Bad People Podcast
Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity鈥檚 dark side.
Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity鈥檚 dark side.
Series producer: Louisa Field
Artwork: Kingsley Nebechi
Music: Matt Chandler
Editors: Anna Lacey and Martin Smith
Academic Consultants for The Open University:
Dr Ailsa Strathie
Dr Sarah Laurence
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a 蜜芽传媒 Audio Science Production for 蜜芽传媒 Sounds.
Episodes to download
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Black Saturday: Why is Wildfire Arson Common?
Christmas Eve 2020
In the midst of Australia's worst natural disaster one man adds fuel to the fire. Why?
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15. "Insanity": Can schizophrenia cause violence?
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Three men are dead 鈥� but is the killer responsible under an "insanity" defence?
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14. Piggy's Palace 2: Are serial killers intelligent?
Thu 3 Dec 2020
An excavation reveals horrific truths about Robert Pickton
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13. Piggy's Palace 1: Why are witnesses reluctant?
Thu 26 Nov 2020
More than 60 sex workers go missing in Vancouver
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12. Ward Four: Can you spot Munchausen by Proxy?
Thu 19 Nov 2020
How police identified the nurse who was always on duty when children died unexpectedly
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11. Plant Pot Killer: How do our biases blind us?
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Toronto鈥檚 Gay Village is in distress when men start to go missing.
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10. Bad Blood: Should you fake it till you make it?
Thu 1 Oct 2020
The story of a nine billion dollar start-up that went on to be worth nothing
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9. Unimaginable: Can we understand paedophiles?
Thu 24 Sep 2020
In a small Danish town an 11-year-old girl is regularly being sexually assaulted
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8. The Land of Fires: What are green crimes?
Thu 17 Sep 2020
In an Italian town, toxic waste is leaking into the environment from a nearby factory
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7. River Rat: What leads to false confessions?
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Could you confess to a murder you didn鈥檛 commit?
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6. When Children Kill: Should we imprison kids?
Thu 3 Sep 2020
How different countries respond to young killers
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5. The Wrong Man: What causes misidentification?
Thu 27 Aug 2020
Ronald Cotton spent 10 years in prison for a crime he didn鈥檛 commit.
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4. Cannibal Cop: What is your darkest fantasy?
Thu 20 Aug 2020
How one woman found out that her husband was fantasising about cooking her alive.
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3. Remembering Monsters: Can we trust memories?
Thu 13 Aug 2020
John thought his father was a monster, but now he鈥檚 not so sure.
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2. Murder in Peachland: When do women kill?
Thu 6 Aug 2020
A house party stabbing, the most hated woman in Canada and a Transylvanian vampiress
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1. The Nightstalker: Who marries a serial killer?
Thu 30 Jul 2020
Richard Ramirez tortured and murdered countless people and yet women fought over him.
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Welcome to Bad People
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Dr Julia Shaw and comedian Sofie Hagen dissect criminal cases that intrigue and scare us.
