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17 votes
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Sweden's libraries caught in a political row about drag story hour – far right have tried to block events from taking place, with varied levels of success
16 votes -
More details have emerged from the Lucy Letby infant murder inquiry in the UK: ‘cold’ character, missed opportunities and staff shortages
8 votes -
Millions of people are using abusive AI ‘Nudify’ bots on Telegram
24 votes -
ADE 651
14 votes -
What we don't talk about in "Spec Ops The Line"
20 votes -
Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities, yell racial slurs
37 votes -
Satu Rämö has caused a publishing sensation across Europe – all thanks to her novels about Hildur, a mindful cop who solves murders with her needle-clacking sidekick
5 votes -
Ken Newcombe, ex-CEO of C-Quest Capital, faces criminal charges for multi-year carbon credit fraud
11 votes -
Crook made millions by breaking into execs’ Office365 inboxes, US law enforcement says
9 votes -
True crime podcasts
Anyone have recommendations for good true crime podcasts? The format I'm most interested in would be something documentary-style, similar to Darknet Diaries (easily one of my top 3 podcasts in...
Anyone have recommendations for good true crime podcasts? The format I'm most interested in would be something documentary-style, similar to Darknet Diaries (easily one of my top 3 podcasts in general), but covering a broader range of crime instead of just technology/internet-based ones. I've given a few podcasts a try, but there are so many true crime podcasts I don't really know where to start. Here are some I've already given a shot and why I like or don't like them:
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My Favorite Murder - I could stomach it OK in the early episodes, but once they started dong all the live shows and I had to listen to crowds laughing and cheering at what I thought were wholly inappropriate and disturbing moments it really turned me off. I don't mind approaching crime with a bit of humor (we laugh so we don't cry), this one takes it a bit too far for me at times.
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Crime in Sports and Small Town Murder - Lumping these together since they're by the same guys. It's another one where they take the comedy a bit too far for my taste at times. I originally learned about these guys from the Timesuck podcast (which I'm enjoying as I'm listening through older episodes and does sometimes cover crimes).
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Predators I've Caught - I actually kinda like this one. I watched and enjoyed all the TCAP stuff with Chris Hansen way back in the day, and even though I've come to realize that a lot of it is kind of problematic I can look past most of that for the purposes of entertainment. My biggest issue with this podcast and why I don't bother with it anymore is the insufferable number of ads they slot into each episode (and no option like patreon to get an ad-free feed). It's basically unlistenable.
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I did listen to Serial while it was actively airing, and it's great, but I'm more interested in one that covers something new each episode as opposed to longer multi-episode arcs.
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I Met My Murderer Online - This one scratched the itch pretty well, but it seems to be done now (no new episodes for over a year and the website doesn't seem to be up anymore). It had decent production value and covered a lot of interesting subjects.
I usually listen to podcasts in chronological order, so I'm totally open to recommendations of podcasts that are no longer producing new episodes if there's a decent backlog to go through.
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Los Angeles Police Department raid goes bad after gun allegedly sucked onto MRI machine
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Wrecked rain gauges. Whistleblowers. Million-dollar payouts and manhunts. Then a Colorado crop fraud got really crazy.
19 votes -
Domestic abuse experts to be embedded in emergency response control rooms in England and Wales
11 votes -
"Sound of Freedom" inspiration accused in lawsuits and interviews of sexual predation
15 votes -
"Incident" - How US police officers react when a killing is caught on tape
30 votes -
Shooter kills four and injures at least nine at a high school outside Atlanta
51 votes -
Russian dark web marketplace admins indicted after arrest in Miami
8 votes -
Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it.
28 votes -
Eleven on trial in Sweden's largest environmental crime case – Bella Nilsson's company Think Pink accused of dumping at least 200,000 tonnes of waste
23 votes -
The pot farm next door: Black market weed operations inundate California suburb, cops say
18 votes -
Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France
69 votes -
US judge rules Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend caused her death, dismisses some charges against ex-officers
64 votes -
French authorities arrest Telegram’s CEO
13 votes -
Google must destroy $5 billion worth of user data illegally collected in Incognito Mode
55 votes -
I met the activists getting arrested for fighting fossil fuels
20 votes -
Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics
17 votes -
Read the Lewiston, Maine, mass shooting investigation final report
19 votes -
A drunken evening, a rented yacht: the real story of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
23 votes -
Unusual medieval crimes
18 votes -
Sex trafficker on FBI Most Wanted list captured in Barcelona pleads not guilty
29 votes -
Léna Lazare is the new face of climate activism—and she's carrying a pickax
26 votes -
Taylor Swift cancels Eras Tour concerts in Vienna after terrorist plot thwarted and arrests made
38 votes -
Tell San Mateo County: Stop for-profit tech companies denying mail to incarcerated people
23 votes -
Judge who authorized Kansas newspaper raid escapes discipline with secret conflicting explanation
24 votes -
Officer who won award for DUI work arrested for DUI
18 votes -
Two more women accuse Neil Gaiman of sexual assault and abuse
63 votes -
Los Angeles police department warns residents after spike in burglaries using wi-fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells
42 votes -
GameStop, Nvidia short seller Andrew Left and Citron Capital hit with US Securities and Exchange Commission and criminal fraud charges
11 votes -
US arrests Mexican drug lord 'El Mayo' and El Chapo's son in Texas
25 votes -
Ghanaian authorities are investigating after several individuals claiming to be para-athletes and their support staff reportedly absconded during a trip to Norway
3 votes -
Inside the two-year fight to bring charges against school librarians in Granbury, Texas
20 votes -
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson arrested on an international arrest warrant issued by Japan in Greenland
33 votes -
AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ US customers in new data breach
26 votes -
Rio de Janeiro’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close
11 votes -
Boeing agrees to plead guilty to felony in deal with US Justice Department
54 votes -
'I want her to worry about who’s waiting on the corner’: How one man uses Facebook to frighten his children’s mother and why police do nothing
35 votes -
Court says Andrew Tate can leave Romania but remain in EU as he awaits trial
18 votes -
Rapper BG ordered to have all future songs approved by US government
30 votes -
Iranian-born Norwegian man found guilty of terrorism in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to thirty years in prison
15 votes