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  • The Dayton Christmas Killings Pt. 2

    December 27, 2022 · 36 min

    The spree continues into Christmas Day and beyond, during which the teen gang murders their third, fourth, fifth and sixth victims. After a tip, police catch the group wearing victims’ clothing, driving a victim’s stolen car, and in…

  • The Dayton Christmas Killings Pt. 1

    December 27, 2022 · 39 min

    In the early hours of Christmas Eve 1992, a senseless murder in Dayton, Ohio, marks the beginning of a rampage. What started as a desire for Christmas cash turns into a three-day killing spree that leaves six people dead. Even more…

  • It's Complicated: Felix & Susan Polk Pt. 4

    December 20, 2022 · 37 min

    Between the relentless accusations and physical assaults, the early 2000s were a dangerous time to be living in the Polk household. No one knew that more than their three kids, all caught in the middle of their parents’ tempest. On October…

  • It's Complicated: Felix & Susan Polk Pt. 3

    December 13, 2022 · 41 min

    In the 1990s, the Polk marriage descended into a slow-motion implosion. Susan’s resentment of her husband was growing, and it only intensified after he introduced her to a new therapeutic technique: RMT, or recovered memory therapy. Now…

  • It's Complicated: Felix & Susan Polk Pt. 2

    December 6, 2022 · 45 min

    Dr. Polk decides once and for all how far he’ll go to manipulate Susan into staying with him. They marry in the winter of 1981. As the decade progresses, their joy over the birth of their first son, Adam, turns to dread as they’re swept…

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  • It's Complicated: Felix & Susan Polk Pt. 1

    November 29, 2022 · 46 min

    Twenty years ago, a heinous crime unfolded in a California pool house. The seeds of it were planted in the 1970s, when the Bay Area’s rising star in adolescent therapy, Dr. Felix Polk, met a new patient: 15-year-old Susan Bolling. They…

  • Chicago Tylenol Murders Pt. 3

    November 22, 2022 · 41 min

    By 2011, the FBI was ready to reexamine the evidence. A theory emerged: What if the Mad Poisoner was actually the Unabomber? Ted Kaczynski had proven he was a revenge-seeking terrorist, and he had connections to Chicago. Perhaps he traded…

  • Chicago Tylenol Murders Pt. 2

    November 15, 2022 · 38 min

    If Roger Arnold wasn’t behind the murders, who was? Police turn their focus to a new suspect: a disgruntled accountant named James Lewis. But the more police dig into Lewis’s life, the more questions they have. A crossover special from…

  • Chicago Tylenol Murders Pt. 1

    November 8, 2022 · 40 min

    Forty years ago, cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules led to the deaths of seven people all around the Chicago area. America was gripped by paranoia and fear. Why was this happening? Who would be next? Police grasped for suspects who might be…

  • Art Mysteries Pt. 5: Banksy

    November 1, 2022 · 45 min

    For over two decades, the artist known as Banksy has vandalized private property, sold millions in antagonistic artwork, drawn a spotlight to society’s most egregious hypocrisies — and stayed anonymous through it all. In the finale of our…

  • Art Mysteries Pt. 4: The Stolen Klimt

    October 25, 2022 · 44 min

    Before and during WWII, the Nazis stole a fortune in priceless art. Among them was a portrait that’s been called “the Mona Lisa of Austria” — a luminous piece by Gustav Klimt completed in 1907. Placed in the Austrian National Gallery, the…

  • Art Mysteries Pt. 3: The Fake Rothko

    October 18, 2022 · 46 min

    In 1994 an art dealer representing an anonymous client sold a rare painting to a New York gallery. There was only one problem: It was a fake. Yet for years, the paintings kept coming, the deals kept closing, and no one was the wiser. From…

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About the show

Welcome to Parcast Presents, your new home for special mini-series running across the Parcast Network! This is where you'll find holiday specials, retrospectives on pivotal historical moments, deep-dives into cultural phenomena, and other can't-miss episodes curated from over 40 Parcast shows! Parcast Presents is a Spotify Original from Parcast.