How did one of the most famous political prisoners of all time end up in prison? What system did he have a part in taking down? This week, we discuss the strange legal maneuvers South Africa’s racist government used to stay in power, and the court case that changed the way the world reacted to the apartheid system.
One gang of women terrorized London’s merchants for more than a century. From smashing cars through shop doors to stuffing fur coats down their pants, learn the secrets of the lady gang of master criminals.
What do you do when your country won’t let you leave? One group of defectors from the Soviet Union hatched…
A Salvation Army-inspired preacher decided to turn a small Oregon town into a new Eden. His method for achieving this:…
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…