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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
Episodes
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 4 Bonus

    Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 4 Bonus
    Jun 26 2025

    In this special-feature bonus episode, our editor Steve Clow and our host Christopher Goffard discuss how three California Highway Patrol officers fell into the District Attorney’s crosshairs.
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    21 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 4

    Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 4
    Jun 24 2025

    In this special-feature episode, Frank Carson and his co-defendants are accused of a complicated murder conspiracy after a three-year investigation. Among the accused: three cops.
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    41 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 3 Bonus

    Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 3 Bonus
    Jun 19 2025

    In this special-release bonus episode, our host Christopher Goffard talks with false-confession expert Richard Leo, who questions the credibility of the government’s star witness.

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    21 mins

Featured Article: Catch Our Grift with These Tales of Female Frauds, Scammers, and Cons


When it comes to cons of the criminal variety, women often fly under the radar. And when it comes to pulling off high-level, multifaceted schemes, women continue to be underestimated. But with enough confidence to remain undetected, female con artists, fraudsters, and grifters have scammed their way to infamy, racking up dollars, favors, and fame along the way. The stories they leave behind make for some of the most intriguing cases of all time.

Featured Article Catch Our Grift with These Tales of Female Frauds Scammers and Cons
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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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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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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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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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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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