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Criminal

Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Episode 128: Deep Breath

Episode 128: Deep Breath

World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 whe... Read more

22 Nov 2019

42mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 122: Professor Quaalude

Episode 122: Professor Quaalude

John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious faculty positions at Yale, Duk... Read more

13 Sep 2019

31mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 81: Unexpected Guests

Episode 81: Unexpected Guests

Three mysteries we can’t stop thinking about. The first is about an impossible photo taken at a bed & breakfast in E... Read more

15 Dec 2017

35mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 68: All the Time in the World

Episode 68: All the Time in the World

The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one is allowed to see, because it’s one of very few place... Read more

2 Jun 2017

32mins

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Episode 86: Willie Bosket

Episode 86: Willie Bosket

Before he was 10 years old, Willie Bosket had skipped school, started fires, picked pockets, and stolen a car. A psychia... Read more

9 Mar 2018

30mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 133: Red Hair, Gold Car

Episode 133: Red Hair, Gold Car

One day Adam Braseel got a phone call from his mother. She said that a man in Grundy County, Tennessee had been murdered... Read more

7 Feb 2020

40mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 63: Rochester, 1991

Episode 63: Rochester, 1991

Kim Dadou says she wishes she had a nickel for every person who has asked why she didn't leave her abusive boyfriend Dar... Read more

17 Mar 2017

28mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 64: 420

Episode 64: 420

The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state's highways were stolen so often, they h... Read more

7 Apr 2017

19mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 129: Panic Defense

Episode 129: Panic Defense

In 1995, two men filmed an episode of the daytime talk show, The Jenny Jones Show. A few days later, one of the men was ... Read more

6 Dec 2019

40mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 106: Linda

Episode 106: Linda

In a suburb outside of Salt Lake City, a 69-year-old woman named Linda Gillman hired a man named Christian Olsen to do s... Read more

18 Jan 2019

32mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 97: Palace of Justice

Episode 97: Palace of Justice

When Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old, he prosecuted his very first trial. There were 22 defendants, each of them high-... Read more

17 Aug 2018

28mins

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Episode 53: Melinda and Judy

Episode 53: Melinda and Judy

When Melinda Dawson was seven years old, she learned that she was adopted under suspicious circumstances. As she got old... Read more

21 Oct 2016

26mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 121: Off Leash

Episode 121: Off Leash

“I never did anything wrong. I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.” Th... Read more

30 Aug 2019

47mins

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Episode 123: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

Episode 123: Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

In 1917, 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared. She’d last been seen getting her ice skates sharpened in the motorcycle sh... Read more

27 Sep 2019

30mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 54: Melinda and Clarence

Episode 54: Melinda and Clarence

SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 53: Melinda and Judy before you listen to this one.Melinda Dawson found out on... Read more

4 Nov 2016

35mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 103: Get Out of My House

Episode 103: Get Out of My House

On a hot summer day in 1978, a group of friends started renovating an old house in a neighborhood in Atlanta called Litt... Read more

16 Nov 2018

28mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 119: He's Still Neutral

Episode 119: He's Still Neutral

Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as ... Read more

19 Jul 2019

36mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 3: The Buck Stops Here

Episode 3: The Buck Stops Here

With the advent of the Inkjet printer, counterfeiting money became as simple as a trip to Staples. By the year 2000, the... Read more

28 Feb 2014

20mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 105: Protection

Episode 105: Protection

John "Sonny" Franzese was once described as "largely responsible for the glamorization of the Mafia over the past centur... Read more

21 Dec 2018

27mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 101: The Fox

Episode 101: The Fox

This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order.When Martin McNally met another... Read more

19 Oct 2018

26mins

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