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Anatomy of Crime

True Crime Podcast

Every crime has a story. But beneath that story lies a complex organism of motive, method, and madness. Welcome to Anatomy of Crime, the podcast that methodically dissects true crime cases to understand not just what happened, but precisely how and why. In each episode, we place a new case under the microscope. We deconstruct the investigation from the first 911 call to the final arrest. We analyze the critical forensic evidence that turned the tide. We explore the psychological profile of the

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EP146 - The Maids of Le Mans: The Anatomy of a Shared...

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2025/10/16

In 1933 France, two quiet, devoted sisters working as live-in maids committed one of the most brutal and shocking murders the country had ever seen. We dissect the crime of Christine and Léa Papin, exploring the anatomy of a shared psychosis—a terrifying folie à deux—that turned a stuffy bourgeois home into a scene of unimaginable horror.

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EP145 - Operation Satanic: The Sinking of the Rainbow...

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2025/10/14

In a quiet New Zealand harbor, a peaceful protest ship is rocked by two explosions and sinks in minutes, leaving one man dead. The investigation that follows uncovers a conspiracy that seems impossible: a meticulously planned act of terrorism, not by a shadowy organization, but by a powerful, friendly government trying to silence a voice it could not control.

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00:37:32

EP144 - Remember, Remember: The Anatomy of the...

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2025/10/12

On the fifth of November, 1605, a lone man waited in a cellar beneath the English Parliament, ready to ignite thirty-six barrels of gunpowder and change a nation forever. This is the story of the Gunpowder Plot, a meticulously planned coup born from religious persecution and radical faith. We dissect the anatomy of the conspiracy, from its fanatical architects to the single, cryptic letter that brought their world crashing down.

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EP143 - A Forty-Year Lie: Dissecting the Tuskegee...

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2025/10/10

For forty years, the United States government promised free healthcare to hundreds of impoverished African American men in rural Alabama. This promise concealed a monstrous secret: they were subjects in a deadly experiment to track the ravages of untreated syphilis, even long after a cure was readily available. This is the story of a medical betrayal that reshaped American ethics and left a legacy of mistrust that endures to this day.

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EP142 - The Fortaleza Heist: A Symphony of Silence...

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2025/10/08

In 2005, a team of thieves executed one of the most brilliant heists in history, digging a tunnel into a bank vault to steal over seventy million dollars without tripping a single alarm. But their subterranean masterpiece of engineering and discipline would soon give way to a chaotic and bloody collapse on the surface. This is the anatomy of a perfect crime and its profoundly imperfect aftermath.

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EP141 - The Ghosts of Pinkville: The Anatomy of a...

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2025/10/06

On a March morning in 1968, an American infantry company entered a Vietnamese village expecting a firefight and instead initiated a massacre of unarmed civilians. This episode dissects the anatomy of a war crime—examining the psychological pressures and command failures that led to the atrocity—and the anatomy of the year-long, systematic cover-up designed to bury the truth of My Lai forever.

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EP140 - A Massacre Between Neighbors: The Farook Plot

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2025/10/06

On December 2nd, 2015, a holiday party in San Bernardino, California, became the scene of a horrific massacre. The killers weren't strangers, but a co-worker and his wife, a young couple with a baby. This episode dissects the chilling anatomy of a homegrown terror plot, tracing the invisible path from suburban normalcy to mass murder, and the unprecedented technological standoff it ignited between the FBI and Apple.

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EP139 - The Price of Contempt: Dissecting the Greed...

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2025/10/04

When Martin Shkreli raised the price of a life-saving drug by over five thousand percent, he became the most hated man in America. But the crime that ultimately sent him to prison was far more complex, a dizzying shell game of lies and stolen funds hidden in plain sight. This is the story of a brilliant mind who used his genius not for medicine, but for manipulation, and the anatomy of a crime born not from necessity, but from pure, unadulterated contempt.

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EP138 - The Vanished Vlogger: Anatomy of the Digital...

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2025/10/02

In the summer of 2021, a young couple's idyllic cross-country "van life" adventure, documented for thousands of online followers, came to an abrupt and silent end. When Gabby Petito was reported missing and her fiancé returned home without her, the internet transformed from a passive audience into an unprecedented investigative force. This is the story of a murder that was solved not just by detectives, but by a global community of digital sleuths who dissected every post, pixel, and geotag to

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00:45:38

EP137 - Flint: The Anatomy of a Corroded Covenant

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2025/10/02

In a city built by American industry, the water that flowed from the taps became a vector for poison. This is not the story of a natural disaster, but of a man-made one, born from a series of calculated decisions in the halls of power. We dissect the anatomy of a public trust betrayal, examining how bureaucratic indifference and the prioritization of austerity over people led to the poisoning of an entire community and a shocking failure of justice.

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EP136 - The Empty Bed in Apartment 5A: Anatomy of the...

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2025/09/29

On a warm evening in a Portuguese resort, a three-year-old girl vanished from her holiday apartment while her parents dined nearby. The disappearance of Madeleine McCann became the most famous missing person case of the 21st century. This episode dissects the anatomy of an international mystery, examining the catastrophic failures of the initial investigation, the blinding glare of media scrutiny, and the competing scientific theories that have left a family, and the world, searching for answers for

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EP135 - The Jodi Arias Spectacle: Anatomy of a...

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2025/09/28

When Travis Alexander was found brutally murdered in his Arizona home, the search for his killer exposed a story of digital obsession and deadly passion. But the real story began when the courtroom cameras turned on, transforming his killer, Jodi Arias, into a media sensation and putting the very nature of justice on trial for the world to see.

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EP134 - The Vanguard's Brand: The Seductive Tyranny...

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2025/09/28

Beneath the polished veneer of a self-help empire that attracted Hollywood actors and business leaders, a sinister secret festered. This is the story of NXIVM, a group that promised human potential but delivered psychological torment, blackmail, and sexual slavery. We dissect the anatomy of a modern coercive cult and its enigmatic master, Keith Raniere.

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EP133 - The Unseen Witness: The Forensic Conviction...

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2025/08/20

In the idyllic college town of Burlington, Vermont, the disappearance of a bright university student triggers a massive search. When her body is discovered, the investigation reveals no eyewitnesses and a suspect with a confident alibi, forcing detectives to turn to the silent, microscopic evidence left behind—a web of clues that would need to speak for the victim.

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EP132 - The Side Door: Rick Singer and the Great...

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2025/08/19

When the wealthiest parents in America sought a guarantee for their children's future, one man offered them a secret passage into the nation's most elite universities. This is the story of Operation Varsity Blues, a sprawling conspiracy of fraud, bribery, and entitlement that exposed the lengths the privileged will go to maintain their status. We dissect the anatomy of a crime that questioned the very soul of the American dream.

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EP131 - The Moselle Kennels: Anatomy of the Murdaugh...

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2025/08/18

In the humid South Carolina Lowcountry, a legal dynasty that ruled for a century collapses in a single night of brutal violence. When Maggie and Paul Murdaugh are found executed on their sprawling family estate, investigators unravel a story far darker than a simple double homicide, exposing a hidden world of massive financial fraud, addiction, and secrets powerful enough to kill for. This is the anatomy of a spectacular downfall, where the pillars of power were built on a foundation of lies.

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EP130 - The Run of His Life: O.J. Simpson and the...

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2025/08/17

On a summer night in 1994, a brutal double murder in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood set the stage for the most watched trial in history. This episode dissects not just the crime, but the anatomy of the spectacle itself—how a mountain of forensic evidence crumbled under scrutiny, how legal strategy became televised theater, and how the trial of O.J. Simpson tore open America's deepest racial wounds.

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EP129 - The Sunburnt Country: Anatomy of the Beaumont...

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2025/08/16

On Australia Day 1966, three siblings walked from their home to a sun-drenched beach and vanished into thin air. The disappearance of Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont triggered the largest police investigation in the nation's history and left a permanent scar on the Australian psyche. This is the story of a crime with no bodies, no crime scene, and no answers—only a profound and lasting absence that forever changed a country.

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EP128 - The Audacity of Leatherslade Farm: Anatomy of...

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2025/08/15

In the pre-dawn quiet of 1963, a mail train is stopped in the English countryside, and history’s most audacious heist begins. This is the story of the Great Train Robbery, a crime of military precision undone by a single, fatal flaw. We dissect the anatomy of a classic heist, from its brilliant conception to the cascade of human errors that brought an empire of thieves to its knees.

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EP127 - Dan White and the Anatomy of a Sweet Deception

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2025/08/14

In 1978, San Francisco's progressive mayor and its first openly gay supervisor were assassinated in City Hall by a former colleague. The killer’s defense, infamously mislabeled the "Twinkie Defense," would ignite a city, challenge the definition of justice, and create a legal myth that endures to this day.

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