The Bling Ring has everything any good true crime story from 2009 should have: reality TV stars, movie stars, more reality TV stars, and a bunch of dumb teenagers. We still have so many questions that need to be answered... Who was really the ring leader? Does the movie adaptation do the story justice? How good was Paris Hilton’s cocaine? And where is Alexis ... Show More
Mar 2024
Willy's Chocolate Experience - AKA The Fyre Fest Of Chocolate Factories
Sara and Danny are back for the final time, to cover Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow - an event organized by a company named House of Illuminati, that was giving more Fyre Fest than "Pure Imagination." Sara and Danny get into it all, from the AI generated, spelling error- ... Show More
29m 35s
Mar 2024
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Ft. Josh Gondelman
This week, Sara is joined by writer and comedian Josh Gondelman to cover a story from his hometown of Boston: the still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. In 1990, two thieves dressed as policemen walked into the museum in the middle of the night, and carried out the ... Show More
44m 58s
Mar 2024
Steve Comisar: Serial Scammer
Sara and Danny are back to cover the self-proclaimed "Jeffrey Dahmer of fraud,” Steve Comisar. But first, Sara shares a self-imposed scam of her own, with a recent Uber Pool trip that went off the rails. Then, they get into the extensive grifting resume of Beverly Hills conman St ... Show More
48m 48s
Jan 2024
The Fellowship of the Bling :The Bling Ring
It was 2009, a different time to say the least. The stars of the era known as Young Hollywood were the targets of a ring of break-in burglars, working the Hollywood Hills. Guns, jewelry, designer handbags, artwork, and "jeans made to fit my body" were stolen from the stars. What ... Show More
59m 44s
Jun 2023
Episode 307: Why are we all so obsessed with true crime as entertainment?
The true crime genre is one of the world’s most popular in books, podcasts, tv shows and films but what is it that makes us so drawn to violence and and all things criminal?Nicola is talking to author and columnist Sarah Weinman whose latest book Evidence of Things Seen, an antho ... Show More
50m 3s
Jul 2024
Like A Noise In The Night
Are you fascinated by gangster movies? The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Pulp Fiction have no more secrets for you? Do you know all there is to know about Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel? Well, get ready to hear the most...how shall I say...well, the most embarrassing, the most app ... Show More
4m 41s
Jun 2024
The Disgruntled Drug Addict
Are you fascinated by gangster movies? The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Pulp Fiction have no more secrets for you? Do you know all there is to know about Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel? Well, get ready to hear the most...how shall I say...well, the most embarrassing, the most app ... Show More
3m 42s
Jul 2024
The Reluctant Accomplice
Are you fascinated by gangster movies? The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Pulp Fiction have no more secrets for you? Do you know all there is to know about Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel? Well, get ready to hear the most...how shall I say...well, the most embarrassing, the most app ... Show More
3m 57s
Oct 2022
*BONUS* The Real Impacts of True Crime Media w/ Sarah Turney
In 2001, Sarah Turney’s sister, Alissa, went missing. Nearly two decades later and no arrests in the case, the police told her they could no longer help her and she needed to get media coverage for the case. So, in 2019, Sarah started The Voices for Justice Podcast as a way to te ... Show More
41m 54s
Jul 2024
Two Idiots On Vacation
Are you fascinated by gangster movies? The Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, Pulp Fiction have no more secrets for you? Do you know all there is to know about Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel? Well, get ready to hear the most...how shall I say...well, the most embarrassing, the most app ... Show More
3m 53s