...these Are Their Stories: The Law & Order Podcast

It's an armored car heist! No! It's actually a militia hoping to overthrow the government! And as long as there are fringes on that American flag, the defendants consider themselves prisoners of war. We're looking at a classic L&O season 8 episode 5 "Nullification." Our guest is retired Lt Col James Weirick of the Military Justice podcast. The original episode is inspired by the real life cases of anti-government militia activity of the 1990s. For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

We still aren't sure what to say about this SVU episode that starts with a puppet show, ends with a kidnapping, and makes some really messed up twists in Teddy's Treehouse along the way. We're looking at SVU season 7 episode 21 "Web." Our guest is Molly McKean from the upcoming podcast HGTV & Me (also from Partners In Crime Media). The TV episode was inspired the real life child pornography case of Justin Berry. For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

TATS SEASON 1 FINALEWhat started off as a honey-do project has blossomed into a fun podcast with lots of great fans. We're even nominated for Best TV podcast at this month's Podcast Movement convention. (We're going to lose. We're gonna lose hard. We're going to lose like the Washington Generals always lose to the Harlem Globetrotters.)We're celebrating the end of season one (and the upcoming start of season two) with a look back at some of the best moments from the first year of These Are Their Stories. We'll relive some good episode discussion, favorite detective teams, Hey-it's-that-guys, and the best ripped from the headlines.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

A bikini posing TV reporter gets murdered and all the anchors want to do is stab each other in the back. But could the lightweight journalist have been close to exposing a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme when she was killed? This time we look at original recipe season 19 episode 17 "Anchors Away." Our guest is host of the Accused podcast Amber Hunt. This episode was inspired by the Bernie Madoff case and the scandals of TV anchors Larry Mendte and Alycia Lane.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Boy, it can really ruin the grand opening of a 5-star hotel when a guest is assaulted...even if it's only part of a convoluted scam to extort $10 million from the owner. This time we look at SVU season 2 episode 8 "Taken." Our guest is writer and co-host of Slate's DoubleX Gabfest podcast June Thomas. This episode was inspired by the fake rape extortion case at Walt Disney World. For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

This case has everything! Someone stealing frozen embryos! A mother harvesting her disabled daughter's eggs! Olivia baby angst! A courthouse steps shooting! Dwarfs! Luis from "Sesame Street"! We'll try to figure out what happened in SVU season 9 episode 14 "Inconceivable." Our guest is writer and co-host of the Slate's Mom and Dad Are Fighting podcast Carvel Wallace.Part of the story references the controversial case of little girl "Ashley X" and the medical treatment used to address her severe disabilities. For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Remember when John Stamos was the guest star on SVU? And he fathered 20 kids by 20 different women (which isn't actually a crime)? And he got killed by a special knife that made his chest blow up? Yeah...it's kind of hard to forget. We're going to figure out what happened in SVU season 12 episode 22 "Bang." Our guest is Gillian Pensavalle from the True Crime Obsessed podcast.This episode is based loosely on a clinical study into "reproductive coercion," and also the story of British bloke Keith Macdonald who had ten baby mommas.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

How do you track down a deranged fan who'd choke their favorite soap star in Central Park? Interview a studio grip, a female impersonator, and Allison Janney. And stop to get some fettuccine before you make an arrest. Logan and Cerreta chase a stalker in L&O season 2 episode 12 "Star Struck." Our guest is repeat offender Brady Carlson of Wisconsin Public Radio. This L&O episode is based on several high-profile cases, including the Rebecca Schaeffer murder.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

When a wealthy financier is bludgeoned to death in his home, whom does Goren suspect? The soon-to-be-ex? The new boyfriend? The nanny? The brother-in-law? The children? The answer: everyone. We're diving into L&O:Criminal Intent S3 E9 "Happy Family," a rare episode in which the killer isn't revealed until the last minute. Our guest this episode is repeat offender and Chester Lake advocate Sarah D. Bunting: blogger, TV critic, and host of The Blotter podcast.This Criminal Intent episode is based on the Ted & Generosa Ammon case. For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

He's a stand up comic who likes to tell female hecklers it would be funny if they got raped. Then when one of them walks home...well, it's SVU so you can guess the rest. Kevin & Rebecca dive into Special Victims Unit S15 E15 "Comic Perversion" with Pat Dixon, comedian and host of the podcast "NYC Crime Report."This episode is based on two scandals, one involving Daniel Tosh and the other with Derek Jeter.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Nothing like eating an expensive meal in an Italian restaurant when one mobster shoots another because he's heckling the singer. But that's just the start of the trouble in this mafia-and-meatballs-themed episode L&O S14 E20 "Everybody Loves Raimondo's." Green & Briscoe (in one of Jerry Orbach's last episodes) think a movie producer was the victim of a conveniently-timed hit at an exclusive restaurant frequented by celebrities, judges, and mobsters alike.Kevin & Rebecca welcome Chris Greene of RTÉ Two radio in Ireland and co-host of "Craic Addicts." He brings a certain amount of "Paddywackery" to the show.This episode is inspired by the real life shooting in Rao's restaurant by Louie Lump Lump Barone.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Briscoe and Logan learn a pair of Holocaust survivors quarreled about a Nazi collaborator who came from the husband's village, and Stone and Robinette believe the woman was murdered because she'd learned his war-time secret. Kevin and Rebecca go back to the Stone Age to watch Law & Order Original Recipe Season 3, Episode 13. In "Night and Fog," Our guest is the very savvy Adam Ragusea, host of Current's "The Pub" podcast. This episode of Law & Order takes its cue from the real life case of accused concentration camp prison guard John "Ivan the Terrible" Demjanjuk.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

What really happened between those two teens in the prep school darkroom? The girl's texts are hurting the case, but then the squad learns the boy is part of a virgin-collecting contest in the secret "Cherry Picker's Club." This episode, Kevin & Rebecca are joined by Undisclosed: The Killing of Freddy Gray journalist Amelia McDonell-Parry as they look at SVU season 17 episode 12 "A Misunderstanding." The ripped from the headlines case this episode is based on is the rape trial of St. Paul's prep school graduate Owen Labrie. For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Briscoe & Green tie a stockbroker's murder to a multi-millionaire business woman who's committed some insider trading. Kevin & Rebecca welcome comedian Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny podcast) for look at Law & Order season 13, episode 15 "Bitch." Despite the title, this L&O episode actually is based on the Martha Stewart case.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Benson & Stabler's search for the victim of a botched rape leads them to a set of twins...and the sister has more in common with her brother than she realizes. Kevin and Rebecca welcome Jack O'Brien (Cracked podcast, Cracked magazine) to talk about SVU season 6 episode 12 "Identity." This SVU episode is based on the real-life case of David Reimer.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Kevin & Rebecca are joined by Outside/In and Bear Brook senior producer Taylor Quimby - better known to our fans as Uncanny Valleys, the composer of our catchy theme song. The panel discusses a CRA-zy SVU installment from season 8 episode 9, "Choreographed." Rabid dogs, mute witnesses, philandering husbands, secretly implanted microchips, a liver transplant...and Stabler & Benson are reunited after his fling with temporary partner, Dani.Though not based on a crime, this SVU episode is inspired by the true story of microchip enthusiast Amal Graafstra.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

Harry Connick Jr makes a guest stint as a DA who goes after some military contractors who drugged and gang-raped a co-worker in Afghanistan - and then goes after Olivia who's swooning over him. Patrick Hinds of True Crime Obsessed joins Kevin & Rebecca to dish on SVU S13 E12 "Official Story." This SVU episode is inspired by the real-life story of Jamie Lee Jones.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

A homicide lead Briscoe & Green to revisit the case that helped Van Buren make lieutenant - only to find the fingerprint evidence that put two men away was fudged. Kevin & Rebecca talk with scholar and social justice advocate Dr. Marcia Chatelain (Office Hours podcast). In original recipe season 12 episode 7, "Myth of Fingerprints." This episode of Law & Order was inspired by the evidence tampering scandal of Joyce Gilchrist.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

A missing teenage girl is spotted in the company of a pimp and hooker before turning up dead. Will Cutter use Rubirosa's sex appeal to win the case? Kevin & Rebecca are joined by the anonymous Hollywood blogger known as the Bitter Script Reader. They look at Law & Order season 18 episode 10 "Tango."This episode is inspired by the real-life murder of Jennifer Moore.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia

A conservative man (David Harbour of "Stranger Things") believes he can save his family's souls by sending them to heaven. Can Goren and Eames save his daughter before it's too late? Comedian, author, and producer of the hit podcasts "The Black Tapes" and "Tanis" Paul Bae gives Criminal Intent S8 E9 "Family Values." This episode of Criminal Intent is inspired by the real-life case of John List.For exclusive content and more, sign up on Patreon.: https://www.patreon.com/partnersincrimemedia