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What happens when a teenager goes missing in the world’s smallest, and supposedly safest, country? Emanuela Orlandi’s sudden disappearance remains the only missing person’s case in Vatican City, yet more than 40 years later we still have no idea what really happened behind the pa ...  Show more

Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged killer’s own son. Today, we reopen the case against George Hodel, a certified genius and once-celebrated doctor who rubbed elbows with note ...  Show more

Many historians believe William Shakespeare is the greatest playwright who ever lived. Many don’t—citing theories of theft to explain his library of work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Today’s quote comes from Salvatore Profaci, an influential captain in the famous Colombo crime family, based in New York City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Ahead of his BBC Radio 3 documentary Exit Burbage, the journalist and author Andrew Dickson explores the remarkable career of Richard Burbage, a Jacobean actor who played many of Shakespeare’s best-known roles for the first time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in ...  Show more

In the late 19th century, a conman came between frontier photographer Eadweard Muybridge and his young wife, Flora Downs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices