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Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a true crime case with the storyteller who knows it best.
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1In the early 2000s, Bikram Yoga spread across North America like wildfire. It was a multi-billion dollar business, spurred on by its eccentric founder, Bikram Choudhury. Choudhury was as close to yoga royalty as you could get and was unafraid to hide it. But according to some of his own students, his empire was built upon blood, sweat and tears – as well as a few critical lies.Reporter Julia Lowrie Henderson practiced Bikram Yoga for nearly a decade and joins Crime Story to discuss the scandal that rocked her yoga community.Note: This episode contains difficult subject matter, including references to sexual assault. Crime Story is taking a quick summer break. We're back in September with all new episodes.
For nearly 50 years, Bill Cosby charmed America. But behind the scenes, there were rumours of something sinister – that Cosby was drugging and assaulting women. Nicole Weisensee Egan was the first reporter to dig into the claims against Cosby, when many journalists were afraid to do so. Her book and podcast, Chasing Cosby, is the definitive take on the rise and fall of Bill Cosby. Note: This episode contains difficult subject matter, including details of sexual assault. Crime Story is taking a quick summer break. We're back in September with all new episodes.
When Carole Fisher met Bob Bierenbaum in 1989, he seemed like a catch. He was a Jewish doctor who spoke five languages, a gourmand who loved skiing, and a New Yorker who could fly planes. He was every Jewish mother’s dream. But there was something off about Bob. He could fly into a sudden rage and be distant and controlling. Carole sensed he was hiding something. More than 30 years after Carole and Bob broke up, she uncovers his dark and sordid past in a podcast called The Girlfriends.Crime Story is taking a quick summer break. We're back in September with all new episodes.
Bernie Goetz shot four Bronx teenagers on the subway in 1984 — and was celebrated as a national hero. New York was known as a dangerous place at the time. Locals who felt abandoned by police applauded Goetz for "taking the law into his own hands." Leon Neyfakh, host of Fiasco: Vigilante, investigates this era-defining story, exploring the paranoia of 1980s New York, the media culture that supported it, and its unsettling parallels to today.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
In 2018, journalist Scott Johnson received a tip that someone was impersonating high-powered women in Hollywood. Using their identities, the scammer lured artists from across the entertainment industry to Indonesia on the promise of work. People thought it was their big break. Instead, hundreds of victims found themselves in increasingly strange scenarios with a shadowy figure known as the Hollywood Con Queen. It sounds like a textbook con: steal someone’s identity, create a fake story and exploit people for cash. But as Scott reveals in this week’s episode of Crime Story, the scammer wasn’t motivated by money. It was about something much deeper.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
For 5 years, the 1996 Atlanta Olympic bomber had been living on the lam in the woods. Locals sold shirts that read “Eric Rudolph: 1998 Hide and Seek champion.” Meanwhile, Eric ate salamanders, shot bears, and racked up the bill for one of the most costly manhunts in U.S. history. How did he do it? What were his motivations? And why was he able to pull off four separate bombings before police finally nabbed him?Journalist Henry Schuster, author of Hunting Eric Rudolph, was there when that first bomb went off in Atlanta, and he joins us this week on Crime Story.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
In part two of our conversation, The Jinx creators Andrew Jarecki and Zac Stuart-Pontier reflect on what it was like watching Robert Durst take the stand, how his inner circle enabled his strange behaviour, and the impact of documenting a suspected killer for 20 years.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
When director Andrew Jarecki first met the eccentric billionaire Robert Durst, Durst had been dubbed the “unluckiest man in the world,” being linked to not one, but three suspected murders. In this two-part episode, Jarecki and his co-producer Zac Stuart-Pontier, take us behind the scenes of their jaw-dropping documentary, The Jinx, which added yet another "unlucky" chapter to Durst’s strange and sordid life.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
For the Canadian July 1 holiday, we’re interrupting our regularly scheduled programming for something a little lighter, but scandalous nonetheless. Today you’ll hear episode 1 of Broomgate, a podcast about the broom that nearly destroyed Canada’s most charming sport: curling.Broomgate is hosted by comedian John Cullen, and produced by our very own Kathleen Goldhar. If you like what you hear, be sure to find and follow Broomgate: A Curling Scandal here! Crime Story will be back with a new episode next week. (Hint: BEVERLEY)
When a woman connected to one of Belize’s most powerful families is found next to a dead cop, rumours swirl. Will she be arrested? Will she walk away scot free? Podcaster Josh Dean takes us behind the scenes of his new podcast, White Devil, where nothing is ever as it seems.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
From Hollywood hacks to billion-dollar heists, North Korea is rewriting the rules of cyber warfare. Learn all about the regime's elite hackers with Jean Lee, the first American to open a foreign newsroom in PyongYang.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
When reporter Kim Bolan received a dead rat in the mail, she wasn’t surprised. Kim was in the midst of covering a shocking gangland murder in B.C., involving the execution-style killing of six men — including two innocent bystanders. Kim takes us behind the scenes of this spectacular case and gives us a peek into her life as a gang reporter.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
In 1995, a disgruntled army veteran named Timothy McVeigh set off a bomb in downtown Oklahoma City. It damaged 50 apartment blocks and killed more than one hundred people. Journalist Jeffrey Toobin covered McVeigh’s trial and wishes he saw the bigger picture– that McVeigh’s story contained warning signs for the future. For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.You can find this episode's transcript here.
Maurizio Gucci was killed in 1995 outside his Milan office. Police scrambled until a tipster came forward with a shocking claim: it was an inside job. Journalist Sara Gay Forden takes us inside this epic family drama.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.This episode's transcript can be found here.
In 1997, members of a cult named Heaven's Gate took their lives in a mass suicide. Glynn Washington grew up in a cult and remembers thinking, could that have been me? Washington is now host of the podcast, Heaven’s Gate, and joins Crime Story to help us understand how 39 people were driven to death.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.
In the new season of her Pulitzer Prize winning podcast Stolen, Connie Walker investigates the disappearance of two women on the Navajo Nation, a place where people say you can get away with murder.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.
Dive into the gripping tale of Malcolm Macarthur, Dublin's charming socialite turned bank robber, whose desperate bid to maintain his lavish lifestyle spiraled into tragedy and scandal.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.
Tristan Redman didn’t believe in ghosts ... until he was all but forced to consider the possibility. His new podcast, Ghost Story, investigates a murder in his own family and the stories we tell ourselves about the past.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.
Go deep inside one of America’s most pernicious lies with New York Times reporter, Elizabeth Williamson, who spent years uncovering the origins of the myth that Sandy Hook was a hoax.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.
The women in this story came to a fertility clinic at Yale hoping to become pregnant. They arrived expecting the utmost in care. But when a surgical procedure caused them excruciating pain, their doctors dismissed it.Susan Burton is the host of The Retrievals, a podcast that exposes what was actually going on behind the scenes. In this episode, we discuss the shocking source of the patients’ pain and ask why we still tolerate and misinterpret women’s pain.For early access to Crime Story episodes and to listen ad-free, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel here.This episode's transcript can be found here.
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