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OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder? Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them. “An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — Earworthy From the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most. It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us. “Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting Today Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price. So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters. It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude.
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- 1 weeks ago51 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 588: The Slow Motion Murder of Dorothy Strasberg
When 27-year-old Dorothy Strasberg met a charming stranger in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2020, it felt like a love story. The man swept her off her feet, won over her family, and convinced her to leave everything behind for a quiet life in rural North Carolina.Then the relationship changed.Friends stopped hearing from her. Her money disappeared. Her world grew smaller as his controlling behaviors grew stronger. By the time Dorothy realized she was trapped inside a pattern of coercive control, it was practically too late.Thankfully, with the help of her friends and family, Dorothy made it out alive. She was finally free and safe.Little did they realize, the breakup was only the beginning. Because Dorothy soon found herself facing the most dangerous period of relationships for women -- the break up moment experts say carries the greatest risk of lethal violence for women because of violent men and a society that prioritizes one person's potential over another's life.This is Crime Adjacent episode 588: The slow motion murder of Dorothy Strasberg, told live in Madison during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- 2 weeks ago44 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 587: The Perfect Murder
At about 10:45 p.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2021, David Keller answered a knock at his door only to find a naked person standing right in front of him.The naked person pulled a gun, shot David once in the forehead, and then walked into the foyer to finish the job with two shots to the chest. David Keller, age 43, and a well-known local home builder in Mobile, Alabama, had just become the victim of a perfect murder.Can you figure out what police could not to solve this case?This is Crime Adjacent episode 587: The Perfect Murder, told live in Chicago during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- 3 weeks ago43 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 586: The Murder of Jessica Murphy
On the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 4, 1987, 9-year-old Jessica Murphy disappeared from her cul-de-sac in the quiet, peaceful Willow Creek neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska.One minute, she was whizzing around the court on her Space Invaders edition BMX bicycle with red streamers flowing off the handle bars and a sparkly red banana seat. And the next, she was simply gone.Jessica remained missing for decades, as investigators considered suspects ranging from neighborhood boys to traveling serial killers. Who could have taken Jessica? They had no idea. But in January 2026, something incredible happened. A viral TikTok reel made by one of Jessica's own relatives brought new light to this case and led to a confession and then a discovery that re-opened this case and turned this quiet suburban community upside down all over again.This is Crime Adjacent episode 586: The Murder of Jessica Murphy, told live in Detroit during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- 4 weeks ago34 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 585: The Ohio Basement Killer
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015, Officer Danielle Peterson breaks down the front door of a house on quiet Lundy Street in the fancy North Arts District of Columbus, Ohio.The co-workers of David Thomas Brown, 56, said the man had not reported to work since the previous week, and they were worried something had happened to him.So as Officer Peterson performed a welfare check that morning, she did, indeed, find David.He was inside a basement bedroom -- with two missing women, college students from nearby Ohio State University.Police were able to piece together the clues quickly and learn that David was not just a mild mannered health care worker in Columbus. He was an unknown serial killer responsible for the abduction, torture, and murder of 37 girls and women since the 1990s.What they couldn't figure out, however, was exactly how he had died inside that basement bedroom.This is Crime Adjacent episode 585: The Ohio Basement Killer, told live in Santa Fe during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Jun 24, 202627 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 584: Alpine Divorce: Murder on the Trail
On Saturday May 8, 2021, hikers Libby Mitchell and Stacey Rose Anderson met on the Deer Mountain Trail in the Rocky Mountain national park in Colorado.They were before strangers before this morning, but they soon realized they had something in common. Both of their partners had just abandoned them on the trail.So as they're hiking back to the trailhead together, they see yet another solo woman hiker, and Libby makes a dark joke."Oh look, another Alpine Divorce."But as they crept closer to this single woman, they realized she wasn't moving. Her limbs appeared twisted. Her shoes were scattered about. And was that blood?What happened next would uncover a murder, as well as an offender who kept getting away with the worst crimes imaginable.This is Crime Adjacent episode 584: Alpine Divorce: Murder on the Trail, told live in Phoenix during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Jun 17, 202637 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 583: The Ridge Hollow files
It was late at night on July 5, 2019, when the phone suddenly rang in the empty Ridge Hollow Recorder newspaper in Ridge Hollow, Colorado.Reporter Penny C. Johnson casually answered the phone, thinking it was a caller perhaps angered over a typo -- that happened with surprising frequency.This late night phone call was anything but ordinary. It was a watershed moment. It was the moment Johnson first heard of a sex trafficking operation that had operated in this tiny southern Colorado town for quite literally decades, involving the most powerful townspeople.This episode of Crime Adjacent recounts the week-long newspaper series Johnson was able to piece together following this phone call -- a series that revealed cover-ups, conspiracies, and at least one a murder.And what's worse, this case is still ongoing. As of 2026, there are allegation that the powerful men in this forgotten town are doing everything they can to keep the one person who knows all of their secrets from testifying. I guarantee you, this case will shock and enrage you.This is Crime Adjacent episode 583: The Ridge Hollow files, told live in Los Angeles during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Jun 10, 202641 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 582: The Happiest Sleuths on Earth
On March 20, 2021, the body of Alexia Russo was discovered inside her Anaheim, California, townhouse just blocks from Disneyland.The 33-year-old horticulturalist actually worked at the theme park. In fact, it was her dream job, a joyful convergence of her two favorite things in the world: trees and Disney. But this dream job also had a dark side, because it was this very place where Alexia would meet the person who murdered her.This wouldn't be a Crime Adjacent case if there wasn't some wild twist, however. And this case has plenty of them.Because yes, this dream job might have brought Alexia face to face with her killer. But it also brought her into the orbit of the very people who would find the tiniest clue and solve her murder, this band of grieving, elderly castoffs who ventured to Disneyland to find joy again and ended up smack dab in the middle of a murder investigation.This is Crime Adjacent episode 582: The Happiest Sleuths on Earth, told live in San Francisco during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
- Jun 3, 202640 min
Crime Adjacent Live Episode 581: The Temecula Hitchhiker Killer
On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, the body of 21-year-old Monica Bixby was discovered behind bushes and berms along a desolate stretch of Highway 79 in Temecula, California.The aspiring film student had been bound, stabbed, and then strangled the previous night, following a date with an on again, off again lover that did not end well. To police, this initially seemed like an open and shut case. It was the boyfriend, case closed.But the more they investigated, the more this case began to unravel. And although it took years and a secret plan to unspool a key suspect's alibi, one dedicated detective would discover that Monica was not the only victim in this case.There was a previously unknown serial killer prowling a rural stretch of highway in Southern California.This is Crime Adjacent episode 581: The case of the Temecula Hitchhiker Killer, told live in Portland during our tour.OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder?Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them.“An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — EarworthyFrom the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most.It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us.“Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting TodayCrime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price.So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters.It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. New live shows every Wednesday from theaters across America.Weekly live behind the scenes insights for Crime Adjacent insiders at Patreon -- http://www.patreon.com/crimeadjacent Instagram -- https://www.instagram.com/crimeadjacentWeb site -- www.crimeadjacent.comCrime Adjacent is produced & edited by Multitude.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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OK, profilers. Can you solve an unsolvable murder? Join host and serial killer survivor Chase Patrick live on stage for Crime Adjacent, the world’s biggest true crime podcast. Every week, at shows across the country, Chase reopens the most haunting, enduring mysteries from the grim underbelly of American true crime and challenges you to solve them. “An atmospheric and immersive podcast where true crime and psychological thrillers intersect.” — Earworthy From the Zodiac to the Rest Stop Killer, the Michigan Nightstalker to the Cross Country Killer, each episode unfolds like a real investigation — like the whip smart, nerdy love child of Murder, She Wrote and War of the Worlds — and dares you to unravel the mystery and provide justice for those who need it most. It looks like a true crime podcast. It sounds like a true crime podcast. But what happens when the cosmology of our escapist entertainment looks terrifyingly like our real world? That’s Crime Adjacent. It’s a fully scripted, intimate, locked-room mystery that pulls back the curtain on our social obsession with true crime and what this fascination with humanity’s darkest impulses says about … us. “Crime Adjacent is redefining the true crime genre.” — Podcasting Today Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick, a former crime reporter turned contributor for NPR, The New York Times, and McSweeney’s. He uses degrees in sociology and gender studies from UC Berkeley, along with an obsession with criminal profiling, true crime, and Jessica Fletcher, to explore why people commit crimes, why we are enthralled with them, and who, ultimately, pays the price. So listen closely, profilers. Because with every episode, a new crime is afoot and every detail matters. It’s not crime. It’s Crime Adjacent. Crime Adjacent is written and performed by Mike Adamick. It is produced & edited by Multitude.
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