A Study in Crime

A Study in Crime


Latest Episodes

29. Mr. Tolbert Goes to Prison for Embezzlement
October 29, 2024

Bill Tolbert was a successful businessman who donated thousands of dollars to charity and political campaigns. He was also involved in the communitya real up-and-comer.But he was not the man everyon

28. The Great Prison Contraband Adventure
October 22, 2024

Paul John was a federal correctional officer two years away from retirement. But he had some secrets. For starters, he had a steady gig bringing contraband cell phones into the prison for inmates. He

27. A Scandal in Atlanta at The Gold Club
October 15, 2024

It started one morning when a man woke up hungover from a night of debauchery at a strip club. The previous night, he had spent 12k dollars, but his credit card was charged 28k dollars. This story has

26. A Death at Calumet Farms
October 08, 2024

The story I have for you today is about a famous horse. A Thoroughbred named Alydar. It's also a story of murder, of a killing. But not in the traditional sense. As with many crimes, it concerns money

25. A Study in Securities Fraud
October 01, 2024

After 20 years in the hedge fund and private equity industry, Mark was sent to federal prison for securities fraud. Lost Generation writerF. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, There are no second acts in Ameri

24. The Drug Cartel Kidnapping of Mauricio Gonzalez
September 24, 2024

Mauricio Gonzalez was selling eggs in Jalisco, Mexico when Francisco "El Blanco" Rivera arrived. He put a gun to Mauricio's head and told him that Mauricio's wife, Catalina, now belonged to Francisco.

23. The Case of the Idaho Student Murders
September 17, 2024

Much has been written about the tragic murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in November of 2022.Investigative journalist and Edgar Award-winning author Howard B

22. The Red-Hot Lovers Rob a Bank
September 10, 2024

FBI Special Agent Frank Montoya, Jr. had only been on the job a few months when a masked gunman dressed as a janitor and waving a pistol made off with $250k in a daring daylight bank robbery of the Te

21. A Home Invasion in Mexico City
September 03, 2024

On a cool October evening in Mexico City, not far from the central plaza, a respected Spanish merchant and all ten of his servants were massacred by three men wielding machetes. The crime shocked the

20. Arsenic and Old Midwives
August 27, 2024

Sophocles wrote: Trust dies, but mistrust blossoms. In 1920, in the village of Nagyrv, husbands trusted wives. Children trusted mothers. And everyone trusted the midwife, Zsuzannah Fazekas. No one