Conceiving Crime
Investigating crimes and stories, past and present, involving sex, procreation, pregnancy, birth, and all things human reproduction.
Episodes
The agents of a corrupt industry and their allies turn an undercover investigation on its head by going after the reporters who exposed them.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
A glamorous media-savvy attorney turns her expertise towards gaming the system of an unregulated and profitable business…surrogacy.
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.
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.
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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