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.

 

#330

False Positive

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

09 May 2025

38 MINS

38:37

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

36 MINS

36:53

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

32 MINS

32:03

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

33 MINS

33:24

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

38 MINS

38:44

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

43 MINS

43:10

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

36 MINS

36:23

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

43 MINS

43:03

21 Mar 2025


#322

High Tide

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

14 Mar 2025

39 MINS

39:28

14 Mar 2025


#321

Five Stars

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

07 Mar 2025

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:14

07 Mar 2025


#320

The Stay

Last year, a committee of state lawmakers in Texas issued a subpoena for a man on death ro... more

28 Feb 2025

42 MINS

42:04

28 Feb 2025


#319

The Butterfly Smuggler

The first time Ed Newcomer went to the L.A. Bug Fair, he met a man who called himself the ... more

21 Feb 2025

35 MINS

35:13

21 Feb 2025


#318

Ava and the Pickpocket

“He stole my watch. He stole my jewelry. I stopped wearing jewelry – just to see what else... more

14 Feb 2025

42 MINS

42:47

14 Feb 2025


#317

Robert Smalls

On May 13, 1862, in Charleston, South Carolina, a man named Robert Smalls took command of ... more

07 Feb 2025

35 MINS

35:39

07 Feb 2025


#316

The Raid

In 2023, police raided the Kansas newspaper where Eric Meyer worked with his mother, Joan.... more

31 Jan 2025

38 MINS

38:50

31 Jan 2025


#315

Guns, Grenades, and $100,000

“Anything you can think of is going to be in the water.” Say hello on [Twitter] (https://t... more

24 Jan 2025

35 MINS

35:25

24 Jan 2025


#314

Dexter Wade

Bettersten Wade searched for her missing 37-year-old son for nearly six months. Then she f... more

17 Jan 2025

37 MINS

37:49

17 Jan 2025


#313

Moon Rocks Wanted

On September 18, 1998, an unusual ad ran in USA Today — a company called John’s Estate Sal... more

10 Jan 2025

37 MINS

37:37

10 Jan 2025


#312

The Christmas Fire

The bodies of a woman and her child were found inside a burned house on Christmas Day, 184... more

27 Dec 2024

40 MINS

40:48

27 Dec 2024


#311

Turtle vs. Toilet, a Monster in the Closet, and a Surprise Possum

Stories of animals really going for it. Say hello on [Twitter] (https://twitter.com/Crimin... more

20 Dec 2024

51 MINS

51:32

20 Dec 2024


#310

Operation Flagship

In 1985, 160 people were sent letters saying they’d won free tickets to an NFL football ga... more

13 Dec 2024

31 MINS

31:38

13 Dec 2024


#309

The Sale

In 1791, three men filed lawsuits in the General Court of Maryland. They were all suing th... more

06 Dec 2024

46 MINS

46:11

06 Dec 2024


#308

For the Sake of American Youth

“Children nowadays, they make maps. And say, this is the street where the store is that we... more

22 Nov 2024

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:17

22 Nov 2024


#307

Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons

In 1993, Gary Settle was sentenced to 177 years in prison. Twenty-six years into his sente... more

15 Nov 2024

44 MINS

44:24

15 Nov 2024


#306

The Reverend

In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in fron... more

08 Nov 2024

40 MINS

40:03

08 Nov 2024


#305

The Family Land, Part 2

This week, part two of the Reels family story – how two brothers went to jail in an attemp... more

01 Nov 2024

31 MINS

31:47

01 Nov 2024


#304

The Family Land, Part 1

Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels refused to leave the land that had been in their family fo... more

25 Oct 2024

35 MINS

35:47

25 Oct 2024


#303

Valentine

Today, a personal story from Phoebe about her mother, Valentine, who died this spring. Say... more

18 Oct 2024

42 MINS

42:34

18 Oct 2024


#302

Under the Wall

Soon after the Berlin Wall went up, a group of students knocked on Joachim Rudolph’s door.... more

11 Oct 2024

41 MINS

41:05

11 Oct 2024


#301

A Land Without Law

Before Guantánamo Bay became the prison we know today, Marie Genard spent more than a year... more

04 Oct 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:08

04 Oct 2024