The intended episode was too dicey for a public release. Head over to www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives, including that episode DT + 17 ~ Nothing Happened. Two special releases from the growing Patreon and Apple + archive. 1 ~ Out to Lunch A little ditty bout Brad and Diane Sources: Forensic Files - News at 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgq-SDPTog&t=42s&ab_channel=FilmRiseTrueCrime The Lineup https://the-line-up.com/the-murder-of-newscaster-diane-newton-king 2 ~ The Creep Th...
Jan 27, 2024•53 min
David Edwin Mason. Executed in the notorious “Coughing Box”. Here’s why. For Exclusive Content www.patreon.com/darktopic Sources: California Executed Inmates Executed Inmate Summary - David Edwin Mason - Capital Punishment LA Times Archive 1993 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-08-22-mn-26483-story.html People v. Mason PEOPLE v. MASON (1991) | FindLaw The Executioners Tale Former San Quentin executioner reveals how he killed prisoners with no training | Daily Mail Online Our Sponsors:...
Jan 14, 2024•34 min
Jack wakes up to a tequila sunrise and the inspiration to recount heroic tales. Source ~ https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lafayette-pizza-delivery-driver-who-saved-5-children-from-burning-home-awarded-carnegie-medal-nick-bostic/531-e345c2bd-fa89-4fbc-aee5-098f538ca720 Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DAR...
Jan 01, 2024•41 min
A strange kind of Xmas special for DT listeners. These eps are a fly on the wall of a seedy bar experience. Tales from the Bottom Down is a DT Exclusive on Patreon and Apple +. I think it's worth the risk sharing this one. Enjoy or not. You can find more of the notorious Deadbug at www.youtube.com/@DEADBUGsays With this episode we will give a rare trigger warning for those who are on the line with what they consider truly offensive. Instead of editing things out, TFBD is about shooting from ...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 43 min
For a lot more www.patreon.com/darktopic In the early eighties a killer stalked Southern Florida neighborhoods, peering in windows at night, searching for the perfect victim behind glass and under lights. Duane Eugene Owen. Sources: The Coastal Star When 'The Monster' came over the bridge - News - The Coastal Star Appeal Docs http://library.law.fsu.edu/Digital-Collections/flsupct/dockets/68550/68550ans.pdf WPTV News https://youtu.be/mTL5KK91yds?si=ImuP5ppFjBKN-sAi WPTV Who is Duane Owen?...
Dec 13, 2023•45 min
The Long Man, Sir Douglas Mawson, and his improbable survival story through a widely uncharted territory in the early 20th century. Antarctica. A mysterious, unruly, frozen goatee on the chin of the planet. An area we dared not comb through until the face of the earth was sufficiently covered. Subscribe to Marooned. A new podcast from Jack Luna of Dark Topic and Aaron Habel of Generation Why, exploring tales of the catastrophically lost. Sources: Timeline: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000631b.ht...
Nov 27, 2023•52 min
Visit www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives. The Butter Knife Murders. Texarkana 1981. The truth is out. Sources: True Crime Texarkana https://open.spotify.com/show/0hLrPd5dYINHBFZHIdp60J?si=WXxa1HDfT_W0JiWrV22FUw Medium - Cindy Parmiter https://authorcindyparmiter.medium.com/a-known-enemy-the-horrific-butter-knife-slayings-of-karen-and-gordon-alexander-638384a0e3fe Justice for Karen and Gordon Alexander Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064785949341&mibextid=LQQJ4...
Nov 18, 2023•30 min
For exclusive content www.patreon.com/darktopic That’s what they called it. Cheri’s Ghost House. And whether the little girl haunted it or not… the idea that her spirit could be tortured within was enough for her elderly parents to buy the place in 2020.. and demolish it. Mentioned Video Rip (Balloon at 39 mins) ~ https://youtu.be/kcYtCoRDJFI?si=rnZySTS_CRcRbFKq Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use ...
Oct 31, 2023•35 min
Warning ~ BRUTAL is BRUTAL. If you think you might be offended.. you will be. This is a Halloween Special. Recorded long ago. For more of Kent, check out True Crime Kent pod wherever you listen. For Deadbug, search DEADBUG Says, on Youtube, Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mo...
Oct 20, 2023•58 min
Visit www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives. August 29th, 1995. Springfield, Illinois. The suburbs. 430 PM. Mark Winger hears a noise upstairs. Or does he? Sources: ABC News - The Perfect Lie 20/20 https://abcnews.go.com/US/families-torn-killer-dad-reflect-years-believed-hero/story?id=77097895 Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mo...
Oct 09, 2023•37 min
Subscribe to Marooned wherever you listen to podcasts. Join hosts Aaron Habel (Generation Why) and Jack Luna, as they explore stories of the catastrophically lost. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: http...
Oct 04, 2023•8 min
From the deepening archives of www.patreon.com/darktopic Deadtime Stories. Robert Hansen AKA The Butcher Baker. And Gary Zeiger. Two assholes. In a book. A true old school DT. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a grea...
Sep 15, 2023•28 min
Carefully selected content from the anus of DT Patreon.. the annals of DT Patreon, to get you in the mood for the upcoming "Spooky Season". 1 ~ The Dog Boy of Mulberry House 2 ~ A Sad Bowl of Soup 3 ~ A Morbid Bouquet www.patreon.com/darktopic Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal:...
Aug 29, 2023•55 min
Jack Harold Jones. An elusive serial killer brought to justice by an opening eye. Sources: Music provided by Soundstripe. For all your Royalty Free needs. And by a locomotive. The Cinemaholic (photos) Mary Phillips Murder: Who Killed Her? Where is Her Daughter Lacy Philips Now? Update ABC News Serial killer admits to Florida woman's murder in death bed letter Miami New Times Broward Prosecutors Exonerate Ronald Henry Stewart in 1983 Rape and Murder of Regina Harrison | Miami New Times FindLa...
Aug 17, 2023•31 min
For more DT www.patreon.com/darktopic this is previously exclusive content. Hope you're all having a decent summer. The year is 1961. The place... is unpronounceable. This is the story of Anatoly Slivko. Another Soviet Serial Killer. Here is a youtube vid of some of what I initially saw, but has since been taken down. Shout out to ScareTheater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y2g4b_aslw&t=52s Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapur...
Aug 01, 2023•30 min
To support DT and get exclusive content www.patreon.com/darktopic This is the much requested DT episode on BTK from the original DT catalogue. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone....
Jul 11, 2023•1 hr 59 min
A small collection from www.patreon.com/darktopic to convince you.. to Stay Paranoid. The Mayor of City Island. Just Off Road. Sources: Check out One Minute Remaining here The Mayor of City Island https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/chilling-video-captures-moment-a-love-triangle-erupts-in-murder-revenge-in-new-york/news-story/32ecf91c77d6808ff9eefe3dc9d7f3a0 Are You Sure? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gsocto35Og Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great d...
Jun 30, 2023•43 min
Visit www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusives. Robert "Bob" Maury. The Tipster Killer. During the mid 80's in Shasta County CA, a serial killer named The Tipster Killer, was doing whatever the hell he wanted, and cashing in on it. Sources: Book - Robert Maury Serial Killer. By Ana Benton. SFGATE https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/tipster-killer-robert-maury-murders-17268657.php Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetic...
Jun 22, 2023•37 min
www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive DT content. A collection of true crime stories laid down like a bouquet. Story 1 - Rotten Randy New funeral home opens in Jeffersonville | News | newsandtribune.com Story 2 - Bunnak https://youtu.be/sPgBjMFTocg Story 3 - A Haunting Case Jose Ferreira, accused in 1982 death of Carrie Ann Jopek avoids trial; agrees to plead GUILTY Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood an...
Jun 08, 2023•29 min
To get more of this https://www.patreon.com/darktopic The Earthquake Killer, Herbert Mullin. Thirteen letters in his name, but who's keeping count?. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.ros...
May 26, 2023•57 min
www.patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content LR. menace of the A.T. Randall Lee Smith couldn’t be trusted, and a shocking double homicide on the Appalachian Trail would seem to prove this. Lyin’Randall - as he was known locally - would be put away for good. But incredibly, a far too short sentence gave him a second chance… at a second double homicide. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code ...
May 09, 2023•59 min
For exclusive content www.patreon.com/darktopic This morning I found two lost episodes of the original Dark Topic pod circa 2017. They're pretty rough but I sewed them together, cleaned them up a bit, and they're now mildly acceptable. Hope you enjoy. Brand new DT in the works. The Inventor Gary Heidnik and his House of Horrors Yes there are mouth noises. And I mistake The Black Crowes for Counting Crows. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 47 min
From Dark Topic Plus - www.patreon.com/darktopic June 21st, 2013. Jacksonville Florida. A summer adventure awaits Cherish Perrywinkle, as the 8 year old sets out with her mother and little sisters for some last minute shopping. She’s looking forward to the morning. But thanks to a chance encounter with a dangerous sex offender. The morning never comes. To support DT and unlock Exclusive Content - www.patreon.com/darktopic Sources: Trial Day 1 https://youtu.be/JKjrfKDDwCE First Coast News Convict...
Apr 18, 2023•44 min
For exclusives https://www.patreon.com/darktopic During the mid seventies a small island on the edge of America is terrorized by a man with black eyes. This is the little told story of the Folly Beach serial killer. Richard Valenti. Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com *...
Apr 06, 2023•33 min
Thomas Edwin Loden Jr, was a proud recruiter for the Marines back in the summer of 2000. A seemingly chance encounter on the late evening of June 22nd, with 16 year old Leesa Marie Gray, would change his life forever. And end hers. Sources: Initial quote by Jack Luna Casetext: Smarter Legal Research Loden v. Epps, CIVIL ACTION NO.: 1:10CV311-NBB | Casetext Search + Citator Death Penalty Info Mississippi Executes Thomas Loden, As John Hanson, Gerald Pizzuto Death Warrants Expire | Death Penalty I...
Mar 24, 2023•41 min
Jack Luna’s Dark Fiction The old man and the boy stare into the abyss. From ~ www.patreon.com/darktopic and DarkTopic + on Apple Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support th...
Mar 16, 2023•27 min
Lisa Snyder, Daddy, the dog... and the kids are downstairs. www.patreon.com/darktopic Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check out Rosetta Stone and use my code TODAY for a great deal: https://www.rosettastone.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dark-...
Mar 10, 2023•25 min
The disturbing mall murders of Boca Raton. Sources: Suspect in Randi Gorenberg Murder - http://www.crimeinfo.net/wanteds.aspx?P=wanteds&ID=139&SID=19930 Sketch of Jane Doe assailant - https://www.wflx.com/story/7877652/new-sketch-released-in-boca-mall-murder-case/ Boca Raton Police 10 year update. https://youtu.be/s19jNVJ8rZc MyBoca.us https://www.myboca.us/214/Nancy-Joey-Bochicchio Reddit last images https://www.reddit.com/r/lastimages/comments/zkcjpn/nancy_boccicchio_and_her_7yearold_d...
Mar 05, 2023•45 min
For more DT visit www.patreon.com/darktopic or sub w Apple+ I'm returning to my roots here, and they're a little rotten. This episode is from the Monthly Monster offered on Patreon and Apple +. The mugshot of Rocky Beamons final victim mentioned in this episode is posted below. Nicolas Anderson Our Sponsors: * Check out La Pure and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://www.lapurecosmetics.com * Check out Mood and use my code DARKTOPIC for a great deal: https://mood.com * Check ...
Feb 16, 2023•44 min
For more DT www.patreon.com/darktopic The harmless old man from the library, turned out to be anything but. Albert Flick had a history of violence. One that the courts felt confident he would "age out" of. They were wrong. Sources: VIDEO.. CBS 13 News - https://youtu.be/r1BAGVGQz0U Generation Why Blog - Albert Flick Too Old to Kill? - Generation Why Podcast Medium (The Maverick Files) https://themaverickfiles.medium.com/deemed-too-old-to-be-violent-released-murder-convict-kills-again-f71...
Feb 01, 2023•34 min
