Amok
1/23/202637 min
While investigating a murder, a Polish detective discovered an unusual clue – a novel that contained an odd number of similarities to the real-life crime.
David Grann is the author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower Moon, and his article about Krystian Bala is contained in his collection The Devil and Sherlock Holmes.
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Phoebe Judge· Host1:00
This episode includes graphic descriptions of violence. Please use discretion.
David Grann· Guest1:10
One day in southwest Poland, um, there were a couple fishermen, and one of them noticed something floating, and then the other came over, and they realized it was a body. Um, and there was a noose around the neck, and the hands had obviously been tied behind their back.