I am so glad I had this conversation. I was apprehensive because I wasn't sure if I agreed with a lawyer publishing a tell all memoir about a client, but I let Kirk tell his story and it became clear that staying silent was not an option. His life was completely taken over by the case, the trials, and by Ms. Arias herself. In this episode, Kirk shares what that was like, how it impacted him, and how he came to the other side. Don't want to spoil anything, but there is light on the other side, an...
May 13, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Did I just interview the nicest women in true crime? Possibly, but don't discount nice because these two have one of the most successful true crime podcasts out there, and you are going to hear all about how they started it (spontaneously!) and how they keep it going after nearly three years ( divide and conquer!). My guests today, Melissa and Mandy, were a ton of fun to interview and their dynamic is everything I hoped it would be. We get candid about why we like true crime, what we don't like ...
May 06, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Since many of us planned to be at CrimeCon today (sniff sniff), I thought it would be fun to re-release my FOURTH episode with CrimeCon creator, Kevin Balfe. It's pretty to cool hear how his crazy idea turned into the iconic event so many of us know and love - and look forward to! SEE YOU ON HALLOWEEN in Orlando, friends! ( Use code DIEALOGUE20 for 10% off your pass!) Enjoy! The man behind CrimeCon is our guest today! Kevin Balfe was so gracious and fun and smart - I really enjoyed talking with ...
May 01, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Karen Smith is a forensic investigator who is parlaying her years of experience into a new podcast - presented by CrimeCon - called Shattered Souls: a Forensic Detective's Diary. The podcast premieres May 9, so stay tuned and be sure to listen! For now, you can listen to episode 41 of DIE-ALOGUE and hear Karen share how she came to be a crime scene investigator (you might be surprised), and how her work has shaped who she is. Her expertise has been called upon to consult for civil and criminal c...
Apr 29, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Casey Anthony's Parents Speak, The Staircase: an American Murder Mystery, The Killing of Jon Benet: The Final Suspects Podcast. These are but a few of the projects my guest produced. Today I speak with a man who has VAST experience telling true crime stories. Not just any true crime stories- the ones we all know and...love? Hate to love? Love to hate? It depends on who you are, I suppose. Matt Sprouse is a TV Producer who led Jupiter Entertainment's programming for years, but is out on his own n...
Apr 22, 2020•57 min
Maybe you want to watch a true crime parody I made? me! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAdTBMKIamM I am thrilled to share that DIE-ALOGUE is now a Stitcher Affiliate, and this is really good news for you! You can try Stitcher Premium for FREE for 30 days with the code KILL. That's a ton of bonus episodes, ad free episodes and original content, for FREE! Go to https://www.stitcher.com /premium and use the Code: KILL. You will hear about our new sponsor, Daily Harvest in today's episode. To get $...
Apr 15, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Big thanks to the newest DIE-ALOGUE podcast sponsor, Vurbl! Vurbl is a new platform helping content producers like me get our message out to people like you! It's BRAND NEW and I am thrilled to partner with them. You can learn more at their website, www.Vurbl.com . ( pls check them out!) I am thrilled to share that DIE-ALOGUE is now a Stitcher Afilliate and this is really good news for you! You can try Stitcher Premium for FREE for 30 days with the code KILL. That's a ton of bonus episodes, ad f...
Apr 08, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Big thanks to the newest DIE-ALOGUE podcast sponsor, Vurbl! Vurbl is a new platform helping content producers like me get our message out to people like you! It's BRAND NEW and I am thrilled to partner with them. You can learn more at their website, www.Vurbl.com . I am thrilled to share that DIE-ALOGUE is now a Stitcher Afilliate and this is really good news for you! You can try Stitcher Premium for FREE for 30 days with the code KILL. That's a ton of bonus episodes, ad free episodes and origin...
Apr 01, 2020•58 min
Hello, DIE- HARDS! How are we doing? Things are changing quickly, and you will note the chatter about coronavirus is in most episodes coming out now, but we didn't always know how serious it was when we recorded. I get it now. IT'S SERIOUS. My family is safe at home, I am working remotely, overseeing online school for the kids and staying in as much as possible. I hope today's episode, and all the ones forthcoming, offer you some comfort, joy, distraction, peace, or a chuckle - if only for an ho...
Mar 24, 2020•1 hr 32 min
I have been wanting to interview Rebekah Heath since I learned of her involvement with the Bear Brook case which I discovered by listening to the stellar podcast, Bear Brook. I finally got a hold of her, and was thrilled she agreed to talk with me. Rebekah is an amazing example of the power of citizen detective work, and inspires me to do more, to pay closer attention, and to remember why we are all here. Rebekah Heath was instrumental in helping to identify the victims found in barrels in 1985 ...
Mar 18, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Well, I wanted a law enforcement guest, and I got one. Woody Overton is currently host of the unbelievably successful podcast, REAL LIFE REAL CRIME, where he shares real cases he directly worked in over his long career. He started out as a corrections officer, moved to detective, then a state criminal investigator, became polygraph certified ( Oh man, did we discuss the polygraph!), and currently serves as an expert witness in trials all over the country. He is full of southern charm and stories...
Mar 11, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Welcome to Part 2 of my interview with Kelli Jean Arnold - second cousin to Rachel Trlica, on of the three girls dubbed The Fort Worth Trio. If you have not listened to Part 1 go back now and listen! I am venturing into something different this week: a case in two parts. Kelli Jean Arnold - second cousin to Rachel Trlica, one of the 3 girls who missing from Fort Worth Texas in 1974, found my true crime trivia page - YELLOW TAPE, when we featured their story on Missing Monday. Part 1: We struck u...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr
I am venturing into something different this week: a case in two parts. Kelli Jean Arnold - second cousin to Rachel Trlica, one of the 3 girls who missing from Fort Worth Texas in 1974, found my true crime trivia page - YELLOW TAPE, when we featured their story on Missing Monday. Part 1: We struck up a conversation on Facebook and I invited her to tell her story on DIE-ALOGUE. I am honored she said yes. Please note: I don't usually cover cases. I usually interview and while we might talk ABOUT c...
Mar 04, 2020•49 min
Before there was SERIAL, there was Generation Why. Justin Evans is one half of Generation WHY - the actual OG of true crime podcasts. He's also the one of the kindest guys in podcasting if you ask me. What a thrill to speak with him, hear about the early days of true crime podcasting, how he keeps it fresh with Aaron after 8 years, and where he finds himself now. He's also the host of The Peripheral podcast which I am particularly loving as it brings these PERIPHERAL topics around true crime, st...
Feb 26, 2020•55 min
Thrilled to share my conversation with Sarah Cailean. A bonafide badass. From her early days as a patrol officer to her current work as a behaviorist, TV and film contributor, and soon, author and documentary producer! She's busy. We share a lot in common - diet cokes and mutual disdain for movement classes. Listen up and take notes because Sarah has a lot of great insight on true crime and all the other things we talk about when we talk about true crime. You can watch Hell in the Heartland here...
Feb 19, 2020•1 hr 26 min
What a privilege to interview HLN news anchor, seasoned investigative journalist, and all around gracious woman, Susan Hendricks! You might recognize her from HLN Network where she is the Weekend Express anchor, or you very likely have seen her work if you've followed the tragic story of the Delphi Murders. She also moderated a panel with the families at CrimeCon 2019 on the case. Libby German and Abby Williams were killed 3 years ago almost to the day. On today's episode we talk deeply about Su...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 5 min
What do you get when you interview a globally raised and educated, true crime loving, TV show producing Badass? An amazing conversation that defies categorization! Please enjoy this episode with Bethany Jones who shares her unique perspective on true crime, some new terminology I wasn't privy to, a really fun peeks in to her world of producing true crime stories, AND: how she came to be known as "The Inmate Whisperer." Catch her latest show on ID Discovery, TWISTED LOVE, executive produced by Kh...
Feb 05, 2020•1 hr 10 min
If you have enjoyed past conversations with deep thinking perspectives on women and true crime, you will love today's interview with Rachel Monroe. Rachel wrote a fascinating book, Savage Appetites : Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession', that explores the relation between women and true crime. She puts forth an idea that there are 4 archetypes that women identify with and she devotes a section of her book to each one. If that sounds neat and tidy, it isn't. It's messy and nuanced an...
Jan 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min
If you love true crime and Instagram you have probably seen and loved "True Crime Idol" candles, which are candles featuring our favorite "Patron Saints" of True Crime. My guest, Melissa Maher, is the brains and heart behind the brain, which also donates $2 of every purchase to End the Backlog. To that we say, BRAVO! I actually teamed up with Melissa to give one of these bad boys away and guess which one? HINT: He's more boy next door than bad boy. He's Paul Holes and if you want a candle with h...
Jan 22, 2020•53 min
Corey Kaplan is an LA based production designer who creates the visual world in television and film. You likely have seen her work on shows like The X Files, Cold Case, Scandal, and most recently Truth Be Told. Corey is a creative thinker and takes us through how she creates a setting to enhance stories, especially the crime stories that we love so much. We learn her own relationship to true crime as well. Reminder! DIE-ALOGUE will be at CrimeCon Orlando, and if you use our show code when regist...
Jan 14, 2020•53 min
Please welcome Tiffany Reese to DIE-ALOGUE! Sometimes I can't help myself and I must reach out to a creator while still enjoying their poddcast/book/show, etc. Tiffany is one of those people. Something Was Wrong - her podcast about human dynamics, emotional abuse, and gaslighting, is SO compelling and so UNLIKE anything else I have heard. If you've yet to download and listen, do not delay - subscribe to her show, and get excited because her forthcoming season is about a cult! Also, you will be i...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr
Happy New Year, DIE-HARDS! Thank you for sending so many great questions — I hope you enjoy learning a little more about me today... it was weird ( lonely?) not having a voice on the other line, but I managed just fine clocking in at a respectable 85 minutes. :) Top 10 Podcasts that I listed on the episode as follows: Something Was Wrong Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard Swindled Recovering From Reality The Dream The Dropout Confronting OJ with Kim Goldman CRIMINAL Small Town Dicks Beautiful Anon...
Dec 31, 2019•1 hr 25 min
MERRY CHRISTMAS, DIE-HARDS! Making this podcast is such a gift to me, and I am grateful to each one of you who listens! We are continuing the conversation about the Netflix doc; 'The Confession Killer' Today you will get to hear a master story teller share more of his experience around the case of Henry Lee Lucas... Meet Vic Feazell - the DA who was featured in the recent Netflix Doc; 'The Confession Killer.' Vic truly emerges as the hero of the story and I was thrilled he wanted to be on the po...
Dec 25, 2019•1 hr 16 min
Everyone is talking about Netflix's new true crime doc - Confession Killer. Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham are the producers and directors, and lucky me, I got to speak with both of them! We wasted no time and dove right into plot and the mystery of who Henry Lee Lucas is? Liar? Sociopath? Serial Killer? Simpleton? This documentary is worth the buzz and warrants a conversation on DIE-ALOGUE, because it transcends a story about murder; it is about a broken system, what we choose to believe, and ho...
Dec 18, 2019•40 min
Keith Sharon is a veteran journalist with the OC Register, and has been called a Master Storyteller - he's written screenplays too, including 2019's "Searching for Steve McQueen.' He is also host of the Crime Beat Podcast, and trust me when I tell you that Keith eats sleeps, and breathes true crime, so naturally, we had a lot to talk about! I'm thrilled to have made his acquaintance and look forward to seeing more of what he puts into the world. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/die...
Dec 11, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Josh Bloch is a talented journalist with CBC radio, host of the UNCOVER: Escaping NXIVM Podcast, and all around,, super nice guy! I was thrilled when we agreed to be a guest because I could talk about Keith Raniere, Allison Mack, and NXIVM endlessly. And we do. Josh shared his POV on true crime and hints at his next project which sounds very different, though similarly intense. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did! You can listen to UNCOVER: Escaping NXIVM here. You can keep up wi...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Laurah Norton & Brooke Hargrove are the creators of The Fall Line Podcast - a true-crime podcast that digs deep into cold cases that have received little, if any, public attention. You will hear all about how they seek out, filter, and choose the cases they cover. It is clear in the conversation, that both women put their heart into this work, though what that looks like varies for each of them. Together they have created something truly unique that has had tremendous success, but more impor...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Last month I had a stellar weekend in Los Angeles, and the true highlight culminated in my last night there, when I got to interview Dr. Scott + Dr. Shiloh, hosts of LA Not So Confidential podcast! I only met them this this summer at the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago, but it was one of those fast, easy connections where you instantly know you've met your people. Interviewing them was a lot like listening to their podcast - constantly learning as they speak! Except this was harder, becau...
Nov 20, 2019•55 min
Hello, DIE-HARDS! Today's episode is full of wisdom, and that is because my guest is so wise, so gracious, and so dedicated. Welcome Mani Tafari- a criminal defense attorney in Queens, NYC, and who you might remember from the HBO doc, "Who Killed Garett Phillips?" where he is featured as Mr.Nick Hilary's attorney, legal advocate,a nd friend. If you have not seen this doc, WATCH IT ASAP. It is so well done - very thought provoking. Mani and I discuss issues like race and justice and I feel so vin...
Nov 13, 2019•47 min
Episode 15 is a crazy story, and I really want your feedback on this one. I speak with Steve Hodel - retired LAPD homicide detective, author of 5 books, including the Black Dahlia Avengers series, and the son of George Hodel - who Steve believes is the BLACK DHALIA KILLER. I won't say too much more, but his story is a wild one, and I appreciate Steve taking the time to share so much of it with me. If you want to read his books, his blog, or learn more about him, see below for places you can find...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 29 min
