A Study in Crime

When it comes to guardianships , you’ve heard the stories of abuse, over-medicating, theft, and embezzlement. The names Amanda Bynes , Casey Kasem , Brian Wilson , and Britney Spears come to mind. But the real problem in this domestic disaster is the unethical, immoral, and often illegal methods of attorneys, psychiatrists, medical doctors, and the courts. Some view guardianships as nothing...

Insurance fraud is a criminal act.  And in Philadelphia it’s legendary. The City of Brotherly Love is famous for fraudulent auto accident techniques like the Swoop and Squat .  But the real problem in this Philadelphia experiment is the general acceptance of fraud. It’s an ecosystem of claimants, tow truck drivers, body shops, chiropractors, attorneys, and the courts. A Study in Crime...

Dr. David Acer was a quiet, unassuming Florida dentist in the 1980s. Then several of his patients became infected with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Four of them would eventually die from the disease, including a patient named Kimberly Bergalis. Suddenly, a cloud of hysteria and phobia began to swirl around Dr. Acer. Did he infect his patients on purpose? Was it a crime? Was it an acc...

I’m Scott Fulmer.  I’m a private investigator and author of Confessions of a Private Eye. Every Tuesday I talk with investigators, journalists, authors, and others about crime, especially true crime. But this isn’t your mother’s murder of the week podcast.  This is about crime in all its many forms. Join me each week as I examine some well-known (and not-so-well-known) true crime...