Kenzie and Ame are back with the final installment of the Casey Anthony series on ID's - An American Murder Mystery. This week, we head back to the courtroom and see just how low defense attorney Jose Baez will go to get his client Casey off on the 1st degree murder charge in the death of her 2 year old daughter Caylee. Baez throws doubt on each and every piece of forensic evidence, and make a mockery of any expert the Prosecution had called on for testimony. The jury takes less than 11 hours to...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Ame and Kenzie are back with part 2 of the Casey Anthony series on ID's - An American Murder Mystery. This week, we enter the courtroom and begin the "trial of the century" - or so it was dubbed at the time. Prosecution's Jeff Ashton brings hard forensic evidence to the table in an effort to show the jury just how callous and cold this mother could be to have murdered her toddler child. Casey hires defense attorney Jose Baez to prove her innocence in the alleged killing of young Caylee. We hear ...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week, Kenzie and Ame begin the three part ID documentary series on Casey Anthony. It all began with a 911 call in Orlando, FL regarding an odor in the trunk of a car, that quickly turned into a full blown missing person's investigation. When it is discovered that 2 year old Caylee Anthony had been missing for over 30 days, police looked to her mother for answers. Not only did Casey not report the disappearance of young Caylee, but when confronted by police, stated she was worried about what...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 22 min
This week, Ame and Kenzie discuss the Amazon Prime documentary H.H Holmes: America's First Serial Killer. Going back to the late 1800's, we hear how this brilliant doctor, businessman, and con artist hustled money from anyone he came across. After settling into a southern suburb of Chicago, he constructs a home nicknamed by the community as "the castle". What people don't know, was that Holmes had designed his mansion with one thing in mind: Murder. A labyrinth of hallways built with the intenti...
Apr 28, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week, Kenzie and Ame finish Part 2 of the Netflix documentary Abducted in Plain Sight. Jan Broberg was only 12 years old when family friend, Robert Berchtold, abducted her for the first time, and a year later, he does it again! But not before he first engages in an 8 month long affair with her mother, Mary Ann. With Jan's young mind completely consumed with "the mission" and what would happen to her family if she failed to complete it before her 16th birthday, she is all to eager to run int...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr 33 min
This week, Ame and Kenzie discuss part one of the Netflix documentary "Abducted in Plain Sight". Jan Broberg was only 12 years old when family friend, Robert Berchtold, picked her up for an evening to ride horses and disappeared with the girl for over 5 weeks. Her family, worried but afraid of upsetting their neighbors and friends, didn't report them missing for several days. Finally enlisting the help of the FBI, the scared parents have to be convinced over and over again that this was indeed a...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr 35 min
Kenzie and Ame are back! This week, they are discussing the Netflix documentary Roll Red Roll. This is the case of the rape and dehumanization of a 16 year old girl by a couple of the star players on the high school football team in Steubenville, Ohio. An end of summer party turns dark in the wee hours of the morning when an unconscious Jane Doe is taken advantage of, while also having several spectators to her assault. Not only was there photographs taken, but the whole town's teenage populatio...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr 37 min
This week, we get another Minne-Sode as Ame shares her hometown case of the murder of Deborah Hollerman at the hands of her spouse. This seemingly perfect couple had spent the evening shopping and dining in a nearby town only to end up at the hospital with one dead, and the other barely injured. What appeared to be a fatality caused by a car accident on a sketchy stretch of highway soon has law enforcement scratching their heads. Forensics, evidence, and good police work lead them directly to a ...
Mar 31, 2021•23 min
On this episode, Kenzie and Ame discuss the 20/20 episode on The Dating Game Killer. Rodney Alcala was a trained photographer by day, and a remorseless killer by night. Murdering women on both the east and west coasts of the United States during the hay day of serial killers (the 70's), Rodney was able to evade police for more than 10 years. Having an alias he used to gain access to places like NYU, coupled with the lack of background checks at the time, Alcala's ego was stroked so much that he ...
Mar 24, 2021•1 hr 33 min
This week, Ame and Kenzie finish the 3 part series on the ID documentary Jodi Arias: An American Murder Mystery. This episode starts with Jodi taking the stand in her trial for the murder of Travis Alexander. Finally admitting that she did in fact commit the crime, her only chance for a lenient sentence is to plead self defense. Using text messages, a recorded phone sex call and her own memory, she puts a different kind of light on her former lover and the victim in this brutal bathroom stabbing...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Kenzie and Ame are back this week with part 2 on the ID documentary Jodi Arias: An American Murder Mystery. This week begins the trial for the murder of Travis Alexander against his former girlfriend. We get to hear testimony from experts on how the scene unfolded that night in the master bedroom of his home in Mesa, Arizona. We also learn a little more about Jodi's history and just what level she is willing to drop down to in order to make the victim look like the perpetrator.
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Ame and Kenzie are back and this week we start a three part series on the ID documentary Jodi Arias: An American Murder Mystery. This episode explores the gruesome murder of Travis Alexander. After several days of silence, a close circle of friends showed up to his house and found his body, half bloodied and half mummified on the floor of his shower. Clues all around the scene lead them quickly to his ex girlfriend, Jodi, who claims she wasn’t even in the state at the time. But forensics quickly...
Mar 03, 2021•1 hr 17 min
This week's episode is another backyard crime from our home state in Minnesota. The old timey case Kenzie shares with us is that of the murder of Catherine "Kittie" Ging. On the evening of December 3rd, 1984 the 29 year old dressmaker's body was found shot in the head and left along the shores of Lake Calhoun. With all eyes looking at her slime ball boyfriend, a twist in the story make this case even more interesting.
Feb 24, 2021•25 min
Ever wondered if some of the thoughts that creep into your mind could get you into trouble? In this weeks episode, Kenzie and Ame examine the HBO documentary "Thought Crimes: The Case of the Cannibal Cop." This is the story of Gilberto Valle (a former NYPD officer) who spent many nights in secret chatting online with people around the world exchanging fantasies of kidnapping, torturing, murdering, and consuming the flesh of women. This ended abruptly when his wife, who slept in the very next roo...
Feb 17, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Ame and Kenzie are back with the conclusion of the two part HBO documentary "Who Killed Garrett Phillips". This week, we get to enter the courtroom for the stunning case brought against former college soccer coach Nick Hillary. Prosecution, the family, and most of the town is convinced that Nick is the only logical suspect in the murder of Garrett, using video footage take from the high school parking lot that day as their nail in the coffin. The defense sees their evidence as not only lacking, ...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 28 min
Kenzie and Ame are back with another episode of Shear Crime. This week they dive into part 1 of the 2 part HBO documentary “Who Killed Garrett Phillips?”. When a 12 year old boy is found strangled in the upstairs apartment he shared with his mom Tandy and younger brother, the small New York town of Potsdam is desperate for answers. Not long after the murder, all eyes turn towards Tandy’s ex boyfriend Nick Hillary. Will this small town police department have the evidence they need, or was the ent...
Feb 03, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Ame and Kenzie are back with another episode of Shear Crime. This week they are covering the HBO documentary "Baby God", the incredibly disgusting story of a fertility specialist in Las Vegas who used his own sperm to impregnate his patients (unknowingly) for over 40 years. With the help of DNA and companies like Ancestry.com, more and more of his offspring are finding out that their fathers didn't biologically contribute to their creation. This case has our hosts fired up and listener caution: ...
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 27 min
We have BREAKING NEWS people!!!! Take a listen to find out what we have been "hiding" from you.
Jan 26, 2021•8 min
This week on Shear Crime, Kenzie and Ame dive into the HBO Documentary "The Mystery of D.B Cooper", the only unsolved airplane hijacking in United States history. One man boards a commercial aircraft with a bomb and a plan: to extort $200,000 from the U.S government and jump to freedom. Several theories have been explored over the years and a few key suspects still remain. To this day, almost 50 years later, many people remember his act of air piracy as heroic - what do you think?
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 23 min
This week, we are switching gears and sharing a true crime story from our own backyard! The first in a series called Minne-Sodes is the murder of Amy Allwine. She was a small town, god fearing woman who owned a dog training business and seemed to have it all until she was notified by the FBI that someone had hired a hit man to kill her. But a sloppy murder scene and some computer digging reveals the killer and it sure doesn't take long to put together the pieces to this puzzle.
Jan 13, 2021•28 min
This week on Shear Crime, Ame and Kenzie discuss the truly bizarre case of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee. For almost 2 decades, the public believed Gypsy was terminally ill and rallied behind this mother daughter duo in support. After Dee Dee is brutally murdered in her Missouri home, investigators look to the sick girl who miraculously seems to be a healthy young women, no longer confined to the wheelchair they were used to seeing. What they soon find out has everyone questioning ...
Jan 06, 2021•1 hr 41 min
Kenzie and Ame discuss the final installment in the Netflix documentary Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. This week, we see the end of the first trial against Aaron landing him with a murder conviction. With another trial looming ahead, he hires a celebrity defense attorney and begins thinking about his appeal with the Odin Lloyd case. We also discover more information as doctors examine the damage to his brain from the years of hits taken while playing football.
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 23 min
Ame and Kenzie are back with part 2 of the Netflix documentary, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. This week we learn a bit about Aaron's transition to college life and some red flags that were either ignored or covered up due to his rising athletic presence. We also hear from a former friend with a shady record that gives a different picture of the All-American football star Aaron was thought to be.
Dec 23, 2020•1 hr 22 min
This week on Shear Crime, Kenzie and Ame start a 3 part series on the Netflix documentary, Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. What could have provoked this rising star in the NFL to kill his friend Odin Lloyd, leaving him to be found in a field less than a mile from his mansion in Bristol, Connecticut? This story is one that left many people scratching their heads and wondering if money truly can't buy happiness.
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 27 min
In this week's episode of Shear Crime, Ame and Kenzie cover the very odd story of Diane Schuler from the HBO documentary, There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane. On the way back from a camping trip with her children and nieces, the mini van she was driving ends up in a horrendous head on collision while driving the wrong direction down the Taconic highway, killing herself and 7 other people. Friends and family are convinced something medical led to the very out of character actions that took pl...
Dec 09, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Kenzie and Ame are back this week with another episode of Shear Crime! This is the story of Cyntoia Brown, a 16 year old runaway turned sex worker, turned killer. Taken out of the juvenile courts and tried as an adult, Cyntoia fights for mercy. But can the actions of a young girl be held against her forever? This case shows how maturity, rehabilitation, and a change in the law can spare the life of a promising young woman.
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 40 min
In this episode, Ame and Kenzie cover the Watts family murders from the Netflix documentary, American Murder: The Family Next Door. Today, they take us through real life footage during the search for missing and pregnant mom, Shanann, and her young girls Bella and Cece. Home videos and recovered test messages help to build a timeline and motive to give investigators an idea of what happened to this seemingly perfect family. Everything leads up to the discovery and conviction of her husband in th...
Nov 25, 2020•1 hr 19 min
Kenzie and Ame are back with the final installment in this heart wrenching series of the life and death of a young boy at the hands of his own mother and her boyfriend. It's sentencing day in the court room for both of them and we finally get to see a little justice for Gabriel. But all is not well, as this situation is now becoming a pattern in LA County and true change is necessary.
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 12 min
This week's episode is Part 5 of The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez. Ame and Kenzie take us through the courtroom battles that occurred to clear the charges against the four social workers who were involved in Gabriel's case. Later, we hear heartbreaking testimony from his siblings of what went on in that nightmare of an apartment these kids called home, as well as their account of what took place the night Gabriel died. With one episode left, the evidence is mounting!
Nov 11, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Kenzie and Ame are back with Part 4 of The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez. This week we meet the social workers who are being prosecuted for their lack of involvement in helping to save Gabriel from the torture inflicted by his mother and her boyfriend. We also hear from the former security guard at the LA County Gain Office, Arturo Martinez, who called and reported yet another incident of abuse he observed while Pearl was attempting to collect welfare benefits. As if we needed another reason to sh...
Nov 04, 2020•1 hr 12 min
