The Crawford family murder was the 1970 killing of pregnant mother Therese Crawford and her three children: Kathryn, 13, James, 8, and Karen, 6. The family car was located at the bottom of a cliff in Australia on 2 July 1970. The bodies of Therese and her children were still inside. But this case is not what it seems. Sources: Fogerty, G. (2011). Almost Perfect: The True Story of the Crawford Family . https://www.pedestrian.tv/podcast/australian-murders-elmer-crawford-family/ https://www.news.co...
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Today we have a brutal case for you. We will be covering the case of one of the youngest serial killers America has ever seen. But we are not covering the case from the perspective of this killer, but from the one who got away. The killer’s third victim, that we know of, was able to survive her attack with the help of her neighbors. But that is what made her vulnerable. After she got away the killer escalated and intensified his crimes but his main goal was to take down the only woman that could...
Feb 02, 2020•53 min
In 1999 a notorious pimp from the Triad in Hong Kong would kidnap and torture a young mother for a month because she stole from him two years prior. This tragic story becomes known as the Hello Kitty Murders, one of the most depraved cases Hong Kong has ever seen. WARNING: This episode is extremely graphic! Sponsors: Vistaprint.com code: TCC Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/hello-kitty-murder https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/1858067/five-hong-kong-most-notorious-crimes-80s https://...
Jan 19, 2020•45 min
A group of teenagers are massacred in a nature reserve in 1973. Five people are attacked, four are murdered and one is raped. The crime scene was so gruesome and large that eight law enforcement agencies would need to get involved. They would discover that the events that took place that night were worse than they could have ever imagined. Sources: Gitchie Girl : The Survivor's Inside Story of the Mass Murders that Shocked the Heartland: Phil Hamman, Sandy Hamman Gitchie Girl Uncovered: The True...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 15 min
In September of 2010 firefighters were called to the scene of a wildfire. As they were fighting the blaze a man, near dead, comes stumbling out of the forest. As some men tend to his wounds the others soon found that under the fire was the mutilated body of a teenage girl. Although this all seems extraordinary it is nothing compared to the details that led the two to the abandoned field that night. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Ads: Vistaprint.com | Use code TCC for free shipping on all business c...
Dec 22, 2019•43 min
In part two of our series on serial killer John Robinson we cover four more murders, a six year jail conviction, and the rise and fall of the Robinson as the slave master. WARNING: this episode is graphic and does contain crimes against children. patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sponsors: Paint Your Life - text the work CRIME to 64-000 paintyourlife.com Native- nativedeodorant.com and use promo code TCC for 20% off Wix - visit wix.com/podcast to get 10% off your order Sources: John Glatt. “Depraved.”...
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 30 min
In part one of our two part series on John Edward Robinson, the internet's first serial killer, we discuss his origins and early crimes before his first arrest. Robinson was addicted to reinventing himself and making money through outlandish schemes. However, when that was no longer enough for him he moves to murder while simultaneously running a brutal brothel in which the females are treated as sex slaves. patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sponsors: Paint Your Life - text the work CRIME to 64-000 Vi...
Dec 01, 2019•1 hr 15 min
The fourth of July in marathon county Wisconsin was looking promising in the Summer of 1987. Independence day was falling on a Saturday and the weather was going to perfect. A slight breeze and a high of 75 degrees. Perfect weather for BBQing, drinking beers, and watching fireworks once the sun set in the rural and isolated county which sat basically at the center of the mid western state. And what better place to celebrate the 4th of July than in the heartland of America? However, the day would...
Nov 10, 2019•46 min
Welcome to spooky season! We have some amazing listener stories to share with you. If your story was picked you have an amazon gift card on your way. Thanks for all of your submissions we got over 100, it was soo hard to pick. But we LOVE you all! -John and Kay patreon.com/truecrimecouple
Oct 27, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Even the shortest description would give it all away... We can tell you this monstrous tale includes insurance money, two marriages, a will, a suicide, and a whole lot of anti freeze. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/timeline-black-widow-stacey-castors-shocking-crimes/story?id=60860538 https://murderpedia.org/female.C/c/castor-stacey.htm https://www.syracuse.com/news/2019/02/tv-special-on-notorious-cny-killer-stacey-castor-tonight-watch-preview.html...
Oct 13, 2019•49 min
During a warm July night a four year old girl runs to her neighbors house, her hands bound begging for help. She tells her neighbor someone had hurt her mother badly. Terrified the woman checks on her friend that lives across the street. The horrors that she found within the small home will become the cold case that still haunts the small town of Thatcher, Arizona. SEND SCARY STORIES TO truecrimecouple@gmail.com Sourcing: https://gilavalleycentral.net/mary-anne-holmes-cold-case-murder-suspect-st...
Oct 06, 2019•43 min
Two calls come into 911 within minutes of each other. A mother has been killed in her Florida home. The first call comes from the son blaming his stepfather, the second from the stepfather blaming his stepson. Who is telling the truth? Sponsors: Wanderbeauty.com/tcc Wix.com/podcast Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.inquisitr.com/3386042/diane-kyne-kevin-kyne-dateline-nbc-murder-mystery-of-seminole-florida-wife-found-dead-in-bedroom-by-husband-william-bill-kyne/ https://www.tampaba...
Sep 15, 2019•47 min
In today’s case we are going to follow a grieving husband and father, John Sharpe. In 2004 Sharpe’s pregnant wife asked for a separation from him. She made a decision to leave the house, leaving the couple’s 15 month old daughter, Gracie in his custody. Anna, his wife chose to pick up the little girl days after her original departure. The heartbroken man, watching his wife, unborn son, and daughter leave him in a taxi. Although he knew that their life as a family was over he didn’t think this wo...
Sep 01, 2019•46 min
In this episode we discuss the tragic story of the Hart family. On social media we see a happy family, two loving mothers and six beautiful children. A group of three siblings being adopted is unheard of, but here it happened twice. However, this story ends in a murder/suicide which takes the lives of all eight members of this family. So what happened to get us here?
Aug 18, 2019•54 min
Megan Meier was a beautiful 13 year old girl. During her 8th grade year in 2006 her parents allowed her to make a Myspace page. It was there she met Josh Evans, a perfect 16 year old boy. He was everything Megan needed to get through the bullying she suffered at her last school. But little did the girl know she was being deceived by someone close to her. The last message Megan sent to Josh before her suicide on October 17, 2006 was, "You're the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over." Etittu...
Aug 05, 2019•1 hr 5 min
In this episode we discuss the horrific murder of an entire family and their 10 year old house guest. The youngest member of the family is able to survive and is forced to lives his life without his parents, sister, and best friend. We then cover the subsequent investigation, the screwing up of said investigation and the trial of the number suspect as well as the aftermath of the trial. This is a big one ladies and gents. Enjoy! Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sponsors: Brutmate Native Deordorant Wi...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 42 min
A 21 year old woman is found near death in the Florida everglades. She had been beaten within inches of her life. Even with DNA found on her body her case, like many sexual assaults do, would go cold. However, former federal agent turned private investigator, Ken Brennan caught the case and he was determined to find out who attacked this woman. patreon.com/truecrimecouple
Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 17 min
The following episode covers the crimes of one man and the damage he did to hundreds of people from 1998 until 2004. He would call various fast food franchises pretending to be a manager, owner, or police officer. He would convince these employees to perform strip searches and in many cases participate in sexual assaults. We focus mainly on the case that occurred in Mount Washington, KY where, in a civil suit, McDonalds is going to claim that they are not responsible for these unforeseeable crim...
Jul 01, 2019•1 hr 7 min
In this episode we discuss the senseless violent act that ended the lives of three promising young teens as well as why Scott Johnson committed that and other crimes. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/07/27/at-the-train-bridge https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/06/shooter-yet-feel-glimmer-remorse/82733962/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/29738060/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/killer-shooting-teens-was-spilling-milk/...
Jun 09, 2019•51 min
In today's episode we will cover part two of the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult scandal currently rocking the nation. Join us as we take a deep dive into who Larry Ray is and how he was able to manipulate some the brightest young minds of our country. Our sponsors: Vistaprint.com/TCC Wix.com/podcast Best Fiends Patreon.com/truecrimecouple...
May 27, 2019•1 hr 12 min
In today's episode we will cover part one of the Sarah Lawrence Sex Cult scandal currently rocking the nation. Join us as we take a deep dive into who Larry Ray is and how he was able to manipulate some the brightest young minds of our country. Our sponsors: Wix.com/podcast Best Fiends The Lonely Brain Podcast Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.thecut.com/2019/04/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-students.html https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/sex-crimes/larry-ray-dad-accused...
May 13, 2019•1 hr 6 min
On July 26, 2009 a cablevision executive and mother of two drove her minivan the wrong way on the Taconic Parkway, a highway she was not even supposed to be on. In the car with her were her two children and her three nieces. After driving 1.7 miles into oncoming traffic she collided with another vehicle causing one of the most devastating crashes in New York history. On that day eight people died and four families were destroyed. But the families, although destroyed were shocked. Diane was alway...
Apr 29, 2019•1 hr 15 min
A spree killer is a person who kills multiple people in a short period of time with no cooling off period or a very brief one is known as a spree killer, mass murderer, or a rampage killer. The person that commits this type of murder usually feels like they have become alienated from society or that they no longer has any connection with the rest of humanity. Mark Barton is the perfect example. But do the events from his past clue us into why he did what he did on July 29, 1999?
Apr 16, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Salt Creek is known mostly for its rugged beauty due to the remoteness of the area, and that is what drew two backpackers in, so let's get into who these girls are, what happened to them and how they survived. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Wix.com/podcast for 10%
Apr 01, 2019•53 min
Today we are going to cover a case that is so scary because of how ordinary it is. Family issues and disputes seem as eventual as death and taxes. Its funny that as a society we discuss how terrified we are of strangers stalking us in the night of the possibility of a serial killer is our midst when it is usually those who we known best that murder us over the simplest of things.
Mar 24, 2019•1 hr 8 min
In this week's case we take a look at the case that covered the newspapers: The Pamela Smart case.
Mar 03, 2019•1 hr 17 min
Today’s case is going to read like mystery/thriller novel ripped from the best sellers list. An affluent family from the suburbs of London is going to hire a nanny from France to take care of their two young children. But who did the they let into their lives? Is she the devious and deceitful girl the family make her out to be? Or is there something more sinister happening in the Wimbledon Flat? In this story of twists and turns we are going to uncover a story full of psychosis, affairs, torture...
Feb 18, 2019•1 hr
Join us in discussing the kind of unsolved murders of the Robison family. During the Summer of 1968 this family of six is brutally murdered in their northern Michigan Summer home. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Great title Rebecca!
Feb 03, 2019•54 min
In today's episode we are going to discuss violence against children so we do want to give that disclaimer before we begin. We have a very sad story for you today, A terrible series of tragic events are going to bring a young girls life to an end. This story is sad because it could have been prevented in many ways. It’s a story of the cycles of abuse and neglect that travel through generations of families but it is also the story of failure. Every adult that the young girl this story centers aro...
Jan 23, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Here is a short episode to tide you over until we release episode 43 in a few short days! The murder of Arlis Perry Patreon.com/truecrimecouple
Jan 16, 2019•29 min
