logo
episode-header-image
Dec 2021
38m 48s

Best of 2021: Crime Scene

Netflix
About this episode
We are looking back on one of your favorite You Can't Make This Up episodes of the year. In February of 2021, the docu-series 'Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel' was released on Netflix. Our host Rebecca Lavoie interviewed director and executive producer, Joe Berlinger, about the anthology series 'Crime Scene', the disappearance of college studen ... Show More
Up next
Oct 8
Rebel Royals
The Netflix documentary Rebel Royals offers an intimate look at the unlikely romance between Märtha Louise, daughter of the King of Norway, and Shaman Durek Verrett, a mystic from California. The spiritual couple navigates issues of class, race, and national identity as they prep ... Show More
34m 28s
Oct 1
Love Con Revenge | Part 2
In part two of our look at the Netflix series Love Con Revenge, we talk to the private eye working with The Tinder Swindler’s Cecilie Fjellhøy about the tradecraft of locating other con artists who’ve swindled their partners. She discusses the challenge of uncovering their web of ... Show More
35m 28s
Sep 24
Love Con Revenge | Part 1
In the Netflix series Love Con Revenge, Cecilie Fjellhøy from The Tinder Swindler teams with a private investigator to track down other swindlers and tell the stories of those left both broke and heartbroken. Faced with limited legal options, the team goes to bat for a group of v ... Show More
39m 42s
Recommended Episodes
Jun 2021
184: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
FAM: This is a two-part series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths solve a truly bizarre death? (P ... Show More
53m 19s
Sep 2021
196: The Zodiac Killer: Very Scary People
We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the lens of... New Kids on the Block st ... Show More
51m 14s
Oct 2020
Bonus Episode - Killer Casting
Welcome to the premiere episode of Killer Casting. Love deep diving into the best shows and movies out there? Does no one understand your fascination with analyzing acting, dissecting dialogue, scrutinizing structure, wondering about wardrobe and yes...wittering about wallpaper? ... Show More
43m 22s
Dec 2020
Unsolved Mysteries Ep 9: Death Row Fugitive
In November, 1965, Lester Eubanks brutally murdered 14 year old Mary-Ellen Deener. He was swiftly convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. However in 1973, he was able to just walk away from his sentence while out of the prison on a shopping trip that had been arranged for ... Show More
51m 15s
Nov 2021
Making I Am A Killer: Interview with the producers at CrimeCon UK
Transistor Films’ Danny Tipping, Ned Parker and Zoe Hines joined podcast producer Sam Pearson for a special live interview at the first CrimeCon UK in September 2021. Here they discuss how they tell compelling yet balanced true crime stories alongside how they created the series ... Show More
38m 5s
Nov 2020
158: Dannemora Prison Break
Is it just me, or should breaking our of a SUPER MAX PRISON be hard? AND YET SOMEHOW THESE TWO IDIOTS FIUGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT? On the night of June 5, 2015, two MURDERERS, broke out of  a prison fortress thought to be impenetrable. A little after 11 p.m., they climbed through h ... Show More
54m 8s
Jan 2022
"Crimes of the Centuries" Returns for Season 2!
Hey, Fam!!  Today the Obsessed Network is launching Season 2 of “Crimes of the Centuries” - the true crime podcast from award-winning reporter Amber Hunt. Recently named by Rolling Stone as one of the 10 Best Crime Podcasts of 2021, “Crimes of the Centuries” rediscovers the true ... Show More
12m 16s
Mar 2021
The Vienna Strangler and The Cecil Hotel
Sara and Danny are back to discuss an international serial killer whose life seems stranger than fiction: The Vienna Strangler. They cover the whole timeline of Jack Unterweger’s crimes, starting from the first murder that landed him in prison for life, his premature release, and ... Show More
1h 4m
Nov 2023
Episode 253
In June of 2013, the dead body of 29-year-old Melinda Schaefer was found inside the leasing office of the Harvest View apartments in Baltimore County, Maryland. The murder scene was a complete blood bath, and due to the communal nature of the office, homicide detectives were not ... Show More
1h 10m
Feb 2022
227: The Times Square Killer (Part 1)
FAM! THIS IS A TWO-PARTER! Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW AND AD-FREE at the $5 level on Patreon as a special bonus. Part 2 will be our regular episode next.   Times Square, 1979: fire fighters and police are called to a low budget motel where a room is on fire. What they find is ... Show More
52m 56s