Crimes Of...

By Crime House

Crimes Of... Deception dives into crimes, cons, and catastrophes so ridiculous they almost defy belief, yet somehow still managed to fool governments, wine collectors, scientists, and the entire world.Sabrina and Corinne unravel legendary hoaxes, spectacular scams, and ill-advised schemes, like a con artist who “sold” the Eiffel Tower… a marathon so disastrous it became an Olympic embarrassment… and even a multimillion-dollar maple syrup heist.Each story reveals what happens when ambition, ego,

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CULTS: The Last Transmission: Heaven's Gate

Marshall Applewhite believed — and made others believe — that Earth was about to be wiped clean, and that the only escape was to shed the human body and board a spacecraft trailing the Hale-Bopp comet. In March 1997, 39 members of Heaven's Gate were

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DECEPTION: The Worst Race Ever Run: The Olympic Marathon of 1904

The Olympic Marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Games was supposed to be a showcase of human endurance. Instead, it became one of the strangest, most chaotic sporting events in recorded history. Competitors ran in ninety-degree heat through clouds of dust

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DECEPTION: The Heiress Who Never Was: Anna Delvey

Between 2013 and 2017, Anna Sorokin — a Russian-born, German-raised young woman with a sharp eye for luxury and a sharper tongue for anyone who doubted her — convinced New York's elite that she was Anna Delvey, heiress to a vast European fortune. She

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DECEPTION: The Hustle That Didn't Hustle Back: Jen Shah

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City cast her as a larger-than-life personality with an enormous entourage, designer everything, and a lifestyle that demanded constant explanation. What Jen Shah didn't explain — until federal agents showed up at a cast

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Presenting: America’s Most Infamous Crimes

Serial killers. Unsolved murders. Investigations that gripped America. If you think you know these cases, think again.

America's Most Infamous Crimes is a Crime House original hosted by Katie Ring. Each week, we go deep on one of the most notorious

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DECEPTION: The Mother Who Invented an Illness: Gypsy Rose Blanchard

Gypsy Rose Blanchard spent most of her childhood in a wheelchair she didn't need, taking medications for conditions she didn't have, and telling the story her mother Dee Dee had written for her — of a sick little girl who needed constant care. Dee De

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DECEPTION: The Great Canadian Syrup Heist

In one of the strangest and stickiest white-collar crimes ever committed, a group of Quebec thieves siphoned off nearly 3,000 tons of maple syrup—worth over $18 million—from the Global Strategic Maple Reserve, an actual government-run stockpile meant

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DECEPTION: Superthief: The Outlaw Who Wouldn’t Stay Locked Up

He stole trucks. He stole cattle. He stole a plane. And every time he was arrested, he seemed to walk free. Joshua Paul Calhoun, known as the Texas Superthief, turned small-town chaos into a years-long game of cat and mouse with law enforcement. Sabr

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DECEPTION: The Wine Scammer Who Fooled Billionaires

Rudy Kurniawan rose to fame as a rare wine prodigy, dazzling collectors with his knowledge of vintage Burgundy. But behind the prestige was a counterfeit operation worth tens of millions. Sabrina and Corinne uncover how Kurniawan blended cheap wine i

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DECEPTION: Balloon Boy: The Hoax That Gripped America

In 2009, a Colorado family claimed their six year-old son had floated away inside a homemade flying saucer. As helicopters tracked the balloon live on national television, the country braced for tragedy, until the story began to fall apart. Sabrina a

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PASSION: The Truth Behind the Tabloids: The Lorena Bobbitt Case

Lorena Bobbitt became one of the most infamous women of the 1990s after she severed her husband John Bobbitt’s penis in 1993. But behind the sensational headlines was a harrowing story of domestic violence, marital rape, and a system that repeatedly

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PASSION: A Student, a Secret Affair, and a Murder Conspiracy

Pamela Smart was a 22 year-old aspiring media star when she began a sexual relationship with a 15 year-old student named Billy Flynn. What started as manipulation disguised as romance soon escalated into a deadly plan to kill her husband, Gregg Smart

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PASSION: An Affair, an Axe, and a Not Guilty Verdict

Betty Gore was a young mother living in a quiet Texas suburb when she was brutally murdered by her friend Candy Montgomery. The killing, driven by an affair with Betty’s husband, shocked the community and exposed the dark underside of suburban perfec

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PASSION: Groomed, Gaslit, and Pushed to Kill

In this episode of Crimes Of... Sabrina and Corinne unpack the disturbing and deeply complex case of Susan Polk—a woman who married her own therapist and, decades later, killed him. What begins as a troubling story of blurred boundaries and unethical

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PASSION: TalHotBlond: Catfished Into Murder

In 2005, a married factory worker reinvented himself online, and fell hard for a girl he’d never met. When “Tommy,” “Jessi,” and a coworker named Brian became tangled in a toxic digital love triangle, jealousy exploded into real-world violence. Sabri

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PASSION: Love, Poison, and a Wife Accused of Murdering Her Husband

In 1889, American socialite Florence Maybrick was convicted of poisoning her husband with arsenic after years trapped in a cold, volatile Victorian marriage. But the evidence told a murkier story: one filled with infidelity, addiction, and a dying ma

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The Brutal Murders of the Beast of Gévaudan

Between 1764 and 1767, a mysterious creature terrorized the French countryside, killing nearly 100 people and leaving bodies torn apart. Witnesses swore it looked like a wolf… or something far more unnatural. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the terrifyin

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Inside the Serial Murders of The Blood Countess

In 16th-century Hungary, Countess Elizabeth Bathory was accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women in her castle. Rumor claimed she bathed in their blood to stay young forever. Sabrina and Corinne reveal the terrifying true story of The

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The Death Officially Linked to a Haunting

In 1817, the Bell family claimed they were haunted by a violent spirit who could speak, move objects, and attack without warning. By the time it was over, one man was dead, and the legend of the Bell Witch was born. Sabrina and Corinne investigate th

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An Alien Abduction and a Town Under Suspicion

In 1975, 22 year-old Travis Walton was struck by a blinding light in the Arizona forest and vanished without a trace. Five days later, he returned with a story that defied belief. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the truth behind the Travis Walton Inciden

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The Sasquatch Murders

In 1993, three men were found brutally mauled on a remote cannabis farm in Northern California. Locals whispered that Bigfoot was to blame. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the shocking true story of the Humboldt Sasquatch Murders: a tale of drugs, danger

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The Ghost Who Named Her Killer

When Zona Heaster Shue’s body was discovered in 1897, doctors called it natural causes. But her mother insisted a ghost had told her otherwise. Sabrina and Corinne reveal the astonishing true story of The Greenbrier Ghost, the first and only U.S. mur

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A Witch's Curse, a Killing, and a Community in Panic

In 1928, three men killed a Pennsylvania farmer they thought was a witch. What followed was one of the most bizarre trials in American history. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the true story of The Hex Hollow Murder: a real-life horror fueled by fear, fo

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The Murder Case That Put the Devil on Trial

In 1981, 19-year-old Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabbed his landlord to death and claimed a demon forced his hand. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the chilling true story that became the basis for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the first U.S. murder

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INFAMY: The “Confession Killer” Who Became a Cult Horror Icon

The film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer shocked audiences. The real man behind it was even more disturbing. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the murders, lies, and manipulations of Henry Lee Lucas, the drifter who blurred the line between truth and le

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INFAMY: Murder at Cabin 28: The Case Behind The Strangers

The Strangers was fiction. The Keddie Murders were real. Sabrina and Corinne revisit the 1981 massacre in Cabin 28: an unsolved crime that forever changed the true-crime landscape and gave rise to one of horror’s most terrifying films.

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INFAMY: The Monster Who Inspired Room

Before the world watched Brie Larson escape captivity in Room, Josef Fritzl’s victims were living the unimaginable. Sabrina and Corinne reveal how Fritzl built a hidden dungeon, imprisoned his own daughter, and inspired one of the most haunting films

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INFAMY: The Murder Spree that Made Movie History

Sabrina and Corinne revisit the brutal 1958 killing spree of Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate. Their teenage romance and trail of blood later inspired Terrence Malick’s Badlands and Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers, cementing their place

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INFAMY: The Alligator Man of Elmendorf

He was a showman, a bootlegger, and, according to locals, a monster. Sabrina and Corinne tell the chilling story of Joe Ball, the “Alligator Man,” whose real-life crimes blurred into folklore and inspired one of horror cinema’s strangest cult classic

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INFAMY: Danny Rolling: The Real Life Ghostface

Sabrina and Corinne uncover the terrifying case of Danny Rolling, the Gainesville Ripper. From his violent past to his murderous spree in Florida, this is the true crime story that inspired "Scream" and forever blurred the line between real-life terr

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INFAMY: John Wayne Gacy: The Real Killer Clown

Sabrina and Corinne uncover the double life of John Wayne Gacy: neighbor, community volunteer, party clown, and sadistic killer. Between 1972 and 1978, Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and boys, leaving a legacy so terrifying it bled into pop cult

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INFAMY: Ed Gein - The Killer Who Inspired "Psycho"

When police stepped into Ed Gein’s farmhouse, they found a nightmare made real... lampshades of human skin, masks crafted from faces, and horrors too disturbing to forget. Join Sabrina and Corinne as they uncover how this seemingly ordinary man becam