It was 1985, the so-called “Year of the Spy”. The CIA had been losing Soviet assets left and right; the first loss seemed like bad luck, but four in a row? That wasn't a coincidence— it was a deadly leak. And just as the Agency was scrambling to find answers, across the world, a KGB colonel named Vitaly Yurchenko walked into the American embassy in Rome and volunteered his services in exchange for immediate exfiltration to the United States.

At the time, Yurchenko was the highest-ranked KGB officer ever to defect to America, and the Agency felt it had hit the jackpot. Instead, his defection would go on to become one of the most dizzying, high-stakes espionage debacles of the last century. Although many of his bombshell revelations were bonafide, a doubt soon began haunting the intelligence community: Was Vitaly Yurchenko telling the whole truth? And if not... What had he been sent to hide?

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Host Ashley Willcott is known as a TV anchor, a former judge, and a trial lawyer, and nearly all of the cases she's covered over the years intersect with one of the seven deadly sins. 

Pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth. The opposite of the seven heavenly virtues.

These are THE REASONS why criminals commit crimes. They cannot resist their temptations. And it is a fascinating study to delve into the biggest and less known cases to figure out that why behind the crime; the motive.

This is a chance for us to figure out that WHY.

Join Ashley each and every week as she dives deep into cases you'll recognize instantly – and many you won't. She's joined by a roster of experts to break down each case.

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Tex and Diane McIver were an Atlanta power couple; he the cowboy lawyer and political king maker, she a beautiful and charismatic executive. Their storybook marriage comes to an end in what appeared to be a freak tragic moment. Now, as Tex is released from prison, he may inherit Diane's fortune, the woman he killed.  

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Randy Taylor became a soldier to serve America. But he was forced to live a life plagued by paranoia, secrecy and isolation. For years, Randy hid his true identity while risking his life in the United States Army. This is his harrowing, untold story.

Unfit for Service is an 8-episode series with new episodes publishing Monday mornings. Listen to Unfit for Service now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Unfit for Service is a production of Wavland and Vespucci and is hosted by Eric Marcus.

From long-time collaborators Sean Kipe and Jason Hoch comes ‘How It All Went South’, the new twice weekly podcast and video series where we share all the crazy stories we've been saving up for years. Until now.

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and watch all episodes on our YouTube channel.

You’ll get stories like:

• How to Hire a Hitman
• The Unlucky Lottery Winner
• The Alaska Memory Card Killer
• The Runaway Bride
• Al Capone: Original Gangster of Atlanta?
• Family Drama at Sweetie Pie’s
• The Ash Street Shootout
• Death by Root Beer Float
• The Great Bear Hoax
   

Join How It All Went South twice a week every week for these stories and so much more.

In the winter of 2002, police discovered more than 300 bodies on one property in the tiny town of Noble, Georgia. What followed was one of the biggest and most expensive investigations in the history of the American South. To get to the bottom of this forgotten case, journalist Shaun Raviv visits a rural community with plenty of secrets.  

He discovers the epic history of the well-respected family who owned the property, uncovers the fates of the bodies sent to a crematory called Tri-State, and searches for the mysterious man at the center of it all. And in the process, Shaun explores one of the most primal and vexing questions we face as human beings: What do the living owe the dead? 

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In the early morning hours of November 2, 2007, Justin Gaines walked out of a popular nightclub on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia and was never seen again. The investigation into Gaines' disappearance quickly went cold and remained so until 2015, when a man confessed to taking part in his murder. Though this detailed confession described what happened to Justin Gaines, who was involved, and where his body was placed, no arrest has ever been made. Host Sean Kipe digs into this story to find out what really happened to Justin Gaines and tries to make sense of the still ongoing investigation. But as Sean gets deeper, he finds himself in an underworld of drugs, money, and murder.

Episodes of Drowning Creek are released every Friday and you can listen wherever you get your podcasts.

The walls close in on Tony and he is arrested in the LVMPD sting operation. However, his trial, sentencing and time in prison come with their own dramas...

Having blown through his lower denomination chips, Tony now must somehow move the illicit $25k Cranberry chips he has stolen, which will soon be discontinued by the Bellagio. Meanwhile, detectives have their own plan to catch Tony, proving he is The Biker Bandit.