502: Does Reward Money Ever Help Solve Cold Cases?

Does reward money help solve cold cases? When did we start offering money for tips? Is there a better way?

Cover topics: Whitey Bulger, F.B.I. Top Ten, Little Crow, Action Theory, Donald Davidson, Maura Murray

Further Reading: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047126/Anna-Bjornsdottir--2m-Whitey-Bulger-FBI-tipster-Miss-Iceland.html https://www.quora.com/What-was-the-highest-reward-ever-paid-to-a-person-by-the-United-States-government-for-a-wanted-criminal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger#Capture https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842 https://law.jrank.org/pages/9869/Reward.html https://www.npr.org/2019/09/17/761183202/do-cash-rewards-for-crime-tips-work https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_(reward) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Ten_Most_Wanted_Fugitives https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-history-of-the-most-wanted-poster_b_5851ba70e4b0865ab9d4e8d7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRaVnn0vxEY https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/action/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davidson_(philosopher) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_theory_(philosophy) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/davidson/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-27763842 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/you-just-dont-know-whos-going-to-come-forward-why-do-police-offer-rewards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.