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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 346
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
The Tunnel
In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went wrong. The Raleigh News and Observer called it “too h…
00:22:57 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
He's Still Neutral
Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as he can remember, but he isn’t one to call the police. He’s a pretty “live and l…
00:35:04 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Stowaway
One day in 1969, Paulette Cooper decided to see what she could get away with. Learn more about Paulette Cooper on her website. Here’s her 1969 Cosmopolitan piece about stowing away onboard the SS Leo…
00:28:52 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
The Lake
Amanda Hamm and her boyfriend Maurice LaGrone drove to Clinton Lake one night in 2003. The next day, DeWitt County Sheriff Roger Massey told a local newspaper, “We don’t want to blow this up into som…
00:36:04 |
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Jessica and the Bunny Ranch
In our last episode we spoke Cecilia Gentili, a trans Latina who worked for many years as an undocumented sex worker. Today, we get two more views of sex work in America. We speak with a high-end esc…
00:41:04 |
Fri 07 Jun 2019
Cecilia
When Cecilia Gentili was growing up in Argentina, she felt so different from everyone around her that she thought she might be from another planet. “Some of us find our community with our own family …
00:34:01 |
Fri 24 May 2019
Philip and Becky
When Philip Benight met Becky Golden, they made a promise to stick together, no matter how bad things got.
Read Ann Neumann's reporting in Harper's.
Her book is The Good Death: An Exploration of Dy…
00:34:15 |
Fri 10 May 2019
Hostage
In the summer of 1973, Clark Olofsson and Jan-Erik Olsson robbed the Kreditbanken in Stockholm’s Norrmalmstorg town square. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and crimin…
00:29:21 |
Fri 26 Apr 2019
The Mail
This episode contains adult content. Please use discretion. When Sarah Garone was 13 years old, she received something very strange in the mail. She didn't know who it was from, or why they would hav…
00:28:00 |
Fri 12 Apr 2019
Silvon Simmons
In 2016, Silvon Simmons was shot in the back by police officer Joseph Ferrigno. The Rochester Police Department said Silvon fired first, and charged him with attempted aggravated murder of a police o…
00:33:52 |
Fri 29 Mar 2019
Baby Snatcher
Georgia Tann of Memphis, Tennessee bragged that she had a rigorous selection process that matched the perfect child with the perfect home.
Barbara Raymond's book is The Baby Thief.
Say hello on Twit…
00:38:55 |
Fri 15 Mar 2019
Homewrecker
It's one thing to get into an argument with a stranger on Facebook. It's another thing to try to ruin that stranger's life. In 2015, Re/Max realtor Monika Glennon discovered how far a stranger would …
00:25:38 |
Fri 01 Mar 2019
The Numbers
When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they had trouble finding steady work. So, Fannie found a way to take care of her family.
Bridgett Davis' book is The World Accordi…
00:34:19 |
Fri 15 Feb 2019
The Widow and the Winchester
When Sarah Winchester's husband died, she inherited millions from the family business: the manufacture of the famous Winchester Rifle. A medium reportedly told Sarah that she would be haunted by the …
00:24:55 |
Fri 01 Feb 2019
Linda
In a suburb outside of Salt Lake City, a 69-year-old woman named Linda Gillman hired a man named Christian Olsen to do some repairs on her condo. After months of working together, Linda Gillman asked…
00:31:50 |
Fri 18 Jan 2019
Protection
John "Sonny" Franzese was once described as "largely responsible for the glamorization of the Mafia over the past century.” He'd been active in the Colombo crime family since the 1960s. And then, whe…
00:26:16 |
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Witness
We speak with a man who has given thousands of people new names, told them where they would live, and warned them they could never go back home.
For more, check out Gerald Shur's book, WITSEC.
Say …
00:28:24 |
Fri 07 Dec 2018
Bonus Episode: The Bark
A story about Steve Hutton, a police constable in England, who decided to do things a little differently. For a transcript of this episode, send an email to [email protected] with the ep…
00:07:09 |
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Get Out of My House
On a hot summer day in 1978, a group of friends started renovating an old house in a neighborhood in Atlanta called Little Five Points. The home belonged to Carmela Aliffi and her then-husband, Bear.…
00:27:26 |
Fri 16 Nov 2018
This is Love: How to Live Forever
Our second podcast, This is Love, is back. We’re sharing this first episode with Criminal listeners - we hope you like it. If you want to hear more, subscribe to This is Love in Apple Podcasts or whe…
00:25:34 |
Wed 14 Nov 2018
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