S1 E4: Polly the "Prostitute"

Annie Chapman and her husband were making good on their ambitions to live a comfortable, respectable life. Only... Annie drank. Under pressure from her husband’s employer, Annie was sent away - and she fell deeper and deeper into the bottle. This addiction - and society's disgust ...  Show more

Annie Chapman’s murder sparked fears that a crazed killer was on the loose in London, prompting the burgeoning newspaper industry to flood Whitechapel with reporters. Those journalists wrote the first draft of Jack the Ripper’s history, and much of it survives in the story we tel ...  Show more

In 2011, the glamorous Spreckels Mansion in Southern California was witness to not just one but two grisly deaths — just days apart. When a beautiful young woman is found hanging nude from the mansion's balcony, police rule it a suicide. Police say a tragedy days before triggered ...  Show more

The evidence against Chris Dawson was overwhelming from the start - so why did it take several investigations, 2 coronial enquiries and 40 years of agony for Lyon’s family for New South Wales police to even make an arrest?In our final episode on the murder of Lynette Dawson we di ...  Show more

Emily revisits her conversation with Retired FBI Agent Eddie Freyer to discuss his investigation into the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Polly Klaas. During a slumber party at her own home, Polly was abducted at knifepoint by intruder Richard Allen Davis. A 60-day sea ...  Show more

While many believe Margaret Sherry was targeted for political reasons, Biloxi police suspect the killer was one of Vince’s disgruntled clients. But as missteps in the investigation pile up, the Sherry family wonders: Were the cops somehow involved? To learn more about listener da ...  Show more