Criminal

Ghostwatch

On Halloween night, in 1992, an unusual television special aired on the BBC. Nobody expected what happened next. “The technicians were looking up at the big screen in the lobby, saying to each other, ‘My God, what's going on in Studio One?’”  This episode was first released in 2022. Say hello on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@criminal_podcast]. Sign up for our occasional newsletter [http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=a7d08cb6bd]. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal/id809264944]. Sign up for Criminal Plus [https://thisiscriminal.com/plus] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love [https://thisislovepodcast.com/] and Phoebe Reads a Mystery [https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/]. Artwork by Julienne Alexander [http://www.yssrs.com/]. Check out our online shop [https://shop.thisiscriminal.com/]. Episode transcripts are posted on our website [https://thisiscriminal.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Custom of the Sea

In 1883, a sailing captain named Thomas Dudley accepted a job no one thought was a good idea: to sail a small ship called the Mignonette halfway across the world. Say hello on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@criminal_podcast]. Sign up for our occasional newsletter [http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=a7d08cb6bd]. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal/id809264944]. Sign up for Criminal Plus [https://thisiscriminal.com/plus] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love [https://thisislovepodcast.com/] and Phoebe Reads a Mystery [https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/]. Artwork by Julienne Alexander [http://www.yssrs.com/]. Check out our online shop [https://shop.thisiscriminal.com/]. Episode transcripts are posted on our website [https://thisiscriminal.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Tusker

When Audrey Ryan’s father told her he once found 20 pounds of hash while he was fishing for scallops, she didn’t believe him. But he said that he wasn’t the only one who had found drugs in the ocean.  Audrey Ryan wrote about the Tusker for Boston Globe Magazine. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/02/magazine/a-lucrative-haul-for-maine-fishermen-drugs-dumped-by-smugglers/] Say hello on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@criminal_podcast]. Sign up for our occasional newsletter [http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=a7d08cb6bd]. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal/id809264944]. Sign up for Criminal Plus [https://thisiscriminal.com/plus] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love [https://thisislovepodcast.com/] and Phoebe Reads a Mystery [https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/]. Artwork by Julienne Alexander [http://www.yssrs.com/]. Check out our online shop [https://shop.thisiscriminal.com/]. Episode transcripts are posted on our website [https://thisiscriminal.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Zak and Michelle

In 2006, a group of young men and teenagers were arrested under the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act for planning to set off bombs in Toronto. They were known as the Toronto 18. One of the group’s leaders was a 20-year-old named Zakaria Amara. Michelle Shephard wrote about Zakaria Amara for The Walrus magazine [https://thewalrus.ca/how-a-would-be-bomber-rebuilt-his-life/]. Say hello on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@criminal_podcast]. Sign up for our occasional newsletter [http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=a7d08cb6bd]. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal/id809264944]. Sign up for Criminal Plus [https://thisiscriminal.com/plus] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love [https://thisislovepodcast.com/] and Phoebe Reads a Mystery [https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/]. Artwork by Julienne Alexander [http://www.yssrs.com/]. Check out our online shop [https://shop.thisiscriminal.com/]. Episode transcripts are posted on our website [https://thisiscriminal.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Patience

One Saturday morning in 2018, the police showed up at Patience Rousseau’s door, and started asking her questions about something she'd posted on Facebook after she'd had a miscarriage. Caroline Kitchener’s article for The Washington Post is “She said she had a miscarriage — then got arrested under an abortion law.” [https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/abortion-law-nevada-arrest-miscarriage/] Say hello on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCriminal/], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/criminal_podcast/] and TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@criminal_podcast]. Sign up for our occasional newsletter [http://thisiscriminal.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=25658e45f07309154fbf5f23f&id=a7d08cb6bd]. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criminal/id809264944]. Sign up for Criminal Plus [https://thisiscriminal.com/plus] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, special merch deals, and more. We also make This is Love [https://thisislovepodcast.com/] and Phoebe Reads a Mystery [https://thisiscriminal.com/mystery/]. Artwork by Julienne Alexander [http://www.yssrs.com/]. Check out our online shop [https://shop.thisiscriminal.com/]. Episode transcripts are posted on our website [https://thisiscriminal.com/]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]