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Crimes of the Times
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L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of “Dirty John” is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In “Crimes of the Times,” Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each week, cutting through common myths and misconceptions to uncover what really happened in the most compelling cases from L.A. and beyond.
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The Final Word on Manson: Part 2
Mar 25, 202500:32:39Summary readyFormer Manson prosecutor Stephen Kay recounts the strange story of Ronald Hughes, the “hippie lawyer” who enraged the cult leader and vanished mysteriously in the middle of trial.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube
SummaryThe Final Word on Manson: Part 1
Mar 18, 202500:41:33Summary readyThe last living prosecutor of Charles Manson gives an inside account of the trial and the cult leader’s deadly vision. Stephen Kay recalls the case that still haunts America.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
SummaryThe Black Dahlia
Mar 11, 202500:29:51Summary readyThe Black Dahlia mystery: Wild theories, enduring myths and a long-overlooked suspect.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
SummaryPatty Hearst
Mar 4, 202500:38:37Summary readyThe kidnapped heiress who became an “urban guerrilla” and embraced her captors.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
SummaryThe Pentagon Papers Trial
Feb 25, 202500:36:40Summary readySmuggled out of a Santa Monica safe, the top-secret documents that changed American history.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
SummaryGeorge Franklin
Feb 18, 202500:30:41Summary readyA childhood memory sent her father to prison for murder. Was it real?New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
SummaryMcMartin Preschool
Feb 11, 202500:34:30Tap to summarizeWild claims of mass child molestation rocked an L.A. beach town. Truth was the first casualty.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
Transcribe →John DeLorean
Feb 4, 202500:26:39Tap to summarizeA maverick from Detroit, John DeLorean built the “car of the future.” Then came the briefcase full of cocaine.New episodes every Tuesday.To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
Transcribe →Rebecca Schaeffer
Jan 28, 202500:30:07Tap to summarizeA young actress, an obsessed stalker and a Hollywood murder that changed America.New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.comVideo episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
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Introducing: Crimes of the Times
Jan 7, 2025Tap to summarizeL.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of “Dirty John” is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In “Crimes of the Times,” Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each week, cutting through common myths and misconceptions to uncover what really happened in the most compelling cases from L.A. and beyond.
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