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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | — | — |
| Oct 23 | — | #186 |
| Oct 22 | #200 | #182 |
| Oct 21 | #188 | #167 |
| Oct 15 | #199 | #179 |
| Oct 14 | #187 | #169 |
Latest episodes
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The Water Czar's Deadly Hubris
October 20, 2026 · 35 minWilliam Mulholland was the water boss who made L.A. possible. His reputation gave him unchecked authority as a dam builder. In 1928, that led to one of America's deadliest disasters--and the question of whether it was a crime.
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The Shadow War Against L.A. Nazis
October 13, 2026 · 35 minFrom his law office in downtown Los Angeles, an attorney named Leon Lewis ran a clandestine operation to thwart Nazi and fascist plots in the 1930s and 40s to kill Jews in Southern California. His work went unseen and uncelebrated until…
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The Trial of Errol Flynn
October 6, 2026 · 34 minOn screen, Errol Flynn played a series of daredevils, fortune hunters, and suave romantics. Off screen, he lived a life of outsize debauchery and recklessness, including a persistent interest in underage girls. In 1943, at the height of…
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Introducing: House of Troy
September 22, 2026 · 16 minHouse of Troy is a new podcast from LA Times Studios tracing the rise and fall of USC football, from coach Pete Carroll’s back-to-back national titles in the 2000s, to the Reggie Bush scandal, to the series of missteps that followed. It’ll…
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How A Hillside Strangler Nearly Went Free
June 30, 2026 · 34 minThe Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
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Suicide by Father? The Tragic Death of Marvin Gaye
June 23, 2026 · 30 minIn 1984, soul legend Marvin Gaye was in the grip of a cocaine habit and living with his father, a hard-drinking Pentecostal preacher with whom he had a lifetime of bad blood. One day, Gaye gave his father a gun and told him it was to…
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The Unsolved Slaying of Joe Gatto
June 16, 2026 · 38 minWhen retired art teacher Joseph Gatto was shot to death inside his Silver Lake home in 2013, the LAPD theorized that a fleeing car burglar might be the killer. The victim’s son, a prominent California legislator, found that story…
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The Trials of Tokyo Rose
June 9, 2026 · 34 minIva Toguri was a Los Angeles native who became trapped in Japan during World War II. When she returned home, the U.S. government put her on trial as a traitor for her wartime broadcasts. Her name became synonymous with a myth, her…
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The Forgotten Prophet of Los Angeles
June 2, 2026 · 31 minAimee Semple McPherson built a religious empire in Los Angeles and became one of the most influential evangelists in America. When she vanished from a California beach and reappeared weeks later with an unbelievable story, the scandal that…
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The Assassination of RFK
May 19, 2026 · 38 minOn today’s episode, we discuss one of the pivotal events of the 1960s: the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, a promising presidential candidate at the time of his murder. Though the gunman was caught at the scene, confessed at trial, and…
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O.C.’s Jailhouse Informant Scandal: Part Two
May 12, 2026 · 36 minOrange County’s most prolific mass shooter admits his guilt, but a series of explosive hearings uncovers a longstanding jailhouse snitch operation that taints many other cases. Jailers plead the 5th, the judge makes a startling ruling, and…
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O.C.’s Jailhouse Informant Scandal: Part One
May 5, 2026 · 37 minIn 2012, the judge presiding over Orange County’s worst mass-shooter case gave a seemingly simple order. He told the Sheriff’s Department to reveal information about a mysterious jailhouse informant. When defense attorney Scott Sanders…
About the show
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.