Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to this day. But there was another side to Cyril Smith; a darker, more predatory side that was talked about in the shadows but never allowed to see the light of day. This week Smith is elected mayor of R...
Aug 18, 2023•51 min•Ep. 128
Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to this day. But there was another side to Cyril Smith; a darker, more predatory side that was talked about in the shadows but never allowed to see the light of day. This week we look at Smith’s first po...
Aug 11, 2023•53 min•Ep. 127
Born into poverty without a father in 1928 Rochdale, UK, Cyril Smith was one of the most recognizable MPs that Britain has ever seen. Tall, overweight, and brash, he was a force of nature in the political arena. A champion of the common man, Smith cast a shadow across Rochdale that is still felt to this day. But there was another side to Cyril Smith; a darker, more predatory side that was talked about in the shadows but never allowed to see the light of day. In this multi-part series, we will be...
Aug 04, 2023•51 min•Ep. 126
On June 5th, 2021, 70 year old Robert Spohr and his wife Wendy Wood returned to their home in West Lake Tahoe. They were met by a home invader who murdered Robert and left Wendy for dead. Although evidence is scant, the family believes that bringing light to this unsolved murder might be the key to helping law enforcement catch the person or persons responsible for the murder that has shattered all of their lives. If you have any information that can help authorities, call 530-889-7853 or email ...
Jul 23, 2023•15 min•Ep. 109
This Week we are traveling all the way to China, where we look into the crimes of the Monster Killer, Yang Xinhai. Convicted of 67 murders and 23 rapes, his is a difficult story to tell as entire families fell victim to his insatiable lust for blood and pain. Merch Store Join the Coffee Club Facebook Please check out this weeks sponsors: BlendJet 2: Use my special link https://zen.ai/deathcast to save 12% at blendjet.com . The discount will be applied at checkout! Liquid I.V. Ready to shop bette...
Jul 21, 2023•47 min•Ep. 125
With the arrest of a suspect on July, 15 2023, new information has come to light. We are going to cover the denial of bail affidavit that was filed, the case presented within that affidavit, and what is known about the suspect
Jul 15, 2023•53 min•Ep. 124
They began to go missing in June of 1963, young boys living in and around Quebec City, Quebec. The police had few clues beyond descriptions of a man with a camera who was seen taking pictures of young children. Merch Store Join the Coffee Club Facebook Please check out this weeks sponsors: Use my special link https://zen.ai/deathcast to save 12% at blendjet.com . The discount will be applied at checkout! Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/deathcast1 to save 20% of...
Jul 14, 2023•50 min•Ep. 123
On November 22, 2012 cousins Nicolas Brady and Halie Kifer broke into the home of Byron David Smith, a retired State Department employee. What followed was a case that made headlines across the nation. This week we are joined by the lead investigator on the case, Retired Sheriff's Deputy Jeremy L. Luberts as he discusses the case as well as his upcoming book on it. Merch Store Join the Coffee Club Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorjeremyluberts?mibextid=LQQJ4d Please check out this weeks s...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 122
Formed in 1983 from members of various white supremacy groups, The Order quickly cemented their place in history using violence and murder to achieve their twisted agenda. Merch Store Join the Coffee Club Facebook Please check out this weeks sponsors: Use my special link https://zen.ai/deathcast to save 12% at blendjet.com . The discount will be applied at checkout! Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/deathcast1 to save 20% off anything you order. The Deathcast is ...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 121
On December 14, 2014 officers from Britain's National Crime Agency arrested a man at London's Gatwick Airport on suspicion of serious offences against children. The officers had been tipped off by Australia's Task Force Argos. The man, 30 year old Richard Huckle was accused of using his work as a missionary in Malaysia to facilitate his crimes. Merch Store Join the Coffee Club Facebook Please check out this weeks sponsors: Use my special link https://zen.ai/deathcast to save 12% at blendjet.com ...
Jun 23, 2023•58 min•Ep. 120
On September 7, 1995 the bodies of three known drug dealers were found inside of a Range Rover, shotgunned to death. The ensuing investigation of this infamous case with its various twists and turns would send shockwaves throughout the entire UK Merch Store Join the Coffee Club Facebook The Deathcast is a production of Corpse Creek Publishing and Big Pond Podcasts #truecrime #TheDeathcast #Deathcast #truecrimeaddict #Truecrimepodcast...
Jun 16, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 102
In September 1976 New Orleans police received a phone call from a photomart. A man had dropped off a roll of film to be developed and one of the employees had discovered 18 sexually explicit images involving a man and a teenage boy. The resulting investigation would reveal a nationwide ring with ties to Michigan, Texas, California, Boston, and numerous other states. The scandal would decimate the Scouts in the state of Louisiana for decades to come. If you or someone you know has been a victim o...
Jun 09, 2023•45 min•Ep. 101
With little in the way of breakthroughs in the LISK case over the last decade, we turn our attention to the possibility of further victims and explore the main persons of interest. One of whom has been convicted the murder of two sex workers and was active during the time of our crimes. Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+deathcast/ Join the coffee club: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Deathcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathcast-102690125566672 The Deathcast is a P...
Jun 02, 2023•49 min•Ep. 124
Following the initial discovery of 4 bodies in 2010, Suffolk County Police resumed their search of the area around Ocean Highway, leading to more gruesome discoveries and links to other cases, some stretching back more than a decade. Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+deathcast/ Join the coffee club: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Deathcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathcast-102690125566672 The Deathcast is a Production of Corpse Creek Publishing Visit the officia...
May 26, 2023•46 min•Ep. 123
Shannan Gilbert was just 23 years old when she went to the house inside the gated community of Ocean Beach. She was a sex worker, whose addictions had brought her to this place, where in the early morning hours of May 1st, 2010, she would be seen running down the street, frantically banging on doors before rushing off to the next house, a black SUV following close behind. Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+deathcast/ Join the coffee club: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Deathcas...
May 19, 2023•50 min•Ep. 122
The childrenof Japan’s Saitama Prefecture had little to fear prior to the summer of 1988. When Mari Konno, aged 4 went missing that August it was seen as an isolated incident. As the months passed and more little girls went missing, parents began to hold their children tightly, fearing that they too might become a victim of The Rat Man. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+deathcast/ Join the coffee club: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/...
May 14, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 121
When school let out on March 21, 2002, 13 year old Milly Dowler went with her friends to a train station cafe before heading off alone to the home she shared with her parents in Walton-On Thames, Surrey, UK. She was never seen alive again. Her disappearance shocked and enraged the nation. Sadly, it was only the start of the nightmare for the women of Great Britain. Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+deathcast/ Join the coffee club: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Deathcast The D...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 120
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May 03, 2023•1 min
Everyone knew to avoid the house at 99 Fulton Street in Poughkeepsie, NY. There was a feeling about the dilapidated building, an air that both caused the air to catch in the throat and the skin to crawl when walking past it. When the young women who worked the streets of the cities downtown area began to disappear in late 1996, no one noticed that the smell coming from the house had gotten worse. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+d...
Apr 30, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 119
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Apr 26, 2023•1 min
Beginning on October 30, 2006 the first of five young women whose lives had driven them to drug use and prostitution went missing in the coastal city of Ipswich, Suffolk UK. No one knew it at the time, but the young woman would never be seen alive again, as she was the first known victim of a man who became known as the Ipswich Ripper, Steven Wright. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Merch Store: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/the+deathcast/ Join the coffee club: https://www.pay...
Apr 23, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 118
Between 1975 and 1990 the bodies of dozens of women were found spread throughout the Southern United States. Are these crimes the work of a single individual, dubbed the “Bible Belt Strangler” or the work of multiple killers? This week in the crypt, we’ll be diving into a series of cases that have fascinated both true crime fans and law enforcement for decades. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me a cup of coffee: https://www.paypal.c...
Apr 17, 2023•38 min•Ep. 117
Between 1975 and 1990 the bodies of dozens of women were found spread throughout the Southern United States. Are these crimes the work of a single individual, dubbed the “Bible Belt Strangler” or the work of multiple killers? This week in the crypt, we’ll be diving into a series of cases that have fascinated both true crime fans and law enforcement for decades. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me a cup of coffee: https://www.paypal.c...
Apr 16, 2023•57 min•Ep. 116
On November 25, 1988, 17 year old Junko Furuta was kidnapped on her way home from a part time job by four low level members of the Yakuza. The hell she experienced over the next 44 days at the hands of these men is indescribable in its brutality and nearly unmatched in scope. Listener Discretion is Advised Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me a cup of coffee: https://www.paypal.com/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathc...
Apr 09, 2023•46 min•Ep. 115
Few cases in Canadian history have grabbed headlines like the crimes of Col. Russell Williams. A husband, decorated pilot, and high ranking officer in the Canadian Forces. This week we dive into his life, and the crimes that shocked an entire nation. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me a cup of coffee: https://www.paypal.com/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathcast-102690125566672 Twitter @CorpseCreek Find my books @ ...
Apr 02, 2023•55 min•Ep. 114
They started out as an offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventist, but over nearly two decades, Canada’s “Anthill Kids” would become infamous for the cruelty they carried out in the name of their leader, Roch Thériault. This week we look at Roch’s escalating abuses, including surgeries, shoots, and murders. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me a cup of coffee: https://www.paypal.com/donate/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Deathcast-...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 113
They started out as an offshoot of the Seventh Day Adventist, but over nearly two decades, Canada’s “Anthill Kids” would become infamous for the cruelty they carried out in the name of their leader, Roch Thériault. This week we look at Roch’s earlier life, and the formation of the commune he would go on to lead, the earliest known crimes committed by them, and the public’s perception of the group. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me ...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 112
June 28, 1996: Three bodies waterlogged and badly decomposed are pulled from the waters of Illinois Bayou, Arkansas. Plastic bags had been secured over each of the victims heads. The victims, William Mueller, 52, his wife, 28 year old Nancy, and her daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Powel aged 8, had been missing from their home in Tilly (about an hour north of where they had been found), since January 11 of that year. What no one knew or suspected at the time was that all three had been the victims of ...
Mar 12, 2023•54 min•Ep. 111
On May 13, 1983, show business promoter Roy Radin climbed into a limousine, heading to a dinner where he was set to discuss production of the movie, “The Cotton Club.” He was never seen alive again. In Part 3 things come to a head. Laney Jacobs goes on the run after Roy is murdered and finds that true love is filled with cocaine and dollar signs, never suspecting that the police aren’t far behind. Listen Now: https://link.chtbl.com/LniUSTnK Become a Patreon: https://tinyurl.com/DCPatreon Buy me ...
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 110
From the Zebra Murders to Richard Ramirez the Night Stalker, our guest this week has hunted them all in a career that spanned decades and in the process turned him into a legend among law enforcement communities across the country. This week we are joined in the crypt by retired San Francisco Homicide Inspector Frank Falzon to discuss his book, “San Francisco Homicide Inspector 5-Henry-7,” what it was like to be an officer balancing a home life against the most brutal crime imaginable, and more....
Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 109
