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Wicked Words - Isha Sesay: #BringBackOurGirls
Episode 29
Author Isha Sesay unravels the story that started a global campaign to find the almost 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped by extremists in Nigeria.
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4 years, 4 months ago
Wicked Words - Miles Harvey: The King of Confidence
Episode 28
Author Miles Harvey introduces us to James Strang, a charismatic young lawyer and avowed atheist, who vanished from a rural town in 1840s New York. S…
4 years, 4 months ago
Wicked Words - Abbott Kahler: The Ghosts of Eden Park
Episode 27
New York Times bestselling author Abbott Kahler recalls the epic true crime story of the most successful bootlegger in American history and the murde…
4 years, 4 months ago
Wicked Words - Dean Jobb: The Murderous Dr. Cream
Episode 26
Award-winning author Dean Jobb explores the complicated—and deadly—world of nineteenth century serial killer Dr. Thomas Neill Cream. Why was the murd…
4 years, 4 months ago
Wicked Words - PJ Raval: Call Her Ganda
Episode 25
Filmmaker PJ Raval introduces us to Jennifer Laude in this episode. When the transgender Filipina woman was found dead in a motel room and the leadin…
4 years, 4 months ago
Wicked Words - Paul Holes: The Mystery of Bessie Ferguson
Episode 24
Murder Squad host Paul Holes helps us unravel the case of Bessie Ferguson in 1920s Northern California, a woman with many secrets.
Written, researc…
4 years, 5 months ago
Wicked Words - Katherine Dykstra: What Happened to Paula?
Episode 23
Author Katherine Dykstra investigates to murder of 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1970. Katherine talks to family members,…
4 years, 5 months ago
Wicked Words - Dean King: America’s Best-Known Feud
Episode 22
Author Dean King digs into the country’s most notorious family feud: the Hatfields and the McCoys, with added details about what really caused the fi…
4 years, 5 months ago
Wicked Words - John Blake: Mississippi Burning
Episode 21
Author and CNN journalist John Blake tells us about the murders of three civil rights workers, including James Earl Chaney in Mississippi in the 1960…
4 years, 5 months ago
Wicked Words - Rachel Monroe: Savage Appetites
Episode 20
Author Rachel Monroe talks with us about WHY we love true crime through the story of Lindsay Souvannarath, who had a pact with her cyber-crush James …
4 years, 6 months ago