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When Killers Get Caught with Brittany Ransom
When Killers Get Caught is a true crime podcast hosted by Brittany Ransom that goes beyond the headlines to explore not just what happened, but why. Beginning August 6,2026 Season 5 shifts its focus to 20 extraordinary stories of survival, highlighting victims who endured unimaginable acts of violence and lived to tell their stories. Through compassionate storytelling, in-depth research, and psychological insight, each episode examines the resilience of the human spirit while uncovering the…
Episodes
- When Killers Get Caught with Brittany Ransom
Michelle Knight: The Cleveland Kidnapping Survivor Who Refused to Be Erased
In August 2002, Michelle Knight became Ariel Castro’s first victim. For nearly eleven years 3,910 days she endured severe physical abuse and psychological…
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Remembering Tiffany Taylor: The Survivor Who Helped Convict Khalil Wheeler-Weaver
In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, we honor the memory and legacy of Tiffany Taylor following her recent passing. Tiffany’s courageous testimony was…
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Escaping David Parker Ray: How Cynthia Vigil Took Down the Toybox Killer
In March 1999, Cynthia Vigil was abducted in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and taken to a remote trailer in Elephant Butte equipped with a horrific torture chamber…
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Jane Carson-Sandler: Facing the Golden State Killer
In October 1976, Jane Carson-Sandler became one of the earliest targeted survivors of the East Area Rapist—the violent predator who would later be exposed as…
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Until I Kill You: The True Story of Delia Balmer & Serial Killer John Sweeney
Delia Balmer survived an axe attack by serial killer John Sweeney , the "Scalphunter", but her hardest fight was against a system that refused to listen…
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Escaping Andrew Urdiales: The Story of Jennifer Asbenson
In 1992, 19-year-old Jennifer Asbenson faced a night of unthinkable horror when she accepted a ride in Palm Springs, California, from a man who would turn out…
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Surviving Cline Falls: Terri Jentz and the Unsolved 1977 Oregon Attack
In 1977, college students Terri Jentz and Avra Goldman set out on a cross-country bicycle trip that ended in a nightmare at Cline Falls State Park, Oregon…
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Alison Botha: Survival, Justice, and the Power of the Human Spirit
In 1994, Alison Botha was abducted outside her home in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, by Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger. After a horrific attack, Alison was…
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Holly Dunn: The Sole Survivor of the Railroad Killer Ángel Reséndiz
Holly Dunn was the only known survivor of Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, the serial killer who became known as the Railroad Killer. In 1997, 20-year-old Holly and…
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Kathy Kleiner Rubin: Surviving Ted Bundy and the Chi Omega Attack
On January 15, 1978, serial killer Ted Bundy entered the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University, murdered Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, and…
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How Rhonda Stapley Survived Ted Bundy & the 40-Year Silence That Followed
In 1974, 21-year-old pharmacy student Rhonda Stapley accepted a ride from a polite law student named Ted. What followed was a nightmare in Big Cottonwood…
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Lisa McVey : The Girl Who Outsmarted a Serial Killer
At just 17 years old, Lisa McVey was kidnapped by one of America's most dangerous serial killers. But instead of giving in to fear, she did something…
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Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker Case): The Untold Cost of Investigative Failure
"How many lives could have been saved if the warning signs had been connected sooner?" In the mid-1980s, a wave of unprecedented terror gripped Southern…
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Beneath the Sequins: The Hidden Body of Dorian Corey
When ballroom icon Dorian Corey died in 1993, friends packing her closet made a horrifying discovery: a mummified body hidden inside a vintage trunk. For 25…
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Inside the Mind of Ted Kaczynski: The 17-Year Unabomber Hunt
How does a child genius who enters Harvard at sixteen end up becoming one of the most notorious domestic terrorists in American history? In this episode of…
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The Price of the Pyramid: Wanda Holloway and the Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot
In 1991, a suburban Texas mother was arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hitman over a middle school cheerleading competition. This week on When Killers…
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John List & The Calculated Disappearance of a Family Annihilator
In 1971, a quiet suburban home in Westfield became the center of one of the most chilling family annihilation cases in American history. This is the story of…
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What Happened to Natalee Holloway? The Aruba Case, Confession & Years of Lies
In May 2005, eighteen-year-old Natalee Holloway vanished during a graduation trip to Aruba , a disappearance that would become one of the most infamous true…
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The Beast of Royal Street: The True Story of Madame LaLaurie (Revisited)
In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom revisits one of the most infamous figures in New Orleans history Delphine LaLaurie, also known as…
When Killers Get Caught with Brittany RansomGisèle Pelicot: Shame Must Change Sides
In this landmark 100th episode of When Killers Get Caught, we step beyond the moment of arrest and into something deeper: a reckoning. The case of Gisèle…
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“No One Saw Anything” | The Skidmore Shooting of Ken Rex McElroy
In 1981, a man was shot in broad daylight on Main Street in Skidmore, Missouri in front of dozens of witnesses. Yet, no one was ever arrested. This is the…
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The Woman Who Fought Back: Susan Kuhnhausen vs a Murder-for-Hire Plot
In 2006, Susan Kuhnhausen came home after a long shift as an emergency room nurse and walked straight into a violent ambush inside her own home. A man was…
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Anna Genovese: Mob Wife, LGBT Pioneer, and the Woman Who Broke Omertà
She was married to one of America’s most feared mob bosses, Vito Genovese, but Anna Genovese lived by her own rules inside the heart of the New York Mafia…
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When a Myth Becomes a Command: Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier
In 2014, the quiet suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, was shattered by a crime that defied logic. Two 12-year-old girls lured their best friend into the woods for…
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BTK: The Killer Who Lived a Perfect Life Next Door
Dennis Rader looked like the last person you would ever suspect. A church leader. A husband. A father. A man trusted by his community. But behind that ordinary…
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Gary Plauché: The Father Who Killed His Son’s Abuser on Live TV
On March 16, 1984, inside a Baton Rouge airport, a man stepped forward, raised a gun, and shot another man in the head, on live television. That man was Gary…
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The Serial Killer of Nazi Paris: Dr. Marcel Petiot and the Escape Network Murders
During World War II, desperate refugees flooded Nazi-occupied Paris searching for a way to escape. A respected doctor named Marcel Petiot claimed he could…
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Samuel Little: The Most Prolific Serial Killer in U.S. History and the 68 Women Still Nameless
Samuel Little is believed to be the most prolific serial killer in United States history, confessing to 93 murders across multiple states between the 1970s and…
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Son of Sam: The David Berkowitz Case | How a Serial Killer Terrorized New York City
In the summer of 1976, New York City was gripped by fear. A serial killer known as “Son of Sam” began targeting young couples sitting in parked cars, using a…
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton: COINTELPRO, the Black Panther Party & the 1969 Chicago Police Raid
On December 4, 1969, a pre-dawn police raid at 2337 West Monroe Street in Chicago left 21-year-old Black Panther leader Fred Hampton dead. Authorities called…
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Emmett Till: The 1955 Murder That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement | Black History Month True Crime
In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled from Chicago to Mississippi and never came home. In this Black History Month episode of When Killers Get Caught…
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Rosewood Massacre: The Black Town Burned and Forgotten
In January 1923, the Black town of Rosewood, Florida was surrounded, burned, and erased after a white woman accused a Black man of assault—an accusation never…
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Tulsa 1921: The Tulsa Race Massacre and the Destruction of Black Wall Street
In this episode, Brittany Ransom investigates the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the deadliest and most deliberately obscured acts of racial violence in…
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The Lie Is the Point: Who Gets to Be an American When State Violence Is Justified
Every time a Black person is killed, the lie arrives faster than the facts. He had a gun. He was high. She was threatening. In this alternative episode of When…
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Brownie Mary: The Grandmother Who Defied the War on Drugs
In 1981, during the height of the War on Drugs, police raided a San Francisco apartment expecting a major drug dealer. Instead, they found a grandmother in an…
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Andrea Yates: Postpartum Psychosis, System Failure, and a Case America Still Gets Wrong
This episode contains in depth discussion of infanticide, postpartum psychosis, suicide, and severe mental illness. Listener discretion is advised. In 2001…
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The Killer Who Wrote the Dictionary
The True Crime Story of William Chester Minor and the Oxford English Dictionary In 1872, a former U.S. Army surgeon named William Chester Minor shot a stranger…
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The Only Priest Sent to the Electric Chair: The True Crimes of Hans Schmidt
He stood at the altar as a man of God and lived in secret as a killer. In the early 1900s, Hans Schmidt became the only Catholic priest ever executed in the…
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Neama Rahmani protected corporations, prosecuted cartels and now he fights for the little guy
Hey everyone in Serial Killer country! In seeking people connected to justice to speak with in Season 3, Neama Rahmani is the perfect person for the podcast…
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Nika Nikoubin's delusions were so severe she didn't even know she'd commited a crime
Hey everyone in Serial Killer country! This weeks podcast is a little different. We are talking to Nika Nikoubin, a young woman who attacked a man unprovoked…
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Sadie Solstice Was Almost Killed By her Ex-boyfriend
Hey all my True Crime Friends, Todays podcast is a doozy. If you haven't seen Sadie on tiktok @lilmiss80 then this episode will be new to you. Sadie is…
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Dr. Kelli Martin's True Crime Past Inspired an Upcoming Novel
Hey and thanks for listening! This weeks podcast is an interview with 1st time true crime author Dr. Kelli Martin. While there are many true crime writers…
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Stephanie Kane & The Murder She Couldn't Forget
Welcome to a brand new episode of When Killers Get Caught! Thanks for stopping by and giving this podcast a listen. In Season 3 I'll be doing normal deep dives…
When Killers Get Caught with Brittany RansomCandy Crimes and Halloween Treats from Yesteryear
HAPPY HALLOWEEN and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany is celebrating the arrest of…
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Jane Toppan For the Love of Poison
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany has feelings about the new crop of…
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Joseph James Deangelo Part II: Catching a killer
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a verdict she’s been…
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Joseph James DeAngelo Part I: The Man and the Mayhem
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a cold case finally…
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The Crime and End of Clifford Olson Jr and the Pope lick monster.
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a missing and found child and Brian discusses a case…
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The Beginning of a Monster: Clifford Olsen Jr. & El Sibon
Brians back! Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a scamming Bishop and Brian updates us…
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Judy Buenoano and Legends from New Jersey
This week Brian takes a break so Brittany’s other podcast buddy Glitch steps in! (listen to her on Anchor.fm/roommatearena) there and thanks for listening to…
When Killers Get Caught with Brittany RansomThe sad shooter Charles Whitman Jr and The Enfield Horror
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! Welcome to our new release time! Noon Saturday EST! This week in true crime Brittany is furious…
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France’s First Serial Killer & The Haunting of Elmwood Mansion
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! Welcome to our new release time! Noon Saturday EST! This week in true crime Brittany gives an…
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A Very Pennsylvania Podcast: Gary Heidnik and the Ghosts of York
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany is intrigued about all the unsolved remains found in…
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A Peoples History of Mass Murder and the Aswang
Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany talks about the newest development in the Murdaugh case! Brian…
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Charles Manson: Part II - More Helter, Less Skelter & St.John’s Dance
This week we jump straight into The rising of The Manson family cult and the resolution of a man so obsessed with power he’d force his cult to kill for him. If…
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Charles Manson Part I: The Man Behind The Monster
This week in True Crime Brittany discusses another con man from social media & Brian crushes child hood dreams as we learn that one of our faves is going to…
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Haunted Paintings- Dont Put Them In Your Bedroom
This week you're stuck with your creepy buddy Brian! He gives us a story above thieves who learn the hard way not to steal. Then Later on Brian discusses some…
When Killers Get Caught with Brittany RansomMarcus Wesson's horrid vampire cult & The Dyybuk Box
Hey everyone and thanks for your patience getting this up late today. We had some technical difficulties and there might be a few minor glitches in the show…
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Who was Aileen Wuornos? & Baba Yaga
This week in True Crime Familial DNA is catching cold case killers like poke balls and a woman jumps out an 8 story apartment to get away from an attacker…
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The Bodies In the Barrels & spooky video games
This week in true crime Brittany talks about the body in the hockey bag and Brian talks about a teen girl who scared off a criminal. Then Brittany discussed…