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- 30th December 2000, in Setagaya Japan, the Miyazawa family were preparing for the upcoming festivities. Tragically, however, the family wouldn't live to see the new year because that night they were all brutally murdered in their own home. A pl
- Laura discusses 39-year-old French TV and film producer Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s brutal murder with actor, director, producer, author and true crime aficionada Alison Sweeney.On the morning of December 23 1996, Sophie’s body was found by h
- Laura continues the discussion with actor, director, producer, author and true crime aficionada Alison Sweeney about Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s brutal murder.Sophie’s body was found at the bottom of the driveway to her holiday home in Schull
- Laura and former New York City Prosecutor and retired FBI profiler Jim Clemente forensically deconstruct and profile Sophie Toscan Du Plantier’s brutal murder.We pool our collective knowledge and experience of 60 years analysing serious and v
- Laura interviews former LA prosecutor and legal expert Loni Coombs about her new documentary Murdered and Missing Montana. Gabby Petito’s case received a lot of media attention – and started a conversation about the fact that Native American wo
- When 22-year-old Gabby Petito disappeared in September 2021 there was national and international media coverage, and rightly so. However, when her body was found in Wyoming it brought into sharp relief the 715 indigenous people, 466 who were wo
- In this short update Laura shares the good news and explains why it is so important that dangerous domestic abusers will be included on the violent and sexual offender register as well as further detail about the law reform.Announcing the re
- In this episode Laura talks with special guest Henry Riley, LBC journalist, about Sarah Everard’s abduction, rape and murder by Wayne Couzens, a Metropolitan Police officer.What followed was a nationwide outpouring of grief, shock and anger.
- On today's episode, Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh cover the death of Sandra Bland. Additional research of this case was provided by Carrie Medlin. Help is available for anyone who is suffering from suicidal thoughts, cal
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined by Dr. Marcia Chatelain today to discuss The Murder of Martin Luther King Jr. If you have a question for Rabia and Ellyn leave them a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/solvethe
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined today by Maz Jobrani to discuss The Murder of Malcolm X.If you have a question for Rabia and Ellyn leave them a voicemail at https://www.speakpipe.com/solvethecase or send them an e
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined today by James Roday to discuss Part I of their two-part series on the murder of Brittany Stykes. Anyone with information about The murder of Brittany Stykes is asked to contact Sg
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined today by Brittany’s family, David, Mary and Emily Dodson to discuss Part II of their two-part series on The murder of Brittany Stykes. Anyone with information about The murder of Br
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined today by Andy Richter to discuss Part I of their two-part series on the Meredith Kercher case and wrongful conviction Amanda Knox with Andy Richter .If you have a question for Rabia
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined today by Andy Richter to discuss Part II of their two-part series on the Meredith Kercher case and wrongful conviction Amanda Knox with Andy Richter.If you have a question for Rabia
- Rabia Chaudry and Ellyn Marsh are joined today by true crime expert, Sarah Cailean to discuss the infamous unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short otherwise known as The Black Dahlia.If you have a question for Rabia and Ellyn l
- Today's case spans more than 40 years. In the first of two parts, we take you back to 1981 and the senseless rape and murder of Sonia Stone, a young mother living with her daughter in the tony town of Carmel by the Sea on the California coast.
- In October 1981 in the small town of Carmel, California, a young mother named Sonia Stone is raped and murdered in her home. The prime suspect is her neighbor, Michael Glazebrook. He is tried for the crimes but the trial ends in a hung jury. In
- When forensic specialist Paul Holes arrives at the scene of a violent attack, he immediately collects and compares all the evidence to build a case against the attacker. What he finds both shocks and surprises him - and teaches him a lesson tha
- A predator hides behind her gender and her husband's profession to keep targeting victims. A frustrated detective exhausts every lead until he has what he needs to put her away. Today's story is one of persistence and believing the victims. It'
- One fall afternoon a man decides to inflict as much damage as possible on his small town.Guest: Co-Host Detective Dave.Dave began his career in law enforcement in 2007. Before his recent promotion to Sergeant, he spent six years as a detective
- An estranged spouse calls 911 to say she shot her husband in self-defense. But as detectives look at the crime scene and begin digging into the history of the relationship, they start to doubt the caller’s story. Was this a fatal case of domest
- Detective Dan gets called to an apartment complex to investigate a hit and run. But he quickly discovers there’s much more to the case than just property damage, when a young girl in the house discloses that she was touched inappropriately duri
- In today's briefing, we discuss the case law that defines what is considered reasonable when a police officer uses force. These cases are used by departments nationwide as a foundation for use of force policies. The two specific cases you'll he
- Police discover the body of a woman near the bottom of a flight of the stairs that lead to her bedroom. She’s been shot in the head and the main suspect is the man she just broke up with. Her young children are also in the house, hiding in a cl
- In a split second, your entire life can change. Detective Aaron is a school resource officer. As he does his daily patrol, he stops a man who appears out of place near the local high school. Indeed, this routine stop turns dangerous as the man,
- A man calls 911 to say his toddler is in distress: he's not breathing. As paramedics rush to the scene, so does Detective Terry. He knows for this kind of incident, it is all hands on deck. As he begins to investigate what happened, a series of
- In Pt. 1, Detective Justin gets an early morning call to respond to a community garden where a man's body is found slumped over at the base of a tree. The first assumption is this is a tragic, but all too common suicide. But the evidence starts
- In the conclusion of One Dark Night, Detective Justin has identified his suspect in the senseless murder of Larry, who provided security for a community garden in Justin's small town. As Justin closes in on the suspect, the stakes couldn’t be h
- Crime scene investigations are rarely as dramatic - and definitive - as what you see on TV shows like CSI. That does not make them any less crucial to solving the case. Host Paul Holes takes us through a case he worked on in the late 1990s, whe
- Detective Matt returns to share his more than year-long undercover investigation into a fringe environmental group with dangerous designs on an upcoming political convention. This is the kind of story we never get to hear. Told by a detective w
- Detective Dan takes us on an epic small-town manhunt as he tracks down a notorious car thief who makes the mistake of stealing the rims off a teenager's prized possession: his first car. This one has it all: burner phones, face tattoos, and a g
- Cops and defense attorneys sit on opposite sides in the courtroom. So, what happens when you put them at the same table? In today's briefing, we find out. Detective Dave welcomes Public Defender Lissa to talk about why she left the prosecutor's
- In today's briefing, Defense Attorney Lissa returns for another civilized, yet provocative, discussion about the inner workings of the justice system. How does a defense attorney prepare the jury? What does she tell her client when the prosecut
- In today's briefing: You've got a suspect in the interview room. Do you want to break them down? Or build them up? Do you want a confession? Or to catch them in a lie? Detectives Dave and Dan walk you through their interview techniques and disc
- In today's briefing, Detective Dave digs into his years of experience to talk about online safety for kids, and how parents can better understand the brave new world of apps and platforms where some children are at risk of abuse. Hosted on Acas
- In today's briefing, Detectives Dave and Dan, and forensic investigator Paul Holes, share personal stories of traumatic events they experienced on the job that left them struggling with post-traumatic stress. Joined by guest host Yeardley Smith
- Detective Dan talks about a case that has haunted him for years. A young woman is attacked while in the home of a well-to-do couple. She breaks free and scrambles to a neighbor's house to call for help. Dan is the first officer on scene and his
- Forensic specialist Paul Holes recalls the case of a mass-murdering stockbroker bent on stealing his clients' money to start a new cult. The plan goes horribly wrong, as does the initial forensic investigation. Guest: Paul HolesPaul Holes is a
- In another stunning case from fan-favorite Sgt. Robert, a mother and child are rushed to the hospital in what appears to be the case of a childbirth gone wrong. But almost immediately, emergency staff begin to question whether the woman was eve
- A serial killer is loose in the early 1980s. His attacks are increasingly brutal and his choice of victim is seemingly random. Then, after he commits his crimes he does something confounding: He calls the police and, while seeming to cry, asks
- A tip comes in about the possible murder of a young woman. If true, police have a pretty good idea who did it. But solving a case in the right way is far trickier than acting on a hunch. And so begins Detective Brad's long journey to try to fin
- Detective Brad continues the painstaking work of building a case against a murderer. But even when he thinks the job is done, there is still more to do: He wants to get closure for the victim's family. Is that even possible? This is part Two of
- Shanetta was stalked by a man attempting to take control of her house.After purchasing her first home, Shanetta received disturbing letters in the mail from someone claiming ownership of the land on which the property was built.Soon after,
- Jennifer was stalked by a high school classmate.When Jennifer was fourteen, a classmate sent her notes in class, walked to her house after school, followed her, and called her regularly - but she ignored him. She told her parents and school c
- After quitting her job and moving to a new town, Skylar began receiving a series of anonymous emails.The e-mails became vulgar and explicit, asking her to hook up and describing the fantasy of breaking into her house and raping her.When Sky
- Angela was stalked by a man she barely knew.After exchanging contact information with a security guard in her neighborhood, the man started sending her bizarre messages that she ignored, and neighbors mentioned he was acting strangely. Soon a
- Samantha is being stalked by her husband’s ex-girlfriend.After Samantha found out she was pregnant, her husband told her his ex-girlfriend had been stalking him, his friends, and his family. His stalker constantly blew up his phone, spreading
- Nicole Madigan was stalked for over three years by a woman who was obsessed with her.Working as a journalist, Nicole turned her ordeal into a memoir. Part investigation and part expert analysis, Nicole used her own story to examine the psycho
- Tara was stalked by a Facebook follower.Tara's fiance started getting messages on Facebook from someone she didn't know, and soon after, they started getting numerous texts from various numbers. They changed their numbers, but the texts only
- Sarah was stalked by a woman she met through social media.A follower commented on Sarah’s Facebook post asking to meet, and because she was female, Sarah didn’t see any red flags. They became friends, but things quickly turned toxic and escal
- Renee met her stalker during her Sophomore year in college. They were acquaintances, and she mentioned the vacant apartment across from hers. So he moved in immediately, and she often found him staring at her intensely. He also changed his cl
- Nina Hobson is a former UK police detective who became the target of a man she had arrested for stalking another victim.After his arrest, he turned his obsession to Nina, sending letters of his fantasies to murder her. Nina left the police fo
- Amber and Athena were stalked by the same man – their ex-husband. Both women separately met and married a man who lied about who he was and then stalked them when theyleft him. Athena met and married the man first, and when the relationshi
- Amber was stalked by an obsessed coworker.Amber's female coworker took a romantic interest in her, showing up at places she would be and even befriending her grandmother. Amber made it clear that she didn't want her coworker to contact her or
- Patrick Brady is a criminologist and university professor who studies stalking behavior and its impact on victims.We discuss some cases he's worked on, types of technology used by stalkers, common stalking behaviors, and how the justice syste
- Shelly is currently being stalked by an ex-boyfriend.After they broke up, he used an extra set of keys to enter her flat and place things around that would remind her of him. He also left lights on, ate her food, moved stuff in the cupboards,
- Lucy Walsh is being stalked by a stranger who hitchhiked from Minnesota to Los Angeles to marry her.He showed up at her father's house first, but when that didn't work, he found her address online and showed up there. When he couldn't break i
- On a hot summer night last July in a small town in east Texas, sisters Zi’Ariel Robinson-Oliver, 9, A’Miyah Hughes, 8, and Te’Mari Robinson-Oliver, 5, were reported missing by their babysitter. Their mother Shommaonique Oliver-Wickerson rushed
- We welcome back Amara Cofer, host of the podcast Black Girl Gone https://www.blackgirlgonepodcast.com/ to help us discuss the terrible murders of three young sisters in Atlanta, Texas: Zi’Ariel Robinson-Oliver, 9, A’Miyah Hughes, 8, and Te’Mari
- The truth of what really happened to Daniel Robinson is out there, but we need your help to find it. The twenty-four year old geologist was last seen on June 23, 2021, around 9am, driving away from his job site where he was taking water reading
- We continue our interview with David Robinson, who describes what it is like for him with the one year anniversary of his son Daniel's disappearance approaching on June 23rd. Jim and Laura discuss key lines of investigation. David also tells us
- The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, the spiritual leader of Tibet Buddhism is beloved by millions around the world for his compassion and his teachings of non violence. Known as His Holiness, to the public, his gentle nature, grandfatherly a
- What is wrong with the Metropolitan Police Force? 5 words: Defensiveness, Denial, Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny. Prompted by the murder of 33 year old Sarah Everard who was abducted, raped and strangled by a London Metropolitan Police officer
- On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire broke out in the Sodder family home destroying the entire house and taking five of the nine children with it. Shortly after the fire, and due to some VERY strange evidence, the father of the family started to beli
- The Secret Service is known for its VIP protection unit but it also investigates international crimes, including hacking cases. On this episode, we feature a Secret Service agent who helped nab one of the biggest hackers in the world, Roman Sel
- Michele Rigby Assad joined the CIA just weeks after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and spent much of the next decade working undercover in the Middle East.In 2007, she helped investigate an ambush in Iraq that killed an American woman. H
- On this episode, FBI agent Eric O'Neill goes undercover to catch a suspected spy in the bureau: Robert Hanssen. O'Neill is just 26 at the time. Hanssen turns out to be one of the most damaging spies in U.S. history.This is part one of a two-
- This is part two of Eric O'Neill's story. O'Neill was an FBI agent who went undercover to catch a suspected spy in the bureau: Robert Hanssen. If you haven't signed up for our newsletter yet, go to https://foreignpolicy.com/ispynewsletter/.
- The FBI's Ali Soufan specialized in Al Qaeda investigations both before and after the attacks of September 11th. In 2002 he was sent to question Abu Zubaydah, a high-level jihadi captured in Pakistan. But after several rounds of interrogation a
- Jay Dobyns was a special agent for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. In 2002, he infiltrated the Hells Angels biker gang and spent two years undercover—a period in which he says he worried every single day about getting e
- FBI special agent George Piro spent seven months interrogating deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, establishing a rapport and then getting him to reveal the truth about the country's weapons of mass destruction.Check out I Spy's merch by g
- Mubin Shaikh poses as a Muslim extremist to nab Canadians who planned to stage large-scale attacks on government targets. The group he infiltrated would come to be known as the Toronto 18.This season, there’s more I Spy with I Spy Plus. Get ad
- Martha Peterson handled one of the most valuable Soviet spies of the Cold War, code-named TRIGON—until the KGB got wind of the operation. Peterson was a young undercover officer working at the American embassy in Moscow in the mid-70s. She was
- This week, Hadley shares the tale of the Villisca Axe Murder House in Villisca, Iowa, and unpacks the true crime event that turned the domestic symbol of the American dream into a nightmare. A quaint farmhouse built in 1868, the home is forever
- In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York at 1 Laveta Place. It didn’t go as planned. There were stories of ghosts, and the house became the center of a case that’s referred to as “The Ghostbusters ruling.
- In 1895, Blanche Chesebrough moved into a small apartment in Gramercy Park, in New York City. She brought a portrait of her parents, a vase for flowers, and her piano. She later said, “music had been my one absorbing interest,” and that she was
- This episode picks up where Episode 193 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order.Blanche Molineux visited her husband while he was in prison for murder to keep up what she called the “ghastly pretense.” But eventually, she couldn’t kee
- In February of 1910, members of the Music Hall Ladies Guild in London received a strange letter from their treasurer – a singer who went by the name Belle Elmore. It said that she suddenly had to travel to the United States, and that she was re
- When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August of 2021, they unlocked the prisons and freed prisoners, some of whom sought revenge on the women judges who convicted them. We speak with some of the judges in today’s episode.Say hello on
- On October 4, 1960, Eastern Airlines Flight 375 took off from Boston’s Logan airport, and then, two minutes later, it crashed. 62 people died. Investigators couldn't figure out what had happened, and they decided to ask a scientist working at t
- In 2016, a man named Anthony Novak created a parody Facebook page of his local police department. "I just thought, 'That would be funny.'" About a month later, he was arrested. Novak is now petitioning the Supreme Court, and The Onion submitted
- In 1911, two sisters traveled to Seattle to meet a "doctor" named Linda Hazzard. The sisters didn’t seem very sick, but when they arrived, Dr. Hazzard told them they didn’t have a moment to lose – they needed to begin her treatment right away.
- Iceland is one of the most peaceful countries in the world, but people there love to read about crime. Even the Prime Minister of Iceland has written a crime novel. We stopped by her office to ask why.Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir and Rag
- In 1916, two British soldiers were held captive in a remote prisoner-of-war camp. People said the camp was escape-proof. One day, one of the soldiers received a postcard from his aunt in England, suggesting they try experimenting with a Ouija b
- A little over sixty years ago, there were 250 prison newspapers being published on a regular basis. Today, there are 26. We visit Nash Correctional Institution in North Carolina to meet Phillip Vance Smith, II, the editor of The Nash News.Lear
- In 1934, a man collecting driftwood along the Lake Erie shore found a human torso on the beach. No one could figure out what had happened. Over the next several years, more bodies were discovered. Eventually, a coroner assembled something he ca
- Helen James grew up in a military family — her great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when she enlisted in 1952, she felt like she belonged. Shortly after, she realized she was being watch
- There’s an old sailors’ saying about the ocean at the southernmost part of the world — “below 40 degrees latitude, there is no law; below 50 degrees, there is no God.”David Grann brings us the story of what happened when five British warships
- In the late 1870s, a woman named Sarah Howe started a bank just for single women called the Ladies’ Deposit Company. She asked new customers to tell their friends about the bank rather than advertising in newspapers, and she promised she could
- “What we ask jurors to do is to just absorb all this trauma and just to keep on absorbing it and not process it with anyone. Just hold it in and hold it in and hold it in.” A look at what happens during and after a trial – and how some courts a
- When she was 14 years old, Elizabeth Coppin was sent to a place called Peacock Lane in Cork, Ireland. It was a laundry business run by a Catholic order of nuns. Elizabeth noticed bars on its windows.Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- In 1913, museums and art galleries in London received a memo from the police. It told them to be careful when they let in visitors – women might try to attack the art.Criminal is going back on tour in February! We’ll be telling brand new stori
- Ghosts of Russian soldiers, red eyed creatures made from smoke. These are real life horror stories from soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000's who saw the unexplainable. Have your own story to share, or a request of something you
- This episode is about the supernatural things that happen around the time of someone's death, either leading up to it or right after. We read stories from people who experienced the unexplainable right when their loved one died and hear from tw
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