Charles Starkweather was a teenager when he went on a killing spree in the late 1950s. He committed 11 murders in total, including 3 members of his 14-year-old girlfriend's family. He then took Caril Ann Fugate with him on the run from Nebraska to Wyoming, murdering as he went. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss this infamous case from the 1950s. The murderous exploits of Charles Starkweather shocked the nation and it had many in the Midwest in a state of fear. After they were apprehended, both...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 227
In 1984, Angela Samota was a 20-year-old college student studying computer science and engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Angela lit up every room she walked into and she was extremely intelligent, hard-working, and driven. But, in October of that year, Angie showed kindness to a stranger and let him inside her apartment to use the phone. Her boyfriend became worried when he couldn't reach her and called the police who found Angie inside. She had been raped and murdered. Joi...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 226
Bryan and David Freeman were two teenagers in Pennsylvania rebelling against authority. Their parents, Dennis and Brenda Freeman, were devout members of the Jehovah's Witness religion. Bryan and David shunned their religion and began to take up with various neo-nazi and white supremacist groups. As their parents tried to gain control, the anger within Bryan and David Rose. It culminated when they murdered their parents, along with their younger brother Erick, with the help of their cousin Nelson...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 225
In December 2001, Tracey Richter shot and killed 20-year-old Dustin Wehde. What followed was an investigation into what exactly happened that fateful night. Just exactly who was Tracey Richter and, did she act in self-defense or did she murder Dustin in a failed plan to frame her ex-husband John. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Tracey Richter and what a jury ultimately decided was the murder of Dustin Whede. Tracey had been married twice but harbored a lot of bad feelings toward her first hu...
Mar 15, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 224
Mark Valera claims that his father Jack Van Krevel abused him while he lived at home. By the age of 19, Mark had moved out of the home and changed his last name to Valera. The hatred he felt toward his father grew and he took it out by murdering two men, David O'Hearn and Frank Arkell. Join Mike and Gibby as they head to Wollongong, Australia to talk about teenage murderer Mark Valera. Valera later told police that he believed both O'Hearn and Arkell were homosexuals and pedophiles and he was in...
Mar 08, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 223
Bonnie Haim was a wife and mother who disappeared on January 6th, 1993. There were indications that her marriage to Michael Haim was in trouble and that he was abusive. Bonnie had been making preparations to take off with her 3-year-old son Aaron before she disappeared. Little Aaron made incriminating statements to police against his father, but the authorities could never had enough evidence to charge Michael Haim with anything. Join MIke and Gibby as they discuss the disappearance and murder o...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 222
Eddie Lee Mosley had a very low IQ and didn't make it past the 3rd grade. He worked some low-paying jobs but eventually turned to crime. He was convicted of an armed robbery at the age of 18. By 1973, Mosley was suspected of at least one murder and almost 100 rapes in the Northwest part of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the prolific predator Eddie Lee Mosley. He is definitely one of the worst killers in the history of Fort Lauderdale, and may very well be one of th...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 221
By 2015, Carrie and Steven Turner had retired and had begun looking at homes in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for their retirement. They took care of Carrie's brother, Thomas Daley, who required constant care due to an intellectual disability. Thomas accompanied them on their trips to Myrtle Beach to look at houses. But, in March of that, the Turners made a trip to Myrtle Beach to try to help their son, Alex Turner, who had been arrested. Police found the bodies of Carrie and Steve Turner under t...
Feb 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 220
Michael Wayne Jackson was a man with a long criminal record, abused alcohol and drugs, and was diagnosed with multiple forms of mental illness. Jackson woke up on the morning of September 22, 1986, for a scheduled meeting at his house with his probation officer. Things went sour quickly and Jackson shot and killed the man. This began a 13 hour or so crime spree that spanned three states as he fled. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the life and crimes of Michael Wayne Jackson. He had spent muc...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 219
Gary Charles Evans experienced a horrible childhood at the hands of his alcoholic parents. He was the victim of physical, psychological, and sexual abuse. He left out on his own at an early age and lived off the money he earned robbing stores and houses in New York. But, in 1985, Gary committed his first murder, and it seems as though it became easy for him after that. He killed store owners when they got in his way and he killed his accomplices when he thought they had stolen from him. Join Mik...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 218
Carroll Edward Cole was a serial killer who confessed to 14 murders but has said he may have murdered as many as 35 women. Cole was abused by his mother and later said that he preyed on women with similarities to his mother as a way to get back at her. Whatever the true number of his victims is, Cole was definitely a predator whose murders became more bizarre and taboo over the years. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the serial killer Carroll Cole. He had a childhood that would make people fe...
Jan 25, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 217
In 1986, Stephanie Lazarus was an LAPD officer who murdered her ex-boyfriend's wife, Sherri Rasmussen. Lazarus was still infatuated with her ex, John Ruetten, and decided to execute the woman she thought was her romantic rival. She used her police training to make the murder look like a robbery. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Sherri Rasmussen committed by Stephanie Lazarus. From the start, police were stuck on the theory that Sherri was killed by one or multiple burglars. Many...
Jan 18, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 216
William Dean Christensen is a serial rapist and serial killer who operated in both the United States and Canada. There is a lot of speculation regarding just how many murders Christensen committed, but estimates go as high as 30. William was caught many times over the years and even spent time in prison for many different offenses. But, each time, it seems as though he was let out after serving very little of his sentence only to commit additional crimes. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the ...
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 215
Margaret Rudin lived in fifteen different locations before she graduated high school. She married young and had children. By the 1980s, she was living in Las Vegas when she met and married Ron Rudin. It was the fifth marriage for both Ron and Margaret. But it was a rocky marriage filled with deceit and infidelity. Ron Rudin vanished just before Christmas in 1994, and when his body was found in a steamer trunk, the police zeroed in on his wife Margaret. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss "Black ...
Jan 04, 2021•59 min•Ep. 214
Ronald Gene Simmons committed the worst family massacre in the history of the US. Around Christmas in 1987, Simmons murdered 14 members of his family over a period of about four days in Arkansas. Then, several days after Christmas, Simmons went on a shooting rampage trying to get back at various people he felt had wronged him over the years. He murdered two more people and injured many others. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the monster, Ronald Gene Simmons. How could a man murder his entire...
Dec 21, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 213
On the surface, 17-year-old Napoleon Beazley appeared to be an all-American kid. He was a star athlete in both football and track as a senior at his high school in Grapeland, Texas. He came from a good family, and his classmates elected him as the senior class president. But, under the surface, Napoleon was much different than the persona that he showed to everyone. Reports had him dealing crack cocaine and carrying a gun. He began telling friends he would soon be driving a Mercedes to school. O...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 212
In April of 1996, Martin Bryant perpetrated an unimaginable mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania that shocked Australia and the world. Bryant's actions left 35 dead and many people wounded. It caused changes in Australia's gun laws, and left many pointing the finger at agencies they felt could have stopped Bryant at different points in time. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Martin Bryant and the Port Arthur massacre. In this second and final episode, we'll focus on the events of that dreadf...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 211
In April of 1996, Martin Bryant perpetrated an unimaginable mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania that shocked Australia and the world. Bryant's actions left 35 dead and many people wounded. It caused changes in Australia's gun laws, and left many pointing the finger at agencies they felt could have stopped Bryant at different points in time. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Martin Bryant and the Port Arthur massacre. In this first of two episodes, we'll focus on Bryant's early life and his ...
Nov 30, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 210
Richard Crafts seemingly had a great life. He was a successful airline pilot with a great wife and three children. But, by 1986, his wife Helle had hired a divorce attorney and a private investigator to track his infidelity. Before Richard was served with divorce papers, Helle disappeared. Richard very quickly became the center of police attention when they found he had rented a woodchipper and the found fragments of Helle's remains. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Richard Crafts who committ...
Nov 23, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 209
Yazeed Essa was a respected doctor with a loving wife and two young children. But, that wasn't enough for Yaz. He engaged in a number of extra-marital affairs and longed to be free to live a playboy's life. So, he hatched a plan to kill his wife Rosie. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murderous doctor Yazeed Essa. Yaz thought he was smart enough to get away with murder by refilling his wife's calcium pills with cyanide. Rosie crashed her car at a very slow speed, and when she died later a...
Nov 16, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 208
Leroy Hall Jr had a fascination with fire from an early age. He also had an obsession with his estranged girlfriend Traci Crozier. When Traci rejected his attempts at reconciliation, Hall stalked her and ultimately lit her on fire while she sat inside her car. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the heinous murder committed by Leroy Hall Jr. This was a man who could not let go of the woman he felt was the love of his life. He made the fateful decision that if he could not have her, no one else c...
Nov 09, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 207
Douglas Feldman was a man teetering on the edge. His world was falling apart and it seemed only a matter of time before he did something explosive. A road rage incident in 1998 in the Dallas, Tx area led to multiple murders. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murders of Douglas Feldman. Feldman was riding a Harley motorcycle when the incident happened and also when he committed his murders. But, he didn't just go after the target of his road rage, he went searching for random people to gun ...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 206
19-year-old Ashton Sachs was a college student who came from a large family. His mother, Andra, had built a multi-million dollar empire. In 2014, someone entered the Sachs' California home and began shooting. Ashton's father Bill and his mother Andra were killed. His 8-year-old brother was paralyzed. The police investigation began with those people who had bad business dealings with the Sachs. But, a break led them to suspect Ashton. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murders committed by 1...
Oct 19, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 205
Ryan Jenkins was a good looking guy with a good education, who grew up in a wealthy Canadian household. His life changed when he accepted an invitation to be on a VH1 reality television show called Megan Wants a Millionaire. Megan Hauserman, a veteran of VH1 reality shows, was to choose between 17 millionaires. But, the world would never see all of the episodes aired because Ryan Jenkins was accused of killing his wife, Jasmine Fiore. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Ryan Jenkins and the conn...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 204
17-year-old Daniel LaPlante had a history of breaking into homes in his hometown of Townsend, Massachusetts. He was charged with breaking into and terrorizing the family an ex-girlfriend. Two months after being released from jail on bail, he committed a brutal triple homicide of a mother and her two children. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the crimes of Daniel LaPlante. Early on in the investigation, the trail led straight to the LaPlante home. As it turned out, it was only about a 1/2 mile...
Oct 05, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 203
Marjorie Orbin was a dancer and choreographer in Las Vegas who was used to men paying a lot of attention to her. She was married six times by the time she was 34-years-old. But, the one thing she wanted most was to have a child. Jay Orbin was a successful businessman who fell head over heels for Marjorie and promised that he would pay whatever it took to get her the fertility treatments it took to have a child. But, when Jay's torso turned up in a plastic bin, the police started to question Marj...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 202
Aileen Wuornos was a rarity in true crime, a true female serial killer. Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida between December 1989 and November 1990. Her story captivated many as authorities pieced together her murders. The state of Florida called her a cold-blooded murdered while Aileen portrayed herself as a victim who defended herself against men bent on hurting her. Join Mike and Gibby for the 2nd and final episode on Aileen Wuornos. In this second episode, we'll talk about Aileen's trials ...
Sep 21, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 201
Aileen Wuornos was a rarity in true crime, a true female serial killer. Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida between December 1989 and November 1990. Her story captivated many as authorities pieced together her murders. The state of Florida called her a cold-blooded murdered while Aileen portrayed herself as a victim who defended herself against men bent on hurting her. Join Mike and Gibby for the 200th episode of The True Crime All The Time podcast. In this first episode, we'll delve into Aile...
Sep 14, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 200
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were a high number of sexual assaults in the South Hill section of Spokane, Washington. The authorities created a task force to catch this predator that the media dubbed "The South Hill Rapist." It would take some time but, eventually, authorities closed in on a man named Kevin Coe, whose father was the managing editor of The Spokane Chronicle. When the true extent of Kevin's crimes came out they were shocking. The authorities believe that he is respo...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 199
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were a high number of sexual assaults in the South Hill section of Spokane, Washington. The authorities created a task force to catch this predator that the media dubbed "The South Hill Rapist." It would take some time but, eventually, authorities closed in on a man named Kevin Coe, whose father was the managing editor of The Spokane Chronicle. When the true extent of Kevin's crimes came out they were shocking. The authorities believe that he is respo...
Aug 31, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 198
