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A True crime Podcast
The true crime podcast that uncovers the most notorious murders, heists, and mob sagas from the shadows of the past. Each episode transports you to crime scenes long forgotten, weaving gripping narratives of betrayal, bloodshed, and justice—or the lack thereof. From Prohibition-era gang wars to modern-day mysteries. we explore the dark motives, shocking twists, and enduring legacies that still haunt us today. Perfect for armchair detectives and history buffs alike—listen if you dare,
Episodes
- A True crime Podcast
The Names in the Letter: The 'Honour' Killing of Banaz Mahmod
In December 2005, Banaz Mahmod, 20, handed a letter to Wimbledon police naming the men she said were ready to kill her; weeks later she vanished from her…
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The Pheasant Pen: Adrian Prout and the Murder of Kate Prout
On Bonfire Night 2007, retired teacher Kate Prout, 55, vanished from Redhill Farm in Redmarley D'Abitot, Gloucestershire, the day after demanding £800,000 from…
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The Clown Mask: Gordon Wardell and the Murder of Carol Wardell
In September 1994, Woolwich building society manager Carol Wardell, 39, was found dead in a lay-by near Nuneaton, her branch robbed, and her husband Gordon was…
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The Bus Camera: Marek Harcar and the Murder of Moira Jones
In May 2008, 40-year-old Moira Jones was abducted yards from her front door on Queen's Drive, Glasgow, and killed in Queen's Park, and the killer's DNA matched…
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One Swab: Mark Dixie and the Murder of Sally Anne Bowman
In September 2005, 18-year-old model Sally Anne Bowman was killed on the driveway of her family home in Croydon, and the killer's DNA matched no one on file…
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Unit C50: Graham Coutts and the Murder of Jane Longhurst
In March 2003, Brighton special needs teacher Jane Longhurst rang her best friend's flat in Hove, and her friend's boyfriend, Graham Coutts, answered. She was…
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The Man Who Wasn't There: John Tanner and the Murder of Rachel McLean
In April 1991, nineteen-year-old St Hilda's College student Rachel McLean vanished from her rented house on Argyle Street, Oxford, and her boyfriend John…
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The Rings in the Bathroom: Nat Fraser and the Disappearance of Arlene Fraser
In April 1998, thirty-three-year-old Arlene Fraser waved her children off to school in Elgin, Moray, and was never seen again; her body has never been found…
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His Own Daughter's DNA: Christopher Hampton and the Murder of Melanie Road
In June 1984, seventeen-year-old Melanie Road walked home alone from a Bath nightclub and was found murdered beside a row of garages near her family home…
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Murder Without a Body: David Gilroy and the Disappearance of Suzanne Pilley
In May 2010, Edinburgh bookkeeper Suzanne Pilley was caught on camera twenty metres from her office door, and was never seen again. Her body has never been…
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"Do You Want Another One?": Christopher Halliwell and the Confession That Couldn't Be Used
In March 2011, a Swindon taxi driver led a detective to the body of Sian O'Callaghan, then asked if he wanted another, and took him to a field where Becky…
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No Service in Yosemite: Brian Laundrie and the Death of Gabby Petito
In the summer of 2021, twenty-two-year-old Gabby Petito set off on a cross-country van trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, posting sunsets and smiles along…
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The Stranger on Beverley Road: Pawel Relowicz and the Murder of Libby Squire
On a freezing night in January 2019, twenty-one-year-old Hull University student Libby Squire was turned away from a nightclub, put in a taxi home, and never…
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You Will Never Get Me: Paul Hutchinson and the Murder of Colette Aram
In October 1983, sixteen-year-old Colette Aram set off on a twenty-minute walk to her boyfriend's house in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, and never arrived. Her…
- A True crime Podcast
The Burning BMW: How Bill MacDowell Murdered Renee MacRae and Their Son
In November 1976, Renee MacRae and her three-year-old son Andrew left Inverness for what she believed was a weekend away with her secret lover. That night her…
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The Rose Grower: Hilda Murrell, Sizewell B and the 21-Year Hunt for Her Killer
In March 1984, 78-year-old rose grower and anti-nuclear campaigner Hilda Murrell was abducted from her Shrewsbury home in her own car and left to die in a…
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Switched Off at 12:10: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence
In March 2009, University of York chef Claudia Lawrence spoke to her parents, went to bed early, and was never seen again; her phone was switched off at 12:10…
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The Graveyard Confession: Stephen Downing and the Murder of Wendy Sewell
In September 1973, typist Wendy Sewell was beaten in Bakewell cemetery, Derbyshire, and 17-year-old groundsman Stephen Downing, who found her, signed a…
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The Wrong Confession: Sean Hodgson, David Lace and the Murder of Teresa De Simone
In December 1979, barmaid Teresa De Simone was found murdered in her car beneath the Tom Tackle pub in Southampton. Sean Hodgson, a man who confessed to crimes…
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One in 73 Million: The Wrongful Conviction of Sally Clark
In 1999, solicitor Sally Clark was convicted at Chester Crown Court of murdering her two baby sons, after a celebrated paediatrician told the jury the chance…
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The Evidence the Jury Never Heard: Stefan Kiszko and the Murder of Lesley Molseed
In October 1975, eleven-year-old Lesley Molseed went to the shop near her Rochdale home and never came back. Stefan Kiszko, a shy tax clerk, confessed without…
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The Blue Mini: John Cannan, Shirley Banks and the Shadow of Suzy Lamplugh
In October 1987, newlywed Shirley Banks vanished after a shopping trip in Bristol. Three weeks later, police arrested John Cannan after a knifepoint attack in…
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The Man Who Showed Them the Woods: Iain Packer and the 19-Year Failure to Catch Emma Caldwell's Killer
In 2005, Emma Caldwell's body was found in Limefield Woods in South Lanarkshire, and within two years a man had admitted taking her there and shown detectives…
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The Cardiff Three: Who Really Killed Lynette White
On Valentine's Day 1988, police searching for a missing witness found Lynette White murdered in a flat on James Street in Cardiff's docklands. Three innocent…
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The Jigsaw Murders: How Dr Buck Ruxton Was Caught by a Newspaper and a Fingerprint
In September 1935, around seventy pieces of human remains were found in a ravine near Moffat, cut apart by someone who knew exactly how to make the dead…
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The Man in the Brown Suit: Bible John and the Barrowland Murders
Between February 1968 and October 1969, three young mothers, Patricia Docker, Jemima MacDonald and Helen Puttock, went out dancing at Glasgow's Barrowland…
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The Reservoir Phones: How Graham Dwyer Was Convicted of Murdering Elaine O'Hara
In August 2012, childcare worker Elaine O'Hara vanished near Shanganagh Cemetery in south Dublin, and for a year her case went nowhere. Then a drought lowered…
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The Woman in the Cellar: Belle Gunness and the La Porte Murder Farm
In April 1908, a farmhouse outside La Porte, Indiana, burned to the ground, and in the cellar searchers found three children beside the body of a woman with no…
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The Man Downstairs: John Christie, 10 Rillington Place and the Hanging of Timothy Evans
In 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged for murdering his baby daughter, with the quiet ex-policeman who lived downstairs as a key witness against him. Three years…
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The Wrong Man: The Murder of Joanna Yeates and the Neighbour Next Door
On Christmas morning 2010, the body of 25-year-old landscape architect Joanna Yeates was found in the snow outside Bristol. Within days her innocent landlord…
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Natural Causes: How Jordan Monaghan Murdered His Children and His Partner
In 2013, two young children died in Blackburn within eight months of each other, and both deaths were put down to natural or unexplained causes. Six years…
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The Writing on the Wall: How Chris Coleman Murdered His Family
On the morning of May 5, 2009, police entered a quiet home in Columbia, Illinois, and found the walls covered in red spray paint: “Punished.” “I am always…
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The Aristocrat Who Hid Her Dead Baby in a Lidl Bag
An heiress from one of Britain’s most privileged families went on the run with her newborn to keep social services away. Weeks later, police found the baby’s…
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The DNA That Waited 31 Years: The Murders of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook
In November 1987, 18-year-old Tanya Van Cuylenborg and 20-year-old Jay Cook left British Columbia for a routine overnight trip to Seattle. Days later, both…
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The Bodies in the Barrels: John Bunting and the Snowtown Murders
In May 1999, police forced open a disused bank vault in the tiny South Australian town of Snowtown. Inside six plastic barrels they found the acid-soaked…
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The Railroad Killer: Ángel Maturino Reséndiz
In the late 1990s, a man stepped off freight trains in the middle of the night and disappeared into the dark. By morning, people who lived near the tracks were…
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The Family Man Who Buried a Body in His Yard: Robert Yates
He was a decorated Army helicopter pilot, a husband, and a father of five who played catch with his kids in the front yard. Under the bedroom window of that…
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The Coffin Kidnapper: Michael Sams and the Women He Put in a Box
In July 1991, 18-year-old Julie Dart disappeared from the streets of Leeds. Six months later, estate agent Stephanie Slater was abducted during a house viewing…
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The Dexter Killer: How Mark Twitchell Turned Fiction Into Murder
In 2008, an aspiring filmmaker in Edmonton, Alberta, rented a garage, posed as a woman on a dating site, and began living out his obsession with the TV show…
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The Black Widow of Central New York: Stacey Castor and the Antifreeze Murders
In August 2005, Stacey Castor called 911 from her home in Clay, New York, saying her husband had locked himself in the bedroom. Police found David Castor dead…
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The House on Imperial Avenue: The Cleveland Strangler
For two years, a sickly-sweet stench hung over Imperial Avenue in Cleveland. Neighbors blamed the sausage shop next door. They were wrong. Inside a quiet…
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The Railway Killers: Two Friends Who Hunted Women Off the Train
Two childhood friends. Dozens of women attacked near railway stations. Three murdered. And a police investigation that changed British policing forever. In the…
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The Coast to Coast Killer: Tommy Lynn Sells
On New Year’s Eve 1999, a 10-year-old girl survives a brutal attack that ends a decades-long killing spree. Host Alexander’s Lawson tells the story of Tommy…
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The House of Rot: Kendall Francois and the Poughkeepsie Killings
For nearly two years, a school hall monitor in Poughkeepsie, New York, strangled eight women and hid their bodies in the attic and crawl space of the family…
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The Highway Killer Who Was Freed to Kill Again: Larry Eyler’s 21 Victims
He was already in police custody. Then a judge let him go—and more young men started disappearing along the interstates. In the early 1980s, bodies of teenage…
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Five Shots in the Dark: The Betty Broderick Story
It’s 5:30 a.m. on a quiet Sunday morning in San Diego. Inside an upscale home in Marston Hills, two people are asleep. Moments later, five gunshots shatter the…
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The Bones Beneath Fox Hollow: Herb Baumeister’s Secret Life
A little boy finds a human skull in the woods behind his family’s Indiana home. His father, a successful businessman and devoted dad, dismisses it as nothing…
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Robert Napper: The Green Chain Killer Who Murdered Rachel Nickell
On a quiet summer morning in July 1992, 23-year-old Rachel Nickell was walking with her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common when she was stabbed 49 times and…
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The Trash Bag Killer: How a Quiet Engineer Hid 21 Bodies Along California’s Freeways
He clocked out of his engineering job at Hughes Aircraft, drove home to his spotless house in Redondo Beach, and shot a 17-year-old in the back of the head…
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The Toolbox Killers: Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris
In the summer and fall of 1979, two men who met in prison carried out a five-month reign of terror across Southern California. Lawrence Bittaker and Roy…
- A True crime Podcast
The Granite Woman: Ruth Snyder and the Murder That Inspired Double Indemnity
In March 1927, in a quiet house in Queens Village, New York, a nine-year-old girl woke to find her mother bound on the floor and her father dead in…
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The Black Panther: He Left a Teenager Hanging 54 Feet Underground
In January 1975, 17-year-old Lesley Whittle was taken from her bed in the middle of the night. For weeks she was held in a dark drainage shaft with a wire…
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The Shoe Fetish Slayer: The Man Who Kept His Victims’ Feet in the Freezer
He lived an ordinary life in a quiet Oregon neighborhood — a husband, a father, a man with a workshop in the garage. Then police opened that garage. Inside…
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The Happy Face Killer: Keith Jesperson’s Highway of Murder
A truck-stop bathroom wall. A confession signed with a smiley face. For five years, long-haul truck driver Keith Hunter Jesperson drove America’s highways…
- A True crime Podcast
Acid Is Groovy, Kill the Pigs: The Jeffrey MacDonald Murders
In the early hours of February 17, 1970, Army Captain Jeffrey MacDonald called for help from his home at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inside, his pregnant wife…
- A True crime Podcast
The Sniper Who Wanted a Race War: Joseph Paul Franklin
Between 1977 and 1980, white supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin drifted across the United States with a rifle and a stated mission to start a race war. He…
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The Man in the Van: Robert Black and the UK’s Longest Manhunt
In 1990, police stopped a delivery van outside the Scottish village of Stow and found a six-year-old girl bound and gagged in the back. The driver was Robert…
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The House of Horrors: Gary Heidnik’s Basement
In the fall of 1986, a self-proclaimed bishop in North Philadelphia began kidnapping women off the street and chaining them in a pit he dug in his basement…
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The Man Who Killed Versace: Andrew Cunanan’s Cross-Country Spree
On 15 July 1997, fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his Miami Beach mansion. The killer was Andrew Cunanan, who had already murdered four…
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The Serpent: Charles Sobhraj’s Crimes in India and France
In July 1976, French students collapsed in a Delhi hotel after accepting “anti-dysentery” pills from a charming stranger. That man was Charles Sobhraj—the…