Special Criminals
A podcast focusing on criminal cases where the subjects have been diagnosed with mental illnesses or disabilities. We discuss how these diagnoses and factors may have affected them or their crimes. We look at these crimes and criminals through an educational lens and dive into the specifics of their mental illnesses or disabilities.
Podcasting since 2019 • 87 episodes
Special Criminals
Latest Episodes
THROWBACK THURSDAY - John List
Welcome back for episode 14! This week, as a throwback Thursday episode, we discuss a man who committed an unthinkable crime against his family and then disappeared for almost 18 years. He was finally found thanks to an episode of America's ...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:29:21
MISSING PERSON - Tonita Michelle Brooks (and others)
Welcome back for episode 13! This week, we discuss a few missing persons cases from the east coast. The first one is still considered missing, Tonita Michelle Brooks out of Durham, North Carolina. The other three men went missing during the win...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:23:39
CELEBRITY - Juliet Marion Hulme
Welcome back for episode 12! This week, we discuss a case where a friendship went too far. The two teenagers, Juliet and Pauline, became fast friends but it quickly turned to obsession. After committing a horrible crime, the two girls tried to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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1:14:35
CURRENT EVENT - Darrell Brooks, Jr.
Welcome back for episode 11! This week, we discuss a recent tragedy that was perpetrated by a man with a long history of mental illness and crime. Admittedly, his childhood was extremely troublesome and he received a diagnosis of a mental illne...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:35:01
UNSOLVED - Elisa Lam
Welcome back for episode 10! This week, we discussed the well-known unsolved death of Elisa Lam. Back in 2013, Elisa started acting strangely while on vacation with friends. Soon after, a security camera in the Hotel Cecil’s elevator captured h...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:20:26