The Trial of Jesus: A Legal Investigation into History’s Greatest Case
Did Jesus have one trial or two? And what really happened in the courtroom, if there was one at all? In this tenth and final episode of season one, we take a lawyer’s approach to one of history’s most...
18 Mar 202546min
The McMartin Preschool Scandal Changed How We Investigate Child Abuse
The infamous McMartin Preschool trial epitomized the daycare abuse hysteria of the 1980s. What began with unsubstantiated allegations by a mentally ill parent spiraled into a seven-year legal battle, ...
21 Jan 202544min
Dingo or Deception? Unpacking the Lindy Chamberlain Trial That Gripped Australia
In 1980, a family camping trip to Uluru turned into one of the most infamous trials in Australian history. When Lindy Chamberlain cried out, “A dingo’s got my baby,” few could have imagined the twists...
17 Des 202442min
Evolution vs. Creationism; How the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial Gained Nationwide Attention
Dayton, Tennessee, catapulted into the national spotlight in 1925 after a young teacher challenged a state law banning the teaching of evolution, transforming the town into a chaotic carnival of ideas...
19 Nov 202447min
The Chicago Black Sox Trial: How 8 Players Went From the Dugout to the Courtroom
The infamous cheating scandal from the 1919 World Series, between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds, broke America’s belief in the purity and innocence of baseball. As the story slowly unf...
15 Okt 202447min
The Wild West in Court: Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday’s Fight for Freedom After the O.K. Corral
Thirty shots fired in thirty seconds at the O.K. Corral left three men dead and three more wounded and turned into a month-long trial with some thirty witnesses in late fall 1881. Since then, their le...
17 Sep 202443min
Why Abolitionist John Brown Became the First American To Be Executed for Treason
Countless historians have debated whether abolitionist John Brown was, as President Lincoln put it, a “misguided fanatic,” or, in the words of Malcolm X, “the only white man worthy of joining his Orga...
20 Aug 202443min
