Latest Criminals Podcast Episodes
Episode 262
Sword and Scale - April 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratingsNaomi Jones was an exceptional 12-year-old girl. She was caring, smart, ambitious, responsible, and mature for her age. On May 31st, 2017, Naomi went missing from her Pensacola apartment. In response, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office launched a massive search effort, but for nearly a week, no...
The Ulysses Trial
Criminal Records Podcast - April 18, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIf the obscene material you're distributing is so avant-garde that most readers can't tell it's actually obscene, did you commit a crime or not? This week, we're getting into the trial of the scandalous literary magazine editors who brought the work of James Joyce to America. Sources and show ...
Baldwin Movie Shooting Trial: Hannah Gutierrez Sentenced
Court TV Podcast - April 18, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 842 ratingsPODCAST: In 2021 tragedy struck during a rehearsal on a film set in New Mexico. A gun went off in Alec Baldwin’s hand, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring writer-director Joel Souza. Now, the film’s armorer Hanna Gutierrez has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter and Alec ...
Vinnie Politan Investigates Podcast: JonBenét Ramsey - The Ransom Note | Court TV Podcast
Court TV Podcast - April 14, 2024 00:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsPODCAST: The murder of JonBenét Ramsey has puzzled investigators for more than two decades, despite being a relatively small and contained crime scene and police finding a ransom note. In this podcast episode, Vinnie Politan will examine the note more closely and explore the reasons why the case...
The Doomsday Prophet Murder Trial: Opening Statements
Court TV Podcast - April 11, 2024 04:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsIn June 2020, the search for Lori Vallow Daybell’s children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, came to a tragic end when their remains were found buried on Chad Daybell’s property. This was just months after the suspicious death of Chad’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. Now, nearly four years later, Lori h...
Episode 261
Sword and Scale - April 08, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratings65-year-old Marilyn Gandert worked for the U.S. Postal Service for over 30 years. She was a solitary woman who lived alone and was getting ready to sell her house and retire. Tragically, Marilyn was never able to enjoy her retirement. In January of 2018, her mangled and charred remains were found...
Two small scams
Criminal Records Podcast - April 04, 2024 12:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsNot all scam artists prey on suckers’ desire to get rich quick or cheat the system. Some of them prey on their marks’ better impulses, like their love for their pet dogs or their willingness to help a stranger in an emergency. Content note: This episode contains discussion of animal cruelty an...
Victim to Verdict: Murdaugh Family Murders
Court TV Podcast - April 04, 2024 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsThis week’s Court TV Podcast features an audio edition of our original series Victim to Verdict with Ted Rowlands, which spotlights every moment from the crime scene to the courtroom, tapping into the best of Court TV’s real-time coverage of high-profile cases. This episode focuses in on the tri...
Victim to Verdict: Doomsday Cult Mom Case
Court TV Podcast - March 28, 2024 04:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsLast May Lori Vallow Daybell, known to some as the "Doomsday Cult Mom," was convicted in the murders of her two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, and her husband’s previous wife Tammy Daybell. A tragic case with allegations of cult-like religious beliefs centered around doomsday prophecies. No...
S8 Ep317: Tarnished Hollywood: The Tragic Life and Bizarre Death of Lloyd Avery II
Once Upon a Crime - March 25, 2024 23:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratingsIn this final episode of “Tarnished Hollywood,” I’ll share a story about a promising young actor who ran afoul of the law. His decision to immerse himself in gang culture at the expense of an acting career would lead to a life sentence in a prison cell and a brutal and bizarre end to his life a...
Episode 260
Sword and Scale - March 25, 2024 09:45 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratingsA group of kids playing with a mysterious app called Randonautica follow its directions to Alki Beach in West Seattle. There they find a strange black suitcase on the rocks below the pier. Intrigued, they open the case to reveal a putrid smell. Responding officers would find other bags and reveal...
Vinnie Politan Investigates: Delphi Murders - Courtroom Chaos | Court TV Podcast
Court TV Podcast - March 24, 2024 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsIt’s been seven years since 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German were killed in Delphi, Indiana. Join Closing Arguments host Vinnie Politan as he looks at all sides of the case against Richard Allen, including the pre-trial nightmare surrounding Allen’s case. Special Gues...
British Prison Reform
Criminal Records Podcast - March 21, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWith options for getting rid of its convicts drying up, Britain started thinking about reforming both its prisons and the prisoners inside them. The intention behind these prison reforms was great. But attempts to create a better prison system involved wild philosophy experiments in real life, a...
Small-Town Secrets Murder Trial: Opening Statements
Court TV Podcast - March 21, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 842 ratingsIt was a brutal double homicide in a small New England town. In January of 2017, police found Christine Sullivan and Jenna Pellegrini dead underneath the porch of a home in Farmington, New Hampshire. Prosecutors paint their accused killer, Timothy Verrill, as a paranoid drug dealer, alleging tha...
S8 Ep316: Tarnished Hollywood: Grant and Amanda Hayes and the Murder of Laura Ackerson
Once Upon a Crime - March 18, 2024 23:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratingsAmanda Hayes, an actress known for roles on The Sopranos and The Stepford Wives, was convicted of conspiring with her husband, Grant Hayes, to murder Laura Ackerson, his ex-wife and mother of his two children. The murder and its cover-up would be one of the most grisly crimes investigators had...
Killer or Cover-Up Murder Trial: Motions Argued in Case Against Karen Read
Court TV Podcast - March 14, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 842 ratingsIn the early morning hours of January 29th, 2022 the body of Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found in the snow outside of a suburban home, now his girlfriend of over two years prepares to stand trial for his murder. Prosecutors allege Karen Read backed her SUV into O’Keefe after a night o...
S8 Ep315: Tarnished Hollywood: Danny Masterson
Once Upon a Crime - March 11, 2024 23:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratingsDanny Masterson is an American actor best known for his role in That 70’s Show. In 2020, he was charged with raping three women in 2001 and 2003. Masterson and his victims were all members of the Church of Scientology. The church’s policies and threats toward the victims caused a 20-year delay i...
The Life and Death of Madeline Soto | Closing Arguments Podcast
Court TV Podcast - March 10, 2024 01:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsPODCAST: Days after the body of a missing 13-year-old girl was found in a wooded area of Kissimmee, Florida, no charges have been filed in her death; but her stepfather is facing charges that he sexually abused her, and that abuse may have gone on for years. Vinnie Politan and his guests dig int...
S8: Mysteries on the True Crime Express
Once Upon a Crime - March 08, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratings...1 historic steam train... ...9 exceptional true crime podcasts... ...9 tales woven with the spirit of Women's Day... ...Will YOU unravel the mysteries aboard? This International Women's Day, join Shane Waters and Wendy Cee on an unprecedented journey through the heart of England to Crimec...
Abortion in Modern Japan
Criminal Records Podcast - March 07, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsIs abortion legal in Japan? No, but also yes. Join us on a journey through history to learn about how modern abortion law developed in a legal system that didn't treat fetuses as legal persons but did want to count them as future taxpayers. Content note: This episode is about abortion. I...
Baldwin Movie Shooting Trial: "Rust," Director Joel Souza Testifies
Court TV Podcast - March 07, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 842 ratingsWhile Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene for his movie “Rust,” tragedy struck the set. A firearm went off in the actor’s hand with a live round loaded. The bullet ended up taking the life of the film’s cinematographer Haleyna Hutchins and wounding the director Joel Souza. Now Alec Baldwin and t...
S8 Ep314: The Palace with guest Gareth Russell
Once Upon a Crime - March 05, 2024 00:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratingsIn this special episode, I speak with author Gareth Russell. His new book, The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of British History at Hampton Court, gives us a look at the storied history of what is called the most beautiful palace in England. But, behind the walls of Hampton...
Episode 259
Sword and Scale - March 04, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratingsWhen Jessica Lynn Reale was 13-years-old, she was timid and untrusting. In early October of 1997, she mustered the courage to approach her 8th grade math teacher, a woman she’d only known for a number of weeks, to tell her a huge secret she had been keeping. Jessica told her teacher that she coul...
S8: “Murder in Boston” - An Interview with Adrian Walker
Once Upon a Crime - March 02, 2024 18:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratings“Murder in Boston” - An Interview with Adrian Walker (Bonus Episode) On October 23, 1989, 29-year-old Charles Stuart placed a 911 call to report that he and his wife, Carol, had been carjacked, driven to a secluded section of the city, robbed, and shot. A city-wide manhunt for the assailant ...
School Shooter Mom Trial: Jennifer Crumbley Takes The Stand
Court TV Podcast - February 29, 2024 05:00 - 3 hours ★★★★ - 842 ratingsOn November 30th, 2021 the community of Oxford Township, Michigan was stunned by tragedy. Four young lives, Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, and Justin Shilling were taken at Oxford High School just days after students returned from Thanksgiving break. Now the teenage shooter has pl...
S8 Ep313: Royal Murders, Scandals, and Secrets: Mad King Eric
Once Upon a Crime - February 27, 2024 00:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 4.6K ratingsIn history, there have been several monarchs known as “Mad Kings” - monarchs who were plagued by erratic and even violent behavior often attributed to mental illness. King Eric the XIV of Sweden is one such ruler. While intellectually brilliant, King Eric suffered from extreme paranoia, which le...
The Yakuza
Criminal Records Podcast - February 22, 2024 13:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsWe're out of the country for a family memorial service and didn't have time to record a Criminal Records episode for the week. But that doesn't mean we're out of crime content! This week, we've cleaned up and cut together some of Isaac's very, very old History of Japan audio to bring you the his...
The Murder of Harmony Montgomery Trial: Closing Arguments
Court TV Podcast - February 22, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 842 ratingsHarmony Montgomery was living in a car with her father, her stepmother, and two other children when she was last seen alive. Nearly five years later, her father stands trial for her murder. After weeks of testimony, the state and the defense made their final pleas to the jury. Prosecutors claim ...
The Murder of Harmony Montgomery Trial: Case Evidence
Court TV Podcast - February 21, 2024 17:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 842 ratingsVinnie Politan digs through the case evidence in the trial of Adam Montgomery, who is charged in the death of his five-year-old daughter, and the timeline of the “sick, morbid actions” he’s accused of doing to cover up her murder. Special Guests: Court TV Legal Correspondent Matt Johnson, Priva...
Episode 258
Sword and Scale - February 19, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratingsMicheal Redlick was a high-powered sports executive in his mid-sixties living with his kids and much younger wife, Danielle. To onlookers, the Redlick family seemed to have it all, but inside their gorgeous multi-million dollar home, misery had been brewing for decades and it all imploded on Janu...