Podcast Episodes

My Friend, the Serial Killer | 6. Unfinished Business

Season 9 Episode 6

Despite promises made by the police, the killer faces the death penalty for his crimes. Donna confesses that she is terrified her father will find a way to avoid the death penalty, get out of prison,…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

My Friend, the Serial Killer | 5. Donna

Season 9 Episode 5

In the present day, Steve tracks down Donna, the killer’s daughter, who he first met when she was 12. Nearly fifty years later, Donna describes the harsh reality of growing up the daughter of a seria…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

My Friend, the Serial Killer | 4. The Exclusive

Season 9 Episode 4

Steve secures his exclusive interview with the killer, who reveals what he considers the “real reasons” his victims died. While digging into this investigative lead, Steve tracks down a former social…

Published on 1 year, 5 months ago

My Friend, the Serial Killer | 3. Take Us To The Bodies

Season 9 Episode 3

On the strangest road trip ever, the confessed killer leads detectives, a prosecutor, and a medical examiner on a grim quest to unearth the bodies he claims to have buried in remote parts Louisiana a…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

My Friend, the Serial Killer | 2. Confessions

Season 9 Episode 2

Steve dives deeper into the details of the killer’s life, reaching out to his wife and daughter in an attempt to secure an exclusive interview with the killer in prison. Meanwhile, the Florida police…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

My Friend, the Serial Killer | 1. Local Man

Season 9 Episode 1

Steve Fishman is an intern at his local Connecticut newspaper and a regular hitchhiker. When one of his hitched rides comes to an unnerving conclusion, Steve shrugs it off—until weeks later, when the…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

Introducing: My Friend, the Serial Killer

What would you do if someone you knew turned out to be a serial killer?  

In the 1970s, Steve Fishman was an intern at his local newspaper, when one day he hitched a ride back from Boston with Rober…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

The Most Dangerous Man You've Never Heard Of - Who is John Todd?

In the 1970s, John Todd exploded onto the evangelical scene with a shocking claim: a secret group of devil-worshiping elites called the Illuminati were planning a violent world takeover, and Christia…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

Behind Poisoned Letters - The Untold Story of the Anthrax Attacks

In 2001, a series of letters laced with a deadly powder called anthrax appeared on the desks of prominent journalists and politicians in New York City and Washington D.C causing a national panic. But…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Introducing The Runaway Princesses from In The Dark and The New Yorker

The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheikh Mohammed’s family keep trying to run away? The New Yorker staff writer Heidi Blake joins In the Dar…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago