Lauren Spohrer
- Username: laurenspohrer
- Criminal Podcast
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Lauren Spohrer
Episode 48: Eight Years
(22:36)
From: Criminal
2008 was an exciting time to be a Harry Potter fan. The final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, had been released. Movies were on the way. And author Melissa Anelli ...
Episode 46: Tiger
(19:44)
From: Criminal
There are more tigers in captivity in America than wild tigers in the entire world. The exact number of captive tigers in this country isn’t known, because many of them live ...
Episode 44: One Eyed Joe
(14:15)
From: Criminal
Not only was John Frankford a famous horse thief, he was also a notoriously good escape artist. People thought no jail was strong enough to keep him, but then in 1895 he was ...
Episode 43: 39 Shots
(29:53)
From: Criminal
In 1979, a group of labor organizers protested outside a Ku Klux Klan screening of the 1915 white supremacist film, The Birth of a Nation. Nelson Johnson and Signe ...
Episode 41: Open Case
(23:29)
From: Criminal
Since 1965, there’s been an unsolved murder in Houston, Texas. The main suspect managed to disappear and police were never able to find him. The case is still considered ...
Episode 40: Pappy
(23:53)
From: Criminal
When it comes to the bourbon Pappy Van Winkle, it doesn’t matter who you are or how much money you have — you can’t get it unless you’re exceptionally lucky or willing to ...
Episode 39: Either/Or
(25:49)
From: Criminal
In 1983, three men were prepared to plead guilty to a violent sexual assault in Anderson, South Carolina. Defense attorneys did not want their clients to go before a jury, ...
Episode 38: Jolly Jane
(25:01)
From: Criminal
Jane Toppan was born in Massachusetts in 1857. She attended the Cambridge Nursing School, and established a successful private nursing career in Boston. Said to be cheerful, ...
Episode 36: Perfect Specimen
(22:17)
From: Criminal
The 500-year-old Treaty Oak in Austin, Texas was once called “the most perfect specimen of a North American tree.” But in 1989, Austin’s city forester realized that the ...
