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True Crime Obsessed
*** 2026 Webby Award Winner!! ***
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.
Episodes
True Crime Obsessed481: The Trouble in Bardstown
For 35-year-old Crystal Rogers, nothing was more important than her family - her parents, her four kids, and her long-term boyfriend, Brooks. So on July 4th…
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480: Homicide Hunter: The Man with No Face
All right Fam, get ready for our first-ever episode covering the icon himself: Joe Kenda. We're in Colorado Springs, on June 5, 1988. The brutalized body of…
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479: The Carman Family Deaths
In 2016 Nathan Carman was rescued from a fishing trip gone wrong in which his mother vanished at sea. But would it turn out that he planned not only her…
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478: Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper
In 2002, John Muhammad and Lee Malvo killed ten people in the DC area in a series of terrifying sniper attacks that shook the entire nation. In this brand new…
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Mr. and Mrs. Murder Episode 1 (from the Patreon)
FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Mr. and Mrs. Murder with you! ALL 4 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! FAM -…
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True Crime Conversations: Gillian Pensavalle, Alvin Williams, and Lanie Hobbs
Hey Fam! We're back as promised with the second true crime conversations episode. This time it's Gillian's turn, Chatting with Lanie Hobbs from True Crime…
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477: Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
BE STILL OUR LESBIAN HEARTS, FAM!! For our final bonus episode of the year, we're breaking out our Birkenstocks, pausing the canning of vegetables, getting off…
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476: Love Con Revenge: Selfie Scammer
FAM - one of our favorites returns! Cecilie from "Tinder Swindler" is back (surely fresh from Pernilla's yacht), and now she's on a mission to help other women…
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True Crime Conversations: Patrick Hinds, Josh Hallmark, and Eric Carter-Landin
Hey Fam! We’re so excited to share this conversation between Patrick, Josh Hallmark, host of the podcasts True Crime Bullshit and Unsafe Spaces, and Eric…
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475: In Ice Cold Blood: Miss Fortune
In April 2005, Ha Smith, a prominent Vietnamese-American fortune teller, and her adult daughter, Anita Vo, were found brutally murdered in Smith's home. They…
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474: Vanished in Paradise: The Untold Story
In the chaos surrounding the back-to-back hurricanes Irma and Maria that hit the Caribbean in 2017, schoolteacher Hannah Upp disappears from the US Virgin…
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473: The Untraceable Scent: New York Homicide (S1E11)
Daycare owner Anndrea Caruth was a pillar of her community in the Bronx, dedicated to improving the lives of the children in her community. When she disappears…
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472: Trainwreck: PI Moms
IT WAS GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD REALITY SHOW, FAM, WE SWEAR TO GODDESS! Ugh, in 2010, Lifetime TV ordered 8 episodes of a show called PI Moms. And it was…
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471: Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout
RIP the internet, Fam. Date of death: Sometime in January 2020 when William White joined up! It started out innocent enough: some cute guy making lip-sync…
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470: What Happened to Karen Silkwood? The Lost Tapes
On November 28, 1974, 28-year-old Karen Silkwood was killed in a car wreck on Highway 74 near Crescent, Oklahoma. Her death was officially ruled an accident…
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469: Sin City Murders: Vanishing of a Showgirl (S1E1)
It was the night of rehearsal for one of the biggest shows in Las Vegas, and dancer Debbie Flores-Narvaez was on the verge of a major performance at the Luxor…
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468: The Perfect Neighbor
It's a totally new kind of documentary film, fam, AND WE ARE HERE FOR IT! In 2021, Susan Lorincz moved in to an established family neighborhood in Ocala…
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467: Naming the Dead: The Hitchhiker (S1E1)
Give it up for forensic genealogists, Fam!!! We're getting into the science today, but also getting into all the feels as the DNA Doe Project brings answers to…
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466: Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem
Pull over, Fam, because we're covering a brash politician whose divisive style led him to victory. But wait - in Canada? That's right: Rob Ford would rise to…
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465: Killer Relationship: Forbidden Love, Brutal Death (S1E5)
After being manipulated into a secret bigamous marriage with her youth pastor, Joy Risker is on the verge of leaving when the worst happens. Her group of old…
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464: Blood and Myth
FAM! We loved this documentary! In the Indigenous communities of northern Alaska, filmmaker and host James Dommer Jr. investigates the case of Teddy Kyle…
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Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam Ep 1 (from the Patreon)
FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam. ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON…
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463: Untold: The Fall of Favre
GIRD YOUR LOINS FAM, WE'RE DOING A SPORTS! Kind of.... Ugh, Brett Favre. What is there to say? He's great at the football, but he sucks as a person. He won…
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462: Dateline: The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore (S33E87)
ORDER YOUR DUNKIN' AND HIRE A TRANSLATOR, WE'RE GOING BACK TO CANTON, MASS! For today's episode, we're talking about the tragic murder of 23-year-old Sandra…
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461: Trainwreck: Balloon Boy
A six-year-old boy is trapped in a weather balloon when it accidentally takes of for over an hour of flight time. Or... was he? Fam, we have a…
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460: Murder Has Two Faces: Good Guys Gone Bad
The two cases shared a checklist of similarities - a conventionally handsome perpetrator preying on sex workers behind closed hotel doors. But the difference…
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459: Romcon: Who the F**k is Jason Porter?
READY TO LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK? Toronto real estate broker Heather Rovet finds the perfect romance with "Jace" He's, cute, successful, and has a great…
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458: Sin City Clickbait (Deadly Influence S1E1)
We're in Las Vegas this week, Fam, with a male escort turned reality TV star turned social media influencer and "sex and fitness guru." But behind his enviable…
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457: Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
FAM!!! We had A LOT to say about this documentary, along with some differing opinions between the two of us, so strap in for a super-sized roller coaster of an…
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456: Ruby Red Handed
When the world's most iconic piece of film memorabilia--Judy Garland's iconic ruby slippers--were stolen from a small museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota (yes…
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455: Where is Jermain Charlo? (from "48 Hours S37E8")
In June 2018, young mother Jermain Charlo disappeared in Missoula, Montana. Still searching for the missing woman, investigators post the last known video…
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454: Manhunt: The Murder of Emily Longley
Emily Longley was only dating her boyfriend for four months when she was found dead in his bedroom. Though the cause of death was initially undetermined, the…
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453: New York Homicide: Broken Pride (S1E5)
A Brooklyn lesbian couple faces a nightmare after an intruder enters their home and attacks them on the Fourth of July weekend in 1995. Sylvia Lugo is shot…
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452: Look Into My Eyes Part 2
As investigators look deeper into the deaths of the three students at North Port High School, the case also starts to attract more attention in the press. But…
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451: Murder Has Two Faces: Capitol Killings
FAM! This series is excellent, and huge hats off to Robin Roberts bringing attention to cases that have loooooooong deserved it. In episode two, we learn the…
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450: Look Into My Eyes Part 1
At North Port High School in Florida in 2011, three students tragically die within several months of each other. It's soon discovered that the principal of the…
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449: Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
GRAB YOUR RED HAZMAT BAGS AND GIRD YOUR LOINS, CUZ IT'S TIME TO SET SAIL ON THE POOP CRUISE! Today is the day, Fam and we are screaming with excrement...I MEAN…
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448: The Murder of Hadas Winnick (from "I'm Related to a Killer")
On September 25, 2007, 22-year-old Amy Winnick left her job near Calabasas, California, and headed home. Her cell phone rang. It was was her 25-year-old…
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The Perfect Bid
FAM! Travel back with us to one of our funniest episodes! Get ready to meet Ted Slauson, a math teacher who becomes OBSESSED with the gameshow The Price is…
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The Lady of the Dunes (from the Patreon)
FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of "The Lady of the Dunes" ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! In 1974…
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447: Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies (from "How It Really Happened")
It's one of the most tragic and infamous cases of the 1990s: a mother who not only committed the most horrible act against her small children, but then played…
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446: Murder Under the Friday Night Lights: Game of Privileges (S1E4)
In the summer of 2008, Luis Ramirez was brutally beaten during a block party in the Pennsylvania town of Shenandoah. After his death in the following days…
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445: Sons of Ecstasy
After testifying against John Gotti and the Gambino crime family of New York, former underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and his family headed to Arizona. But…
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444: Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
Coming out of lockdown in 2021, people everywhere were champing at the bit to get together at live events again. And few were more highly anticipated than…
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443: In Ice Cold Blood: Jealousy's a Killer
In January, 2009, the body of 27 year old Katie Roberts was found stuffed in a trash bin in the back yard of a house she seemingly had no connection to. The…
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442: Worst Ex Ever: Married to a Monster
It's the final episode of "Worst Ex Ever," and this POS is a doozy. Amanda ends her marriage to Kevin after years of control and abuse. But after their…
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441: Manhunt: The Liar, The Thief, The Conman
Christine Handy thought she would be married forever, but found herself divorced after eleven years. After starting a new career in London, she falls in love…
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440: Undercover Underage: Every Aspect Matters (S1E1)
Roo Powell is a woman on a mission to expose the dangers of and prevent online child sex abuse. With the help of her nonprofit team, SOSA, she transforms into…
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439: Hollywood Demons: Stephen Collins, America's Dad
In 1996, actor Stephen Collins was on the top of the world. Known as "America's Dad" (barffff) for his role on the TV show 7th Heaven, Collins, who'd worked as…
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A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (from the Patreon)
FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of MAX's A Body in the Snow: The trial of Karen Read. ALL 5 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD…
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438: Web of Death: Body of Evidence
Web sleuth Ellen Leach works tirelessly to identify a skull found inside a bucket of cement at a truck stop in Kearney, Missouri. Unbeknownst to her, she is…
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437: The Curious Case of the Doomsday Cat Cult
FAM - TICK TOCK, IT'S CULT O'CLOCK!!! It's bad enough when a religious leader manipulates their followers into their bed and almost into killing their…
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436: Worst Roommate Ever: Burning Down the House
When air force sergeant Rich Fritz died in 2001, many thought his death was suspicious. He was young, fit, and had never had health concerns. His young wife…
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435: Murder Has Two Faces: Motherhood Interrupted
Two pregnant women, Laci Peterson and Evelyn Hernandez, are found dead in the SF Bay. The similarities in the murders are staggering, but the coverages of the…
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434: A Deadly American Marriage
FAM!! BY OVERWHELMING DEMAND, WE REARRANGED THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE TO GET THIS ONE IN! On the evening of August 2, 2015 the father-in-law of 39 year old Jason…
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433: Con Mum
Graham Hornigold, a London-based pastry chef, grew up fantasizing about one day meeting his birth mother. And then in 2020, a woman reached out to say it was…
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432: The Journals of Maria Muñoz: 48 Hours (S37 E24)
When Maria Munoz, a young wife and mother, dies unexpectedly--and with a strange mix of drugs in her system, the police are baffled. But when authorities take…
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431: Southern Fried Lies
When Matthew Jacobs, a young oil worker, became the richest man in Camden, Arkansas after winning a nearly $2 million lawsuit, he suddenly had a LOT of new…
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430: Biggest Heist Ever
Their crime earned them the nickname "Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde"...but are they? And they heist is credited as being the most lucrative crime ever...but was it?…
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429: Staten Island Secrets: New York Homicide (S1 E4)
On August 10, 2005, 18 year old Aliza Parsy was found murdered in her Staten Island home. She was naked, the house had been ransacked, and the killer had…