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Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Serial Killers & Murderous Minds takes you deep into the psychology of history's most chilling murderers, from infamous serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy to ruthless cult leaders, deadly exes, and spree killers. Every Monday and Thursday, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels, a clinical and forensic psychologist, blend gripping true crime storytelling with expert analysis to uncover what drives people to kill. What fuels their darkness? How do their minds work? And…
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Lizzie Borden: Family Secrets and a Double Murder Pt. 2
In June 1893, Lizzie Borden stood trial in New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the hatchet murders of her father Andrew and stepmother Abby... and walked free…
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Lizzie Borden: Family Secrets and a Double Murder Pt. 1
On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found hacked to death in their Fall River, Massachusetts home... and suspicion fell almost immediately on…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsHAUNTED TAKEOVER: Hidden History | The JFK Assassination
Something has crept into this feed…For Halloween, Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat has slipped through the walls to haunt your feed with an episode just for…
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Chris Watts: The Family Man Pt. 2
In August 2018, Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife Shanann and drove his daughters Bella and CeCe to an oil field east of Frederick, Colorado, where he…
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Chris Watts: The Family Man Pt. 1
In August 2018, Shanann Watts, 15 weeks pregnant, vanished from her home in Frederick, Colorado, along with her two young daughters, Bella and CeCe. Her…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsIntroducing RedHanded: Mexico's Notorious 'Little Old Lady Killer’
Today, we are sharing an episode from the award-winning true crime podcast RedHanded, hosted by Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire. RedHanded is the UK's #1 True…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" Peter Kurten Pt. 2
By 1929, Peter Kürten had murdered at least eleven people across Düsseldorf, Germany, targeting women and children to satisfy a compulsion to see, hear, and…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Vampire of Dusseldorf" Peter Kurten Pt. 1
In 1920s Germany, Peter Kürten terrorized Düsseldorf in a killing spree that would earn him the name the Vampire of Düsseldorf. But his path to murder began…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Axeman of New Orleans Pt. 2
Between 1918 and 1919, a killer slipped into homes across Greater New Orleans under cover of night, attacking families with an axe and leaving investigators…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Axeman of New Orleans Pt. 1
In 1918, a killer began slipping into New Orleans homes under cover of darkness, attacking sleeping victims with an axe and vanishing without a trace. The…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsIntroducing WHAT THE FACT with Connor Tomlinson and Carter Roy, a new Rewind podcast!
Fun fact: Did you know Jaws almost never existed because the shark kept sinking while filming? That is Connor Tomlinson just getting started. If that sounds…
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Katherine Knight: Australia's Most Disturbing Killer Pt. 2
On the night of February 29, 2000, Katherine Knight murdered her partner John Price at his home in Aberdeen, New South Wales... then committed acts so…
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Katherine Knight: Australia's Most Disturbing Killer Pt. 1
In February 2000, Katherine Knight committed one of the most disturbing murders in Australian history... but the path to that night began decades earlier in a…
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Jean-Claude Romand: Lies that Led to Murder Pt. 2
In January 1993, Jean-Claude Romand murdered his wife Florence, his children Caroline and Antoine, and his parents Aime and Anne-Marie to prevent them from…
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Jean-Claude Romand: Lies that Led to Murder Pt. 1
For nearly two decades, Jean-Claude Romand convinced his family, friends, and colleagues that he was a respected World Health Organization researcher...while…
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Mark Winger: When the American Dream Turned Deadly Pt. 2
In August 1995, Mark Winger beat his wife Donnah to death in their Springfield, Illinois home and shot an innocent man, Roger Harrington, to frame him for the…
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Mark Winger: When the American Dream Turned Deadly Pt. 1
In 1995, Mark Winger appeared to have it all: a stable career, an adoring wife named Donnah, and a newly adopted daughter in Springfield, Illinois. But beneath…
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Liz Golyar: Obsession, Stalking, and Murder Pt. 2
In the 2010s, Omaha man Dave Kroupa was terrorized by thousands of harassing messages, acts of vandalism, and arson, all seemingly from a woman named Cari…
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Liz Golyar: Obsession, Stalking, and Murder Pt. 1
In 2012, Omaha mechanic Dave Kroupa met Liz Golyar on a dating app... a connection that would spiral into years of relentless stalking, arson, and murder. And…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Backpacker Murderer" Ivan Milat Pt. 2
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ivan Milat lured at least seven young backpackers into Belanglo State Forest in Australia, where he stabbed, shot, and…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Backpacker Murderer" Ivan Milat Pt. 1
Ivan Milat grew up in a volatile Sydney household surrounded by weapons, abuse, and fourteen siblings. By his teens, he was already hurting animals, and…
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Campus Crimes: The Murder of Patrick Dennehy
The fourth and final episode of Campus Crimes examines the 2003 murder of Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy, who was shot and killed by his own…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsReal People. Real Crimes | Introducing CRIMES OF REDDIT, a new Crime House podcast!
Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, you are going to…
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Shelly Michael: Nurse, Wife, and Killer Pt. 2
In November 2005, Morgantown, West Virginia, pediatric nurse practitioner Shelly Michael injected her sleeping husband Jimmy with a surgical paralytic, then…
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Shelly Michael: Nurse, Wife, and Killer Pt. 1
In Morgantown, West Virginia, pediatric nurse practitioner Shelly Michael appeared to have built the perfect life: a successful career, a beautiful home, and a…
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Campus Crimes: The Murder of Betsy Aardsma
The third episode of Campus Crimes follows the events of the Friday after Thanksgiving 1969, when 22-year-old graduate student Betsy Aardsma was stabbed…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Monster of Florence Pt. 2 with Alexis Linkletter from Crimes of Reddit
For this episode, Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined again by Alexis Linkletter, co-hose of Crime House's newest show Crimes of Reddit. Between 1968 and 1985, a…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Monster of Florence Pt. 1 with Alexis Linkletter from Crimes of Reddit
For this episode, Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Alexis Linkletter, co-hose of Crime House's newest show Crimes of Reddit. In 1968, a young couple was…
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Campus Crimes: Death in the Ivory Tower
On February 12, 2010, biology professor Amy Bishop opened fire on her colleagues at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, killing three and wounding three…
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Joji Obara: Thirty Years of Hidden Crimes in Japan Pt. 2
In July 2000, 21-year-old British hostess Lucie Blackman vanished after a date with a man she knew only as Mr. Kowa. In reality, he Joji Obara, a serial…
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Joji Obara: Thirty Years of Hidden Crimes in Japan Pt. 1
Vanessa and Dr. Engels get into the case of Japanese serial rapist Joji Obara, who for thirty years, drugged and assaulted hundreds of women across Japan…
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Campus Crimes: The Murder of Jane Stanford
In the first of our four-part limited series "Campus Crimes," Vanessa breaks down the 1905 murder of Jane Stanford, co-founder of Stanford University, who was…
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SERIAL KILLER: Israel Keyes Pt. 2
In June 2011, Israel Keyes abducted and murdered Bill and Lorraine Currier from their home in Essex, Vermont, a crime that went unsolved for years. Months…
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SERIAL KILLER: Israel Keyes Pt. 1
Israel Keyes spent years methodically preparing for murder: burying weapon caches across the country, committing crimes far from home, and maintaining a quiet…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsIntroducing: The First 48 | From Crime House and A&E
For homicide detectives, their chance of solving a murder is cut in half if they don’t get a lead within the first 48 hours.Adapted from the hit A&E true crime…
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The Villisca Axe Murders: Eight Victims, No Answers Pt. 2
Investigators spent years chasing suspects in the Villisca Axe Murders, including a traveling minister, a suspected serial killer, and an alleged hitman, yet…
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The Villisca Axe Murders: Eight Victims, No Answers Pt. 1
In June 1912, eight people were bludgeoned with an axe in a Villisca, Iowa home while they slept. The killer left behind a staged scene filled with bizarre…
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SERIAL KILLER: Ed Kemper Pt. 2 with Andrea Gunning of Betrayal Weekly
Once again, Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Andrea Gunning of "Betrayal Weekly" to discuss the crimes of Ed Kemper. In early 1973, Kemper murdered UC…
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SERIAL KILLER: Ed Kemper Pt. 1 with Andrea Gunning of Betrayal Weekly
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Andrea Gunning of "Betrayal Weekly" to discus the crimes of Ed Kemper, who murdered at least six young women who accepted…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsIntroducing: Government That Doesn’t Suck
The government gets a bad rap. But the roads under your feet, the forecast on your phone, and the letter in your mailbox are all government too. Hosted by…
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The D.C. Snipers: Murder Manipulation and a Lost Boy Pt. 2
In the fall of 2002, John Muhammad and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo killed nearly 20 people across the mid-Atlantic and southern United States…
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The D.C. Snipers: Murder Manipulation and a Lost Boy Pt. 1
In the early 2000s, John Allen Muhammad and 16-year-old Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington D.C. metropolitan area in a killing spree that left nearly 20…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Midnight Assassin Pt. 2
Despite a year of killings, the Austin police made no credible arrests in the Midnight Assassin investigation, and two innocent husbands were prosecuted while…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Midnight Assassin Pt. 1
In 1884, a brutal killer began targeting Black female domestic servants in Austin, Texas, attacking victims in their sleep and vanishing without a trace. With…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run Pt. 2
Despite years of investigation, the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run remained elusive. One promising suspect, slipped through the police's grasp, and an innocent…
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SERIAL KILLER: The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run Pt. 1
In 1930s Cleveland, a killer known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run preyed on the vulnerable as the city struggled through the Great Depression. Victims…
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Andrea Yates: The Mother Who Went Too Far Pt. 2
On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five young children in the bathtub of her Houston home, convinced she was saving their souls from eternal damnation…
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Andrea Yates: The Mother Who Went Too Far Pt. 1
On the surface, Andrea Yates was a former valedictorian, nurse, and a devout mother of five from Clear Lake, Texas. But deep down, Andrea was consumed by…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Candy Man" Dean Corll Pt. 2
In 1970s Houston, serial killer Dean Corll murdered at least 28 teenage boys with the help of two young accomplices he groomed and manipulated. When Corll…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Candy Man" Dean Corll Pt. 1
In early 1970s Houston, Texas, businessman Dean Corll used free candy, a party-ready apartment, and a carefully cultivated reputation as a community pillar to…
Serial Killers & Murderous MindsThe Crimes that Built America | Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House’s Murder: True Crime Stories presents a special series for America’s 250th Birthday: The Crimes That Built America. Listen every Monday until July…
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Joe Ball: The Alligator Man of Elmendorf Pt. 2
After killing at least two women in his orbit, Joe Ball seemingly got away clean. But when the rumors in town caught up to him.. Joe did something nobody…
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Joe Ball: The Alligator Man of Elmendorf Pt.1
In 1930s Elmendorf, Texas, tavern owner Joe Ball built a reputation for wild alligator feedings and a revolving door of female employees who kept disappearing…
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SERIAL KILLER: Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski Pt. 2
By the early 1980s, Richard Kuklinski had supposedly killed dozens of men for the New York Mafia. And with his boss Roy DeMeo dead, he was operating entirely…
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SERIAL KILLER: Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski Pt. 1
Richard Kuklinski grew up in the violent housing projects of Jersey City, New Jersey, where abuse at home and relentless bullying on the streets hardened him…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Ypsilanti Ripper" John Norman Collins Pt. 2 with Katie Ring from America's Most Infamous Crimes
Once again, Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Katie Ring, host of the Crime House Original America's Most Infamous Crimes to discuss the crimes of the…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Ypsilanti Ripper" John Norman Collins Pt. 1 with Katie Ring from America's Most Infamous Crimes
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Katie Ring, host of the Crime House Original America's Most Infamous Crimes to discuss the crimes of the "Ypsilanti…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Blood Countess" Pt. 2 with Dr. Harini Bhat from Hidden History
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined again by Dr. Harini Bhat from PAVE Studio's newest show "Hidden History" as they conclude their deep dive into the "Blood…
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SERIAL KILLER: "The Blood Countess" Pt. 1 with Dr. Harini Bhat from Hidden History
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Dr. Harini Bhat from PAVE Studio's newest show "Hidden History" as they discuss the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory, a…
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SERIAL KILLER: Adolfo Constanzo Pt. 2
When the kidnapping of an American college student set off an international manhunt, investigators had no idea it would lead them to a ranch in Mexico hiding…