Best Square Mile Of Murder Podcasts (2024)

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The Experiment Introduces More Perfect 8:18

11M ago8:18

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Host Julia Longoria is back with a new season of More Perfect, from WNYC Studios. We’re taught the Supreme Court was designed to be above the fray of politics. But at a time when partisanship seeps into every pore of American life, are the nine justices living up to that promise? More Perfect is a guide to the current moment on the Court. The show …

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119: The Chameleon Killer 1:05:25

1+ y ago1:05:25

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For more than forty years, Terry Rasmussen evaded police and preyed on countless women and children. He became known as the chameleon killer for his ability to blend in with his surroundings and disappear. In this bonus episode we explore eight murders and disappearances linked to Rasmussen and the trail of destruction he left behind. And be sure t…

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118: Bear Brook & Forensic Genealogy 1:37:05

1+ y ago1:37:05

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This episode originally aired as a Patreon bonus episode in November 2020. Four bodies in two barrels were found 15 years apart in Bear Brook State Park in New Hampshire. This 35-year-old case is only partly solved, but what is solved is because of Forensic Genealogy. This month we’re looking into the incredible story of the Bear Brook Murders and …

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117: The Axeman of New Orleans 53:15

1+ y ago53:15

53:15

In this episode, we talk about a 99-year-old unsolved case that links a serial killer, the Mafia, folklore, and the supernatural. Join us as we take a look at the story of the Axeman of New Orleans, an unidentified serial killer who loved jazz and has become a part of NOLA’s rich culture and history. FURTHER READING: Axeman of New Orleans Axeman Of…

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116: The Mad Bomber 1:03:35

1+ y ago1:03:35

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**This episode originally aired as a Patron bonus episode in October 2020.** For 16 years New York City was under attack by a serial bomber. In the 1940s and 50s The Mad Bomber placed dozens of bombs around New York City in theatres, businesses, train stations, and libraries. The bombs left an entire city on edge for years as the police desperately…

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115: La Voisin 46:27

2y ago46:27

46:27

In 17th Century Paris, Catherine Monvoisin was a famous fortune-teller, poisoner, and practitioner of black magic. She helped Paris high society with their problems. Her poisons and black magic may have had a hand in murdering between 1,000 and 2,500 people. And then she got involved with a woman looking for help killing her lover -- King Louis IVX…

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114: The Pink Panthers 1:04:11

2y ago1:04:11

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Today we're talking about the complicated web of (potentially) hundreds of jewel thieves called the Pink Panthers. Listen in to hear all about the many many many, heists this group has pulled off at high-end jewellery stores worldwide! FURTHER READING: Pink Panthers - Wikipedia The Daring Heists Of The Elusive Pink Panthers (Buzzfeed Unsolved) Pink…

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113: The Hollywood Blacklist 1:14:42

2y ago1:14:42

1:14:42

We’re doing something a little bit different this week, because why not?! A few months ago in a Patreon bonus episode we rambled our way into talking about McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the USA during the Cold War as well as the Hollywood Blacklist and since we spoke about early Hollywood a bit a few months ago, we figured we should devote a who…

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112: LISK (Part 2) 53:36

2y ago53:36

53:36

This week we're back with part 2 of our episode on the Long Island Serial Killer case, also known as the LISK. In this episode we talk about the main alleged suspects in this case and the investigation. FURTHER READING: Lost Girls: When Women Go Missing on LI Some Matter, Prostitutes Don’t Girls Disappearing: Behind the Headlines of the Long Island…

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111: LISK (Part 1) 47:54

2y ago47:54

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This week is part one of our two part look at the LISK or Long Island Serial Killer case. This week we talk about the victims of these brutal murders and how they were discovered. And next week we'll dive into the investigation and the suspects. You can find the links for sources and other things we mentioned in this episode in the list of links be…

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The End of This Experiment 14:49

2y ago14:49

14:49

The Experiment is coming to an end. For our final episode, we contemplate our strange, sometimes beautiful, often frustrating country. We go back to some of the people we met and fell in love with while making the show, and ask them how their version of the American experiment is going. A transcript of this episode is available. Be part of The Expe…

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The Experiment Introduces: How To Start Over With Olga Khazan 1:59

2y ago1:59

1:59

In The Atlantic’s new series How To Start Over, Olga Khazan takes listeners on a journey of reinvention. How To Start Over is your guide to navigating life’s gray areas, whether knowing it’s time to make a career switch, repairing strained family ties, or forging new connections in a post-pandemic world. Be part of The Experiment. Use the hashtag #…

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110: DB Cooper 1:18:56

2y ago1:18:56

1:18:56

We're closing out the month with the greatest unsolved mystery in the history of the FBI: The NORJACK hijacking and the mysterious DB Cooper. We'll tell you the details of this infamous case and go through some of our favourite suspects. Let us know your theories! FURTHER READING: DB Cooper - Wikipedia DB Cooper in popular culture - Wikipedia Richa…

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The 50-Square-Mile Zone Where the Constitution Doesn't Apply 33:41

2y ago33:41

33:41

Deep in Yellowstone National Park, there’s a glitch in the U.S. Constitution where, technically, you could get away with murder. Lawmakers didn’t seem interested in fixing the problem until Mike Belderrain stumbled into the “Zone of Death” while hunting the biggest elk of his life. In a world with so many preventable deaths, The Experiment document…

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Fighting to Remember Mississippi Burning 31:24

2y ago31:24

31:24

In June 1964, at the height of the civil-rights movement, the Ku Klux Klan burned a Black Methodist church to the ground in the town of Philadelphia, Mississippi, and murdered three civil-rights workers in cold blood. This crime became one of the most notorious of its era, shocking the nation on the eve of the passage of the Civil Rights Act and la…

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109: The Lufthansa Heist 55:38

2y ago55:38

55:38

In December 1978, 6 men wearing black ski masks and driving a stolen van broke into the cargo terminal at JFK Airport in New York. They were there to steal a whole lot of money and carry out what is still the largest cash robbery ever committed on US soil. Today we're talking about the Lufthansa Heist, the New York Mob in the 1970s and 1980s, and e…

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Teenage Life After Genocide 47:45

2y ago47:45

47:45

At 19 years old, Aséna Tahir Izgil feels wise beyond her years. She is Uyghur, an ethnic minority persecuted in China, and few of her people have escaped to bear witness. After narrowly securing refuge in the United States, Aséna’s now tasked with adjusting to life in a new country and fitting in with her teenage peers. This week on The Experiment,…

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108: The Mysterious Death of Alfred Loewenstein 58:34

2y ago58:34

58:34

Hello everyone! So sorry for missing last week, Taylor was on holiday with absolutely terrible internet! Which made uploading this audio absolutely impossible. But we're here now with the story of the mysterious death of Alfred Loewenstein, the 3rd richest man in the world at the time of his death. This month we're looking at sky crimes, and Alfred…

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Judge Judy’s Law 47:08

2y ago47:08

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Almost 30 years ago, a fed-up Manhattan-family-court judge named Judith Sheindlin was sitting in her chambers when she got a call from a couple of television producers. They pitched her the idea for a TV show with Judy at its center. The result was Judge Judy, one of the most popular and influential television series ever made. Over its decades-lon…

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107: The Montauk Project 1:01:01

2y ago1:01:01

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Sorry for the delay in posting this week guys, we actually managed to get so far ahead of ourselves with planning and recording that we forgot to schedule stuff! Now, if last week’s episode didn’t already have you questioning your government and what extremes they would go to to get one up on the enemy and cover up disaster, well buckle up because …

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The Experiment introduces Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery 2:33

2y ago2:33

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The Experiment introduces WNYC colleague Nancy Solomon's new podcast: Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery New Jersey politics is not for the faint of heart. But the brutal killing of John and Joyce Sheridan, a prominent couple with personal ties to three governors, shocks even the most cynical operatives. The mystery surrounding the cri…

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The Resurgence of the Abortion Underground 32:55

2y ago32:55

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There’s a common story about abortion in this country, that people have only two options to intentionally end a pregnancy: the clinic or the coat hanger. They can choose the safe route that’s protected by Roe v. Wade—a doctor in a legal clinic—or, if Roe is overturned, endure a dangerous back-alley abortion, symbolized by the coat hanger. But a clo…

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106: The Lost Cosmonauts 40:19

2y ago40:19

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This week we're looking at a space race conspiracy. For years, people have believed that during the space race, the Soviet Union launched several secret, manned test missions that ended in disaster. Are there really lost Russian space capsules orbiting Earth? Listen in to find out more! FURTHER READING: Lost Cosmonauts - Wikipedia Timeline of the S…

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Should We Return National Parks to Native Americans? 24:09

2y ago24:09

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The national-park system has been touted as “America’s best idea.” David Treuer, an Ojibwe historian and the author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 to the Present, says we can make that idea even better—by giving national parks back to Native Americans. This episode of The Experiment originally ran on April 15, 2021. A tr…

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105: The Rendlesham Forest Incident 50:40

2y ago50:40

50:40

We're diving into the world of UFOs and aliens with this week's episode about the Rendlesham Forest Incident. Although it is much less well known than its American counterpart, the Rendlesham Forest Incident has become known as Britain’s Roswell. Come on in and listen to us wax poetic about all things extraterrestrial and let us know if you believe…

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Who Belongs in the Cherokee Nation? 38:28

2y ago38:28

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From the time she was a little girl, Marilyn Vann knew she was Black and she was Cherokee. But when she applied for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation as an adult, she was denied. What followed was a journey into a dark part of Cherokee history that not many people know about and even fewer understand: Vann and her family are descended from people …

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104: The Green Children of Woolpit 47:03

2y ago47:03

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We're officially back from our break with a month of mysteries! T This week we’re going all the way back to the 12th century and the small rural village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, when one day two small green children appeared in one of the woolpits. This is a weird one, so be sure to tell us your theories! FURTHER READING: Green children of W…

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103: Inventing Anna 43:38

2y ago43:38

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We're butting into our break to bring you a slightly different episode: a discussion about Netflix's Inventing Anna! If you haven't listened to our previous episode about Anna Delvey/Anna Sorokin, check out Episode 76: Fake Heiress, and be sure to let us know what you think about Inventing Anna! FURTHER READING: Jessica Pressler's original article …

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The Helen Keller Exorcism 1:04:45

2y ago1:04:45

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The fantasy writer Elsa Sjunneson has been haunted by Helen Keller for nearly her entire life. Elsa is Deafblind, and growing up, she couldn’t escape the constant comparisons. Then, a year ago, an online conspiracy theory claiming that Keller was a fraud exploded on TikTok, and suddenly, Sjunneson found herself drawing her sword and jumping to Kell…

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An Engineer Tries to Build His Way Out of Tragedy 27:54

2y ago27:54

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James Sulzer has always loved building things. As a rehabilitation engineer, he spent years creating devices that he hoped would help patients recover from serious brain trauma such as strokes. And he believed strongly in the potential of rehab technology—that with the right robot, he could relieve a whole array of brain injuries. But then, one spr…

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One American Family’s Debt to Ukraine 36:20

2y ago36:20

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As Putin invaded Ukraine last month, the Atlantic writer Franklin Foer found the Russian leader’s justification for violence uncanny. Putin referred to the “Nazification” of Ukraine—a distortion of history at best. But Franklin was told a similar story his whole life from his grandmother. This week, The Experiment tells the story of the Holocaust s…

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March Intermission 7:34

2y ago7:34

7:34

Hey everyone! You could probably tell from our release schedules and some of the things we've mentioned have been going on in our lives over the past few months, but basically, 2022 is kicking our butts. And we need a little break. So, we won't be releasing any regular episodes in March to give us time to regroup, rest, and get back on track. We've…

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