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Visit website →Juan Joseph was a beloved member of his community, a former high school football star who became a respected coach. The kind of guy who never started fights, but rather always stepped in to try to break them up, Juan was attempting to diffuse a heate
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... but maybe not so much in the high-stakes world of Hollywood skin care. Dawn DaLuise, the perhaps self-proclaimed skin guru to the stars, is at the top of her game running her facial spa, bu
This week we're among the good people of Canada, Fam, in a community who opened their hearts to two mysterious brothers who wandered into town on day, claiming to have been raised off the grid with no connection to modern society. But somehow... the
Fam! Welcome to our first bonus episode of the year! We have 22 Thursday episodes coming to you between now and the end of the year! Welcome also to... the past, with our old booth and all! We filmed this episode a few months ago - just look how y
OKAY, FAM - FROM THIS MOMENT ON HE'S KNOWN AS "PHIL" AND "PHIL" ONLY!!!! He may have presented as folksy and wise uncle, but dark shadows haunted the "Dr." Phil Show behind the avuncular front (that's my drag name!). Manipulate desperate families?
Ya know, Fam - there are lots of ways to be garbage people in this world, but preying on sick people with promises of miracle cures and cleanses has got to among the lowest. We've covered Elizabeth Holmes, we've covered the Herbalife scam, and now h
Imagine Melissa Caddick was your friend and financial adviser, unfortunately not providing you with large returns on your investments, but somehow appearing at friendly gatherings in new necklaces and expensive clothes. It's a fishy business, and as
WAIT, THERE'S AN ORIGINAL DALI PAINTING HANGING IN RIKERS ISLAND?!?! Well... there was, anyway. Dali was supposed to pay a visit to the prison in 1965, but instead of showing up, gave them the hastily made painting that he called "Christ on the cro
Hey Fam! Our bonus episodes are coming back in April... BUT WE COULDN'T WAIT! We wanted to share this throwback episode because IT'S WILD, but also because we talked about it in our recent episode about Andrea Yates and we thought... LET'S GIVE HER A
In part 2, we start to understand the severity of Andrea's postpartum depression - an illness that went untreated so long that it developed into a psychosis. And even after she recovered from it the first time and she and her husband Rusty were warne
On June 20, 2001, 36-year-old Andrea Yates did the unthinkable when she drowned her five children in the bathtub of her family home. For decades, that was all anyone knew. We called her crazy, evil, unforgivable. We couldn't imagine how it could have
In March 2013, thirty-year-old Joanne Dennehy went on a violent ten-day rampage in the UK - murdering three men and severely wounding two others in vicious and random attacks. She had a driver and a hostage - YES, A HOSTAGE - as witnesses. She receiv
On February 3, 2003, cops were called to the home - OH EXCUSE ME, I MEANT TO SAY SUUUUUUPER TACKY CASTLE. YES CASTLE - of music producer and "legend" Phil Spector. Spector claimed that a woman had come into his home and then killed herself in his foy
FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Death in Apartment 603 with you! ALL 4 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON!
When Ellen Greenberg met Sam Goldberg, they seemed like a perfect match. For three years, th
In the early morning hours of June 5, 2002, a man appeared in 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart's bedroom at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He put a knife to her neck, told her if she screamed he would kill her, and marched her out of the house and into
As we always used to say IT'S NEVER THE SATANIC CULT IN THE WOODS--THEY DON'T EXIST! But try telling to Michelle Smith and Dr. Lawrence Pizder, whose book Michelle Remembers was published in 1980 and IS STILL RUINING LIVES TO THIS DAY! The book was b
On December 3, 1999, billionaire Edmond Safra and his nurse Vivian Torrente died in a house fire in his 10,000-square-foot Monaco loft. The circumstances are... insane. Like, in the most secure country in the world, surrounded at all times by a team
FAM...I KNOW WE SAY THIS A LOT, BUT THIS ONE IS WILLLLLLLD. In the early 1960, we don't know exactly when, George Carol went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came home. His four kids spent decades wondering what happened to him. Their mother,
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 weekend, 2015, when all of these people realized that none of them had heard from her in days
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 24-year-old Mary Lynn Vialpando has been discovered in a back alley. There are almost no clue
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 disappearance, but possibly also the death of his millionaire grandfather?
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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 documentary, Muhammad's ex-wife - WHO WE ARE COMPLETELY OBSESSED WITH - details for the fir
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 - we're heading down to Florida for this new series, and starting off with a bang in alliga
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 Cases with Lanie and Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder. They chat about their origin stori
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 our Harley Davidsons, and HOLDING PATRICK VERY TIGHTLY WHILE WE SCREAM FOR THE NEXT HOUR
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 who have fallen prey to dirtbags scamming them with fake romance. She teams up with priv
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 Carter-Landin, co-founder of AdvocacyCon and host of the podcast True Consequences..
In this co
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 had been beaten and stabbed. The killer had stolen cash, jewelry, and credit cards, and pour
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 Islands. Even more mysteriously, this is the third time she has disappeared. Is it possible t
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 without a trace - leaving behind her keys, wallet, and phone like she would return any se
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 supposed to be just as badass as it sounds: A group of women kicking ass, taking names, and solvin
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 videos to 80s songs that made the ladies of a certain age swoon. But because we can't have any
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. But her friends, family, and co-workers knew the real story: she had been killed for what sh
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 stage show "Fantasy." But when Debbie didn't show up for rehearsal, the discovery of her a
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, Florida. She was a problem from day one. She hated the neighborhood kids who ran around, played
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 a cold case from the 1980s. When these investigators start looking into a pair of uniden
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 become the mayor of Toronto, but no amount of bravado could prevent his downfall after an
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 friends and a team of dogged investigators finally uncover what happened to her.
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FAM! We loved this documentary! In the Indigenous communities of northern Alaska, filmmaker and host James Dommer Jr. investigates the case of Teddy Kyle Smith, who claimed to have mysterious interactions with the mythical people known as the Inukun
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 PATREON!
WELP, BUCKLE UP FAM BECAUSE HERE WE GO AGAIN! Meet Roxy, Annette, and Gabby, each o
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 some games, got some rings or whatever, BUT THEN COMPLETELY RUINED THE LIVES OF SOME AMAZING
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For today's episode, we're talking about the tragic murder of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in her apartment on February 4, 2021. The death was initially
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 loooooooooooooooooot of thoughts on both sides as we discuss the Heene family and the media firestorm thi
The two cases shared a checklist of similarities - a conventionally handsome perpetrator preying on sex workers behind closed hotel doors. But the difference in how the media and investigators handled the two serial killers who took the lives of Robi
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 butt--just ask her! But the dream is shattered when she discovers that he's actually Jason Port
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 online facade, his drug-fueled descent would lead to ultimate tragedy.
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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 episode today!
Lauryn and her boyfriend Owen were just young teens (13!!) when they start
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, Minnesota) in 2005, the world went on high alert. The questions swirled like a Kansas tornad
In June 2018, young mother Jermain Charlo disappeared in Missoula, Montana. Still searching for the missing woman, investigators post the last known video footage of her, hoping to turn up leads and find Jermain.
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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 ensuing investigation would uncover not only the boyfriend's history of abuse, but also a pl
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 twice, and later dies. As the police investigate, suspicion falls on her partner - until the
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 will the community hold the principal accountable, or will they rally to defend him?
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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 story of Joyce Chiang, a promising DC intern and law student whose murder would be overshado
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 school has been practicing unlicensed hypnosis sessions with some of the student body, in
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 EXCITEMENT. Ugh, don't go on cruises, my loves, UNLESS YOU LOVE THEM IN WHICH CASE LIVE YO
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 brother Jesse. "Don't go home," he told her. And then he said "I just killed Mom," and then he hu
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 Right. He spends weeks and months MEMORIZING THE COST OF THOUSANDS OF ITEMS in order to beat t
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, the body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a remote area of the dunes in Provinceto
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 upon the prejudices of the society and her community to try to pin the crime on another, im
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, members of the local high school football team would be accused, but would the local police an
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 instead of retiring into a life of ease and normalcy, he and his family became entangled in
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 Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival happening that summer in Houston, Texas. But the festival
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 beloved mother of two had no known enemies, but as the police dug into her case, the turned u
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 divorce, an unhinged revenge plot leads to murder.
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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 with a handsome stranger when he joins her table at a coffee shop. Several coffee dates la
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 underage girls to engage with child predators and protect the most vulnerable. LET THE WOME
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 an "oh right, that guy" level actor for most of his career, had finally arrived. But the a
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 FREE ON PATREON! We know there was recently a not guilty verdict in Read's second trial, but
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 also racing against the clock to provide compelling evidence in a murder trial.
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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 ex-husband, but forcing them to take up to FIFTY CATS into their homes?!?! Now that's just going
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 Tammy, invited Rich's best friend, Bo, to move in, just as friends--it would give him a place
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 cases couldn't be more different. Laci Peterson became a household name whereas Evelyn Hern
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 Corbett made a chilling 911 call. Jason was down and barely breathing. The Father-in-law and
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 she--his birth mother. She said she had never stopped loving him--or looking for him--and sh
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 a closer look at Maria's life, and read through her journals, the young woman's own words h
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 friends. But then when Matthew was killed in a car accident that was suspicious (to say the le
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? If you love it when we rage-scream about a bunch of internet losers, then boy oh boy are you
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 managed to leave precious few clues behind. As investigators peel back the layers of Aliza's lif
When Debbie Glatzel moves into her new home in the early 1980s, a demonic spirit haunting the home ALLEGEDLY takes over her younger brother David. Right on cue, grifters Ed and Lorraine Warren... er, we mean "paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine..." s
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When Amanda Riley, a young wife and mother, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to share her journey with the world via her blog. Tens of thousands of people send her love, support, AND MONEY.
In December 2013, police in the Myrtle Beach area discover an abandoned car at a pitch-dark boat landing. They quickly surmise its owner - twenty-year-old Heather Elvis - has vanished. Authorities race to find Heather and stumble into a twisted web o
When Keisha Hawkins is tragically shot dead at a birthday party, Her father, Kalvon, is determined to get justice for his little girl. When the authorities give up looking for the killer, Kalvon takes matters into his own hands, using social media to
When Eric met Rosa, he thought he'd met the woman of his dreams--smart, funny, and interesting. But everything changed after they had their daughter. Suddenly Rosa was demanding and abusive, forcing Eric to work long grueling hours and often disappea
When Jessica and Patrick met, it was love at first sight. The two were crazy about each other. But when Patrick is murdered in broad daylight just inside his own front door, authorities have to look at everyone in his life as a suspect. And when the
On August 23, 2008, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Semolina insurgents in southern Somalia. Amanda, in particular, would endure 15 months of torture before being released. And even when that nightma
In October of 2020, Brittany Smith was brutally attacked in her home. In order to save herself, she shot and killed her attacker. By all accounts this is a clear case of a person legally acting in self defense. But the question is, does this law appl
On October 21, 2021, on the set of the movie RUST, a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, wounding the film’s director and killing its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. Within hours, the catastrophic accident was international new
Fam! You know we're always a fan of a good heist documentary! While Gerald Blanchard was heralded as one of the most skilled and audacious thieves in modern history, his robbing exploits were far from the glamorous hijinks of "Oceans Eleven." Alway
In the summer of 2021, 20-year-old Gabby Petito and her boyfriend, Brian Laundire embarked on a "van life" adventure traveling across the country. On social media, they looked like the perfect couple. But behind the scenes, Gabby was suffering at Bri
A group of online gamers are trying to stop a murderer in real time! When one of their own suddenly starts sharing pictures of dead bodies in the group chat--and claims the pictures are of family members he just killed--they know there is a ticking c
YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY TO HEAR PATRICK AND GILLIAN TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS! At a 2004 Sportsgitball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pacers (oh my god, listen to me knowing the NAMES!) all hell breaks loose when a fan (who we MEET and wh
When retiree Anita Cowen invites lawyer Scott Pettigrew to rent a room in her Palm Springs home, their living arrangement turns into a nightmare.
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We're back for more NOSTALGIA NASTINESS!!! As the marriage dissolves between Lisa and James, employees are caught like children in a divorce having to choose sides. And when the company tries to make a comeback with 90s retro partnerships, their coll
Fam, we're diving deep into some rainbow and unicorns nostalgia today! Those nineties neon stickers may have brought joy to the hearts of little Gillians and Patricks around the world, but what mess was secretly happening behind the scenes? We'll c
Around 8am, Lita McClinton's doorbell rang. She peered through the peephole and saw a delivery man with a huge bouquet of flowers. She opened the door excitedly, but she had been tricked. The delivery man pulled a gun and shot Lita twice in the face,
The year was 1996, and the cola wars were raging. Ahhh, a simpler time. To stand out, Pepsi introduced "Pepsi Points" and said that if you earned 7 million of the, Pepsi would give you a Harrier Jet--one of the most advanced military jets of the time
Five years after she was groomed and abducted by the most popular teacher in school, Elizabeth Thomas shares new revelations about her ordeal, with famed kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart.
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GIRD YOUR LOINS BECAUSE THIS WEEK WE'RE DOING A SPORTS! OK, so to the best of our limited understanding, In August 2021, ESPN broadcast a high school football game that ended in multiple injuries and a blowout for one of the schools. Because THE LOSI
What would you do if your daughter narrowly missed out on getting a coveted spot on the high school cheerleading squad? The obvious answer is to hire a hit man to kill the competition AND HER MOTHER...right? No? Well that's what Wanda Holloway did. A
In 1998, teenager Zachary Witman, found his brother Greg stabbed to death in their Pennsylvania home. Without motive or direct evidence, Zachary was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, sending
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Who is Donnie Rudd? The cops say he's a killer and a con man. Donnie says he's a war hero, a brilliant scientist, and a secret agent. Our pal Keith investigates, and you know he's gonna get to the bottom of this s**t.
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After Seemona learns that her boyfriend, Jerry, WHO SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT AS A BOYFRIEND IN THE FIRST PLACE, lied about his identity, she dumps his a**. But then he unleashes an absolutely psychotic reign of torment against her. And you will not BELIE
When Tamika Huston vanished, a trail of evidence led South Carolina investigators on a yearlong search to find her. Their discoveries would reveal a shocking murder and unexpected killer, but Huston's story would spotlight concerns faced by families
LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK! This three part series tells the incredible untold story, of Dr. Anne Burgess who helped pioneer the FBI's criminal profiling unit. Dr. Burgess’s focus was on understanding the minds of some of the world’s most notorious ki
The year was 2008. The indie pop band Tegan and Sara, made up of two queer twin sisters, were on the verge of music superstardom. The internet, a relatively new way for fans to find each other and connect, was helping to propel a rabid community arou
Five days before Christmas 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews went missing from her own living room in the small town of Greeley, Colo. In an attempt to find her, Jonelle was given the tragic distinction as one of the first missing children whose fac
Samson Cree National Violet Soosay has spent her life on a quest to find her missing Aunt Shirley. Meanwhile, researchers from the DNA Doe Project are hunting for the identity of a woman murdered in California. Is DNA the key to solving both of these
Viral sensation and fierce victim advocate Sarah Turney examines her tumultuous childhood to reconstruct the truth about her suspicions that her dad killed her sister Alissa.
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Rachel and Jamie were longtime best friends and roommates. But as Janie's obsession with raising Rachel's young son grew, so did her killer instincts.
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On March 1, 2019, an uber-successful young businesswoman named Andreen McDonald was reported missing by her family and friends. The disappearance didn't make any sense. She had a thriving business, a loving husband, and a young daughter. But as the c
Gird your loins for one of the most elaborate and sophisticated--AND TRULY SHOCKING--scams you'll ever hear. Kirat, a successful marketing executive and radio personality, is contacted online by a man named Bobby--he's a friend of friends. Slowly a f
GIRD YOUR LOINS FAM, BECAUSE HOLY MOLY DO WE HAVE SH*T TO SAY! In the early 2000s some man had what he thought was a great idea: to create a website for people who want to have affairs, but not leave their spouses. And guess what--the website was a h
In April 2022 a lovestruck prison guard and a murder suspect fled and Alabama jail together. This is the unbelievable true story of their run from the law.
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In May 2010, a young woman named Julie Kibuishi is found murdered inside her friend Sam Elizer's apartment. And Sam is nowhere to be found. At the same time, their neighbors Dan and Rachel are starring in the LOCAL COMMUNITY THEATER PRODUCTION OF "NI
On the evening of August20, 1989, brothers Lyle and Eric Menendez, 21 and 18 respectively, entered the Beverly Hills home where they lived with their parents, and "shotgunned" them to death. The world would decide they were after their father's money
In the wake of a surprising arrest, Cathy inches closer to uncovering what happened to her daughter. And guess what...SHE FREAKING SOLVES IT. Cathy is our hero
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As environmental crises cause a Las Vegas reservoir to recede, a trail of bodies from decades past is revealed.
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In 1974, Cathy Terkanian gave her 8 month old daughter up for adoption. She didn't want to, but her mother convinced her that the baby would go to a "great family" who could "give her everything." But Cathy would find out decades later that that her
Relationships veer off course all the time, but some take a dark and destructive turn. In this week's episode, Justine's frantic call to a friend leads to a shocking discovery and a statewide manhunt for Ben, a recent partner with a monstrous dating
A wealthy Texas teen has a deadly drunk driving accident. His lawyers claim he suffers from affluenza, and it works. No jail time. Then, caught violating his probation, he flees to Mexico. But there is more to this story than just the headlines.
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When the bodies of Laci and Conner Peterson wash up in the San Francisco Bay - very near where Scott had been on the day Laci went missing - Scott Peterson is finally arrested. And when his girlfriend, Amber Frey, testifies in his murder trial, the e
Young newlyweds Michael and Susan “Missy” MacIvor were living the dream in the Florida Keys with a baby on the way. But the Florida Man strikes in paradise, when under the cover of a storm, the MacIvors become victims of a triple homicide.
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On the evening of December 24, 2002, Scott Peterson returned home from a day of fishing. His pregnant wife, Laci, was not home - her car and purse were there, but no trace of Laci herself. Scott doesn't panic. He eats some pizza, does some laundry, t
THE JINX IS BAAAAAAAACK! As new evidence is revealed, Bob Durst is arrested for the murder of Susan Berman and we all get a front row seat to watch this SERIAL KILLER taken down. And don't worry, within, like, the first 10 minutes we get our first "O
Popular TikTok creator Ali Abulaban and his beautiful wife Ana seem like they have it all, but behind the picture-perfect life portrayed online is a relationship filled with domestic violence that falls apart when the abuse takes a deadly turn.
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On July 23, 1980, thirty-year-old Helen Mintiks, a world-class musician, was on a break during a performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. When the show resumed, Helen didn't return to her position in the orchestra. Her body was
Amanda Antoni and her husband Lee spend a weekend apart for the first time in their relationship. They're texting constantly. And then, on a call, Amanda's phone goes out in the middle of the call. Lee can't get in touch with her for nearly 48 hours.
Picture it: Seattle in the early 1990s. GRUNGE! FANCY COFFEE! AND ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFICE BANK ROBBERS OF OUR TIME! That's right, they called him Hollywood, and over the course of 4 years, he robbed 19 banks taking home over $2 Million in the proce
On March 26, 2018, a family van carrying a white lesbian couple, Jennifer and Sara Hart, and their six adopted Black children drove off a cliff and into the ocean in Mendocino, California. As authorities try to piece together what happened, they rea
When 14-year-old Candice Parchment goes missing, the police write her off as a runaway. Months later, her body is found blocks from her home. Investigators are stumped until Candice’s own writing helps to solve her murder.
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We honestly didn't mean to become a fishing podcast...but here we are. Also, where are our non male fisherPEOPLE?
A cluster of postcard-perfect Acadian fishing villages off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada made international news when Phillip Boudrea
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In the late 90s and early 2000s, Nikelodeon was a haven for
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In 2001, sisters Diamond and Tionda Bradley vanish from their Chicago apartment. Twenty-two years later, Detective Pam Childs gains access to the family, revisiting critical scenes, interviews, and i
STRAP IN FAM, WE'RE GOING FISHING! After an astounding winning streak made these Lake Erie partners the best fishermen at the year's top Walleye tournament, an unbelievable catch turns out to be just as implausible as it looks, shocking people world
On November 30, 2021, a 15-year-old boy murdered 4 of his fellow students in a mass shooting at their high school in Oxford, Michigan. For the first time in history, the shooter's parents were charged in connection with the crime. This documentary pr
In 2017, a painting by Williem De Kooning was found hanging on the bedroom wall of a deceased middle class New Mexico couple. The painting had been missing since 1985 and was WORTH $160 MILLLION. The couple was Jerry and Rita Alter. They were beloved
In 1990, 19 year old Stacy Arthur went from Ohio farmgirl to Playboy centerfold practically over night. And right by her side was her husband and manager, Jim. Stacy threw herself into the world of Playboy--a world where the models are encouraged to
Just when you think the world has hit peak dumpster fire, along comes a clothing brand that, at once, destroys both the self worth of young girls AND the planet. BUT SOMEHOW EVERYONE STILL LOVES IT. We are...at a loss. Come hear us scream about it!
On a cold spring day in 1954, the battered and beaten body of a young woman was found in a river in Boulder Canyon. For decades she would be known as Boulder Jane Doe. Solving the case would take 55 years...and one badass lady historian. LET THE WOME
As shocking new evidence emerges, Morgan's family comes to believe that the case is solvable and that there is hope they'll find out what happened to Morgan after nearly three decades.
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On a humid night in 1995, the lives of the Nick family are changed forever when 6 year old Morgan is kidnapped while attending a local baseball game with her mother. Astonishingly, video footage captures Morgan just moments before she vanishes.,
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Fam! We are thrilled to be dropping episode 1 of SEASON 15 of the amazing Truth and Justice podcast here for you to check out. The Truth and Justice team, led by our dear friend Bob Ruff, are doing the good work SOLVING CASES IN REAL TIME.
In this
Journalist Alice Hines discovers the world of Twin Flames Universe, an online group run by Jeff and Shaleia Divine. Twin Flames Universe guarantees that, through its teachings, members will find harmonious union and the romance of eternity with their
On November 8, 2010, three men broke into a home just outside of Toronto where 25 year old Jennifer Pan lived with her parents. Within the hour, Jennifer's mother, Bich, was shot dead. Her father, Hann, was shot in the head and was in a coma. Jennife
In Chicago, Candice Clark is sworn in as the brand new Director of Special Investigations for the state of Illinois. She is a trailblazer and a fast-rising star in Chicago politics. The only thing is, none of it is real. And as investigators look int
March 23, 2023, an 11 year old boy appears at a. neighbor's house. He has duct tape and rope covering bruises. He's just escaped a house of horrors. Police quickly learn that the boy's mother is Ruby Franke, a TikTok and Instagram "MomFluencer" who w
This whole episode is deliciously ridiculous. You probably didn't have a TRUE CRIME PODCAST ABOUT GWYNETH PALTROW ON YOUR BINGO CARD FOR THIS WEEK., BUT HERE WE ARE, FAM! Anyway, let's go inside the 2023 Park City, Utah trial where Gwyneth Paltrow wa
Mama Edna was the matriarch of East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Everyone loved her. But someone wanted her dead. As authorities look into the brutal homicide of this beloved grandmother, troubling questions arise--where was her husband at the time of the mur
On August 10, 1991, 17-year-old Torriano Jackson was shot and killed in front of 100 people on the East side of Buffalo, New York. Valentino Dixon was quickly arrested, charged, and convicted of the crime, even though numerous eye witnesses came forw
Katherine and Sheila Lyon--ages 10 and 12 respectively--vanished from a Maryland mall on March 25, 1975. For decades, detectives work to uncover what happened to them. Almost 40 years after the disappearance, a sworn statement from a witness to the k
New Year's Eve 2018. Police bodycam footage captures the cries of Army Sergeant Kemia Hassel as she cradles the lifeless body of her husband, Sergeant Tyrone Hassel in the driveway of their home. Tyrone had just been shot and killed, his murderer hav
On February 1, 2001, 22 year old Ashley Ellerin was at home in Hollywood, California getting ready for a date with Hollywood A-lister Ashton Kutcher. Early the next morning, Ellerin was found brutally murdered--stabbed 47 times and left for dead. Kut
When Michael and Kristine Barnett receive a call from an adoption agency looking to place a 5 year old Ukrainian orphan suffering from an incredibly rare form of Dwarfism, they jump at the chance to bring the little girl into their family. They quick
On January 14, 2018, 17-year-old Jordan Turpin did the unthinkable: She broke out of the home where she and her 12 siblings were being heled prisoner by their parents, and, using a stolen cell phone, she called 911. 90 minutes later, police entered t
On November 3, 2016, authorities found 30 year old Kala Brown handcuffed to a pipe inside a storage container on property owned by popular local real estate agent Todd Kohlepp. Kohlepp had kept the missing woman as his prisoner for 65 days. A few hun
Now that the stalkers identity has been revealed, a detective sets out to find him and take him down in order to end the terror he has brought to the lives of his victims.
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Imagine it: you're out there living your life. You're y
A prominent and beloved local doctor is found murdered in his Lubbock, Texas home. He was shot, chased, and then stabbed 11 times. When investigators take a closer look at the doctor's life, they uncover a tale of stalking and deception that led to t
A young mother's mysterious death and her son's subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman's true identity and the murderous federal-fugitive at the center of it all.
The true story of a sex cult of students from Sarah Lawrence told in the victims’ own words -- a tale of control, sex trafficking, violent assault and extortion, all orchestrated by a master manipulator.
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A wealthy and INSUFFERABLE Orange County mom and her husband, both attorneys, plot revenge on the PTA president for not properly supervising their son at school. It starts with a smear campaign, then escalates to something TRULY INSANE. This might be
On July 15, 1976 , in Chowchilla, California three armed and masked men hijacked a school bus carrying 26 children (aged 4 - 14) and an adult bus driver. What ensued is one of the most terrifying--and truly awe inspiring--stories we have ever covered
Nestled deep in the Australian Outback is the town of Larrimah and its 11 eccentric residents. When one of them mysteriously disappears into thin air, the remaining residents become suspects. And insanity ensues. ALSO MEAT PIES...LIKE, WHAT?
When a young mother mysteriously vanishes, DNA from a tree is used to lead investigators to her killer. BECAUSE SCIENCE IS WILLLLLLLLD!
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Chris and Lynette Dawson were the "perfect" couple. He was a famous rugby star, model, and teacher. Lynette was a loving wife and mother. But everything changed when on of Chris's female students moved into the family home. Chris's obsession with the
On August 15, 2009, the body of 28-year-old Playboy model Jasmine Fiore was found stuffed into a suitcase in San Diego, California. She had been brutally beaten and then dismembered to prevent identification. Her husband, former reality TV contestant
It was late afternoon, December 3, 1998 when Mark Jensen found his wife, Julie, in their bed where she lay under the covers, not breathing. EMTs arrived quickly, but it was too late to save her. However, one responder noticed something unusual. There
An emaciated man is found dead in a tent on the southern end of the Appalachian trail. He was surrounded by food and cash and there was no evidence of foul play. So who is this man? And how did he die? The hiking community and internet sleuths team u
On November 26, 2016, 26-year-old Joey Comunale was partying with his friends at night club in NYC's Meatpacking District. When the club closed at 4am, he got separated from his friends and joined another group--a group of strangers--heading to an af
A rising star and ambitious defense attorney, Chiquita Tate, was stabbed to death in her Louisiana legal office on February 19, 2009. The crime scene is brutal and bizarre, and very few clues are left behind. A local prosecutor and friend of Chiquita
On September 4, 2002 two women were found dead--brutally murdered in broad daylight--inside the Dolly Madison bakery in Great Bend Kansas. The victims were 24 year old Mandi Alexander and 79 year old Mary Drake. The murders are still unsolved. Direct
In Crestone, Colorado, local cops rush into a rural home with their guns drawn. In the back bedroom, they find the mummified corpse of a young woman named Amy Carlson. They would quickly learn that Amy was the head of a Cult called Love Has Won. Her
18-year-old Christian Aguilar had it all: A girlfriend who adored him, friends and family who were proud of him, and promising future at the prestigious University of Florida. But on September 20, 2020, he met up with a friend and then never came hom
In public, April and Jim Kauffman had the perfect life and the perfect marriage. So when Kim is found dead in their home in 2012, Jim is not an obvious suspect. But when detectives look deeper, nothing about their marriage is what it seems and major
When a basketball superstar vanishes, the entire community unites to try to find him. Known for his generosity and kindness, Lorenzen Wright was beloved by family, friends, and fans. He had no enemies. So when his body is found just a few days after
On Feb. 23, 2023, Becky Bliefnick was shot 14 times inside her Quincy, Illinois, home. The killer had broken in through a second floor window, killed the mother of three quickly, and fled. She was not sexually assaulted and nothing was taken from the
A brazen sexual assault shocks a small town, but goes unsolved for 20 years, until a nearby murder produces a suspect with matching DNA and uncovers a monster living in plain sight.
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Twenty years after her sister, Maura Murray, vanished, Julie Murray is launching a new podcast called "Media Pressure" in which she is telling the story of her sister's disappearance from the family's perspective for the first time. Episodes 1 and 2
When neighbors find a young teacher axed to death on Friday the 13th, a sleepy suburb fears a psychopath is loose. But the bloody crime scene leads police to a most unlikely suspect, unfolding a story people still have to see to believe 40 years late
On April 19, 1992 the Ewell family was gunned down in their Fresno, CA home. What was thought to be a burglary gone wrong, quickly grew into a game of cat and mouse with the only surviving member of the family.
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In October, 1984 39 year old Paul Cosner vanished from his San Francisco home. His sister Sharon quickly embarked on a tireless search to find him. This search lead to uncovering one of the deadliest serial killing sprees in US history. It's a tale t
when a wealthy Miami couple disappears, leaving their bright yellow Lamborghini abandoned by the Florida Everglades, police are perplexed. That is until a rich businessman comes forward with a bizarre and tale: A group of muscled up men had kidnapped
In the 1990s, a killer targets his victims based on their birth signs. He calls himself The Zodiac. Could this be California's infamous Zodiac Killer--a monster who had never been caught--now killing in NYC? And how many people will have to die befor
Can you imagine winning $30 Million? For Abraham Shakespeare, that dream became a reality on November 15, 2006. His life instantly changed as he went from a casual barbershop employee to the richest guy in town. And his generosity knew no bounds. So
When Scott Johnson is found dead at the bottom of a cliff in December, 1988, his death is quickly ruled a suicide. But his brother Steve knows different. And so begins a 30 year crusade to understand the circumstances surrounding Scott's death and wh
ANDREA CANNING GETES REAL MAD IN THIS ONE, FAM!
Investigators search for an American fugitive accused of faking his own death to evade law enforcement agencies. Andrea Canning FINDS THE GUY at the center of the international mystery, CONFRONTS HIM O
22 year old Grace Millane was on vacation in Auckland, New Zealand when she hopped onto Tinder and arranged a date for the next day with a "cute, local guy". CCTV footage shows us that the date began as planned, but after that, Grace was gone. So wha
FAM! THIS IS OUR MOST REQUESTED "DATELINE" YET! Newlywed Dalia Dippolito returned home from the gym to the awful news that her husband had been killed. In a case where almost nothing was as it seemed, investigators wanted to know: Was Dalia diabolica
In January 2004, Cheryl and Gary young, a popular couple in their small Kentucky town, vanished. In their home, police discover a bloody crime scene, but no clues as to who did this or what became of Cheryl and Gary. When checks and credit card purch
It's one of our most requested Datelines yet! After a sudden marriage creates tension between two families, a murder exposes secrets, lies and a long-buried mystery.
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17 year old Nikki Kuhnhausen was a social media star. She lived her life online. So when she suddenly stopped posting in June of 2019, instantly her friends, family, and followers knew something was wrong. Investigators quickly jump in and use Nikki'
Firefighter Keith Bryan and his wife Becky have recently reconciled after a brief split in their marriage. Everything seemed to be going great. But then, there's a frantic 911 call. It's Becky. Her husband has just been shot at point blank range by a
This. One. Is. Wild. In August 2016, a beauty stylist in Queens, NY became deathly ill after a client--Who insisted on an "Emergency Eyelash Extension"--gave her a slice of cheesecake. The client, a mysterious woman named Viktoria Nasyrova, quickly v
A matriarch's death leads to a prominent family from Texas being torn apart by decades of betrayal, greed and mistrust.
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In April 2009, the city of Boston was on high alert--there was a madman on the loose. They called him the Craigslist killer since his MO was to meet young women on craigslist.com, meet them, and then rob them. And he would kill if they fought back. A
Michelle Harris, a mother of four, disappears, vanishing in the night. The next morning, her car is found at the foot of the driveway, but nothing else: no body, no weapon. What could have happened? A trial reveals an ugly secret lurking at home.
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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 the thin air, taking with her a secret that's about to unravel.
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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 than 20 gunshots that quickly followed. Outside the building, a young couple, Joseph and Olga
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. There's no obvious motive, no clues, no suspects. So what the hell happened on April 21, 2016
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 later, her body would be found in a nearby dumpster. She had been strangled and set on fire. W
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 a brutal attack and was then thrown from the balcony of her apartment on the third floor. S
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 stranded driver on the side of the road. Minutes later, Jessie would call 911 and report that th
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 a long evening of recording down town. As Lennon walked toward his building, a young man ap
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 been missing for five days. Singleton was loved by her family and friends, but she also had
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 fence, beaten unconscious, and left to die. 25 years later, this new documentary reexamines
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 victims to a rented garage in a quiet neighborhood. Believing they were going there to meet Ti
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, two of the world's biggest stars shared the stage: Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. At th
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. When Andrea DelVesco’s body is found in the ashes, the police uncover the shocking truth be
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 published, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. But was he the killer? And if not h
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 break. The trip wasn't going well--she wasn't getting along with the people she was traveling wi
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 his cult, his people believed The Apocalypse was here and it was time kill or be killed.
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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 the night at the home of his best friend, Joe Price, at Joe's townhouse in Washington DC. J
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 night. Beaten and bruised, she told a horrific story of being kidnapped and tortured. It wa
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 the years since that incident, Terra has used her experience to help other people tell their
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, beginning with their first date, there were warning signs...something wasn't quite right h
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 to life in prison. But Angie's mother is convinced Chris is innocent (and she's right!) and
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 she vanished, she had called a divorce attorney. The next morning, January 8, Maya's husban
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 secret that powers the website that they don't want you to know. This documentary takes you b
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 thought they knew her--a "dumb blonde" gold digger who would have done anything to become rich
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 with his wife Toni...and she had just taken a brutal fall off a very high cliff. It was a trag
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 Mansfield." As you know, the documentary tells the story of Collier's father murdering his moth
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 day, it seemed like nobody believed Collier and the police treated the situation like a missin
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 alert system that has now saved the lives of over1000 children. In this documentary--one of the
In October 2001, dismembered body parts began washing ashore on a beach in Galveston, Texas. Shortly thereafter, Manhattan Real Estate Millionaire-AND SUPREME WEIRDO--Robert Durst was arrested for the murder and dismemberment. Though he would eventua
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 internet sensation when--wielding a hatchet--he saved a woman from the grips of a deranged mo
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 high fever. The woman who kidnapped Carlina raised her as her own daughter in Bridgeport, C
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 been vilified as a narcissistic, sex crazed, maniac without whom AIDS might not have become a
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 the Beverly Hills Hotel. She was pronounced dead within the hour. According to police, "th
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 outlaw, dreamt of leaving his boring, dreary life behind for the wild adventure of bringin
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 American history, but their case was scarcely investigated and most people have never hear
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 Barney was everywhere. The character and TV show was a billion dollar business and cultural p
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 pattern. Anyone could be a target. No one was safe. Who was this killer--or killers? And could he
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 he becomes increasingly entangled with the Falwell’s seemingly perfect lives, he quickly re
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 terrible accident. And at first investigators believed her. But as her story became more bizarre--
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 nursing career. This makes him the most prolific serial killer in WORLD HISTORY. He did his
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 student named Paul Flores. No one ever saw Kristin again. It would take over 25 years to u
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 homes. The killer was a monster who definitely didn't look like one--he'd easily gain his vict
Bruce McArthur was many things: friend, grandfather, Mall Santa, landscaper, and RUTHLESS SERIAL KILLER who buried body parts in the yards of his posh clientele. This is the true story of the race to catch Toronto's most prolific serial killer.
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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 21 year old son, Paul, and 52 year old wife, Maggie. Both of whom had been shot multiple ti
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 home they shared just six blocks from campus. Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin,
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, cheating on his wife, and, oh, was maybe a cannibal? That's what this one is all about. We'r
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, were actually kept from entering the crime scene. Quickly, Elnora's neighbor, 25 year old Ed
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 in and stole a safe. The safe contained a sex tape Pam and Tommy made on their honeymoon.
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 where he came from. So how is it possible that when he was gunned down in his own recording
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 CELEBRITIES LOCK THEIR DOORS? Anyway, meet Nick and Rachel, two bored, celebrity obsessed, high sc
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 decide it would be cool to break into the homes of celebrities like Paris Hilton, ORLANDO BLOOM
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 with so many witnesses, how is that possible?
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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 of them. And there's only one cardinal rule for the job: no betting on anything. Ever. Thi
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 Bresciani under a tarp in the truck's bed. With Rifkin arrested, authorities quickly learn abo
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 trial, which lasts another three years. This is what happened to the McMartin family of Manhatt
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 named Laverne Pavlinac would confess to helping her husband commit the brutal crime. But her st
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, they knew her death was no accident. And their 13-year-old son may hold the key details to wha
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 the biggest and brightest spectacle this side of the north pole. But when he moves to a new
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 else--his son Jason. Jason said he had an alibi, but how strong was it?
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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. The site was built to allow people to anonymously post nude photos of other people and conn
High school senior Skylar Richardson told no one of her pregnancy. But when a newborn's body was found buried in the family's backyard, Skylar was charged with murder.
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In 2010, a 24 year old man named Hunter Moore launched the website IsAnyoneUp.com. The site was built to allow people to anonymously post nude photos of other people and connect those photos to the person's social media profiles and, in many cases, h
In the early hours of December 20, 1979, the body of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was found in her car in the parking lot of a mall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She was stabbed multiple times. The murder baffled investigators for several decades. In this
THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS! In 2017, just before the holidays, Mark D'Amico and Kate McClure started a Gofundme for veteran named Johnny who was living on the streets of Philadelphia. The campaign won the hearts--and donations--of over 14,
On June 14, 2015, Sheriff's deputies found the body of Dee Dee Blanchard facedown in her bedroom in the home she shared with her daughter Gypsy Rose Blanchard. And Gypsy, who uses a wheel chair, is missing. And in a terrifyingly cryptic Facebook po
Over the course of three weekends in 1999, homemade nail bombs were detonated in three London neighborhoods. Each bomb contained 1500 four-inch nails, loaded for maximum human destruction. Three people were killed and 140 more were maimed. Would the
When a beautiful young teacher was found shot to death in a Wisconsin farm field, police quickly arrested her live-in boyfriend who had waited 18 hours to report her missing. But did he do it? And if he didn't, who else would have a motive to kill he
Remember "Girls Gone Wild"? If you're a kid of the 90s or early 00s, the TV ads were practically a staple of your childhood. But it probably won't shock you to know that there's a dark backstory. Enter Joe Francis, the man behind the empire. He conne
When the body of former policewoman Taylor Wright was discovered on a remote Pensacola farm, detectives had a lineup of suspects to investigate - her ex- husband from whom Taylor stole $100,000, her new girlfriend Casandra, and Taylor's new best frie
LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK. Martha Mitchell was one of the most outspoken women in Washington. And when she learned of the biggest crime ever committed by a sitting American President, the administration knew she needed to be "handled". But try as the
Shayna Hubers called 911 to report she had killed her boyfriend in self-defense after he attacked her. But investigators soon learned he was planning a date with a beauty queen the night he died. Did Shayna kill him in a jealous rage?
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The is one of our funniest episodes in a minute! Fam, get ready to meet Ted Slauson, a math teacher who becomes OBSESSED with the gameshow The Price is Right. He spends weeks and months MEMORIZING THE COST OF THOUSANDS OF ITEMS in order to beat the g
On July 31, 2015, the bodies of Voncile Smith and two of her adult sons were found in her Pensacola home. They had been brutally murdered days before. The crime was up close and personal, indicating that the murders had been committed by someone who
"Scream" is everyone's favorite scary movie, but did you know it's based on a true story? It's inspired by the life and murders of Danny Rolling, aka "The Gainesville Ripper". Rolling admits to killing at least 8 people during his reign of terror in
On June 28, 2015, Teresa Sievers, a popular doctor and mother of two young children, was found murdered in her Florida kitchen. The house wasn't ransacked and nothing was stolen, so it looked like a murder-for-hire. But who would want her dead? And w
The Borden murders are the most infamous double murders in American History, but there's more to the story than you've been told. On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzy's step mother, Abby, was bludgeoned to death in an upstairs bedroom of the famil
Sarma Melngailis is a beautiful and successful restauranter in New York City. Her raw vegan restaurant attracts celebrities and influencers and owning the place is the culmination of all of her dreams coming true. Then a man named Shane Fox enters he
As the Von Dutch brand climbs to the pinnacle of trendy fashion, behind the scenes, things are getting messy. And a murder by one of the brand's founders threatens to bring down the whole empire.
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Ahhh, the glory days of the early 2000s. Britney Spears was on the radio (remember THE RADIO?), "Friends" was in its glory days, and everyone was talking about "MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING???" But guess what? WE WERE ALSO ALL COVETTING THOSE VON DUTCH T
In 2018, a reporter in Ypsilanti, Michigan received a mysterious anonymous email: a woman named Martha Agnu was dead. When the reporter looked into the death, another woman's name kept popping up: Tammy NIver. Tamny had been missing since 1993, and i
By age 23, Selena was an international icon. She'd won Grammys, was selling out stadiums, and recording chart topping albums in English and Spanish. Then on March 31, 1995, she was gunned down by her biggest fan and closest confidant. But why? What m
Casey Kasem was one of the most famous people in America--the voice of a generation. His death in 2014 shrouded in mystery. His wife says his children murdered him, his children blame her--their step mother. One side isn't telling the truth and as th
Were you cool enough to wear Abercrombie? Did you wait in line to be granted the opportunity to walk past a shirtless teenaged model into a store with too-loud music and over priced cargo shorts? I KNOW YOU DID BECAUSE WE DID TOO! This doc is one par
In the 1980s and 90s, a monster known as The Green River Killer stalked the people of the Pacific northwest. He had one goal in mind: to be the most prolific serial killer of all time. LIKE HONESTLY WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY? After nearly two decades
THEY'RE CALLED BOOBS ED! This week we're getting the real story behind the Oscar winning smash hit film "Erin Brockovich". Erin herself is here to walk us though it and she's bringing all the LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK energy with her! She's fighting
Lotan Fisher is the best bridge player in the world. Yes, the card game bridge. BUT THIS GUY IS REALLY GOOD. He's making $500K PER YEAR, hanging out with BRIDGE LOVING CELEBRITIES (bridge-lebrities!). EVERYTHING'S COMING UP LOTAN. But then he's caugh
Citizen detectives make the shocking discovery that there may be as many as THREE ACTIVE SERIAL KILLERS on the loose in Chicago. As women continue to die, a killer in a neighboring state sheds some light on how the Chicago killings are being carried
In Chicago, a serial killer is on the loose. Right now. As you're reading this. And nobody seems able to stop him. He has left dozes of dead women in his wake and nobody knows who will be next or when he will strike again. Who is this killer? And wha
He was the most powerful man in the world. She was 22 year old intern who caught his eye. It was the scandal threatened to ruin them both and to drag the country down with them. AND. OH. MY. GOD. LINDA TRIPP. GOT. IT. ALL. ON. TAPE.
PATRICK IS HITTI
When Saturday Night Live star Phil Hartman was murdered by his wife, who then took her own life, the world was shocked. The couple seemed to have it all--fame, money, two beautiful kids. So what could have caused have caused Hartman's wife, Brynn, to
30 year old Gerald Cotton is dead. Or is he? As the young founder of a a company that trades Bitcoin, he had $136 Million of investor's money when he "died." And now the money is nowhere to be found. And nobody saw the body. Is Gerald actually dead,
Harold Henthorn had two wives, 18 years apart. Both women died mysteriously and both times, Harold was the only witness. ALSO each death resulted in massive insurance payouts for Harold. Harold's second wife, Toni, died in a national park. Harold say
Amanda was a single mother –struggling financially and working tirelessly– when she came home one day in 2011 with her daughter and turned on the news. A movement had been building in her town of El Paso, Texas around the wrongful conviction of Danie
Real Housewife of Salt Lake City breakout star Jenn Shah is a lot of things: Beautiful, stylish, slightly unhinged, rich--OK, that last one maybe not. Nobody knows where Shah's money comes from. How does she afford her beautiful homes, her Porsche, t
Maggie Freleng is one badass journalist. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and producer, she gravitates toward telling the stories of underdogs – specifically the wrongfully convicted. So, when she heard about the 1999 murder of Yvonne Lane – a yo
In 2013, 21 year old Anna Delvey arrived in New York City. She became a fixture at the trendiest nightclubs, she lived at the fanciest hotels. She was believed to be a German heiress worth over $60 million. But it was all a lie. She racked up bills a
August 11th, 2012 was a murky night for many in the town of Steubenville, Ohio as local high school students scattered themselves among a handful of parties that took a turn for the worse. A 16-yr-old girl – who would come to be known as Jane Doe – w
In the early 1990s, fear and rumor swirled through New York’s LGBTQ community about a serial killer who targeted inebriated men leaving the city’s gay bars late at night. Their bodies, or rather body parts, were found wrapped in garbage bags and dump
On the evening of December 9, 2001, 48-year-old Kathleen Peterson died on a back staircase in her North Carolina home. Her husband Michael claims that she fell while he was out by the pool, but other evidence would point to Michael as Kathleen's murd
Lise Lotte-Lublin didn’t recall being sexually assaulted until 20 years after the fact while watching an interview with a famous model whose story seemed familiar. When she went to authorities only to learn nothing could be done, she decided to take
In 2005 a painting appeared in a gallery in New Orleans. it was believed to be from the 1500s and painted by a student of Leonardo Da Vinci. It was purchased for a little over $1,000. Within 5 years, this painting would be deemed a TRUE lost work of
When Roberta Blevins casually bought a pair of buttery soft, printed leggings from a fellow young mom on Facebook, she never could have imagined the journey that would follow. The rise and fall of LulaRoe –a multi-level marketing company that denies
Jennifer Dulos seems to have a picture perfect life in affluent New Canaan, Connecticut. So when she fails to pick her kids up from school one afternoon, her friends and family know something is terribly wrong. And as the police investigation digs in
In the late ‘90s, Anna Vasquez, Cassandra Rivera, Elizabeth Ramirez, and Kristie Mayhugh all received phone calls accusing their lesbian friend group of a crime that never actually happened. What followed was a modern-day witch trial, landing the San
On February 14, 2017, the bodies of 14 year old Abigail Williams and 13 year old Liberty German were found near the Manon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana. The girls had disappeared from the trail the day before. Soon it was revealed that one of
Gemma Hoskins remembers high school fondly, thanks in large part to her favorite teacher Sister Cathy Cesnik. So, when the beloved nun disappeared one November night in 1969 only to eventually be discovered dead in the woods, grief took hold over thi
Martin Shkreli IS THE FREAKING WORST! The 38-year-old financial entrepreneur and pharmaceutical tycoon from Brooklyn was dubbed "the most hated man in America" in 2015 for price gouging the prescription drug Daraprim by 5500% overnight depriving AID
Long before the hit podcast Serial spurred the world into podcast-listening, Rabia Chaudry was on a mission. The 1999 murder of a high school student named Hae Min Lee left a community grieving and a family friend of Rabia’s, 17-year-old Adnan Syed,
It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Leviev, and you pause. He's handsome enough, seems like he has a full life, and he is RICH RICH RICH. You
Connie Walker is a journalist on a mission to tell the stories of missing & murdered indigenous women in Canada. So, when a band of fellow Cree siblings reached out to her asking if she’d find out what happened to their long-lost sister, Connie went
It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Leviev, and you pause. He's handsome enough, seems like he has a full life, and he is RICH RICH RICH. You
One rainy New York night in 1996, Lorri Davis went to see a movie. It was a documentary about the murder of three cub scouts found in the woods and the three outcasts who were blamed for the crime. From there, her life changed forever. Here’s the sto
On a cold day in 1983, a plumber was called to an apartment building in the Cranley Gardens neighborhood of North London. The building drains were clogged. And when he climbed down into plumbing "man hole" he saw what was causing the blockage: human
LET'S OBJECTIFY SOME MEN FOR A CHANGE! The Chippendale all-male review (read STRIP SHOW) was the hottest shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. And it was all fun and games UNTILL THE MURDERS STARTED HAPPENING. First a Playboy playmate who frequent
Three young women vanish months apart from each other. Massive searches ensue for each. Days or weeks later, each one is found dead in the location they were last seen. In each case, their deaths are ruled hypothermia even though there's evidence of
On July 2, 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito and her fiance, 23-year-old Briann Laundrie took off on the adventure of a lifetime. Driving cross country on a "vanlife" adventure that Gabby shared with the world via her instagram account. By late August,
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 21 year old son, Paul, and 52 year old wife, Maggie. Both of whom had been shot multiple ti
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 student named Paul Flores. No one ever saw Kristin again. It would take over 25 years to u
DON’T WORRY, YOU ONLY HAVE TO HEAR WARREN JEFFS SING ONCE. Look, tick tock, it’s cult o’clock. We’re back with the FLDS (the culty fundementialist sect of the Mormon faith) and it’s ten years after that piece of s**t pedophile Warren Jeffs went to pr
Adrienne Shelly was a writer and actress best known for writing and co-starring the film Waitress, which was later turned into a Broadway musical. But on the evening of November 1st, 2006 she was fond dead--hanging in the bathroom of her West Village
THERE'S NO MURDER! NOBODY DIES! AND A BUNCH OF RICH CHARDONNAY (PROBABLY, RIGHT?) CHUGGING CUL-DE-SAC MOMS LOSE A BUNCH OF MONEY. THIS CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING: IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT BEANIE MANIA! Also, we beg you, please don't throw your kids OUT O
A madman is on the loose. The press is calling him The Torso Killer because of the gruesome headless and handless bodies he leaves behind. And while investigators search for him in New York City, similar murders are discovered across the river in New
FAM! THIS IS A TWO-PARTER! Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW AND AD-FREE at the $5 level on Patreon as a special bonus. Part 2 will be our regular episode next.
Times Square, 1979: fire fighters and police are called to a low budget motel where a room
Between 1971 and 1983, meek and mild Robert Hansen seemed to have it all; a loving wife and children, a successful bakery business, and world-record hunting trophies bringing him respect from his peers. But behind this carefully cultivated exterior l
6 years ago, Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins were woken in the middle of the night. It was a male voice who said, "wake up, this is a robbery." They were both drugged and bound, and Denise was kidnapped and heled for 48 hours before being released. Th
On December 6, 2014, 19-year-old Jessica Chambers was set on fire and left for dead. Her injuries were horrific and she died a few hours later. Who would do this to the popular young woman, and why? Investigators had few clues to go as the dogged sea
On October 9, 1999, 18-year-old Rocio Wanninkohf was brutally murdered. Her mother's ex-girlfriend was immediately charged for the murder and convicted. But did she do it? Three years later, another young woman is murdered just steps from her front d
THREE WORDS: DEAD. FART. LEGGINGS.
Meet Mark and DeAnne, the founders of LuLaRoe - the legging company that went from explosive startup to four-alarm corporate wildfire. They share their life stories up to the founding of LuLaRoe. Seeing dollar signs
Scott and Yarmila Falater had it all. A beautiful marriage, 2 kids who adored them: the perfect upper middle class existence. But then, on January 16, 1997, Scott brutally murdered Yarmila while their children slept. He stabbed her 42 times before th
WILLIAM ELIZABETH AND ALEXIS ARE BAAAAAAAACK, and they are knock knock knocking on people's doors trying to figure some shit out. AND YOU ALL NEED TO PULL THE HELL OVER because this time they're unraveling the mystery of the world's most terrifying A
PATRICK AND GILLIAN AGREE! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DOCS WE'VE COVERED IN A WHILE! In 1997, Misha Defonseca, a Holocaust survivor living in Massachusetts, wrote a memoir. She said she was 7 years old when she fled into the woods to escape the Nazis. A
It's been 18 years since Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci. In that time, some members of his family have been working tirelessly to prove his innocence--that he couldn't have killed Laci. Some of their evidence is compe
Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home to find his wife, Betsy, dead. Betsy’s brutal murder set off a chain of events that would leave another person dead and expose a diabolical scheme. AND. THE. WHOLE. THING. IS. TOLD. TO. US. BY. KEI
Chris Watts and his wife Shanann seemed to have it all: Thriving careers, wonderful friends, two beautiful kids with a third on the way. But then on August 13, 2018, Shanann’s best friend Nicole can’t get ahold of Shanann. She calls and calls, and t
Keith Morrison in all his glory, this week, Fam! A wealthy Charleston banker and his wife are locked in a bitter divorce. One week before their divorce hearing, authorities find an ex-con in town who confesses he had been hired to kill one of them. W
In the 1970s, a serial killer was running rampant, crisscrossing the country murdering young women and girls in California, Wyoming, and New York City...and probably more. The cops had nothing to go on. And little did they know that the killer was hi
In 2011, nursing student Michelle Lee vanishes mid-shift at a California hospital. The next day, Michelle sends text to her friends and family saying she's fine, but they don't believe it's really her. A massive manhunt ensues with the police fearing
AND BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN THINK IT, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT PATRICK IS THE QUEEN FRUITCAKE AROUND HERE...and as much as we want this to be about a band of gay fraudsters, it's not.
TIS THE SEASON TO BE SHADY! When the world's most beloved fruitcake com
When a young woman named Kenia vanishes after a night out with friends, a mysterious young man named Travis comes forward. He said he met the young woman and offered her a ride home, but en route, she got out of his care and went on with another man.
On a February night in 1994, Lamar Woods came home. The door to his apartment was open and his 10 month old son was screaming. In the bedroom, Lamar found his girlfriend, Brandi Henderson, brutally murdered. For a local detective, the murder sounded
FAM! THIS IS APPARENTLY DATELINE'S 'MOST CHILLING EPISODE'! ALSO, KEITH SWEARS, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
Chris Smith was living his dream southern California life: close family, great friends, running a small business with trusted colleague. So when he
In a nutshell: THE REAL-LIFE GUY "THE SOPRANOS" IS BASED ON BUYS A HOCKEY TEAM FOR HIS IDIOT SON...HILARITY (AND A LOOOOOOOOT OF FIGHTING) ENSUES. Look, this is the combination of The Mafia and The Sports that you've been dying to hear us talk about,
The text messages came often and always went something like this: "My favorite thing to do is stand outside and stare at you," or "I hate you so much, I want to drive a knife into your heart." The texts were sent to Dave and to his ex-girlfriend Liz.
YOU. ARE. NOT. READY. TO. MEET. LISSA. YELLOWBIRD. For decades, indigenous women have gone missing around Lissa. And when the authorities have been unwilling or unable to find them, Lissa stepped in and got the job done. LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK! B
KEITH. MORRISON. HATES. EVERYONE. IN. THIS. EPISODE. It's March, 2011 just before 8:30pm. A frantic 911 call comes in. A violent showdown between two men vying for the attention of a woman named Kandi has ended in a shooting. Both men have been shot,
LESBIAN BOXERS KICKING ASS!!! LITERALLY WHAT COULD BE BETTER? You guys wanted to hear us talking about the sports, so HERE. WE. GO. Christy Martin was unquestionably the best female boxer in the world. She was also problematic as hell. And kind of a
June 22, 1990. 2:00 am. The phone rings at Gayle and Kay Baker's house in the San Fernando Valley. "We have your son. Unless you give us $100,000 by 5pm, he will die." At first they thought it was a joke. But when the man called back in the morning w
FAM!! We're doing that thing we do, like, twice a year, and giving ourselves a Tuesday "off" (read: not off, ever off, always working, lol), so we're replaying a favorite episode. BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE GETTING AN ALL NEW DATELINE EPISODE ON THURSDA
Lori Vallow was devoted wife and mother, but then people around her started dying. And THEN her children vanished. Lori insisted to the police that the children were fine and being cared for by friends in other states, but that story quickly fell apa
YOU GUYS, BOB ROSS WAS TOTALLY A SEX SYMBOL...WHAT?? Anyway, not the point. Who knew that the world's most beloved painter--the guy who could paint entire landscapes in 28 minutes--had a life and legacy completely shrouded in DRAMA? Also, who knew th
HAPPY DATELINE THURSDAY! For the next 10 Thursdays, we're giving you a bonus episode covering A KEITH MORRISON DATELINE EPISODE!
This week we're diving into the case of Lori Vallow who was charged with deserting her children Tylee and JJ who, at the
YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY TO HEAR PATRICK AND GILLIAN TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS! At a 2004 Sportsgitball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pacers (oh my god, listen to me knowing the NAMES!) all hell breaks loose when a fan (who we MEET and wh
On February 14, 2017, the bodies of 14 year old Abigail Williams and 13 year old Liberty German were found near the Manon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana. The girls had disappeared from the trail the day before. Soon it was revealed that one of
One of the most brutal and prolific serial killers of all time: John Wayne Gacy is known to have murdered at least 32 people during his reign of terror in a suburb of Chicago. AND. MOST. WERE. BURRIED. UNDER. HIS. HOUSE. This story is told by Gacy hi
FAM!! To celebrate this HUGE milestone, we're doing something we've never done before! Patrick and Gillian are surprising each other with their favorite clips TCO's funniest moments! From Patti Peterson to bears pooping in the woods and all the New J
In 1993, 16-year-old Daniel Villegas was convicted of a double murder he couldn't have committed. He was railroaded into confessing and spent decades in prison--hope of ever getting out was all but lost. But then a remarkable turn of events occurred
In 1994, a woman walked into one of New York City's most famous art galleries and told it's President that she had a cache of never-before-seen masterworks. And she was looking to sell to the gallery on the cheap. And so began the largest art fraud i
This is part 2 of our coverage of The Zodiac Killer! If you're looking for part 1, go here!
FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the lens of... New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlburg?!?!? You know Gillian has THOUGHTS on this cas
We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week!
FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the lens
In the middle of the night on Nov. 20, 1969, a group of mostly young Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz, landing on the shores of Alcatraz Island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay. They occupied the former prison for 19 months, demanding that the
In 1986, self-proclaimed Pastor Gary Heidnik, kidnapped six women and held them prisoner in his basement. The women were tortured for months and two of them died. In this Oxygen special, two of the survivors tell their harrowing stories of how the wo
We're so excited to share our interview with Damien Echols, author, artist, husband, producer, and wrongfully convicted human. We talk all about West of Memphis, his journey being one of the West Memphis Three, his years on death row, his ongoing fig
This is part 2 of our 2 part coverage of West of Memphis.
THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID WE'D NEVER DO!
The film focuses on the 18-plus year plight of the “West Memphis Three”: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley who, in 1993, were
FAM: We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week!
THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID WE'D NEVER DO!
The film
YOU. SERIOUSLY. ARE. NOT. READY!
When a woman goes missing on a trip to Graceland, all eyes are on her husband, Phillip. Police put him under surveillance hoping he'll slip up. And that's when a mysterious younger woman enters the scene.
LOOKING FO
It’s been a decade since 11 bodies were found along the coastline of Long Island. The work of a probable serial killer, those homicides were never solved. But just last year, Investigative journalists Billy Jensen and Alexis Linkletter got a new and
FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come see us cover this case LIVE on Saturday night at the Wilbur Theater in Boston where we will be joined
FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come see us cover this case LIVE on Saturday night at the Wilbur Theater in Boston where we will be joined
It's been 18 years since Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci. In that time, some members of his family have been working tirelessly to prove his innocence--that he couldn't have killed Laci. Some of their evidence is compe
THIS. ONE. IS. WILD. YOU. GUYS.
Let us say right up front, Patrick and Gillian have never watched an episode of The Housewives, SO THIS WAS A REAL EDUCATION….And now Patrick identifies as Housewives Curious. OK, so Beverly Hills Housewife Erik Jane
YOU GUYS WE ARE OBSESSED! Three separate explosions attempt to take out prominent members of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. The crimes expose the dark underbelly in the world of rare documents dealing within the church community. DID I MENTION
During its 1980s and 1990s heyday, New Jersey’s Action Park earned a reputation as the most insane — and possibly the most dangerous — amusement park that ever existed. It was known as a lawless land, ruled by drunk teenage employees and frequented b
Fam, if you thought New York in the 70s, was bad, WELCOME TO DETROIT IN THE 80s. It’s the height of “the war on drugs” and, according to local law enforcement, it seems that a new drug gang is popping up every week. Enter the notorious White Boy Rick
BUCKLE UP EVERYONE, GILLIAN IS REAL MAD THIS WEEK!
So, Ok, remember Ma Anand Sheela from “Wild Wild Country?” She was Bagwan’s number 2, bus we all knew she was really the one running things in the Rajneesh Cult. Remember how she went a little banan
This is part 2 of our 2-part coverage. For episode 1, please see last week's episode!
Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths solve a truly bizarre death? (Patrick: “NO! GET OFF FACEBOOK AND GO. OUT. SIDE.). A
FAM: This is a two-part series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week!
Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths
From the 1975 disappearance of 20 people in small-town Oregon to the 1997 mass suicide of 39 people all wearing the same pair of Nike Decades in San Diego, “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” sketches the evolution of the UFO-worshipping cult that mys
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 obsessed with tracking down her killer and took to social media, creating profiles she thought
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. It was the co-working space where all the cook kids went to, like, make stuff and drink co
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 in the dense forest near the farm. Investigative journalist David Holthouse in on a quest to
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 in the dense forest near the farm. Investigative journalist David Holthouse in on a quest to
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 of young Americans calling themselves The Symbionese Liberation Army--a group dedicated to t
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 scam for you! For over 10 years, a man named Rick Singer helped the rich and famous get th
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! This documentary tells the tale of how a poor, single, black mother from segregated West Virg
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 never particularly careful about his crimes could get away with a killing spree spanning so man
You guys, please don't let your Wikipedia page start the way this guy's does: "serial killer, serial rapist, cambial, and necrophile..." YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKES. As a teenager, Kemper killed his grandparents, was sent to a mental hospital WHERE HE WAS RE
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 Hedgepeth’s roommate Karena Rosario found her dead in her bed in the apartment they shared n
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 and Gillian! Nothing is off the table in this chat! We talk true crime, The Illuminati, Hoot
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, claims--we swear to Goddess, you guys--that Stacy grabbed $25,000, the deed to the house, AND
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 her small apartment in downtown Beatrice, Nebraska. In an era before DNA testing, all inv
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 star lose complete legal control of her life? Imagine, one minute you’re a singer at the top
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 regular episode next week!
How does a talented, productive, and financially successful pop
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 but gotten away with it. The journalist, Gillian Laub, had fist come to the town the year bef
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 had been brutal and personal, and it completely changed the lives of Barbara’s two kids—18-
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, 48 year old Barbara Beach-Hamburg was found murdered in the side yard of her house in the
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 be devoted members of "the company" and it's founder Keith Ranieri--AND HOW THEY ESCAPED!
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 the brave women who risked their very lives by speaking out, Untouchable tells the story of
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 get her into the ambulance, she tells them that her husband, a snake-handling local preach
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 this episode, they track down a friend of Phoenix who is certain she saw Phoenix on a fligh
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At 3pm on December 18, 2011, 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon got in her card and left her family home. H
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 panic, and so his killings were especially brutal. He taunted police with postcards, letters, a
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. This "dead man's line" meant that if a policeman shot Kiritsis the shotgun would go off a
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 anything. Were the kidnappings connected? Was there a "baby selling ring" as rumors suggested
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 in Plain Sight).
On the night of January 12, 2010, JoAnn Matouk Romain vanished from the
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 Portland international airport, and hijacked the plane. He demanded $200,000 in cash and 4
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. And then came the blizzard. The three coinciding natural disasters killed over 15,000 people.
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 the New Life Church, Haggard was one of the most rich, famous, influential Evangelicals i
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 1973, he was able to just walk away from his sentence while out of the prison on a shopping tr
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 family was in the middle of the woods, miles from the nearest road. Little DeOrr had been walkin
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 time. Two days into her stay, a security officer at the hotel knocked on the door to her room.
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 and had a thriving career and a loving family. But on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981, she dis
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 what happened. And the search turns up hours of bizarre surveillance video of Jack who was i
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, two MURDERERS, broke out of a prison fortress thought to be impenetrable. A little after
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 dispose of a body. It was the body of Sandra’s husband, whom Sandara had killed in cold blood e
"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 serial killer is targeting young couples. He stalks them late at night. He waits until they ge
On the night of September 1, 1969 residents of Berkshire County, Massachusetts witnessed UFOs--and they're recounting their experiences in EVERY. TERRIFYING. DETAIL. Some were abducted, some are missing hours of their lives, some are telling their st
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 dedicated his life to exposing fake psychics and others who claimed to have paranormal pow
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 later be said that Alonzo was the only black person at the party, and though by all accoun
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 twerp. HOWEVER, the crimes committed at his behest are infamous. And surely you've heard the
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 members and friends of the family received a typewritten, unsigned letter from the mother and fat
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 Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California. The death was quickly ruled a suicide, but many
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 11:30 am and an unanswered phone call that came into the salon 13 minutes later. Patrice wa
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. The death was quickly ruled a suicide, but many strange facts surround the case. The son of R
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 "UNSOLVED MYSTERIES!"
Episode 1 delves into the mysterious death of Rey Rivera. On May 16, 2006
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 team doctor, Larry Nassar. How could this happen? Who knew? And how deep was the cover up?
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 relationship with a powerful Congressman surface. A year later, when her body is found 4 miles from
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 — amusement park that ever existed.
It was known as a lawless land, ruled by drunk teenage employe
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 think it's some of our best work!!
You can find all 6 episode right now and ad free on Patr
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, named names, so took the fall for all the people who used her services? WE SEE YOU CHARLI
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 am, after tossing something that sounded like a body off the side of a bridge, the police
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 neglected. Is it the work of the KKK or a cold blooded serial killer? After years of dead
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, claims--we swear to Goddess, you guys--that Stacy grabbed $25,000, the deed to the house, AND
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 other 5 episodes covering "The Jinx" plus over 140 FULL BONUS episodes at the $5 level on P
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 helped him jump from state legislator to Governor in just 10 years. And then he F***ED it all
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 over the course of 2 hours on the bar's pool table while a group of other men cheered them o
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 very rich, white dude. He runs a huge company! AND GUESS WHAT? HE'S BEEN STEALING HUNDRED
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 four plain clothes New York City police officers. The officers shot 41 times with 19 of the bu
On December 22, 1984, a white man named Bernhard Goetz shot 4 black teenagers on the New York City subway. He claimed self defense--that the 4 boys were in the process of robbing him. But eye witness accounts and crime scene evidence said otherwise.
Fam! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of HBO's "McMillions." It's perfect for week 729 of quarantine because there's no murder! It's mostly just Mafia idiot (come for us Frank Colombo!) and hot FBI guys (Call us, Doug Matthews!).
Two words: Jenny Jones.
On March 6, 1995, Scott Amadure and Jonathan Schmitz went on the Jenny Jones show. On the show, Scott revealed to Jonathan that he had a crush on him. Jonathan, seemed to take it in stride. But three days later, he bought a g
The title of Ava DuVernay's extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted freedom to enslaved people. Except, it didn’t really. The drafters of the amendment included a loophole that allowed
A little after 8:45 am on the morning of July, 15, 1997, famed fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot execution-style on the front steps of his Miami Beach mansion. The assassin was 28 year old Andrew Cunanan--a hanger on who claimed to have met Ve
Based on The New York Times best-selling book of the same name, The Most Dangerous Animal of All is a documentary series that explores one man's search for the father who abandoned him, only to uncover the worst: he believes his father is the Zodiac
Hey Fam! We're so excited to share with you episode one of our Patreon coverage of Netflix's Tiger King. This is BY FAR our most requested series to cover, so buckle up! All 7 episodes are available RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE at the $5 level on Patreon
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Based on The New York Times best-selling book of the same name, The Most Dangerous Animal of All is a documentary series that explores one man's search for the father who abandoned him, only to uncover the worst: he believes his father is the Zodiac
In 2009, Cleveland police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in the house and yard of known sex offender Anthony Sowell. With unprecedented access to the surviving victims, UNSEEN tells a chilling story about the invisibility of women
On July 10, 2015, a 28 year-old black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over in a small Texas town for failing to use a turn signal when she changed lanes. She was ultimately arrested and taken to the county jail. Three days later, she was found de
Israel Keyes is the most terrifying serial killer you’ve maybe never heard of.
Here’s what we know about him: He was methodical—he left “kill kits” hidden all across the country. He hid them years before using them, so he was also patient and self
Brittany Murphy was a rising star who had it all, beauty, fame, and success … but she also had secrets. When she was found dead in her Los Angeles home at just 32 years old, Hollywood and legions of fans are left in disbelief. While her autopsy revea
YOU GUYS, DO YOU HAVE A PC? I PROMISE I WON’T TELL GILLIAN? Gringo tells the story of John McAfee who invented anti-virus software, AND AS BORING AS THAT SOUNDS, I PROMISE THIS IS ANYTHING BUT! He owned that software company for, like, two weeks, got
18 year old Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005. After 12 years of following every lead--each one ending in heartbreak and disappointment--Natalee's dad, Dave, gets a tip that could change everything.
All 6 episodes of The Disappea
Chris Watts and his wife Shanann seemed to have it all: Thriving careers, wonderful friends, two beautiful kids with a third on the way. But then on August 13, 2018, Shanann’s best friend Nicole can’t get ahold of Shanann. She calls and calls, and t
YOU GUYS WE REALLY LIKE THIS ONE!! WE ALMOST NEVER SAY THAT!
Marvin Heemeyer was a beloved resident of Granby, Colorado. He was a welder by trade and he loved his work. But slowly he came to believe that the town was out to get him. And then, accord
This is part 2 of our 2-part series. To hear episode 1, go here!
On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The case quickly became one of the most famous murder mysteries in American hist
On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The case quickly became one of the most famous murder mysteries in American history. 20 years after the murder, a team of famous investigators, in
In 2003, The Dixie Chicks were on top of the world. They were the number 1 selling female band of all time, They were Grammy winners, and all around darlings of the country music scene. But then, at a club date in London, the band's lead singer, Nata
In 2001, Robert Fisher murdered his wife and two young kids. And then vanished into thin air. Is he dead, or did he escape to a new life…THIS IS THE QUESTION POSED TO THE PSYCHIC WHO CLOSES OUT THIS….”DOCUMENTARY?” This film, amateur as it is…and we
UMMMMMM, So we have a lot of questions. We can’t wait for you to meet Jan Lewan, the “Polka God” at the center of this thing. But we also can’t wait for you to meet his wife Rhonda, who definitely didn’t win the Mrs. Pennsylvania 1998 pageant, no mat
Two-and-a-half decades ago, a man from Milwaukee named Jeffrey Dahmer was tried and convicted of 17 gruesome murders that occurred between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was convicted of luring young men into his home, where he then drugged, sexually violated
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Two-and-a-half decades ago, a man from Milwaukee named Jeffrey Dahmer was trie
Patrick may be from Massachusetts (and has the Dunkin Donuts loyalty card to prove it), but he somehow missed out on Boston sports fever (feee-vah!). We have a lot of feelings about this one, but we're going to be SUPER careful because we don't want
On October 21, 2005, local beauty queen, Tara Grinsted vanished from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. 12 years later, two men were arrested for her murder. This was thanks in part to Payne Lindsay's popular podcast by the same name. So Payne is here to t
HERE'S EPISODE 1 OF OUR FIRST-EVER SPINOFF PODCAST! For Patrick, this new podcast has been year long labor of love! Please take a listen!
It's been a year since the smash hit documentary Abducted in Plain Sight premiered on Netflix and set the inter
August 1963. Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, England. Fifteen men pull off "The Great Train Robbery," netting today's equivalent of almost $70 million. It’s one of the most famous crimes in the history of Great Britain. Movies have been made, books
Mary Kay Letourneau is garbage. What else is there to say? I mean for context, she was a 35 year old teacher who had an affair with her THIRTEEN YEAR OLD student....and had two babies with him. She served (not enough) jail time and then then, after y
In the fall of 2000, three construction workers were brutally murdered on a job site in rural Indiana. A police investigation leads to three men. But digging a little deeper, investigators discover a young woman named Charity Payne. The police come t
The internet is the wild west, you guys. But even the GD no-rules internet has one actual rule. SAY IT WITH ME: Don't fuck with cats. So when a weird looking sicko starts uploading cat-murder videos to the internet, a band of internet sleuths set out
TICK TOCK IT’S CULT O’CLOCK!
What can we say, the 60s in Los Angels were ROUGH! Lots of drugs and crappy eating, not to mention the terrible music. So it just seemed fitting that when the 70s rolled around and a guy named Jim Baker opened a bunch of
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 and had a thriving career and a loving family. But on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981, she dis
In 1989, 21-year-old Lyle and 18-year-old Erik Menendez walked into their parents' den and killed them. In episode 1, Erik Menendez himself shares in stunning detail the events of the week leading up to the murders and the motive behind the crime tha
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, beginning with their first date, there were warning signs...something wasn't quite right h
We are covering this documentary in two episodes. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free at the $5 level on Patreon. You can get it here. It will be our regular episode (with ads) next week.
When Debra Newell met John Meehan on dating site fo
Who in gay hell exercises in a room heated to 105 degrees?!?!
Sweating and stretching isn't our jam, but Bikram Chaudry (we have a request into Jesus to have his last name changed--WE WILL NOT HAVE RABIA'S LAST NAME BESMIRCHED!!!) recruited thousand
"THE GOLDEN GIRLS" THIS IS NOT, YOU GUYS!
Miami in the early 80s was the wild west for the cocaine trade. Brutal drug lords reigned, mass killings were an every day occurrence, and you couldn't get a Ferrari to save your life! We tear into this doc
On Oct. 24, 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered in his home in Potsdam, a small town in upstate New York. Police quickly zeroed in on a suspect in this unthinkable crime: Oral “Nick” Hillary, a black man in the mostly white community, who
This is 2-Episode series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free at the $5 level on Patreon. Episode 2 will be our regular episode next week on the regular free feed and will haveads.
On Oct. 24, 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered
When Laci Peterson disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002, her husband, Scott Peterson, was almost instantly the prime suspect. When it came to light that he'd been having an affair AND had told his mistress that his wife had been dead for months, the
18-year-old Alex Lewis wakes up from a coma after surviving a devastating motorcycle accident. He has forgotten everything. His home. His parents. He can't even remember his own name. The only thing he knows is that the person sitting next to him is
For 13 summers, Timothy Tredwell journeyed into the Alaskan wilderness to spend four months living among the grizzly bears. Though Treadwell believed that he and the bears had an understanding--he considered them his close friends--he and his girlfri
March 30, 1985: Derek and Nancy Haysom are discovered brutally murdered at their home in Lynchburg, Virginia. The arrest and conviction of the couple's daughter Elizabeth, a scholarship student at the University of Virginia, and her boyfriend Jens Sö
Wrinkles The Clown is a REAL-LIFE bogeyman. He’s here to haunt your nightmares.
It started with a silent black and white surveillance video uploaded to YouTube which depicted a child sleeping peacefully. Suddenly, a hand appeared and deranged man di
THIS IS ABOUT THE SPORTS AND STILL SOMEHOW ONE OF OUR FAVORITE DOCS WE’VE EVER COVERED!
Welcome to Florida, land of swamp dinosaurs, tanning salons, and, like, humidity. But did you also know it was ground zero for the high-profile doping scandal
SEX. LIES. MURDER.
What happened to 30 year old Travis Alexander? His friends found him dead on his bathroom floor. He'd been stabbed, shot, and nearly decapitated. When police asked who in Travis's life would want him dead, everyone said the same p
SEX. LIES. MURDER.
What happened to 30 year old Travis Alexander? His friends found him dead on his bathroom floor. He'd been stabbed, shot, and nearly decapitated. When police asked who in Travis's life would want him dead, everyone said the same p
FAM: We're THRILLED to share this episode from our Patreon feed! You can get our complete 5-part coverage of OJ: Made In America on our Patreon Feed! There you can also get over 100 Full Bonus Episodes TO BINGE IMMEDIATELY! Including our episode-by-e
Israel Keyes is the most terrifying serial killer you’ve maybe never heard of.
Here’s what we know about him: He was methodical—he left “kill kits” hidden all across the country. He hid them years before using them, so he was also patient and self
FAM!! Lady RuPaul (Charles) herself narrates this one!!
This episode is an affectionate look at everyone's favorite televangelist / Gay Icon / Face Tattoo-er, Tammy Faye Bakker. The eldest of eight children in rural Minnesota, Tammy Faye married Jim
In Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players are untouchable. So when two players are accused of assaulting an underage girl at a pre-season party, it seems almost impossible to get the real story. But when an amateur crime blogger uncovers di
This is part 2 of our 2 part coverage. For Part 1, click here.
It's one of the most shocking disappearances in recent history. A young mother vanishes from her home in Utah. Her husband is the only suspect. His behavior is so bizarre that it has to
In perperation for our upcoming live show ALL ABOUT MAURA MURRAY with Maggie Freleng and Tim Lance of the Missing Maura Murray podcast, we rebroadcasting these episodes!
Come to the live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn on Saturday October 5th at
In perperation for our upcoming live show ALL ABOUT MAURA MURRAY with Maggie Freleng and Tim Lance of the Missing Maura Murray podcast, we rebroadcasting these episodes!
Come to the live show at The Bell House in Brooklyn on Saturday October 5th at
It's one of the most shocking disappearances in recent history. A young mother vanishes from her home in Utah. Her husband is the only suspect. His behavior is so bizarre that it has to be him, right? But there's no evidence. Then a second suspect em
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! AND THIS IS NOT A RERUN! For our 100th episode, we're remaking our very first episode AND IT MIGHT BE OUR FUNNIEST, MOST PERFECT EPISODE YET!
Nicholas Barclay was 13 years old on the day he disappeared—June 13, 1994. Three and a
2 year old Caylee Antony is missing. Her mother, Casey Anthony, insists she was abducted by the nanny. But investigators are soon to discover that Caylee has been missing for 31 days AND WAS NEVER REPORTED MISSING. Where is Caylee??
You guys, it's s
Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the cit
Sam Cooke was one of the most famous singers of his time. He was an icon and a civil rights revolutionary. His power made him a target. So when he was murdered at age 33, conspiracy theories abounded. Was it the FBI? Was it the mob? Who else could ha
Their crimes resemble high-octane Hollywood action movies: a sports car speeds through a Dubai shopping mall, crashing into the windows of a Graff jewelry store. Masked, gun-wielding men jump out of the car and stuff fistfuls of diamonds into their s
HERBA LIFE! Ever heard of it? For some, it's just a health food company. For others, it's a Pyramid scheme--a company that preys on the poor to keep it's investors rich. In "Betting on Zero," find out what happens when a Wall Street bro makes it his
In May of 2007, Gerry and Kate McCann took their family on vacation to the resort town of Praia De Luz, Portugal. On the evening of evening of May 3, their daughter, three-year-old Madeleine, was abducted out of her bed sometime around 10 pm while h
In the quiet suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, Jennifer Petit and her two young daughters were killed in a horrific home invasion; husband and father William Petit was the only one who escaped alive. This film explores the events of that shocking trip
Eliot Spitzer was a rising star in the Democratic Party...But then he got caught having sex with escorts.
Client 9, as you might imagine, introduces us to a host of fascinating characters. From the take-no-shit escorts who love their jobs, to the we
In July 2014, 18-year-old Conrad Roy died by suicide in his car at a parking lot in Fairhaven, Mass. Police soon discovered a series of alarming text messages from his girlfriend, 17-year-old Michelle Carter, that seemed to encourage him to kill hims
In July 2014, 18-year-old Conrad Roy died by suicide in his car at a parking lot in Fairhaven, Mass. Police soon discovered a series of alarming text messages from his girlfriend, 17-year-old Michelle Carter, that seemed to encourage him to kill hims
FIFTY. THREE. MILLION. DOLLARS. That's how much cash Rita Crundwell stole FROM HER CITY GOVERNMENT JOB without anyone noticing. She bought houses, and horses, and spa retreats AND A TWO MILLION DOLLAR BUS. How did she do it? HOW DID NOBODY NOTICE? Th
In the 1990s, boy bands were king. Groups like N'SYNC and the Backstreet Boys were international sensations. But that wasn't the whole story. To tell the whole story, you have to talk about Lou Pearlman--the producer behind the pop explosion of the e
On July 10, 2015, a 28 year-old black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over in a small Texas town for failing to use a turn signal when she changed lanes. She was ultimately arrested and taken to the county jail. Three days later, she was found de
On October 7, 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to a fence and left to die because he was gay. It was one of the most notorious hate crimes in US history. Years later, Michele Josue, a close friend of Matt'
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by the literature and ideas of the radical right, parked a Ryder truck with a five-ton fertilizer bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. Moments
FAM! This week, as a fun little bonus, we wanted to share with you one of our FAVORITE episodes from our Patreon feed! We think that our coverage of "Lorena" is some of our funniest, most intense, rage-iest work so we wanted to share the first episod
On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Up Stairs Lounge, a New Orleans gay bar. The result was the largest gay mass murder in U.S. history--Thirty-two people were killed and some three bodies were never identified. And despite the staggering h
IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT?
Turns out, there are LOTS of people believe it is. Is their evidence compelling? Not really, but their conspiracies run deep and cross over into everything from being anti-vaccination to, you know, believing th
FAM! QUEEN GILLIAN GOT SUPER SICK THIS WEEK AND SO WE HAD TO RUN A CLASSIC EPISODE! First please note that, unbeknownst to us before we picked this episode to rerun, THIS IS THE EPISODE WHERE WE INVENTED BOTH OUR THEME SONG AND…WAIT FOR IT…THE GARBAG
This episode covers episodes 4 - 6 of the Oxygen series. For part 1, covering episodes 1 - 3, go here. Or listen on Spotify here.
It's the most famous--and most obsessed over--missing person's case of our time:
On February 9, 2004, Maura Murray, a
This episode covers episodes 1 - 3 of the Oxygen series.
It's the most famous--and most obsessed over--missing person's case of our time:
On February 9, 2004, Maura Murray, a promising young nursing student, left her college dorm, emptied her bank
Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four excavates the nightmarish persecution of Elizabeth Ramirez, Cassandra Rivera, Kristie Mayhugh, and Anna Vasquez - four Latina lesbians wrongfully convicted of gang-raping two little girls in San A
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson?
When the beloved, self-described "street queen" of NY's gay ghetto was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992, the NYPD chalked it up as a suicide and refused to investigate. But Marsha was a lover of life and many
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, 19 year old Elizabeth Holmes became the world's youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, it was revealed that the technology she'd inv
GAYS! DRAG QUEENS! LIZA! DISCO! DRUGS! TAX FRAUD! DO I REALLY NEED TO GO ON?
Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism--a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve
This episode covers episode 4 of the HBO series.
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In Part 3, the state's case against Adnan Syed falls apart as Adnan's legal team PROVES that he d
This episode covers part 3 of the 4-part HBO series. For our take on Part 1, go here! For our take on Part 2, go here! And stay tuned till THE VERY END of the episode to hear a preview of our interview with Rabia Chaudry.
In part 3, Adnan’s 2016 ap
This episode covers part 2 of the 4-part HBO series. For Part 1, go here!
In part 2, Private investigators attempt to recreate circumstances at the crime scene, questions arise about the veracity of alleged accomplice Jay Wilds, the centerpiece of p
Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, The Case Against Adnan Syed will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a c
This podcast episode covers episodes 3 & 4 of the Netflix series. Listen to Part 1 (covering episodes 1 & 2 of the Netflix series) HERE.
In this episode, Ted Bundy breaks out of prison TWICE. He terrorizes south Florida where he takes at least 6 mo
SURPRISE!
this week we wanted to do something we’ve never done before—give every member of the TCO fam access to one of our Patreon full bonus episodes. We decided that our take on "Making A Murderer" season 2, episode 1 would be a great example to
This podcast episode covers episodes 1 & 2 of the Netflix series.
On the 30th anniversary of his Florida execution, CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE TED BUNDY TAPES brings the infamously twisted mind of serial killer Ted Bundy into the light for the
It's Daisy's school vacation week, so Patrick is on full time dad duty! We'll be back with a brand new episode next week covering episodes 1 & 2 of Netflix's "The Ted Bundy Tapes." The following week, we'll cover episodes 3 & 4!
Mommy Dead And Deare
For 13 summers, Timothy Tredwell journeyed into the Alaskan wilderness to spend four months living among the grizzly bears. Though Treadwell believed that he and the bears had an understanding--he considered them his close friends--he and his girlfri
The Fyre Festival was the defining scam of the millennial generation. Marketing for the 2017 music event went viral with the help of rapper Ja Rule, instagram stars, and models, but wound up being an epic failure as it stranded thousands of people in
Three strangers are reunited by astonishing coincidence after being born identical triplets, separated at birth, and adopted by three different families. Their jaw-dropping, feel-good story instantly becomes a global sensation complete with fame and
Mike and Mina Block were married for 54 years. Friends, family, and neighbors all thought they had the perfect marriage. But then Minna died suddenly, and three months later Mike was married to his former secretary. Suddenly everyone realized that no
Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his top ten list. And more than fifteen years later, its infamy continues. Everyone knows the McDonald's coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America
In the summer of 1977, Jim Jones, leader of The Peoples Temple, moved nearly 1,000 of his followers to a plot of land in Guyana, South America. Less than a year later, on November 18, 1978, 908 of the followers died after drinking Kool-Aid laced with
BEWARE THE SLENDERMAN tells the story of the internet's elusive Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their best friend into the woods, stabbed her 19 times, then set out on an odyssey to mee
On November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, was assassinated in broad daylight in front of hundreds of people--at least 55 of whom were filming or taking pictures. And yet we still don't know what happened. Lee Harvey Oswal
On October 17, 1974, 12 year old Jan Broberg was kidnapped by her next door neighbor and parents’ best friend—a man they all loving called “B.” B, unbeknownst to them, was a pedophile who had become obsessed with Jan and would stop at nothing to have
EVERYONE BE COOL, KATHLEEN ZELNER IS IN THE HOUSE!!!
Before she became a household name with her work on the Steven Avery case in season 2 of "Making A Murderer," Kathleen Zelner used her brilliant, no-nonsense bad-assery to exonerate Ryan Ferguson.
In 2015, NYC Police Officer Gilberto Valle was convicted of conspiring to kidnap and eat young women. YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT: KIDNAP AND EAT. Valle argued it was all a fantasy; the prosecution's narrative convinced jurors otherwise. Valle was facing
THIS EPISODE IS RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES, YOU GUYS!
In 2013, James (Whitey) Bulger, the South Boston mobster, was captured after 16 years on the lam. He was finally brought to justice for a murderous reign of terror that inspired books, films and a
This week we're revisiting one of our most popular episodes!
A decade after making the documentary film “Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer” about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, director Nick Broomfield was subpoenaed as a witness for Ai
In 1975, the Lutz family moved into the old house at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amittyville, New York. The house was beautiful, nestled in the heart of an affluent neighborhood, it had a pool and a dock, and best of all, the family had gotten it at a stagge
Welp, throw “Killer Legends” on the stacks of Halloween-ey docs we’ve hated!
Having skimmed the Wikipedia pages and doing a combined 14 minutes of research, filmmakers Josh and Rachel head off to discover ‘the truth behind four of our most terrifyin
There’s no way around it, you guys: There is definitely a PORTAL TO HELL under the basement stairs in a crappy rental house in Gary, Indiana. It’s definitely definitely real, and I know this because that bro The Travel Channel--the one with the ghost
YOU GUYS!!! A few weeks ago we got the chance to sit down with "Tower" director Keith Maitland for full interview about the film. That interview is now live on the Patreon feed.We chatted about how he made the film, how he tracked down the victims an
You guys, we've covered A LOT of garbage on this podcast, but somehow THIS insanity is the first one to warrant an actual trigger warning. So here's the head up, THESE BITCHES think abortion, sexual assault, rape, incest, school shootings, racism, ho
First things first, you guys…WE HAAAAAAAAAAAATED THIS MOVIE….which is good news because we have SHIT. TO. SAY.
In the mood for a great movie about a suuuuper scary exorcism? GO WATCH THE EXORCIST AND SKIP THIS GARBAGE ALL TOGETHER (but don’t be a mo
In 1930 4 SUPER grumpy people moved to the Galapagos Islands’ most deserted, most isolated, most remote outpost (that is Patrick you’re hearing having the GAYEST panic attack at the thought). Not only did the all HATE each other, they were bored to d
Look, the specifics of this story are confusing AF. BUT at the heart of it, we’re dealing with a murder, a wrongful conviction, a false confession and A. WOMAN. NAMED. SHAWN. (She’s garbage, but we’re obsessed with the gender swapping name situation.
We hate to insult garbage by calling Anthony Weiner garbage...but we can't think of another word. DING!
Anthony Weiner did a lot for the people of New York as a Congressman from 1999 - 2011. HOWEVER it all went off the rails when he started SEXTING
YOU GUYS! It’s our final installment and all our friends are here! Boring Jane! The Lawyer Who Can’t Stop Crying! Bagwan(shhhhhhh)! And SHEELA! Hey Girl!
Basically, everyone goes to jail, The Lawyer really needs to seek psychiatric attention or at t
The lawyer is still crying, The Australian is still boring, Sheela is still not to be messed with.
This episode, which covers episodes 3 & 4 of the Netflix series, is jam-packed with guns, poisonings, voter fraud, enraged homeless people, attempted
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Another bonkers cult-doc, you guys!
Attend the tale of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a guru who rose to prominence in India in the nineteen-seventies, and collapsed into infamy in Oregon
This one has it all, you guys: Garbage Cops, False Convictions, And An 80s Home Perm Gone Seriously Wrong (oh AND two IDIOTS riding a TANDEM BIKE in CENTRAL PARK at 10 PM in 1989. whatever, we'll get there.)
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers
The working title for this one was: “Three Gays Rob a Bank”. And we have an idea for the sitcom version.
In August 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover's sex-reassignment surgery. The act resulted in a fourteen-
WHY. ARE. THEY. ALL. HOARDERS?
Heads Up! This episode of TCO covers parts 3 & 4 of the Netflix series. To hear our coverage of the first two episodes of the Netflix series,go here!
In this episode, we watch Marjorie just berate the soul out of her
Let us paint a picture:
The weirdest bank robbery in history, a collar-bomb, a cane-gun, three dead men, and two homes so hoard-ey they required hazmat suits. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you “Evil Genius.”
In 2003 in Erie, Pennsylvania, a robbery
There are no two ways about it, Harvey Milk looked great in a T-Shirt.
Happy Pride, everyone! Let's talk about some gay stuff! (don't worry, this one is super true-crimey too.). In 1978, Harvey Milk became one of the first openly gay elected offici
Happy Pride Month, Everyone! Now let's talk about a gay club kid who was super mean to people, became addicted to drugs, and murdered AND DISMEMBERED a fellow club-goer, shall we? Did I mention that he stuffed the body in a box LIVED WITH IT IN HIS A
You Guys, I Swear to God this is what this movie is about….
In 2004, John Wood had his left leg amputated after a single-engine plane crash that left him badly injured. He somehow convinced the doctors to let him keep the leg (!!!!!), he mummified i
You guys, Gillian HATED this one, so, you know, buckle up this one is frikin' great.
Meet the White family--the most notorious pill popping, gun slinging, bad-tattoo-giving-while-hammered-in-the-kitchen, clan in all of West Virginia. For one year,
In June of 2003, college basketball star Patrick Dennehy vanished. For weeks leading up to the disappearance, Patrick had complained to friends, family, and teammates that he was in danger, but he was vague about the details. The FBI was called in to
Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the cit
In 2000, the novel “Sarah” was published. It was written by a homeless teenaged hustler named JT LeRoy. Nobody had ever met him—his only correspondence with press and publishers was over the phone or fax machine—and still he became the literary sensa
In 2006, three Duke University lacrosse players were accused of rape. The men were presumed guilty by the much of school's student body, the faculty, and when the story became national news, the country. If convicted, the accused men faced decades of
Kate Logan, an Evangelical missionary, was in The Dominican Republic on a break from her second year of film school when she stumbled upon Escuela Caribe, an American-operated, faith-based reform school that aims to "cure" teens of homosexuality and
There really aren't words to describe how much both Gillian and Patrick hated this film. H.A.T.E.D. Also, they both agree, this MIGHT be their best episode. These ladies are hilarious when they're furious.
Whatever, Garbage Bert meets Linda. He's d
As Gillian Says: "this is 'My Kid Could Paint That,' but with wine, meets 'The Queen of Versailles.' And I hated it."
Rudy Kurniawan has charisma, pockets full of cash, and an uncanny memory for vintages. He earns the reputation of a wine savant by
How not Awesome would it be if a group of weirdo Nazis tried to take over your town? That's exactly what happened to the 24 (yes twenty four) residents of Leith, North Dakota. As you might have guessed,the bad-ass residents of Leith were not having
The hero bell and the garbage bell both got a workout with this one...
"How To Survive A Plague" is a riveting, powerful telling of the story of the grassroots movement of activists, many of them in a life-or-death struggle, who seized upon scientif
It's a sports doc…but stick with us, you guys, it's also super murderey.
When billionaire John Du Pont decides to build the United States' premiere wrestling training facility on his property in Pennsylvania, he attracts the sport's top athletes and
A decade after making the documentary film “Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer” about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, director Nick Broomfield was subpoenaed as a witness for Aileen’s final appeal in overturning her death sentence. When he
Kidnapping! Murder! Swindling Rich People! Fancy Art Shenanigans! This one has it all.
Christian Gerhartsreiter, a man eventually known as "Clark Rockefelle," lived a life of deception; the FBI called it "the longest-running con in FBI history." Aft
On August 1, 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. Based entirely on first person testimonies
A four-year-old girl, whose paintings are compared to Kandinsky, Pollock, and even Picasso, has sold $300,000 dollars worth of paintings. Is she a genius of abstract expressionism, a tiny charlatan, or an exploited child whose parents have sold her o
BEWARE THE SLENDERMAN tells the story of the internet's elusive Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier lured their best friend into the woods, stabbed her 19 times, then set out on an odyssey to mee
Strangeness is afoot. Most people don't notice the hundreds of cryptic tiled messages about resurrecting the dead that have been appearing in city streets over the past three decades. But Justin Duerr does. For years, finding an answer to this long-s
In the 1960s, Gerald Foos bought a motel in Colorado, furnished the rooms with louvered vents that allowed him to spy on his guests, and kept a journal of their sexual encounters and more (including maybe a murder?). Over the course of 30 years, cele
The world couldn't keep its eyes off two athletes at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer - Nancy Kerrigan, the elegant brunette and Tonya Harding, the feisty blonde engulfed in scandal. Just weeks before the Olympics on January 6, 1994 at the U.S. F
Meet Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming with an IQ of 168. 30 years ago, she fell in love with a young Mormon named Kirk. When Kirk disappeared and then turned up a few months later in the UK, Joyce was convinced he’d been kidnapped and was being
It's not what you think.
After stumbling upon a bizarre "competitive endurance tickling" video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled, reporter David Farrier reaches out to request a story from the company. But the reply he rec
Who killed Marsha P. Johnson?
When the beloved, self-described "street queen" of NY's gay ghetto was found floating in the Hudson River in 1992, the NYPD chalked it up as a suicide and refused to investigate. But Marsha was a lover of life and many
Our most requested episode to date, and it was a doozy! But don't worry, we found a way to laugh through our rage.
In 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby was shot dead by jealous ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner. Shortly thereafter, Bagby's friends and family we
In May 2003, 16-year-old Martha Puebla was shot in the head on the doorstep of her Los Angeles home, days after testifying in a gangland murder trial. Police arrested 24-year-old Juan Catalan at gunpoint, alleging that he’d carried out the hit for hi
Thomas Montgomery, a 47-year-old, married factory worker was playing a game online when a beautiful 18-year-old teenager named Jessi, screen name talhotblond, texted him ‘hello.’ He was instantly hooked. In order to keep her attention, he lied and pr
In 1999, writer John Krakauer stopped at a gas station in Colorado City, AZ, a place he had never been. What he found was a town frozen in time, with women in long prairie dresses and hairstyles that rang of the 1800s. The curious sight led him on a
On Sunday, July 26, 2009, Diane Schuler left the campgrounds in upstate New York where she was vacationing with her family and set off towards home on Long Island. With her were five young children: her son, her daughter, and three nieces. Four hours
Growing up on Staten Island, filmmakers Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio had often heard the legend of ‘Cropsey.’ For the kids in their neighborhood, Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the old abandoned Willowbrook Mental Institut
When the curtain rose on the murder trial of Pamela Smart 23 years ago, the stage was set for the birth of reality TV. Accused of plotting the 1990 murder of her husband Gregory, 22-year-old Smart was subsequently convicted in the first fully televis
An amateur documentary filmmaker named Thierry is on a mission to track down and film the elusive and anonymous street artist named Banksy. When Thierry finds him, Banksy turns the camera on the filmmaker and hilarity, mystery, shenanigans, and some
A bunch of altruistic hot people join a cult in 1980s West Hollywood, what could possibly go wrong?
Using footage shot by the cult's (known as The Buddahfield) in-house documentarian, we follow these lovable gorgeous weirdos as they slowly become dis
In the early morning hours of March 13, 1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was murdered in front of her building in Kew Gardens, Queens. According to the New York Times story that followed, 38 people watched the murder happen and did nothing. 50 years
Johnny Gosch was 12-years-old when he disappeared while on his paper route on September 5, 1982. There were FIVE witnesses, but the local police (and eventually FBI) declared there was no crime. Over the years, Johnny's parents never gave up hope tha
Jesus Camp follows a group of children as they attend an evangelical Christian summer camp, where they are taught that they have "prophetic gifts" and can "take back America for Christ. The film claims that it "documents and does not judge." But Gil
Amanda Knox was an 21 year old exchange student in rural Italy when she and her boyfriend were arrested for and convicted of killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher. It took nearly five years, almost all of which she spent behind bars, to clear her na
Amanda Knox was an 21-year-old exchange student in rural Italy when she and her boyfriend were arrested for and convicted of killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher. It took nearly five years, almost all of which she spent behind bars, to clear her na
Meet the Friedmans: Father Arnold, Mother Elaine, and kids David, Seth, and Jesse. They're all living the 'perfect' middle class life on Long Island in the 1980 until Arnold and Jesse are arrested and charged with truly horrific crimes. And guess wha
We believe the working title for this documentary was "The Garbage-Human Who Pretended To Be A 9/11 Survivor."
Ugh, Meet Tania Head, the woman who claimed to be a survivor of the attacks on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. An "employee of Merri
Who killed Sister Cathy Ceznick in Baltimore, MD in November of 1969? Two former students--our heroes Gemma and Abbie--launch a dogged investigation into the decades-old cold case. The horrors they uncover include stories of sexual abuse by Priests,
Who killed Sister Cathy Ceznick in Baltimore, MD in November of 1969? Two former students--our heroes Gemma and Abbie--launch a dogged investigation into the decades-old cold case. The horrors they uncover include stories of sexual abuse by Priests,
Late on the evening of June 14, 2015, deputy sheriffs in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Dee Dee Blancharde laying facedown in a pool of blood from the stab wounds that had killed her several days earlier. There was no sign of her teenage
What drove music icon Kurt Cobain to take his own life on April 8th, 1994. Is it possible that he didn't? Could he have been murdered? After all, the gun had been wiped of finger prints and there are a LOT of questions about the legitimacy of the sui
A "Catfish" update! Hot nerds Nev, Ariele, and Henry are back! In the first part of episode 3, we take you through the 7-minutes "Catfish" follow up "Finding the Woman in the Pictures" in which the boys track down Aimee Gonzales, aka Megan Facio, who
For our very first episode, Patrick and Gillian are breaking down the 2012 true crime documentary "The Imposter." The film centers on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for
In episode two, Patrick and Gillian dive into 2010's Catfish, the documentary that shed a light on the world of people posing as others on the internet. We follow Nev Schulman, his brother Ariel, and their collaborator Henry Joost as they document Ne