Episode #265
2024-04-19 05:00:13
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When he was 14 years old, Ron Bishop testified in a murder trial. Decades later, he told an investigator everything he said on the stand was a lie – and that it was just what he was told to say.
Episode #264
2024-04-12 05:00:05
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When people started saying that John D. Rockefeller Jr. was responsible for the deaths of two women and 11 children near a coal mine in Colorado, he decided to do something unusual. He hired “the father of public relations.”
Episode #263
2024-04-05 05:00:10
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Sultan Alam was the first Pakistani officer to join the traffic department of the Cleveland Police in the UK. He was harassed at work and complained to his senior officers about it. Then his coworkers showed up at his house to arrest him.
Episode #262
2024-03-22 05:00:22
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For almost thirty years, Adolfo Kaminsky lived quietly, forging documents for people all over the world.
Episode #261
2024-03-15 05:00:27
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As the famous English actor William Macready was preparing to go on stage in New York, over 300 police officers were placed in and around the theater. “But the head of the police said, ‘I don't know that that's going to be enough people.’”
Episode #260
2024-03-08 05:00:14
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In the early 1920s, painters at a watch dial factory in New Jersey started to get sick. No one could tell them why.
Episode #259
2024-03-01 05:00:00
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In 1974, musician Connie Converse drove away from home and was never heard from again.
Episode #258
2024-02-23 05:00:38
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“I never did anything wrong. I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.”
Episode #257
2024-02-16 05:00:01
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For decades, TV news reporter Russ Ewing stood beside more than 100 people — at their request — as they surrendered to the police.
Episode #256
2024-02-09 05:00:46
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In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.”
Episode #255
2024-02-02 05:00:14
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A conversation with a 911 operator about what happens on the other end of the line – and the day she heard her daughter's voice on the phone.
Episode #254
2024-01-26 05:00:15
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Martin Abramowitz knew that his father had worked at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, but he always thought he hadn’t been there the day the building caught fire. Then he found out that a man with his father’s name had testified at the factory owners' trial.
Episode #253
2024-01-19 05:00:14
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When Aaron Quinn called the Vallejo police to report that his girlfriend Denise Huskins had been kidnapped, and went into the station for questioning, a detective told Aaron that he didn't believe him. When Denise was released after being held captive for about 48 hours, police didn't believe her either. It soon became clear that the police viewed Denise and Aaron as suspects, not victims.
Episode #252
2024-01-19 04:59:12
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“I think it was around 3:00 a.m., and that’s when I heard a strange man’s voice waking me from sleep.”
Episode #251
2024-01-12 05:00:29
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In 2016, the FBI attaché in Pretoria, South Africa, got a phone call from a woman asking the FBI to investigate the death of her friend, Bianca Rudolph. Bianca had died on a hunting trip in Zambia’s Kafue National Park, but her friend didn't think it was an accident.
Episode #250
2024-01-05 05:00:36
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Ken Eto worked for the Chicago mafia for over 30 years - the FBI estimated that he made millions of dollars a year for them. But in 1983, the mob turned on him.