Episode #87
2018-03-23 14:14:30
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David Dovala has lived in Casper, Wyoming since he was 19. He’s worked all kinds of cases, first as a detective and later as sheriff, but a 1973 murder stays with him.
Episode #86
2018-03-09 17:46:10
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Before he was 10 years old, Willie Bosket had skipped school, started fires, picked pockets, and stolen a car. By the time he was 16 years old, he was known all over New York City as the “Baby-Faced Butcher." His crimes led to the passing of the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 and changed how juvenile offenders are punished all over the country.
Episode #85
2018-02-23 13:07:30
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In 1993, a family was found murdered in their home. A Maryland police spokesperson described the homicide investigation as the most “exhaustive and labor intensive” in the department’s history. And then homicide investigators found a strange manual, and the case became national news.
Episode #84
2018-02-09 12:52:12
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In 1955 one tabloid reported that when a girl “makes the big time she traditionally acquires 3 things — minks, gems, and a poodle.” But one poodle in particular put the breed on the map. His name was Masterpiece...and police in 13 states knew exactly what he looked like.
Episode #83
2018-01-26 13:05:57
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There is a group in Durham, NC called "Parents of Murdered Children." This week, we meet three of its members.
Episode #82
2018-01-12 13:55:54
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As a child, Lawrence Lessig sang at Carnegie Hall and toured the world. But it was what happened behind the scenes that would change his life forever.
Episode #Bonus
2018-01-11 15:51:11
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In 1892, a gruesome murder took place in a small fishing village in Argentina. The police had a suspect who would not confess. What happened next would change the way murders were investigated around the world. This bonus episode of Criminal was made possible by TNT's The Alienist. https://thealienist.com/
Episode #81
2017-12-15 13:43:52
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Three mysteries we can't stop thinking about.
Episode #80
2017-12-01 14:23:36
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In 1988, a man in Hickory, NC was sentenced to life in prison based on evidence that experts would later call "junk science." It took him 24 years to convince someone to look at the evidence again.
Episode #79
2017-11-17 12:39:54
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Helen Duncan was a famous medium who travelled around Britain in the 1940s performing séances. She claimed to speak to the dead, and even produce physical manifestations of their spirits. But when Helen Duncan seemed to know wartime secrets about the whereabouts of military ships, like the sunken HMS Barham,...
Episode #78
2017-11-03 13:10:58
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In 1993, a man in Steamboat Springs, Colorado was found dead in his home. He'd been burned with a stun gun, hit with a shovel, and shot several times. The victim's wife was the primary suspect, but she had an alibi for the estimated time of death. Investigators turned to two very unlikely people for help.
Episode #77
2017-10-20 23:45:09
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In 1962, two men managed to escape the one prison in America that was supposed to be inescapable. They were never found. More than 50 years later, their 82-year-old sister is still waiting for them to come home…and one U.S. Marshal is still on the case.
Episode #76
2017-10-06 23:38:03
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The Tennessee Walking Horse has a natural gait that's famously smooth. And, if trained in a certain way, it can perform a walk that's even more spectacular, called the Big Lick. But, there's a secret behind how, exactly, these horses are trained to do the crowd-pleasing step they're celebrated for;...
Episode #75
2017-09-22 23:18:36
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"I keep saying, 'Where's the body? Kill someone'," Marilyn Stasio told us. She reads at least 200 crime novels a year to determine which are worthy of her prestigious "Crime Column" in the New York Times Book Review. We talk with her about crime as entertainment — and why people are...
Episode #74
2017-09-08 23:13:58
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In 1993, more than 1,000 levees broke along the Mississippi River, flooding thousands of acres. Most of these cases were accidents due to the river rising well above its usual levels. But in West Quincy, Missouri, where there was another culprit, James Scott. His crime? Knowingly causing a catastrophe by...
Episode #73
2017-08-18 23:09:11
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At the turn of the century, Carry Nation was “America’s foremost lady hellraiser” and "the apostle of reform violence.” A radical member of the temperance movement, Carrie Nation was known for attacking saloons, bars, and pubs with a hatchet engraved with name. In her own words, she was "a bulldog...