Writer Michael Harriot reflects on his mom's DIY criminal justice system for his childhood misbehavior. Producer Caveh Zahedi discusses a crime he may or may not have committed. Micaela Blei accidentally solves a long-standing crime. Editor Bethel Habte examines video evidence of parents investigating a minor crime in their home.
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Quick takeaways
DIY criminal justice systems can be effective in dealing with minor crimes.
The importance of confronting and resolving mysterious incidents within a family.
Recording and analyzing evidence can help uncover the truth in unusual situations.
Deep dives
Parents Investigate Home Plumbing Issue
A couple discovers liquid pooling in their basement leading to a plumbing problem. After two separate visits from a plumber, suspicion arises that someone is urinating in a hole. They gather their three sons for a confrontation, revealing a video recording that captures the parents questioning the children to identify the culprit. The younger son eventually admits to the act, bringing relief and resolution to the mysterious urine issue.
Lego Jewel Robbery Uncovered
In a school where Legos are highly valued, a group of second-graders suspect their jewels are being stolen. The investigation leads to a meeting with a third-grade class to determine the truth. Through a recorded conversation, it is revealed that one child, after initial denials and deceptive tactics, admits to urinating in the basement hole three times due to bathroom proximity issues, solving the mystery.
Basement's 'Pee' Mystery Solved
A family in New Jersey faces a peculiar plumbing issue as urine keeps pooling in a hole in their basement. Suspecting their young children, they confront them in a recorded video interrogation. After initially denying the act, the youngest child ultimately confesses to urinating in the basement hole, resolving the bizarre mystery and avoiding further costly plumbing investigations.
Toilet Mystery in a New Jersey Home
In a New Jersey household, a peculiar plumbing problem arises with liquid pooling in a basement hole. The parents suspect their three boys of urinating in the hole and stage a recorded interrogation. The youngest child eventually confesses to the act, providing a humorous and unexpected resolution to the unusual plumbing issue.
Children's Basement Confession
A couple in New Jersey faces a plumbing mystery as liquid pools in a basement hole, leading to suspicions of one of their three sons urinating in the hole. In a recorded video interrogation, the youngest child admits to the act after initially denying it, bringing closure to the family's investigation into the unorthodox plumbing problem.
People taking it upon themselves to solve the tiny, overlooked crimes of the world.
Prologue: Host Ira Glass bikes around Manhattan with Gersh Kuntzman, in search of illegal license plates. (11 minutes)
Act One: Writer Michael Harriot reexamines the DIY criminal justice system his mom invented to deal with his bad behavior as a child. (20 minutes)
Act Two: Producer Aviva DeKornfeld talks to Caveh Zahedi about a crime he may or may not have committed, depending on who you ask. (7 minutes)
Act Three: Micaela Blei accidentally solves a crime that had been going on for a long time, right under her nose, and has to decide what to do next. She told this story onstage at The Moth. (7 minutes)
Act Four: Editor Bethel Habte examines video evidence of two parents trying to get to the bottom of a minor crime committed in their own home. (7 minutes)