Criminal

True crime stories about people who've done wrong, been wronged, or both AI summary

Vox Media Podcast Network Visit website › True Crime · EN · 417 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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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.

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Raynella, Part 1

2026-11-13 · 32 min · Episode 388

On March 13, 2003, Raynella Dossett Leath called 911. She said she had just come home to find her husband dead in their bedroom. When the police arrived, the lead investigator examined the scene – and he felt like…
A Prime Minister's Murder, a Cult Expert, and the Moonies

2026-11-10 · 38 min · Episode 10009

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed in 2022. Soon after, an investigative journalist named Eito Suzuki started drawing connections between his murder and the Unification Church - whose…
Northernmost

2026-11-06 · 36 min · Episode 387

“There are no roads that connect Utqiagvik with any other community. Nobody can get on the freeway and head for Fairbanks. That’s 500 miles of open tundra. So the killer was still in town.” Today, a murder case in the…
Road Rage (Please Continue)

2026-10-30 · 55 min

Today, an unlocked episode of Please Continue, in which Phoebe and Lauren discuss tense driving moments - including one encounter that still gives Phoebe chills. Plus, Phoebe’s mortifying habit, the next big trend in…
She Says Her Husband Cheated. The Law Won’t Let Her Divorce Him for a Year (with Jen Hamilton)

2026-10-27 · 26 min · Episode 10008

Earlier this year, labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton announced to her millions of followers on social media that her marriage was ending. Now, she’s trying to change the state divorce law that’s keeping her married.…
Haywire

2026-10-23 · 41 min · Episode 386

Two days before New Year’s Eve in 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 75 people were injured and 11 people were killed. The bombing has never been solved. Elon Green wrote “The Forgotten Bombing…
Bulldozer

2026-10-16 · 39 min · Episode 385

Muffler shop owner Marvin Heemeyer bought a 45-ton Komatsu bulldozer and parked it on his lot in Granby, Colorado. When someone asked him what he was planning to do with it, he said, “I think I'm going to bulldoze the…
He Talked About Killing Tupac for Years. Why Did It Take Three Decades to Bring Him to Trial?

2026-10-13 · 46 min · Episode 10007

Phoebe interviews journalist and podcast host Joel Anderson about why it took 30 years for prosecutors to bring someone to trial for the murder of Tupac Shakur. Earlier this year, Duane "Keffe D" Davis was convicted of…
Donor 106

2026-10-09 · 48 min · Episode 384

One night when Eve Wiley was 16, she started reading through her mother’s emails, and discovered a secret her mother had been keeping from Eve her whole life. “I always knew there was something. I just didn't know what…
The Midnight Slider

2026-10-02 · 36 min · Episode 383

In 2013, a small boat called the Midnight Slider was found floating empty in the waters off of Isle Madame in Nova Scotia. “Murder is not something that occurs in this neck of the woods very often. There’s always been a…

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Oldest episode in feed: 01/2014 · over 12 years
Typical length: 35 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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