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After surviving a stranger’s shove into the path of a subway train, a man confronts his mortality and viral fame, and finds himself transformed by community, clarity, and the everyday poignancy of being alive. Today’s episode featured Joe Lynskey. You can email Joe at upfromthetr ... Show More

Growing up Black and queer in the South, a man finds an identity for himself through the arts and establishes a wonderful marriage with children, until one day, when his husband is late coming home, there’s a ring at the door and his entire life unravels. Today’s storyteller chos ... Show More

From an idyllic childhood in communist Yugoslavia, as a teenager, Mirsad’s world becomes a living nightmare as the Bosnian War brings shelling, torture, murder and ethnic cleansing to his village, leaving deep scars that haunt and transform his life. Today's episode featured Mirs ... Show More

<p>We kept you hanging but here it is! The conclusion to one of the most puzzling and shocking crimes out there. When we left you last, Brittany Norwood's story was starting to get shaky, but can anyone really believe she had something to do with Jayna Murray's brutal attack and ... Show More

In 1994, North Carolina detectives began investigating a former police officer named L.C. Underwood. He was connected to two murders, that at first, didn’t seem to have any connection. The investigative team, led by Detective Sergeant Paula May, would go on an odyssey, uncovering ... Show More

<p>What would you do if you rushed your young seriously ill child to the emergency room only to have the hospital not believe that she was in tremendous pain and actually accuse you of medial child abuse? What if that was only the beginning of a nightmare for your family, as the ... Show More

*Content warning: This episode includes discussion of false imprisonment, drugging, self-harm, sexual, psychological and physical violence. For free and confidential resources, please visit: somethingwaswrong.com/resources RAINN is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organi ... Show More

In this episode, we delve into the true story of Clara Harris, a successful dentist whose picture-perfect life in Houston's upscale suburbs took a chilling turn of passion, rage, and what some think is just straight-up revenge. Marked by success, betrayal, and ultimately a chilli ... Show More

The notorious "Scissor Sisters" case ranks among the most brutal and shocking in Irish history, leaving a dark mark on the true crime genre. Linda and Charlotte Mulhall, despite a troubled existence marred by alcohol and drug addiction and a history of abuse, had never shown sign ... Show More

<p>The story of the Purrington murders is so horrific it sounds like something out of a movie. James Purrington seemed to have plans of killing himself after suffering from what was likely undiagnosed mental illness. When one of his children brought this to the attention of their ... Show More

In this episode, we discuss the tragedy surrounding the death of a major tech executive and industry leader, Cashapp Founder, Bob Lee. As the city slept, an untold story was unfolding under the early morning moonlight. It was just the chilling beginning of a plot that would twist ... Show More

<p>This is a Canadian DOOZY, guys. The twists and turns in this case will have your heads spinning and the absolute senselessness of Lindsay's murder will leave you speechless. A young woman is lured by mysterious strangers to a brutal end while doing her job. Who killed Lindsay ... Show More