Criminal

This episode follows Eve Wiley, who at 16 discovered a secret her mother had kept from her all her life. It centers on that late-night discovery and the unsettling sense that something had always been just out of reach.

The Midnight Slider centers on a small boat found drifting empty off Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, in 2013. In a place where violence is described as deeply uncommon, the episode explores a mystery that unsettled a close-knit community.

This episode centers on a 1992 case in which a young man entered a police station and confessed to killing his parents. It points toward a story that is likely as much about mental state and accountability as it is about the crime itself.

This episode examines an unusual trial in England centered on a woman known as Miss X, who said her best friend Gayle posed as a man and deceived her into a sexual relationship. Phoebe talks with author Izabella Scott about the case and the questions of sex, identity, and deception at its core.

This episode centers on a 1978 phone call to an investigator in the Harris County DA’s office from an old friend sitting in jail with information about a case. It points toward a story of murder, deception, and injustice on the Gulf Coast tied to Pamela Colloff’s book Catch the Devil.