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Run Amok in an Ice Cream Truck: Fred & Rose West from 2022-01-08T08:57:56
Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating, 5-hour exploration into the deepest psychological implications of the gruesome crimes and abusive lifestyle of serial killers Fred and Rosemary West.
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A Precipitous Vendor of Emotional Splendour: Natalie Wood from 2021-12-11T23:50:03
Join host Ryan Kraus for a compelling excursion into the events surrounding the mysterious death of actress Natalie Wood.
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OJ: White Horse Running from 2021-11-22T01:34:26
Join host Ryan Kraus in part two for a fascinating psychological exploration of the emotional wound that haunted OJ Simpson throughout his life, and acted as the catalyst for the explosive viole...
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OJ: White Horse Walking from 2021-11-13T01:52:17
Join host Ryan Kraus for Part I of a limited series examining OJ Simpson through the lens of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. (I'll be back in a few days with the second install...
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Ryan’s Kickstarter *UPDATE* from 2021-11-08T19:35:32
Ryan's short horror film project, The Devil is Down There, is approximately 85% funded on Kickstarter with days remaining. But he needs your help to make this dream come true. Click the following l...
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A Supernatural Force In My Parents’ Divorce: Colonel Russell Williams from 2021-10-29T01:45:31
In October 2010, Russell Williams, a former Canadian Armed Forces Colonel, was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of two women, and given 82 separate, year-long sentences for breaking a...
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Ryan’s Kickstarter Campaign from 2021-10-19T13:38:04
Ryan Kraus is launching a Kickstarter campaign beginning Tuesday, 10/19, to...
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The Seasonal Yield Of Barren Emotional Fields: Amy Mihaljevic from 2021-09-21T02:23:42
Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating psychological exploration of the unsolved 1989 murder of 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic from Bay Village, OH. (Please note this episode was originally released to...
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Smoke, Cinder, Fire, Showers, Raining Down on Desperate Flowers: Sneha Anne Philip from 2021-09-20T22:56:34
Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological and evolutionary exploration of the tragic events surrounding the disappearance of Sneha Anne Philip among the chaos that erupted in NYC on the morning o...
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Hit & Run with a Paintball Gun: The Pinyon Pines Murders from 2021-09-01T00:47:21
Doubleheader episode: Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating journey through the psychological and evolutionary implications of the triple homicide in Pinyon Pines, CA, on September 17, 2006, fo...
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Becoming Aware of a Doll in a Chair: Robert Hoagland from 2021-08-08T02:30:55
Join host Ryan Kraus for a comprehensive psychological evaluation of the mysterious, unsolved disappearance of Robert Hoagland in July 2013.
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The Prophetic Fate of Shady Real Estate: Mizayawa Murders from 2021-07-21T22:32:09
Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological journey through the crime scene of the December 30, 2000 Mizayawa Family Murders in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan.
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In Silence Slain Under a Veil of Rain: The Disappearance of Trevor Deely from 2021-07-01T04:10:14
Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating psychological journey through the events leading up to the December 2000 disappearance of Trevor Deely in Dublin, Ireland.
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THE WALKING DEAD from 2021-06-12T08:39:04
Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological examination of the power of transformation present in the pilot episode of The Walking Dead.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial from 2021-05-22T17:37:15
Join host Ryan Kraus for in-depth analysis of the 1982 film E.T.
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Clearly We Didn’t Do This, Sincerely Cassius & Brutus: The Murder of Faith Hedgepeth from 2021-03-24T09:50:17
Join host Ryan Kraus for a comprehensive psychological exploration of the unsolved murder of Faith Hedgepeth.
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Dragging the Dregs for Hidden Easter Eggs from 2021-02-24T05:16:51
49-year-old Kelli Peters was a dedicated PTA mom who volunteered at her daughter's elementary school in Irvine, CA. One day in February 2011, shortly after arriving at the school for work, she rece...
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Clearer in a Broken Mirror: Reflections of Logan Schiendelman from 2021-01-08T10:41:08
Join host Ryan Kraus for an evolutionary exploration of the mysterious events surrounding the unsolved vanishing of 19-year-old Logan Schiendelman on May 19, 2016.
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Manipulation on the Menu in a Scenic Venue: Amy Wroe Bechtel from 2020-12-17T04:19:51
Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating psychological exploration of the baffling disappearance of Amy Wroe Bechtel.
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Wayne Williams: Water Under the Bridge from 2020-11-28T04:53:38
Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating evolutionary excursion into the warped mind of serial killer Wayne Williams, the primary suspect in the mysterious Atlanta Child Murders that haunted Ame...
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OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD KILLER from 2020-10-27T10:12:04
Join host Ryan Kraus for a comprehensive psychological analysis of the Oakland County Child Killer.
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Fire Down Below: Stephen Paddock from 2020-10-01T03:41:57
Join host Ryan Kraus for a compelling journey into the tortured mind of infamous 2017 Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, whose murderous rampage ended abruptly in suicide, and subsequently le...
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Creating a Strategy for Manipulating Anatomy: Cindy James from 2020-08-19T04:52:42
In late 1982, a nurse from Richmond, BC, Canada started receiving calls from a mysterious man who would increasingly terrorize and stalk her over the course of the next 7 years in what amounted to ...
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The Lewis Clark Valley Murders Part 3: Civic Theater from 2020-08-03T05:53:31
On the night of September 12, 1982, 21-year-old Kristina Nelson and her 18-year-old stepsister Jacqueline “Brandy” Miller left Kristina’s Lewiston, ID apartment on foot, heading out to do laundry a...
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TOMB RAIDER: Carl Tanzler from 2020-07-27T03:29:29
Join host Ryan Kraus for a very special episode as we delve deep into the darkest recesses of the human mind to uncover the truth about who we are. First is an extensive, in-depth discussion of the...
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The Lewis Clark Valley Murders Part 2: Kristin David from 2020-07-19T23:48:56
On the morning of June 26, 1981, 22-year-old college student Kristin David disappeared during a solo bike ride from Moscow, ID to Lewiston, ID. Despite numerous searches over the course of the next...
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The Lewis Clark Valley Murders Part 1: Christina White from 2020-07-07T03:55:36
On the afternoon of April 28, 1979, 12-year-old Christina White disappeared after leaving a friend's home on her bike in the town of Asotin, WA. While no one could have known it then, this wou...
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Scams, Schemes & Ploys While Riding in Cars With Boys: Natalee Holloway from 2020-06-10T22:26:48
Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange journey into the sensational 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
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THE SPRINGFIELD THREE from 2020-05-26T01:09:44
Join host Ryan Kraus for a psychological exploration of the baffling, unsolved 1992 disappearances of Stacy McCall, Sherill Levitt, and Suzie Streeter in Springfield, MO.
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BURNS & RAFAY from 2020-05-15T03:23:48
On the night of July 12, 1994, friends Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay left the Rafay family’s Bellevue, WA home for some fun out on the town. When they returned hours later, however, what they disc...
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Forming Cults with Disastrous Results: The Murder of Dave Schultz from 2020-05-02T03:37:29
On January 26, 1996, police in Newtown Square, PA were called to the estate of John du Pont, a wealthy heir who'd become well known for starting the Foxcatcher wrestling team in recent years. ...
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The Cookie Monster: Harrison Graham from 2020-04-22T02:25:32
In August 1987, a local handyman named Harrison "Marty" Graham, who entertained kids with a Cookie Monster puppet, was evicted from his North Philadelphia apartment after residents repeatedly compl...
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Philadelphia Freedom: The Murder of Judy Smith from 2020-04-15T05:53:31
On the evening of April 8, 1997, attorney Jeffrey Smith waited for his wife, Judy, to meet him at a cocktail party hosted inside the DoubleTree Hotel in Center City Philadelphia. The couple had tra...
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Missing Labels, Witness Fables & How to Turn Tables with Magic from Cables: Death at Oslo Plaza from 2020-03-23T08:49:28
On the night of June 3, 1995, a young woman was found deceased from a gunshot wound to the forehead on the 28th floor of the Oslo Plaza hotel in Norway. As she had just checked into the facility a ...
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Tall Tales about Blood Trails & Beta Males Gone Off the Rails: Murder at 1601 from 2020-03-14T07:53:33
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Metaphorical Plans for Unused Gas Cans: Mapping the Mind of Chris Watts from 2020-03-06T05:43:10
In August 2018, 33-year-old Chris Watts, a young father with a seemingly perfect life, found himself the subject of sensational headlines around the world when he viciously murdered his 34-year-old...
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How to Query a Working Theory that Eliminates Doubt about What Happened in the Alps: The Al-Hilli Murders from 2020-02-07T21:35:50
On September 5, 2012, a British family of five on holiday in the French Alps near Lake Annecy decided to go for a scenic drive into the wilderness in search of a nice place to take a walk. Yet...
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Tainted Pills, Cyanide Kills & Deified Thrills Born of Emotional Ills: The Tylenol Murders from 2020-01-27T17:45:08
On September 29, 1982, a chain of events began that rendered 7 Chicago-area residents the victims of a sadistic killer who tainted over-the-counter- medications in local pharmacies. It was an ...
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Genesis of a Nemesis Who Takes a Toll Similar to Burning Coal: The Sodder Children from 2020-01-18T05:09:06
On the night of December 24, 1945, the Sodder family of Fayetteville, WV went to bed in preparation for Christmas the next morning. But as they closed their eyes, they never could have imagined the...
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Prank Phone Calls, Cash Windfalls & Other Strange Reasons for Banging Your Head Against Walls: The White House Farm Murders from 2020-01-09T08:14:14
Sometime during the night of August 7, 1985, a gruesome mass murder took place within the residence located at White House Farm in Essex, England. Homeowners June and Nevill Bamber, 61, were hostin...
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It’s Gotta be a Proclivity Toward Inauthenticity that Ignites the Burning Rage of Life Inside a Cage: Travis the Chimp from 2019-12-31T06:30:28
On the afternoon of February 16, 2009, a 70-year-old woman named Sandra Herold called 911 in Stamford, CT to report her 200-lb. chimp, Travis, had gone on a rampage outside her home, and was eating...
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Analytical Drivel about Subliminal Words & Actions Used to Avenge Michael Jackson: The Disappearance of Mitrice Richardson from 2019-12-22T08:34:40
On the evening of September 16, 2009, 24-year-old Mitrice Richardson drove to the beach in Malibu, CA alone to enjoy watching the sunset, after which she stopped at a local restaurant to have a nic...
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That Noise in the Walls, Who’s Making this Racket, Is it a Ghost or a Man with a Hatchet: Daniel LaPlante from 2019-12-13T07:45:51
In the mid-1980s, on the heels of suffering an abusive childhood, a troubled Townsend, MA teen named Daniel LaPlante began a crime spree that terrorized the residents of the local area where h...
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Invisible Intruders, Empty-Handed Looters & The Perfect Occasion for Planning a Home Invasion: Sandy Melgar from 2019-12-05T17:55:58
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The Haunting of Houses for Children Arouses a Damning Desire to Burn Ghosts in the Fire: John Wayne Gacy from 2019-12-04T07:58:47
From 1972 to 1978, infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy, the "Killer Clown" murdered no fewer than 33 young men and teen boys in his ranch home located in Cook County, IL near Chicago, a tru...
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Darkest Night, Rolling Thunder, Flashing Light, Skies of Wonder: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders from 2019-11-19T08:28:40
On June 12, 1977, busloads of enthusiastic young campers arrived at rural Camp Scott in Mayes County, OK for a two-week getaway hosted by the Girl Scouts that kicked off the summer season. It ...
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Implicit Digits, Spontaneous Visits & The Emotional Specifics of Purchasing One-Way Tickets: Andrew Gosden from 2019-11-05T23:32:09
On the morning of September 14, 2007, an accomplished 14-year-old student named Andrew Gosden skipped school for unknown reasons and boarded a train headed to Kings Cross Station in London, at...
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Brave Little Heroes, Disaffected Teens & The Making of a Monster who Whispers with Screams: Daniel Marsh from 2019-10-29T05:58:12
On April 14, 2013, 87-year-old Chip Northup and his 76-year-old wife, Claudia Maupin, were found brutally stabbed to death in the bedroom of the couple's Davis, CA home. Someone had broken int...
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A Caller in the Night: Johnny Gosch (Part II) from 2019-10-20T08:10:53
Join host Ryan Kraus for the final episode of a two-part series exploring the disappearance of 12-year-old paperboy Johnny Gosch on September 5, 1982. In part I, we examined the crime itself, ...
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A Caller in the Night: Johnny Gosch (Part I) from 2019-10-14T00:30:31
Join host Ryan Kraus for Part I of a two-part series delving into one of the strangest, most complex disappearances in US history, the kidnapping of 12-year-old West Des Moines, Iowa paperboy ...
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Different Races, Shoes Without Laces & The Evil Deeds of Unseen Faces: Lennon Lacy from 2019-10-03T02:35
August 29, 2014. A Bladenboro, NC woman rises shortly after 7am to find a deceased black male hanging by a makeshift noose from an old swing set in the yard of the predominantly white trailer ...
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Channeling Houdini: The Disappearance of Sherri Papini from 2019-09-21T23:17:39
On November 2, 2016, husband and father of two young children, Keith Papini, arrived home to discover his wife, Sherri, was missing. After using an app to locate her phone, he found it lying o...
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River’s Edge: The Disappearance of Kayelyn Louder from 2019-09-11T04:54:25
On the night of September 26, 2014, a 30-year-old woman named Kayelyn Louder dialed 911 to report an altercation involving guns in the clubhouse at her condo development. What followed over th...
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Game-Winning Shots: The Murder of Dar Foley from 2019-09-01T06:56:30
When a mother fails to show up for her 10-year-old son's birthday party, his father drives home to check on her, only to learn she's been murdered in the shower with a shotgun blast to the hea...
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Along Came a Spider: Dorothy Jane Scott from 2019-08-24T06:45:30
On the night of May 28, 1980 a 32-year-old single mother named Dorothy Jane Scott, who had recently been stalked by an unknown man, left her 4-year-old son in the care of her parents as she we...
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A Particular Version of Suicidal Coercion: Michelle Carter from 2019-08-16T05:01:54
On July 13, 2014 the body of 18-year-old Conrad Roy was found inside the cab of a pickup truck in the parking lot of the Fairhaven, MA K-Mart store, a scene which suggested the young man had s...
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Q&A with Ryan Kraus: Part II from 2019-08-08T06:17:25
Enter the strange mind of Cold Case Murder Mysteries host Ryan Kraus for the fascinating final episode of a two-part series in which he answers questions posed by listeners.
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Friday Night Lights: The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders from 2019-08-06T09:24:57
December 6, 1991. Austin, TX. The local fire department is called to the scene of a blaze at the I Can't Believe It's Yogurt store after 11pm when a police officer notices smoke coming from th...
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Q&A with Ryan Kraus: Part I from 2019-08-01T06:02:37
Enter the strange mind of Cold Case Murder Mysteries host Ryan Kraus for the fascinating first episode of a two-part series in which he answers questions posed by listeners.
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Open Doors & Mysterious 2x4s: The Murders of Blake and Chynna Dickus from 2019-07-29T02:25:14
On the afternoon of July 24, 2006 a 33-year-old man named Sean Dickus arrived home from work to discover his 26-year-old wife Chynna and 10-year-old son Blake had been brutally murdered inside...
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The Devil in the Details: Diane Downs from 2019-07-25T04:01:58
At 10:40pm on the night of May 19, 1983 a young mother named Diane Downs pulled her Nissan Pulsar up to the ER entrance of a hospital near Springfield, OR and informed the staff her children had be...
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Daddy’s Princess: The Disappearance of Ayla Reynolds from 2019-07-05T07:06:39
Around 8pm on the night of December 16, 2011, young father Justin DiPietro put his 20-month-old daughter to sleep in her crib at their Waterville, ME home, leaving his sister to check on the c...
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Tappaja Varjoissa: The Lake Bodom Murders from 2019-06-23T05:49:29
On the morning of June 5, 1960, a grim discovery was made along the shoreline of Lake Bodom in Espoo, Finland. Four local teens on a camping trip were found brutally bludgeoned and stabbed inside t...
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Leaning Toward Allegorical Meaning & Other Great Reasons to Prevent a Brain-Dead Jury from Assessing the Psychology of Story: Alex Stevens and Megan Shaffer from 2019-06-13T09:35:48
On the evening of January 3, 2017, 24-year-old Alex Stevens and 20-year-old Megan Shaffer ventured to High Rock overlook in Western Maryland accompanied by multiple animals, where they abandon...
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High-Pitched Wails, Gargling Fails & Myriad Ways to Make a Man Sound Crazed: The Mysterious Death of Henry McCabe from 2019-05-30T04:54:30
September, 2015. 32-year-old Liberian immigrant Henry McCabe, an auditor for the Minnesota Department of Revenue, leaves his Mounds View home to go drinking at a nearby night club with two acq...
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Creating a Thesis for Drunken Kinesis: The Disappearance of Lauren Spierer from 2019-05-15T23:04:39
In the early morning hours of June 3, 2003, a 20-year-old Indiana University student named Lauren Spierer vanished off the streets of Bloomington while walking home after a long night of party...
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The Sociopathic Junction of Fried Chikin & Brain Function: Justin Ross Harris from 2019-05-04T06:58:30
June 18, 2014. Justin Ross Harris straps his 22-month-old son Cooper into a rear-facing car seat located in the back of his SUV after exiting an Atlanta Chik-Fil-A restaurant where the two jus...
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Who’s That Rapping At My Door, Quoth The Raven “Nevermore”: Kanika Powell from 2019-04-12T05:33:12
August, 2008. Kanika Powell, a 28-year-old Army veteran working in national security, is paid a visit at home by a man claiming to be an FBI agent, setting off a series of strange events culmi...
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Bent Knives, Bloody Hammers & A Couple of Men with Really Bad Manners: The Keddie Murders from 2019-04-04T06:35:17
On the morning of April 12, 1981, 14-year-old Sheila Sharp returned from a neighbor's home after a sleepover to find her mother, 36-year-old Sue Sharp, 15-year-old brother John, and John's 17-...
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The Biology of Old Norse Mythology & Other Strange Reasons Thor Waited Behind the Door to Kill Missy Bevers in a Church Without Believers from 2019-03-07T05:44:19
It's 4:18am on April 18, 2016. 45-year-old fitness instructor and mother of three, Missy Bevers, arrives at the Creekside Church in Midlothian, TX to host a boot-camp style workout that's bein...
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Cranial Metaphors About Open Garage Doors & Other Strange Thoughts on the Psychological Tariff Imposed by Austin Harrouff from 2019-02-21T06:10:03
August 15, 2016 - A Tequesta, FL couple sat watching TV in their garage on a hot summer night like any other. It was a normal routine for them, one they tended to repeat every evening, taking ...
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A Table for Two at Folie à Deux: The Eriksson Twins from 2019-02-21T06:08:09
In May 2008, Swedish-born twins Ursula and Sabina Eriksson fled Sabina's home without warning in the middle of the night, leaving her partner and two children ignorant of their whereabouts. Later t...
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The Presence of Acquiescence & Other Magical Potions for Manipulating Emotion in a Plot to Commit Murder When There’s No Reason to Hurt Her: Lindsay Buziak from 2019-02-11T21:31:04
In the late afternoon of February 2, 2008, a 24-year-old real estate agent named Lindsay Buziak meets a mysterious couple for a home viewing at a large executive property in Saanich, British C...
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Josh Powell Part III: Murderous Plans Carried Out in a Minivan from 2019-01-31T03:52:40
On Monday, December 7, 2009, Josh Powell and his wife, Susan, failed to show up for work, or even call to say they'd be out that day. Their young sons, Charlie and Braden, are also no-shows at...
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Josh Powell Part II: Finding a Lover Who Replaces Your Mother from 2019-01-20T02:37:56
After enduring an abusive childhood in which Josh is essentially raised by his father to be a sociopath, his foray into the real world finds him unprepared to become a man. Faced with the choi...
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Josh Powell Part I: Metamorphical Musings on the Making of a Man-Child from 2019-01-11T01:45:25
In December 2009, Josh Powell came under suspicion of murder when his wife, Susan, disappeared from their West Valley City, Utah home at a time he claims to have taken his young boys camping a...
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The Lost Girls of Panama from 2018-12-20T05:09
On April 1, 2014, young Dutch tourists Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon took a day-hike into the mountains overlooking the small, picturesque town of Boquete, Panama, and were never seen alive a...
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Lizzie Borden: Anatomy of a Sociopath from 2018-12-11T22:20:34
On August 4, 1892, the town of Fall River, MA became witness to one of the more horrifying, yet fascinating crimes in modern history, the gruesome axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, which remai...
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Don’t Tread on Me: Jordan Brown from 2018-12-06T02:41:50
On the frigid morning of February 20, 2009, a 4-year-old girl appeared on the doorstep of a rural Wampum, PA home sobbing and proclaiming her pregnant mother wouldn't wake up. Police soon arri...
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In the Darkness of Night: Dyatlov Pass from 2018-12-03T08:57:09
On February 1, 1959, a group of Russian ski hikers stray off-course due to low visibility caused by snow and wind, only to find themselves forced to set up their tent for the night on the slop...
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DAHMER: DEMON RISING from 2018-11-27T18:44:34
On the night of July 22, 1991 Milwaukee police entered the apartment of 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer in response to a complaint by a man who said he'd been handcuffed and held hostage there only minu...
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The Dangers of Invisible Strangers & Other Thoughts About Where Terri Went from the Science Fair: The Kyron Horman Story from 2018-11-08T04:12:28
On the morning of June 4, 2010, 7-year-old Kyron Horman was photographed by his stepmother while standing proudly in front of his project at an elementary school science fair. The bespectacled...
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Pet Sematary from 2018-10-24T15:19:16
Join host Ryan Kraus for a fascinating journey through the terrifying psychology embedded in Stephen King’s horror classic Pet Sematary.
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Dirty Deeds: The Disappearance of DeOrr Kunz from 2018-10-17T05:34:28
On Thursday, July 9, 2015, little DeOrr Kunz left Idaho Falls with his family for a camping and fishing trip more than 120 miles away at the remote Timber Creek campground, but by the next aft...
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Jonathan Luna: Last Exit from 2018-10-08T03:46:24
At 11:38pm on the night of December 3, 2003, Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Luna disappeared from his desk at the Baltimore federal courthouse, leaving behind his cell phone and glasses he nee...
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Meet Your Maker: Butcher Baker from 2018-09-28T03:27:05
From 1971 to 1983, a madman roamed the remote wilderness outside of Anchorage, Alaska hunting attractive women as his prey. By the end of his reign of terror, Robert Christian Hansen, otherwis...
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Dahmer: Descent to Darkness from 2018-09-18T05:58:51
On May 21, 1960, proud parents Lionel and Joyce Dahmer welcomed their baby boy Jeffrey into the world. By 1991, he would become one of the more notorious serial killers of all time. Join host Ryan ...
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Water Down Below & The Things We’ll Never Know: Where Did Ray Gricar Go? from 2018-09-09T23:05:52
On April 15, 2005, Centre County, PA District Attorney Ray Gricar told his girlfriend he was taking a day off to go for a scenic drive and check out some antique stores. But as day turns to ni...
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Der Tod Kommt: Hinterkaifeck from 2018-09-02T05:25:01
On the night of March 31, 1922, six members of a rural Bavarian family were viciously murdered inside their farmstead with a weapon believed to be something akin to a pickaxe. In the aftermath...
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Stayin’ Alive: Inside the Beehive with the Yuba County 5 from 2018-08-23T19:48:50
On the evening of February 24, 1978, four mentally challenged men set off on a road trip fifty miles from their homes in the Yuba City, CA area to watch a college basketball game in Chico. Exp...
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Dependent Upon the Defendant & Lies About a Superintendent: The Circleville Letters from 2018-08-16T16:19:33
Circleville, OH. 1976. A local woman begins receiving threatening letters in the mail that instruct her to end an extramarital affair she swears is a fabrication. But when the letters continue...
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Prescription Pills, Cheap Thrills & The Inherent Ills in Taking Lakeside Spills: Dissecting the Disappearance of Bryce Laspisa from 2018-08-07T00:03:12
At 11:30pm on August 28, 2013, a 19-year-old Sierra College student named Bryce Laspisa got behind the wheel of his SUV heading south on California's Interstate 5 headed in the direction of hi...
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How to be Civil at Candlelight Vigils & Other Great Ways to Get in Her Pants While Making Concrete Plans to Spend Christmas in France: The Scott Peterson Story from 2018-07-31T16:28:53
On December 24, 2002, a young pregnant woman named Laci Peterson seemingly vanishes from the face of the earth while walking her dog. In the aftermath, media attention turns to her husband, Sc...
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‘Twas a Dark & Stormy Night When Asha Dressed in White to Escape the Fright of the Monster Lurking in the Light from 2018-07-22T17:18:16
Sometime after 2:30am on February 14, 2000, a 9-year-old girl from Shelby, NC named Asha Degree left her parents home in a rainstorm and began walking Highway 18 south toward an unknown destin...
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Searching for Lies in How Max Shacknai Died & Other Anecdotes About What Really Happened When Rebecca Met the Tugboat Captain from 2018-07-11T17:28:28
When 6-year-old Max Shacknai, son of wealthy pharmaceutical executive Jonah Shacknai, plummets to his death in a mysterious fall over a second-floor banister at the Spreckels mansion in Corona...
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From British Aristocracy to the Hypocrisy of Democracy: Cultivating the Curiosities & Atrocities of Colin Ferguson from 2018-06-28T16:44:08
On the evening of December 7, 1993 a 35-year-old Jamaican immigrant named Colin Ferguson boarded the number 3 train at Penn Station in New York City headed for long Island. He took a seat in t...
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Phantom Intruders, Sock-Drawer Looters & How to Behave When Hosting a Birthday Party at Your Son’s Grave: The Darlie Routier Story from 2018-06-20T16:43:42
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1996 a frantic young mother of three from suburban Rowlett, TX makes a frantic call to 911 to report an intruder entered her home and viciously stabbed tw...
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Trouble With a Two-Couple Throuple & Other Reasons Robert Eric Wone Got Killed at 1509 Swann from 2018-06-14T16:36:55
On the night of August 2, 2006 a 32-year-old Washington, DC-area attorney named Robert Wone went to the home of a college roommate with plans to sleep at the residence in anticipation of arriv...
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Haters, Gators, and Short Male Perpetrators: How Things Got Messy in the Disappearance of Jennifer Kesse from 2018-06-05T16:45:57
On the morning of January 24, 2006 a young Orlando, FL woman named Jennifer Kesse failed to show up for work, causing concern among her family, friends, and employer. Hours later, it was appar...
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Hit the Deck: How Corazon Amurao Survived Richard Speck from 2018-05-29T03:53:51
On the night of July 13, 1966 career criminal Richard Speck knocked at the door of a townhome on E. 100th St. in Chicago, IL with bad intentions. What followed changed the psychological landsc...
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Changing Seasons & Other Reasons for Examining the Endgame of Emma Fillipoff from 2018-05-21T18:24:11
On the evening of November 28, 2012 two police officers discovered a distressed 26-year-old woman named Emma Fillipoff sitting outside the Empress Hotel in Victoria, BC clutching her shoes. Af...
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Breaking & Entering The Basement of Byron Smith’s Brain from 2018-05-14T17:20:38
On Thanksgiving Day 2012, 65-year-old Little Falls, MN resident Byron David Smith fatally shoots two burglars in his home, seemingly enacting his right to protect his property by use of deadly...
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Morgan Ingram & The Magical Mystery of Munchausen in the Making from 2018-04-30T17:16:55
In the early morning hours of December 2, 2011 a young woman named Morgan Ingram was found dead inside her parents’ Carbondale, CO home after several months of reporting terrifying encounters ...
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How to Hinder Your Game on Tinder & Other Fantastic Fables from the Rise & Fall of Gold Coast Gable from 2018-04-22T21:54:08
BONUS EPISODE: In the early morning hours of August 8, 2014 a young woman named Warriena Wright plunged to her death from the hi-rise balcony of an apartment building located along Australia's...
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Pondering the Precipitous Possibilities Along the Peculiar Path of Peter Porco from 2018-04-16T01:34:18
In November, 2004 somebody entered the home of Delmar, NY residents Joan and Peter Porco in the middle of the night, armed with a fireman's axe and the worst of intentions. By the next morning...
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The Inexplicable Hurry of Maura Murray: From Cerebral Cortex to Gravitational Vortex from 2018-04-03T07:00:21
On February 9, 2004, a 21-year-old college student named Maura Murray disappears after a car accident on route 112 in Haverhill, NH and is never seen again. What follows is one of the more baf...
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Missing Madeleine McCann & The Meticulous Metaphysical Manipulation of Miscalculated Motion from 2018-03-13T03:35:04
On May 3, 2007, a 3-year-old British girl disappears from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, igniting one of the most infamous missing persons cases in modern history. B...
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Villains in Villisca: The Anatomy of an Axe Murder from 2018-02-21T18:59:35
At 10pm on June 9th, 1912, the Moore family of Villisca, Iowa returns home from the Children's Day Program at their local Presbyterian church along with two guests. But as night turns to dawn,...
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The Exorcism of Elliot Rodger Part II: Investigating the Inherent Intricacies of Being Idly Introverted – E027 from 2018-02-05T00:52:09
Join host Ryan Kraus in part II of this series covering Elliot Rodger and the Isla Vista Massacre, in which he takes the audience down the rabbit hole once again for a psychological examinatio...
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The Exorcism of Elliot Rodger Part I: Trajectory from the Old Rectory – E026 from 2018-01-22T06:45:07
On the evening of May 23, 2014, 22-year-old UCSB student Elliot Rodger murdered three students in his apartment near campus before taking his rampage to the streets behind the wheel of a fast-...
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Murderous Musings on Marilyn Monroe – E025 from 2018-01-08T07:04:04
On August 5, 1962, the world learned of the death of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, who succumbed to an overdose of barbiturates at age 36. Decades later, however, many still speculate the act...
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Angie Housman & The Deification of the Devil – E024 from 2017-12-17T18:24:29
On November 18, 1993, 9-year-old Angie Housman vanished after getting off a school bus less than a block from her home. In the following days, terror gripped the residents of St. Ann, MO as po...
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Gushing Geysers & Emotional Trip-Weiers: The Sickness in Summoning Slender Man – E023 from 2017-11-26T18:19:42
On May 31, 2014, a 12-year-old middle school student from Waukesha, WI was discovered lying on a bike path covered in blood, the victim of a vicious stabbing. Police soon learned the attackers...
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Sabrina Aisenberg & The Peculiar Particulars of Passing Polygraphs While Pleading the Fifth from 2017-11-20T06:17:34
On the morning of November 24, 1997, parents Steve and Marlene Aisenberg called 911 to report their 5-month-old daughter, Sabrina, had been taken from her crib in the middle of the night. But ...
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Big Fish, Back Doors & Blackouts: The Brian Shaffer Story from 2017-11-05T21:49:28
On March 31, 2006, a 27-year-old Ohio State medical student named Brian Shaffer went out for a night of drinking with a friend, one that culminated at the Big Tuna Saloona, where Brian is seen...
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Menendez Bros: How We Hired Gordon Gekko to Murder John Candy & Bury Him in The Great Outdoors from 2017-11-05T21:28:12
August 20, 1989 - Two brothers, Lyle and Erik Menendez, enter their parents Beverly Hills mansion shortly before midnight and execute the couple with shotgun blasts, garnering the suspicion of...
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From Cavemen to Combat to Macabre: The Origin Story of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre – E019 from 2017-10-22T03:52:17
On October 1, 1974 director Tobe Hooper unleashed a horror film that silenced US audiences from coast to coast with its unflinching look at a group of young people who run out of gas on a road...
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Devil in the Details: The Disappearance of Joan Risch – E018 from 2017-10-22T03:34:12
On the afternoon of October 24, 1961 a little girl shows up at the doorstep of her neighbor's home in Lincoln, MA to proclaim, "Mommy's gone and the kitchen is covered in red paint." What foll...
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West Memphis Three Part IV: Terry Hobbs & The Quintessential Questions for Creating a Cockroach from 2017-10-09T05:34:56
Join host Ryan Kraus for the final chapter of this series covering the infamous Robin Hood Hills child murders. In this episode, we examine Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of 8-year-old victim Ste...
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West Memphis Three Part III: Jessie Misskelley & The Fantastical Findings of Fido The Family Dog from 2017-10-03T05:49:08
On June 3, 1993, a 17-year-old boy with a low IQ named Jessie Misskelley confessed to the Robin Hood Hills murders at the West Memphis police department. The minor was not represented by an at...
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West Memphis Three Part II: The Anatomy of a Rattlesnake from 2017-09-25T06:07:21
Nearly 25 years after the bodies of Christopher Byers, Stevie Branch, and Michael Moore were pulled from the murky waters of a shaded gully in the forest of Robin Hood Hills, we still don't ha...
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West Memphis Three Part I: Mr. Bojangles & the Ponderings of Pennywise – E017 from 2017-09-17T06:03:20
May 5, 1993 - When three young boys out for an afternoon bike ride through West Memphis, Arkansas never return home, a search the next morning reveals they were brutally murdered, their bodies...
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The Real Amityville Horror Part V: Eclipse from 2017-09-10T06:00:47
The Lutz family has finally settled into their new home at 112 Ocean Ave in Amityville after a demanding move. But at 3:15am, in the dark silence of the of the night, George awakens to loud no...
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The Real Amityville Horror Part IV: Arrival from 2017-09-01T06:13:15
December, 1975 - Thirteen months after the murders of the DeFeo family, George and Kathy Lutz purchase the Dutch Colonial located at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville with the same "High Hopes" a...
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The Real Amityville Horror Part III: Paranormal Origin from 2017-08-25T06:02:39
Join me for the most clinical entry in the series as I examine the impetus for convicted killer Butch DeFeo's claims of demonic possession leading to murder, and how it became the transitional...
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The Real Amityville Horror Part II: Butch vs. Shaggy from 2017-08-22T05:59:28
Join me for the second chapter of this series as I go inside 112 Ocean Avenue to diagram the psychology behind the DeFeo murders, specifically dissecting the killer's methods by way of the onl...
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The Real Amityville Horror Part I: The Lost Relics of Babylon from 2017-08-21T04:38:30
Amity, NY. In the early morning hours of November 13, 1974, Suffolk County police make a gruesome discovery inside the DeFeo residence located at 112 Ocean Avenue. The bodies of two adults, in...
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JACK RUBY VS. EVOLUTION – MINI 012 from 2017-08-20T06:20:59
On November 22, 1963, a nation was silenced in the aftermath of the shocking assassination of its leader, John F. Kennedy. But as quickly as we were introduced to the prime suspect, Lee Harvey...
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DEAR JIM CLEMENTE: ABOUT BURKE RAMSEY – MINI 011 from 2017-08-19T06:33:29
When a nationally televised program about the murder of JonBenet Ramsey aired in late 2016, I found myself in agreement with host Jim Clemente's opinion that Burke Ramsey committed the crime. ...
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BRANDON LEE: ACCIDENT OR MURDER? – MINI 010 from 2017-08-18T05:44:48
The son of martial arts pioneer Bruce Lee, rising actor Brandon Lee managed to carve out a niche of his own in the entertainment world starring in low-budget action flicks. But with a major re...
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GARY HEIDNIK’S ROLLS ROYCE – MINI 009 from 2017-08-17T05:41:10
Philadelphia, 1987. Police officers executing a search warrant at the home of Gary Heidnik uncover of a shocking house of horrors, including chained women imprisoned in a basement dungeon. But...
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EDMUND KEMPER: HEAD LIKE A HOLE – MINI 008 from 2017-08-16T05:24:29
By age 15, Edmund Kemper had committed two brutal murders and been locked away in a mental institution. When he turned 21, however, he was deemed fit to rejoin society. And that's when the rea...
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OPEN MIC NIGHT: POETRY FROM BTK – MINI 007 from 2017-08-15T05:25:09
Dennis Rader, aka the BTK Killer, brutalized the Wichita, KS area with a series of vicious murders throughout the 1970s. This is the story of a woman who barely managed to escape his wrath wit...
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Brandon Swanson – E015 from 2017-08-14T02:33:12
In the early morning hours of May 14, 2008, a 19-year-old college student driving home from a party got his car stuck in a ditch while navigating the back roads of rural Minnesota. But as he c...
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ED GEIN’S HOUSE – MINI 006 from 2017-08-12T17:07:10
Few men have inspired the disgust and awe of polite society to the extent of Ed Gein, a man possessed with a psyche so disturbing it became the backbone of the modern horror film. But while th...
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THE BOY IN THE BOX – MINI 005 from 2017-08-11T19:47:14
February, 1957: The beaten, bruised body a of a deceased young boy is found abandoned in a cardboard box along the side of the road in an undeveloped section of northeast Philadelphia. In the ...
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TED BUNDY: VICTIMOLOGY AT LAKE SAM – MINI 004 from 2017-08-10T19:53:54
July, 1974: It's a beautiful summer afternoon at Lake Sammamish in Issaquah, Washington, a great day for families to have some fun in the sun. But lurking among them is a manipulative sociopat...
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CAPTURE: RICHARD RAMIREZ – MINI 003 from 2017-08-09T19:55:15
The Nightstalker was a heartless monster who roamed the streets of Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, unleashing a reign of terror upon its citizens that was finally brought to an end on August 31,...
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BETSY AARDSMA – MINI 002 from 2017-08-08T19:46:49
On November 28, 1969, 22-year-old Penn State student Betsy Aardsma collapsed to the library floor during a study session, leaving onlookers and medical personnel rushing to her aid. But it soo...
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RITA GLUZMAN – MINI 001 from 2017-08-07T19:07:02
On April 6, 1996, a 48-year-old New Jersey man was attacked in his apartment by two unknown assailants, and then disappeared without a trace. Soon after, it became apparent to police that his ...
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Martha Moxley – E014 from 2017-08-06T23:49:40
A harrowing discovery was made on Halloween morning, 1975, when 15-year-old Greenwich, CT resident Martha Moxley was found bludgeoned to death underneath a tree in the family's backyard. It so...
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Adnan Syed: Part II – E013 from 2017-07-30T22:59:39
Join host Ryan Kraus for the second part of this psychological examination of the motivations behind the 1999 murder of high school senior Hae Min Lee. In this episode, we dissect the possibil...
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Adnan Syed: Part I – E012 from 2017-07-23T21:59:29
Enter the strange, analytical mind of host Ryan Kraus as Part I of this series scratches the surface of motive in this case by specifically examining the psychological impetus for 17-year-old ...
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The Notorious B.I.G. – E011 from 2017-07-19T05:04:08
Gunshots rang out on the streets of LA shortly after midnight on March 9, 1997, and when the chaos subsided one of the greatest rappers to ever grace the game was dead. Twenty years later, we'...
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The Jamison Family – E010 from 2017-07-06T22:32:39
On October 8, 2009, Bobby and Sherilynn Jamison leave their Eufaula, OK home in the family truck with 6-year-old daughter Madison and her dog Maisy in tow. They trek 30 miles away into the San...
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2009 Taconic Parkway Crash – E009 from 2017-07-06T22:07:18
July 26, 2009. A Ford Windstar minivan enters the Taconic State Parkway shortly after 1:30pm and accelerates to a speed of 85 mph ... going the wrong way into oncoming traffic. Behind the whee...
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Elisa Lam – E008 from 2017-07-06T21:16:11
On February 19, 2013, a maintenance worker at the Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles checks the 4 towering water tanks on the building's rooftop after complaints from guests about a strange t...
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Brandon Lawson – E007 from 2017-07-06T20:55:07
26-year-old father and oil-field worker Brandon Lawson leaves his San Angelo, TX home shortly before midnight on August 9, 2013, at the culmination of an argument with his common-law wife, Lad...
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Amanda Knox – E006 from 2017-07-06T20:37:24
On the morning of November 1, 2007, Amanda Knox, an American college student living abroad in Perugia, Italy, returns to her apartment to find the front door open, blood in the bathroom, and h...
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Casey Anthony – E005 from 2017-07-06T19:28:09
On July 5, 2011, Casey Anthony was acquitted of numerous charges related to the asphyxiation death of her 3-year-old daughter Caylee in Orlando, FL, drawing outrage from the media and general ...
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The Staircase Murder – E004 from 2017-07-06T19:12:38
In the early morning hours of December 9, 2001, novelist and aspiring politician Mike Peterson makes a harrowing 911 call to report that his wife Kathleen has fallen down the stairs of their D...
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Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders/JonBenet Ramsey: A Closer Look – E003 from 2017-07-06T18:53:59
In a 2-part episode, we first delve into the unsolved Santa Rosa Hitchhiker Murders, a series of unexplained deaths throughout the 1970s involving young female victims being dumped along roads...
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The Zodiac – E002 from 2017-07-06T18:29:53
On September 27, 1969, a young woman named Cecelia Shepard died while being rushed to the hospital after she and fellow student Bryan Hartnell were viciously stabbed as they picnicked along an...
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JonBenet Ramsey – E001 from 2017-06-23T21:11:44
On the morning of December 26, 1996, a frantic mother named Patsy Ramsey calls 911 to report that her daughter is missing and a ransom note was left on their back staircase demanding $118,000....
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