Two secret lovers drive to a Holiday Inn in Amana, Iowa in 1980. They are Roger Atkison, a married man, and Rose Berkert, his mistress. They have planned a weekend far from home to be together. They check into their motel and order room service. The next morning, they fail to check out so the maid alerts the manager and he opens their room door. What he finds is something straight out of a horror film. The small motel room is painted with blood and Roger and Rose are hacked to pieces. Who commit...
Nov 27, 2024•37 min•Ep. 54
Bodies begin turning up along interstate highways in the Bible Belt. The victims all have one thing in common: beautiful red hair. For years the police cannot catch the killer and the body count continues to rise. Who is murdering redheaded women and why? Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising....
Nov 25, 2024•33 min•Ep. 53
I'm not much of a conspiracy theorist but sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. From government plots to assassinate Fidel Castro to horrific racist medical experiments and fake testimony from children coached to lie to congress, there is no question, our government is capable of some terrible atrocities. Not every wild and far out tale is a lie and the stories in today's episode are proof of that. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations ...
Nov 20, 2024•36 min•Ep. 52
There is a wacky conspiracy theory going around on social media and people actually believe Garth Brooks is killing people in every city he visits during a concert tour. People even claim to have matched up dates of murders and missing people with dates that Garth Brooks is in the city the murder takes place. We talk about the origins of the conspiracy theory and how it all took hold but then, the story takes a very dark turn. Weeks ago, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's hair and makeup artist ...
Nov 18, 2024•43 min•Ep. 51
Today I've got three brand new stories that I will continue to follow and update as they progress. We are talking about Timothy Murphy-Johnson and the death of his wife Molly, JP Miller and the death of his wife Mica, and then a very strange and goofy story unfolding on TikTok. A man named Michael Guzman who uses the handle Rebuilding Atlantis has offered his land in Texas for anyone to come and live on it for free. Is this the start of a new cult? Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com...
Nov 13, 2024•40 min•Ep. 50
A maniac on a killing spree crosses the ocean to continue to get away with murder. Like other serial killers of that era, he employed a ruse using a camera, stating he was a professional photographer to get close to his victims. On one occasion, he is even captured on film himself ogling his next victim at a Las Vegas mall during a fashion show. Christopher Wilder is one of the most prolific serial killers of his era, but most people do not know his name. Support this podcast at — https://redcir...
Nov 11, 2024•36 min•Ep. 49
A man suddenly becomes very religious and his personality begins to change. His wife seeks the help of two priests who decide he is possessed by the devil. After a nine hour exorcism, they send the man home to rest. The next morning, the police are called to his house and what they find is literally something out of a horror film. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat...
Nov 06, 2024•24 min•Ep. 48
This is one of the strangest deaths I've ever covered. During a night of drinking, Sarah Boone and her boyfriend Jorge Torres, who fought regularly, decided to play "a game." Jorge got inside a suitcase which Sarah then zipped closed. Jorge was trapped and began to beg Sarah to let him out. Instead, Sarah took out her iPhone and began recording. The next morning, Jorge was dead. Was this a tragic accident or something much more sinister? Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-heart...
Nov 04, 2024•30 min•Ep. 47
You've heard all the urban legends about poisoned Halloween candy or razor blades, needles and drugs in Halloween candy. But did you know, there is not a single reported case of it ever happening? Well...almost. Join me for a spooky holiday episode, a brief overview of Halloween and the story of Rodney O'Bryan who tried to blame poisoned Halloween candy for his own despicable act. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, a...
Oct 30, 2024•27 min•Ep. 46
A mother and grandmother is brutally assaulted and murdered in her Salt Lake City Mormon bookstore. Her ties to wealthy Utah mogul Larry H. Miller have the public and the media in a panic. The cops investigate but soon, the case goes cold. Years later, something called Phenotyping becomes more available to the police and a diligent cold case cop named Ben Pender has a brilliant idea that will lead him on a quest with genealogists to find this monster. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle....
Oct 28, 2024•38 min•Ep. 45
This is an almost forgotten story and you know, I like to bring you these types of stories because every victim matters. When sex workers start turning up dumped in the homeless camps of Seattle, called The Jungle, the cops very quickly realize they have a huge problem on their hands. All the victims have something very specific in common. After months of working the cases, they get a break and when the killer tells on himself, he turns out to be just as cold as the icy little creature he's nick...
Oct 23, 2024•30 min•Ep. 44
This horrific massacre has all but been forgotten and I don't want that to happen. One night, a group of grocery store workers were accosted by a man who'd been hiding in the store after it closed. What he did is one of the most callous and evil acts I know of. And to this day, we do not know who he is. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and...
Oct 21, 2024•27 min•Ep. 43
With all the Diddy news, this story is being overlooked. Marilyn Manson is being accused of horrific behavior by multiple women. His fans went crazy when I posted this story on YouTube, saying he's "been proven innocent." That is a total lie. The FBI raided his house, there are multiple lawsuits against him, and he has not yet been in court on any of these allegations. He is far from "proven innocent." Join me for this disturbing story about another celebrity behaving badly. Support this podcast...
Oct 16, 2024•43 min•Ep. 42
You've seen the posters advertising for Shen Yun Dance, a traveling Chinese dance troupe that comes to your town every so often. But did you know, Shen Yun is part of a very dangerous and insidious cult called Falun Gong? This cult deprives people of their freedom, their money, their personal possessions, and their individuality. It makes millions each year on the Shen Yun shows, the dancers in which are basically slaves. Falun Gong is also involved in a massive propaganda effort for the extreme...
Oct 14, 2024•43 min•Ep. 41
I spent a weekend traveling through these killers' hometown, hunting grounds and even their body dumpsites. My husband and I stood right where these two monsters hid many bodies and it remains one of the most eerie experiences of my life. I'm always surprised that most people don't know about this case. We true crime fanatics have heard the story, but the average American has no idea that not one, but two vicious serial killers were prowling tiny Linden, California from the 1980s to the late 199...
Oct 09, 2024•45 min•Ep. 40
This story has a shocking new update! Ten years ago, someone broke into Russell and Shirley Dermond's peaceful home on the shores of Lake Oconee near Atlanta, Georgia and not only murdered the elderly couple, but did it in the most brutal manner. For years, the FBI and Georgia police have investigated but have had no luck in finding the killer. Just months ago, an announcement was made and we now know that DNA testing is underway. Hopefully this will bring some answers to this grieving family wh...
Oct 07, 2024•35 min•Ep. 39
Serial Killer Jack Unterweger was a local fascination and dangerous media darling in Austria. He killed a prostitute in Gratz and went to prison for 16 years. While inside, he learned to read and write and began writing novellas and poems. His work was so impressive that scholars and critics began to lobby for his release, claiming he had been changed by the power of art. Jack was released and then, prostitutes began dying in the area. Jack was then hired by an Austrian magazine to fly to Americ...
Oct 02, 2024•36 min•Ep. 38
On a chilly September evening in 2009, five members of the Gee family living in tiny Beason, Illinois went to bed. After they did, a monster snuck into their home and slaughtered the entire family. As the story unravels we learn about Rick and Ruth Gee's sex life, their drug use, their troubled children and their adult daughter. The investigation reveals not only a shocking motive, but an even more shocking killer. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcas...
Sep 30, 2024•35 min•Ep. 37
A thirteen year old boy Nicholas Barclay goes missing in San Antonio, Texas. Years later, Texas cops get a call from a detective in Spain telling them he has that boy in custody half way across the world. Nicholas' family flies to Spain to pick him up, grateful and excited about this miracle. But as soon as they see Nicholas, they know....something is wrong. Join me for this story about one of the strangest men and most bizarre cases of impersonation I've ever heard. Support this podcast at — ht...
Sep 25, 2024•34 min•Ep. 36
This is the stuff horror films are made from. One night, a beautiful young woman named Sierah Joughin was riding her bike home down a country road. A monster appeared by the cornfields, dragging her into the rows and taking her life. When police were led to his property, what they found inside his barn? Almost too sinister to believe. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info...
Sep 23, 2024•33 min•Ep. 35
Two Mormon Fundamentalist men with some very strange ideas take their children into the Southern Utah desert to wait out what they believe to be the coming apocalypse. Samuel Shaffer and John Alvin Coltharp take their children, two boys and four girls under the age of eight and hide them from the law and their mothers. When the cops finally catch up to them, they almost cannot believe the stories the children have to tell but they must because they are all true. The level of abuse is unthinkable...
Sep 18, 2024•43 min•Ep. 34
You probably haven't heard of this serial killer or his doppelgänger. In this crazy story, we have not one, but two suspects and the police are stumped. The suspects look almost identical. They could be brothers. So which one of them was taking and killing sex workers in Rhode Island? The answer is even more shocking than the resemblance. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for ...
Sep 16, 2024•37 min•Ep. 33
A little boy is found frozen and wrapped in a blue blanket on the side of a rural Nebraska road on Christmas Eve. For years, his identity is unknown. And then, as men begin turning up murdered first in Colorado and then in Texas, the police connect their killer to the little boy's father. Eli Stutzman left the Amish community behind him and walked into a world of drugs, alcohol and murder. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simp...
Sep 11, 2024•33 min•Ep. 32
This is one of the most incredible stories I have ever covered with an ending that sadly, we don't usually see here in the true crime community. When Ethan Walton and Amanda Burney went to sell a piece of land to Glen Gouker they had no way of knowing they were walking into a trap. Ethan is attacked and Amanda is captured and assaulted. This story could easily be a horror film. When Amanda is tied up in a bedroom, she finds a way to free herself and she makes one of the most daring escape attemp...
Sep 09, 2024•32 min•Ep. 31
I don't know why this brutal and gruesome crime hasn't received more attention. Ashley Young was a beautiful young woman entering a new chapter of her life. Unfortunately for her, she was in the midst of a monster named Jared Chance. They were just starting to see each other as more than friends when they went out for a drink one night. Ashley was never seen again. Her tenacious mother and step mother go on a two woman crusade to find Ashley and it doesn't take them long to find her...but what h...
Sep 04, 2024•31 min•Ep. 30
There is a shocking update to this old case. Bradford Bishop had it all; an important job with the State Department, three beautiful sons and a beautiful wife, and a nice home. He spoke five languages, he could fly a plane, and he'd lived all over the world. But when he doesn't get the promotion he desperately wants and needs, something snapped inside Brad Bishop...or maybe his plans had been a long time coming. He leaves work angry and humiliated and drives to the local mall where he buys a sle...
Sep 02, 2024•31 min•Ep. 29
Someone is abducting and murdering hikers on the Appalachian Trail. He's not just killing them, he's decapitating them. Police catch a suspect and as they begin to look into his past, they realize, his history of killing goes much farther back in time than they originally suspected. Gary Hilton is a vile, evil man who did unthinkable things to people who were just out trying to enjoy nature. He is one of the worst, yet not one of the better known killers. He has some very strange personal quirks...
Aug 28, 2024•39 min•Ep. 28
This story is strange. The crime is strange, the murder scene is strange, even the victim's profession is strange. This is a story about a wild night of partying gone wrong but the question is...who is to blame for the death of Dr. Marianne Shockley, one of the world's foremost experts on insects but specifically, insects as a source of food. Her playboy boyfriend Marcus and a friend of his, Dr. Clark Heindl, psychologist spent the night in the hot tub and the pool with Marianne and then....TWO ...
Aug 26, 2024•36 min•Ep. 27
Ronald Cohen is moving out of his house in 1999. He and the movers drag an old metal fifty gallon drum out onto the curb but the garbagemen won't take it away. It weighs too much. So he decides to open it. When he does, he uncovers a mystery that dates back thirty five years. Who is the woman in the barrel and who put her there? Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-hearts-with-stacy-lee-podcast/donations Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...
Aug 21, 2024•30 min•Ep. 26
*Podcast Exclusive* The powerful Mormon Church finds out a rare documents collector has uncovered something that makes Joseph Smith, the church's founder look very, very bad. The document, which comes to be known as The White Salamander Letter appears to be a letter from Martin Harris, Joseph Smith's right hand man, to WW Phelps in which Harris tells Phelps that Joseph did not get the golden plates from an angel, but from a talking lizard. What people do not know, is that the Mormon Church leade...
Aug 19, 2024•46 min•Ep. 25
