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The Oddfather: Thirty Years in a Bathrobe, One Empire in the Shadows
Season 1 Episode 174
The deepest lesson of Vincent Gigante's story is that a lie sustained with enough discipline can outlast scrutiny for decades, since his performance …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Kidnapping That Changed How America Searches for Its Children
Season 1 Episode 173
The truest lesson of this story is that survival is not the same as recovery, since Katie Romanek's twenty two hour ordeal ended with a rescue, yet h…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
She Trusted the Badge, but the Badge Was the Weapon
Season 1 Episode 175
The most hidden part of this story is not the murder itself but the allegation that it was never an isolated act, since court records suggest George …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI: THE SUMMER THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE WAS FORCED INTO THE LIGHT
Season 1 Episode 174
A twelve part continuation of moral lessons from the Mississippi Burning case, focused on the informants, cooperating witnesses, and quiet decades th…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
THE TWENTY-FIVE CENTS THAT CONVICTED A KLAN CONSPIRACY
Season 1 Episode 173
Twelve moral lessons drawn from the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, examining how misused authority, communal silence, and uneven public a…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Palmyra Island Murders - How Two Sailors Vanished from an Uninhabited Atoll
Season 1 Episode 172
A twelve part reflection distilling moral lessons from the Palmyra Island murders, examining how isolation, ignored warnings, and misplaced confidenc…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
The side of the Mafia story you haven't heard on the Internet
Season 1 Episode 168
An in depth reconstruction of the 1985 assassination of Gambino boss Paul Castellano outside Sparks Steak House, tracing the internal betrayals, brok…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
THE RISE AND FALL OF BOBBY JOE LONG
Season 1 Episode 167
A companion narration that surfaces what the original account left behind, from the exact staging of each crime scene to the undercover decoy operati…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
THE MURDER OF NANCY, MELISSA, AND ANGIE NEWMAN
Season 1 Episode 166
A twelve part reflection drawing moral lessons from the Newman family murders, examining how misplaced trust, unexamined family obligation, and overl…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
THE SLUMBER PARTY: THE ABDUCTION OF POLLY KLAAS
Season 1 Episode 165
How a Palm Print on a Bedpost Ended a Two-Month Manhunt. A long form true crime narration that steps back from the Polly Klaas case to examine it as …
2 months, 4 weeks ago