Ancient True Crime

Roman history, from the very foundation of the city, is replete with people and stories that shock our modern sensibilities. Evil Roman Emperors puts the worst of Rome's rulers in one place and offers a review of their lives and a historical context for what made them into what they became.

To the Sunday School, he was a Shepherd. To history, he was a Warlord. We were taught a version of the Bible that feels like a stained-glass window: beautiful, glowing, and completely flat. In that version, the heroes are statues. They don't sweat. They don't scheme. They move silently from one miracle to the next, stripped of their humanity so they can serve as safe examples for children. But the Bible isn't safe. And it was never meant for children. KING DAVID: THE GANGSTER TRAGEDY is an investigation. It is an attempt to chip away the plaster and find the pulse underneath. We treat these...

In a town that has repackaged its trauma into a tourist trap, the past is never truly dead. For journalist Audra Doyle, a new assignment in Salem is a chance to redeem her career after a disastrous misstep. Her podcast, “The Unsettled Truth,” thrives on the dark corners of American towns, but Salem in October is a whole new level of performance. When a local activist is found dead, staged in a grotesque reenactment of the colonial witch trials, Audra is plunged into a story that is far more than true-crime catnip. Her only lead is Dr. Julian Croft, the city’s brilliant, guarded, and ...

Jack the Ripper. Jeffrey Dahmer. John Wayne Gacy. Locusta of Gaul. If that last name doesn’t seem to fit with the others, it’s likely because our modern society largely believes that serial killers are a recent phenomenon. Not so, argues Debbie Feltonin fact, there’s ample evidence to show that serial killers stalked the ancient world just as they do the modern one.

Jack Dawe is an unconventional street cop. His ability to not act or look like a "Copper" enabled him to infiltrate the drug networks of the UK. This no-holds-barred, explosive, and, at times, humorous account of undercover policing takes the listener through a journey of crime, violence, and deception. This memoir is a true story of poacher turned game keeper. A veteran of 30 years’ service as a soldier and police officer, Jack reveals how he grew from a young thief into a soldier in search of danger and adventure across the world.

In the heart of Indian country in the American west, clandestine criminals were profiting greatly from the sale of sacred Native American artifacts stolen from tribal lands. These artifacts were so ancient they had been used since the migration of the first Americans into North America some 15,000 years ago. In the year 1998, the illegal trafficking of these artifacts peaked in Santa Fe, New Mexico.