x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

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

true crime documentary

All Episodes

00:38:06

EP86 - The Ghost in the Concrete: Anatomy of the...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/05/14

On a summer afternoon in 1975, America’s most powerful labor boss, Jimmy Hoffa, drove to a meeting and vanished forever. This episode dissects the intricate, brutal mechanics of a professional mob hit, exploring how organized crime turned a man of immense power into an enduring American myth by ensuring his body would never be found.

en-US

00:41:16

EP85 - The Gilded Cage: Anatomy of the Conspiracy...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/05/11

On the Ides of March, 44 BCE, the most powerful man in the world was stabbed to death by his friends and colleagues in the Roman Senate. This episode dissects the anatomy of the most famous political conspiracy in history, exploring the complex motivations, meticulous planning, and fatal miscalculations of the men who killed a dictator to save a Republic, only to drown it in blood.

en-US

00:41:43

EP84 - The Smartest Guys in the Morgue: Dissecting...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/05/08

In the year 2000, it was the seventh-largest corporation in America, a titan of energy and innovation that promised to own the future. A year later, it was a smoking crater of fraud, bankruptcy, and shattered lives. This is the story of Enron, a deep dive into the complex financial engineering and systemic rot that allowed a handful of executives to build an empire on a foundation of lies.

en-US

00:38:52

EP83 - The Rain-Soaked Ghosts of Hwaseong: Anatomy of...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/05/05

For decades, a phantom terrorized the rural South Korean city of Hwaseong, leaving a trail of brutally murdered women and a nation paralyzed by fear. This is the story of the country's most infamous cold case, an investigation of unprecedented scale that failed for thirty years, and the microscopic clue that finally gave the ghost a name.

en-US

00:44:19

EP82 - The Taped Confessions of Richard Nixon

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/05/02

A late-night security guard discovers a piece of tape on a door lock, unwittingly pulling a thread that will unravel a conspiracy reaching the Oval Office. This is the story of a third-rate burglary that became a constitutional crisis, and how a secret taping system, meant to preserve a president's legacy, would instead record his downfall.

en-US

00:38:17

EP81 - John Wayne Gacy and the Architecture of a...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/29

In a quiet Chicago suburb, a friendly contractor and children's entertainer named John Gacy was a pillar of his community. But beneath the floorboards of his immaculate home, a gruesome secret was growing, built on a foundation of deception. We dissect the anatomy of Gacy's public mask, an elaborate camouflage that allowed him to hide a private graveyard in plain sight.

en-US

00:35:15

EP80 - The Zealot's Veto: The Radicalization of Yigal...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/26

On November 4, 1995, a single assassin fired three bullets that not only killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin but also mortally wounded the Middle East peace process. This episode dissects the anatomy of political radicalization, tracing the parallel paths of a decorated soldier who turned to peace and a young, religious student who turned to murder, fueled by an atmosphere of unprecedented political hatred.

en-US

00:41:27

EP79 - The School of Turin: Anatomy of an Impossible...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/23

In 2003, a team of elite thieves breached the world's most secure diamond vault in Antwerp, pulling off a heist of impossible precision. But perfection is a fragile illusion, and we dissect how a single, discarded piece of trash unraveled the anatomy of the century's greatest theft.

en-US

00:40:45

EP78 - The Anatomy of Villisca: A Silence Carved by...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/20

In 1912, a small Iowa town awoke to an unspeakable horror: eight people, including six children, slaughtered in their beds. The crime scene was a bizarre tableau of covered mirrors and strange rituals, leaving behind a chilling mystery that remains unsolved over a century later. This is the story of a crime that murdered a family and the soul of a town.

en-US

00:41:32

EP77 - The Blade Runner's Echo: Oscar Pistorius and...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/17

When Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, his defense team constructed a narrative of a vulnerable man acting in fear. But the forensic evidence locked inside a bathroom told a different story. This episode dissects the anatomy of a celebrity defense, examining how a global icon’s fame and disability were weaponized in court against the silent testimony of the crime scene itself.

en-US

00:35:54

EP76 - The Weight of Water: How Captain Lee Joon-seok...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/14

On April 16, 2014, the ferry MV Sewol capsized off the coast of South Korea with 476 people on board, most of them high school students on a field trip. But this was no simple accident; it was a slow-motion catastrophe engineered by greed and sealed by cowardice, culminating in a landmark murder trial against a captain who abandoned his ship. This is the story of a disaster that could have, and should have, been prevented at every turn.

en-US

00:43:39

EP75 - The Treason of the Apostles: Anatomy of the...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/11

They were the brightest minds of a generation, born to rule and educated at the heart of the British Empire. Yet, from the hallowed halls of Cambridge University, they orchestrated the most devastating act of betrayal in modern history, serving a foreign master for decades from within the secret sanctums of Western intelligence. This is the story of the Cambridge Five, and the anatomy of a betrayal that reshaped the twentieth century.

en-US

00:37:20

EP74 - The Backyard Universe of Phillip Garrido

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/08

For eighteen years, a young girl vanished into thin air from a street in South Lake Tahoe. This episode dissects the anatomy of her captivity, exploring the terrifying psychological architecture of the secret world built in a suburban backyard and the unbelievable story of her return.

en-US

00:43:02

EP73 - The Scalpel and The System: How Dr....

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/05

When patients entered the operating room of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, they trusted a system designed to protect them. But for thirty-three people, that system collapsed, leaving a trail of death and permanent injury. This is the story of a surgeon's unfathomable malpractice and the broken institutions that allowed him to continue cutting.

en-US

00:34:29

EP72 - The Collar and the Clock: Deconstructing the...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/04/02

On a sweltering August day, a pizza delivery man walked into a bank with a bomb locked around his neck, launching one of the most bizarre and convoluted investigations in FBI history. Was he a victim forced into a deadly scavenger hunt, or a willing player in a game that turned lethal? This episode dissects the labyrinthine plot and the disturbed minds behind a crime that defies easy answers.

en-US

00:48:28

EP71 - The Devil's Handsome Disguise: Ted Bundy's...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/03/30

He was handsome, intelligent, and on a promising career path in law and politics. But behind Ted Bundy's charming smile was a predator of unparalleled cunning and brutality. This episode dissects the anatomy of charisma as camouflage, exploring how the man who should have been the most obvious suspect became society's most terrifying blind spot.

en-US

00:38:53

EP70 - Il Mostro: Anatomy of an Investigation Lost in...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/03/27

Between 1968 and 1985, a serial killer known only as the Monster of Florence stalked lovers in the idyllic Italian countryside, committing a series of brutal double murders that terrified a nation. But the true anatomy of this case lies not with the killer, but with the decades of catastrophic investigative failures, wrongful accusations, and bizarre theories that allowed him to vanish into legend. This is a story of how the hunt for a monster created monsters of its own.

en-US

00:38:04

EP69 - The Anatomy of Go Fever: The Seventy-Three...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/03/24

On a frigid January morning in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger and its seven-person crew were lost in a plume of white smoke, live on national television. The world believed it was a tragic, unavoidable accident, but the truth was a far more chilling story of a warning that was deliberately silenced. This is the anatomy of an institutional failure, a methodical dissection of the hours and years of decisions that made a catastrophe not just possible, but inevitable.

en-US

00:38:18

EP68 - The Murder on Sveavägen: The Thirty-Four Year...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/03/21

On a cold February night in 1986, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was assassinated on a busy Stockholm street, sparking one of the most extensive and frustrating murder investigations in modern history. This episode dissects the anatomy of a national trauma, exploring the catastrophic investigative failures, the labyrinth of conspiracy theories, and the final, controversial accusation that attempted to close a wound that may never truly heal.

en-US

00:44:21

EP67 - The Poisoned God: Shoko Asahara and the...

Anatomy of Crime ·

2025/03/18

On a routine Monday morning in 1995, the Tokyo subway, a symbol of Japanese efficiency, became a nerve gas chamber. This is the story of Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult that evolved from a yoga class into a terrorist organization armed with weapons of mass destruction. We will dissect the anatomy of belief itself, to understand how a blind guru convinced brilliant minds to try and end the world.

en-US

166 results

Similar Podcasts

Australian True Crime

Bravecasting

True Crime Podcast 2026 - Police Interrogations, 911 Calls and True Police Stories Podcast

True Crime Podcast 2025

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

Jay Nicoll

The Conspiracy Files

Bloody FM

Crime at Bedtime

Jack Laurence