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
Ride-Along
We spend the day in a police car in Austin, Texas. For a transcript of this episode, send an email to [email protected] with the episode name and number. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook a…
00:33:20 |
Fri 02 Nov 2018
The Fox
This episode picks up where Episode 100 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. When Martin McNally met another plane hijacker in prison, they started coming up with a plan to escape...usin…
00:25:17 |
Fri 19 Oct 2018
I'm Phoebe Judge
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00:03:52 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
Ten Thousand Feet in the Air
On the afternoon of June 23rd, 1972, Martin McNally walked into the St. Louis airport with a wig, a sawed-off rifle, and a plan.
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00:34:01 |
Fri 05 Oct 2018
Racehorse Haynes
There is nothing Richard "Racehorse" Haynes of Houston, Texas wouldn't do to win a case. He’s widely considered to be one of the most exceptional criminal defense attorneys America has ever seen. He …
00:30:24 |
Fri 21 Sep 2018
The Doctors
Three of America's most experienced trauma surgeons speak with us about what happens when someone is shot.
Special thanks to Dr. Amy Goldberg, Dr. David Spain, and Dr. Ronald Stewart.
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00:23:06 |
Fri 07 Sep 2018
Palace of Justice
When Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old, he prosecuted his very first trial. There were 22 defendants, each of them high-ranking members of Nazi Germany's death squad. The entire world was watching. T…
00:27:53 |
Fri 17 Aug 2018
On the Run
When Tyler Wetherall was a kid, her mother and father packed up the family car and drove through the night. They were on the run from the FBI. And by the time she was 9, Tyler had learned how to comm…
00:29:11 |
Fri 03 Aug 2018
The Job
Not long into his job as prison superintendent, Frank Thompson was asked to write the manual on lethal injection for the state of Oregon. Capital punishment had not been implemented in more than 30 y…
00:29:34 |
Fri 20 Jul 2018
The Chase
Mark Roberts has attended almost every major sporting event in the world. And he's been escorted off the field almost every time.
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00:23:50 |
Fri 06 Jul 2018
Lavender Scare
Helen James grew up in a military family — her great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War, her father in WWI, and her uncles in WWII. So when she enlisted in 1952, she felt like she belonged. Sh…
00:27:09 |
Fri 15 Jun 2018
Dementia Americana
This episode picks up where Episode 91 left off. We suggest you listen to them in order. The early 20th century's biggest murder trial, and a particular brand of "madness." Visit thisiscriminal.com t…
00:23:35 |
Fri 01 Jun 2018
The "It" Girl
The story behind the face of New York's Gilded Age. For more information, check out Paula Uruburu's book, American Eve.
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00:29:54 |
Fri 18 May 2018
Sharks
The U.S. Navy attempted to develop a shark attack repellant after many sailors were attacked during WWII. The first step was the formation of a "Shark Research Panel," which led to what we have today…
00:26:45 |
Fri 04 May 2018
Shadowing Sheila
SPOILER WARNING: Please listen to our first episode about Sheila, Episode 88: Cold Case, before you listen to this one.
This episode contains descriptions of violence and may not be suitable for eve…
00:30:14 |
Fri 20 Apr 2018
Cold Case
In 1984, Sheila Wysocki found herself helping the police investigate the murder of her college roommate, Angela Samota. Detectives asked her to help gather information, and even sent her out to dinne…
00:36:59 |
Fri 06 Apr 2018
Casper, Wyoming
David Dovala has lived in Casper, Wyoming since he was 19. He’s worked all kinds of cases, first as a detective and later as sheriff, but a 1973 murder stays with him. This episode contains descripti…
00:21:12 |
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Willie Bosket
Before he was 10 years old, Willie Bosket had skipped school, started fires, picked pockets, and stolen a car. A psychiatrist at Bellevue called him the "saddest little boy she’d ever seen.” By the t…
00:29:15 |
Fri 09 Mar 2018
The Manual
In 1993, Mildred and Trevor Horn, along with their live-in nurse Janice, were found murdered in their Montgomery County home. A Maryland police spokesperson described the homicide investigation as th…
00:27:33 |
Fri 23 Feb 2018
A New Show from the Makers of Criminal: Episode 1
In 1971, David Alexander went for a run in Central Park and started talking to a stranger. For our first episode of This Is Love, a story about what's possible when we bet everything on each other. W…
00:31:46 |
Wed 14 Feb 2018
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