Criminal

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Criminal is a podcast about crime. Not so much the “if it bleeds, it leads,” kind of crime but something a little more complex. Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. The show’s producers are full-time radio people, but Criminal is what we do when we go home at night. 

To contact the show's creators, email thisiscriminal@gmail.com.

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166 Pieces

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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38 Pieces

Stories of sacrifice, obsession, and the ways in which we make it up as we go along.


Pieces

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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