Maria DiLorenzo: Confessions of the Green River Killer
When crime journalist Maria DiLorenzo began writing to Gary Ridgway, she had no idea where it would go. He began calling her—hundreds of times. Their conversations were supposed to lead to big revelat...
14 Sep 58min
Kimberly Sheeter: Air-Minded
My next guest is an author who began writing a biography and then turned it into a novel. And I don’t blame her. The story of Earnest Pletch may be largely unknown now, but in 1939, he became famous. ...
31 Aug 57min
Dawson Fearnow: Incognito Inc.
This is the third time I’ve had Dawson Fearnow on the show—he writes about Arizona and some of the bad things that happened there. He’s talking to me about a piece he wrote for Phoenix Magazine called...
24 Aug 56min
Tori Telfer: Criminal Broads
Alright, I have a great podcast for you. It’s called Criminal Broads and it’s hosted by Tori Telfer. The stories focus on women as criminals. She tells me about a bank robber and a dirty doctor, as we...
17 Aug 53min
Maurice Chammah: The Last Twelve Weeks
I’ve had my buddy, Maurice Chammah, on the show before. He’s a journalist with the Marshall Project, and a leading authority on the death penalty. He has a podcast out called: The Last Twelve Weeks. I...
10 Aug 56min
Kate Casey: Martha Moxley
The 1975 murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley made national headlines because of its brutality, but also because the main suspect was a cousin of the Kennedys. Michael Skakel was tried, convicted and t...
3 Aug 58min
Justine van der Leun: Unreasonable Women
My next guest has done something extraordinary: she traveled across America collecting stories of criminalized survival. Shocked to find how many women were convicted for protecting themselves against...
27 Juli 51min
