Criminal Records Podcast

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"Typhoid" Mary Mallon Apr 09, 2020

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This week, we're covering the strange, sad case of Mary Mallon, one of America's most notorious killers—who never technically committed a crime. When is it illegal to spread a disease? Why did the Health Department have the power to detain people indefinitely? Does Mary deserve her infamy, or was she a victim of a system that was stacked against her from the start?

Content note: This is mostly about an epidemic of typhoid fever, but it will also touch on other disease outbreaks and US laws around quarantining people and charging people for spreading diseases. We'll be discussing the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of this episode. The death of a child is mentioned.

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"Soapy" Smith Mar 26, 2020

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This week, Isaac and Demetria go back to the Wild West for our very first outlaw of the American frontier. There's rootin', there's tootin', there's plenty of shootin', and also a truly astonishing amount of...soap?

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Wat Tyler Mar 12, 2020

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Disease! Rebellion! Weeb stuff! This week, we have it all, as we journey back to Wat Tyler's rebellion.

Show notes and corrections at this link - We were on a lot of cold medicine while recording and made some mistakes, apologies!

King Charles I of England Feb 27, 2020

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This week, Isaac and Demetria talk about their first regicide. It's time for the trial and execution of King Charles I -- who denies that you have any legitimacy to listen to this podcast and proclaims that only God has the right to press the play button.

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Dr. Amy Bishop Feb 13, 2020

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This week, Isaac and Demetria talk about a workplace mass shooting and its relationship to employment in America. Expect a conversation ranging from gun regulation to the tenure system and beyond.

(Content note: This episode contains discussion of a mass shooting in a workplace, an attempted bombing, and a shooting in a private home)

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David Lane Jan 30, 2020

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This week, Isaac and Demetria discuss the white nationalist murderer David Lane, who was inspired to join a radical neo-Nazi group called the Order which went on a year long crime spree up and down the West Coast in 1984-85.

Ma Xiaohai Jan 20, 2020

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This week, we're covering the trial of Chinese swinger Ma Xiaohai, who was arrested for violating Chinese laws against "group licentiousness" as a crime that violates good social order.

New Episode Update Jan 17, 2020

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Unfortunately, due to extenuating circumstances the episode will be delayed a bit further. New plan is to release on Monday; sincere apologies for the further delay.

24 hour delay on next episode Jan 16, 2020

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The next episode will release on 1/17 instead of 1/16 due to a scheduling issue that's preventing us from recording.

Muranishi Tooru Jan 02, 2020

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Demetria and Isaac continue their deep dive into the world of obscenity laws with a look at one of Japan's most infamous bad boys of porn, the AV director Muranishi Tooru.

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