Criminal

No one disputes that it's against the law to take another person's life, but is it against the law to sit with someone and watch while they die by suicide? We meet an elderly woman named Fran Schindler who sneaks around the country as an "exit guide." Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

We discuss John Meehan's controlling behaviour and threats and what it was like in the aftermath of escaping from DirtyJohn. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti continue their conversation with Tonia Bales, John Meehan's first wife of 10 years.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

the discussion about The People vs. O.J. Simpson. Jim Clemente, Laura Richards and Lisa Zambetti analyze the disastrous handling of Nicole's 911 call Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

Liz recalls going to the sentencing of James and Donovan Cloud, seeing the faces of the men who took Josiah’s life, and the cavalier almost jocular attitude of the courtroom. As Laura says, Josiah’s case was used as a bargaining chip for prosecutors to secure a plea deal for one of the offenders. Liz also describes her shocking treatment post sentencing by the district attorney’s office and their...

Interview with Liz Hilderbrand. She explains trying to come to terms not only with her son Josiah’s murder but with the actions of the justice system to erase her son’s existence from a multiple homicide.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

In the early 90s, a wealthy magazine publisher was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 18 months in a minimum security prison in Louisiana. But white collar criminals weren't the only people living there, and the other people inside had basically been forgotten about by the outside world, some of them for decades. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--61526...

In 2018, we talked with three of America’s most experienced trauma surgeons about what happens when someone is shot. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

She also talks about all the evidence that links Josiah’s murder to the offenders who murdered five other people in White Swan, a remote area on the Yakama Indian Reservation and her frustration that authorities did not include Josiah in their case against the suspects James and Donovan Cloud. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

His remains were found off the side of a highway in rural eastern Washington state after he was murdered on his way to a concert. Liz describes the excruciating moment of seeing what was left of her child.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

We continue our interview with Liz Hilderbrand who tells us what it was like waiting fourteen agonizing months to finally find her son Josiah. His remains were found off the side of a highway in rural eastern Washington state after he was murdered on his way to a concert. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

For nearly a century we've been trying to read someone's truthfulness by the way they act. Be it through machines, or our own intuition. The police have tried. The FBI has tried. The CIA has tried. But the fact is… most of their efforts just don't work. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

In 2001, Kathleen Peterson was found dead in a pool of her own blood. Her husband Michael Peterson was convicted of her murder. A curious neighbor, a lawyer named Larry Pollard, had a different theory... one that brings new meaning to man vs. beast. Explore a theory you won’t find in the Netflix documentary The Staircase. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/crimina...

The Chief’s letter tries to assure the public that the investigation into these cases has been thorough, but Antonia points out all the holes in that story. Laura fills us in on the background of the horrific domestic violence these women suffered at the hands of their intimate partners before their deaths. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/supp...

Who is killing the indigenous women of Alaska? it is not that hard to figure out if proper investigations had been done, yet time and time again, these victims’ deaths are ignored, suspects are not questioned, evidence is not collected, autopsy reports are glossed over, known repeat offenders are not prosecuted, and on the rare occasions when they are prosecuted, judges are letting them go with le...

In May 1991, a bank robber walked into a bank in Irving, Texas, and without speaking handed the teller a note that read, “This is a bank robbery. Give me your money. No marked bills or dye packs.” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

Jim has special guests Retired FBI Profiler, Kathy Canning-Mello and Former Federal and State Prosecutor, Francey Hakes on to discuss the Docu-Series “Quiet On The Set” which deals with the ordeal many child actors went through on shows run by Dan Schnieder on Nickelodeon Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

"I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.” We speak with Toby Dorr, who started a prison dog training program in 2004. That’s how she met John Manard. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

“I never did anything wrong. I never had a speeding ticket. I think I just saved all my stuff up for just one thing.” We speak with Toby Dorr, who started a prison dog training program in 2004. That’s how she met John Manard. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

We conclude our coverage of “American Nightmare” the story of Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn and the secondary trauma they suffered at the hands of law enforcement, the media and the general public at large who refused to believe their story about what happened to them when they were attacked by a sadistic and dangerous offender Matthew Muller.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spre...

“The police had surrounded the house. They had been there for quite a while. They didn’t want to try to rush the house because they thought he might kill one of the innocent people. But after waiting for a long time, I asked the police: ‘Let me see if I can talk to the guy.’” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

In the early 1920s, painters at a watch dial factory in New Jersey started to get sick. No one could tell them why. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/criminal--6152643/support .

"Did you scream?" is the question Detective Mustard asked Denise Huskins when she described her kidnapping and repeated rapes at the hands of Matthew Muller, the man who terrorized her for two days in his remote cabin in the Lake Tahoe area. Laura and Jim tear apart the victim blaming at the heart of this question and the deeply held bias this detective seemed to have against women who have suffer...

"American Nightmare" streaming now, has been the #1 show on Netflix for the past few weeks. It is a story the Real Crime Profile team knows well. We interviewed Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn in June 2021 and they shared their incredible and harrowing story of how a predatory serial stalker and rapist upended their world and how they fought back for justice and to reclaim their lives. In 2015, the...

25-year-old Josiah Hilderbrand had dreams of becoming a firefighter in the Northern California county where he lived. He loved animals and helping all kinds of people. Most of all, he loved his mom Liz. For his whole life it had just been the two of them. Like his mom, Josiah was a huge fan of the Grateful Dead and was excited to go to Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington State to see Dead & Compa...