In this episode, you listen to a dialogue between a couple at home in the middle of the night. They were fast a sleep when the woman wakes up with a loud crash. Now she believes there are burglars in the house. But are there?
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May 8
Listening practice - A2 - Como lavar a roupa
In this episode, we explore the different ways people do laundry, from meticulous care to a more carefree approach.Get the transcript in your inbox.In this series, designed for upper beginners and beyond, we’ll explore everyday situations in Portugal and other useful topics to he ... Show More
7m 22s
Apr 24
Listening practice - A2 - Uma boa desculpa
In this episode, we follow Joana as she navigates various invitations, from dinner parties to weddings, and comes up with creative excuses to politely decline them.Get the transcript in your inbox.In this series, designed for upper beginners and beyond, we’ll explore everyday sit ... Show More
8m 14s
Sep 2024
Talking Dateline: Noises in the Night
Josh Mankiewicz and Andrea Canning discuss Andrea’s episode, “Noises in the Night.” In November 2016, 16-year-old cheerleader Emma Walker was found dead in her Knoxville, Tennessee home. An investigation revealed she was killed by a bullet shot from outside her house that pierced ... Show More
20m 27s
Oct 2023
The Murder Mystery of the Greystone Mansion
On the night of February 16th, 1929, Lucy Doheny, wife of Ned Doheny (son of the oil baron Edward L. Doheny) heard a gunshot in her home – The Greystone Mansion – at about 11:30 PM. She called the family doctor, and only when he arrived did she go investigate the noise. She and t ... Show More
12m 16s
Feb 2025
Texas Shootout (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
On an early morning in 2018, a woman in her 50s stood in the doorway of her bedroom in Austin, TX – firing off shots from her .357 revolver into the dark kitchen a few yards away. Someone in the kitchen fired back, and bullets whizzed past her and crashed into the wall. The woman ... Show More
37m 2s
Jul 2024
Rinette Riella-Bergna // 419
In June of 1998, a 49-year-old woman and her husband were out for a late-night drive when their car careened off a Nevada cliffside, killing her. To everyone’s surprise, when police looked into the accident, they began to suspect that it wasn’t an accident after all. This is the ... Show More
51m 5s