Criminal

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The Phone Call Sep 19, 2025

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Bow Suprasert had just returned from a trip abroad when she got a strange phone call, saying a man had been caught traveling with a passport in her name. But Bow’s passport was still in her suitcase.

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The Compound Sep 12, 2025

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In 2023, a woman named Jella got a new job. On her first day, she got in a car to go to her new office. Then she got a feeling that something wasn’t right.

Denise Chan hosts the podcast Scam Factory.

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This is Phoebe Judge from the IRS Sep 05, 2025

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Phoebe tries to scam an English grandmother named Daisy over the phone. But Daisy isn’t just any grandmother.

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E. Jean Aug 22, 2025

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We visited E. Jean Carroll at her house in the woods to talk about her two trials against President Donald Trump.

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The Bus Ride Aug 15, 2025

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Two days after Hurricane Katrina hit, people who lived in the Fischer Housing Projects were still trapped – and it didn’t seem like anyone was coming to help. So 20-year-old Jabar Gibson came up with a plan.

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Kids on the Case Aug 08, 2025

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The summer after Jessica Maple finished 6th grade, she found out that her great-grandmother’s house had been burglarized. So, 12-year-old Jessica got out her notebook, looked for fingerprints, and decided she would conduct her own investigation. This week, four stories of kids who cracked the case.

This episode was first released in 2020.

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The Clock Starts Ticking Aug 01, 2025

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On October 11, 2008, an 18-year-old was shot by someone firing a gun from the back seat of a car. A couple of hours later, homicide detectives arrived on the scene. And so did the camera crew for a reality television show.

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Death in Eden Jul 25, 2025

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In the early 1930s, eight people settled on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos. Within five years, two were missing and two were dead.

Abbott Kahler’s book is Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II.

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The Double Jul 18, 2025

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In 2023, two men told police the same story: each man said that his name was William Woods, and that his identity had been stolen.

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The Man Nobody Killed Jul 11, 2025

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On September 15, 1983, Michael Stewart was on his way home from a nightclub when police arrested him. Thirteen days later, he was dead.

Elon Green’s book is The Man Nobody Killed: Life, Death, and Art in Michael Stewart’s New York.

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