The Prime Detective

True Crimes, Strange Coincidences, and Cultural Controversies that Collide with the ‘Final Frontier’

The Prime Detective is a podcast that follows the strange new worlds where Star Trek and real life overlap. From cults and crimes to fame and culture, we explore how Trek and other sci-fi franchises have inspired, and sometimes interfered with, actual events here on Earth. It’s part fandom deep dive, part true-crime mystery, uncovering the ways our favorite stories escape the screen and into reality.

  • Vanguard’s Dystopia: NXIVM’s Sci-Fi Nightmare
  • From the Enterprise to Oz: Fandom Goes to Court
  • Clickbait, Culture, and Captain Kirk
  • The Ticonderoga Tour Guide
  • “I Didn’t Like the Way He Looked at Me”
  • JonBenét Ramsey Murder: The Starbase Cipher
  • Not Your Standard Stick-Up
  • A Foundation for Terror
  • In the Orbit of a Murder
  • Heaven’s Gate
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