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Crimes of the Times

Crimes of the Times

By: L.A. Times Studios
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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.© 2017 All Rights Reserved. Politics & Government Social Sciences True Crime
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  • Introducing: L.A. Crimes

    Introducing: L.A. Crimes
    May 21 2025

    Please enjoy a featured clip of L.A. Times Studio's latest production, L.A. Crimes. On this episode, Madison McGhee is joined by legendary Dateline host Josh Mankiewicz and esteemed L.A. Times Reporter Richard Winton as the three of them dive into all-things Menendez Brothers, the good, the bad, and the still unknown. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
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    11 mins
  • Featuring: Man in the Window

    Featuring: Man in the Window
    May 20 2025

    Please enjoy a special feature of the first episode of L.A. Times Studios production, Man in the Window. In this episode, Phantom in the Fog, investigative reporter Paige St. John discusses how a series of brutal dog killings in a small town in California acted as the prelude for the coming danger and violence committed by one of California's deadliest serial killers.

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    37 mins
  • Featuring: Detective Trapp

    Featuring: Detective Trapp
    May 13 2025

    Please enjoy a special feature of my show, Detective Trapp’s first episode, All the Missing. In this episode, Detective Julissa Trapp fights her way onto the homicide unit in her hometown of Anaheim, California — and strives amid personal struggles to understand God’s plan for her. At the same time in a nearby city, women begin vanishing.
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    38 mins
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interesting and shows how abusers can manipulate thier way through life. Highly recommended. Be sure also to catch Tonia's story for a more complete picture.

wow

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I can't stand hearing what this guy has done. classic example of someone who should not be living among society..

listening to this makes me soo mad

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it is unfortunate that John has done what he has done even with all these people trying to help him and support him in any way they can and he had a wife who loved him dearly. Terra deserved better, thank God she got away from that situation with John, every chapter gets interesting more and more to the point you don't want to stop listening I am going to watch the show on Netflix of dirty John now. I've always thought books are better than movies or shows but after I read the books I like to see the movies.

I loved this!

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Loved listening to it. Some parts were so maddening to listen to though. Love makes people do crazy things.

Sick and twisted

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Dr. Death is my intro to true crime podcasts. Hooked and on to the next.

Hooked on Wondry

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It was so good. Disturbing on so many levels but gives you hope in fighting for yourself.

What a story !

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this was a tough one. to get through and not because of the subject matter. Maybe it's the 'salt remix' that is the problem? The storytelling was SO unnecessarily drawn out, parts of the story were repeated multiple times throughout multiple episodes, and there were WAY too many low-quality audio recordings. and phone calls played. It just did not need to be that excruciatingly detailed, there were SO many unnecessary details. We did not need to listen to every word of multiple-page letters, emails, and dialogue in order to fully grasp that this guy was evil.

And the story bothers me. I'm not one to victim-shame or judge a victim, but the storytelling made Deb sound just absolutely incapable of making good decisions. They also made the youngest daughter sound like a soft-spoken airhead who couldn't think about anything other than the walking dead and zombies. It completely took away from the things they went through. If I were this family I'd have been so angry being portrayed this way. This doesn't send the message that "this can happen to anyone." this sends the message that "this can happen if you're so gullible and vulnerable that you can't recognize GLARING red flags."


Very disappointing.


maybe it was the remix?

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