Podcasts by Crime Beat
The Crime Beat podcast digs deep into fascinating true crime stories, exploring new twists along the way with award-winning Southern California News Group reporter Keith Sharon’s fresh interviews of criminal masterminds, some of their victims and the detectives trying to piece together what really happened. Each season explores a different crime, beginning with the biggest bank heist in American history.
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Bonus Episode: Loud in the Silence from 2020-09-06T10:00
In this special episode of Crime Beat, you will meet Janine Madera, a fierce advocate for justice who works as a homicide prosecutor in the Orange County District Attorney's Office. She has trie...
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S2, Ep. 14: Questions and Answers from 2020-01-16T11:00
The "Crime Beat" team offers insight into Season 2 at a Coast Conversation event, and we wrap the season with updates on what is going on with key people you met along the way.
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S2, Ep. 13: Xavier's Final Guilty Plea from 2020-01-09T11:00
S2, Ep. 12: Sam's Interview from 2020-01-02T11:00
You will hear the entire interview with Sam Lopez from the day Cathy Torrez's body was found.
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S2, Ep. 11: The Murder Tour from 2019-12-26T11:00
Detective Daron Wyatt takes us on a tour of Placentia to show where and how Cathy's murder took place.
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S2, Ep. 10: Bombshells from 2019-12-19T11:00
Was Cathy Torrez pregnant? One of the witnesses makes an incredible revelation.
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S2, Ep. 9: Surprise: Four Arrests from 2019-12-12T11:00
After 13 years, police arrest four suspects in the murder of Cathy Torrez.
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S2, Ep.8: Cold as Ice from 2019-12-05T11:00
The Cathy Torrez murder investigation is dead. No one is investigating. Mary Bennett and Daron Wyatt can't seem to find anyone who cares.
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Bonus episode: True Crime discussion with Rebecca Lavoie from 2019-11-27T16:19:52
Rebecca Lavoie, host of "Crime Writers On," talks with Crime Beat host Keith Sharon about podcasting, journalism and some ...
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S2, Ep. 7: Keeping the Case Alive from 2019-11-21T11:00
Police finally find a fingerprint and some DNA evidence, but neither belongs to Sam Lopez.
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S2, Ep. 6: Probable Cause from 2019-11-14T11:00
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S2, Ep. 5: Find the Car from 2019-11-07T11:00
Cathy doesn't come home after working a shift at Sav-On. People from her family and the community send out search parties trying to find her.
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S2, Ep. 4: What Happened to Albert from 2019-10-31T10:00
In the months before she died, Cathy was dating Albert Rangel, who wanted more from the relationship than Cathy could give him.
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S2, Ep. 3: Cathy Can't Remember from 2019-10-24T10:00
Sam Lopez takes Cathy on a date, and she comes home drugged with slashed tires and no panties.
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S2, Ep. 2: Letters of Intent from 2019-10-17T10:00
We reveal the content of 18 letters between Cathy and Sam. The letters were discovered after Cathy died.
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S2, Ep. 1: Across the Street from 2019-10-10T10:00
We meet Cathy Torrez, Mary Bennett and the people in their neighborhood. The last person we meet is Sam Lopez, who lives across the street.
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Season 2, Mom vs. Murderer, has a launch date from 2019-10-03T19:38:40
After Cathy Torrez was murdered in 1994, Girl Scouts planted a tree to honor her. To Cathy's mother, Mary Bennett, that tree only served one purpose.
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Crime Beat, Season 2: Mom vs. Murderer from 2019-09-18T10:00
The body of 20-year-old honor student Cathy Torrez was found in the trunk of her car. For more than 20 years, her mother fought for justice. And for most of that ...
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8: Opening and Closing from 2019-03-21T14:35:21
A former getaway driver and the writer who captured his story have a big week. And find out what a master thief thinks of the movie about the biggest bank heist i...
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7: Glory Days from 2019-03-14T10:00
Master thief Amil Dinsio loses his edge late in his career ... and his freedom. One of the stars of the movie based on the heist, Rachael Taylor, chokes up about the real story. And “Crime Beat”...
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6: Hollywood Comes Calling from 2019-03-07T11:00
The story appears in 2003, and producers from film companies begin to call. You’ll hear the ups and downs of writing a screenplay, and how it took more than 15 ye...
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5: It Can’t Last Forever from 2019-02-28T11:00
Getaway driver Harry Barber starts a new life and tries to live without attracting attention to himself. Everywhere he goes, he is surrounded by cops.
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Bonus Episode 1: The Girl Who Wouldn't Be Forgotten from 2019-02-26T11:00
On Feb. 19, 2019, police made an arrest in the cold-case killing of 11-year-old Linda O'Keefe, who was strangled in Orange County in 1973. Southern California News Group reporter Keith Sharon te...
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4: The Getaway from 2019-02-21T11:00
With the bank breached, and the FBI scrambling to find clues, the boys from Youngstown tried to slip away … and one of them got farther than he ever dreamed. Listen
3: The Execution from 2019-02-14T11:00
All that stands between Amil Dinsio’s crew and the President’s secret stash are an alarm system, reinforced concrete and 500 locked safe deposit boxes.
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2: Who Are These Guys? from 2019-02-07T11:30
Meet the team of thieves that flew from Youngstown to Los Angeles. They might have pulled it off without a hitch if they had stuck to the plan. But one of them go...
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1: The Target from 2019-02-07T11:00
Bank heist master Amil Dinsio and his crew were the best around and proved it regularly. Then they were told Richard Nixon had $30 million in dirty money stashed ...
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Introducing Crime Beat: Stealing Nixon’s Millions from 2019-01-21T19:51:54
Find out the real story behind the biggest bank heist in American history, the burglary at the heart of the new movie “Finding Steve McQueen.”
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