Crimes of the Times

Crimes of the Times

L.A. Times reporter Christopher Goffard of “Dirty John” is back with another riveting podcast from L.A. Times Studios. In “Crimes of the Times,” Goffard goes deep behind the scenes of a new story each week, cutting through common myths and misconceptions to uncover what really happened in the most compelling cases from L.A. and beyond.

Episodes

July 10, 2025 21 mins

In this special-feature bonus episode, our host Christopher Goffard is joined by his editor, Steve Clow, to discuss how detectives zeroed in on Frank Carson’s wife and stepdaughter. 

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In this specially featured episode,  a series of wiretaps lead to criminal charges against Frank Carson’s wife and stepdaughter, an art student.

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 In this special-feature bonus episode, our editor Steve Clow and our host Christopher Goffard discuss how three California Highway Patrol officers fell into the District Attorney’s crosshairs.

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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 Fran...

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May 20, 2025 37 mins

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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May 13, 2025 38 mins

Please enjoy a special feature of my show, Detective Trapp’s first episode, All the Missing. In this episode, Detective Julissa Trapp fights her way onto the homicide unit in her hometown of Anaheim, California — and strives amid personal struggles to understand God’s plan for her. At the same time in a nearby city, women begin vanishing.

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May 6, 2025 42 mins

Please enjoy a special featured episode of my show Dirty John. In this episode, Debra Newell, an interior designer in Southern California, meets John Meehan on an over-50 dating site. His profile looks exciting: Anesthesiologist, divorced, Christian. She falls in love fast. But her children dislike him and warn her that his stories don’t add up. A psychologist advises Debra to set firmer boundaries with her kids, saying she has a r...

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April 29, 2025 32 mins

John Orr was a renowned fire investigator who was also a prolific arsonist, and whose thinly veiled novel helped to convict him. In this episode we hear from the fire captain who first suspected him—and from Orr himself. 

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on Spotifyand Youtube.

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April 15, 2025 35 mins

The case of Barbara Graham, known in the 1950s as “Bloody Babs” after the murder of a Burbank widow. Former prosecutor Marcia Clark joins us to reexamine the questionable tactics that sent Graham to death row. 

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on 

Spotify and Youtube.

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April 1, 2025 34 mins

The story of Synanon, the drug rehabilitation group once known as “the miracle on the beach,” and the rattlesnake attack on the crusading Los Angeles lawyer who made an enemy of the group’s leader.

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.

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March 25, 2025 32 mins

Former Manson prosecutor Stephen Kay recounts the strange story of Ronald Hughes, the “hippie lawyer” who enraged the cult leader and vanished mysteriously in the middle of trial.

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube

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March 18, 2025 41 mins

The last living prosecutor of Charles Manson gives an inside account of the trial and the cult leader’s deadly vision. Stephen Kay recalls the case that still haunts America.

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on 

Spotify and Youtube.

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March 11, 2025 29 mins

The Black Dahlia mystery: Wild theories, enduring myths and a long-overlooked suspect.

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.

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March 4, 2025 38 mins

The kidnapped heiress who became an “urban guerrilla” and embraced her captors.

New episodes every Tuesday.

To read more about these cases, visit Crimes of the Times at latimes.com

Video episodes will be available on Spotify and Youtube.

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