Scam compounds, sewing patterns and stolen dimes
As Vice Week wraps up here at The Indicator, we wanted to take a slightly different perspective on the evolving business of crime and take a look at TRUE crime. As in the genre. Because look, people are obsessed with it! Today on the show, our hosts favorite pieces of true crime content. Darian Woods: The Economist’s Scam Inc (https://www.economist.com/audio/podcasts/scam-inc). Wailin Wong: Wednesday Journal’s A tangled mess (https://www.oakpark.com/2017/07/25/a-tangled-mess/) Adrian Ma: Philadelphia Inquirer’s Dime Heist story (https://www.inquirer.com/crime/dime-theft-philadelphia-suspect-court-hearing-20250225.html) Related episodes: Fighting AI with AI (https://www.npr.org/2025/10/06/nx-s1-5561881/fighting-ai-with-ai) What’s supercharging data breaches? (https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5563884/whats-supercharging-data-breaches) When cartels start to diversify (https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5553663/when-cartels-start-to-diversify) For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org (http://plus.npr.org/). Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez (https://www.npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez). Music by Drop Electric (https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/). Find us: TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney), Newsletter (https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money). To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices (https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices) NPR Privacy Policy (https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy)
