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Criminal & Radiotopia

Criminal is a podcast about crime. Not so much the "if it bleeds, it leads," kind of crime. Something a little more complex. Stories of people who've done wrong, been wronged, and/or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. We are a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.

Episodes

Episode 153: The Max Headroom Incident

Nov 20 2020 • 1563 MIN

One Sunday night in November 1987, something very odd happened in the middle of the nine o’clock news in Chicago. As one television viewer said, it felt like someone threw "a brick through your win...

Episode 152: The Clearwater Monster

Nov 13 2020 • 1917 MIN

Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clearwater, Florida. The caller said he’d seen something strange at the beach. Residents woke up that morning t...

Episode 151: The Many Lives of Michael Malloy

Nov 6 2020 • 1909 MIN

In 1932, a group of men in a speakeasy in New York City hatched a plan — to take out life insurance on a loner named Michael Malloy, and make his death look like an accident. They thought it would ...

Episode 150: 76th and Yates

Oct 23 2020 • 2048 MIN

On May 8, 2013, a man named Timothy Jones was arrested in Chicago. He says it wasn’t until he got to the police station that he found out that he was being charged with murder. He didn’t even know ...

Episode 149: Dr. Parkman is Missing

Oct 9 2020 • 2351 MIN

In the mid-1800s, Harvard Medical School had a reputation for being a "den of body snatchers." And then, in November 1849, the school’s most prominent supporter went missing. He was last seen walki...

Episode 148: Errol Morris

Sep 25 2020 • 2663 MIN

Early in his career, Errol Morris read about a shocking series of alleged insurance crimes in Florida. When he told an insurance investigator he wanted to go to Florida to make a documentary, the i...