A Study in Crime
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22. The Red-Hot Lovers Rob a Bank
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
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
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
19. The Arsonist of River Park Lane
The home at 151 River Park Lane in Great Falls, Virginia, was owned by a retired doctor and had a state-of-the-art security system. It burned to the ground one night in November 2015 and was a total l
18. The Curious Death of Charles Morgan
Charles Morgan was an escrow agent whosebody was found June 18th, 1977, about 40miles southwest of Tucson. Hewas dead from a single gunshot wound to the back of his head. When the coroner examined
Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Dr. Ann Burgess
In the mid-1970s, Robert Ressler and John Douglas of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) began interviewing serial offenders. However, it wasn't until Dr. Ann Burgess created a 57-page questionnai
17. Deviant Podcast with Andrew and Dan
This week, I have a crossover episode for you. From Cold Open Media, the folks that brought you the award-winning podcastDown the Hill: The Delphi Murders, I speak withAndrew IdenandDan Szematowic
16. The Wrongful Conviction of Clarence Elkins
Clarence Elkins was serving life in prison for murder and sexual assault. He claimed he was innocent. DNA at the crime scene was from an unknown male. His wife, Melinda, had suspicions about Earl, a n
15. Smurfing and Other Horrible No Good Things
Some great things have been created with the best intentions. Things like computers and the internet. But these same things have also been used for nefarious purposes. Some of the worst things imaginable are proliferated with computers and the internet. T
14. The Serial Killer of Michigan Avenue
Monica Johnson was 1 of 400 murders in Detroit in 1999. Then Wendy Jordan, Rose Marie Felt, Kelly Jean Hood, and Nicole Young. They were all killed between December 1999 and April 2000 in Detroit. John Eric Armstrong left the Navy in 1999, moved to the De