Criminal Creators & Guests

Phoebe Judge is an award-winning journalist whose work has been featured on a numerous national radio programs. She is a co-founder of the podcast Criminal, and is the host of the podcasts, This is Love and Phoebe Reads a MysteryShe regularly conducts interviews and anchors WUNC's broadcast of Here & Now. Previously, Phoebe served as producer, reporter and guest host for the nationally distributed public radio program The Story. Earlier in her career, Phoebe reported from the gulf coast of Mississippi. She covered the BP oil spill and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for Mississippi Public Broadcasting and NPR.Her work has won multiple Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press awards.

Nadia Wilson is currently a senior producer for Criminal. Before that, she was a producer for NPR’s How To Do Everything and Planet Money.

Lauren is the producer of Criminal and This Is Love, and the producer, director and editor for The Story with Dick Gordon. She is from Durham, North Carolina and has previously been a teacher as well as a producer at NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, NPR's Bryant Park Project, and American Public Media’s The Story with Dick Gordon.

Susannah Roberson is an assistant producer of the Criminal Podcast.

Jackie Sojico is the Producer of The Longest Shortest Time Podcast.

Stephen Volk is a screenwriter and novelist who specializes in horror fiction. He is best known for writing the teleplay for the controversial 1992 BBC mockumentary "Ghostwatch."Volk wrote the screenplays for "Gothic," "The Kiss," "The Guardian," and "The Awakening." His first book, "Gothic," was published in 1987.Before becoming a full-time screenwriter, Volk was an advertising copywriter at Ogilvy Benson.Volk studied Graphic Design at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, specialising in Film. He received a postgraduate certificate in Radio Film and Television Studies from Bristol University's Department of Drama.

Helen Prejean is a Roman Catholic sister, a member of the Congregation of St. Joseph based in New Orleans, and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty.

Gina Perry is an Australian writer, science historian, and Author of the book 'The Lost Boys.'

Errol Morris is a film director.

Gregg Olsen is an author of nonfiction crime books and novels.Olsen has written 18 novels and 11 nonfiction books. Several of his books have become bestsellers.

Ian Manuel is an author, activist, and poet.

M. Chris Fabricant is an author, lawyer, and expert on the use of junk science in the criminal justice system. Currently, he is Director of Strategic Litigation at The Innocence Project.Fabricant's first book, "Busted!: Drug War Survival Skills," was published in 2009. His most recent book, "Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System," was published in 2022.Fabricant received his B.A. from the University of Arizona and his J.D. in Criminal Law from The George Washington University Law School.

Dr. Diane Atkinson is an author and historian who specializes in women in history, especially the history of the Suffragettes in England.Previously, Atkinson was a curator at the Museum of London, where she prepared their Suffragette exhibition in 1992.Atkinson's first book, "The Purple, White and Green: Suffragettes in London," was published in 1992She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia. She married the artist Patrick Hughes in 1986.

Melissa Anelli is an author, podcaster, and businesswoman from NYC. The CEO of Mischief Management, she produces several globally acclaimed fan conventions (BroadwayCon, LeakyCon, and Con of Thrones among them, as well as the new PodcastCon). She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Harry, A History and also the owner of The Leaky Cauldron, a Webby-Award-winning site. She serves as host on four podcasts: PotterCast (the legacy Harry Potter podcast), Extraneous, Make New Mistakes, and Roll 9 & 3/4. Melissa has devoted her professional life to making spaces more awesome for fans.

Susan Wels is a bestselling author, historian, and journalist.

Toby Dorr, formerly Toby Young, founder of Safe Harbor Prison Dog program, gained notoriety in 2006 after she helped an inmate escape in a dog crate from Lansing Correctional Facility.

Margalit Fox is a writer, she was a member of the obituary department of The New York Times and authored over 1,400 obituaries before her retirement. She has also written three non-fiction books and plans to pursue book writing full time.

Laura Coates is a legal analyst for CNN.

Jack Barsky is an IT specialist and author.