Yesterday

The Real Cyrano

Cyrano de Bergerac is a larger-than-life figure in pop culture, whose story has been adapted countless times. But it turns out, Cyrano was a real man, albeit possibly with a smaller nose than media has led you to believe. Support Noble Blood:— Bonus episodes, stickers, and script ... Show More

31m 17s

Jan 24

The Disastrous Arctic Balloon Mission of 1897

In 1897, a Swedish engineer set out to reach the North Pole ... by balloon. With two companions, a crate of champagne, and the faith of a nation, he rose into the Arctic fog — and vanished. Decades later, their frozen journals and undeveloped film emerged from the ice, revealing ... Show More

53m 29s

Jan 20

The Missing Diamond in Case XIII

The Florentine Diamond was one of the crown jewels (sorry) of the Habsburgs—a 137-carat diamond that had come from the court of the Duke of Tuscany. But after World War I, when the Austrian Empire collapsed, the royal family fled to Switzerland, taking the diamond with them. From ... Show More

19m 59s

Nov 2021

Remember, Remember the 5th of November

November 4, 1605. The king's men are conducting a search. They're making their way through the storerooms and cellars and vaults that cluster around and beneath the Palace of Westminster. They've gotten a tip in the form of a mysterious, anonymous letter that something bad is goi ... Show More

31m 34s

Feb 2023

The Nazi Connection

"The Nazi Connection" drops Tue night. Jude's DNA kit revealed an intricate set of secrets snatched from the grave. They upended her understanding of her family, her religion and her origin.< ... Show More

48m 59s

Jan 2014

Donna Tartt - The Secret History

With James Naughtie.Donna Tartt discusses her cult debut novel The Secret History, first published in 1992."I suppose at one time in my life I might have had any number of stories, but now there is no other. This is the only story I will ever be able to tell."In a rare visit to t ... Show More

27m 42s

Aug 2021

Episode 37: What Gets Told

"History was dependent upon people like me remembering." A conversation with Betty Reid Soskin, shortly before her 100th birthday. Betty Reid Soskin’s book is Sign My Name to Freedom. For a transcript of this episode, send an email to transcripts@thisiscriminal.com with the episo ... Show More

27m 28s

Feb 2022

Dr. Teresa Sievers: “Lying in Wait” | MURDERISH Ep. 103

When an alternative medicine doctor was found bludgeoned to death in her Bonita Springs, Florida home in the summer of 2015, friends and neighbors worried a burglar was on the loose, looking for his next random victim. Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office told the publ ... Show More

1 h

Dec 2018

John Hillrich Murder | MURDERISH Bonus episode

This BONUS episode of Murderish is a collaboration I did with my pals at The Pros & Cons podcast. Bethany, Adriana, and I are covering a handful of Southern California murder cases as part of a series we’re calling The Pros & Cons Presents Murderish: Southern California. This bon ... Show More

48m 1s

Jan 2022

S1: 2. Sex, Lies, and… a Videotape

QAnon and the plot to break reality...Gabriel Gatehouse discovers a real conspiracy called The Arkansas Project. The aim is to inject lurid tales about the Clintons into the mainstream American press in the 1990s. These stories spin off in different directions. Down one road lie ... Show More

34m 59s

Jan 2017

In Plain Sight

In 1849, abolitionist and attorney Wendell Phillips wrote: "We should look in vain through the most trying times of our revolutionary history for an incident of courage and noble daring to equal that of the escape of William and Ellen Craft; and future historians and poets would ... Show More

32m 7s

...The Gunpowder Treason and Plot