Criminal
Criminal is the first of its kind. A show about people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle. Hosted by Phoebe Judge. Named a Best Podcast of 2023 by the New York Times. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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Episodes (403)
He Was Told It Was a Job. It Was His Kidney They Wanted.
Sep 8, 2026
The Informant
Sep 4, 2026
911
Aug 28, 2026
What Happened When 33,000 People’s Therapy Notes Were Released Onto the Internet
Aug 25, 2026
Out of the Box
Aug 21, 2026
A Bump in the Night and Unexpected Guests
Aug 14, 2026
Please Continue (Criminal+)
Aug 13, 2026
How a Volcanic Eruption Led to a Criminal Trial
Aug 11, 2026
Mr. Apology
Aug 7, 2026
The Premonitions Bureau
Jul 31, 2026
She Killed Three People with Poisonous Mushrooms. Did She Mean To?
Jul 28, 2026
The Comfort Kit
Jul 24, 2026
125 Acres
Jul 17, 2026
Why Alex Murdaugh is Getting a Do-Over
Jul 14, 2026
That’s Not Me
Jul 10, 2026
What Nobody Tells You About the Morgue (with Patricia Cornwell)
Jun 30, 2026
All the Time in the World
Jun 26, 2026
The Caller
Jun 19, 2026
Riverwalk
Jun 12, 2026
A Man to Be Afraid Of
Jun 5, 2026
Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Criminal+)
May 29, 2026
Mantrap
May 22, 2026
The Mountain
May 15, 2026
The Poison Squad
May 8, 2026
Poisoned
May 1, 2026
The Numbers
Apr 24, 2026
Unwarranted
Apr 17, 2026
Rhinelander v. Rhinelander
Apr 10, 2026
The Longline
Apr 3, 2026
The Formula
Mar 27, 2026
The Quintuplets
Mar 20, 2026
Cecilia
Mar 13, 2026
Excited Delirium
Mar 6, 2026
The Mug Book
Feb 27, 2026
The Plot
Feb 20, 2026
The Big Lie
Feb 13, 2026
Captain's Orders (Criminal+)
Feb 12, 2026
The Test
Feb 6, 2026
An American Original
Jan 30, 2026
Amok
Jan 23, 2026
Gone
Jan 16, 2026
Like a Bad Dream
Jan 9, 2026
Sister Helen
Dec 26, 2025
The Speeding Duck, the Hungry Javelina, and “Leonardo da Pinchy”
Dec 19, 2025
The Knock
Dec 12, 2025
Fall River
Dec 5, 2025
The Manual
Nov 28, 2025
The Post Office
Nov 21, 2025
The Boy Scout
Nov 14, 2025
Rogers Park
Nov 7, 2025