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 epi...
Jun 26, 2025•51 min•Season 15Ep. 1
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 touch...
Jun 19, 2025•32 min•Season 14Ep. 4
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 ab...
Jun 12, 2025•48 min•Season 14Ep. 3
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...
Jun 12, 2025•2 min
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 three 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
Jun 05, 2025•47 min•Season 14Ep. 2
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, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 29, 2025•41 min•Season 14Ep. 1
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, sub...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 13Ep. 5
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 ...
May 15, 2025•2 min
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, subscribe in ...
May 15, 2025•47 min•Season 13Ep. 2
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, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
May 08, 2025•49 min•Season 13Ep. 3
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, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify...
May 01, 2025•49 min•Season 13Ep. 2
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 othe...
Apr 29, 2025•21 min
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, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
Apr 24, 2025•49 min•Season 13Ep. 1
Coming April 24th, 2025: A group of college students sets out to end the Vietnam War. Along the way, they transform into a cult-like guerrilla operation with one other goal in mind: complete government overthrow. And their desperation for change had deadly consequences. Listen to American Criminal: The Weather Underground wherever you get your podcasts, or to get early, ad-free access to the entire season first, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at American criminal.com. Learn more about ...
Apr 21, 2025•2 min
After their arrest, Lyle and Erik Menendez face the death penalty. But even as the media examines the case from every angle, it's years before the full story of the Menendez family comes out. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Menendez Brothers' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only available at IntoHistory.com. If you or someone you know is in crisis, there is free help available at mhanational.o...
Apr 17, 2025•54 min•Season 12Ep. 4
In the quiet moments after killing their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez expect to be arrested. But when no one suspects they're the killers, the brothers put together a plan to get away with murder. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Menendez Brothers' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only available at IntoHistory.com. If you or someone you know is in crisis, there is free help available at mhana...
Apr 10, 2025•43 min•Season 12Ep. 3
For years, Lyle and Erik Menendez suffered at the hands of their parents. But when the brothers finally stood up for themselves, the family's toxic dynamic made bloodshed almost inevitable. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Menendez Brothers' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only available at IntoHistory.com. Go to shopify.com/americancriminal to take your retail business to the next level today....
Apr 03, 2025•43 min•Season 12Ep. 2
On August 20th, 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot and killed their own parents. Until then, this Beverly Hills family had been a portrait of the American Dream. How did it go so wrong? To listen to all four episodes of 'The Menendez Brothers' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only available at IntoHistory.com. If you or someone you know is in crisis, there is free help available at mhanational.org Lear...
Mar 27, 2025•45 min•Season 12Ep. 1
Since we first aired our series on the Menendez Brothers, there have been a lot of developments with the public's interest in the case and Lyle and Erik's bid for freedom. We sat down to take you through everything that's happened, lay out the different paths the brothers might take to parole, as well as the roadblocks that stand in their way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 20, 2025•28 min
The Ku Klux Klan is the most notorious white supremacist group in America. Once having over a million members, today it is just a shadow of its former self. Forbidden History investigates today's Klan members, looks at the impact the group has had on America over the last 150 years, and examines whether America is heading for a new race war. Listen to Forbidden History whereever you get your podcasts. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Murder of Medgar Evers' right now and ad-free, right now...
Mar 18, 2025•47 min•Season 11Ep. 5
Less than a year after Byron De La Beckwith shot Black civil rights leader Medgar Evers in cold blood, he was a free man. But the journey to bring him to justice was only just getting started. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Murder of Medgar Evers' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 13, 2025•44 min•Season 11Ep. 4
After his arrest for the murder of Medgar Evers, Byron De La Beckwith is surprisingly cocky for a man facing the death penalty. Then again, Mississippi has never even tried a white man for killing a Black person, so he figures he has nothing to fear. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Murder of Medgar Evers' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 06, 2025•44 min•Season 11Ep. 3
With a family legacy built on lies, racism, and a 'Paradise Lost' mentality, Byron De La Beckwith grows into a young man with offputting manners, a brutal temper, and a violent opposition to desegregation. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Murder of Medgar Evers' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 27, 2025•48 min•Season 11Ep. 2
In the 1960s, the US is rocked by a series of high-profile assassinations of civil rights leaders, beginning with the shocking murder of Medgar Evers in his own driveway. To listen to all four episodes of 'The Murder of Medgar Evers' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 20, 2025•48 min•Season 11Ep. 1
In the early part of the 20th century, an off-the-books vice squad known as embarked on a campaign to purge the Lower East Side of crime and sin. This is The Incorruptibles from Most Notorious! To listen to all four episodes of 'John Gotti' right now and ad-free, go to IntoHistory.com. Subscribers enjoy uninterrupted listening, early releases, bonus content and more, only available at IntoHistory.com. We want to hear from you! Visit americancriminal.com/survey Your feedback will directly help im...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 10Ep. 5
As top dog in the Gambino family, John Gotti feels untouchable. He's the Teflon Don. But his arrogant demeanor leads him to make the kinds of shortsighted mistakes that will lead to a stunning betrayal and a spectacular fall. To listen to all four episodes of 'John Gotti' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 06, 2025•50 min•Season 10Ep. 4
Fed up with the way the Gambino family is being run, John Gotti's assembled a team of hitmen to carry out one of the most audacious mob hits in history. But life at the top of New York's biggest crime family won't be easy. To listen to all four episodes of 'John Gotti' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 30, 2025•48 min•Season 10Ep. 3
John Gotti's rise through the ranks of the Gambino crime family hasn't been without its share of setbacks. But just when things seem to be going well for John, a personal tragedy sends his family reeling, and puts John on a quest for bloody revenge. To listen to all four episodes of 'John Gotti' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 23, 2025•48 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Living in poverty as a young kid, John Gotti takes up mafia work very early on. He knows that the Gambino family is his ticket out, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to climb the ranks. Even if it means killing a guy. To listen to all four episodes of 'John Gotti' right now and ad-free, right now and ad-free, subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or at AmericanCriminal.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 16, 2025•46 min•Season 10Ep. 1
At the same time that Harvey Milk was finding his community and learning to lead, a charismatic preacher named Jim Jones was assembling a flock that would one day become a household name for all the wrong reasons. Their paths would lead both these men to San Francisco, where they would each leave huge, vastly different impacts on the city. This is Reverend Jim Jones Wondery’s American Scandal. To listen to all five episodes of 'The Assassination of Harvey Milk' right now and ad-free, right now a...
Jan 09, 2025•50 min•Season 9Ep. 6
