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Interviews with the best investigators in the world. Cut through the spin and straight to the stories at the heart of major criminal cases with the people who solved the cases. Hosted by international journalist and academic Declan Hill, produced by his students at the University of New Haven - Ryan Decker, Aiden van Batenburg, and others. www.crimewavespodcast.com Follow us at @declan_hill

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Interviews with the best investigators in the world. Cut through the spin and straight to the stories at the heart of major criminal cases with the people who solved the cases. Hosted by international journalist and academic Declan Hill, produced by his students at the University of New Haven - Ryan Decker, Aiden van Batenburg, and others. www.crimewavespodcast.com Follow us at @declan_hill

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Why American Sports are Going to Fail

2/28/2026
Dear Friends of CrimeWaves, A change for this week's episode - an interview I did with the Protectors Podcast on the threat that gambling poses to US Sports. The headline is that US Sports Leagues are dancing with the devil. All the money they got from bookmakers seemed very seductive but there are more and more scandals linked to betting. Now, it is perfectly reasonable for a good-faith sports fan to doubt the integrity of the leagues and it will only get worse - much, much worse. Note - this interview was done in October - BEFORE - all the new scandals in Major League Baseball (MLB) and the NCAA were revealed. If you like the episode please check out my chums at the Protectors Podcast they are at: https://www.protectorspodcast.com/episode/when-the-game-is-rigged-declan-hill-exposes-sports-bettings-dark-side Send a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:45:17

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Massive Breaking News in Jeffrey Epstein Case

2/2/2026
In the Jeffrey Epstein document release by the US Department of Justice, there is one HUGE document that adds significantly to the case for the potential murder of Epstein. On July 29, 2019 - 3.5 weeks after Epstein had ended the hell-hole of a detention center, his lawyers reached out to the Federal Prosecutors saying that their client was willing to consider flipping. In other words, Epstein was considering naming more powerful people in some kind of criminal case, in return for a reduced sentence. This is huge because it gives a powerful motive for those powerful people to shut him up. Welcome to CrimeWaves. We are an independent, unbiased TrueCrime Podcast that specializes in investigations and the highlighting the best investigators in the world. We are based out of the University of New Haven, so never any advertisements (that we get money from, if YT puts them it does not pass to us) or sponsorship of any kind. We are independent. Please follow, like, subscribe, rate or review the site. It is massively important for a small channel like ourselves. If you would like to see the transcripts or see Declan Hill's other investigations you can find him at www.declanhill.com or Substack at https://substack.com/@declanhill on Twitter at: declan_hill Thank you so much! #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrime #UnsolvedColdCases Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:02:02

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The Jeffrey Epstein Files 8: You are the Judge

9/26/2025
This is the best independent investigation into what actually happened to Jeffrey Epstein inside that New York prison. It is the result of a two-year investigation, by Declan Hill and his students, into Jeffrey Epstein's death. We read tens-of-thousands of pages, interviewed dozens of people involved in the case. In this final episode - we show shocking new evidence both for a possible verdict of self-harm or murder. - The FBI investigation of Epstein’s death was so bad that they destroyed a rope found inside his cell. - The prison paperwork shows a potential killer was in Epstein’s Unit that night who left at exactly the time the alleged killing was supposed to have taken place. - An independent panel of medical examiners examined photos of Epstein's body and saw contusions, abrasions and bruises - none of them were reported in the official autopsy report. - And we show you a shockingly similar, double-murder of members of Jeffrey Epstein’s political, circle the year before his death. Is there a connection? You are the judge. On this episode, you get to decide what happened to Jeffrey Epstein inside that cell on the Special Housing Unit of the Metropolitan Correctional Center in downtown Manhattan. If you have followed our CrimeWaves series on Jeffrey Epstein’s death - then you know more than most commentators, journalists and pundits. After listening to the evidence - vote on the post on the CrimeWaves YouTube site or wherever you get your podcasts with a single word: Murder - Suicide -Undetermined. ** CrimeWaves is a TrueCrime podcast based out of the University of New Haven with Associate Professor of Investigations Declan Hill, a former organized crime journalist, and his students. CrimeWaves focuses on showing you the world's best investigators and their methods and techniques. We pride ourselves on our independent, non-political stance with investigations. Please follow, like, subscribe, rate or review the site. It is massively important for a small channel like ourselves. If you would like to see the transcripts or see Declan Hill's other work on organized crime in sports and gambling you can find him at www.declanhill.com or Substack at https://substack.com/@declanhill on Twitter at: declan_hill ** #epsteinfiles, #truecrimepodcast, #epsteininvestigation, #jeffreyepstein, #jeffreyepsteinscandal, #unsolvedmysteries, #truecrimepodcast, #TrueCrime, #UnsolvedColdCases, TrueCrimePodcast,True Crime Podcast,TrueCrime,True Crime,#TrueCrimePodcast,#True Crime Podcast,#True Crime,Jeffrey Epstein,#Jeffrey Epstein,EpsteinMurder,Epstein Murder,#Epstein Murder,Corruption,Cold Case,ColdCaseMurder,#Cold Case,#Investigations,#Unsolved Murder, #BestInvestigators, #Murder Mystery,#Murdermystery Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:01:04:15

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The Jeffrey Episode Files 7: It was Suicide

8/12/2025
On the sixth anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein's mysterious death in a New York jail: the final episodes of the best independent investigation into what actually happened to America's most well-known prisoner. On this episode - we examine the case of why 'a reasonable person' may believe that Epstein committed suicide. You will hear all the evidence that suggest that Epstein may have taken his own life. All the details that government officials - Republican or Democrat - do not want you to know. You will hear the appalling, inhumane conditions that the US prison system subjects its inmates to. You will hear - and this massive breaking news - the previously unrevealed verdicts of a team of top pathologists who reviewed the case. The majority of whom said that the wounds on Epstein’s neck point towards suicide. To be clear, we are investigators. We do not “believe” that Jeffrey Epstein was murdered. Nor do we “believe” he committed suicide. Here is what we do believe - you. We believe you - our listeners - are intelligent, independent and that, above all, you want the truth about Jeffrey Epstein. In this series shows you the facts and evidence on either side of the case: homicide or suicide. Also all the areas, and there are a huge number of them, that were not investigated properly and that we still need answers to solve the case of what happened inside Jeffrey Epstein's cell on August 9/10, 2019. Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:53:10

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Jeffrey Epstein 6: How Jail Actually Works

3/26/2025
This is the best investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s death. Almost every other examination of his death promotes a political or social agenda. Read the New York Times? They will feed you the version that Epstein mysteriously killed himself and anything else is a diet of ‘misinformation’ and you are a moron for questioning the official narrative. Note - the official narrative leaves out that the prison was appalling corrupt and the conditions inside amounted to torture. It was in the heart of Democrat run New York City - the offices of the Times are less than a mile away but somehow that part of the story gets left out. Watch Fox News and you receive a steady diet that Epstein must have been killed. Each theory is, of course, more wild than the last. On CrimeWaves we give you an independent look at all the circumstances around Epstein’s unexplained death. In the first four episodes, we interviewed his brother, lawyer and medical pathologist who all declared his death to be a probable homicide - and we gave all the extraordinary circumstances that would lead to a verdict of murder. In these next episodes, we tracked down two high-level former drug dealers turned cooperators who were also in Epstein jail. They are convinced it was suicide. In this episode, Jeffrey Epstein: A Lesson in How Jail Actually Works - we arranged a meeting between Mark Epstein - his brother - and one of those former high-level drug dealers to speak about conditions inside the prison and why the ex-inmate still believes it was a suicide. #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #JeffreyEpstein Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:28:37

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Matoaka Pocahontas, The Founding Mother of America - Was She Murdered?

2/27/2025
Matoaka Pocahontas, the legendary daughter of Powhatan, has been one of the most misunderstood stories in American history. The last chapter of her life is particularly intriguing. She was sent to England to meet King James Ist. It was part investment trip for the Virginia colonies. Part a spy trip for her father to check out his potential enemies. Matoaka Pocahontas was relatively well-treated by the English Royal Court. One person described her, "as the most noble person there..." But when Matoaka left England, she boarded a ship, had dinner with her old kidnapper - the man who had human trafficked her - and was dead within two days. Was her death from natural causes or was the real cause much darker...? CrimeWaves investigates.. Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill Music Used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3REIVlo2Ss John Dowland’s Flow My Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkyt8-G0DEk An exercept from Ben Johnson’s Masque https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEWSeTQdBcM Haul on the Bowline - A song the English sailors would have sung. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9RA80xxnyI New Jersey Folk Festival showcase of Powhatan culture 00:00 The Early Life of Matoaka 03:50 Intro 05:53 Her Story 10:26 The Kidnapping of Matoaka 12:31 The Imprisonment of Matoaka 17:37 Matoaka in England 24:39 The Death of Matoaka 37:27 Outro #truecrimepodcast #truecrimemystery #coldcase #pocahontas Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:38:04

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A Parent's Nightmare: The Murder of Suzanne Jovin

2/20/2025
It's a case that haunts a community. A bright, beautiful young student is taken from the heart of Yale campus and 25 minutes later is found dead on the side of a darkened street. It's been over 26 years yet the case is still unsolved despite massive resources being poured into it and a huge controversy around the police investigation. Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:29:45

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The Reverse Cinderella: Who Killed Monica Reece?

2/14/2025
It was Cinderella in reverse. A poor, beautiful young girl gets involved, allegedly, with a rich man. She doesn't end up coming home in a pumpkin coach with mice for horses and glass slippers and a marriage proposal ... but is murdered. On April 9, 1993, 19-year-old Monica Reece was thrown from a pickup truck onto Main Street, Georgetown, Guyana at 10:30 PM. Despite there being witnesses to this shocking act, this case is still one of the most haunting unsolved cases in Guyanese history. The brutal and senseless nature of Monica Reece’s death captured the nation’s attention and sparked countless theories, debates, and speculation over the years. In this episode of CrimeWaves, we sit down with renowned local journalist Michael Jordan to revisit the heartbreaking details of the case. Together, we explore the events of that fateful night, examine the evidence, and discuss why this case remains unsolved to this day. Join us as we shed light on the tragedy of Monica Reece and the questions that continue to haunt Guyana decades later. We have also used clips from Prime Conversations, a news outlet in Guyana;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWrXEfV62qI Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:22:25

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The Highway of Death

2/6/2025
They call it a serial killer's graveyard. A lonely stretch of rural highway in Connecticut, where half a dozen women and a man were murdered and their bodies dumped. It was a yesteryear story. A nightmare hanging over from the 1990s: unsolved, unresolved, and the killer still uncaught. Until three years ago, when the same thing happened, a young woman's body was discovered in exactly the same place... Send us a text Please subscribe, rate, review or like this episode of CrimeWaves at YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information on CrimeWaves please see - www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:37:18

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It Takes an Artist – the Life and Strange Death of Ivar Kreuger.

1/30/2025
On March 12th of 1932, one of the richest men in the world, Ivar Kreuger, was found dead in his Paris apartment. Kreuger was scheduled to meet and fund the then-democratic government in Germany. Kreuger never made it to the meeting, and the government fell, leading to the rise of Adolf Hitler. Kreuger's death was ruled a suicide by Parisian Police. However, thirty-three years later Ivar Kreuger's younger brother, and many others, came forward to say it was a murder. In this episode, we examine Ivar Kreuger's incredible life, loves, the unusual circumstances of his death, and all the different parties that could have wanted him dead from Stalin to a gang of Paris short-sellers to rival Swedish conglomerates to the Anglo-American banks who were backing Hitler. #Truecrimepodcast #CrimeWavespodcast #Murdermystery #coldcases Send us a text Please Subscribe, Rate, Review or Like this episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. For more information on the show please visit our websites at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:43:15

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Body of Evidence: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos

1/23/2025
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five, disappeared one morning. She dropped off her children at school and then was gone. She was in the middle of a heated divorce with her glamorous, and seemingly-wealthy husband. Then on Friday, May 24, 2019 - at approximately 8:30 a.m. she vanished without a trace. The Connecticut police faced a seemingly impossible task: how to investigate a murder with no body. Rich Colangelo was the lead prosecutor of the case and in an exclusive interview he speaks about the extraordinary investigation to find the truth about the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. #Murdermystery #Coldcase #Truecrimepodcast #Jenniferdulos Send us a text Please Subscribe, Rate, Review or Like this episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. For more information on the show please visit our websites at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:33:48

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Twisted Investigation: How the Italian police got the Perugia Murder Case so wrong

1/16/2025
Send us a text It was the most famous murder mystery in the world. Two young women, one, British, Meredith Kercher, murdered, the other American, Amanda Knox, falsely accused. There were rumors of sexual games and orgies - all with the backdrop of the gorgeous, Italian renaissance town of Perugia. The problem was - almost none of it was true. The case gave way to seventeen-years of trials, mistrials, newspaper stories and scandals. Now, for one of the first times in the podcast world - a forensic investigator looks at the evidence, how it was gathered and how a real investigation should have been done. Please Subscribe, Rate, Review or Like this episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. For more information on the show please visit our websites at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:40:17

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The Most Important Unsolved Murder in the World: The Killing of the Ukrainian Peace Negotiator

1/9/2025
Send us a text It is the most Important, unsolved murder in the world today. Just after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, peace talks began between the two countries. A few days later, at the negotiations, there was an alleged case of poisoning where a number of the delegates, mysteriously, feel ill. Then one of the Ukrainian team - Denys Kireev - was gunned down on the streets of Kiev. Immediately after his death, another Ukrainian peace negotiator fled to the Polish border. He was arrested and put in prison for months. Why were some of the people at these important peace talks targeted and by whom? The peace deal between Russia and Ukraine was eventually sabotaged by the US and UK governments. Yet three years after the murder there have been no trials or even an arrest. On CrimeWaves, we are joined by Professor Ivan Katchanovski of the University of Ottawa to discuss the unsolved murder of the Ukrainian negotiator and the circumstances around the undermining of the peace deal that would have prevented the deaths of hundreds-of-thousands of people. #UkrainianRussiaWar #truecrimepodcast #Russiaukrainewar #Putin #CIA Please Subscribe, Rate, Review or Like this episode wherever you listen to your podcasts. For more information on the show please visit our websites at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:41:51

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The Disaster of Boeing: Crashes, "Flying Coffins", and Dead Whistleblowers. What Happened to The Once Great Company?

12/30/2024
Send us a text It is a bad time for Boeing. Yesterday, there was - yet again - a deadly crash featuring one of their airplanes. In June, the once mighty American plane manufacturer - pleaded guilty to a conspiracy of organized criminal fraud. Their executives were not enforcing a culture of safety and covered up potentially risky work at their factories. This conviction was after two earlier crashes that killed hundreds of people, a high-profile international embarrassment that left two astronauts stranded in space and dozens of safety incidents. However, some Boeing employees claim they tried to warn senior managers about safety problems. Their lawyer - Brian Knowles - in an exclusive interview with CrimeWaves speaks about the company and one whistleblower’s courageous fight for passenger safety. Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:46:01

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The Killing of Tupac: What Do You Have To Do In Las Vegas To Get Arrested?

12/18/2024
Send us a text Tupac Shakur was one of the biggest biggest names in music history. He was murdered on the streets of Las Vegas. The police had suspects. They had witnesses. But for 27 years, they never arrested anyone. An exclusive interview with the journalist who discovered Tupac's killer, decades before the police - finally - arrested someone... Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:43:30

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Season Four: Cold Cases

12/18/2024
Send us a text The season you have been waiting for: Investigations and exclusive interviews on the killings of Tupac Shakur, Monica Reece, Jennifer Dulos, Suzanne Jovin and Meredith Kercher. We will do a special episode on the greatest unsolved murder in the world today. Another on the Highway of Death - a lonely dumping ground of bodies for an uncaught serial killer in rural Connecticut. Another episode is on the whistleblowers at Boeing and the conditions that led them to risk their lives to expose. Another episode is on the mysterious billionaire who could have stopped Adolf Hitler. Then he went into a Paris hotel room and he never came out: suicide or murder? Another episode is an examination of the life and death of the founding mother of America - Matoaka Pocahontas - and was she poisoned? And, finally, the conclusion of our investigation into what exactly happened to Jeffrey Epstein in his New York prison cell. CrimeWaves - Season Four - Cold Cases... Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:04:23

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The Jeffrey Epstein Files 5: Rocking the Baby to Sleep - the criminal view of the Epstein Death

8/9/2024
For the fifth anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein's death. We tracked down two high-level criminals who were in the prison, on the Special Housing Unit where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. In this episode, one of them discusses the conditions inside the jail and for the first time, anywhere, their views on what happened that night to America's most famous prisoner.... Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:33:33

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The Jeffrey Epstein Files 1: It was Murder

8/9/2024
On the fifth anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein's death in a New York prison, we both re-release our first episodes investigating his death AND we will bring you three extraordinary new interviews. We tracked down two high-level criminals who were in the prison, on the Special Housing Unit where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. For the first time, anywhere, their views on what happened that night to America's most famous prisoner.... ** It is one of the most famous locked room deaths in American history. On July 6, 2019 Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and put into a cell of a downtown Manhattan detention center. He was the most famous prison inmate in America. He had hung out with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, bankers and billionaires. He was also a serial sexual abuser. Within thirty-five days - he was dead. Almost all of the world wondered how such a famous prisoner could die in jail. My students and I have spend the last three-and-a-half months reading thousands of pages of legal documents, government reports, released internal emails, news media stories, books, and, conducting a series of astonishing interviews. This is the story of what actually happened to Jeffrey Epstein. Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:01:04:34

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The Jeffrey Epstein Files 4: Dr. Michael Baden Interview

8/9/2024
On the fifth anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein's death in a New York prison, we both re-release our first episodes investigating his death AND we will bring you three extraordinary new interviews. We tracked down two high-level criminals who were in the prison, on the Special Housing Unit where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. For the first time, anywhere, their views on what happened that night to America's most famous prisoner.... ** Jeffrey Epstein’s death is one of the mysteries of our time. Since his death in a New York City Prison cell there have been countless conspiracy theories, speculation, and conjecture. However, only two medical examiners looked at Jeffrey Epstein’s body to discover the cause of his death. In this episode, on CrimeWaves, we speak to one of those people. Dr. Michael Baden is a legend in American law enforcement. He has decades of experience, specifically, on prison deaths, and has been involved in a host of high-profile legal cases including working for the family of George Floyd. After examining Jeffrey Epstein’s body, Dr. Baden says that the wounds indicate that Epstein was most likely killed by a person or persons unknown. It was murder. Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:01:00:43

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The Jeffrey Epstein Files 3: David Schoen Interview

8/9/2024
On the fifth anniversary of Jeffrey Epstein's death in a New York prison, we both re-release our first episodes investigating his death AND we will bring you three extraordinary new interviews. We tracked down two high-level criminals who were in the prison, on the Special Housing Unit where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. For the first time, anywhere, their views on what happened that night to America's most famous prisoner.... ** It is a mystery that obsesses our time. Jeffrey Epstein, one of the richest and most well-connected men in America, walked into prison. He was friends and a business associate of some of the most powerful people in the world - Presidents, Prime Ministers, Princes, politicians, business tycoons - the very top of the 1%er class. He also ran a sexual trafficking network of young girls and women. Just over a month later, he was found dead in his cell. The official response? Immediately declare it suicide. Many people around the world, did not believe it. So in the last four-and-a-half years, while there has been a great deal of rumour, speculation, theorizing and fantasy - there has been a distinct lack of proper investigation. I an Investigation Program students of one of the finest academic institutions for the study of crime - the University of New Haven - have been examining the case. We have read thousands of pages of documents and interviewed people with real, first-hand knowledge about the case. This is the story of Jeffrey Epstein’s death. This episode is an interview with one of the lawyers who met him just days before he died. And like most people close to Jeffrey Epstein - he does not think he committed suicide. He thinks it was murder. Please rate, review or like this episode at: www.crimewavespodcast.com www.declanhill.com Twitter: declan_hill

Duration:00:32:35