logo
episode-header-image
Jun 2020
19m 12s

It Looked Like Fire

VOX MEDIA PODCAST NETWORK
About this episode
On August 10th, 2014, one day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, Edward Crawford went to his first protest. “The people, you know, I guess they were out there to be heard,” Ed told us. We also speak with Robert Cohen of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. We first released this episode in 2015—this ve ... Show More
Up next
Jan 9
Like a Bad Dream
One day in 2011, Lindsey Schweigert’s roommate came home to an open garage, a missing dog, and an overflowing bathtub. Lindsey remembers waking up in police custody. Ramya Nagesh is the author of A Practical Guide to Insane and Non-Insane Automatism in Criminal Law – Sleepwalking ... Show More
35m 16s
Dec 26
Sister Helen
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean was invited to write a letter to a man on death row named Elmo Patrick Sonnier. She told us, “I thought that all I was going to be doing was writing letters. And lo and behold, two years later, I am in that execution chamber.” When we spoke to her in ... Show More
43m 52s
Dec 19
The Speeding Duck, the Hungry Javelina, and “Leonardo da Pinchy”
Stories of animals really going for it. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Sign up for our occasional newsletter. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts. Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of ... Show More
36m 54s
Recommended Episodes
Aug 2022
S2 Ep91: Summer Wells: A Father’s Love (Part 2)
<div>From the very beginning, the disappearance of five year old Summer Wells has caused confusion and frustration for everyone following it, from people watching it unfold on the news and on the internet and the websleuths who have made this case their personal project, to the l ... Show More
1h 42m
Aug 2022
S2 Ep90: Summer Wells: June 15, 2021 (Part 1)
<div>From the very beginning, the disappearance of five year old Summer Wells has caused confusion and frustration for everyone following it, from people watching it unfold on the news and on the internet and the websleuths who have made this case their personal project, to the l ... Show More
2h 1m
Feb 2024
The Suffolk Strangler / Steve Wright - Part 2
<p>PLEASE LISTEN TO <strong>‘SEASON 8 - EPISODE 44’ </strong>FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. The bodies of five vulnerable women who went missing from the streets of Ipswich were found over a ten-day period.&nbsp;Suffolk Police launched the most extensive investigation in the ... Show More
1 h
Feb 2024
Where are Jesse Baird and Luke Davies?
 Police go back to square one in the search for Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, as alleged murderer, cop Beau Lamarre-Condon, refuses to talk. Find out more about The Front podcast here. You can read about this story and more on The Australian's website or on The Austr ... Show More
14m 31s
Oct 2023
Episode 138 - A Little More Static
tail spinning
16m 40s
Feb 2024
SERIAL KILLER: The Alphabet Murders Part 2
<p>Dozens of commuters see a young girl fleeing a car on the side of the expressway in Rochester, NY, but no one pulls over to help. The community is devastated when her body is discovered just days later, but it’s assumed to be a tragic but isolated incident. But when more young ... Show More
49m 11s
Feb 2024
Steven Todd Jenkins
<p>Steven Todd Jenkins was convicted of murdering two bankers who seized his family’s farm after his parents filed for bankruptcy. Steven cast the blame on his father, but prosecutors argued that Steven, who was a skilled marksman and obsessed with weapons, was the shooter.&nbsp; ... Show More
1h 8m
Feb 2024
Folge 154 - YouTube
<p>Folge 154 ist eine besondere Episode! Zum ersten Mal gibt es sowohl eine Audioversion als auch als eine Videoversion auf YouTube. Patrick spricht über YouTube - eine Plattform, die fast alle kennen und benutzen. Wie hat YouTube angefangen und warum war das Videoportal in Deuts ... Show More
14m 51s