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The Binge Crimes: The Crimes of Margo Freshwater

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When she was 18, Margo Freshwater fell in with a much older man, and together they blazed through a three-week long crime spree that ended with her sentenced to 99 years for murder. But then she escaped from prison...and vanished for the next three decades. As Margo built a life under a new name; investigators chased her ghost... When host, Cooper Moll, sets out to find Margo, she expects the lege... more

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Recent Guests

Tonya (Margo Freshwater)
Former fugitive and convicted murderer telling her side of the story
Episode: The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Daryl McCarter
Husband of Tonya McCarter
Episode: The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Steve Ackerman
A key player in the production unknown role in the case
Episode: The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Casey Henry
Tonya's daughter-in-law
Episode: The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Margo Freshwater
A woman who committed murder at 18 and evaded capture for decades
Episode: Introducing: The Crimes of Margo Freshwater
Kate Howard
Former member of the non-profit group DNA Angels
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Minor Mark Ogden
Investigator with the Pearl River County Sheriff's Department
Pearl River County Sheriff's Department
Episode: The Vanishing of Janis Rose | 4. Bombshell
Holly Priest
Daughter of Dr. Howard Priest, a psychiatrist involved in the Doodler case
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Dan Cunningham
Cold case investigator in the Doodler case
Episode: The Doodler | 8. Rays of Hope

Host

Peter McDonald
Host and reporter, involved in the storytelling of true crime narratives with a focus on investigative journalism.

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 4.6k ratings
  • Season 15

    The writing is so poor it sounds as if the season was written by ChatGPT. Hackneyed as hell. Cooper moll is a terrible, self centering host.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Meh9873
    United States3 days ago
  • Disappointing

    2 male cops obsessed by a female killer, a 20 yo girl convicted for a murder where the main male murderer got away. Would they have spent decades of their lives going after a male killer? Can’t say I see many of these cases. And then, when we’re finally going to find out, I have to pay money?

    Perhaps you should have warned right at the first episode that only chasing her was for free. Very disappointed. Hope she is living a wonderful life and the cops lost their jobs.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    KGPB 2010
    Indonesia7 days ago
  • So much ado

    I’m a paid subscriber and the “thanks for subscribing, visit our website, join our mailing list” intro has been getting steadily longer. It’s now over one minute long.

    Please can we drop all that and get to the episode.

    The podcast itself is great. Interesting, relatively unreported stories told in a compelling way that doesn’t drag.

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    j0hn
    United Kingdom7 days ago
  • Enjoy

    Love this podcast

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    KacholyR
    United States8 days ago
  • Continues offensive advertising

    The content of the season, I listened to was actually pretty good, but unfortunately, every other advertisement was saying how horrible Christians are. I come to podcasts to get away from all that stuff, not to have it thrown in my face that I'm horrible because I believe in God. I don't care what anybody else believes and I don't want to hear their opinions about what I believe.

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#136
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#20
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#80
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#218
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#16
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#17
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The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Q: How did Margo justify her escape and actions?
Margo insisted that her flight from prison was justified, as she believed she didn't kill the individuals for which she was convicted, claiming that she wasn't involved.
The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Q: Did you resign to that, or were you starting to get a sense of fight in you?
Margo stated she resigned, knowing it was done and over.
The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 5. Tables, Turned
Q: What was going through your head on the way to the station?
Margo knew it was over and felt resigned to her fate.
The Crimes of Margo Freshwater | 2. Bad Lead
Q: You've never sat down and told your story on the record before. Why now?
Now feels like the right time to do it, and I wanted to get my story out there the way it really went down.
The Vanishing of Janis Rose | 5. Then Who is David?
Q: What do you want to know about your birth and adoption?
David is curious to find out more about how he came to be adopted and whether it was legitimate or illegal.

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