140 Episodes

  1. 34. #Pizzagate: Why do people believe conspiracy theories?

    Published: 7/8/2021
  2. 33. Kill Team: Could you be trained to kill on command?

    Published: 7/1/2021
  3. 32. Jimmy McGovern: Doing Time

    Published: 6/20/2021
  4. 31. Horrorhaus Höxter 2: Should we judge offenders for being ice cold?

    Published: 6/17/2021
  5. 30. Horrorhaus Höxter 1: Do you need to be a sadist to torture people?

    Published: 6/10/2021
  6. 29. Tuskegee Trauma: How lethal is medical racism?

    Published: 6/3/2021
  7. 28. Eating Fireballs: Is prison education a good idea?

    Published: 5/27/2021
  8. 27. Hollywood Predator: Would you keep an open secret?

    Published: 5/20/2021
  9. 26. House of Tears: Why do we mistreat young mums?

    Published: 5/13/2021
  10. 25. Suicide Voyeur: Why is assisted dying a crime?

    Published: 5/6/2021
  11. 24. Missing Little Princess: Can we detect high-stakes lies?

    Published: 4/29/2021
  12. 23. Blue Lips: Does good cop / bad cop actually work?

    Published: 4/22/2021
  13. 22. The Butcher of Baghdad: Would you kill a dictator?

    Published: 4/15/2021
  14. 21. No Angel: When is spreading infectious diseases a crime?

    Published: 4/8/2021
  15. No fooling, Bad People is back

    Published: 4/1/2021
  16. Bad People x The Serpent Part 3: Hunting Sobhraj

    Published: 2/14/2021
  17. Bad People x The Serpent Part 2: Psychopathic charm

    Published: 1/23/2021
  18. 20. Murder Behind Bars: How does prison change you?

    Published: 1/14/2021
  19. 19. Livestreaming Killer: Would you kill for fame?

    Published: 1/7/2021
  20. Bad People x The Serpent Part 1: The hippie trail

    Published: 1/1/2021

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Murderers. Fraudsters. Internet trolls. This is a podcast about people who do terrible things, and the science of humanity’s dark side.Series producer: Louisa Field Artwork: Kingsley Nebechi Music: Matt Chandler Editors: Anna Lacey and Martin Smith Academic Consultants for The Open University: Dr Ailsa Strathie Dr Sarah Laurence Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins Bad People is produced in partnership with The Open University and is a BBC Audio Science Production for BBC Sounds.