As Vice Week wraps up here at The Indicator, we wanted to take a slightly different perspective on the evolving business of crime and take a look at TRUE crime. As in the genre. Because look, people are obsessed with it! Today on the show, our hosts favorite pieces of true crime content. Darian Woods: The Economist’s <a href="https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/scam-inc"target="_blank" >Scam Inc</a>.Wailin Wong: Wednesday Journal’s <a href="https://www.oakpark.com/2017/07/25/a-tangled-mess/"target="_blank" >A tangled mess</a> Adrian Ma: Philadelphia Inquirer’s <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/crime/dime-theft-philadelphia-suspect-court-hearing-20250225.html"target="_blank" >Dime Heist story</a> Related episodes: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5561881/fighting-ai-with-ai"target="_blank" >Fighting AI with AI</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5563884/whats-supercharging-data-breaches"target="_blank" >What’s supercharging data breaches?</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5553663/when-cartels-start-to-diversify"target="_blank" >When cartels start to diversify</a> For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>. Fact-checking by <a href="https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez"target="_blank" >Sierra Juarez</a>. Music by <a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"target="_blank" >Drop Electric</a>. Find us: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"target="_blank" >TikTok</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"target="_blank" >Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"target="_blank" >Facebook</a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"target="_blank" >Newsletter</a>. Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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