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
Coming Soon: Season 2
Crimetown returns with stories of crime and corruption from a new city: Detroit, Michigan.
episode 1: Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets
In the first episode of Crimetown Season 2, a crime lab technician takes on a notorious cop.
episode 2: The Battle for Detroit
The police shooting of two black teenagers sparks a movement to elect Detroit's first black mayor.
episode 3: The Fat Man and the Field Marshall
Two childhood friends elbow their way into one of Detroit’s only remaining growth industries: heroin.
episode 4: The Kingpins' Kids
As an ambitious DEA agent closes in on Eddie Jackson and Courtney Brown, their children discover what their fathers really do for a living.
episode 5: YBI to the Day I Die
A new generation of dealers takes the heroin trade corporate — with devastating effects on Detroit.
episode 6: The Mayor, the Barber, and the Babysitter
Coleman Young rose from the streets to become mayor of Detroit. Now, his old connections are coming back to haunt him.
episode 7: Who Killed Damion Lucas?
The murder of a thirteen-year-old boy reveals a web of connections between the drug world, the police department, and the mayor’s office.
episode 8: Operation Backbone
The FBI devises an elaborate sting to take down Detroit’s corrupt cops.