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On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, ...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 29:27
In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. G...
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 31:54
“The question becomes, when is enough enough?” Today, we’re talking about forgiveness.
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 33:35
In January 2000, two bodies were found frozen in a remote area of Saskatoon, Canada. It was a place where nobody walked, especially in the winter. ...
- Added: May 19, 2020
- Length: 35:06
In April of 1995, wildlife biologists flew small airplanes over Yellowstone National Park, looking for two missing wolves. “They’re just gone. And ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 31:55
Sgt. David Mascarenas was the Dive Supervisor for the Los Angeles Police Department. He’s been diving his whole life, and prides himself on never r...
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- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 31:14
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Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on fire. Th...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:24
“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he migh...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 29:07
One day Adam Braseel got a phone call from his mother. She said that a man in Grundy County, Tennessee had been murdered, and the police thought Ad...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 37:14
In the summer of 1922, in a town in southern Illinois, 23 people were murdered over two days. Men, women, and children came out of their houses to ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 24:23
Debbie Schum waited a long time to receive the cremated ashes of her friend, LoraLee Johnson. When she did, she felt relieved to finally take them ...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 30:57
Crime Blotter: “The Learning Center on Hanson Street reports a man across the way stands at his window for hours watching the center, making parent...
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- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 28:07
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World-class biathlete Kari Swenson was on an afternoon trail run in the mountains near Big Sky, Montana in July 1984 when two men blocked her path.
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 38:59
In 1977, a man named Robert Burns went to a funeral and shot someone, in the head, in front of 300 people. He didn’t deny it, and his lawyer didn’t...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 34:28
In 1930, a Cuban woman named Elena de Hoyos went to the hospital in Key West, Florida. She had a bad cough, and her family was afraid she had Tuber...
- Added: Apr 15, 2020
- Length: 18:24
Three years ago, we spoke with Axton Betz-Hamilton about discovering that her identity had been stolen as a child. When she found out who had stole...
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- Added: Jan 24, 2020
- Length: 37:32
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When 18-year-old Ruth Cruger disappeared in 1917, newspapers reported that she probably ran off with a boyfriend. New York police said that there w...
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- Added: Oct 08, 2019
- Length: 27:01
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“I never did anything wrong. I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.” This week, we speak with Toby...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 43:49
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In the late 1800s, North Carolina was trying to build a railway system through the Western part of the state. In December of 1882, something went w...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 20:27
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Dan Stevenson has lived in Oakland’s Eastlake neighborhood for 40 years. He says crime has been an issue for as long as he can remember, but he isn...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 32:34
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- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 26:22
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When Cecilia Gentili was growing up in Argentina, she felt so different from everyone around her that she thought she might be from another planet....
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 31:31
When Philip Benight met Becky Golden, they made a promise to stick together, no matter how bad things got.
- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 31:46
One summer in 1973, two men robbed a bank in Stockholm. They held four people hostage for six days. Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist Nils Bej...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 26:51
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When Sarah Garone was 13 years old, she received something very strange in the mail. She didn’t know who it was from, or why they would have sent i...
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- Added: Sep 05, 2019
- Length: 25:31
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