15 episodes
Firebug The Binge
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4.8 • 59 Ratings
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For ten years, a serial arsonist terrorized Southern California, burning down businesses in broad daylight. Four people were murdered. Then, a manuscript for a novel led investigators to the last person they would have ever suspected.
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Chapter One | Point of Origin
In 1991, federal investigators arrest an arsonist in Los Angeles. In his home, they find a manuscript for a novel about a firebug burning down California. Is the book a work of fiction, or the confessions of a prolific arsonist turned murderer? Host Kary Antholis investigates to figure out where fiction meets reality.
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Chapter Two | The Coin Tosser
Arson investigator John Orr and his new partner Doug Staubs face off against a serial arsonist lighting up Glendale, California. Orr is one of the most renowned arson investigators in the state, but this arsonist always seems one step ahead.
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Chapter Three | Catch Me If You Can
A brazen series of fires breaks out around an arson investigators conference. Bakersfield arson investigator Marvin Casey gets a break in the case: a sophisticated incendiary device...and a fingerprint.
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Chapter Four | College Hills
The worst brush fire in Glendale history sweeps across the College Hills. While arson investigator John Orr races to the scene, 13-year old twin sisters Jennifer and Christina Raggio flee their home just steps ahead of the flames. Is this the work of the same serial arsonist?
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Chapter Five | The Pillow Pyro
Fires break out all over Los Angeles, and ATF agent April Carroll is on the case. When she widens her investigation, she meets Bakersfield arson investigator Marvin Casey, who leads her to a suspect she never expected...and a manuscript for a novel that reads like a confession.
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Chapter Six | The Novelist
It’s 1991. Investigators finally make an arrest in the largest arson investigation in history. Host Kary Antholis sits down with the author of “Points Of Origin.” Is his book a confession?
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Customer Reviews
Brilliant
This has Marc Smerling’s fingerprints all over it. If you love his pods (tradebom, Crooked City, etc) then you’ll love this. A gripping mix of narration, archive and modern interviews, and lots of detail. This was a bit of a ‘did he, didn’t he?’ rollercoaster that ended leaving the listener no doubt.
On a par with Serial
Just as gripping and well researched as the OG podcast that started it all.
Instant top ten listen.
I stumbled on this podcast having just finished two other series at work, and needing a quick fix to help me concentrate whilst working… what I found was an absolute gem.
Gripping, thrilling and fast paced - it tells has an uncanny knack of digging into your skin and lingering for hours after the episode ends.
Li completely hinged it, and prompted me to look further into the case after the series ended due to how superbly the story was told.
A instant entry into my top ten listen. Great stuff!
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