Bank robberies: a classic crime with endless stories. We're telling the best of them this week. Join Vicky and Rachel as they look at two tales with very different circumstances.

You can check out the Book vs. Movie podcast here!

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The Japan Times - "Plea of innocence from the grave"
TIME - "Japan: Noose of Pneumonia?"
The Japan Times - "Teigin Incident Convict Long Dead: Fight to clear mass-killer's name unending"
The Japan Times - "Experts doubt Teigin Incident Verdict"
The Japan Times - "Court calls end to plea seeing 'Teigin' retrial"
The Sydney Morning Herald - "19th bid to clear late murderer's name"
Murderpedia - "Sadamichi Hirasawa"
Infinite Corridor - "Teikoku Bank Incident"

Rolling Stone - "The MMA Fighter Who Pulled Off the Largest Money Heist in U.K. History"
Getty Images - "Securitas Robbery Depot"
BBC - "Man jailed over £53m Securitas raid refused parole"
New York Post - "Britain's biggest bank heist was 'executed flawlessly' - then it fell apart"
Metro - "Securitas heist 'inside man' still hasn't paid a penny back of £250,000 spoils"
History Daily - "The Securitas Depot Robbery"
Criminal - "The Securitas Depot Robbery (2006): England's Astonishing Heist that Shook the Nation"
History - "Gang commits largest robbery in British history"

Ever wonder why your neighbor's cat is always watching you? Maybe they're a spy. Probably not. But Rachel and Vicky will talk about real-life spies this week anyway.

You can check out the We're All Just Pretending Podcast here!

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Accidental Talmudist - "Ballplayer And Spy: MoeBerg"
ESPN Classic - "Moe Berg: Catcher and spy"
NOVA Online - "Moe Berg"
SB Nation - "Moe Berg: Catcher, Lawyer, Horndog, Spy"
Atomic Heritage Foundation - "Morris 'Moe' Berg"
Smithsonian Magazine - "The Baseball Player-Turned-Spy Who Went Undercover to Assassinate the Nazis' Top Nuclear Scientist"
National Baseball Hall of Fame - "#Shortstops: Moe Berg's Life in Baseball"
Warfare History Network - "WWII Spies: Morris 'Moe' Berg"

FBI - "Velvalee Dickinson, the 'Doll Woman'"
Smithsonian Magazine - "The Spy in the Doll Shop"
History of Spies - "Velvalee Dickinson"
National Cryptologic Foundation - "1944: Spy Velvalee Dickinson Sentenced"
Gizmodo - "The Strange Case Of The Doll Seller Who Desperately Wanted To Be A Spy"
HistoryNet - "The Doll Seller Who Played With Japanese Spies"

Join Vicky and Rachel as we explore the murky underworld of literary crime. This episode highlights the surprising criminal activities of two authors, proving that real life can be far more dramatic than any novel.

You can check out The Vocal Fries Podcast here!

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Oxygen - "Jack Unterweger Passed Himself Off As a Reformed Criminal, Then Killed Many More Victims"
Independent - "Murderer's 'final freedom': The bizarre life of Jack Unterweger, poet and killer of prostitutes, ends at his own hand"
The Guardian - "John Malkovich brings serial killer Jack Unterweger back to life on Vienna stage"
Los Angeles Times - "Austrian Slayer of L.A. Prostitutes Kills Self"
"Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer" by John Leake

BBC - "Anne Perry: Murderer turned crime writer dies aged 84"
Los Angeles Times - "Anne Perry, teen murderer turned crime writer, dies at 84"
The Guardian - "'I was guilty. I did my time': Anne Perry, the novelist whose past caught up with her"
Sutjata Massey - "A Journey With Anne Perry"
NPR - "Remembering historical crime novelist Anne Perry"
Daily Mail - "The best-selling crime novelist with a terrible secret: How Anne Perry helped her best friend batter her own mother to death with a brick in brutal murder that was turned into an Oscar-nominated film starring Kate Winslet"

Seas the day... for crime! We're exploring the dark side of the nautical world. Join Rachel and Vicky as they look at two stories of nautical nonsense.

You can check out the High Expectations podcast here!

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The Guardian - "Costa Concordia captain hands himself into prison"
Tim Harford - "Cautionary Tales - Captain Coward and the Blame Game"
Los Angeles Times - "Captain who commanded Costa Concordia in cruise disaster that killed 32 begins 16-year prison sentence"
Hurriyet Daily News - "Captain Francesco Schettino"
BBC News - "Costa Concordia captain's sentence upheld by Italy court"

Oxygen - "What Happened to the Crew of a Florida Boat Found Abandoned at Sea - Pirates or Murderers?"
NBC News - "Man gets life in 'Joe Cool' boat slayings"
USA Today - "Bullet casings found on boat; 4 crewmembers still missing"
CBS News - "Building A Case, Without The Bodies"

From coast to coast, terror rides the highways. This week, Vicky and Rachel explore the twisted minds behind highway killings.

You can check out Murder and Such here!

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The Courier-News - "Following a trail of death"
Clevland.com - "Ohio executes John Fautenberry, the trucker who went on killing spree"
The Cincinnati Enquirer - "Fauntenberry talks of troubled past"
The Anniston Star - "Fanburne police arrest Hawaii man"
The Courier-News - "Fautenberry (2)"
Daily Sitka Sentinel - "Body of Texan Sought in Suspected Serial Killings"
The Courier-News - "Sketch released in slaying case"
The Cincinnati Enquirer - "Fautenberry Doran found (2)"
The Cincinnati Enquirer - "Fautenberry (2)"
The Courier-News - "Man charged in trucker's killing in Hunterdon"
Daily Sitka Sentinel - "Juneau Police Arrest Suspect in Murders"
Daily Sitka Sentinel - "Fautenberry Confesses To Killing Juneau Man"
The Courier-News - "Man charged in Hunterdon killing gets 99-year term in Alaska"

Historic UK - "Moll Frith"
Britannica - "Moll Cutpurse"
Historic Royal Palaces - "Mary Frith, The Cross-Dressing Cavalier"
Aspects of History - "Mary Frith: Roaring Girl"
The Paris Review - "Roaring Girl: London's Sharp-Elbowed, Loudmouthed Mary Frith"
National Portrait Gallery - "Mary Frith ('Moll Cutpurse')"

Uncover the shocking true stories behind two of history's most interesting mobsters. The BTC will expose the secrets, scandals, and sinister plots that have shaped our world.

You can check out the Not Fade Away Podcast here!

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North Carolina Digital Library - "Thomas 'Tommy Karate' Pitera Bonanno Family Hit Man"
Casetext - "Pitera v. U.S."
Justia - "United States v. Pitera, 795 F. Supp. 546 (E.D.N.Y 1992)"
"United States of America v. Thomas Pitera, a/k/a 'Tommy Karate'"
Justia - "United States of America, Appellee, v. Thomas Pitera, Defendant-appellant, 5 F.3d 624 (2d Cir. 1993)"
Beyond The Horizon - "Profile Of Evil: Tommy 'Karate' Pitera (9/2/23)"
New York Post - "The butcher"
Gangland Wire - "A Murder in Nassau County"

Chicago Mag - "The Last Gamble of Tokyo Joe"
Chicago Tribune - "Thanks, Tokyo Joe, and those lousy gunshots"
The Chicago Syndicate - "Tokyo Joe: The Man Who Brought Down the Chicago Mob (Mafia o Utta Otoko)"
abc7 News - "Mobster 'Tokyo Joe' is dead"

Wrongfully convicted, wrongly imprisoned. Join Vicky and Rachel as we delve into the gripping tales of those exonerated after years behind bars. From shocking twists to hard-won justice, get ready for a wild ride.

You can check out the Murder Road Trip podcast here!

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CNN - "He's the world's longest-serving death row inmate. A Court just exonerated him."
The Standard - "Iwao Hakamada: World's longest-serving death row prisoner granted retrial"
Policy Review - "On Death Row in Japan"
Cornell Law School - "The Consequence of Wrongfully Convicting the Longest Serving Death Row Inmate"
The Japan Times - "On death row and a cause celebre"
The Conversation - "Why Japan is reluctant to retry the world's longest-serving death row inmate"
Amnesty International - "Hakamada Iwao"
JDP - "Japanese man is Guinness record holder for longest time on death row"

Biography - "Rubin Carter"
Tufts Archival Research Center - "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter Papers"
The National Registry of Exonerations - "Rubin Carter"
ESPN Classic - "Hurricane found peace at storm's center"
The Stuttering Foundation - "The Turbulent Life of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter"
National Park Service - "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter"
UC Law San Francisco - "After the Hurricane: The Legacy of the Rubin Carter Case"
Tufts Digital Library - "Carter, Rubin, 1937-2014"
Beldock Levine & Hoffman - "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter"
Rubin Carter Images

Join Rachel and Vicky as they step into the shadows of the industry and explore the chilling true stories of murder that rocked the world of music.

You can check out 600 Second Saga here!

Dimebag Darrell
Rolling Stone - "Behind the Murder of 'Dimebag' Darrell"
Rolling Stone - "Phil Anselmo Remembers Dimebag Darrell: 'I Think of Him Every Day'"
Wikipedia - "Columbus nightclub shooting"
Loudwire - "19 Years Ago - Dimebag Darrell Slain Onstage in Ohio"
Columbus CW - "The 'Columbus Curse' in musical history"
Louisville Music News - "Dimebag Darrel: The Death of a Guitar Legend

Rollingstone - "Mia Zapata's Killer Has Died. Peers Remember the Gits Singer's 'True Independent Soul'"
Pitchfork - "Mia Zapata's Killer Sentenced for Good, Finally"
Medium - "The Tragic Murder of Mia Zapata"
The Gits - "Mia Zapata"
The Seattle Times - "Singer's killer sentenced to 36 years in prison again"
FindLaw - "State v. Mezquia"
Home Alive

From unethical tactics to outright fraud, join the BTC as we dive into the dark side of the legal profession. Discover shocking stories of attorneys who crossed the line and the consequences they faced.

You can check out the Book vs. Movie Podcast here!

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United States Attorney's Office - "Attorney Paul W. Bergrin Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder Conspiracy And Racketeering Offenses"
New York Magazine - "The Baddest Lawyer in the History of Jersey"
New Jersey Law Journal - "Convicted Attorney Paul Bergrin Fails in Renews Attempt to Beat Case"

Britannica - "Aaron Burr"
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - "Burr, Aaron"
American Battlefield Trust - "Aaron Burr"
Historic Valley Forge - "Aaron Burr"
National Constitution Center - "Aaron Burr's trial and the Constitution's treason clause"
UMKC School of Law - "Burr Conspiracy Trial (1807)"

Have you ever wondered how they catch the bad guys? Join us as we dive into the fascinating world of forensics. From fingerprints to DNA, we'll explore the two real-life cases that were cracked thanks to the power of science.

You can check out the We're All Just Pretending podcast here!

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Stars and Stripes - "Recounting US military's last days in the Philippines"
FindLaw - "IN RE: the GUARDIANSHIP OF Jaime Mary-Jean SNODGRASS (1997
)"
Victims of Homicide Wiki - "Julie Snodgrass"
Military Justice For All - "Military Spouse Julie Snodgrass Found Stabbed to Death in the Philippines; Air Force Sgt. Joseph Snodgrass Sentenced to Life in Prison (February 26, 1991)"
CSO Online - "Computer Forensics Investigations: Body of Evidence"
Internet Archive - "Forensic Files CNN March 21, 2015 11:30p-12:01a PDT"

Mental Floss - "The History of the First Mass Fingerprinting Operation"
History - "A three-year-old's brutal murder begins an unusual investigation"
Cotton Town - "The Murder of June Anne Devaney"
The Guardian - "Finger-Print Check: House-to-House Inquiry Into Blackburn Murder"
Lancs Live - "The Blackburn child killer and rapist who changed criminal forensics forever"
Trove - "Split Mind Defence in Child Murder Trial"
British Executions - "Peter Griffiths"
The Fingerprint Society - "The Fingerprint Society commemorates 60 years since landmark fingerprint identification"