Best Stockade Podcasts (2025)

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The First Computer Dating Service: Operation Match 12:16

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7d ago12:16

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Looking for love is an art, not a science. People have been trying to crack the code, with mixed success, for a long time. This week we're going back to the 1960s, when a couple Harvard students had an idea. Businesses had started using a new technology called the computer to process payroll or match a client with the right type of insurance. What …

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Southern Noir Book Club | Rachel Corbett - The Monsters We Make 52:25

13d ago52:25

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In this episode of Sirens, I’m joined by Rachel Corbett, journalist, academic, and author of The Monsters We Make, for a deeply thoughtful conversation about crime, memory, and the stories we tell ourselves about evil. Rachel shares how her own childhood experiences—and the moments that shaped her understanding of violence and fear—ultimately led h…

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This Short Life 16:19

1M ago16:19

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Today on the show, we sit down with photographer Andrew Lichtenstein to discuss his new book, THIS SHORT LIFE, which combines photo essays with audio testimonies about 12 Americans, from a West Virginia coal miner to a Maine farmer, all united by how the struggles of their past have shaped their present. You'll hear audio testimony from some of the…

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Detained: The Last Columbia Protester 11:42

2M ago11:42

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In April 2024, over 100 students were arrested during protests outside Columbia University, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Leqaa Kordia, a young Palestinian woman living in Paterson, New Jersey, was one of them. Kordia was let go after the protests. But months later, ICE officials took her into custody and put her on a plane to a detention facili…

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Spooky Special | Hex House 13:28

2M ago13:28

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Hosted by Raven Rollins Tulsa’s infamous Hex House wasn’t just a haunted legend—it was real. Beneath the surface of an ordinary duplex at 10 East 21st Street lay a story of control, psychological manipulation, and hidden abuse that gripped the city in the 1940s. Two women were found living in a cold, dark basement—isolated, exploited, and convinced…

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Identical Strangers 17:10

2M ago17:10

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Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein were both born in New York City and adopted as infants. When they were 35 years old, they met and found they were “identical strangers.” This story originally aired on NPR in 2007. Liked this story? Donate and find more of our stories at www.radiodiaries.org. Follow us @radiodiaries on Bluesky and Instagram. Learn a…

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The Gospel Ranger 16:38

3M ago16:38

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This is the story of a song, "Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down." It was written by a 12-year-old boy on what was supposed to be his deathbed. But the boy didn't die. Instead, he went on to become a Pentecostal preacher, and later helped inspire the birth of Rock & Roll. The boy's name was Brother Claude Ely, and he was known as The Gospel Ran…

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The Working Tapes, Revisited 16:41

3M ago16:41

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In the early 1970s, author Studs Terkel interviewed the owners of Duke & Lee's Auto Repair in Geneva, Illinois, for his bestselling book, Working. He went to talk to them about fixing cars. What he found was a story about fathers and sons working together, and the tensions within a family business. We went back to Duke & Lee's four decades later an…

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Southern Noir Book Club | Brian & Cameron Santana: A Murder on Campus 1:00:48

4M ago1:00:48

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In this episode, I sit down with brothers Brian and Cameron Santana, co-authors of A Murder on Campus: The Professor, The Cop, and North Carolina’s Most Notorious Cold Case. We talk about the brutal, unsolved 1973 murder of Virginia Marie Olson, a 19-year-old college student whose body was discovered near the campus of UNC-Asheville. Over 50 years,…

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Girl Forgotten: What Happened to Brianna Wells? (with Dan Brown Jr.) 1:03:00

5M ago1:03:00

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In this episode, I sit down with filmmaker and composer Dan Brown Jr., the creator of the true crime documentary Girl Forgotten: What Happened to Brianna Wells? and founder of Crime Sonics. On December 29, 2014, 17-year-old Brianna Wells was found murdered and abandoned in a South Phoenix alley. Nearly a decade later, her case remains unsolved and …

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The Last Place 29:52

5M ago29:52

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When you spend so much of your life moving around, getting to the next chapter, what's it like to find yourself in the last place? This week, we revisit audio diaries from a retirement home. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesBy Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

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Britney Tiger Gomez 39:30

5M ago39:30

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Remastered and featuring updated content, Raven reconnects with Holly Archer to discuss the heartbreaking cold case of Britney Tiger Gomez from Ada, Oklahoma. Originally recorded in 2020, the episode now includes new developments that came to light in 2023, leading to an arrest, though not the kind anyone had hoped for. The MMIW crisis refers to th…

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The View from the 79th Floor 16:30

5M ago16:30

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Eighty years ago, on July 28, 1945, an Army bomber pilot on a routine ferry mission found himself lost in the fog over Manhattan. A dictation machine in a nearby office happened to capture the sound of the plane as it hit the Empire State Building at the 79th floor. Fourteen people were killed. Debris from the plane severed the cables of an elevato…

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Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl, Revisited 37:17

5M ago37:17

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When we first met Majd Abdulghani, she was 19 years old, living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We gave her a recorder to keep an audio diary about her life. Majd chronicled her dreams of being a scientist, her resistance to having an arranged marriage, and what it was like to be a teenage girl living in one of the most restrictive countries in the world …

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Southern Noir Book Club | Ret. TPD Sgt. Mike Huff - Killing My Father: Roger Wheeler 1:13:32

5M ago1:13:32

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🎙In this episode (out now), Raven sits down in the studio with retired Tulsa Homicide Sergeant Mike Huff, one of the most respected voices in cold case investigations, with guest co-hosts Tiff and Jess from Curious Cousins OK Podcast. With almost 40 years in law enforcement—and three decades in the Homicide Unit—Huff shares his insights on one of O…

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The Sirloin Stockade Massacre 28:32

6M ago28:32

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On July 16, 1978, one of Oklahoma’s most haunting mass murders unfolded just before midnight at the Sirloin Stockade restaurant in Oklahoma City. Located near SW 74th and Pennsylvania Avenue, the family steakhouse became the site of unimaginable horror when three armed intruders forced six teenage and adult employees into the walk-in freezer during…

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Allegedly | Judie Hansen & William Boudrie with OSBI SAIC Gary Perkinson 20:44

6M ago20:44

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This remastered episode of Sirens revisits the chilling case of William Boudrie, murdered by his ex-wife, Judie Hansen. The crime went unsolved for three decades—hidden in plain sight—until Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Gary Perkinson stepped in and changed everything. The episode features remastered audio from our …

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The End of Smallpox 14:14

6M ago14:14

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Vaccines have been in the news recently. Over the last few weeks, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has changed vaccination recommendations and gutted an influential committee that recommends which shots Americans should get. Some experts worry that these changes could lead to outbreaks of diseases the US has long had under control. So this we…

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The Detainees of Crystal City 16:16

7M ago16:16

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To justify mass deportations, President Trump has invoked an old wartime law: the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The Alien Enemies Act was last used after America’s entry into World War II. In response to the Axis countries’ detainment of Americans who were deemed potential spies, the Roosevelt Administration came up with an elaborate plan: find and ar…

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Southern Noir Book Club | Tony Adame - Chase the Devil 49:07

7M ago49:07

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In this gripping episode, I sit down with journalist and author Tony Adame, the mind behind Chase the Devil: Murder and Obsession on Florida’s Gulf Coast and the award-winning podcast The Sheriff: Murder, Lies & Revenge in Okaloosa County. We dive into the real-life case that inspired his debut true crime book—a haunting story of manipulation, obse…

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Raven Rollins on The Opperman Report 54:33

8M ago54:33

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I was honored to go on a live radio broadcast show recently called The Opperman Report with host Ed Opperman. We had a great discussion about my true crime books, Allegedly and Sins of the South, and also this podcast! Listen in here or go find his podcast today! Find my books and the companion episodes to them here: https://linktr.ee/RavenRollins …

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Prisoners of War 19:51

8M ago19:51

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It's been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam war. In honor of the anniversary, we're revisiting a story about a notorious American military prison on the outskirts of Saigon, called Long Binh Jail. LBJ wasn’t for captured enemy fighters—it was for American soldiers. These were men who had broken military law. And there were a lot of them. As the…

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March of the Bonus Army 16:18

8M ago16:18

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Author James Baldwin once wrote, "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." On this episode, we go back to 1932 when a group of World War I veterans set up an encampment in Washington, D.C., and vowed to stay until their voices were heard. It was a rema…

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Strangulation PSA with Experts 12:47

8M ago12:47

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A quick conversation with experts on strangulation - how easy it is, the stats of domestic violence, and the long-lasting effects it can have. Strangulation Experts include: Deb Campbell, SANE Nurse; Carrie White, Esquire. Medical Experts include: Rick Rollins, Critical Care Paramedic; a quick PSA from Dr. Sarah Hull from YouTube. If you or someone…

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The Girls of the Leesburg Stockade 16:14

9M ago16:14

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On July 19, 1963, at least 15 Black girls were arrested while marching to protest segregation in Americus, Georgia. After spending a night in jail, they were transferred to the one-room Leesburg Stockade and imprisoned for the next 45 days. Only twenty miles away, the girls' parents had no knowledge of their location. A month into their confinement…

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Guest Spotlight: Signal Hill 37:20

9M ago37:20

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This week we're featuring a story from a brand new audio magazine we've been listening to called Signal Hill. "Pie Down Here" features oral history interviews with farmworkers and Communist Party members who organized a sharecroppers' union in Alabama during the Great Depression. The interviews were recorded by historian Robin Kelley for his book, …

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Making Waves: The Woman Who Warned The World 12:30

10M ago12:30

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In 1939, Time Magazine called Dorothy Thompson a woman who “thinks, talks and sleeps world problems — and scares men half to death.” They weren’t wrong. Thompson was a foreign correspondent in Germany in the years leading up to World War 2, and she broadcast to millions of listeners around the world. She became known for her bold commentaries on th…

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Making Waves: The Original Angry Talker 12:32

10M ago12:32

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These days, we’re used to media that thrives on conflict and amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. It's something we often trace back to shock jocks, like Howard Stern, and in-your-face talk show hosts like Tucker Carlson and Rush Limbaugh. But before all those guys, there was Joe Pyne. At the height of his career in the 1960s, the New …

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Making Waves: The Happy-Am-I Preacher 18:08

10M ago18:08

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In 1934, the Washington Post called Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux, the “best known colored man in America.” He was known as the Happy-Am-I Preacher. His Sunday services were broadcast to over 25 million listeners on CBS radio. Black America saw Michaux as a leader for racial harmony and progress. But during the civil rights movement, his reputati…

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Sealab: A Home on the Ocean Floor 20:41

11M ago20:41

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From ancient myths of sea monsters lurking below to Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the ocean has long been both a source of fear and fascination. For Captain George Bond, a Navy medical officer in the 1960s, the deep sea was humanity’s next frontier. Undersea agriculture, deep sea mining, and human colonies on the ocean floor …

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Guest Spotlight: The Memory Palace with Nate DiMeo 13:45

12M ago13:45

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Happy 2025! We have a slate of new stories coming soon, but we want to start the year by shouting out fellow podcaster (and friend of the show) Nate DiMeo of The Memory Palace. He just put out his first book, The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past. So to celebrate, we're featuring one of our favorite episodes from The Memory Palace, "The…

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01 – Part I, Chapter 1: The Great Forest 23:07

12M ago23:07

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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy Richard Jefferies

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02 – Part I, Chapter 2: Wild Animals 12:21

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03 – Part I, Chapter 3: Men of the Woods 27:02

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04 – Part I, Chapter 4: The Invaders 25:36

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05 – Part I, Chapter 5: The Lake 25:47

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06 – Part II, Chapter 1: Sir Felix 18:03

12M ago18:03

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07 – Part II, Chapter 2: The House of Aquila 20:03

1y ago20:03

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08 – Part II, Chapter 3: The Stockade 18:05

1y ago18:05

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09 – Part II, Chapter 4: The Canoe 18:02

1y ago18:02

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10 – Part II, Chapter 5: Baron Aquila 19:28

1y ago19:28

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Teen Contender 21:08

1y ago21:08

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If you follow boxing, you've heard of Claressa Shields. At the 2012 Olympics, she became the first American woman to win gold in boxing. She repeated the feat 4 years later, becoming the first American boxer — woman or otherwise — to win consecutive medals. Now, she's the subject of a new movie called The Fire Inside, tracing her journey to Olympic…