144: Big Dan's: The Nation's First Televised Rape Case

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! AND THIS IS NOT A RERUN! For our 100th episode, we're remaking our very first episode AND IT MIGHT BE OUR FUNNIEST, MOST PERFECT EPISODE YET! Nicholas Barclay was 13 years old on the day he disappeared—June 13, 1994. Three and a half years later he is found alive, thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain. He says he was kidnapped and has suffered unimaginable torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems: The boy bears many of the same distinguishing marks he always had, but why does he now have a strange accent? Why does he look so different? And why doesn't the family seem to notice these glaring inconsistencies? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE!

10 Sep 20191h 7min

2 year old Caylee Antony is missing. Her mother, Casey Anthony, insists she was abducted by the nanny. But investigators are soon to discover that Caylee has been missing for 31 days AND WAS NEVER REPORTED MISSING. Where is Caylee?? You guys, it's sort of how to express how completely bonkers-bananas-pants this one is. And Gillian gets MAAAAAAAAD! To hear the rest of this series and INSTANTLY get over 90 FULL BONUS EPISODES TO BINGE RIGHT NOW, join our Patreon Fam. at the $5 level. Join the party here!

5 Sep 201946min

Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city's biggest ever corruption scandal. In this explosive true crime saga, Dowd tells all as he relives his days as a criminal with a badge. The story that unfolds is a riveting real-life thriller full of larger-than-life personalities, stunning double crosses, and epic downfalls.  Also, Gillian explains Queens to us, we get all the Queenss-related accents and impersonations, and Patrick is just a Kueen. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE!

3 Sep 201957min

Sam Cooke was one of the most famous singers of his time. He was an icon and a civil rights revolutionary. His power made him a target. So when he was murdered at age 33, conspiracy theories abounded. Was it the FBI? Was it the mob? Who else could have benefited from such a promising life cut so short? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE!

27 Aug 201954min

Their crimes resemble high-octane Hollywood action movies: a sports car speeds through a Dubai shopping mall, crashing into the windows of a Graff jewelry store. Masked, gun-wielding men jump out of the car and stuff fistfuls of diamonds into their satchels before screeching off. In London, they took all of three minutes to make off with $30 million in diamonds. Dubbed the Pink Panthers, they're captured - on surveillance tapes that record their astonishing lightning strikes with hypnotic accuracy. We see the tapes and we meet the thieves and hear about their heists in their own words. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE!

20 Aug 201951min

HERBA LIFE! Ever heard of it? For some, it's just a health food company. For others, it's a Pyramid scheme--a company that preys on the poor to keep it's investors rich. In "Betting on Zero," find out what happens when a Wall Street bro makes it his mission to expose Herba Life for the scam that it is. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE!

13 Aug 201957min

In May of 2007, Gerry and Kate McCann took their family on vacation to the resort town of Praia De Luz, Portugal.  On the evening of evening of May 3, their daughter, three-year-old Madeleine, was abducted out of her bed sometime around 10 pm while her parents and their friends dined at a restaurant about 55 meters (180 feet) away from the villa where she slept. Almost over night, Madeleine's disappearance became an international media sensation as her parents, the Portuguese police, and the public began their search for her.  To hear our other SEVEN episodes on "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and over 80 other FULL BONUS EPISODES, join our Patreon fam at the $5 level.  You'll also INSTANTLY get our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Serial" season 1, and "Lorena." Join Here!

12 Aug 201936min

In the quiet suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, Jennifer Petit and her two young daughters were killed in a horrific home invasion; husband and father William Petit was the only one who escaped alive. This film explores the events of that shocking triple homicide and the disturbing revelation that were it not for police failures and untold personal dramas, this unimaginable crime could have been prevented at many turns. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann" and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE!

6 Aug 201948min