SYMHC Classics: Prison Breaks

E. Virgil Neal’s career started out with writing successful textbooks, but then took a turn into being a stage hypnotist and then a series of dicey mail-order businesses. Research: “Can’t Find E. Virgil Neal.” New York Times. January 15, 1906. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/tim ...  Show more

This 2022 episode covers Hortense and Marie Mancini, who tried to make a place for themselves in 17th-century Europe, defying all kinds of conventions along the way. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

COVID hits the prisons so the twins can’t see their families for months. Jay spends 56 days in hospital. Finally, after 12 years in prison, the twins are released on the November 5th, 2020.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Gary sits down behind a closed door with some of the toughest men inside the prison. By the time he walks out, everything he thought he knew about jail has shifted. Subscribe to Crime X+ to hear episodes three weeks early and ad free, and access our slate of award-winning true cr ...  Show more

In addition to new episodes of Con Artists each week, you’ll now also hear Crime Bites every Friday. Each Crime Bites episode gives you a deeper, yet brief look into true-crime topics covered at Parcast. Today we’re discussing prison escapes. How common are prison escapes, and wh ...  Show more

Join former homicide detective Gary Jubelin as he goes into a maximum security prison. During a career spent locking up murderers, gang leaders and rapists, Jubelin didn’t care what happened to them after. Deep inside the prison walls he discovers how you can lock men up and turn ...  Show more