Ex Libris

In 1985, college student Ian Perkins reconnected with a family friend, Fritz Klenner, who told him a secret. He said he was a CIA agent — and offered to let Ian come along on his next mission. To listen early to Part 2 of this story, sign up for Criminal Plus at patreon.com/crimi ...  Show more

In 2021, a Nigerian man heard from a friend who offered him a job opportunity in the U.K. After he arrived he was taken to a hospital, where he found out that he wasn’t there for a job at all - but instead, for a kidney transplant. Today, Phoebe interviews journalist Alexis Okeow ...  Show more

Introducing the first season of OUTLAWS: The Good Thief. We’re on the trail of Vassilis Paleokostas, Greece’s most-wanted man—a real-life Robin Hood known for stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Fourteen years ago, after pulling off a string of unbelievable heists, Vassil ...  Show more

Rare books are, obviously, valuable. And that means people want to steal them, often in ridiculous ways. Sometimes in huge quantities, sometimes over huge amounts of time. This is the tale of three big book heists that are almost as irritating as Elizabeth's pronunciations of jus ...  Show more

While they are seen as bastions of information and beauty, national parks have a darker side to them - several strange disappearances have occurred at these locations over the years, and these stories have been collected in a series of books. Today, we discuss the stories of the ...  Show more

Josh Mankiewicz reports on the disappearance of a retired art collector and Palm Springs socialite, one of the longest and most expensive missing-persons investigations in California history.

Lester Holt and Josh Mankiewicz go behind the scenes of the making of this epis ...