Dane Huckelbridge: Queen of All Mayhem
We hear a lot about gunslingers and outlaws in the American West, and those stories are mostly about men. But there were female outlaws, too—like Belle Starr, probably the most famous of them all. Her...
10 Nov 20251h 7min
Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee: Shadow of the Bridge
The murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Indiana shook the country. But the impact of the attention, the speculation and the fear is still felt in the community. Now podcasters Ái...
3 Nov 20251h 4min
Rich Cohen: Murder in the Dollhouse
The disappearance in 2019 of Jennifer Dulos is one of the most chilling stories I’ve ever read about. When the mother of five vanished from her wealthy Connecticut suburb, her estranged husband became...
27 Okt 202556min
Jane Borden: Cults Like Us
What is the origin story of cults? Author Jane Borden says it goes all the way back to the Puritans and their doomsday beliefs. She says that from the beginning, we’ve been a nation of easy marks for ...
20 Okt 202550min
Anne Soon Choi: L.A. Coroner
When you write a biography about a man dubbed “Coroner to the Stars,” it’s bound to be a compelling story. Who doesn’t want to read about the coroner who performed the autopsies on Marilyn Monroe, RFK...
13 Okt 202545min
Patricia Cornwell: Scarpetta
I’ve interviewed quite a few authors who are inspired by real people or real crimes. And then they write these fantastic novels. Patricia Cornwell’s iconic character, Dr. Kay Scarpetta, has a legion o...
6 Okt 20251h 4min
Ross Halperin: Bear Witness
A gang in a mountain barrio in Honduras terrorized the people there for years. The police claimed that their hands were tied because witnesses refused to testify. An American sociologist and a Hondura...
29 Sep 20251h 6min
Michael Beach Nichols: Perfect Wife
Most of us have heard about Sherri Papini. She’s the woman who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, which terrified her husband and soon sparked outrage in her Northern California community. Michael Beac...
22 Sep 20251h 3min
