Crimes of the Times

By L.A. Times Studios

L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of “Dirty John” is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In “Crimes of the Times,” Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each... more

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The podcast currently has 28 episodes available.

Crimes of the Times episodes:

April 01, 2025 The Cult, The Lawyer, and the Snake
The story of Synanon, the drug rehabilitation group once known as “the miracle on the beach,” and the rattlesnake attack on the crusading Los Angeles lawyer who made an enemy of the group’s leader.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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35min
March 25, 2025 The Final Word on Manson: Part 2
Former Manson prosecutor Stephen Kay recounts the strange story of Ronald Hughes, the “hippie lawyer” who enraged the cult leader and vanished mysteriously in the middle of trial.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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33min
March 18, 2025 The Final Word on Manson: Part 1
The last living prosecutor of Charles Manson gives an inside account of the trial and the cult leader’s deadly vision. Stephen Kay recalls the case that still haunts America.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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42min
March 11, 2025 The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia mystery: Wild theories, enduring myths and a long-overlooked suspect.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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30min
March 04, 2025 Patty Hearst
The kidnapped heiress who became an “urban guerrilla” and embraced her captors.
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39min
February 25, 2025 The Pentagon Papers Trial
Smuggled out of a Santa Monica safe, the top-secret documents that changed American history.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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37min
February 18, 2025 George Franklin
A childhood memory sent her father to prison for murder. Was it real?
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31min
February 11, 2025 McMartin Preschool
Wild claims of mass child molestation rocked an L.A. beach town. Truth was the first casualty.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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35min
February 04, 2025 John DeLorean
A maverick from Detroit, John DeLorean built the “car of the future.” Then came the briefcase full of cocaine.
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27min
January 28, 2025 Rebecca Schaeffer
A young actress, an obsessed stalker and a Hollywood murder that changed America.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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31min

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How many episodes does Crimes of the Times have?

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