Episodes

  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 4
    Jun 24 2025

    In this special-feature episode, Frank Carson and his co-defendants are accused of a complicated murder conspiracy after a three-year investigation. Among the accused: three cops.

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    41 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 3 Bonus
    Jun 19 2025

    In this special-release bonus episode, our host Christopher Goffard talks with false-confession expert Richard Leo, who questions the credibility of the government’s star witness.

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    21 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 3
    Jun 17 2025

    In this special featured episode, the discovery of Korey Kauffman’s remains gives the investigation new impetus, and a man named Robert Woody offers a methamphetamine-fueled “confession.” But his story changes again and again.

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    50 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Bonus Episode 2
    Jun 13 2025

    In this special-released bonus episode, our host Christopher Goffard is joined by his editor, Steve Clow, to talk about how authorities linked the disappearance of Korey Kauffman to Frank Carson.

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    29 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Bonus Episode 1
    Jun 13 2025

    In this special-release bonus episode, our host Christopher Goffard is joined by his editor, Steve Clow, to discuss the origins of The Trials of Frank Carson.

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    34 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 2
    Jun 10 2025

    In this special-release episode, investigators confront a defiant Frank Carson about the disappearance of a scrap-metal thief with a reputation for making enemies.

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    43 mins
  • Featuring: The Trials of Frank Carson, Episode 1
    Jun 3 2025

    In Season 2 of Crimes of the Times, host Christopher Goffard revisits one of the longest and most bizarre murder trials in U.S. history.

    This special podcast rerelease will include fresh insights, bonus content and a new episode with the latest news on this fascinating case. The story follows the rise and subsequent downfall of one of Stanislaus County’s most controversial defense attorneys, Frank Carson.

    In this episode, meet Frank Carson, Stanislaus County’s most controversial defense attorney, famous for his high-profile courtroom victories and take-no-prisoners style. A longtime nemesis of local law enforcement, he is representing homicide defendants in the very courthouse where he is on trial for murder himself.

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    44 mins
  • Featuring: Man in the Window
    May 20 2025

    Please enjoy a special feature of the first episode of L.A. Times Studios production, Man in the Window. In this episode, Phantom in the Fog, investigative reporter Paige St. John discusses how a series of brutal dog killings in a small town in California acted as the prelude for the coming danger and violence committed by one of California's deadliest serial killers.

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    37 mins