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American Criminal

The true crime history podcast that takes you inside the minds of some of our most notorious felons and outlaws, exploring the dark side to the American dream. Host Jeremy Schwartz will introduce you to the picture-perfect brothers who teamed up to kill their parents; the thief who stole babies and ruined countless lives; the crypto king who siphoned off billions in the name of saving the world—and plenty more. From assassins and gangsters, to killers and con artists, whatever the case, whoever the

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43:53

Lucas, Toole, and the Murder of Adam Walsh | The Head...

American Criminal ·

2025/08/07

When Ottis Toole meets Henry Lee Lucas outside of a homeless shelter in Florida, he’s overjoyed to have found a soulmate. But when one friend abandons the other, it leads to a crime that changes America.To listen to all four episodes of 'Lucas, Toole, and the Murder of Adam Walsh' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd like to hear from you! Take a short survey about the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠theshowsurvey.com/criminal Learn more

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46:52

Lucas, Toole, and the Murder of Adam Walsh |...

American Criminal ·

2025/07/31

Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole are two of history’s most prolific serial killers. Or they’re liars who aren’t to be trusted. Either way, they’ve both got red in their ledger – all stemming from their twisted beginnings.To listen to all four episodes of 'Lucas, Toole, and the Murder of Adam Walsh' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd like to hear from you! Take a short survey about the show:

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48:20

Case File | The Cult Next Door

American Criminal ·

2025/07/24

Mattie Lasiter and Ashleigh Teeter's father led a doomsday cult in Arkansas. Now they're sharing their stories and educating others about how to recognize a cult when you see one -- even from the inside.To listen to all four episodes of 'NXIVM' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd like to hear from you! Take a short survey about the show: ⁠theshowsurvey.com/criminal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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1:26

American Criminal Season 16: Lucas, Toole, and the...

American Criminal ·

2025/07/17

On July 27, 1981, six-year-old Adam Walsh was kidnapped from a Sears parking lot in Florida. Just days later his remains were found in a drainage canal over 100 miles away. The case captivated America, and started a national conversation about how to respond to cases of missing children. But investigators had no leads and the case eventually went cold. Then, in 1983, drifter Ottis Toole confesses to the crime out of the blue. At the same time, Ottis’s friend Henry Lee Lucas is making some

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53:49

NXIVM | The Mighty Fall | 4

American Criminal ·

2025/07/17

When Keith Raniere felt the women in his cult slipping out of his control, he came up with a way to keep them under his thumb. The secret group known as Dominus Obsequius Sororium, or DOS, was designed to turn women into his literal sex slaves. But it would also be his undoing.To listen to all four episodes of 'NXIVM' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd like to hear from you! Take a short survey about the show:

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51:40

NXIVM | Sex, Lies, and Billionaires | 3

American Criminal ·

2025/07/10

As Keith Raniere's company hits its stride, he lures billionaire heiresses and hollywood actresses into the fold. But not everyone is content to stay under his thumb, and when people speak out against him, Keith goes scorched earth.To listen to all four episodes of 'NXIVM' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd like to hear from you! Take a short survey about the show: ⁠⁠theshowsurvey.com/criminal Learn more about your ad

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53:50

NXIVM | Laying the Foundation | 2

American Criminal ·

2025/07/03

By the turn of the century, Keith Raniere had launched a new company that would not only bring him vast sums of money, it would also give him access to vulnerable people in search of ways to improve themselves. They’d willingly share their deepest secrets, their insecurities, and Keith would use that insight to control them all.To listen to all four episodes of 'NXIVM' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ We'd like to hear from you

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50:40

NXIVM | Growing Up with Keith Raniere | 1

American Criminal ·

2025/06/26

In 2017, a little-known consulting firm called NXIVM became the center of an international scandal. One day, no one had heard of the group at all. The next, people were calling it a cult. But this wasn’t your typical religious fringe group. Then again, a little digging definitely made things sound more cult-like: there were accusations of a secret society, psychological manipulation, imprisonment, occult sexual abuse. Then there was the group’s founder, Keith Raniere...To listen to all four

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31:33

Case File | God Hook: The Ohio Craigslist Killings

American Criminal ·

2025/06/19

Obviously, most of us don’t use the internet as a search engine for murder. But there are bad apples in every bunch.Richard Beasley was one of those bad apples. When he decided he wanted to kill people, he sought the desperate, the lonely, and the forgotten. And thanks to modern technology, there was one place he could go to cast as wide a net as possible: Craigslist. On her show, The God Hook, journalist Carol Costello traces the origins of this serial killer, and the lives of the people touched

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1:48

American Criminal Season 15: NXIVM

American Criminal ·

2025/06/12

In 2017, a little-known consulting firm called NXIVM became the center of an international scandal. One day, no one had heard of the group at all. The next, people were calling it a cult. There were accusations of a secret society, psychological manipulation, imprisonment, occult sexual abuse. Then there was the group’s founder, Keith Raniere – a self-styled genius whose followers worshipped him and called him “Vanguard.” Suddenly, everyone wanted to know: where had this group come from? Who was

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48:09

To Kill A Cheerleader | How to Hire a Hitman in...

American Criminal ·

2025/06/12

After her daughter Shanna was disqualified from the cheerleading tryouts, Wanda Holloway was seeing red. In her mind, there were two people responsible for Shanna not being a cheerleader: Verna Heath and her daughter Amber. And there was only one thing she could do. Both of them had to go, so it was time for Wanda to find a hitman.To listen to all three episodes of 'To Kill A Cheerleader' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠⁠ Learn more

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47:10

To Kill A Cheerleader | A Girl's Best Friend is Her...

American Criminal ·

2025/06/05

As Wanda Holloway married, divorced, and remarried, one thing in her life remained constant: her obsession with making her daughter a cheerleader. But when it came time for tryouts, Wanda discovered that the path to glory would be rockier than she expected.To listen to all four episodes of 'To Kill a Cheerleader' right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at ⁠⁠AmericanCriminal.com⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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40:37

To Kill A Cheerleader | God, Glory, and Glamor | 1

American Criminal ·

2025/05/29

It was a case that made headlines around the world: Texas mother hires hitman to kill her neighbor -- over cheerleading. But how did it get to that point? What was it that drove Wanda Holloway to believe that killing the mother of her daughter's rival would get her what she wanted?To listen to all three episodes of 'To Kill a Cheerleader' right now and ad-free, go to ⁠IntoHistory.com⁠. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only available at

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69:27

Case File | Eyewitness History: Bill Ayers

American Criminal ·

2025/05/22

It's hard to remember that we're all living through history every day, and that some of the people who lived through the turbulent periods we learn about through books and podcasts are still alive to tell the story. Now that you've heard about the Weather Underground, listen to the tale from one of its founding members. This is an interview with Bill Ayers from Parthenon Podcast Network's 'Eyewitness History'.To listen to all four episodes of 'The Weather Underground' right now and ad-free,

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1:54

American Criminal Season 14: To Kill A Cheerleader

American Criminal ·

2025/05/15

In 1991, a small Texas town just outside of Houston was shocked to discover just how far one mother was determined to go to ensure her child’s success. When Wanda Holloway’s teenage daughter failed to make the cheerleading team, she became obsessed with the girl she felt stood in the way. In her mind, this other girl and her mother were cheats, and suck-ups. That meant they had to go.Listen to American Criminal: To Kill A Cheerleader wherever you get your podcasts. To get early, ad-free access

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47:12

The Weather Underground | Extinguished | 4

American Criminal ·

2025/05/15

With their numbers dwindling, the remaining members of the Weather Underground took stock of what they had left. The Vietnam War was still raging, and America felt no closer to all-out revolution than it did when the Weathermen first came together. But they weren't giving up the fight -- not yet. In fact, they doubled down by targeting some of the most iconic landmarks at the heart of American power. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Weather Underground' right now and ad-free, go to

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48:57

The Weather Underground | Smolder | 3

American Criminal ·

2025/05/08

In the aftermath of the devastating explosion in New York that killed three of their comrades, the members of the Weather Underground scattered. Suddenly, everyone was terrified that the authorities would escalate their efforts to find them, and they'd never get the chance to ignite their revolution.To listen to all four episodes of 'The Weather Underground' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only

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48:40

The Weather Underground | Inferno | 2

American Criminal ·

2025/05/01

In their first major act since forming, the Weathermen gathered in Chicago for several days of planned protests and brawls with the police. The hope is that their actions will be the spark that ignites the flames of revolution. But when their Days of Rage don't go exactly to plan, the group is forced to rethink its entire philosophy, and transforms into the Weather Underground.To listen to all four episodes of 'The Weather Underground' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers

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20:40

Introducing: Unsolved Histories

American Criminal ·

2025/04/29

The Unsolved Histories podcast team was pleased to get a phone call letting them know a U.S. senator not only listened to Season 1, but wanted to address a problem raised by their recounting of the tragic story of Flight 293. Military men and women who go missing, but not in action, are not remembered or memorialized and the families left without the support that is given to other MIA families. If passed, the Flight 293 Remembrance Act will change that. Host Feliks Banel researched this and other

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48:30

The Weather Underground | Starting the Fire | 1

American Criminal ·

2025/04/24

On March 6th, 1970, a bomb went off in the basement of a four-story townhouse in Greenwich Village, New York. As the smoke cleared, it became clear that this wasn't a gas leak. And it wasn't even an intentional act of terror. It was an accidental one caused by the left-wing anti-war group: The Weathermen.To listen to all four episodes of 'The Weather Underground" right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only

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