What if a legal trial was also a battle to the death? In this episode, we look at the strange…
We’ve talked about cultures that had a formalized, bureaucratic process for getting revenge. But what do you do when you’re…
London’s greatest thief-taker had a secret: he was also the leader of its best-organized gang of thieves. For years, Wild…
Is it a crime to be well-dressed? In this week’s episode, we return to the French revolution to find out…
The people of France tried to do just a little bit of revolution, but things got out of hand when…
The hunt for a spy within the French military went off the rails when an amateur graphologist fingered the wrong…
Two women entered Kuala Lumpur International Airport to film a prank show. Their target: an unassuming business traveler. The result: the assassination of the former heir apparent of the North Korean government. How did two aspiring actresses end up caught in the middle of the biggest diplomatic incidents of the decade? And why did Kim Jong-nam go from North Korea’s future leader to its top target?
One man’s quest for vengeance against Wells Fargo turned into a massive crime spree—with occasional poetry breaks. Returning guest Amanda Jean joins us to fall in love with Black Bart, the gentleman robber who bluffed his way through a criminal career with no horse, no accomplices, and no bullets.
Welcome to the seedy underbelly of Pittsburgh, where the battle for control over the sex trade turned into an all-out gang war. Caught in the middle: A trans horse riding instructor who turned to a life of crime when he needed money to care for his ailing mother. S.A. Chant joins us today for a conversation about money laundering through paint-your-own ceramics, fighting the cops with birthday cake, and the way respectability politics changes the stories we tell about queer history.
One of Japan’s most famous murderesses took a very intimate souvenir from the lover she murdered. Was she the sex-crazed nymphomaniac portrayed in the media? Was she the symbol of female empowerment described by her supporters? Or was she an abuse victim who broke down after making one terrible mistake?