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True Crime Obsessed
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The true crime podcast YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. We recap your favorite true crime documentaries with humor, sass, and heart. FROM VULTURE: "It’s not wrong to laugh when you’re listening to a true-crime podcast. Or at least I hope it isn’t, because if almost crashing my car while listening to True Crime Obsessed is wrong, I don’t want to be right." Hear our take on "Abducted in Plain Sight," "The Ted Bundy Tapes," "Dirty John: The Dirty Truth" and so many more.
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- True Crime Obsessed
537: Fertility Fraud (from "Betrayal")
OMG PATRICK'S FAVORITE PODCAST IS NOW A HULU SHOW! OK, deep breaths! Meet Tina, just, you know, ANOTHER BAD ASS WOMAN ABOUT TO HAVE HER LIFE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN…
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536: Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 Part 2
Shit got real REAL fast when the FBI came knock knock knocking on Matty's door. They let him know: Anyone gets hurt or dies at this thing, it's your ass, kid…
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535: Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 Part 1
Meet Matty, the self-described "twenty-year-old loser working at the vape kiosk in the mall." In 2019, bored and sort of as a joke, he made a post on his…
True Crime Obsessed534: What the Neighbors Saw (from "48 Hours")
In 2013, Gary Herpst left his wife and son and went missing. But... they didn't seem to mind all that much and only RELUCTANTLY filed a missing person report…
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533: Worst Ex Ever: Primetime Predator
Fam, we are here for the sisterhood and solidarity today! Both Kristen and Sabrina were victims of Geoffrey's controlling and abusive behavior, but thankfully…
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532: Mommy's Little Helper (from "Mother, May I Murder?")
In April 2012, 61-year-old Mark Staudte died on the floor of his home. When the authorities arrived, his wife, Diane, seemed.. .unphased. And the kids were…
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531: Love Con Revenge: Fallen Soldier
OK, Fam, do that thing where you stretch your fingers and crack you knuckles BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO WANT TO PUNCH SOMONE. In 2021, Bridget matched with Ricky…
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530: Dateline: The Silhouette
Debbie Kelly led a fabulous life in San Antonio, TX - a successful career, a giddy group of tennis-playing girlfriends, and a new house. But after she fell for…
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529: The I-70 Killer (from "People Magazine Investigates")
In the spring of 1992, a madman terrorized the Midwest, killing at least six people and using Interstate 70 as both his killing field and escape route. In one…
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528: Worst Neighbor Ever: She Finally Snapped
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED, FAM! What happens when you open your home FOR FREE to a person in need? Well, sometimes they turn out to be a racist and violent…
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527: The Devil in Hammond (from "Murder in the Bayou")
OK, look, we love the bayou. Like, we LOVE IT. The accents, the trees, THE FREAKING GOTHIC VIBES. But what we don't love is the murder. Especially this one. On…
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526: The Cult of the Soulful Journey
Fam, let us ask you a question: Would you ever, say, give up your home, your job, your friends and family to move to move to Minnesota and live in a house…
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525: Risky Business (from "Killer Relationship")
On January 2014, 46-year-old Jerry Moore was stabbed to death in his home in Marietta, Georgia. When no suspect emerges, Jerry's best friend Randy - WHO HE MET…
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524: A Toxic Love Story
In June 2016, Michelle Hadley was served a restraining order. She was barred from ever again speaking to her ex-boyfriend Ian and his new girlfriend Angela…
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523: The Diamond Diva (from "FEDS")
I mean, just keep staying stupid, all you felonious felons and crime-y criminals. Today's we're tracking a woman known as the "Diamond Diva" across several…
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522: The Perfect Life
Fam, Andrea Canning is having none of it. In this "Dateline" episode, she explores the murder of Jennifer Ramsaran, and sits down with the absolute garbage-est…
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521: The Curious Case of... The Corpse Who Came to Dinner
Jean Steven was very close to her sister and her husband. Perhaps a bit... too close. We've got a bit of an odd story today, Fam - straight out of a Hitchcock…
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520: Blood on Bourbon Street (from "Fatal Destination")
In July 2003, 34-year-old Shawn Johnson was in New Orleans for a conference. And he did WHAT ANY OF US WOULD DO and tacked on a few days for a little bit of…
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519: Worst Ex Ever: Dating the Deadpool Killer
Fam, when they say "Worst Ex Ever" they really aren't kidding here - and giving him the "Deadpool" moniker just because he's got the same name as the comic…
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518: Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill
Fam! We're back in the world of sports today: dressage! Also known as "fancy horse dancing" to us city hicks who'd probably fall off a horse at the first…
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517: Jewels and Jinxes (from "The Real Murders of Orange County")
When 68 year old Mario Hernandez didn't show up for family dinner in March of 2005, his family knew something was terribly wrong. Mario was a family man…
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516: Maternal Instinct
OK, Fam - it's the one you've been waiting for! On October 9, 2020, 27-year-old Taylor Parker was pulled over on a Texas highway. When the cops approached the…
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515: The Yogurt Shop Murders (From "20/20")
Take a deep breath for this one, Fam! On December 6, 1991, four teenaged girls were found sexually assaulted and murdered in an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt…
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514: The Body on the Train (from "Naming the Dead")
Journalist Marresa Burke is on a mission: to give the name back to a man in a cemetery known only as "unknown negro." The man died while riding the rails in…
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513: Devil in the Mountains
A brutal killer is on the loose, stabbing and shooting people at random. Nobody is safe. All we know about him is that he has "movie star good looks" and…
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512: The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Part 2
SOOOOOOOO according to Benjaman's brother, Benjaman is totally an ax murderer. Or some kind of murderer anyway. As soon as Benjaman discovers his true…
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511: Vanishing Act (from "FEDS")
Fam, we're coming at you with a crazy story today - a kidnapping that rocks the town of Ponte Vedra, Florida, where crime is "extremely rare." So rare, in…
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510: The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Part 1
Pull over and gird your loins, Fam, because this one is NUTS and we have a lot of feelings bout it! In 2004, a 64-year-old man is found bloody, beaten AND YES…
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Murder in Glitterball City Ep 1 (from our Patreon feed!) // True Crime Obsessed
FAM! We're off for for the holiday break, but while we're away we're sharing the first episode of our Patreon coverage of Murder in Glitterball City here!…
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509: Death in Hell's Kitchen
IT'S PRIDE MONTH AND STILL WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE. Ugh. In 2022, a string of unusual deaths of young gay men rocked the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen…
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508: Secrets in the Ashes
THIS ONE IS FULL OF THE CRAZIESSSSSSS, FAM! When 31-year-old Patricia Leigh Mills is found dead in her home - the victim of a voracious house fire - the police…
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507: The Crash
On the morning of July 31, 2022, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, driving nearly 100 miles per hour, crashed her car into a brick wall in Strongsville, Ohio…
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506: Joe Hunter's Mission (from "48 Hours")
When Joanna Hunter died in her home in 2011, it took the cops less than 30 minutes to rule the death a suicide. Mostly because her husband said that that's…
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505: The Grindr Killer Scandal: A Faking It Special
Over the course sixteen months, 39-year-old Stephen Port killed four gay men in his East London home... and DESPITE BEING A TOTAL IDIOT... completely got away…
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504: Untold: Chess Mates
Just when we thought the biggest drama around the chess world was reserved for a 1980s British mega-musical about US/Soviet Cold War relations, along comes a…
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503: The Body in the Sand (from "Naming the Dead")
The body of an unidentified young woman was found in the Arizona desert in August 1992. Over thirty years later, the incredible efforts of the forensic…
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502: The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson
Moriah Wilson could do just about anything. As a kid she became a world-class skier, and then as an adult she became one of the best gravel bike racers in the…
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501: The Curious Case of... The Woman Dying for Attention
Feigning a terminal illness, masquerading as a different person, allegedly being pregnant and then suddenly not - we've seen A LOT of pernicious people running…
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500: TikTok Terror (from "Deadly Influence")
On July 18, 2022, 29 year old Sania Kahn was gunned down in her Chicago apartment by her estranged husband. We...do not have the words for what a freaking…
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499: Trainwreck: The Real Project X
Merthe just wanted to throw herself a small "Sweet Sixteen" birthday party at her house, so she made an event on Facebook and invited her closest friends. What…
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The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder Ep 1 (from our Patreon feed!)
FAM! As a special bonus, we're sharing the first episode of our Patreon coverage of _The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder_ here! Check it out, and then find the…
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498: The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult
TICK TOCK IT'S CULT O'CLOCK!! Are you looking for to join a secretive group that makes you give up all your worldly possessions, works you like a freaking dog…
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497: Do It for Juan (from "Murder Under the Friday Night Lights")
Juan Joseph was a beloved member of his community, a former high school football star who became a respected coach. The kind of guy who never started fights…
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496: The Curious Case of... The Skincare Queen and the Hitman
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... but maybe not so much in the high-stakes world of Hollywood skin care. Dawn DaLuise, the perhaps…
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495: Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
This week we're among the good people of Canada, Fam, in a community who opened their hearts to two mysterious brothers who wandered into town on day, claiming…
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494: Secrets to Reveal (from "A Killer Among Friends")
Fam! Welcome to our first bonus episode of the year! We have 22 Thursday episodes coming to you between now and the end of the year! Welcome also to... the…
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493: Dirty Rotten Scandals: The Dr. Phil Show
OKAY, FAM - FROM THIS MOMENT ON HE'S KNOWN AS "PHIL" AND "PHIL" ONLY!!!! He may have presented as folksy and wise uncle, but dark shadows haunted the "Dr."…
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492: The Curious Case of... Death By Detox?
Ya know, Fam - there are lots of ways to be garbage people in this world, but preying on sick people with promises of miracle cures and cleanses has got to…
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491: The Missing Millionairess
Imagine Melissa Caddick was your friend and financial adviser, unfortunately not providing you with large returns on your investments, but somehow appearing at…
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490: The Dali Heist (From "True Crime Story: Smugshot")
WAIT, THERE'S AN ORIGINAL DALI PAINTING HANGING IN RIKERS ISLAND?!?! Well... there was, anyway. Dali was supposed to pay a visit to the prison in 1965, but…
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TCO Throwback! Hot Coffee
Hey Fam! Our bonus episodes are coming back in April... BUT WE COULDN'T WAIT! We wanted to share this throwback episode because IT'S WILD, but also because we…
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489: Andrea Yates: The Cult Behind the Killer Part 2
In part 2, we start to understand the severity of Andrea's postpartum depression - an illness that went untreated so long that it developed into a psychosis…
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488: Andrea Yates: The Cult Behind the Killer Part 1
On June 20, 2001, 36-year-old Andrea Yates did the unthinkable when she drowned her five children in the bathtub of her family home. For decades, that was all…
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487: Manhunt: Joanne Dennehy
In March 2013, thirty-year-old Joanne Dennehy went on a violent ten-day rampage in the UK - murdering three men and severely wounding two others in vicious and…
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486: Hunting Phil Spector (from "Homicide: Los Angeles")
On February 3, 2003, cops were called to the home - OH EXCUSE ME, I MEANT TO SAY SUUUUUUPER TACKY CASTLE. YES CASTLE - of music producer and "legend" Phil…
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Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? Ep 1 (from the Patreon feed)
FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Death in Apartment 603 with you! ALL 4 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON!…
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485: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart
In the early morning hours of June 5, 2002, a man appeared in 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart's bedroom at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He put a knife to her…
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484: Satan Wants You
As we always used to say IT'S NEVER THE SATANIC CULT IN THE WOODS--THEY DON'T EXIST! But try telling to Michelle Smith and Dr. Lawrence Pizder, whose book…
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483: Murder in Monaco
On December 3, 1999, billionaire Edmond Safra and his nurse Vivian Torrente died in a house fire in his 10,000-square-foot Monaco loft. The circumstances…
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482: The Secrets We Bury
FAM...I KNOW WE SAY THIS A LOT, BUT THIS ONE IS WILLLLLLLD. In the early 1960, we don't know exactly when, George Carol went out for a pack of cigarettes and…