Cleansed: An Amish Murder Story
It’s become a cliché in the telling of murder stories that someone will always say “This kind of thing just doesn’t happen here.” Somehow, despite mountains of evidence to the contrary, we’re good at ...
29 Jul 202240min
The Time Traveler's Girlfriend: The Murder of Anna Repkina
David Foster Wallace once wrote that the truth will set you free, but not until it’s finished with you. Every time we tell a lie, we put it on our tab. That may work out for a while, but eventually th...
22 Jul 202242min
Out of the Picture: A Story of Murder for Hire
It takes a special kind of narcissism to feel entitled to murder somebody. Especially when the motive is just to get them out of your way, because they’re inconveniencing you. And it takes an even big...
15 Jul 202252min
Out of Luck: A Murder at the Mansion
We all wish we could win the lottery. I mean, who doesn’t love the idea of a life-changing financial windfall? The chance to pursue your real passions, get all your loved ones out of debt, travel, jus...
8 Jul 202243min
Thieves Like Us: The Greatest Art Heist of the 21st Century
Some people are born for a certain vocation. Mozart, for music. Shakespeare, for drama. Steven Hawking, for physics, and...let's say...Machine Gun Kelly? for rap music. Vjeran Tomic was born for the s...
1 Jul 202244min
Designing Murder: The Disappearance of Billy McGrath
Everybody has a skeleton or two in the closet, and most of us are able to leave it right where it is, cover it up with old coats and mothballs and forget all about it. But some skeletons are bigger an...
24 Jun 202241min
Introducing: Hollywood & Crime, The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Robert Blake. But Bonny, a longtime con artist, had pl...
20 Jun 20227min
Mr. Never Was: The Story of Dr. Gerald Barnes
No matter how many apples you eat in a day, you’re gonna eventually have to go see the doctor. It’s an unfortunate but necessary part of the human experience to go into that cold little room, put on a...
17 Jun 202248min
