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 73: Carry A. Nation
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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At the turn of the century, Carry Nation was “America’s foremost lady hellraiser” and “the apostle of reform violence.” In her own words, she was “...

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 23:24
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 71: A Bump in the Night
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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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....

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 17:55
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 70: The Procedure
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to help women quietly break the law and obtain an abortion. The first step was to call a pho...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 23:33
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 69: Becoming Chief Brown
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Shortly after David Brown was sworn in as the Dallas Chief of Police, his son shot and killed a police officer. Just before he retired as chief, 5 ...

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  • Added: Jan 08, 2018
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 68: All the Time in the World
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The “body farm” at Texas State University is a place almost no one except researchers and law enforcement is able to see, because it’s one of very ...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 31:13
Episode 66: Bully
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Skidmore, Missouri is a very small town. In the ’70s, there was only one bar, one grocery store, and one bully. Ken McElroy was so ruthless and int...

  • Added: May 08, 2017
  • Length: 27:10
Episode 65: The Kingfish
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1928, Huey P. Long became the youngest Governor in Louisiana’s history. He bragged that he bought lawmakers like “sacks of potatoes, shuffled ‘e...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2017
  • Length: 26:14
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 64: 420
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state’s highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419...

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  • Added: Apr 09, 2017
  • Length: 15:56
  • Purchases: 5
Episode 63: Rochester, 1991
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Kim Dadou says she wishes she had a nickel for every person who has asked why she didn’t leave her abusive boyfriend. They stayed together for four...

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  • Added: Mar 17, 2017
  • Length: 26:32
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 62: Wildin
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2014, 16-year-old Wildin Acosta left Olancho, Honduras and traveled toward the U.S. border. When he arrived, he turned himself in to border patr...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 22:47
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 61: Vanish
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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People have faked death to escape criminal convictions, debts, and their spouses. In 2007, a man named Amir Vehabovic faked his death just to see w...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 24:30
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 60: Finding Sarah and Philip
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2005, Teri Knight drove 650 miles on midwestern roads through Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois, pleading with the public to help her do what law...

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  • Added: Mar 05, 2017
  • Length: 19:39
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 59: In Plain Sight
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 1849, abolitionist and attorney Wendell Phillips wrote: “We should look in vain through the most trying times of our revolutionary history for a...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:37
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 50: This Is Criminal
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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To celebrate Criminal’s 50th episode, we check in with some of our most memorable guests including Fran Schindler from Episode 17: “Final Exit,” Da...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 36:34
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 49: The Editor
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In November of 1988, Robin Woods was sentenced to sixteen years in the notoriously harsh Maryland Correctional Institution. In prison, Robin found ...

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2017
  • Length: 27:37
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 58: Walnut Grove
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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In 2010, Michael McIntosh’s son was incarcerated at the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in the small town of Walnut Grove, Mississippi. On...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 32:55
Episode 57: Everyday Genius
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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To close out 2016, we’re bringing you two lighter stories of people exhibiting everyday genius under. . . unusual circumstances. Comedian Dave Holm...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 18:44
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 56: Don't Let Me See You In The Whirl
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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Since 1938, a weekly African-American owned newspaper called The Evening Whirl has covered crime in St. Louis with a style all its own, using allit...

  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 16:14
Episode 55: The Shell Game
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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The Magic Castle in Hollywood has been a private club for magicians since 1963, and its walls are lined with portraits of magicians past and presen...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 15:42
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 54: Melinda and Clarence
From: Criminal
Series: Criminal
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SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to Episode 53: Melinda and Judy before you listen to this. This is the second episode of a two-part story. Melinda...

Bought by ABC and WFAE


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: 31:45
  • Purchases: 2

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