CRIME & THE LAW

UK 🇬🇧

  • Bad People (BBC Radio 4): Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen dissect the criminal cases that shock, intrigue and scare us the most.

  • Law in Action (BBC Radio 4): Joshua Rozenberg presents Radio 4's long-running legal magazine programme, featuring reports and discussion on matters relating to law.

  • No Strings Attached (ITV): No Strings Attached explores the inside story of Emile Cilliers' plot to kill his wife Vicky so he could claim her life insurance, clear his debts, and begin a new life with his secret lover - as told by those involved in the case.

  • Prison Break (BBC): Josie Bevan’s Radio 4 series and podcast, Prison Bag, charted her family’s unexpected and traumatic experience with the UK penal system following husband Rob’s conviction for fraud. This striking and honest follow-up considers the justice system more generally, and what it seeks to achieve.

  • The Missing Cryptoqueen: Dr Ruja Ignatova was the glamorous ‘cryptoqueen’ who promised investors the world with her new cryptocurrency OneCoin. Seemingly at the forefront of a financial revolution, it was poised to become the new Bitcoin and turn its investors into millionaires. However, after amassing £4bn and thousands of followers, OneCoin was exposed as a glorified pyramid scheme. In 2017, secret warrants were issued for the arrests of its founders, but Dr Ruja simply disappeared. And she’s never been seen since.

USA 🇺🇸

You're Wrong About: this podcast looks back on certain people or events that may have been miscast in the public imagination. You’re Wrong About tackles high-profile historical moments from O.J Simpson’s trial and ice skating Tonya Harding’s prosecution for attacking her rival to the death of Princess Diana.

The Thing About Pam: This podcast charts the dramatic and stranger-than-fiction story of the murder of Betsy Faria, whose husband found her stabbed to death in their home in Missouri back in December 2011. It's one of iTunes' most downloaded podcasts ever. It's so popular in fact, that NBC recently commissioned a six-part series based on the podcast, starring Renée Zellweger.