Crimetown

Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, and our universal desire for a savior. Detroit’s a tough town, and its residents are even tougher. They’ve weathered riots, a drug epidemic, political scandal, and innumerable other hardships, but they’re still here—and they have stories to tell.

https://www.gimletmedia.com/show/crimetown

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 35m. Bisher sind 60 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 8 hours 29 minutes

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Introducing “Operation: Tradebom”


Everybody remembers the morning of September 11, 2001, when two passenger jets flew into the World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan. But the idea of toppling the towers was not new. Thirty years ago, a group of men set off a bomb in the garage beneath the North Tower, hoping it would tumble into the South Tower. At the time, this was the largest improvised explosive device ever ignited on American soil...


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 February 27, 2023  1m
 
 

Introducing | Not Past It


From the co-creator of Crimetown and The Ballad of Billy Balls comes Not Past It, a new weekly series from Gimlet. In each episode, host Simone Polanen will pick a moment from that very same week in history — and tell you how it shaped our lives today. Today we are sharing an episode about the notorious crime boss Ma Barker. On July 26, 1932, Ma Barker's alleged gang of thieves stole over $200,000 from a Kansas bank without firing a single shot...


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 August 10, 2021  32m
 
 

Introducing | Firebug


From the creator of Crimetown and Morally Indefensible comes a new podcast, Firebug. In the early 1990s, a manuscript for a novel called “Points of Origin” lands at literary agencies across the country. It tells the story of a fictional serial arsonist who lights up southern California. The thing is… the fires described in the novel may actually be real...


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 July 21, 2021  2m
 
 

Introducing | Morally Indefensible


1979 is the year that Ex-Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald is convicted of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. It’s also the year he meets a new friend in famous journalist Joe McGinniss. Joe agrees to write a book about Jeff’s case...


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 August 18, 2020  4m
 
 

Introducing Mogul


Introducing Mogul, a show about hip-hop's most iconic moments, told by the people who lived them. This season starts with Luke Campbell of the 2 Live Crew getting thrown in jail. Luke wound up in handcuffs because, according to a Florida judge, his music was obscene. To understand how this happened, we have to go back in time to 1980s Miami, to a sweatbox teen disco that birthed a new kind of hip hop: Miami bass. Stream the entire season on Spotify now...


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 October 1, 2019  39m
 
 

episode 20: The Streets Don't Love You Back


After a boy’s stepfather is murdered, he goes astray, entering a brutal world of drugs and violence.


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 September 5, 2019  41m
 
 

episode 19: From the Ashes


With Kwame Kilpatrick sentenced to 28 years in federal prison, Detroit tries to move on. But is the era of crime and corruption really over?


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 August 29, 2019  37m
 
 

episode 18: United States v. Kwame Kilpatrick


Kwame Kilpatrick faces his most daunting challenge yet: a federal trial that could put him in prison for decades.


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 August 22, 2019  39m
 
 

episode 17: Operation Bombay Dreams


A massive corruption investigation threatens to put Kwame Kilpatrick behind bars for good.


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 August 15, 2019  42m
 
 

episode 16: Surrendered


After 99 days in jail, Kwame Kilpatrick gets a taste of freedom. But it won’t last long.


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 August 8, 2019  30m