Criminal

Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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E. Jean

Episode Date: August 22, 2025

We visited E. Jean Carroll at her house in the woods to talk about her two trials against President Donald Trump. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram an...

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The Bus Ride

Episode Date: August 15, 2025

Two days after Hurricane Katrina hit, people who lived in the Fischer Housing Projects were still trapped – and it didn’t seem like anyone was coming...

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Death in Eden

Episode Date: July 25, 2025

In the early 1930s, eight people settled on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos. Within five years, two were missing and two were dead. Abbott Kah...

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The Double

Episode Date: July 18, 2025

In 2023, two men told police the same story: each man said that his name was William Woods, and that his identity had been stolen. Say hello on Faceb...

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Uncle Harold

Episode Date: June 27, 2025

In 1997, Eric Konigsberg received a strange voicemail from someone in prison — a hit man who had confessed to at least ten murders. Eric and the man h...

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The Guru

Episode Date: June 13, 2025

In the late 1960s, a yogi named Swami Rama came to the United States. His followers believed he could read their minds, visit them in their dreams, an...

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Action Park

Episode Date: May 23, 2025

“Anyone who went to Action Park understood you could get really messed up going there. It was part of why you wanted to go.” Seth Porges made a docum...

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No Hint or Help

Episode Date: May 16, 2025

In the 1950s, a new television quiz show premiered called Twenty One. But the first episode was a disaster — so the producers decided to try something...

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False Positive

Episode Date: May 9, 2025

The night before she gave birth, Susan Horton had a salad for dinner. The next day, doctors told her she’d tested positive for opiates - and reported...

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Tabatha

Episode Date: May 2, 2025

When Tabatha Trammell was 50 years old, she started studying to become a doula — a support person for pregnant women. Today, most of her clients are i...

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High Tide

Episode Date: March 14, 2025

Right after sunset, three boats sailed towards the rice plantations on the Combahee River. Harriet Tubman knew they had to hurry - they only had six h...