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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.
Episodes
True Crime Obsessed325: The Murder of LaJoya McCoy (From Dateline's The Dead of Night)
In June 2015, LaJoya McCoy's life is on the upswing: a good job, exciting business ventures, and a new love prospect. But all of a sudden, LaJoya vanishes into…
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324: Dateline's The Favorite Son (The murders of Joe and Olga Connell)
In the early morning hours of September 22, 2013, residents of Paladin Club Apartments in Wilmington, Delaware were awoken by shouting and a shower of more…
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323: The Piketon Family Murders
We have never covered a case as gruesome as this. Eight murders in 4 separate crime scenes. All at the same time. All members of the same small town family…
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322: The Murder of Paula Sladewski (Dateline's "The Death of A Golden Girl")
Grainy surveillance video captured the last known images of 26 year old Paula Sladewski leaving a Miami night club on the morning of January 3, 2010. Hours…
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321: Death By Fame: The Murder of Amie Harwick
On the morning of February 15, 2020, 38-year-old Amie Harwick was found unresponsive outside the Los Angeles apartment building where she lived. She'd endured…
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320: Evil Was Waiting: The Murder of Vincent Goslyn (From Dateline)
On the evening of February 3, 2012, 28-year-old Vincent Goslyn Jr and his wife Jessie were on their way home from dinner when they pulled over to help a…
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319: The Murder of John Lennon (From Max's "Crimes Of The Century")
December 8, 1980. 10:50 pm. John Lennon--the former Beatle and music industry icon--returned to his Manhattan apartment building with his wife, Yoko Ono after…
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318: The Murder of Marie Singleton (Dateline's "Missing Marie")
On November 16, 1994, the body of 33-year-old Marie Singleton was found in the trunk of her car near a beach in Los Angeles, California. The young mother had…
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317: Matthew Shepard: An American Hate Crime
On the evening of October 6, 1998, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was kidnapped by two young men. He was taken to a remote Wyoming prairie where he was tied to a…
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316: The Dexter Killer (from 48 hours)
By the fall of 2008, Mark Twitchell could no longer control his dark urges. And so the 29-year-old filmmaker, husband, and father began luring unsuspecting…
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315: Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson
It's one of the most memorable moments in television history, but nobody really knows what actually happened or why. At the Superbowl halftime show in 2004…
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314: Death In The Dorms: The Murder of Andrea DelVesco
On a September morning in 2015, students at UCLA woke up to a dark smoky cloud over Westwood, as fire consumes an apartment building full of sorority sisters…
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313: Slayed in Soho: The Murder of Theresa Cha (From New York Homicide)
When Theresa Cha, an aspiring writer and painter in the vibrant Soho art scene of the early '80s, is found murdered just two days after her debut book is…
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312: The Murder of Brittanee Drexel (Dateline's "The Last Walk)
It was a mystery that took 12 years to solve. In April 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel headed to Myrtle Beach with a group of older friends for spring…
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311: Truth And Lies: Waco
David Koresh said he was the Messiah. .His followers believed. They were willing to die for him. So when the government guns and tanks rolled in to liberate…
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Who Killed Robert Wone
Four men in a house. One of them is them is murdered. Who is the killer? 32-year-old Robert Wone is stabbed 3 times in the middle of the night while spending…
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310: Sherri Papini: Lies Lies and More Lies
On November 2, 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini vanished while out for a jog. Three weeks later, she reappeared on the side of the highway in the middle of the…
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Our Interview With Terra Newell from "Dirty John"
Terra Newell may be best known for taking down "Dirty John" Mehan when he attacked her in a parking garage in 2016, but she is so SO much more that that. In…
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Dirty John: The Dirty Truth
When Debra Newell met John Meehan on dating site for the 50+ crowd, he seemed too good to be true. A handsome, fit, successful doctor? She was interested. But…
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309: Who Killed Angie Dodge: Keith Morrison Investigates
On June 13, 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found brutally murdered in her home. Quickly, her good friend, 20-year-old Chris Tapp is convicted and sentenced…
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308: The Disappearance of Maya Millete
30 year old wife and mother of three, Maya Millete, was last seen on January 7, 2021. In the weeks before, her marriage had been falling apart. And on the day…
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307: Money Shot: The PornHub Story
Pornhub is the tenth most visited website in the world. But you probably would have guessed that. But what you might not have guessed is that there's a dark…
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306: Tragic Beauty: The Death (or murder?) Of Anna Nicole Smith
Anna Nicole Smith was an icon--a bombshell--whose rise to international superstardom was as fast an unexpected as her tragic and untimely death. The world…
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Wild Crime: The Mysterious Death (Or Murder?) Of Toni
Mid-afternoon on September 29, 2012, 56-year-old Harold Henthorn made a terrifying call to 911. He was in the middle of the Rocky Mountain National Forrest…
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An Interview With Collier Landry of "A Murder In Mansfield"
FAM!! I am so excited that I got a chance to sit down with our friend, Collier Landry, to get the full story on the making of his documentary "A Murder In…
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305: A Murder In Mansfield
On December 31, 1989, 11 year old Collier Landry woke up to the sound of his father murdering his mother, Noreen. When she was nowhere to be found the next…
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304: Amber: The Girl Behind The Alert
You've heard of the Amber Alert, but have you heard of Amber Hagerman? Hagerman was the 9-year-old girl who's abduction and murder was the impetus for the…
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303: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
In October 2001, dismembered body parts began washing ashore on a beach in Galveston, Texas. Shortly thereafter, Manhattan Real Estate Millionaire-AND SUPREME…
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302: The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
It's the story of how one young guy went from overnight internet celebrity to brutal murderer in just three months. In 2013, a young man named Kai became an…
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301: Kidnapped At Birth: The Carlina White Story (From Beyond The Headlines)
Carlina White was just 19 days on on August 4, 1987 when she was kidnapped from the Harlem hospital where her loving parents had taken her in order to treat a…
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300: Mass Murderer or Misconception: Who Was Patient Zero?
For decades, one man has been blamed for bringing AIDS to the United States and knowingly spreading is from coast to coast. He's known as Patient Zero. He's…
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299: The Final Days of Whitney Houston
At 3:30 pm On February 11, 2012, 46 year old Whitney Houston--the singing legend and icon--was found unconscious and unresponsive in the bathtub of her room at…
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298: The Pez Outlaw
What must it be like to have a dream and to bring that dream to life through grit and the sheer force of will? The Pez outlaw certainly knows. Steve Glew, said…
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297: The Disappearance of the Milbrook Twins
Danette and Jeanette Milbrook, 15-year-old twins, vanished off the street of Augusta, Georgia on March 18, 1990. It's one of the only cases of missing twins in…
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296: I Love You, You Hate Me
In 1988, a suburban mom named Sheryl Leach created Barney the Dinosaur as a simple, loving character that she thought her son would love. Within a few years…
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295: The Hillside Strangler(s)
In just over a year, 10 women and girls were found murdered on the hillsides of Los Angles County. There were precious few clues, and, terrifyingly, no…
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294: God Forbid: The Pool Boy Sex Scandal That Brought Down A Dynasty
A Miami pool boy finds himself trapped in a seven-year affair with a charming older woman and her husband, the Evangelical Trump stalwart Jerry Falwell Jr. As…
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293: Killing Patrick Duffey (...And The Bugs Bunny Defense)
On a cool night in Los Angeles in 2007, Linda Duffey shot her husband Patrick in the head while he lay comfortably on the couch. She would say it was a…
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292: Capturing The Killer Nurse
Charles "Charlie" Cullen, aka "The Killer Nurse" is suspected of killing over 400 unsuspecting patients at various hospitals where he worked over his 30 year…
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The Abduction and Murder of Kristin Smart
On May 25, 1996, 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart went to an off-campus party. Around 2 am, she was last seen being helped back to her dorm by another…
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291: The Boston Strangler
In the early 60s, a madman was on the loose in Boston. In the span of 2 years, he's know to have brutally raped and murdered at least 13 women in their own…
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MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
FAM!!! WE'RE GOING ON TOUR!! WE'RE HITTING THE ROAD THIS SPRING AND SUMMER AND WE'RE COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU! ANNNNNNN!!! WE'RE COVERING "THE JINX." If…
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290: Catching A Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur
Bruce McArthur was many things: friend, grandfather, Mall Santa, landscaper, and RUTHLESS SERIAL KILLER who buried body parts in the yards of his posh…
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The Murdaugh Murders (Dateline)
On the evening of June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh, a member of one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, came home to a brutal scene: The bodies of his…
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289: Killings In A College Town: The University of Idaho Murders (From Dateline)
On the morning of November 13, 2022, students at the University of Idaho woke up to horrifying news: four students had been brutally, viciously murdered in a…
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House of Hammer
Remember back in 2021 when it was revealed that Armie Hammer--that guy from the Facebook movie and "Call Me By Your Name"--had been abusing women for years…
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288: Web of Death: The Murder of Elnora Griffin
On the evening of July 23, 1993, Elnora Griffin was murdered in her home in Tyler, Texas. The crime was so brutal, some first responders, for their own good…
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287: The Crime Against Pam and Tommy: Rich and Shameless
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee were two of the most famous people in the world in 1995. That year, a contractor who had been fired from job on their home, broke…
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286: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
As the DJ behind the iconic group RUN DMC, Jam Master Jay was a genius, a trailblazer, and for the people of Hollis, Queens, a hometown hero who never forgot…
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285: The Real Bling Ring: Part 2
Listen, in part 2, celebrities like Orlando Bloom are here to kick some freaking ass...so that's awesome. Not to blame the victims here, but WHY DON'T…
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284: The Real Bling Ring
Not to blame the victims here, but WHY DON'T CELEBRITIES LOCK THEIR DOORS? Anyway, meet Nick and Rachel, two bored, celebrity obsessed, high schoolers who…
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283: Murder at the Burger Joint
Four teenagers are kidnapped from their job at the local burger joint and then murdered in the woods. Decades later, we still don't know what happened. But…
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282: Operation Flagrant Foul
OHHHHHH BOY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SPORTSBALL AGAIN! All his life, Tim Donaghy wanted to be a referee in the NBA. Only 50 people get that job, and he was one…
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281: Serial Killer: The Murders Of Joel Rifkin
On June 28, 1993, New York State Troopers notice a truck driving without a license plate. When they pull the driver over, they discover the body of Tiffany…
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280: The McMartin Preschool Trial
Imagine being charged with a horrendous crime that you did not commit? Then your whole family is publicly investigated for seven years. AND THEN you go to…
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279: The Happy Face Killer: Mind of A Monster
On January 22, 1990, the body of 23 year old Tanuja Bennett is discovered in a wooded area known as the Columbia Gorge near Portland, Oregon. Soon a woman…
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278: The Murder of Amy Mullis
Hog farmer, Todd Mullis, claimed his wife fell on a four-pronged corn rake and died, but when investigators found more than four holes in Amy Mullis’ body…
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277: 'Twas The Fight Before Christmas
THIS. EPISODE. IS. WILD. Meet Jeremy Morris, or "Mr. Christmas" as he calls himself. He LOVES to decorate his house for the holidays. And he loves to make it…
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276: The Murder of The Farmer's Wife
When Shirley Carter was found murdered in her farmhouse kitchen, her husband Bill was considered a prime suspect. But the husband pointed the finger at someone…
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275: The Most Hated Man On The Internet: Part 2
Don't worry, this one ends with ANONYMOUS RUINING THIS GUY'S LIFE. Anyway...In 2010, a 24 year old man named Hunter Moore launched the website IsAnyoneUp.com…