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    19.04.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    When he was 14 years old, Ron Bishop testified in a murder trial. Decades later, he told an investigator everything he said on the stand was a lie – and that it was just what he was told to say.

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available. 

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    12.04.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    When people started saying that John D. Rockefeller Jr. was responsible for the deaths of two women and 11 children near a coal mine in Colorado, he decided to do something unusual. He hired “the father of public relations.”

    Scott Martelle’s book is Blood Passion: The Ludlow Massacre and Class War in the American West.

    Amy Westervelt’s podcast is called Drilled.

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available. 

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    05.04.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    Sultan Alam was the first Pakistani officer to join the traffic department of the Cleveland Police in the UK. He was harassed at work and complained to his senior officers about it. Then his coworkers showed up at his house to arrest him.

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.

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    22.03.2024 - 10:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    For almost thirty years, Adolfo Kaminsky lived quietly, forging documents for people all over the world. It started when he was 18.

    Sarah Kaminsky’s book is Adolfo Kaminsky: A Forger’s Life.

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.

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    15.03.2024 - 10:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    As the famous English actor William Macready was preparing to go on stage in New York, over 300 police officers were placed in and around the theater. “But the head of the police said, ‘I don’t know that that’s going to be enough people.’” 

    Karl Kippola’s book is called Acts of Manhood: The Performance of Masculinity on the American Stage, 1828–1865.

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available.

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    08.03.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal
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    01.03.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal
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    23.02.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    “I never did anything wrong. I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.” We speak with Toby Dorr, who started a prison dog training program in 2004. That’s how she met John Manard. 

    Toby Dorr’s memoir is Living With Conviction.

    This episode was originally released in 2019.

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available. 

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    16.02.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    “The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he might kill one of the innocent people. But after waiting for a long time, I asked the police: ‘Let me see if I can talk to the guy.’”

    For decades, TV news reporter Russ Ewing stood beside more than 100 people — at their request — as they surrendered to the police.

    Thanks to CBC Licensing.

    This episode was first released in 2020.

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    09.02.2024 - 11:00 - Quelle: Criminal

    In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.”

    Check out Skip Hollandsworth’s Texas Monthly article, “The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob.”

    Episode transcript will be posted here as soon as it is available. 

    This episode was first released in 2020. 

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