Conceiving Crime

Conceiving Crime

Investigating crimes and stories, past and present, involving sex, procreation, pregnancy, birth, and all things human reproduction.

Episodes

May 7, 2025 66 mins

The agents of a corrupt industry and their allies turn an undercover investigation on its head by going after the reporters who exposed them.

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Lies, coercion, kidnapping…the shocking true story of how thousands of children were taken from their home country under false pretenses, only to learn the truth as adults.

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April 22, 2025 30 mins

A fateful 911 call demands an answer to the question…why was the caller reluctant to describe the patient’s emergency? And why weren’t they called sooner? After her death–who was responsible?

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April 16, 2025 28 mins

A woman’s search for truth about her genetic background unveils the heartbreaking secret of her parentage and prompts a lawsuit with the man responsible for keeping it: her mother’s fertility doctor.

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April 9, 2025 28 mins

What seems like the ultimate gift turns into a legal and personal nightmare for a woman paid to carry a child no longer wanted by her parents.

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April 2, 2025 30 mins

A woman’s fertility journey turns traumatic when her husband notices the biological child she paid to be implanted and carried for nine months looks like neither of them.

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March 26, 2025 36 mins

A rockstar doctor in his field has a day in court with an unlikely group…his former patients. In a he-said, she-said case, the key witness is the last group the doctor would expect.

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March 19, 2025 36 mins

A glamorous media-savvy attorney turns her expertise towards gaming the system of an unregulated and profitable business…surrogacy.

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March 15, 2025 35 mins

A controversial public figure dies and leaves his family to clean up his properties, only for them to discover one final shocking secret buried in his garage.

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March 12, 2025 39 mins

In late 1940s Tokyo, Japan, a police officer stops a man leaving a maternity home carrying a suspicious package on the back of his bicycle. The box’s contents would lead to a national scandal with far-reaching legal consequences and an unlikely criminal mastermind.

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March 3, 2025 48 secs

One of the most incredible abilities human beings have is the power to create new life. And yet, there is a vast history in which we have treated this power as a threat, played with this power, or abused this power to our own ends. These are crimes not just against life, but against our very ability to create new life. Join us for gripping stories involving sex, procreation, pregnancy, birth, and all things human reproduction.

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