Criminal

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Into the Vault

Episode #284

2024-09-13 05:00:21

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In the summer of 1975, two best friends attempted a robbery unlike any they’d ever pulled off before. Their target: the mob.
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The Petition

Episode #283

2024-09-06 05:00:22

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When Madison Smith went to her county attorney’s office to talk about her rape case, he told her he wouldn't bring a rape charge. Then she discovered a loophole in an old Kansas law.
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Hot Lotto

Episode #282

2024-08-23 05:00:19

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In 2010, a $16.5 million Hot Lotto ticket was sold at a gas station in Des Moines, Iowa. At first, no one showed up to claim the prize. Things got very strange.
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Big Fish

Episode #281

2024-08-16 05:00:25

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Two men turned in the winning catch at a Lake Erie fishing tournament. But when the tournament director squeezed one of their fish - he felt something inside. 
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Ana

Episode #280

2024-08-09 05:00:21

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Phoebe: Are there a lot of spies in this country today?

Scott: Far more than people can probably even imagine. You can't rule anybody out. You never know what it is that motivates people to do this.


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Trouble in Flamingo

Episode #279

2024-08-02 05:00:15

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“If you’re working alone in the wilderness, no witnesses, and the people that you’re going up to are armed, it’s really dangerous.”
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Millions of Pills

Episode #278

2024-07-26 05:00:16

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“There was a saying I heard a few times: ‘under the influence, above the law.’ And I think that describes the mindset of a certain type of fraternity guy.” 
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Los Hipopótamos

Episode #277

2024-07-19 05:00:01

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In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar smuggled four hippopotamuses into Colombia for a zoo on his ranch. After he was killed, the hippos were left on their own.
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The Disappearance of Leslie Arnold

Episode #276

2024-07-12 05:00:16

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In 1967, a 24-year-old named Leslie Arnold escaped from prison. The FBI looked for him for years. And then, in 2022, a U.S. Marshal got a message from his son.
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Ten Thousand Feet in the Air

Episode #275

2024-07-05 05:00:29

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On the afternoon of June 23rd, 1972, Martin McNally walked into the St. Louis airport with a wig, a sawed-off rifle, and a plan.
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State of North Carolina v. Joan Little

Episode #274

2024-06-28 05:00:39

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When Karen Bethea-Shields was in college, she heard a judge say, “No way in the world a Black woman can get raped.” A few years later, in 1975, she helped successfully defend Joan Little—a Black woman—who became the first woman in the U.S. to be found not guilty of murder using the defense that she used deadly force to resist sexual assault.
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The Demon Spread

Episode #273

2024-06-21 05:00:00

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“The ingenuity of depraved human genius has culminated in the production of margarine.”
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One Troy

Episode #272

2024-06-14 05:00:24

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The Lawrence H. Woodward funeral home in Brooklyn has been run by one family for generations, and has handled many funerals for victims of violent crime.
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11 to 1

Episode #271

2024-06-07 05:00:47

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When JonRe Taylor was called for jury duty in 2007, she voted ‘not guilty’ on every charge. But the defendant was convicted and sent to prison anyway.
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The Six

Episode #270

2024-05-24 05:00:56

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In 1989, three people confessed to participating in a murder. Eventually, a total of six people were arrested. But when DNA tests were run on crime scene evidence almost 20 years later - the results showed that none of them had been there at all.
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Type B

Episode #269

2024-05-17 05:00:57

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Six people were arrested for a murder in Nebraska. Some said they couldn't remember details of the crime, or being there at all - but then they began to have dreams about it.