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  • Out Now: Crime Scene Weekly — Unforgettable True Crime Stories

    From The Binge, ⁠Crime Scene⁠ plunges you into stories you can’t stop thinking about—revisiting cases that deserve a second look.


    Join Jonathan Hirsch (My Fugitive Dad, Dear Franklin Jones) and investigative reporter Cooper Moll as they crack open overlooked details, challenge the official narrative, and uncover what others missed. Each episode delivers the depth of a true crime mini-series in a single, gripping listen.


    If you’re drawn to unresolved mysteries and stories that stay with you long after they end...this is for you.


    Follow ⁠Crime Scene⁠ wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Thursday.


    Subscribers to The Binge+ can listen ad-free, in addition to our network of limited series.

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    2 min
  • A Masked Man. A Silent Trail. The Hunt for the Bogeyman.

    She survived the attack. Then came the decades of silence.


    When 21-year-old Nicole is assaulted by a masked man in her home, she’s determined to help catch him--but police doubt her. As legendary detective Paul Holes reopens the case, a shocking clue is uncovered and a chilling pattern emerges. What began as one woman’s search for justice turns into a race to unmask a real-life bogeyman.


    Listen to Hunting the Bogeyman, the latest gripping story from The Binge, streaming now.


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    10 min
  • Denise Didn't Come Home - A Woman's Search For Her Sister's Killer

    From the same team that brought you Firebug comes a new true crime podcast, Denise Didn't Come Home.


    Karen Falasca last saw her 15 year old sister Denise on July 14, 1969, when they parted ways not far from their Bergen County home.  The next day, Denise’s body was found strangled next to a cemetery.  For almost 50 years, Karen searched for her sister's killer. In Denise Didn’t Come Home, host Anthony Scalia joins her in her search and discovers an shocking and unexpected truth.


    Listen to Denise Didn’t Come Home wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes right now, completely ad-free.

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    5 min
  • You Might Also Like: Good Game with Sarah Spain

    Introducing Make It Three Cocks, Baby with Big Citrus from Good Game with Sarah Spain.

    Follow the show: Good Game with Sarah Spain

    Ahead of this weekend’s Final Four in Tampa, Florida, Big Citrus gathers to discuss their predictions for the semifinals, the noticeable difference in the media coverage of this year’s tourney, and why they’re leaving impartiality at the door when it comes to Paige Bueckers’ title hopes. Plus, the sisterhood of the traveling net. 

    • Watch the Final Four! The full schedule can be found here
    • If you’re in Tampa, come to Sarah’s live show with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, sponsored by Capital One. It’s this Saturday at 2pm in Tourney Town!
    • Read the great story Jordan Robinson wrote on the relationship between Dawn Staley and Carolyn Peck here
    • Leave us a voicemail at 872-204-5070 or send us a note at [email protected]
    • Follow Sarah on social! Bluesky: @sarahspain.com Instagram: @Spain2323
    • Follow producer Misha Jones! Bluesky: @mishthejrnalist.bsky.social Instagram: @mishthejrnalist
    • Follow producer Alex Azzi! Bluesky: @byalexazzi.bsky.social

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    1 hr
  • The Hunt for the Psychic Scammer Who Robbed Over a Million Americans

    What would you do if one handwritten letter from a psychic promised to change your life forever?


    This is the story of 1 million hopeful Americans, the global scam that took $200m from them, and the mastermind who managed it all by sending out thousands of letters a week.


    Investigative journalist Rachel Browne exposes the shocking details of this massive scam on this season of Smoke Screen: The Greatest Scam Ever Written - available now wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes right now, completely ad-free.

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    4 min
  • Introducing The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi

    In 1978, Pope John Paul I was found dead in his bed just 33 days after he was elected. The official story is that he suffered a fatal heart attack. But in the years since his death, some have claimed he was murdered to cover up crimes in the Vatican. The question of the Pope’s murder has never been definitively answered, but there is one man who claims to know the truth. A man from one of New York City’s crime families who has deep ties to the Italian mafia. He was there the day of the Pope’s death and witnessed his murder firsthand. Or, at least, that’s what he says. His name is Anthony Raimondi, and these are his confessions. Listen to The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi right now, wherever you get your podcasts.

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    4 min
  • Behind Poisoned Letters - The Untold Story of the Anthrax Attacks

    In 2001, a series of letters laced with a deadly powder called anthrax appeared on the desks of prominent journalists and politicians in New York City and Washington D.C causing a national panic. But what started as an unprecedented case soon turned into an unsettling mystery. Who had sent these letters? And why? Join us as we trace the FBI’s costly investigation into the attacks, all with an eye toward the question that remains today: Did the FBI identify the true killer, or is this case still unresolved? Unravel the story the played out behind closed doors on Cover Up: The Anthrax Threat, listen now wherever you get your podcasts


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    7 min
  • My Fugitive Dad - Exposing Decades of Secrets Of a Wanted Criminal
    Meet Ashley Randele.
    Ashley’s Dad, Thomas Randele, was her favorite person in the world. A great dad, a great golfer, and the love of her Mum’s life. Ashley thought she knew him better than anyone. But at 38 years old, that notion would be shattered.
    Ashley’s dad wasn’t Thomas Randele, he was Ted Conrad - a wanted fugitive who had evaded authorities for over half a century. The mystery of Ted Conrad haunted law enforcement for decades, and now, for the first time, the secrets of his story are finally being revealed.
    Join host Jonathan Hirsch as he teams up with Ashley herself to unravel the truth behind her father’s secretive past on Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad.
    Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad right now, completely ad-free. Catch new episodes of Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad every week wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe to The Binge and unlock all episode’s ad-free today.
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    9 min
  • Chapter One | Point of Origin

    In 1991, federal investigators arrest an arsonist in Los Angeles. In his home, they find a manuscript for a novel about a firebug burning down California. Is the book a work of fiction, or the confessions of a prolific arsonist turned murderer? Host Kary Antholis investigates to figure out where fiction meets reality.


    Stream ⁠Smoke⁠, the new series inspired by Firebug, starring Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett. Available now on Apple TV+.

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    29 min
  • Fade to Black: The Mysterious Disappearance of Gary DeVore
    When LA screenwriter Gary Devore mysteriously disappears in the summer of 1997, weird coincidences lead family and friends to believe he may have been a victim of foul play -- possibly because of his mysterious ties to the CIA. Gary was on the way home from finishing his latest script, which was allegedly going to be based in part on real events that occurred during the American invasion of Panama, and that script vanished along with him and his vehicle. In Season 5 of Witnessed: Fade to Black, host Josh Dean — along with journalist Evan Wright and producer Megan Donis — investigates one of the most infamous missing person cases in Hollywood history. 
    Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Witnessed: Fade to Black right now, completely ad-free.
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    8 min

About Firebug

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For ten years, a serial arsonist terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight. Four people were murdered. Then, a manuscript for a novel led investigators to the last person they would have ever suspected.

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