Podcasts by The Generation Why Podcast
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Brandon Teena - 399 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A transgender man was targeted by two former friends.
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Matthew Hoffman - 150 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matthew Hoffman. November 10, 2010. Howard, Ohio. Matthew Hoffman was an unemployed tree surgeon who entered a home to rob it. Or so he says. Three people ended up dead and a fourth, a 13 year-old ...
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Hugues de la Plaza - 398 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A 36 year old man is found dead inside of his locked apartment with conflicting evidence as to murder or suicide.
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Satanic Panic - 149 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Satanic Panic. August 12, 1983. Judy Johnson calls the Manhattan Beach police to report that the 25 year-old son of the owner of the McMartin preschool had molested her two and a half year-old son....
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Erin Valenti - 397 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Utah tech CEO died under mysterious circumstances while visiting California.
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Hauptmann's Ladder Restored - 146 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode has been professionally restored. We are re-releasing it so that the audience can finally hear and understand the interview. Hauptmann’s Ladder Restored. Author Richard T Cahill Jr. jo...
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Wondery Presents: Dr. Death Season 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If someone you love is diagnosed with cancer you want them to get the best treatment from the best doctors. In 2013, patients in Michigan thought Farid Fata was that doctor. Between his prestigious...
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Ben Padilla - 145 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ben Padilla. May 25, 2003. A plane in Angola is being repaired after sitting idle for 14 months. A company had been leasing it, but had not been making payments on it and had accrued a massive bill...
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DJ Fickey - 396 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A man dies after being shot, but who pulled the trigger?
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The Murder of Jennifer Evans - 395 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two men were convicted of murdering a medical student in Virginia.
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Zach Witman - 143 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zach Witman. October 2nd, 1998. A 13 year-old arrives home after school and is ambushed just after getting through the front door. He would be attacked with a knife and stabbed more than sixty time...
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Murder of Hannah Hill - 394 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two men each had the means and opportunity to murder Hannah Hill, but which one actually did the deed?
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Charles Manson Behind Bars - 142 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charles Manson Behind Bars. The most infamous person in modern U.S. history? A career criminal who became a cult leader and ordered his followers to murder innocent people is what he became known f...
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Sally Challen - 393 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman unexpectedly kills her husband of 31 years and admits to it.
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White House Farm Murders - 141 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
White House Farm Murders. A wealthy farmer and his wife are spending an evening with their adopted daughter and her twin sons. That night the unthinkable would happen. Their adopted son who lived j...
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Kendrick Johnson - 392 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A student is found dead in his school's gym and his family believes it was a murder and not an accident.
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Amelia Earhart - 140 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amelia Earhart. In the history of aviation, one woman stands out. Dreading a mundane life spurred her on to be a pilot and to attempt flights that most wouldn’t dare at the time. An inspiration to ...
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The Murder of Maddie Clifton - 391 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenager claims that an accident and fear of his father caused him to kill a young girl.
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Sandra Bland Commentary - 139 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sandra Bland Commentary. On this bonus episode we speak mostly off the cuff about the Sandra Bland situation. Sandra was asked to pull off of the Texas highway she was on after she failed to signal...
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Christian Andreacchio - 390 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man is killed with a gun but who pulled the trigger?
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Billy Meier Research - 138 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Billy Meier Research. Mahesh Karumudi, from India, is an independent researcher who has done extensive investigation into the Billy Meier contacts case. He discusses his initial interest in Meier a...
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Clarence Elkins - 389 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A man was convicted for a brutal crime involving his mother-in-law and niece despite a lack of evidence.
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Jeffrey Havard - 137 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
February 21, 2002. When a 6 month-old is dropped after bathing by her mother’s boyfriend, he believes that she will be ok and later puts her down to sleep. After the mother arrives home and checks ...
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Lauren McCluskey - 388 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A university student is murdered after her campus police fail to act on her concerns.
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The Deaths At Spreckels Mansion - 136 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Deaths At Spreckels Mansion. After a young boy is gravely injured in a fall at his father’s home in California, his father & his birth mother head to the hospital, hoping & praying for him to r...
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Thanksgiving Day Murders - 387 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two residents of a farmhouse disappear under suspicious circumstances.
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The Strange Case of Billy Meier - 135 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Strange Case of Billy Meier. At 5 years of age it is said that Eduard first met an extraterrestrial human. It would be just the start. Contact with others beyond our Earth would continue for de...
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Cosmo DiNardo - 386 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Four young men are reported missing and good detective work solves the mystery.
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Bermuda Triangle Mystery - 132 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bermuda Triangle Mystery. A triangular area, covering at least 500,000 square miles, has its vertices at Miami, FL, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the island of Bermuda. Within these boundaries it is s...
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Alissa Turney - 385 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenager goes missing and all signs indicate she met with foul play.
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Charleston Shooting - 131 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charleston Shooting. June 17th, 2015. A young man entered Emanuel AME Church and sat for about an hour as a Reverend led members of the church through bible study. He later stood up and announced t...
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Lisa Nowak - 384 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An astronaut drove from Texas to Florida to confront her rival.
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Personal Stories 2 - 130 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Personal Stories 2. We both recount more recent personal stories. Justin begins with his story of going for a ride along with a Kansas City police officer. He had requested one to learn more about ...
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Rey Rivera / Unsolved Mysteries - 383 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A man rushed out of his house after a strange phone call and was found dead eight days later in an empty building which he apparently crashed through the roof of.
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JonBenet Ramsey Case - 129 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
JonBenet Ramsey Case. This is a lengthy discussion on the events and the evidence, that stands out to us, in one of the most infamous unsolved crimes in U.S. history. In 1996, a family would return...
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James Byrd Jr - 382 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A black man is brutally killed by white supremacists.
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Natalee Holloway Disappearance - 128 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Natalee Holloway Disappearance. May 2005. Heading off to an island in the Caribbean with friends and classmates for her high school graduation trip ought to have been a dream come true for an 18 ye...
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Murder of Yingying Zhang - 381 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yingying Zhang left school one day to sign a lease but never returned.
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Mary Bell - 127 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mary Bell. In 1968, an 11 year-old girl in England is charged with two murders. The victims were 4 and 3 years-old. She had been in trouble many times previously for her abusive behavior but nothin...
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Rogers Family Murders - 380 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A family was reported missing while on a vacation in Florida.
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The Norfolk Four - 126 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Norfolk Four. In 1997, the young wife of a Navy man is sexually assaulted, stabbed, & strangled to death in her apartment in Norfolk, Virginia. Over time, eight different men would be charged w...
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Michele Harris - 379 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman mysteriously goes missing on September 11, 2001.
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The Zodiac Killer Hoax of 1986 - 125 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Zodiac Killer Hoax of 1986. Thomas Henry Horan returns after publishing two books on the Zodiac killer. Both set out to show just how this serial killer of the late 1960’s was nothing more than...
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Clarence & Sue Shell - 378 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A husband and wife were murdered in their home and the prime suspect says he was not willingly involved.
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Edythe Klumpp - 123 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Edythe Klumpp. In Cincinnati, Ohio, Bill Bergen is living with another woman after separating from his wife, Louise. As time goes on he begins expressing a desire to patch things up with her. Edyth...
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Luke Batty - 377 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A father brutally attacks his son at a cricket practice.
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No Stone Unturned - 122 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
No Stone Unturned. When a person disappears there may not be much to go on to aid in the search. Depending on where they were last seen, or suspected to have been taken to, specialists may be requi...
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Kalinka Bamberski - 376 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A father stops at nothing to bring his daughter's killer to justice.
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Loch Ness Monster - 121 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Loch Ness Monster. Is there a large, unknown creature living in Loch Ness in the Highlands of Scotland? In 1934, a now famous photograph purports to show the world that such a creature does live th...
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April Renee Tucker - 375 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A 4 year old girl dies after being critically wounded and her parents become the focus of the investigation.
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Jeffrey MacDonald Case - 120 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeffrey MacDonald Case. In 1970, a doctor places an early morning call to report the unthinkable. His wife and children have been murdered in their home at Fort Bragg. While he is injured, he will ...
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Royal Family Massacre - 374 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nepal's Royal Family is gunned down by one of their own during a reunion party.
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Trayvon Martin - 119 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Trayvon Martin. When a self-appointed neighborhood watchman pursues a suspicious young man no one could have predicted that it would end with a death, a trial, and a national debate on race & profi...
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Holly Bobo Revisited - 373 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Did Zach Adams kidnap and murder Holly Bobo?
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The Zodiac Killer - 118 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Zodiac Killer. His attacks were accompanied by phone calls & letters that taunted police and threatened harm on others. Just what do we really know about these killings? What evidence have inve...
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Innocence Work - 372 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
What began as a friendship between two young kids later evolved into a drive to re-investigate possible wrongful convictions and advocacy for criminal justice and prison reform.
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The Warrens & The Paranormal - 117 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Warrens & The Paranormal. Colin Fitzgerald joins the podcast for a discussion of the most famous paranormal investigators in modern times: The Warrens. They were long considered the experts on ...
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Murder of Benjamin Eastman - 371 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenager is violently attacked and then killed by someone he considered a friend.
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MV Joyita - 116 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
MV Joyita. In 1931 a film director has a ship built and names it after his wife. From the time of its construction it seemed cursed. A shipbuilder would fall to his death while working on the vesse...
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Jason Payne - 370 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman and her son are killed with a rifle but not everyone can agree on who the shooter actually was.
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Robert Durst - 115 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Durst. Justin and Aaron approach this case from two different angles. One has watched HBO’s The Jinx and the other hasn’t. Is Robert Durst jinxed? Or is he a cold-blooded murderer who seems ...
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Nicole VanderHeyden - 369 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman is murdered after a fight with her boyfriend but a surprising piece of evidence leads police down another road.
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Steven Truscott - 114 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steven Truscott. In the summer of 1959, a 14 year-old boy gives a ride to a 12 year-old female classmate on his bicycle. He would be the last person seen with her before her body was discovered two...
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Jordan Brown - 368 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A pregnant woman is murdered in her home and police arrest her fiance's son for the crime.
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Madeleine McCann - 113 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Madeleine McCann. In May of 2007, a young English girl, on holiday with her parents in Portugal, would go missing. There were no witnesses as she and her younger twin siblings had been left alone i...
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Martin Tankleff Part 2 - 367 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man fights for his reputation and his freedom after he is arrested for the murders of his parents.
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D.B. Cooper: A Skydiver’s Analysis - 111 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
D.B. Cooper: A Skydiver’s Analysis. David Robinson, a USPA licensed skydiver, joins the podcast to analyze D.B. Cooper’s jump and assess whether he could have survived. We discuss the parachutes, t...
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Martin Tankleff Part 1 - 366 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenager calls 911 to report that his parents were brutally attacked but he becomes the prime suspect in the double homicide case.
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Dixie Shanahan - 110 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dixie Shanahan. Author, and investigative journalist, John Ferak, joins the podcast to discuss the murder of Scott Shanahan by his wife, Dixie. The Iowan wife and mother had suffered domestic abuse...
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Ellie Nesler - 365 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her son is sexually assaulted by a predator.
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D.B. Cooper - 109 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
D.B. Cooper. Thanksgiving Eve, 1971. An average looking man in a suit, a tie, and an overcoat pays for a one-way ticket at the Northwest Orient counter for flight 305 out of Portland, Oregon. The f...
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The Heidt Family Murders - 364 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two men were murdered and one woman seriously injured after their home was invaded by an armed assailant with a grudge.
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Marjorie Caldwell - 108 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marjorie Caldwell. A wealthy heiress decides to adopt a young girl named Marjorie in 1934 and moves her into her mansion in the hopes of giving her a good life. Unbeknownst to her the young girl is...
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Adam Braseel - 363 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man is sent to prison for attacking two people and killing one of them despite questionable eyewitness evidence.
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David Hooks - 107 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Hooks. On the night of September 24, 2014, David Hooks was in bed and his wife Teresa was in her upstairs craft room. She became aware of a vehicle racing down her driveway and immediately fe...
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Murder of Sarah Cherry - 362 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young girl is kidnapped from the home she was babysitting at and murdered.
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Scott Bonn - 106 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Bonn. Professor of Criminology, Scott Bonn, joins us on the podcast to discuss the fascination that so many seem to have with serial killers. Why would someone want to collect items from peop...
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Lt. Joe Gliniewicz - 361 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An officer is killed after calling dispatch about three suspicious men he was pursuing by an old concrete plant but almost no one was prepared for the revelations that would follow.
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Oak Island Money Pit - 105 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Oak Island Money Pit. What began in 1795 as a simple discovery of a circular depression in the ground has led, over the years, to many excavations made of the money pit on Oak Island in Nova Scotia...
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Anthony Charles Graves - 360 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A family is brutally murdered and the lead suspect in the crime seems to be hiding something.
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Nikola Tesla - 104 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nikola Tesla. We discuss Tesla, his achievements, his rivals, & the many myths that surround him. Does he deserve greater credit than history has bestowed upon him thus far? Or was he just another ...
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The Parachute Murder Plot - 359 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman discovers that her parachute and reserve chute don't work right after jumping from a plane at an altitude of 4000ft.
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The Elkhart 4 - 102 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Elkhart 4. In October of 2012, three teenagers and an adult decided to rob a house. Another teenager in the group stayed across the street. Either as a lookout or because he lost his nerve. Fin...
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Broken Arrow Killings - 358 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man plots to kill his family and recruits his brother to help him.
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In Broad Daylight - 101 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In Broad Daylight. Author Harry MacLean joins the podcast to talk about Skidmore, Missouri and the man who terrorized its citizens for years unabated. At least until the town had enough of the rape...
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Murder Of Andrea Eilber - 357 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrea Eilber's boyfriend is suspected of murdering her, though police have little evidence to go on.
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Death of Princess Diana - 98 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Death of Princess Diana. On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, suffered traumatic injuries and later died after the Mercedes-Benz she and her entourage were traveling in struck a concrete p...
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Oklahoma City Bombing Pt. 2 - 356 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part two of our Oklahoma City Bombing coverage.
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United Airlines Flight 629 - 94 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
United Airlines Flight 629. In 1955, a four-engine prop plane carrying 39 passengers and 5 crew members exploded over Longmont, Colorado. Early into the investigation it was quite obvious that this...
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Oklahoma City Bombing Pt. 1 - 355 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A former soldier constructed and detonated a bomb to fight back against the United States government that he feared was coming for his guns and his freedoms.
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Lori Erica Ruff - 93 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lori Erica Ruff. In 2010, a woman in Texas named Lori Ruff parked her Tahoe in the driveway of the house where her estranged husband Blake had been living since he had walked out on her after their...
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The Unabomber - 354 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A man terrorized the United States for well over a decade with a series of homemade bombs.
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Dyatlov Pass Incident - 92 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dyatlov Pass Incident. In 1959, 23 year-old Igor Dyatlov led eight other men and women on a trek to a mountain. They were all experienced hikers and skiers. Equipped with cameras and journals, they...
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The Tylenol Murders - 353 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tainted Tylenol bottles kill a number of people before anyone catches on.
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The Cleveland Strangler - 91 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Cleveland Strangler. Robert Sberna, author of House of Horrors, talks with us about Anthony Sowell, a serial killer and rapist, who is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Cleveland, Ohi...
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North Hollywood Shootout - 352 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two bank robbers opted to engage in a shootout after their getaway was spoiled by police.
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Lizzie Borden - 89 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lizzie Borden. In 1892, 32-year-old Lizzie Borden was living with her father, stepmother, and older sister. On the morning of August 4th of that year, her parents were brutally murdered with a hatc...
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Kimberly Hricko - 351 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman professes her innocence after her husband dies the very evening they take part in a murder mystery play.
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Bison Dele - 350 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An NBA star retires early and takes his girlfriend and brother on a trip of a lifetime but only one of them would return.
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Joann Katrinak - 349 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman and her child were kidnapped and murdered but authorities needed to figure out which of their two suspects were responsible.
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Jennifer Pan - 348 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman calls 911 to report a home invasion but an investigation reveals a sinister plot.
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Lori Hacking - 347 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Utah woman disappears and when the truth of what happened comes out it leaves everyone in shock.
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Murder Of Trey Zwicker - 346 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teen is beaten to death and two conflicting confessions are given years later.
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The Farmville Murders - 345 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a year of correspondence online, a young man and woman meet with terrible consequences.
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Matias Reyes - 344 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 2002, the East Side Slasher confessed to being the only person who attacked the Central Park Jogger.
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Sierah Joughin - 343 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A college student is murdered and the man arrested for murdering her claims he is being framed.
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Death Of Sandy Maloney - 342 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman dies in her home and authorities suspect her estranged husband of killing her.
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D.C. Mansion Murders - 341 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A family and their housekeeper are tortured for hours before being murdered.
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Barry & Honey Sherman - 340 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of the most high-profile double-murder cases in Canadian history is still under way. Will we ever know who killed Barry and Honey Sherman?
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Murder Of Blaze Bernstein - 339 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A college sophomore is murdered by a former high school acquaintance who had since become a neo-nazi.
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Dr Richard Iles - 338 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman is shot dead in her home and the prime suspect in her murder has an alibi.
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Mason Jenkins - 337 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenager is shot to death in her home and police suspect her brother who fled the scene on horseback.
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The Eastburn Family Murders - 336 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A family is murdered and the prime suspect gains support in his bid to prove his innocence.
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Death of Ellen Greenberg - 335 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman is found dead in her apartment that had been locked from the inside.
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Death Of Michael Hastings - 334 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A journalist working on a big story dies in a fiery crash and some wonder if his death was no accident.
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Murder Of Ruth Pyne - 333 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A son is arrested for the murder of his mother but he swears that he is innocent.
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Emmett Till - 332 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In 1955, a young teen was terribly beaten then shot in the head before being thrown in a river because he was black.
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Marsha Brantley - 331 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman disappears and her suspicious husband refuses to cooperate with the authorities.
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Molly Young - 330 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young woman goes to her ex-boyfriend's apartment early one morning after he asks for help and then suspiciously dies.
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Barry Beach - 329 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A man is convicted for the murder of his friend but says his confession was coerced.
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Ben McDaniel - 328 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A man scuba dives into Vortex Spring in Florida but is never seen again.
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Skylar Neese - 327 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenaged girl went missing and investigators suspected her best friends of foul play.
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Mel Ignatow - 326 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman holds the keys to solving a murder case but is unreliable and unsympathetic to the victim.
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James Schnick - 325 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Seven people from two families are murdered one morning and detectives must figure out who was responsible.
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Death Of Rhonda Casto - 324 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young woman dies after a fall from a cliff she was hiking with her boyfriend, but was it really an accident?
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Death Of Mitrice Richardson - 323 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A missing woman was found deceased nearly a year after the sheriff's department that arrested her sent her on her way at night into a remote area without her phone or transportation.
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Catherine Woods - 322 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young woman is murdered in her apartment and two of her former boyfriends each may have had a motive to kill her.
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Pizzagate - 321 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
During the 2016 election campaign, a supposed conspiracy leaked which could have affected the race for President.
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Matthew Shepard - 320 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young man was beaten to death while tied to a fence, prompting a national discussion on hate crimes and legislation to combat them.
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Brandon Lawson Revisited - 319 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A friend of Brandon Lawson, who went missing in 2013 under bizarre circumstances, discusses the case with us.
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Trenny Gibson Is Missing - 318 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A teenager disappeared in the Smoky Mountains while on a field trip with her high school class.
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The Vampire Murders - 317 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The leader of a vampire clan murders his friend's parents.
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Murder Of Diane Kyne - 316 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a woman is killed in her home, her husband and her son both call 911 to accuse the other of being responsible.
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Death Of David Coughlin - 315 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two best friends enter the Chihuahuan Desert but only one of them survives leaving people to wonder if it was a mercy killing or murder.
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Murder Mountain - 314 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Humboldt County, California is known for marijuana production, disappearances, and crime but what is really going on there?
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Israel Keyes: A Patreon Preview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Israel Keyes: A Patreon Preview is a 14 minute clip from our Patreon episode on this serial killer from Alaska.
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Disappearance Of Susan Osborne - 313 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman and her teenage son go missing and her husband claims she left with another man.
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Who Killed Jerry Tobias? Part 2 - 312 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After an oilfield worker is murdered, the prosecutor must rely on an unreliable witness to secure convictions in a case that he has a personal connection to.
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Who Killed Jerry Tobias? Part 1 - 311 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A Gaylord, Michigan man found dead in his truck sparks an investigation that takes a decidedly personal turn.
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Death Of Monica Dunn - 310 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A woman died from a shotgun wound to her abdomen after an argument with her husband who claimed that she shot herself.
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Katherine Knight - 309 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
An Australian woman, who had worked for years at an abbatoir, committed an unspeakable crime against her boyfriend.
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Kevin Cooper - 308 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After a family and their son's friend are brutally attacked and four of them murdered, police arrest an escaped convict who had been hiding out in a house next door.
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The Menendez Brothers - 307 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Two brothers shot their parents to death but was it done out of fear or for greed?
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Anthony Garcia - 306 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After two people were found murdered in 2013, the similarities to two murders five years earlier led detectives to a man who may have had a grudge against them.
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Janet Abaroa - 305 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A young mother is stabbed to death, but the primary suspect says that he has an alibi.
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Death of Colonel Shue - 304 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A U.S. Air Force Colonel dies after his vehicle hits a tree but there were signs that he had been tortured before the accident.
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Murder of Jill Cahill - 303 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A husband was arrested after nearly killing his wife with a baseball bat, but this monster wasn't finished...
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Mackenzie Cowell - 302 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A 17 year old beauty school student is viciously murdered but police must deal with conflicting information to find her killer.
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Christopher Porco - 301 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A happily married couple is attacked early one morning in their home with an axe.
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The Stotler Murders - 300 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
October 24, 2001. Montgomery County, Texas. Fifty year old Sandra Stotler, her 17 year old adopted step-grandson, Adam, and his 18 year old friend, Jeremy Richardson, were all shot to death. Sandra...
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Danny Brown - 299 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
December 5th, 1981. Toledo, Ohio. Bobbie Russell, a 28 year old mother of three, is brutally attacked and murdered at her home. Detectives were able to get a name from the woman's six year old son ...
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Brett Parker - 298 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
April 13, 2012. Irmo, South Carolina. A panicked man named Brett Parker called 911. He told police that a friend of his named Bryan Capnerhurst had shot his wife, Tammy Parker, and that he was forc...
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Sebastian Burns And Atif Rafay - 297 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
July 13th, 1994. Bellevue, Washington. Sebastian Burns (19) and Atif Rafay (18), who had been in Bellevue for a number of days to visit Atif's parents, arrive at the home around 2am to find a terri...
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Chandra Levy - 296 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
May 1st, 2001. Washington, D.C. Chandra Levy, an intern in Washington, D.C. was an independent woman with big dreams. As someone who was very interested in politics and law enforcement, the move fr...
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Nathan Carman - 295 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sept. 17, 2016. Point Judith, R.I. Nathan Carman, 22, and his mother Linda, 54, left on his boat for a fishing trip. The two hadn't been getting along but they were known to fish together and maybe...
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Murder of Kyllikki Saari - 294 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
May 17, 1953. Isojoki, Finland. 17 year old Kyllikki Saari bicycled home after a prayer meeting with a friend. Kyllikki had earlier expressed a bit of fear about riding home at night, but when it c...
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Framed: An Investigative Story - Hosted By Aaron from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aaron from Generation Why presents Framed: An Investigative Story. An unsolved crime has divided a community for more than a decade. This season on Framed we will go beyond the narratives and attem...
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Ariel Castro - 293 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2002-2013. Cleveland, Ohio. Three young women went missing in Cleveland, Ohio between 2002 and 2004; Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus. While investigations occurred and families held ...
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Murder of Larry McNabney - 292 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
September 10, 2001. Los Angeles, California. Successful personal injury attorney Larry McNabney is seen being pushed in a wheelchair by his wife Elisa after a horse show. An odd sight as Larry was ...
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Travis Walton - 291 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
November 5th, 1975. Heber, Arizona. On their way back to the town of Snowlfake, a logging crew of seven men see a strange sight in the sky. Mike Rogers, who hired the other six men, stopped the tru...
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Jens Soering - 290 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
March 30, 1985. Bedford County, Virginia. In 1984, 18 year old Jens Soering, a German citizen, and a 20 year old woman named Elizabeth Haysom met at the University of Virginia where they were both ...
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Isiah Fowler - 289 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Valley Springs, California. April 27, 2013. Twelve year old Isiah Fowler asked to stay home while his father and stepmother took his siblings to a baseball game. His sister, eight year old Leila, w...
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Andrew Gosden - 288 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
September 14, 2007. King's Cross Railway Station, London, UK. A bright young student named Andrew Gosden leaves for school one day. His family didn't know it, but Andrew waited for them to leave th...
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Death Of Kathleen Peterson 2 - 287 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Peterson's trial for the alleged murder of his wife Kathleen was the subject of a documentary titled, The Staircase, which is now on Netflix. This is the second and final part of our discus...
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Death of Kathleen Peterson 1 - 286 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
December 8, 2001. Durham, North Carolina. Michael and Kathleen Peterson seemed to have it all. A beautiful home and great careers. She was an executive at Nortel and he was an author. But one night...
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Yuba County Five - 285 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yuba County, California. February 24, 1978. Five men went to a basketball game in Chico, California to watch their favorite college basketball team play. They never returned home. Four days later t...
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Daniel LaPlante - 284 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
December 01, 1987. Townsend, Massachusetts. Andrew Gustafson was a 34 year old lawyer who had just closed a successful real estate deal and was attempting to let his wife know about it and to see i...
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Evil Genius - 283 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Evil Genius. August 28th, 2003. Erie, Pennsylvania. A pizza delivery man robbed a bank with a bomb around his neck and a cane shotgun. He was captured soon after by police and handcuffed. The prese...
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Adam Kaufman - 282 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adam Kaufman. November 7, 2007. Aventura, Florida. Adam Kaufman, a successful real estate developer, called 911 to report that he found his wife, Lina, slumped over in their bathroom. Paramedics ar...
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Olathe Shooting - 281 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
February 22, 2017. Olathe, Kansas. A man re-enters a bar that he was escorted out of minutes before for spouting hateful rhetoric and, armed with a gun, shoots two Indian men as well as a bar patro...
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Josh & Susan Powell - 280 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
West Valley City, Utah. December 7th, 2009. Josh Powell took his two sons camping at 12:30am so they could have s'mores. This wasn't a typical trip to take during a snow storm and on a Monday morni...
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Golden State Killer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aaron is joined by Mike Morford from Criminology Podcast to discuss the Golden State Killer who was captured on Wednesday, April 25th, 2018. While much remains unknown at this point, the notorious ...
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Gregory Villemin - 279 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
October 16th, 1984. Lépanges-sur-Vologne, France. Christine Villemin was in her home doing housework while her 4 year old son, Gregory, played in their yard. At some point she went to check on him ...
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Brock Turner - 278 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brock Turner. January 18, 2015. Stanford, California. Two Swedish PhD students riding bicycles discover a young man on top of an unconscious woman between some dumpsters. They intervene and chase h...
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Charlie Tan - 277 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charlie Tan. February 9th, 2015. Pittsford, New York. Jean Tan calls 911 to report that her husband is dead. From the call Jean had placed it sounded as though her husband was shot very recently an...
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Felonious Florida from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Leave behind the beaches, the theme parks and the tropical breezes. This is the dark side of the Sunshine State. Listen to Felonious Florida on Apple podcasts, wherever you’re listening to this or ...
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Lost Girls Of Panama - 276 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lost Girls Of Panama. April 1, 2014. Boquete, Panama. Lisanne Froon & Kris Kremers traveled to Panama in the middle of March to vacation for a couple of weeks before going to Boquete to volunteer a...
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Ben Smart & Olivia Hope - 275 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
January 01, 1998. Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Two friends celebrating New Year's Eve ran into trouble after the boat they had planned to get on was overcrowded. They located a water taxi still...
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Leigh Occhi - 274 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Leigh Occhi. August 27, 1992. Tupelo, Mississippi. 13 year old Leigh Occhi was left home alone for the first time while her mother went to work. Tupelo had been experiencing storms as a result of h...
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Abraham Shakespeare - 273 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Abraham Shakespeare. November 15, 2006 - April 7, 2009. Plant City, Florida. A man discovered that his lottery ticket purchased in Frostproof, Florida on November 15, 2006 was the winning ticket fo...
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Garrett Phillips - 272 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
October 24, 2011. Potsdam, New York. 12 year old Garrett Phillips had played some basketball with friends after school one day and then headed home after his mother, Tandy Cyrus, called to tell him...
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Carrie Culberson - 271 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Carrie Culberson. August 28, 1996. Blanchester, Ohio. 22 year old Carrie Culberson arrived at her home very late in the evening after playing volleyball. Then she and her car just vanished. Or seem...
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Tex McIver - 270 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tex McIver. September 25, 2016. Atlanta, Georgia. Tex and Diane McIver are a very well to do couple who are being driven home by a friend named Dani Jo Carter after having some drinks. Diane sat up...
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Noura Jackson - 269 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Noura Jackson. June 5, 2005. Memphis, Tennessee. An 18 year old spends a Saturday evening partying with friends. Sometime that evening her mother calls her to say that she needs to go back home. He...
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John Edward Robinson - 268 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Edward Robinson. 1984-2000. Kansas & Missouri, United States. For many years, John Edward Robinson was known as a scammer and embezzler. His crimes usually resulted in probation and he was abl...
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Circleville Letter Writer - 267 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Circleville Letter Writer. Circleville, Ohio. Letters were first mailed out in 1976 accusing a bus driver of having an affair with the superintendent of schools. At first she simply ignored them. T...
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The Murders Of Thomas & Ann Farrow - 266 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Murders Of Thomas & Ann Farrow. March 27, 1905. London, England. Thomas & Ann Farrow had been shopkeepers at Chapman's Oil and Colour Shop in Deptford for more than two decades. On the morning ...
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Charles Stuart - 265 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charles Stuart. October 23, 1989. Boston, Massachusetts. A man and his wife pulled up to a stoplight. Just minutes earlier they had left a hospital after attending a birthing class. Things had been...
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The Fairbanks Four - 264 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Fairbanks Four. October, 1997. Fairbanks, Alaska. A 15 year old named John Hartman was found badly beaten on a curb in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska. At the hospital he was placed on life support ...
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Stacey Castor - 263 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stacey Castor. Clay, New York. August 22, 2005. A woman and her husband end up arguing during the weekend of their anniversary. He locks himself in the bedroom which eventually prompts his wife to ...
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Ray Gricar - 262 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ray Gricar. April 15, 2005. Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. District Attorney Ray Gricar was known as a focused, capable attorney and was nearing retirement. After serving multiple terms and finding love,...
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Jeffrey Dahmer - 261 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jeffrey Dahmer. July 22, 1991. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A man flags down two Milwaukee police officers and tells them about a 'freak' who had cuffed him. The police realize that the handcuff was not p...
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Death of LaVena Johnson - 260 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Death of LaVena Johnson. July 19, 2005. Balad, Iraq. Nineteen years of age and recently deployed to Iraq, LaVena Johnson had everything going for her. A great education, determination, goals, and a...
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Dr. Death - 259 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Death. June 24, 1998. Hyde, Greater Manchester, England. A woman in her early 80's unexpectedly dies and after her daughter discovers a new will had been signed shortly before, an investigation...
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The Springfield Three - 258 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Springfield Three. June 7, 1992. Springfield, Missouri. After graduating from Kickapoo High School, Suzanne Streeter and her friend Stacy McCall head out to party with various friends that nigh...
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The Scream Murder - 257 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Scream Murder. September 22, 2006. Pocatello, Idaho. 16 year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was asked to housesit for her aunt and uncle while they were out of town for the weekend. Her boyfriend and t...
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The Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff - 256 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Disappearance Of Emma Fillipoff. November 28, 2012. Victoria, British Columbia. 26 year-old Emma Fillipoff had moved away from her family home in Perth, Ontario in the fall of 2011. She found work ...
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Pamela Hupp - 255 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pamela Hupp. August 16th, 2016. O'Fallon, Missouri. A woman attempts to call for help as she is pursued by a man threatening her with a knife. The incident ends when she shoots the man dead at her ...
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Ripper Confidential - 254 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ripper Confidential. London, England. In this bonus episode, Aaron interviewed Ripper researcher Tom Wescott about his latest book, Ripper Confidential. Before we got to the book, I wanted to ask h...
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The Happy Face Killer - 253 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Happy Face Killer. 1990-1995. United States. After a woman was beaten and strangled to death, another woman came forward to confess to having a hand in the crime. She gave authorities the name ...
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Lauren Agee - 252 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
July 26, 2015. Smithville, Tennessee. Lauren Taylor Agee was a 21 year-old criminal science major. In July 2015, she attended Wakefest at Center Hill Lake in Tennessee with her friend, Hannah Palme...
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Murder of Elizabeth DeCaro - 251 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Murder of Elizabeth DeCaro. March 6th, 1992. St. Charles County, Missouri. A parolee by the name of Daniel Anthony Basile murdered Elizabeth DeCaro in her St. Charles County home. Her family had go...
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Ryan Widmer - 250 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan Widmer. August 11, 2008. Morrow, Ohio. A man called 911 to report finding his wife deceased in their bathtub. He said that she had gone upstairs to take a bath, but that she frequently fell as...
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Ali Kemp - 249 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ali Kemp. June 18, 2002. Leawood, Kansas. When a teen shows up to work at a community pool he cannot locate his older sister. She had worked the previous shift and his arrival was supposed to mean ...
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The Co-Ed Killer - 248 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Co-Ed Killer. Santa Cruz, California. In the early 1970's, Santa Cruz, California became the 'murder capital of the world' after several murderers left their mark on the area. One of them, a 6'...
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Death of Annie McCann - 247 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Death of Annie McCann. November 02, 2008. Baltimore, Maryland. A 16 year-old girl from Alexandria, Virginia is found dead behind a dumpster in Baltimore, Maryland. A note left behind in her room in...
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Rodney Reed - 246 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rodney Reed. April 23, 1996. Bastrop County, Texas. Nineteen year-old Stacey Stites was found dead on the side of a road. She had been engaged to a police officer named Jimmy Fennell and had been w...
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The Acid Bath Murderer - 245 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Acid Bath Murderer. 1944-49. United Kingdom. A man discovered that his talent for forgery could make him wealthy without having to work for a living. Funding his high class lifestyle and his lo...
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Timmothy Pitzen - 244 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Timmothy Pitzen. May 11, 2011. Aurora, Illinois. A mother contacts her son's elementary school to say that there is a family emergency and that she is going to pick him up. After she leaves with hi...
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Missing 411 - 242 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Missing 411. North America. One man's research shows that for more than a century, people have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances across North America. Now, author David Paulides brin...
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Todd Kendhammer - 241 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Todd Kendhammer. September 16th, 2016. West Salem, Wisconsin. A man and his wife drive out early one morning so that he can take a look at a truck that had a cracked windshield. He said that he was...
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Murder Of Kelsey Smith - 240 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Murder Of Kelsey Smith. June 2nd, 2007. Overland Park, Kansas. A young woman walked around a department store trying to decide on a gift for her boyfriend. Also in the store was a man who started f...
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The Backpacker Killer - 239 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Backpacker Killer. November, 1993. New South Wales, Australia. Three more bodies are recovered from the NSW Belanglo State Forest, bringing the count to seven. Now the police had to admit that ...
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The Butcher Of Kansas City - 238 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Butcher Of Kansas City. April 2nd, 1988. Kansas City, Missouri. Police are called after a man is discovered hiding on a porch wearing nothing but a dog collar. His story struck law enforcement ...
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Robin Abrams - 237 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robin Abrams. October 4th, 1990. Will County, Illinois. A 28 year-old woman passes her father as she drives her '89 Dodge Daytona down Goodenow Road. They wave at each other. This is the last time ...
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The Beltway Snipers - 236 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Beltway Snipers. Washington, D.C. October, 2002. Fear grips the beltway as random people are shot dead in public by a hidden shooter. Parking lots and gas stations were no longer safe. A single...
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The Boston Boy Fiend - 235 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Boston Boy Fiend. South Boston, Massachusetts. Beginning in late 1871, a series of abductions and beatings occur that leave parents worried about what is happening to young children in the Chel...
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Dee Dee & Gypsy Blanchard - 234 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dee Dee & Gypsy Blanchard. Springfield, Missouri. Dee Dee Blanchard was murdered in June of 2015. Her daughter, Gypsy, had been kept in a childlike state since she was young and made to take me...
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The Shoemaker - 233 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Shoemaker. January 8th, 1975. Leonia, New Jersey. A man and his young son posed as salesmen to gain entrance to a New Jersey home. They attacked the people inside. One of them, a woman who live...
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The A6 Murder - 232 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The A6 Murder. August 23rd, 1961. Bedfordshire, UK. A couple parks off road in Dorney Reach to spend time together. It is late in the evening. A man with a gun will get their attention by tapping a...
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Cody Posey - 231 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cody Posey. July 5, 2004. Hondo, New Mexico. 14 year-old Cody Posey, armed with a .32 caliber handgun, shoots his stepmother as she is reading a book. Then he shoots his father and stepsister as th...
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Death of May Greineder - 230 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Death of May Greineder. October 31, 1999. Wellesley, MA. Dirk and Mabel Greineder had been married for more than 30 years. Within one year of their youngest child moving out of the home, May was mu...
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Belcher Islands Massacre - 229 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Belcher Islands Massacre. 1941. A Christian bible, translated into the Inuit language, is being read by men in the Belcher Islands. One of these men decided that he was Jesus. He will then appoint ...
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Davina Buff Jones - 228 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
October 22nd, 1999. Bald Head Island, North Carolina. A police officer radios dispatch to report that she has stopped three people. Soon after she is heard telling one of them that there is no reas...
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The Night Stalker Part 2 - 227 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Night Stalker Part 2. August, 1985. Los Angeles, California. Hard work by the detectives pays off and Richard Ramirez is identified as The Night Stalker. His image is released to the public and...
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The Night Stalker Part 1 - 226 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Night Stalker Part 1. April, 1984. Los Angeles, California. A home intruder is raping, robbing, and killing residents in the Los Angeles area. A 79 year-old woman who lived in a Glassel Park ap...
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Patricia Esparza - 225 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Patricia Esparza. April 16, 1995. Irvine, California. A body is discovered on the side of a road wrapped in strips of blue towels. It will be reported to the authorities. The man had clearly been v...
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Ronnie Long - 224 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ronnie Long. April 25, 1976. Concord, North Carolina. A man enters a home through an upstairs window and rapes the woman who lives there. Detectives work quickly to solve the case. Within 15 days o...
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Harold Henthorn - 223 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Harold Henthorn. September 29, 2012. Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. A man surprised his wife with a meticulously planned hiking trip in Rocky Mountain National Park for their 12th weddin...
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Sonia Cacy - 222 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sonia Cacy. November 10, 1991. Fort Stockton, Texas. A woman moves into the home of her uncle, Bill Richardson, to care for him after his cataract surgery. A month later, multiple fires are reporte...
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Cullen Davis - 221 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cullen Davis. 1976-1978. Fort Worth, Texas. An oil heir from Fort Worth, Texas is estranged from his second wife. While the divorce process continues, the judge seems to be a real thorn in his side...
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The Last Master Outlaw - 220 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Last Master Outlaw. In 1971, a man boarded a plane and would demand $200k in cash. The flight crew believed that this man, whose name was given as Dan Cooper, had carried a bomb aboard the airc...
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John Christie - 219 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Christie. March 31, 1953. 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. A serial killer operates under the guise of being helpful. Luring women into his place under the pretext of an intent to cu...
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Kerry Max Cook - 218 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kerry Max Cook. Tyler, Texas. June 10, 1977. A young woman named Linda Jo Edwards is brutally murdered in her room. Her roommate, Paula Rudolph, will describe seeing a silver-haired man she saw sta...
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Jamison Family Deaths - 217 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jamison Family Deaths. October, 08, 2009. Red Oak, Oklahoma. Bobby and Sherilynn Jamison, along with their daughter, 6 year-old Madyson, drive out to a remote area near Red Oak, Oklahoma to look at...
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Lester Bower - 216 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lester Bower. Oct 08, 1983. Sherman, Texas. Four men are discovered murdered in a hangar at the B&B ranch near Sherman, Texas. An investigation will uncover a prime suspect by the name of Lester Bo...
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Clifford Olson - 215 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Clifford Olson. British Columbia, Canada. 1980-1981. A career criminal, Clifford Olson escalated his crimes from scams and thefts to rape and murder. From November 1980 through July 1981, he abduct...
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The Crewe Murders - 214 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Crewe Murders. June, 1970. Pukekawa, New Zealand. A successful farming couple have been married for four years and have an 18 month-old daughter. Things are going quite well for them save for s...
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Diane Schuler - 213 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Diane Schuler. July 26, 2009. Mount Pleasant, New York. The 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash resulted in eight deaths and three injuries. Half of those who died were young children. At the center o...
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Death Of Kathy Wangler - 212 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Death Of Kathy Wangler. September 4th, 2006. Lima, Ohio. A man wakes up to the sound of an alarm. It's the carbon monoxide detector. He will hurry upstairs to check on his wife. She appeared to be ...
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Sky Metalwala - 211 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sky Metalwala. November 06, 2011. Bellevue, Washington. Just days after a mediation session grants visitation rights to her husband, a mother of two needs to take her sick two year-old child to see...
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TWA Flight 800 - 210 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
TWA Flight 800. July 17, 1996. JFK International Airport. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was to takeoff for Paris, France at around 7pm EST. Various issues kept it from taking off until 8:19pm. Ju...
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Mothman - 209 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mothman. West Virginia. From November 1966 to December 1967, many strange sightings and occurrences were happening in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Unidentified flying objects, strange men in blac...
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The Greenbrier Ghost - 208 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Greenbrier Ghost. Greenbrier County, West Virginia. 1897. Mary Heaster did what she could to vet the men that were interested in seeing her daughter. She didn't have much success. Her daughter ...
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Steven & Cary Stayner - 207 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steven & Cary Stayner. Merced, California. 1972. A 7 year-old boy named Steven Stayner is abducted by a pedophile. He is kept for 7 years and suffers daily abuse. In 1980, his abductor then kidnaps...
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Ed Gein - 206 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ed Gein. Plainfield, Wisconsin. November, 1957. A man who did odd jobs was either pitied or teased by those who knew him. Behind the scenes, he had grown up in an abusive home. He would lose his en...
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Cropsey & The Killing Season - 205 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cropsey & The Killing Season. Urban legends and unsolved serial murders. Articles, books and documentaries attempt to tell the stories of these mysteries. On this episode Justin and Aaron speak wit...
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James Keown - 204 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Keown. September 2004. Waltham, Massachusetts. He seemed to have it all; an adoring wife, a good job, a luxury car, and an acceptance letter from Harvard Business School. When he and his wife...
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Holly Bobo - 203 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Holly Bobo. April 13, 2011. Parsons, Tennessee. 20 year-old Holly Bobo gets up early to prepare for the day. She is to take an exam to complete her nursing degree. Shortly after 7:30am a neighbor h...
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Bart Whitaker - 202 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bart Whitaker. December 10, 2003. Sugar Land, Texas. A 24 year-old man and his family go out one evening to celebrate his graduation from Sam Houston State University. Upon arriving home they are a...
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Kevin Green - 201 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Green. September 30, 1979. Tustin, CA. A heated argument between a husband and his wife prompts him to leave. He will drive away to cool off and get something to eat. Later, when he returns, ...
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The Keddie Murders - 200 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Keddie Murders. April 12, 1981 Keddie, California. 14 year-old Shiela Sharp returns home and discovers the bodies of her mother, 36 year-old Glenna "Sue" Sharp, her brother, 15 year-old John, a...
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Pamela Smart - 199 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Pamela Smart. May 01, 1990. Derry, New Hampshire. A 22 year-old media services director at Winnacunnett High arrives home to discover the condominium that she shared with her husband dark and quiet...
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The Dixmoor 5 - 198 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Dixmoor 5. Chicago, Illinois. November 19, 1991. A young teenager named Cateresa Matthews leaves her grandmother's house to go home but doesn't make it there. At first she is simply missing, bu...
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The Mary Morris Murders - 197 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Mary Morris Murders. October 2000. Houston, Texas. A woman drives to work one morning before 6am. Later that day her supervisor called her house to ask where she was. At 5pm, police arrive at t...
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Baton Rouge Serial Killer - 196 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Baton Rouge Serial Killer. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. From 1998 to 2003, a serial killer was following, stalking, and violently murdering women. There was never any visible forced entry to the victims...
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Rabia Chaudry - 195 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rabia Chaudry. In 2000, a young man named Adnan Syed was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years for the murder of Hae Min Lee. Years later, This American Life's Sarah Koenig would cover his case...
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Murder Of Robert Wone - 194 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Murder Of Robert Wone. August 2nd, 2006. A Washington D.C. attorney is invited to stay at his friends' house. He had started a new job and would be working late so he didn't feel like traveling bac...
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Brandon Lawson - 193 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brandon Lawson. August 9, 2013. Bronte, Texas. A 26 year-old man leaves his house late at night after an argument with his common-law wife. He had planned to drive to his dad's house to stay elsewh...
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair - 192 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Madalyn Murray O'Hair. Austin, Texas. August, 1995. America's most hated woman, along with her youngest son and granddaughter, goes missing. She was the leader and founder of American Atheists. An ...
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Updates 2016 - 191 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Updates 2016. Justin and Aaron give opinions on news and updates involving Steven Avery, Adnan Syed, Freddie Gray, Oscar Pistorius, Ethan Couch, Dylann Roof, Kendrick Johnson, and George Zimmerman....
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Charlie Brandt - 190 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charlie Brandt. January 3, 1971. Fort Wayne, Indiana. A 13 year-old boy walks into his parents' bathroom carrying a gun. His father is shaving and his pregnant mother is taking a bath. Their son wo...
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Sean Drenth - 189 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sean Drenth. Oct. 18, 2010. A Phoenix police sergeant seems to have a great life. He has a great marriage and a young child. He is also well respected in his department. One night, though, changes ...
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Death of Diren Dede - 188 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Death of Diren Dede. April 27, 2014. Missoula, Montana. When homeowners are burglarized multiple times and the police seem to be able to offer little to no support, they choose to take other measur...
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Jane Doe January - 187 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jane Doe January. A woman is raped in her own apartment by an unknown man who had made his way into her building. Despite supportive family and law enforcement, it would be two decades before the i...
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Martha Haney - 186 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Martha Haney. Williamston, MI. Back in 1897, a man returns home from work to eat some lunch. He will make a gruesome discovery involving his mother. Her head has been removed and has been placed on...
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Olivia Mabel - 185 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Olivia Mabel. A Celina, Texas woman goes down a dark path after her son dies in an accident. Authorities would be alerted after receiving silent 911 calls from her home. Once inside they discovered...
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Alfred Wright - 184 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alfred Wright. November 7, 2013. Sabine County, TX. A 28 year-old man is on his way to a client's house for a physical therapy appointment when his truck overheats and he is forced to pull up outsi...
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The Death of Tina Watson - 183 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Death of Tina Watson. When a newly married couple travel to Australia for their honeymoon, they expect to have the time of their lives. While scuba diving, though, something terrible would happ...
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Kansas City Firefighters Case - Part 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kansas City Firefighters Case 3. Pat O'Connor, a researcher and editor, has done extensive research into the arson fires and explosions that rocked Kansas City in 1988 and took the lives of six Kan...
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The Bain Family Murders - 182 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Bain Family Murders. June 20, 1994. Dunedin, New Zealand. A 22 year-old man sets out on his newspaper route early in the morning. Sometime after returning home before 7am, he discovers some mem...
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Author Ron Franscell - 181 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Ron Franscell. True crime author Ron Franscell talks about forensic pathology and justice. The author's latest book, Morgue: A Life In Death, was co-written with Dr. Vincent DiMaio, who has ...
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Untold Stories of Ted Bundy - 180 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Untold Stories of Ted Bundy. The infamous serial killer never revealed all of his secrets and questions remain about his life and his murders. Those who knew him have been interviewed by author Kev...
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Texas Killing Fields - 179 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Texas Killing Fields. True crime author Kathryn Casey has written a book on the infamous I-45 corridor in Texas where over the span of three decades more than twenty young women were murdered by di...
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The Yorkshire Ripper - 178 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Yorkshire Ripper. In the 1970s, a serial killer would begin murdering women in places like Leeds and Bradford in the UK. The police would make assumptions and errors in judgment which would all...
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Kim Thomas - 177 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kim Thomas. Charlotte, NC. In 1990, a kidney specialist arrives home late one night to the sound of his crying child. After retrieving the 13 month-old from his crib, he discovers the body of his w...
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Kansas City Firefighters Case - Part 2 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kansas City Firefighters Case. For our second episode in this series, we interview two retired Kansas City firefighters about the 1988 Kansas City arson case that took the lives of six of their fel...
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Zebb Quinn - 176 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Zebb Quinn. January 2nd, 2000. Asheville, NC. After work one evening, a young man named Zebb follows an acquaintance, Jason, by car to look at a vehicle he is interested in buying from an auto deal...
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Elizabeth Bathory - 175 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elizabeth Bathory. The infamous Hungarian countess was born in 1560. She would grow up to be a highly educated and powerful figure. By 1610, though, she would find herself accused of heinous crimes...
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Kansas City Firefighters Case - Part 1 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kansas City Firefighters Case Part 1. We revisit one of our first cases by conducting interviews and discussing the various aspects of the case. The 1988 arson fires and subsequent explosions cost ...
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Amy Lynn Bradley - 174 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amy Lynn Bradley. March 24, 1998. A family trip aboard a Caribbean cruise ship seemed like a great idea. Ron & Iva Bradley, along with their two grown children, Amy & Brad, were not able to enjoy t...
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Aileen Wuornos - 173 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aileen Wuornos. Author Sue Russell is interviewed about the life and crimes of Aileen Wuornos. Aileen was the subject of the award winning film, 'Monster' and played by actress Charlize Theron. The...
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Dennis Rader - 172 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dennis Rader. January 15th, 1974. Wichita, KS. A boy opens the back door to let the family dog out and a man makes his way into the house. He is armed with a gun. The family inside consists of a hu...
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Jaryd Atadero - 171 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jaryd Atadero. Allyn Atadero shares the painful story of how his 3 year-old son Jaryd went missing in the Colorado mountains. He had gone with his sister and a group of adults to visit a nearby fis...
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SketchCop - 170 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
SketchCop. Our special guest for this episode was forensic facial imaging expert and author, Sergeant (Ret.) Michael W. Streed. He has a new book out titled, 'Sketchcop: Drawing A Line Against Crim...
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Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders - 169 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders. Oklahoma, 1977. Buses, loaded with young girls, leave Magic Empire Headquarters in Tulsa. They are taking them to Camp Scott. That night after dinner, three girls meet ...
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The Philadelphia Experiment - 168 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Philadelphia Experiment. Philadelphia, PA. In 1943, the USS Eldridge is said to have been outfitted with special equipment. Tests were conducted to see if the US Navy could achieve the unbeliev...
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Steven Avery 2 - 167 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steven Avery 2. Our second episode takes a look at the evidence in the case and we also explore the innocence angle. While some say he makes for the best suspect, there are many issues with the way...
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Steven Avery - 166 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steven Avery. September 11, 2003. Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Steven Avery is released from prison after serving 18 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. On October 31, 2005, Auto Trader ...
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Scott Peterson - 165 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
December 24, 2002. Modesto, CA. A pregnant woman disappears while supposedly walking her dog. After authorities are notified, they react quickly in the hopes of discovering her whereabouts. It will...
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H.H. Holmes - 164 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
H.H. Holmes. Chicago, Illinois. Some murder to satisfy dark urges. Others kill out of passion. In the late 1800's, one man may have murdered for profit. Setting up shop in Chicago, Herman Webster M...
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Freddie Gray - 163 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Freddie Gray. Baltimore, Maryland. A 25 year-old man makes eye contact with a police officer and runs. He is pursued and apprehended within a minute. A search of his person revealed a knife that th...
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Personal Stories 3 - 162 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Personal Stories 3. The Generation Why hosts are back with another set of personal stories. Justin tells the story of a murder and kidnapping that involved a friend's mother. Aaron speaks about a u...
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Samantha's Story - 161 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Samantha's Story. December 8th, 2007. Manitoba, Canada. Young love can blind us to even the most extreme red flags. Samantha had always hoped to meet a bad boy one day who could also be a loving ma...
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The Titanic Conspiracy - 160 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Titanic Conspiracy. In 1912, the RMS Titanic was the largest luxury liner in the world. In April of that year it would set off on its maiden voyage. Carrying over 2200 passengers & crew, the sh...
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Author Stephen Williams - 159 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Stephen Williams. December 24, 1990. St. Catharines, Canada. A 15 year-old girl is enjoying the evening with her older sister and her sister's boyfriend at their parents' house. What she doe...
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Ruby Ridge - 158 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ruby Ridge. August 21, 1992. An isolated cabin in northern Idaho owned by Randy Weaver and his family is being monitored by US Marshals due to his missing a court date for a federal weapons violati...
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Lululemon Murder - 157 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lululemon Murder. March 11, 2011. After two women close the Bethesda Lululemon Athletica store for the evening, they go their separate ways. Shortly after, one of them, Brittany Norwood, reaches ou...
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Kurt Cobain - 156 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kurt Cobain. April 5, 1994. Shortly after arriving at a rehab center, a musician flees and heads back home to Seattle. Unbeknownst to his friends and family, he has hit the end of his road. Struggl...
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The Original Night Stalker - 155 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Original Night Stalker. In the mid to late 70's, the East Area Rapist rapist was operating around East Sacramento, California. In the dark of night he would enter their homes and wake them. Wit...
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Laurie Bembenek - 153 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
May 28, 1981. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A woman is discovered bound, gagged, & shot. Her two sons were home with her and see a person fleeing the scene. The woman's ex-husband, a police officer, makes ...
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Hinterkaifeck - 152 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hinterkaifeck. March 31, 1922. Groebern, Germany. Unsettling events led to horrific murders. A farmer reported to neighbors that he had seen footprints in the snow leading up to the back of his far...
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The Enfield Poltergeist - 151 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Enfield Poltergeist. August 1977. Enfield, England. Peggy Hodgson contacts the police after furniture in her children's bedroom appears to move on its own. A series of witnesses and investigato...
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The Cleveland Strangler - 91 from 2014-11-10T16:16:10
The Cleveland Strangler. Robert Sberna, author of House of Horrors, talks with us about Anthony Sowell, a serial killer and rapist, who is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Cleveland, Ohi...
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Lizzie Borden - 89 from 2014-10-27T22:16:55
Lizzie Borden. In 1892, 32-year-old Lizzie Borden was living with her father, stepmother, and older sister. On the morning of August 4th of that year, her parents were brutally murdered with a hatc...
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