Episode #354
2026-02-27 05:00:06
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After a gang leader was murdered in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the only witnesses who would talk with the police were tourists. They looked through so-called “mug books” filled with photographs of Asian men - and pointed out a man named Chol Soo Lee. He insisted he was innocent.
Episode #353
2026-02-20 05:00:15
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In 1864, a 41-year-old woman named Mary Surratt was running a boarding house in Washington, D.C. Soon, one of the most famous actors in the country began visiting her – his name was John Wilkes Booth.
Episode #352
2026-02-13 05:00:43
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In the early 2000s, the hip hop group Silibil N’ Brains seemed like they were on the brink of becoming very famous. They had a record deal with Sony, had been on MTV, and were talking about making a TV show. But they weren’t who they said they were.
Episode #351
2026-02-06 05:00:51
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When Mike Williams went missing while duck hunting on Lake Seminole, investigators wondered if he had been eaten by alligators. But Mike’s mother was sure something else had happened.
Episode #350
2026-01-30 05:00:29
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In 1963, Jeanne and Alan Abel went to Washington, DC. They said they were part of a campaign that wanted to put clothes on the first lady’s horse.
Episode #349
2026-01-23 05:00:10
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While investigating a murder, a Polish detective discovered an unusual clue – a novel that contained an odd number of similarities to the real-life crime.
Episode #348
2026-01-16 05:00:08
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One night in 1989, Karen Palmer got in her car with her husband and two daughters and drove away from their home in California. They didn’t tell anyone where they were going.
Episode #347
2026-01-09 05:00:05
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One day in 2011, Lindsey Schweigert’s roommate came home to an open garage, a missing dog, and an overflowing bathtub. Lindsey remembers waking up in police custody.
Episode #346
2025-12-26 05:00:55
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In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, “I thought that all I was going to be doing was writing letters. And lo and behold, two years later, I am in that execution chamber.” When we spoke to her in 2021, she was 81, and had been present at the executions of six men.
Episode #345
2025-12-19 05:00:15
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Stories of animals really going for it.
Episode #344
2025-12-12 05:00:53
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On Christmas morning, Laura Nowlin was in her living room with her infant son. They were getting ready to leave to spend the day with family. Then, Laura heard a knock on the door. She says it sounded frantic.
Episode #343
2025-12-05 05:00:06
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In 1833, a writer named Catharine Williams was working on a new book. It was going to be about a Methodist minister, a mill worker, and a murder.
Episode #342
2025-11-28 05:00:07
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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 investigators found a strange manual - written by someone calling themselves Rex Feral.
Episode #341
2025-11-21 05:00:53
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Scott Darlington ran the post office in a village outside Manchester – until he was accused of theft and fraud. “I started thinking, ‘Maybe I’ve done this and I just haven’t realized that it’s been me.’”
Episode #340
2025-11-14 05:00:06
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When David Hahn was 16, he started working on something that caught the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the FBI.
Episode #339
2025-11-07 05:00:49
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The story of one day in one neighborhood in Chicago – and the people living there who try to stop ICE agents from arresting their neighbors.