Crimes of a Decade, A Texas True Crime Podcast

Mae opens Crimes of a Decade with 1999 references to Jack Kevarkian, Boris Yeltsin, and Vladimir Putin before turning to Frank Shou and Melissa Wang.

["Francis Gillette and Fred Cruz spend part two of Crimes of a Decade's Texas prison story fighting George Beto over solitary confinement, prisoner legal access, and discipline inside the Texas Department of Corrections.", "Mae tracks Gillette after Beto pressures her employers in Austin and Dallas, forcing her to move to Houston so she can keep representing prisoners like Bobby Brown, Novak, and Cruz.", "The episode follows the Houston trial, the Fifth Circuit appeal, and the Supreme Court's March 1972 ruling on Cruz's Buddhist-freedom case before the legal fight widens into class-action pressure on the prison system.", "Mae ends with a Norway prison article that cites a 2014 incarceration rate of 75 per 100,000 people, recidivism around 20%, and rehabilitation programs such as yoga, woodworking, and education."]

Mae frames Crimes of a Decade around a 1997 El Paso jail death, a Texas Syndicate tank, and Gerardo Garcia's heroin overdose.

Mae opens Crimes of a Decade with a warning about the death of 12-year-old Samuel McKay Everett and frames the case as a 1995 Texas true-crime story about trust, family friends, and a ransom call.

Mae presents the January 4, 1994 San Antonio-area shootings involving taxi driver Reza Ray Ayari, passenger Esther Garza, John Joe Amador, and Sarah Rivas.

This episode discusses a male murderer from 1977 in Texas, including the case of Christopher Simmons and the murder of Shirley Crook.

A Texas true crime podcast covering a 1977 murder case where a son confesses to killing his father.

A Texas true crime podcast discussing a female murderer from 1977, part of a season covering 1970-1979.

This episode discusses a female murderer from 1976 in Texas, part of a series covering murders from the 1970s.