Criminal

The Knock

On Christmas morning, Laura Nowlin was in her living room with her infant son. They were getting ready to leave to spend the day with family. Then, Laura heard a knock on the door. She says it sounded frantic. 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://patreon.com/criminal] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, 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]

Fall River

In 1833, a writer named Catharine Williams began working on a new book. She’d published books of poetry and about the Revolutionary War before, but this book was going to be different. It was going to be about a Methodist minister, a mill worker, and a murder.  Kate Dawson’s book is The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727618/the-sinners-all-bow-by-kate-winkler-dawson/]. 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://patreon.com/criminal] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, 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 Manual

In 1993, a family was found murdered in their home. A Maryland police spokesperson described the homicide investigation as the most “exhaustive and labor intensive” in the department’s history. And then investigators found a strange manual - written by someone calling themselves Rex Feral. This episode was originally released in 2018. To hear more about who actually wrote Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors, sign up for Criminal Plus [https://www.patreon.com/Criminal]. You'll also get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, special merch deals, and more. 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]. 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 Post Office

Scott Darlington ran the post office in a village outside Manchester for four years. One day, the computer system told him there was money missing from the branch – and he was accused of theft and fraud. “I started thinking, ‘Maybe I’ve done this and I just haven’t realized that it’s been me.’” Nick Wallis’s book is The Great Post Office Scandal [https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-post-office-scandal-nick-wallis/df00ffa3f22bde44?ean=9781739099206&next=t]. Scott Darlington’s book is Signed Sealed Destroyed [https://bookshop.org/p/books/signed-sealed-destroyed-scott-darlington/3fbe23e48a60b1f9?ean=9781036921323&next=t]. 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://patreon.com/criminal] to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, 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 Boy Scout

When David Hahn was 16, he started working on something that caught the attention of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the FBI. Ken Silverstein’s book is The Radioactive Boy Scout [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/167319/the-radioactive-boy-scout-by-ken-silverstein/]. 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]. Criminal Plus is now on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/cw/Criminal]! Sign up to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, invitations to virtual events, access to chat rooms about our episodes, 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]