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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 Obsessed183: Why Did You Kill Me?
In February 2006, 24-year-old Crystal Theobold was killed in a drive by shooting in front of her house in Riverside, California. Her mother Belinda became…
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182: WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
TICK TOCK IT'S CULOT O'CLOCK....AGAIN! And Gwyneth Paltrow is here? WHAT? If you live in a city, there was a time you saw a WeWork on just about every corner…
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181: Sasquatch: Part 2
In 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, who lived…
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180: Sasquatch: Part 1
In 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, who lived…
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179: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
On February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patty Hearst, heiress to the Hearst Newspaper fortune, was kidnapped from her Berklee apartment. The kidnappers were a group…
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178: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Do you have an idiot kid you want to get into an Ivy League college? Are you super rich? Maybe you spent a couple seasons on "Full House?" Well have we got the…
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177: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne
DORIS PAYINE IS THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS JEWEL THIEF...AND SHE REALLY LOVES HER JOB, YOU GUYS! This is one of the wildest rides we've gone on in a while!…
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176: Serial Killer: "Sam Little: To Catch a Killer"
Sam Little is America’s most prolific serial killer, murdering over 90 across 17 states over the course of 30 years. How is it possible that a man who was…
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175: Serial Killer: Oxygen's "Kemper on Kemper"
You guys, please don't let your Wikipedia page start the way this guy's does: "serial killer, serial rapist, cambial, and necrophile..." YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKES…
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174: Who Killed the Coed?
The murder was so brutal—so violent—that detectives on the scene remarked that they’d never seen anything like it. On the morning of September 7, 2012 Faith…
True Crime ObsessedTrue Crime Obsessed Feat. Chrissy Teigen
EVERYONE BE COOL, CHRISSY TEIGEN IS HERE! After months of Instagram-DM-Friendship, Chrissy flew to New York for a (Covid-safe) in-person hangout with Patrick…
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Drew Peterson: American Murder Mystery
When Stacy Peterson, a 23-year-old mother of 4, vanishes without a trace, authorities look to her husband Drew, a man 30 YEARS HER SENIOR! Peterson, a cop…
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173: The Beatrice Six: Keith Morrison Investigates
1 murder. 6 convictions. But did any of them do it? Sometime after midnight on February 6, 1985, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and brutally murdered in…
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172: Framing Britney Spears Part 2
OOPS WE DID IT AGAIN! This is Part 2 of our 2-part series covering "Framing Britney Spears." How does a talented, productive, and financially successful pop…
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171: Framing Britney Spears
OOPS! We accidentally made this a two-part series! WE HAD SO MUCH TO SAY! Part 2 is available right now and ad free at the $5 level on Patreon. It will be our…
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170: Southern Rites
In 2010 in Montgomery, Georgia, journalist Gillian Laub uncovered a murder. An 62-year-old white man had shot an killed a 19-year-old black man, and had all…
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169: Murder on Middle Beach: Part 2
On March 3rd, 2010, 48 year old Barbara Beach-Hamburg was found murdered in the side yard of her house in the wealthy town of Madison, Connecticut. The murder…
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168: Murder on Middle Beach
FAM! This is a two-part series! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free on our Patreon. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week. On March 3rd, 2010…
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"The Vow" Ep 1: The Science of Joy
Say it with us: TICK TOCK, CULT O'CLOCK! In this bananas premiere, we meet Mark and Sarah, two former high ranking NXIVM members who tell us how they came to…
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167: Untouchable
Harvey Weinstein was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. For decades, it was an open secret that he was also a sexual predator. Through interviews with…
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166: Alabama Snake
October 4, 1991, Scottsboro, Alabama. A woman calls for an ambulance in the middle of the night saying she’s been bitten by a poisonous rattle snake. When they…
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165: The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldonn Part 2: Where is She
This is part 2 of our coverage. If you're looking for part 1, you can find it here. Shawndrea and Jo continue their search for 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon. In…
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164: The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldon
FAM! This is a two part series! Episode 2 is available ad-free right now at the $5 tier on our Patreon. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week. At 3pm on…
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163: BTK: A Killer Among Us
From 1974 – 1971, a serial killer tormented the people of Kansas. He called himself BTK, which stood for BIND, TORTURE, KILL. He wanted to incite fear and…
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162: Dead Man's Line
On February 8, 1977, 43-year-old Tony Kiritsis walked into the office of mortgage broker Dick Hall and WIRED THE BARREL OF A SAWED OFF SHOT GUN TO HALL’S NECK…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 12: Stolen Kids
In May and August of 1989, two toddlers were stolen from the same New York city playground. The playground was full of witnesses, but, seemingly, nobody saw…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 11: The Lady in the Lake
FAM!!! THIS ONE WAS DIRECTED BY OUR FRIEND SKYE BORGMAN (Director of "Abducted in Plain Sight" and Patrick's colaberator on the podcat "Obsessed With: Abducted…
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161: HBO's The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
THIS IS THE CASE PATRICK’S BEEN WAITING TO COVER ALL YEAR! On the afternoon of November 24, 1971 a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded a passenger flight at…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 10: Tsunami Spirits
In March, 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale rocked Japan. 30 minutes later, the country experienced the largest tsunami in its history…
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160: The Trials of Ted Haggard
It's a weird one, you guys, but I really think it's one of our best episodes yet: Ted Haggard was living the life. As the founder and head, like, Pastor (?) of…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 9: Death Row Fugitive
In November, 1965, Lester Eubanks brutally murdered 14 year old Mary-Ellen Deener. He was swiftly convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. However in…
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159: Missing 411
On July 10, 2015, two-year-old DeOrr Kunz vanished while on a camping trip with his young parents. The circumstances were...bizarre to say the least. The…
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Unsolved Mysteries Episode 8: A Death in Oslo
At 10:44pm on May 31, 1995, a woman named Jennifer Fairgate checked into the Plaza Hotel in Oslo, Norway. It was the most exclusive hotel in Norway at the…
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Natalie Wood: American Murder Mystery
At 43 years old, actress Natalie Wood had it all. She was an adored icon who'd been acting since before she could remember. She'd married the love of her life…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 7: Washington Insider Murder
When the body of former White House aide, Jack Wheeler, is found in a landfill, confusion and conspiracy theories abound as the authorities try to figure out…
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158: Dannemora Prison Break
Is it just me, or should breaking our of a SUPER MAX PRISON be hard? AND YET SOMEHOW THESE TWO IDIOTS FIUGURED OUT HOW TO DO IT? On the night of June 5, 2015…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 6: Missing Witness
At 17 years old, Lena Chapin made a startling confession, and the whole thing was captured on tape. 4 years earlier, she’d helped her mother, Sandra Klemp…
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157: Son of Sam: Hunt for a Killer
"Go out and kill, commands father Sam. I am here on Earth to create havoc and terror."--letter to cops from The Son of Sam. 1977. In the summer of 1977, a…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 5: Berkshires UFO
On the night of September 1, 1969 residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts witnessed UFOs--and they're recounting their experiences in EVERY. TERRIFYING…
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156: An Honest Liar
WE DID A QUIRKY ONE FOR ELECTON DAY TO HELP TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THINGS!! An Hones Liar is all about the Amazing Randi, a world renowned magician and artist who…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 4: No Ride Home
On April 3, 2004, 23 year old Alonzo Brooks and 3 friends drove to a party in La Cygne, Kansas--about 50 miles from where they lived in Garner Kansas. It would…
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155: Charles Manson: The Women
THIS WAS NOT WHAT WE MEANT WHEN WE SAID "LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK." Charles Manson WAS NOT AN EVIL GENIUS. He was, as Gillian describes him, a puny little…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep. 3: House of Terror
In early April, 2011—nobody knows the exact date—a prominent family vanished from their lavish townhome in Nantes, France. A few day later, close family…
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154: Death at the Mansion: Rebecca Zahau. Part 2
WILLIAM ELIZABETH AND BLAZER HOLES ARE BACK! On July 13, 2011, the body of 32 year-old Rebecca Zahau was found naked, bound, and hanging from a balcony at the…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 2: 13 Minutes
On April 15, 2004, 38 year-old hair dresser Patrice Endres vanished from her salon sometime in a 13 minute time frame--in the time between a client leaving at…
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153: Death at the Mansion: Rebecca Zahau Part 1
On July 13, 2011, the body of 32 year-old Rebecca Zahau was found naked, bound, and hanging from a balcony at the Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California…
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Unsolved Mysteries Ep 1: Mystery on the Rooftop
FAM!! SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE! To celebrate, we're adding an extra episode each week for the next 12 week to cover the FREAKING GLORIOUS NETFLIX REBOOT OF…
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152: Athlete A
As the 2016 Summer Olympics get underway in Rio, The Indianapolis Star newspaper breaks a story about rampant sexual abuse inside the world of US Gymnastics by…
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151: Who Killed Chandra Levy?
In May of 2001, 24 year old Washingtond DC intern, Chandra Levy, vanished. As her parents and investigators frantically searched for her, rumors of a…
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150: Class Action Park
Here's the gist: During its 1980s and 1990s heyday, New Jersey’s Action Park earned a reputation as the most insane — and possibly the most dangerous —…
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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: Episode 1: Murder Habit
FAM!! We're SO excited to share episode 1 of our Patreon coverage of "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." It is truly one of the best series we've ever covered and we…
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149: Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam Of Crystal
SEX! DRUGS! EXOTIC BIRDS? You all know Heidi Fleiss, right? The 'madam' of the 90s with the infamous black book who got busted for selling sex but never, like…
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148: Atlanta Child Murders: Part 2
It's been two and a half years of terror. 28 young black children have vanished and later been found dead in and Around Atlanta. When a man is pulled over at 3…
True Crime Obsessed147: Atlanta Child Murders: Part 1
From 1979 - 1981, a string of murder of black children terrorized the city of Atlanta, igniting terror and frustration from a community that increasingly feels…
True Crime Obsessed146: Drew Peterson: American Murder Mystery
When Stacy Peterson, a 23-year-old mother of 4, vanishes without a trace, authorities look to her husband Drew, a man 30 YEARS HER SENIOR! Peterson, a cop…
True Crime ObsessedThe Jinx
FAM!!! We are SO excited to share episode 1 of our Patreon coverage of "The Jinx." This might be our most beloved of ALL the Patreon episodes! You can get our…
True Crime Obsessed145: Blago: The Rise and Fall of Rod Blagojevich
Rod "Blago" Blagojevich had a charmed path to the Governor's Mansion in Illinois: He married Patty Mell, the daughter of a powerful Democratic Alderman who…
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144: Big Dan's: The Nation's First Televised Rape Case
In 1983, a 21 year-old woman walked into a bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts. When she tried to leave a little later, the door was locked and 4 men raped her…
True Crime Obsessed143: King Richard (Trial By Media Episode 4)
THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT THE PIZZAZZ FACTOR, YOU GUY! CUE. THOSE. JAZZ. HANDS. Richard Scrushy (a name you can't say without sounding hammered) is a mediocre, yet…
True Crime Obsessed142: 41 Shots: The Killing of Amadou Diallo (Trial By Media Episode 3)
In the early hours of February 4, 1999, 23-year-old Amadou Dialo, an unarmed black man standing on the steps of his apartment building, was fatally shot by…