Podcast · 74 episodes
American Scandal, page 3
by Audible · English
Every scandal begins with a lie. But the truth will come out. And then comes the fallout and the outrage. Scandals have shaped America since its founding. From business and politics to sports and society, we look on aghast as corruption, deceit and ambition bring down heroes and celebrities, politicians and moguls. And when the dust finally settles, we’re left to wonder: how did this happen? Where did they trip up, and who is to blame? From the creators of American History Tellers, Business Wars and Tides of History comes American Scandal, where we take you deep into the heart of America’s dark side to look at what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when they’re caught. Hosted by Lindsay Graham. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of American Scandal ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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West Memphis Three | When Justice Gets It Wrong | 5The West Memphis Three wrongful convictions and broader causes of wrongful convictions: tunnel vision, moral panic/satanic panic, false confessions, resistance to new forensic testing, and legal…23 Dec 2025 · 33 min · 13 chapters
West Memphis Three | No Kind of Justice | 41997–2011 legal fight over the West Memphis Three’s convictions for the 1993 murders of eight-year-old boys (Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, Stevie Branch), focusing on forensic bite-mark disputes,…16 Dec 2025 · 35 min · 14 chapters
West Memphis Three | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | 3In February 1994, the podcast follows the West Memphis Three case from Jesse Miskelley’s shifting willingness to testify through the joint trial of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin in Jonesboro,…9 Dec 2025 · 35 min · 12 chapters
West Memphis Three | Crime and Punishment | 2West Memphis Three case (June 1993–Feb 1994), focusing on Jesse Miskelley’s arrest and trial, and how evidence and testimony shaped the conviction; it also previews Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin’s…2 Dec 2025 · 35 min · 15 chapters
West Memphis Three | The Devil comes to West Memphis | 1The May 1993 West Memphis Three case begins with the discovery of three murdered eight-year-old boys’ bodies in a creek near Robin Hood Hills, then shifts into an investigation that increasingly…25 Nov 2025 · 36 min · 11 chapters
Deepwater Horizon - Choosing Profits over the Planet | 5Deepwater Horizon (2010) as an avoidable corporate crime driven by cost-cutting and risk-taking, and how executives faced little accountability while offshore drilling profits continued.18 Nov 2025 · 32 min · 16 chapters
Deepwater Horizon | The Insidious War | 4Episode 4 (“The Insidious War”) follows the Deepwater Horizon aftermath in 2010, focusing on how BP and regulators managed information and response. In Barataria Bay, U.S.11 Nov 2025 · 37 min · 14 chapters
Deepwater Horizon | The Summer of Tears | 3The immediate aftermath of the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout—failed safety systems, chaotic evacuation, early Coast Guard response, and the start of the Gulf oil-spill crisis (“summer of…4 Nov 2025 · 36 min · 14 chapters
Deepwater Horizon I The Well from Hell | 2The lead-up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster—cost-cutting, disabled safety systems, drilling mud losses, the “well from hell” (Macondo), and the failed cementing/negative-pressure testing that…28 Oct 2025 · 34 min · 12 chapters
Deepwater Horizon | No One Was Listening | 1The lead-up to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, framed as a long pattern of BP cost-cutting, safety failures, and regulators missing or being misled—culminating in EPA lawyer Jean Pascal’s…21 Oct 2025 · 38 min · 11 chapters
The Plague of San Francisco | From Plague to COVID: What We Still Haven’t Learned | 5The 1900 bubonic plague in San Francisco and how the same political, economic, and misinformation dynamics resurfaced during COVID-19.14 Oct 2025 · 41 min · 14 chapters
The Plague of San Francisco | The Golden City | 4Dr. Rupert Blue’s federal sanitation campaign to stop bubonic plague in 1903–1904 San Francisco, the discovery that infected fleas in stolen lumber spread the disease, and the later 1907–1908…7 Oct 2025 · 38 min · 13 chapters
The Plague of San Francisco | Duty and Truth | 3Early 1901–1903 San Francisco’s bubonic plague crisis, focusing on how politics and media suppression obstruct federal health work, allowing the disease to spread beyond Chinatown.30 Sep 2025 · 36 min · 12 chapters
The Plague of San Francisco | The Wolf Doctor | 2May–Dec 1900 bubonic plague in San Francisco and Marine Hospital Service doctor Joseph Kenyon’s fight against it amid political and legal backlash, including quarantines, inoculation with the Hafkin…23 Sep 2025 · 40 min · 9 chapters
The Plague in San Francisco | The Year of the Rat | 1Bubonic plague reaches Honolulu in late 1899, leading Honolulu Board of Health to burn parts of Chinatown; the disease then spreads to San Francisco via an infected stowaway on the steamship…16 Sep 2025 · 40 min · 14 chapters
The Massacre at My Lai | Interview | Rules of Engagement: How My Lai Changed the US Military | 5The March 16, 1968 My Lai massacre—hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians killed—and how it exposed failures in U.S. military leadership, training, and the application of the law of armed conflict.9 Sep 2025 · 43 min · 14 chapters
The Massacre at My Lai | Justice on Trial | 4The My Lai scandal’s escalation from early revelations to the Pentagon inquiry, the Peers Commission’s declassified-but-sanitized findings, and the court-martial of Lt.2 Sep 2025 · 35 min · 13 chapters
The Massacre at My Lai | Hunting Down Calley | 3Episode 3 (“Hunting Down Calley”) follows witnesses and investigators trying to expose the My Lai massacre and the Army’s cover-up after March 16, 1968.26 Aug 2025 · 35 min · 13 chapters
The Massacre at My Lai | Pinkville | 2March 16, 1968 My Lai (“Pinkville”) massacre—how Charlie Company’s “search and destroy” orders led to killing unarmed villagers, and how later reporting and investigations were suppressed.19 Aug 2025 · 35 min · 16 chapters
The Massacre at My Lai | The Road to My Lai | 1Episode 1 (“The Road to My Lai”) traces how the My Lai massacre became possible, moving from a CBS interview with Paul Meadlow (a Charlie Company soldier who says he participated in killing villagers…12 Aug 2025 · 34 min · 15 chapters
Ruby Ridge Standoff | God, Guns, and Government: The Movement Shaping Modern Politics | 5The August 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff in Idaho and how its “state tyranny” narrative helped inspire modern Christian nationalism, including conspiratorial thinking, distrust of democracy, and…5 Aug 2025 · 41 min · 17 chapters
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Down from the Mountain | 4Episode 4 (“Down from the Mountain”) covers the Ruby Ridge standoff’s final days and the aftermath.29 Jul 2025 · 39 min · 9 chapters
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Deadly Force | 3The FBI’s hostage rescue mission and escalation during the 1992 Ruby Ridge standoff, including amended rules of engagement, sniper actions, failed negotiations, discovery of Samuel’s body, and later…22 Jul 2025 · 36 min · 11 chapters
Ruby Ridge Standoff | Northern Exposure | 2The lead-up to and the August 21, 1992 shootout at Ruby Ridge, including the Weavers’ refusal to surrender after an ATF deal, the federal negotiation/surveillance effort (“Northern Exposure”), and…15 Jul 2025 · 34 min · 8 chapters