Criminalia

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Erotomania: Stalking for Love Feb 12, 2021

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Surprise - Criminalia is back again this week with a bonus episode!

Erotomania is a condition where someone obsessively believes a person is in love with him or her.

From outlining movie examples to providing tips on how to approach such a stalker, co hosts Holly and Maria explain the term: just in time for Valentine’s Day.

Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey

Producer & Editor: Casby Bias

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Edward Jones: “The First Celebrity Stalker” Feb 09, 2021

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Edward Jones (1824-1893) as a teenager became best known for stalking Britain’s Queen Victoria during the 1800s. “The boy Jones” made numerous (successful) attempts at sneaking into the official residency of the Queen. Though each of the teen’s “visits” turned out to be harmless, overtime, the monarchy was not amused.

Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey

Producer & Editor: Casby Bias

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Lady Caroline Lamb: “Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know” Feb 02, 2021

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Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828) was a novelist best known for her affair with Lord Byron.

In spite of the poet “ending” the relationship in August 1812, Lady Caroline’s pursuits were far from over.

From learning Lord Byron’s handwriting to sending him interesting “gifts,” the novelist revealed a disturbing pattern of obsession.

Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey

Producer & Editor: Casby Bias

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Rufus Griswold: Poe’s Petty Stalker Jan 26, 2021

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Holly and Maria are back with season two of Criminalia! This season is all about stalkers.

The co-hosts start things off by discussing anthologist Rufus Griswold, Edgar Allan Poe’s not-so-well-known rival.

The critic’s angry, obsessive (and petty) tendencies over the famous poet stayed strong throughout the years - even long after Poe’s death.

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Producer & Editor: Casby Bias

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Arsenic and ... Arsenic: Criminalia's Season 1 Final Episode Jan 19, 2021

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Holly and Maria were curious if poisoners and their crimes would look different with a little distance on the timeline, and even whether any of the perpetrators would emerge as sympathetic characters. And in season 1 they found out, YES. On both counts.

Executive Producers: Maria Trimarchi and Holly Frey

Producer & Editor: Casby Bias

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"The Poisoner's Handbook" with Author Deborah Blum Pt. 2 Jan 12, 2021

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Criminalia hosts Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi continue their conversation with "The Poisoner's Handbook" author and Pulitzer Prize recipient Deborah Blum.

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"The Poisoner's Handbook" with Author Deborah Blum Pt. 1 Jan 05, 2021

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Hosts Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi are joined by "The Poisoner's Handbook" author and Pulitzer Prize recipient Deborah Blum.

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Amy Archer-Gilligan: Sometimes Predators Look Like Pious Grandmas Dec 29, 2020

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Amy Archer-Gilligan was the proprietress of The Archer Home for Elderly People and Chronic Invalids, in Windsor, Conn., one of the first nursing homes in the U.S. But she may have been responsible for the intentional deaths of as many as 48 residents.

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Mary Ann Cotton: 'She's Dead and She's Rotten' Dec 22, 2020

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Mary Ann Cotton was convicted of, and hanged for, the lethal poisoning of her stepson Charles Edward Cotton. But it's likely that she murdered as many as 21 people, including three of her four husbands and 11 children, apparently in order to collect on their insurance policies. Local children would recite this disturbing nursery rhyme about her, “Sing, sing, oh, what can I sing? Mary Ann Cotton is tied up with string. Where, where? Up in the air, sellin’ black puddings a penny a pair.”

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Belle Gunness: Comely Widow Who Wants You to Stay Forever Dec 16, 2020

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Belle Gunness wanted what every American wants: the American Dream. And through insurance fraud and murder, she eventually found it. "Hell's Belle," as she was known, used strychnine -- and a meat cleaver -- to kill an estimated 40 victims she met through personal ads, almost all in Indiana. The popular theory about Belle? That she managed to elude authorities for years by transforming into a woman named Esther Carlson.

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