HeyJaredAnatomy of Crime
Every crime has a story. But beneath that story lies a complex organism of motive, method, and madness.
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EP214 - The Reporter, the Gangster, and the State That Changed (opens the original)
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In 1996, crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot dead at a Dublin traffic light by a hitman working for drug kingpin John Gilligan. Her murder shattered Ireland's complacency and forced a reluctant state to build the legal weapons, asset seizure, witness protection, a non-jury court, that finally broke the gangs she died exposing. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can buy me a coffee: https://paypal.me/podcast8
EP213 - The Park, the Stranger, and the DNA That Knew the Truth (opens the original)
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On a June evening in 2000, ten-year-old Nienke Kleiss was strangled in a Dutch park while her friend survived to describe the killer. The wrong man confessed under pressure and was convicted, while a pioneering DNA technique had been pointing at the true culprit all along. We dissect the anatomy of a scientific injustice, and how this case rewrote the Netherlands' rules for confessions, DNA, and doubt. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can buy me a coffee: https://paypal.me/podca
EP212 - A President in the Dock: The Anatomy of International Justice (opens the original)
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In 2012, Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, became the first head of state convicted by an international tribunal since the Nuremberg trials. We dissect how sovereign immunity failed, how blood diamonds and smuggled arms proved a case of aiding and abetting, and how the RUF's crimes against child soldiers, amputees, and enslaved women were finally laid at his feet. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can buy me a coffee: https://paypal.me/podcast8
EP211 - Resurrecting El Mozote: The Bones That Buried a Lie (opens the original)
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In December 1981, the U.S.-trained Atlacatl Battalion executed the civilians of a Salvadoran village and burned it to the ground, then the massacre was denied for a decade as rebel propaganda. We dissect how forensic archaeologists dug up the dead, matched the bullets to American rifles, and raised El Mozote from its grave. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can buy me a coffee: https://paypal.me/podcast8
EP210 - The Orphan Who Wasn't: Dissecting the Natalia Grace Enigma (opens the original)
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A rush adoption of a Ukrainian girl with a rare form of dwarfism spirals into a harrowing saga of alleged attempted murder and legal manipulation. We explore the chilling intersection of medical anomalies and systemic failures to uncover the truth behind a family’s terrifying claims. If you enjoy the show and want to support it, you can buy me a coffee: https://paypal.me/podcast8
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