It's A Crime with Margaret McLean

It's A Crime with Margaret McLean

Margaret McLean

Episodes 21
Avg. Duration 25m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.7 (15)
Since Mar 2023
Latest Episode Oct 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
feeds.buzzsprout.com

About This Podcast

This true crime podcast features missing persons cases, murders, serial crimes, high profile trials, and forensics. Margaret McLean, a former prosecutor, trial attorney, legal analyst, and bestselling author, delves into the investigative process and the criminal mind. Guests include homicide detectives, FBI agents, forensic psychologists, and judges.

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Recent Episodes

PUPPIES, A LOST SHOE, AND A PREDATOR IN THE WOODS

Oct 12, 2025 23m

Send a textWhat happened to Holly Piirainen? This cold case has taken investigators down many dark and twisted paths, including multiple suspects, ties to an unsolved murder—to exhuming a letter…

S2E9 DID POLICE HAVE TIME TO PLANT EVIDENCE? KAREN READ RETRIAL

Jun 17, 2025 27m

Send a textThe defense insists that their client Karen Read was framed for a murder she did not commit. They argue that she did not strike her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe, with her…

S2E8 HOW DID HE DIE? A COMPELLING NEW TIMELINE AND THEORY: THE KAREN READ RETRIAL

May 23, 2025 25m

Send a textJurors must decide whether the defendant, Karen Read, struck her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe with her Lexus SUV, leaving him to die in a blizzard. Special prosecutor Hank…

S2E7 MURDER DEFENDANT KAREN READ'S DRAMATIC SHOWDOWN WITH WITNESS JEN MCCABE: RETRIAL OF KAREN READ

May 12, 2025 26m

Send a textThe retrial of Karen Read is more heated and twisted than ever before! Join criminal defense attorney Michael Rusconi and your host former prosecutor Margaret McLean as they analyze the…

MURDER TRIAL SECRETS UNCOVERED WITH FORMER JUDGE: KAREN READ RETRIAL

Apr 29, 2025 26m

Send a textThe retrial of #karenread is off to a dramatic start! Join former Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Jack Lu and your host Margaret McLean as they dissect and analyze both sides in this…

S2E5 MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER, OR WAS AN INNOCENT WOMAN FRAMED? THE RETRIAL OF KAREN READ

Apr 14, 2025 28m

Send a textIt's time for the sensational murder retrial of Karen Read, and here's the latest news. Find out why District Attorney Michael Morrissey hired a new special prosecutor: criminal defense…

S2E4 FROM COVERUP TO DEATH PENALTY: THE SANDRA BIRCHMORE CASE

Dec 28, 2024 20m

Send a textSandra's family is enraged at the blatant level of corruption within the justice system. It appeared as if Sandra would never get the justice she deserved. The state was going to let…

S2E3 MOTIVE FOR MURDER: THE SANDRA BIRCHMORE CASE

Nov 29, 2024 23m

Send a textEvidence is building against Stoughton Police Officer Matthew Farwell in the Sandra Birchmore homicide investigation. Crime scene forensics point to a struggle and strangulation at the…

S2E2 WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? THE SANDRA BIRCHMORE CASE

Oct 30, 2024 25m

Send a textSandra Birchmore’s death appears suspicious yet Massachusetts State Police investigators are leaning toward closing the case out as a suicide. But who was that masked man lurking in her…

S2E1 SUICIDE OR MURDER? THE SANDRA BIRCHMORE CASE

Sep 26, 2024 24m

Send a textTwenty-three-year-old Sandra Birchmore was unexpectedly found dead in her apartment. Yet, there was something off about Sandra's death from the very beginning. The odd position of her…

S1E7 GUILTY OR INNOCENT? A SHOCKING CONCLUSION! THE KAREN READ TRIAL

Jul 04, 2024 29m

Send a textAfter 22 hours of jury deliberation, the Commonwealth v. Karen Read came to a shocking conclusion. Find out what happened and why. Learn about additional doctored police videos, the battle…

S1E6 CONSPIRACY AND LIES: KAREN READ TRIAL

Jun 27, 2024 24m

Send a textIt doesn't get any better than this if you're into solving true crime conspiracies. Joining me is Barstool Sports' Jerry Thornton, who has been following the Karen Read trial from its…

S1E5 THE SCHEME TO FRAME HER FOR MURDER: KAREN READ TRIAL

Jun 17, 2024 23m

Send a textDefense attorneys David Yannetti and Alan Jackson scored when they got access to the lead investigator's personal cellphone due to the federal investigation into public corruption.  Can…

S1E4 ARE WITNESSES LYING TO SAVE THEMSELVES? THE KAREN READ TRIAL

Jun 07, 2024 28m

Send a textThe 15 minute timeline leading up to John O'Keefe's murder is the nuts and bolts of prosecutor Adam Lally's case.  Witnesses such as Jennifer McCabe, Matt McCabe, Brian Albert, Brian…

S1E3 WILD ACCUSATIONS IN THE COURTROOM! KAREN READ TRIAL

May 23, 2024 23m

Send a textThe jury has been sworn in and the trial of Karen Read is off to a dramatic start with the stunning accusation that  lead investigator, State Police Trooper Michael Proctor searched the…

S1E2 WHO MOVED THE BODY? THE DEFENSE ATTACKS: KAREN READ TRIAL

Apr 29, 2024 26m

Send a textWas Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe struck by Karen Read's car or was he severely beaten and left for dead? Evidence tampering, lies, conflicts of interest, and the framing of an…

S1E1 DID SHE REALLY MURDER A BOSTON COP OR WAS SHE FRAMED? THE KAREN READ TRIAL

Apr 22, 2024 16m

Send a textThe Commonwealth v. Karen Read  is the most explosive murder trial I've seen in a decade. As a former prosecutor and legal analyst, I'll tell you all about it and provide you with expert…

S1E4 A LOVE LETTER & BONE FRAGMENT IN A HACKSAW: ANA WALSHE CASE

Apr 09, 2024 25m

Send a textIn this episode, you will enter into the mind of a deranged sociopath...there's a bone fragment in Brian Walshe’s hacksaw. What did they find in Brian's Volvo? Ana wrote a love note to…

S1E3 TOOLS TO DISMEMBER A BODY & MORE BLOOD: ANA WALSHE CASE

Apr 08, 2024 15m

Send a textInvestigators are scrambling to find Ana Walshe, and focusing on her husband Brian Walshe. Did he murder his gorgeous, loving wife and mother of their young children? Is the blood in the…

S1E2 A SUSPICIOUS FIRE, ART FRAUD, & BLOOD: ANA WALSHE CASE

Apr 24, 2023 22m

Send a textAna Walshe remains missing after six days. A massive search is underway, and a suspicious fire breaks out in her former home. How will this case be investigated? Are police closing in on a…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does It's A Crime with Margaret McLean have?

It's A Crime with Margaret McLean has published 21 episodes since March 2023, covering topics in Documentary, News.

Is It's A Crime with Margaret McLean still active?

It's A Crime with Margaret McLean is currently sporadic with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 25m.

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