Episode 238: How George 'the Penguin' Mitchel...

A chaotic career criminal who has made his way up through the ranks of the Gucci Gang and later as an enforcer for the Flashy Mob is before the courts again for offences behind bars.Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about Scott Capper and his violent and unpredictable criminal career ...  Show more

The unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short became known as the Black Dahlia case after the young woman's mutilated body was found in Los Angeles, becoming one of Hollywood's most infamous cold cases. Chloe McPolin speaks to author William J. Mann about his book The Black Dahlia ...  Show more

Todays story is from Liverpool where a shooting outside a nightclub left a number of questions unanswered. Serious players in the underworld were loosely connected and did all they could to make the charges related to the shooting go away. Add to this mix an attempt to bribe a Po ...  Show more

Detective Danny Smith has solidified his theory on Billy Halpern's murder, revealing a direct link to organized crime that stretches far beyond the shores of South Florida. With this breakthrough, he's now prepared to present his case to prosecutors. Meanwhile, investigative jour ...  Show more

The episode this week comes from the north-east of England.

Like almost all of us, Nicola Morrin just wanted to enjoy life and when she met her partner he seemed a lovely man. But he wasn't.

He was a weak, violent bully and Nicola was desperate to get away from hi ...  Show more

Former homicide detective Gary Jubelin walks into the maximum security Macquarie prison, facing up to the kind of criminals he used to put inside there. An old friend once told him they breed animals in prison - but this is something different. Subscribe to Crime X+ to hear episo ...  Show more