Podcast Episodes

Dissident at the Doorstep

Western news outlets became fascinated with Chen Guangcheng, a blind self-taught lawyer who advocated for human rights inside communist China. When G…

1 year, 11 months ago

Varnamtown

“Twin Peaks” actor Kyle MacLachlan had a crazy story for his friend. In the 1980s, kingpin Pablo Escobar bribed an entire North Carolina town to let …

1 year, 11 months ago

The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping

Concerned by her adolescent behavior, Katherine Daniel’s parents sent the teenager to the Academy at Ivy Ridge, a school that promised to set her str…

1 year, 11 months ago

Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative

Journalist Jess Shane had become disillusioned with the documentary industry and its effects on those profiled. She set off to create a new paradigm …

2 years ago

The Truth About Jim

Sierra Barter’s step-grandfather had terrorized her family for years before his death in 2008. Jim Mordecai sexually abused the women in his life, in…

2 years ago

Murder on Middle Beach

A young filmmaker sets off to find his mother’s killer. What he uncovers shocks him. 

In this CWO Classic Rewind we’ll revisit our December 7, 2020 re…

2 years ago

Cover Up: Body Brokers

Sunset Mesa Funeral Home was a trusted business for bereaved residents in Montrose, Colorado. Director Megan Hess smooth-talked family members and of…

2 years ago

True Detective 3

An aging detective with a failing memory struggles to solve the kidnapping case that has haunted him his whole career. On this CWO Classic Rewind, we…

2 years ago

True Detective: Night Country

After the last sunset of the year, a group of scientists vanish from their arctic research station near Ennis, Alaska. Police Chief Liz Danvers later…

2 years ago

Runaway Joe

In 1985, Irish residents were stunned to learn the man they knew as country gentleman Michael O’Shea was actually Joseph Maloney, a fugitive from Ame…

2 years ago