Criminal podcast

Criminal

Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

 

#348

The Phone Call

Bow Suprasert had just returned from a trip abroad when she got a strange phone call, sayi... more

19 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:57

19 Sep 2025


#347

The Compound

In 2023, a woman named Jella got a new job. On her first day, she got in a car to go to he... more

12 Sep 2025

37 MINS

37:06

12 Sep 2025


#346

This is Phoebe Judge from the IRS

Phoebe tries to scam an English grandmother named Daisy over the phone. But Daisy isn’t ju... more

05 Sep 2025

39 MINS

39:00

05 Sep 2025


#345

E. Jean

We visited E. Jean Carroll at her house in the woods to talk about her two trials against ... more

22 Aug 2025

43 MINS

43:00

22 Aug 2025


#344

The Bus Ride

Two days after Hurricane Katrina hit, people who lived in the Fischer Housing Projects wer... more

15 Aug 2025

32 MINS

32:01

15 Aug 2025


#343

Kids on the Case

The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmothe... more

08 Aug 2025

34 MINS

34:27

08 Aug 2025


#342

The Clock Starts Ticking

On October 11, 2008, an 18-year-old was shot by someone firing a gun from the back seat of... more

01 Aug 2025

35 MINS

35:09

01 Aug 2025


#341

Death in Eden

In the early 1930s, eight people settled on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos. Within... more

25 Jul 2025

43 MINS

43:47

25 Jul 2025


#340

The Double

In 2023, two men told police the same story: each man said that his name was William Woods... more

18 Jul 2025

36 MINS

36:14

18 Jul 2025


#339

The Man Nobody Killed

On September 15, 1983, Michael Stewart was on his way home from a nightclub when police ar... more

11 Jul 2025

49 MINS

49:24

11 Jul 2025


#338

The Clearwater Monster

Early one morning in 1948, a phone call woke up the police chief in the small town of Clea... more

04 Jul 2025

34 MINS

34:02

04 Jul 2025


#337

Uncle Harold

In 1997, Eric Konigsberg received a strange voicemail from someone in prison — a hit man w... more

27 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:02

27 Jun 2025


#336

By Any Means Necessary

In July 2010, a woman was on vacation with her boyfriend of six years — they were travelin... more

20 Jun 2025

47 MINS

47:51

20 Jun 2025


#335

The Guru

In the late 1960s, a yogi named Swami Rama came to the United States. His followers believ... more

13 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:58

13 Jun 2025


#334

Professor Quaalude

John Buettner-Janusch was one of the first Americans to study lemurs. He held prestigious ... more

06 Jun 2025

33 MINS

33:10

06 Jun 2025


#333

Thin Ice and Unusual Punishments

Two years ago, we started making Criminal Plus episodes — behind-the-scenes conversations ... more

30 May 2025

24 MINS

24:27

30 May 2025


#332

Action Park

“Anyone who went to Action Park understood you could get really messed up going there. It ... more

23 May 2025

32 MINS

32:27

23 May 2025


#331

No Hint or Help

In the 1950s, a new television quiz show premiered called Twenty One. But the first episod... more

16 May 2025

35 MINS

35:39

16 May 2025


#330

False Positive

The night before she gave birth, Susan Horton had a salad for dinner. The next day, doctor... more

09 May 2025

36 MINS

36:37

09 May 2025


#329

Tabatha

When Tabatha Trammell was 50 years old, she started studying to become a doula — a support... more

02 May 2025

34 MINS

34:53

02 May 2025


#328

The Job

Not long into his job as prison superintendent, Frank Thompson had to prepare his staff to... more

25 Apr 2025

30 MINS

30:03

25 Apr 2025


#327

The Roofman, Part 2

When Jeffery Manchester escaped from prison, a lot of people weren't surprised. But they d... more

18 Apr 2025

31 MINS

31:24

18 Apr 2025


#326

The Roofman, Part 1

Between 1998 and 2000, more than 40 stores and chain restaurants across the country were r... more

11 Apr 2025

36 MINS

36:44

11 Apr 2025


#325

The Pride of Pine Hill

In the midst of the 1996 race for North Carolina governor, a new candidate emerged. Her na... more

04 Apr 2025

41 MINS

41:10

04 Apr 2025


#324

The Bottom of the Cliff

In May of 2021, the National Park Service received a call that a woman had fallen over the... more

28 Mar 2025

34 MINS

34:23

28 Mar 2025


#323

The Man Without a Will

A Toronto police officer was having an affair with a government worker – and then they fou... more

21 Mar 2025

41 MINS

41:03

21 Mar 2025


#322

High Tide

Right after sunset, three boats sailed towards the rice plantations on the Combahee River.... more

14 Mar 2025

37 MINS

37:28

14 Mar 2025


#321

Five Stars

“Christopher Kinahan is probably the most successful and entrepreneurial criminal that Ire... more

07 Mar 2025

1 HR 18 MINS

1:18:14

07 Mar 2025