A Moment Of Kindness From Marianne

Introducing Beyond All Repair, a new WBUR podcast hosted by Amory Sivertson. This series tells the story of a murder, but also the woman who was accused of that murder, Sophia. Sophia was newly married and six months pregnant when she was charged with murdering her mother-in-law ... Show More

Produced by WBUR, Boston’s NPR, in partnership with The Trace, The Gun Machine looks into the past to bring you a story that most Americans never learned in history class: how early partnerships between mad scientist gunsmiths and a fledgling U.S. government created the gun indus ... Show More

We want to share a first listen of a new podcast we're working on at WBUR. Violation tells the story of two families bound together by an unthinkable crime. It explores America's opaque parole system and asks: How much time in prison is enough? Who gets to decide? And, when someo ... Show More

What does it mean to be a victim, or a villain? What happens when the line between the two starts to blur? On 7th July 2010, Kelly Harnett says her abusive boyfriend murdered a man right in front of her. So how did she end up in prison for it? Anna Sinfield - the journalist behin ... Show More

Listen to this week's episode of the Dateline: True Crime Weekly podcast with guest host, Blayne Alexander. A dentist already facing murder charges for allegedly poisoning his wife is back in court. This time he's accused of plotting to murder four other people from behind bars. ... Show More

Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus for you, we’re sharing the trailer for Deadly Engagement an all-new original podcast series from Dateline and Josh Mankiewicz. It’s the story of Denita Smith, a promising young photographer with a bright future and engagement ring from a man she love ... Show More

Send us a textIn June 2020, 28 yr-old Tshegofatso Pule was found hanging from a tree in Roodepoort, South Africa. She was beautiful and 8 months pregnant at the time. In a nation where gender-based violence and 'femicide' is rampant, this wasn't completely a new trend. But the fa ... Show More

Send us a textIn this podcast we're going to dig into the background on a disturbing murder on live television that took place on the morning of August 26, 2015. News reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, ... Show More

Hello, Missing in Alaska listeners! The new season is out for Hell and Gone. About the show: Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend knows that there is no such thing as a small town where murder never happens. She has received ... Show More

Over the past five years of making true crime podcast Hell and Gone, host Catherine Townsend knows that there is no such thing as a small town where murder never happens. She's received hundreds of messages from people, all around the country, asking for help with an unsolved mur ... Show More

Send us a textIt’s 6 am, October 30th, 2018. 89-year old former mobster-turned-informant, Whitey Bulger is sitting in his wheelchair inside his brand-new home at USP, Hazelton Prison. He had only arrived hours earlier. The cell door had just been unlocked for breakfast and three ... Show More

This week, in Grovetown, Georgia, a woman is horribly murdered, in her own home, in what looks like an interrupted burglary. The house next door is also burglarized. But once the story begins to become more clear, it's obvious that this is actually a complicated plan of killing & ... Show More