The Cold Embrace

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

An American couple buys a house in England that locals warn is haunted. But instead of feeling fearful, Ned and Mary are excited by the prospect of ghostly company. That is, until a mystery begins to unravel their marriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c ...  Show more

After killing three people, Engleman was confident he could continue to outsmart the law — so he plotted a three-victim homicide that would earn him his biggest fortune yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

He was the 20th century's greatest outlaw. She was a peerless beauty trapped in a loveless marriage. Together they perpetrated a spree of brutal violence that left its mark on Brazil forever. This is the story of Lampião the Bandit King and his love, Maria Bonita.  Learn more abo ...  Show more

Today's episode features two very different stories revolving around love and obsession, littered with nuances and gray tones, in which concepts like perpetrator and victim barely hold up to the next plot twist, and yet allow for enthralling glimpses behind the veil of human natu ...  Show more

Shakespeare wrote that Iove is blind, but in these criminal cases, love is blinding. Ash and Alaina dive into obsessive, dangerous love stories—including a murdered queen, an outlaw couple and a few Beyoncé references. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad ...  Show more