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Season 4, "Stories from the Emergency Service Unit," introduces the most highly-trained officers in the NYPD. Learn why ESU are known as the buffs of the police department and how they prepare both mentally and physically for the most stressful jobs. The season also features a white-knuckle narrativ...
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S4 | E7 The Most Stressful Jobs
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)
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...
S4 | E5 The Brooklyn Job (Part 3)
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 i...
S4 | E3 The Brooklyn Job (Part 1)
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 th...
S4 | E2 Liberating Lady Liberty
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 do...
S4 | E1: The Buffs of the Police Department
ESU’s rigorous training is nine months long and requires cross training in tactical, medical and rescue work. For its members, the key to success is k...
Season 4, Stories from ESU | Trailer
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. Di...
S4 | E4 The Brooklyn Job (Part 2)
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...
S2 E1: Who Killed Henryk? The Unsolved Homicide of 9/11
Just before midnight, on September 11, 2001, a man was gunned down on a street in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. His name was Henryk Siwiak. Despite the best eff...
S3 E7: New York Zodiac Copycat: East New York, Then and Now
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...
S3 E6: New York Zodiac Copycat: The Trial
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
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
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 j...
S3 E3: New York Zodiac Copycat: Return of the Zodiac
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 a...
S3 E2: New York Zodiac Copycat: We Need to Put This Fire Out
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 t...
S3 E1: New York Zodiac Copycat: Kid, You've Got the Case
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-str...
Introducing Season 3: The New York Zodiac Copycat
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...
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Real Crimes of the Fake German Heiress
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 cla...
S2 E7: Queens Sniper (Part 2)
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 homi...
S2 E6: Queens Sniper (Part 1)
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 b...
S2 E5: Two Homicides, One Gun, and a Pink Bag
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 fo...
S2 E4: Ming the Harlem Tiger
In 2003, the Emergency Service Unit met their match when they discovered a 250-pound Bengal tiger in a man’s Harlem apartment. This is the story of Mi...
S2 E3: The Man in the Baseball Hat
It’s a race against the clock as detectives in the 6th Precinct investigate a series of assault and robbery cases with elderly victims. Here’s how the...
S2 E2: Dark Web Undercover
The dark web comprises a fraction of the internet. But illegal activity there is increasing. Threatening savings. Damaging peace of mind. In this epi...
Coming Soon: Season 2
Welcome back to Season 2 of Break in the Case! Listen as we follow the world’s greatest detectives to crime scenes—some which you may know, some which...
S1 E6: Who is Monique?
Police find the severed body parts of a woman in South Brooklyn, and struggle to identify her. UPDATE: In 2022, the NYPD used familial DNA to identify...
S1 E5: Baby Hope: In the Box
After hours of interrogation, the truth about what happened to Baby Hope is revealed.
S1 E4: Baby Hope: The Girl in the White Dress
For 22 years, detectives searched for the true name of the little girl they called "Baby Hope." Once they found it, it was eight days before they were...
S1 E3: Baby Hope: A Colder Case
For two decades, detectives struggled with the Baby Hope case. One day, a tip was called in that changed everything.
S1 E2: Baby Hope: We Are Them
Two years into the investigation, detectives are no closer to knowing Baby Hope's real name.
S1 E1: Baby Hope: Into the Woods
A gruesome discovery by a road crew in Washington Heights sends the 34th Precinct Detective Squad on a hunt for a little girl's identity.
S1 Trailer | Break in the Case
Welcome to Season One of Break in the Case: True Stories by NYPD Detectives. Starting October 29, 2019.