The Casual Criminalist

From Emmett Till to the Central Park Five, explore America’s shocking miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, and system failures that destroyed lives—and what they reveal about power, race, and truth. Sponsor:  ⁠rocketmoney.com/casual⁠ - cancel your unwanted subscriptions today and reach your financial goals fast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this flashback episode, we are in the late 1970s where the Hillside Strangler had been captured, and two men now awaited trail. But one of them, Kenneth Bianchi, had a plan for escaping a life sentence - fake a Hillside Strangler attack, complete with DNA. Enter Veronica Compton, Bianchi's own Harley Quinn. Firmly under Bianchi's spell, she would go on to attempt to kill another woman before being caught by the police and ruining Bianchi's plans. Sponsor:  rocketmoney.com/casual - cancel your unwanted subscriptions today and reach your financial goals fast  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The disturbing true story of Luka Magnotta—how internet fame, obsession, and ignored warnings led to one of Canada’s shocking crimes, told through the online hunt that tried to stop him. Sponsor: shopify.com/casual - start your $1 per month trial period rocketmoney.com/casual - cancel your unwanted subscriptions today and reach your financial goals fast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a desolate Australian highway, a backpacker vanishes. A survivor escapes, suspicion erupts, and chilling evidence unfolds in the haunting Peter Falconio outback murder mystery that still troubles investigators today. Sponsors: ⁠⁠shopify.com/casual⁠⁠ - start your $1 per month trial period ⁠rocketmoney.com/casual⁠⁠ - cancel your unwanted subscriptions today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A staged home invasion, a nation transfixed, and a chilling betrayal. We unravel the lies behind Caroline Crouch’s murder—and how one man fooled Greece before the truth emerged. Sponsor: hellofresh.com/casual10fm - for 10 free meals and free breakfast for life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices