Break in the Case

Break in the Case

New York City Police Department
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Son 23.12.2025

Break in the Case is an NYPD podcast that takes listeners behind the scenes of New York City criminal investigations. Each episode revisits notorious cases that once seemed impossible to solve, including cold cases and investigations with unexpected turns. Season 4, "Stories from ESU," features highly trained NYPD officers describing life-or-death emergencies. The show is supported by the New York City Police Foundation and is written and produced by Jill Bauerle and Kenzie De Laine II, with narration by retired Detective Sergeant Wally Zeins.

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  • S4 | E7 The Most Stressful Jobs 23.12.2025 27dk
    In the final episode of the season, we learn about the hardest jobs for ESU officers. (TRIGGER WARNING: This episode references self-harm.)
  • S4 | E6 The Brooklyn Job (Part 4) 23.12.2025 28dk
    Trip Wires and Politics. Once the bombs are discovered, it’s the Bomb Squad’s turn to dispose of them. Meanwhile, the entry team reflects on what just happened.
  • S4 | E5 The Brooklyn Job (Part 3) 23.12.2025 30dk
    Bomb Factory. In Part 3 of The Brooklyn Job, a six-man team prepares to enter the suspects’ apartment. If what the informant says is true, and there is a satchel full of bombs in the apartment, they have a 50/50 chance of making it out of the apartment alive.  
  • S4 | E4 The Brooklyn Job (Part 2) 23.12.2025 21dk
    No Win Situation. In Part 2 of The Brooklyn Job, an Arabic-speaking rookie cop is called in to help translate for the informant. ESU officers prepare for a raid at an apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn, where two men have been accused of building bombs.
  • S4 | E3 The Brooklyn Job (Part 1) 23.12.2025 20dk
    On July 31, 1997, ESU officers get a tip that some people have built a bomb in their Brooklyn apartment, and they plan to detonate it on the subway the next morning. What happens next is known as The Brooklyn Job. In Part 1 of The Brooklyn Job, two MTA/Long Island Railroad cops are approached on the street by a man who doesn't speak English. He has an urgent message, and the word "bomb" does not get lost in translation.
  • S4 | E2 Liberating Lady Liberty 23.12.2025 16dk
    On July 4, 2018, a woman climbed up the base of the Statue of Liberty to protest the detention of migrant children. There was no way for her to get down on her own.
  • S4 | E1: The Buffs of the Police Department 23.12.2025 22dk
    ESU’s rigorous training is nine months long and requires cross training in tactical, medical and rescue work. For trainees, the key to success is knowing their equipment. Or as one officer says, "You gotta be somewhat of a buff to be in Emergency."
  • Season 4, Stories from ESU | Trailer 23.12.2025 1dk
    Break in the Case, Season 4: Stories from the Emergency Service Unit introduces some of the most highly-trained officers in the NYPD. They’re EMTs. Divers. Hostage Negotiators. SWAT. They put their own lives at risk in the service of others.
  • S3 E7: New York Zodiac Copycat: East New York, Then and Now 06.06.2023 18dk
    The 75th Precinct was a hotbed of crime in the early 90s. In this special episode, officers talk about what it was like to work in East New York back then. We also hear from a present-day Youth Coordination Officer who is trying to improve lives in East New York.
  • S3 E6: New York Zodiac Copycat: The Trial 30.05.2023 23dk
    After the Zodiac’s arraignment for three murders and one attempted murder in Queens, a Queens prosecutor must prepare to counter a psychiatric defense.
  • S3 E5: New York Zodiac Copycat: Only Orion Can Stop the Zodiac 23.05.2023 23dk
    After an East New York man is arrested in the 75th Precinct for attempted murder, the evidence connects him to more sinister crimes.
  • S3 E4: New York Zodiac Copycat: East New York Chaos 16.05.2023 21dk
    One day in June, 1996, a 911 call leads to a shootout and a hostage situation. Detective Sergeant Joseph Herbert is called to his very first hostage job. And then, the unthinkable happens. True to the precinct motto, “Everything happens in the 75,” it all goes down in the 75th Precinct in East New York, Brooklyn.
  • S3 E3: New York Zodiac Copycat: Return of the Zodiac 09.05.2023 30dk
    In August, 1994, a new letter from the Zodiac lands on the front page of the New York Post. The Zodiac claims to have shot five more victims in 1992 and 1993, in the same geographic area as his first three shootings. A second Zodiac Task Force is formed. Detective Sergeant Joseph Herbert from the 75 Detective Squad focuses on the hard evidence: fingerprints, ballistics, and the Zodiac's letters.
  • S3 E2: New York Zodiac Copycat: We Need to Put This Fire Out 02.05.2023 24dk
    At Zodiac Task Force headquarters in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, tips pour in from across the city. Even the psychics get in on the action. After one of the victims dies from his wounds in the hospital, the case becomes a homicide.
  • S3 E1: New York Zodiac Copycat: Kid, You've Got the Case 25.04.2023 22dk
    It’s the summer of 1990, and crime in New York City is at an all-time high. Daily headlines bring fresh stories of random violence and stranger-on-stranger crime. Then, one day in June, someone calling himself “Zodiac” writes a disturbing letter to the New York Post. He claims to have killed three people in Brooklyn according to their astrological signs, and he promises to kill nine more. When the shootings check out, the NYPD forms a Zodiac Task Force. Retired Lieutenant Michael Ciravolo and retired New York Post reporter Anne Murray recount their involvement in the early days of the investigation.
  • Introducing Season 3: The New York Zodiac Copycat 19.04.2023
    Season 3 of Break in the Case goes behind the scenes of one of New York City's notorious cases from the 90s, The New York Zodiac Copycat. Look for new episodes every Tuesday beginning April 25, 2023.
  • SPECIAL EPISODE: The Real Crimes of the Fake German Heiress 15.04.2022 32dk
    Anna Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, came to New York City from Germany in 2014 and quickly became a fixture in the downtown social scene. She claimed to be an heiress with a vast fortune. But she wasn’t quite what she said she was. In August 2017, she was indicted on an array of financial and fraud-based crimes, including Attempted Grand Larceny. In this special episode, the NYPD detective who led the investigation into Sorokin explains her crimes. What did she do, and how did she do it?
  • S2 E7: Queens Sniper (Part 2) 11.02.2022 43dk
    Season 2 concludes with the second and last episode of the Queens Sniper story. In Part 2, a suspect is in custody, and the case is upgraded to a homicide. The real work begins for the detectives and the Queens prosecutor as they collect evidence and build a counter-narrative to a potential insanity defense.
  • S2 E6: Queens Sniper (Part 1) 16.12.2021 26dk
    The night of August 26, 2006, a driver went on a six-hour shooting spree that left one person dead, four injured, and a trail of shattered glass and bullet-scarred vehicles across Queens. He shot at pedestrians and cars, and showed a preference for the color red in his targets. The Queens detectives, bosses, and cops who were working that night tell the harrowing story.
  • S2 E5: Two Homicides, One Gun, and a Pink Bag 04.11.2021 18dk
    In the early hours of December 11, 2012, Shalema Gaskin was on her way to visit her daughter at Brookdale Hospital in Brownsville, Brooklyn. It was four blocks away from her home, but she never made it there. She was found behind the hospital with a gunshot wound to the back of the neck. A couple of days later, Steven Evans was killed a mile away with the same gun. To this day, no tips have been called in for either case. Detectives are asking for the public’s help to solve this case.

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