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.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 8 hours 29 minutes
Bonus Episode: Buddy Cianci...The Musical
Inside the world’s best (well, only) Fringe Festival-approved, Off-Off-Broadway, speed-written, side-splittin’, six-night-run-and-then-we’re-done musical about everyone’s favorite felonious mayor.
Bonus Episode: Courtney
A powerful defense attorney thinks he can get away with anything—until one young woman fights back.
Bonus Episode: Sins of the Father
A wiseguy’s son steps out of his father’s shadow—and into the boxing ring.
Gimlet presents: Uncivil
Gimlet's latest podcast ransacks the official version of the Civil War, and takes on the history you grew up with
Introducing Mogul
The Crimetown team wanted to introduce you to a new series from Gimlet Media called Mogul, a show we think Crimetown listeners will love.
Bonus Episode: The Arrest of Ralph DeMasi
An infamous gangster. The wife and children he left behind. And the innocent man he allegedly gunned down.
Bonus Episode: Crimetown Live in Brooklyn
Listen to some of your favorite Crimetown characters swap stories before a live audience.
The Crimetown Season One Soundtrack
To celebrate the end of our first season, Crimetown is releasing a soundtrack featuring many of the songs from the show.
episode 18: The Prince of Providence
In the season finale of Crimetown, Buddy Cianci finds himself behind bars. But he’s not finished yet.
episode 17: The Trial of Buddy Cianci
In the wake of an FBI investigation into City Hall, Buddy Cianci must fight for his political future. Is he the Renaissance Mayor—or is he running a criminal organization?