Criminal

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A Bump in the Night and Unexpected Guests

Episode #376

2026-08-14 05:00:08

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Amber Dawn was 20 when she moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Enumclaw, Washington. On her very first night, she began to notice strange sounds. And they didn’t stop.
Black and white illustration of a poster with tearable phone numbers at the bottom that reads: Attention Amateurs, Professionals, Criminals. Blue Collar. White Collar. You have wronged people. It is to people that you must apologize, not to the state, not to God. Call Apology (212) 255-2748

Mr. Apology

Episode #375

2026-08-07 05:00:52

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In 1980, posters appeared in subway stations and on telephone poles in New York City with a phone number to call. When you called it, you would hear a message: “This is Apology. Apology is not associated with the police or any other organization but rather is a way for you to tell people what you have done wrong and how you feel about it.”
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The Premonitions Bureau

Episode #374

2026-07-31 05:00:59

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On October 21, 1966, a woman named Lorna Middleton suddenly woke up from her sleep, struggling to breathe. The day before, a man named Alan Hencher was at work in London when he began to tremble all over. They both said they knew something terrible was about to happen.
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The Comfort Kit

Episode #373

2026-07-24 05:00:48

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A few hours after Rachel Waters’ mother died in hospice care, police showed up at Rachel’s childhood home with a search warrant. “It had my name and the word ‘homicide’ on it.”
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125 Acres

Episode #372

2026-07-17 05:00:40

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George Dinning was emancipated in 1865, when he was 10 years old. By the time he was in his mid-thirties, he’d bought the land on which he had been enslaved. Years later, 25 white men approached the house George had built by hand and told him to come outside.
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That’s Not Me

Episode #371

2026-07-10 05:00:51

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Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when she was arrested by police one morning at her home in Detroit. When she spoke with a detective at the police station hours later, she asked them, “Why am I here?”
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All the Time in the World

Episode #370

2026-06-26 05:00:21

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The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one is allowed to see, because it’s one of very few places in the world that deliberately puts out human bodies to decompose in nature. We asked if we could visit, and they agreed.
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The Caller

Episode #369

2026-06-19 05:00:48

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In 2008, an article in the monthly FBI bulletin argued that 911 calls could contain clues for homicide investigations. “The caller, in fact, may be the killer.”
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Riverwalk

Episode #368

2026-06-12 05:00:01

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In November 2019, nineteen-year-old Zac Brettler went missing. When his parents began looking for him, they discovered that Zac had been living a double life.
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A Man to Be Afraid Of

Episode #367

2026-06-05 05:00:36

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Sheriff Buford Pusser said he and his wife had come under gunfire early one morning on a country road - leading to her death. He told one reporter, “I'm pretty sure about who did it, and I'm pretty sure about where he is."
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Mantrap

Episode #366

2026-05-22 05:00:27

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Ed and Bertha Briney’s unoccupied farmhouse was reportedly broken into 50 times over 10 years. They put up “No Trespassing” signs, repeatedly complained to sheriffs in two different counties, nailed doors shut, and boarded up windows – but nothing worked. So they decided to try something else.
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The Mountain

Episode #365

2026-05-15 05:00:49

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On January 18, 2025, Thomas Plamberger and his girlfriend Kerstin Gurtner began climbing the tallest mountain in Austria. But when they were almost to the top, they got stuck. One year later, prosecutors filed charges against Thomas for Kerstin’s death.
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The Poison Squad

Episode #364

2026-05-08 05:00:00

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In 1902, twelve young men volunteered for a government experiment. They agreed to eat food laced with chemicals like formaldehyde, borax, and salicylic acid every day, for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They were called The Poison Squad.
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Poisoned

Episode #363

2026-05-01 05:00:08

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In January 1993, a lot of children started showing up at Seattle Children’s Hospital with the same unusual symptoms. Doctors didn't know what was going on – until they realized that most of the children had recently eaten at the same restaurant: Jack in the Box.
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The Numbers

Episode #362

2026-04-24 05:00:12

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When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they hadn’t prepared themselves for how hard it would be. They had trouble finding steady work. So, Fannie found a way to take care of her family. She started small, but built a robust and lucrative operation… a business that a lot of people knew about but no one talked about.
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Unwarranted

Episode #361

2026-04-17 05:00:03

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On the morning of May 20, 1957, a bomb exploded under Don King’s front porch. Police got a tip that they should search the home of someone he knew - a woman named Dollree Mapp. But when they got there, she refused to let them in.