Crime & Podcasts

Trace the footsteps of a missing former beauty queen and learn the real origin behind 420. This episode is all about true crime.

CBC Radio · Posted: May 12, 2017 1:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: January 11, 2018

SYDNEY, NSW - AUGUST 11: A fingerprint is scanned at Argus Soloutions August 11, 2005 in Sydney, Australia. The Australian Federal Government are considering including biometric data such as fingerprints, iris scans, or facial recognition on a national identity card in a bid to combat fraud, illegal immigration and terrorism. Details of individuals' biometrics would be stored on the card in an algorithmic code to prevent identity theft. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

This week, a repeat of one of our favourite episodes, from May 2017.

Podcasts featured this week:

FULL CANADIAN BROADCAST VERSION:

1. Criminal

What does 420 actually stand for? HINT: It is not a police code or Bob Marley's birthday. Full episode link here.

2. Inside Psycho

Director Alfred Hitchcock had to commit a few crimes of his own to create a horror film based on the life of serial killer Ed Gein. Full episode link here.

3. Up and Vanished

A documentary filmmaker attempts to solve one of Georgia's longest running cold cases - a former beauty queen who disappeared from her home nearly 12 years ago. Full episode link here.

4. Radio Diaries

Revealing audio diaries from officers who work behind bars at North Carolina's Polk Youth Institution. Full episode link here.

5. Offshore

The story of one drunken night in Waikiki that had terrible consequences. Full episode link here.

6. First Day Back

Lucie and her husband Gerry were together for 13 years before she shot and killed him. Unfortunately, Lucie has no recollection of that night. Full episode link here.

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