of Earle Leonard Nelson Pt 2
In last week’s episode, we learned about the troubled early life of Earle Nelson, and witnessed his first steps towards becoming one of the most prolific serial killers in North American history. This...
11 Jul 202558min
Dark Strangler: The Crimes of Earle Leonard Nelson
If you think about the 1920s in the United States, a few things might come to mind—jazz, prohibition, Babe Ruth, and, right at the end, the Wall Street Crash. And if you think of crime, you probably t...
4 Jul 202542min
#GreedIsGood: The Crimes of Alan Hruby
I saw a meme one time that said, “It’s funny how sometimes the people you’d take a bullet for are the ones behind the trigger.” Most of the time that’s just a metaphor, a way to describe the way it fe...
27 Jun 202539min
Inspire, Achieve, Repeat: A Grab Bag of Killer Motivational Speakers
Motivational speakers started really gaining popularity in the 70s and 80s, the golden age of “self-help.” And in recent years, they’ve been even more in-demand, especially in the business world. You ...
20 Jun 202554min
Walking In My Shoes: The Murder of Kristine Fitzhugh
Nobody likes to be embarrassed. More often than not, people are kind of weird in one way or another, have some secret history or fascination they’d hate to have dragged out into the light of day. It’s...
13 Jun 202546min
