New true crime podcasts that are taking a fresh look at crimes of the past
6 episodes
podcastplaylistHistory is full of crime, from the stolen artifacts that fill museums to the CIA's experiments in mind control. This episode we're playing riveting new true crime podcasts that give us windows into the past. You'll hear about how Old Hollywood dealt with its first major scandal, and about the murders that shocked a community in 1930s Texas. www.cbc.ca/1.6061088
This week on the show, we're playing podcasts about crime that don't fit the "True Crime" stereotype. Featured podcasts: Tenfold More Wicked, Unascertained, Brainwashed, Stuff The British Stole, Bad...Show More
In 1935 William and Lena Pierson are living a wonderful life; he is an associate judge on the Texas Supreme Court, a career politician. She is a beloved homemaker and mother to their three children: B...Show More
Part I: Soleiman Faqiri was a 30-year-old Canadian, born in Afghanistan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia. On December 15th, 2016, he was found dead in a segregation cell at the Central East Corre...Show More
The Allan Memorial Institute in Montreal was an innovative new hospital where patients sought cutting-edge psychiatric care. But instead of being helped, many were subjected to shockingly brutal exper...Show More
What if your doorstop was evidence of brutal mass murder and wholesale theft?
A century ago, at the birth of movie superstardom, silent film star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle was at the center of a scandal that rocked Hollywood to its core. He was accused of a murderous sex crime so...Show More
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"Communist brainwashing, mind control experiments, a government cover up... MKULTRA sounds like the stuff of conspiracy theories or science fiction. But it was real. John Marks, author of The Search f...Show More