Bad People Podcast
Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity鈥檚 dark side.
Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity鈥檚 dark side.
Series producer: Louisa Field
Artwork: Kingsley Nebechi
Music: Matt Chandler
Editors: Anna Lacey and Martin Smith
Academic Consultants for The Open University:
Dr Ailsa Strathie
Dr Sarah Laurence
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a 大象传媒 Audio Science Production for 大象传媒 Sounds.
Episodes to download
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42. Jonestown: How can you tell that you鈥檙e in a cult?
Thu 14 Oct 2021
What started out as a promise of a utopian community ended with a massacre.
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41. 666devil: Could anyone become a victim of sextortion?
Thu 7 Oct 2021
Matt Falder blackmailed over 40 victims online into sexual acts.
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40. Hungry like the Wolf: Can we ever understand filicide?
Thu 30 Sep 2021
Diane Downs鈥� children are shot on a small country road. But all is not as it seems.
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39. King of Farum: Why do we love anti-heroes?
Thu 23 Sep 2021
Sofie idolised her former mayor in Denmark. Was he a modern Robin Hood or just corrupt?
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38. The Yorkshire Ripper: Do women need to reclaim the night?
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Peter Sutcliffe murdered 13 women and attacked many others. Why wasn鈥檛 he stopped sooner?
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New series coming 16th September
Thu 9 Sep 2021
Con-artists. Corruption. Cult leaders. Bad People is back soon.
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37. Mr Creepy: Can gun bans prevent school shootings?
Thu 29 Jul 2021
Did banning handguns after the Dunblane massacre work?
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36. Nazi on Trial 2: Is Evil banal?
Thu 22 Jul 2021
The prosecution had a problem: The Nazi bureaucrat Adolf Eichmann was terrifyingly normal
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35. Nazi on Trial 1: Can 鈥渏ust following orders鈥� justify horrific crimes?
Thu 15 Jul 2021
鈥淭he Architect of the Holocaust鈥� is kidnapped and put on trial
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34. #Pizzagate: Why do people believe conspiracy theories?
Thu 8 Jul 2021
How a pizza restaurant became the center of a horrific conspiracy theory.
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33. Kill Team: Could you be trained to kill on command?
Thu 1 Jul 2021
American soldiers murdered three innocent civilians in Afghanistan.
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32. Jimmy McGovern: Doing Time
Sun 20 Jun 2021
Mark is drunk. Again. But this time it lands him in prison for an awful crime.
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31. Horrorhaus H枚xter 2: Should we judge offenders for being ice cold?
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Angelika was called the 鈥榯orture witch鈥�. Why?
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30. Horrorhaus H枚xter 1: Do you need to be a sadist to torture people?
Thu 10 Jun 2021
A snowstorm in April led to a shocking discovery 鈥� Germany鈥檚 house of horror.
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29. Tuskegee Trauma: How lethal is medical racism?
Thu 3 Jun 2021
128 Black men left to die from syphilis. What is the legacy of this racist research?
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28. Eating Fireballs: Is prison education a good idea?
Thu 27 May 2021
Lyle May murdered a young woman and her son. Should he be able to get a degree in prison?
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27. Hollywood Predator: Would you keep an open secret?
Thu 20 May 2021
Everybody knew about Harvey Weinstein鈥檚 sexual assaults. Why didn鈥檛 they speak up?
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26. House of Tears: Why do we mistreat young mums?
Thu 13 May 2021
A mass grave is found at a former Irish Baby Home. Who is to blame for the 978 deaths?
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25. Suicide Voyeur: Why is assisted dying a crime?
Thu 6 May 2021
An online predator coaxes death. But, should assisted suicide always be a crime?
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24. Missing Little Princess: Can we detect high-stakes lies?
Thu 29 Apr 2021
In 2008 a girl goes missing on a council estate in England. A frantic search ensues.
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23. Blue Lips: Does good cop / bad cop actually work?
Thu 22 Apr 2021
What did the 1972 murder of Maxwell Confait teach us about police interviewing?
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22. The Butcher of Baghdad: Would you kill a dictator?
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Should Saddam Hussein have been killed for his crimes?
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21. No Angel: When is spreading infectious diseases a crime?
Thu 8 Apr 2021
The case of Nadja Benaissa, a German popstar convicted for recklessly transmitting HIV.
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No fooling, Bad People is back
Thu 1 Apr 2021
Murderers. Dictators. Sex offenders. Bad People is back for another series
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Bad People x The Serpent Part 3: Hunting Sobhraj
Sun 14 Feb 2021
Convicted killer Charles Sobhraj is the inspiration behind new 大象传媒 One drama, The Serpent
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Bad People x The Serpent Part 2: Psychopathic charm
Sat 23 Jan 2021
Journalist & author Julie Clark tells us what it was like to meet killer Charles Sobhraj
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20. Murder Behind Bars: How does prison change you?
Thu 14 Jan 2021
What happens when a man serving multiple life sentences keeps killing in prison?
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19. Livestreaming Killer: Would you kill for fame?
Thu 7 Jan 2021
Why was this brutal murder shared online?
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Bad People x The Serpent Part 1: The hippie trail
New Year's Day 2021
We discuss the murderer at the centre of new 大象传媒 TV drama The Serpent
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18. Lone Wolf: Who becomes a far-right terrorist?
Thu 31 Dec 2020
What can psychiatrists tell us about the mind of far-right terrorist Anders Breivik?
