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:…
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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.