Criminal

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Criminal is an award-winning podcast about crime. Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.

Criminal is an award-winning podcast about crime. Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.

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166 Pieces

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Episode 112: The Mail
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Sarah Garone was 13 years old, she received something very strange in the mail. She didn’t know who it was from, or why they would have sent i...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 25:31
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 111: Silvon Simmons
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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“My first instinct, to be honest, was they shot this guy and now there’s a coverup.” -Liz Riley, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County P...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:22
Episode 110: Baby Snatcher
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Georgia Tann of Memphis, Tennessee bragged that she had a rigorous selection process that matched the perfect child with the perfect home.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 36:44
Episode 109: Homewrecker
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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It’s one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It’s another thing to try to ruin that stranger’s life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 23:08
Episode 108: The Numbers
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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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 find...

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  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 107: The Widow and the Winchester
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Sarah Winchester’s husband died, she inherited millions from the family business: the manufacture of the famous Winchester Rifle. A medium rep...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 22:25
Episode 106: Linda
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In a suburb outside of Salt Lake City, a 69-year-old woman named Linda Gillman hired a man named Christian Olsen to do some repairs on her condo. A...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 29:20
Episode 103: Get Out of My House
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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On a hot summer day in 1978, a group of friends started renovating an old house in a neighborhood in Atlanta called Little Five Points. The home be...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 24:56
Episode 102: Ride-Along
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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We spend the day in a police car in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 30:50
Bonus Episode: The Bark
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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A story about doing things a little differently.

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  • Added: Jun 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 105: Protection
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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John “Sonny” Franzese was once described as “largely responsible for the glamorization of the Mafia over the past century.” He’d been active in the...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 23:46
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 104: Witness
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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We speak to a man who has given thousands of people new names, told them where they would live, and warned them they could never go back home.

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  • Added: Jun 06, 2019
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 101: The Fox
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. When Martin McNally met another plane hijacker in prison...

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  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 22:48
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 100: Ten Thousand Feet in the Air
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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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.

Bought by ABC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 31:31
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 99: Racehorse Haynes
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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There is nothing Richard “Racehorse” Haynes wouldn’t do to win a case. He once held a cattle prod against his skin. He cross examined an empty chai...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 27:54
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 98: The Doctors
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Three of America’s most experienced trauma surgeons speak with us about what happens when someone is shot.

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 20:36
Episode 97: Palace of Justice
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old, he prosecuted his very first trial. There were 22 defendants, each of them high-ranking members of Nazi Ger...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 25:23
Episode 96: On the Run
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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When Tyler Wetherall was a kid, her mother and father packed up the family car and drove through the night. They were on the run from the FBI. And ...

Bought by ABC and KSFR


  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 26:41
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 95: The Job
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Not long into his job as prison superintendent, Frank Thompson was asked to write the manual on lethal injection for the state of Oregon. Capital p...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 27:04
Episode 94: The Chase
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Mark Roberts has attended almost every major sporting event in the world. And he’s been escorted off the field almost every time.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 21:20

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