Blind Faith, Pt. 2 (Mica Miller’s Story) – Ep. 68
The second installment of our four-part series, “Blind Faith,” delves deeper into the second marriage of a Carolina pastor to a young woman he may have wooed – or groomed – when she was just a teen an...
14 Maj 202546min
Competency, Culpability, and an ‘Insane’ Criminal Case - EscapeBite ep.1
When a common person uses the term “insane” or “incompetent” to describe someone, they’re rarely using the same standard as that of a lawyer or judge in a court of law. The Escape Pod’s own former new...
8 Maj 202519min
Blind Faith, Pt. 1 (Mica Miller’s Story) – Ep. 67
Call it love. Call it blind faith. Call it the result of a predator getting the best of his prey. A young woman who appeared happily married claims to be trapped in a controlling, manipulative relati...
7 Maj 202532min
Murders in the Middle of Nowhere – Ep. 66
A nature reserve and popular party place in the middle-of-nowhere becomes the scene of mass murder in the fall of 1973: four teens are killed; a fifth escapes death but is victimized in other ways – b...
2 Maj 202549min
A Very Matter-of-Fact Murder – Ep. 65
A familiar face on the streets of Grand Junction, Colorado, goes missing in February 2021. Known as “The Reading Man,” Warren Barnes is described as kind and helpful by those who saw him daily at his ...
25 Apr 202545min
Protecting Our Kids, Pt. 2 – Ep. 64
“You can trust your kid all you want, but do you trust the world with your kid?” Back by popular demand, Hollie Strand of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force returns to The Escape Pod to ...
18 Apr 20251h 3min
The Wrong Kind of TLC – Ep. 63
In the spring of 2023, police in the U.K. found the most unlikely of overdose victims: a well-liked, well-respected couple in their 60s. Initially, investigators considered that the deaths might be th...
11 Apr 202535min
Spiritual Enlightenment, My A$$ – Ep. 62
In 2022, the “self-help” industry in the U.S. alone raked in more than $13B. (That’s BILLION, with a capital B.) There is no shame in wanting to better oneself – personally, professionally, or both. W...
3 Apr 20251h 19min
