Crimes of the Times (L.A. Times Studios)
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| 01 Apr 2025 | The Cult, The Lawyer, and the Snake | 00:34:53 | |
The story of Synanon, the drug rehabilitation group once known as “the miracle on the beach,” and the rattlesnake attack on the crusading Los Angeles lawyer who made an enemy of the group’s leader. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 15 Apr 2025 | The Execution of Barbara Graham | 00:35:14 | |
The case of Barbara Graham, known in the 1950s as “Bloody Babs” after the murder of a Burbank widow. Former prosecutor Marcia Clark joins us to reexamine the questionable tactics that sent Graham to death row. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com Video episodes will be available on | |||
| 25 Mar 2025 | The Final Word on Manson: Part 2 | 00:32:39 | |
Former Manson prosecutor Stephen Kay recounts the strange story of Ronald Hughes, the “hippie lawyer” who enraged the cult leader and vanished mysteriously in the middle of trial. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 11 Feb 2025 | McMartin Preschool | 00:34:30 | |
Wild claims of mass child molestation rocked an L.A. beach town. Truth was the first casualty. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 18 Mar 2025 | The Final Word on Manson: Part 1 | 00:41:33 | |
The last living prosecutor of Charles Manson gives an inside account of the trial and the cult leader’s deadly vision. Stephen Kay recalls the case that still haunts America. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com Video episodes will be available on | |||
| 11 Mar 2025 | The Black Dahlia | 00:29:51 | |
The Black Dahlia mystery: Wild theories, enduring myths and a long-overlooked suspect. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 04 Feb 2025 | John DeLorean | 00:26:39 | |
A maverick from Detroit, John DeLorean built the “car of the future.” Then came the briefcase full of cocaine. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com Video episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.
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| 25 Feb 2025 | The Pentagon Papers Trial | 00:36:40 | |
Smuggled out of a Santa Monica safe, the top-secret documents that changed American history. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 28 Jan 2025 | Rebecca Schaeffer | 00:30:07 | |
A young actress, an obsessed stalker and a Hollywood murder that changed America. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 18 Feb 2025 | George Franklin | 00:30:41 | |
A childhood memory sent her father to prison for murder. Was it real? New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 04 Mar 2025 | Patty Hearst | 00:38:37 | |
The kidnapped heiress who became an “urban guerrilla” and embraced her captors. New episodes every Tuesday. To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com | |||
| 07 Jan 2025 | Introducing: Crimes of the Times | 00:01:00 | |
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.
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| 21 Nov 2018 | Bonus Episode: Inside the TV Series "Dirty John" Part 3 | 00:10:48 | |
In the last of three special episodes, Alexandra Cunningham, showrunner of the new Bravo series "Dirty John," offers insight into how she approached the writing of the show and its titular psychopath. Jeffrey Reiner, who directed all eight episodes, discusses the creative team’s ambition to transcend the conventions of a traditional thriller. | |||
| 19 Nov 2018 | Bonus Episode: Inside the TV Series "Dirty John" Part 2 | 00:14:06 | |
In the second of three special episodes, Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights,” “Nashville”) talks about playing Debra Newell in the new Bravo series, and why the story feels timely. Julia Garner and Juno Temple, who play Newell’s daughters, discuss how they came to inhabit their roles, and the show’s production designer and costume designer share details of how they helped create the characters’ worlds. “Dirty John” premieres on Bravo at 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 25. You can also find the original LA Times series, plus 14 other pieces of narrative journalism, in a new collection called “Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders” by Christopher Goffard, published by Simon & Schuster. | |||
| 04 Oct 2017 | Filthy | 00:46:55 | |
Debra grapples with the question, “Who did I marry?” The story of John’s mysterious past unfolds through the eyes of his sisters, his law-school housemate, his ex-wife, and an Ohio cop who hunted him. The origins of John’s nickname are revealed. Bed-ridden in an Orange County hospital, he pleads with Debra to take him back. | |||
| 05 Oct 2017 | Forgiveness | 00:42:23 | |
Debra is in hiding, living out of hotels and disguising herself with a wig. Debra fears she will meet the fate of her sister Cindi, who was killed by her husband as she tried to escape a bad marriage. John has explanations for the accusations against him. He weeps and apologizes. Three decades earlier, that had helped Cindi’s killer walk out of prison. | |||
| 16 Jan 2018 | Dirty John: Live at The Theatre at Ace Hotel | 01:19:59 | |
In the months since “Dirty John” was released, more of John Meehan’s victims have told their stories. Carolina Miranda from the LA Times interviews Christopher Goffard, Debra and Terra Newell, and John Meehan’s first wife. Plus, a panel on coercive control and a special live performance by Tracy Bonham. Recorded live at the Ace Theatre. | |||
| 14 Nov 2018 | Bonus Episode: Inside the TV Series "Dirty John" Part 1 | 00:14:14 | |
In the first of three special episodes about the making of the Bravo limited series "Dirty John," Christopher Goffard talks with actor Eric Bana about his portrayal of John Meehan and the parallels between actors and con men. “Dirty John” premieres on Bravo at 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 25. LA Times Studios is participating as a producer on the Bravo series. You can also find the original L.A. Times series, plus 14 other pieces of narrative journalism, in a new collection called “Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders” by Christopher Goffard, published by Simon & Schuster. | |||
| 07 Oct 2017 | Escape | 00:46:53 | |
Episode 5: John finds a lawyer and plots to unleash a blizzard of lawsuits against his enemies, with the aim of proving to Debra that he is the victim, in case after case. The lawyer believes her life is in danger. As her painful isolation from her family deepens, she secretly plans her escape from the marriage. | |||
| 11 Sep 2017 | Introducing Dirty John | 00:02:57 | |
A true story about seduction, deception, forgiveness, denial, and ultimately, survival. Reported and hosted by Christopher Goffard from the L.A. Times. | |||
| 02 Oct 2017 | Newlyweds | 00:35:34 | |
After an intruder appears in John and Debra’s livingroom, John insists that they install security cameras. Debra begins to wonder whether he is spying on her. Her nephew, Shad, looks into John’s background and confronts him with what he finds. Debra’s vision of an idyllic marriage is shattered when she discovers a stash of paperwork in John’s home office. | |||
| 08 Oct 2017 | Terra | 00:40:42 | |
Jacquelyn and Terra Newell suspect that John has been watching them. When Jacquelyn tells her mother that he is in town, her mother believes she is mistaken. Jacquelyn warns Terra to carry her pocket knife. But Terra is preoccupied by a country-music concert, and she is watching for the wrong car. | |||
| 02 Oct 2017 | The Real Thing | 00:39:41 | |
Debra Newell, an interior designer in Southern California, meets John Meehan on an over-50 dating site. His profile looks exciting: Anesthesiologist, divorced, Christian. She falls in love fast. But her children dislike him and warn her that his stories don’t add up. A psychologist advises Debra to set firmer boundaries with her kids, saying she has a right to be happy. | |||