Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the culture of crime in a different city. In Season 2, Crimetown heads to the heart of the Rust Belt: Detroit, Michigan. From its heyday as Motor City to its rebirth as the Brooklyn of the Midwest, Detroit’s history reflects a series of issues that strike at the heart of American identity: race, poverty, policing, loss of industry, the war on drugs, and our universal desire for a savior. Detroit’s a tough town, and its residents are even tougher. They’ve weathered riots, a drug epidemic, political scandal, and innumerable other hardships, but they’re still here—and they have stories to tell.
| Title | Date published | ||
| S1 E10: The Ghost | 2017-02-26 | ||
| S1 E09: A Deal With the Devil | 2017-02-05 | ||
| S1 E08: Cat and Mouse | 2017-01-29 | ||
| S1 E07: Power Street | 2017-01-22 | ||
| S1 E06: Gerald and Harold | 2016-12-18 | ||
| S1 E05: The Art of the Deal | 2016-12-11 | ||
| S1 E04: The Bonded Vault Heist | 2016-12-04 | ||
| S1 E03: The Making of a Mayor | 2016-11-27 | ||
| S1 E02: The Wiseguys | 2016-11-20 | ||
| S1 E01: Divine Providence | 2016-11-20 | ||
| Coming Soon | 2016-10-30 |