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Criminal | A podcast about crime

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Big fish

Episode #281

2024-08-16 05:00:25

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Two men turned in the winning catch at a fishing tournament on Lake Erie. But when the tournament director squeezed one of their fish, he felt something inside.

Criminal is a podcast about crime

Stories of people who did something wrong,
has been wronged, or has ended up somewhere in between.

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In sight

Episode #59

2017-01-20 13:36:02

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In 1849, abolitionist and advocate Wendell Phillips wrote: “We should search in vain for an example of courage and noble daring comparable to the escape of William and Ellen Craft in the most trying times of our revolutionary history. And future historians and poets would tell this story…


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Money tree

Episode #51

2016-09-23 00:39:49

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When Axton Betz-Hamilton was 11 years old, her parents’ identities were stolen, but at the time, consumer protection services for victims of identity theft were virtually nonexistent. So the family dealt with the fallout as best they could. But when Axton Betz-Hamilton went away to college, she realized that her identity…


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695BGK

Episode #18

2015-04-03 01:49:21

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Police Officer John Edwards was patrolling a quiet neighborhood in Bellaire, Texas when he spotted an SUV driven by two young African-American men, one of whom was Robbie Tolan. It was just before 2:00 a.m. on December 31, 2008. Edwards followed the SUV and ran the license plate. When his computer indicated that…


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Animal instincts

Episode #1

2014-01-30 05:05:09

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In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead in a pool of her own blood. Her husband, Michael Peterson, was convicted of her murder. A curious neighbor, an attorney named Larry Pollard, had a different theory… one that gives new meaning to man versus beast. Discover a theory you won’t find…

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