Greed, corruption, and jazz: The assassination of Patrice Lumumba
In the early 60s, there was a voice calling for an Africa free from foreign powers, a united Africa, a liberated Africa. And then those same foreign powers plotted his murder. In his Oscar-nominiated ...
10 Aug 57min
Getting high on Godmother’s supply: The story behind NYC’s Godmother of Weed
Eleni Polinski grew weed so wonderful that she had New York state officials courting her throughout the cannabis legalization process. Then she came home to a busted down door, and no weed to be found...
13 Juli 35min
Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
Two years of anonymous texts, stalking, questions and harassment. And the person behind it all only introdcues more questions once they are revealed.Skye Borgman comes back to Crime Story to discuss h...
29 Juni 31min
The livestreamed downfall of alleged cult Carbon Nation
Eligio Bishop, also known as NatureBoy, started out with a pretty simple purpose – dump the system he was currently in, one that systemically harmed him throughout his life, and trade it for a future ...
15 Juni 33min
Selling suicide: The poisonous chemical linked to teen deaths
In 2023 Ontario resident Kenneth Law was arrested in his Mississauga home and later charged with first degree murder. He was accused of selling poison to people at risk of self-harm.More recently, pro...
8 Juni 27min
Did a Brazilian TV host arrange murders to boost ratings?
In the late 2000s, the host of northern Brazil’s most-watched TV shows was a hero. Wallace Souza gained infamy for his sensational program “Canal Livre,” not only because he was a former cop set on cl...
1 Juni 28min
The Salt Path became an instant bestseller. But, is it true?
When the book, The Salt Path, came out in 2018, it quickly became a blockbuster hit. It’s the story of a woman named Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, who has been diagnosed with a terminal neurologi...
18 Maj 49min
