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Nov 18

Criminal

read Episode 201: The Tylenol Murders (11.18.2022) On September 29, 1982, Adam Janus suddenly collapsed in his home outside of Chicago. He died within hours. Later that same day, in the same house, his brother also collapsed — then his sister-in-law. All three of them had been healthy. Nobody could figure out what was going on. Stacy St. Clair and Christy Gutowski...
Nov 04

Criminal

read Episode 200: We Interrupt This Program (11.4.2022) On a Saturday night, in February 1949, the music programming on one of the most popular radio stations in Quito, Ecuador was interrupted with an urgent news bulletin: strange objects in the sky that looked like large disks with bright lights were using a powerful ray to destroy a nearby city.
Oct 21

Criminal

read Episode 199: Ghostwatch (10.21.2022) On Halloween night, in 1992, an unusual television special aired on the BBC. Nobody expected what happened next.
Oct 07

Criminal

read Episode 198: The Hammersmith Ghost (10.7.2022) In the winter of 1803, residents outside of London reported strange encounters with a ghost. Some said it looked like Napoleon Bonaparte, or a horse without a head. Others said the ghost breathed fire and smoke. By Christmas, there was a “full-scale phantom panic.” Shortly after the New Year, one man decided he’d stop the...
Sep 23

Criminal

read Episode 197: Mantrap (9.23.2022) Ed and Bertha Briney’s unoccupied farmhouse was reportedly broken into 50 times over 10 years. They put up “No Trespassing” signs, repeatedly complained to sheriffs in two different counties, nailed doors shut, and boarded up windows - but nothing worked. So they decided to try something else.
Sep 09

Criminal

read Episode 196: Hungryland (9.8.2022) In March of this year, a biologist working in a nature preserve in Florida saw an alligator swimming along a canal with something in its mouth. When she looked closer, she realized it was a human arm.
Aug 19

Criminal

read Episode 195: The Procedure (8.19.2022) In 1967, a very unlikely group of individuals gathered to quietly break the law and help facilitate abortions. They established a phone number. When you called it, a recording of a woman's voice would tell you what to do next.
Aug 05

Criminal

read Episode 194: The Divorce Colony (8.5.2022) 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 keep it up anymore, and bought a train ticket to a place called...
Jul 22

Criminal

read Episode 193: A Ring and a Bottle (7.22.2022) 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 wasn’t interested in getting married. But eventually, she agreed to anyway. When she returned home from her honeymoon, she learned her husband was suspected of murder.
Jul 08

Criminal

read Episode 192: The Devil’s Hole Pupfish (7.8.2022) There is a cave in the middle of the Mojave Desert called Devil's Hole. It's home to a small iridescent blue fish, called the Devil's Hole pupfish - and you can't find them anywhere else in the world. There are fences, cameras, and motion sensors for security. In 2016, three men rammed the fences and broke in.

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