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True Crime Garage

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Hosts Nic and the Captain invite you to grab a chair, grab a beer and join them as they talk some true crime. This is no ordinary garage: it’s a rabbit hole of true crime, with a generous supply of alcohol and banter to lighten the load. From international atrocities to heinous stories on (US) home turf, dive head-first into a different case each week, and enjoy a cold one whilst your there.  If you consider yourself an armchair detective, you’re in the right place, and you’re amongst friends. For the mystery-seeker, True Crime Garage presents an archive of missing persons, unsolved and cold cases, plus accounts of infamous serial killers and chilling solved cases.  True Crime Garage has just one rule: don’t litter. Remember to not take yourself too seriously because if you do, nobody else will.  Missing persons (including): Maura Murray  Brandon Lawson  Asha Degree Wiliam Tyrell Emma Fillipoff Brian Shaffer Jaliek Rainwalker  Madeleine McCann Jennifer Kesse Unsolved cases (including): Mitrice Richardson  Kendrick Johnson JonBenet Ramsey The Delphi murders OJ Simpson The Tylenol Murders  Elisa Lam The Photo: Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon  The West Memphis 3  Amy Mihaljevic Serial killers (including): The Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) Zodiac  Ted Bundy The Backpacker: Ivan Milat  BTK: Dennis Rader John Wayne Gacy  Jeffrey Dahmer  Edmund Kemper Ed Gein Solved cases (including): Chris Watts The Unabomber  John Lennon  Scott Peterson Son of Sam Columbine Room 309: Sidney Teerhuis-Moar Kenneka Jenkins Rae Carruth

Episodes

Christy Mirack /// Part 2 /// 225

Christy Mirack /// Part 2 /// 225 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com December, 1992 - Inside Christy Mirack's sixth grade classroom, her students waited for her arrival. She was the type of teacher that went above and beyond. Unfortunately, she never made it out the front door of her home. Someone brutally attacked this young woman and left her lifeless body inside her townhouse. The investigation started. The usual suspects were interviewed, and all leads were followed. Then the case went cold...

Jul 18, 201840 min

Christy Mirack /// Part 1 /// 224

Christy Mirack /// Part 1 /// 224 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com December, 1992 - Inside Christy Mirack's sixth grade classroom, her students waited for her arrival. She was the type of teacher that went above and beyond. Unfortunately, she never made it out the front door of her home. Someone brutally attacked this young woman and left her lifeless body inside her townhouse. The investigation started. The usual suspects were interviewed, and all leads were followed. Then the case went cold...

Jul 17, 201843 min

Sean McDuffy Jr. /// Part 2 /// 223

Sean McDuffy Jr. /// Part 2 /// 223 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Sean Patrick McDuffy Jr. was last seen on December 20th, 2015. Sean left his house in Calhoun, Georgia and was driving to North Carolina. It was going to be a quick trip to drop off his friend Eric Brown. But Sean likely had more than just dropping off his friend in his plans. Like most of Sean's recent activity this trip revolved around drugs. Either buying, selling or trading drugs for weapons. In Calhoun, Meth is cheap an...

Jul 11, 201849 min

Sean McDuffy Jr. /// Part 1 /// 222

Sean McDuffy Jr. /// Part 1 /// 222 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Sean Patrick McDuffy Jr. was last seen on December 20th, 2015. Sean left his house in Calhoun, Georgia and was driving to North Carolina. It was going to be a quick trip to drop off his friend Eric Brown. But Sean likely had more than just dropping off his friend in his plans. Like most of Sean's recent activity this trip revolved around drugs. Either buying, selling or trading drugs for weapons. In Calhoun, Meth is cheap an...

Jul 10, 201855 min

Officer Luky ////// 221

Officer Luky ////// 221 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Who killed officer Luky? Luky was a K-9 Officer for the Hot Spring County Sheriff’s department for two years. In July 2017 his handler left for an out of town trip. The sheriff’s deputy left Luky chained up in his backyard on a 98 degree day. When the deputy returned home he found Luky dead. The cause of death is bizarre. In the beginning we heard rumor and speculation that it was heat stroke or maybe a gunshot. We are told this was blu...

Jul 03, 201843 min

Kevin Cooper /// Part 2 /// 220

Kevin Cooper /// Part 2 /// 220 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Chino Hills, California, 1983 - In the dark of night, evil lurks around a house at the top of a hill. A sliding door was left unlocked and evil makes it's way inside the home. A sleeping family are surprised and slaughtered. One victim survives and tells a story that doesn't fit the evidence found at the scene. A suspect is quickly identified, and the manhunt began. Kevin Cooper is arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for ...

Jun 27, 201851 min

Kevin Cooper /// Part 1 /// 219

Kevin Cooper /// Part 1 /// 219 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Chino Hills, California, 1983 - In the dark of night, evil lurks around a house at the top of a hill. A sliding door was left unlocked and evil makes it's way inside the home. A sleeping family are surprised and slaughtered. One victim survives and tells a story that doesn't fit the evidence found at the scene. A suspect is quickly identified, and the manhunt began. Kevin Cooper is arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for ...

Jun 26, 201859 min

Brittanee Drexel /// Part 2 /// 218

Brittanee Drexel /// Part 2 /// 218 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Every parent tells their child to be careful. Every parent has to tell their child no. But children do not always listen to mom and dad. In fact sometimes they ignore their parents. Then kids grow up and may rebel from time to time. This is a story of an otherwise good kid that defied her parents by going out of town. Sneaking off with friends almost a thousand miles from home. A vacation from which she does not return. This...

Jun 20, 20181 hr

Brittanee Drexel /// Part 1 /// 217

Brittanee Drexel /// Part 1 /// 217 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Every parent tells their child to be careful. Every parent has to tell their child no. But children do not always listen to mom and dad. In fact sometimes they ignore their parents. Then kids grow up and may rebel from time to time. This is a story of an otherwise good kid that defied her parents by going out of town. Sneaking off with friends almost a thousand miles from home. A vacation from which she does not return. This...

Jun 19, 20181 hr 4 min

Tara Grinstead /// Part 2 /// 216

Tara Grinstead /// Part 2 /// 216 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Saturday night, October 22, 2005. Ocilla, Georgia. 30 year old Tara Grinstead, a popular high school history teacher and former Miss Georgia contestant, attends a BBQ with friends at the home of the former Ocilla school superintendant Dr. Troy Davis and his wife Missy. The party has gathered to watch the Georgia football game, socialize and enjoy some Southern barbecue. At approximately 11 pm, Davis walks Tara to the door as s...

Jun 13, 201847 min

Tara Grinstead /// Part 1 /// 215

Tara Grinstead /// Part 1 /// 215 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Saturday night, October 22, 2005. Ocilla, Georgia. 30 year old Tara Grinstead, a popular high school history teacher and former Miss Georgia contestant, attends a BBQ with friends at the home of the former Ocilla school superintendant Dr. Troy Davis and his wife Missy. The party has gathered to watch the Georgia football game, socialize and enjoy some Southern barbecue. At approximately 11 pm, Davis walks Tara to the door as s...

Jun 12, 20181 hr 23 min

The Mad Bomber /// Part 2 /// 214

The Mad Bomber /// Part 2 /// 214 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Taken from Michael Cannell’s amazing book titled - Incendiary... The NYPD certainly didn’t understand it. The famously tough-minded New York Detectives stumbled and fumbled, as a harassing band of news-paper reporters detailed every turn. For more than a century the police had relied on muscle and shoe leather to collar bad guys. The street corner respected the billy club and that was that. But reliable strong-arm methods prov...

Jun 06, 201843 min

The Mad Bomber /// Part 1 /// 213

The Mad Bomber ///Part 1/// 213 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Taken from Michael Cannell’s amazing book titled - Incendiary... The NYPD certainly didn’t understand it. The famously tough-minded New York Detectives stumbled and fumbled, as a harassing band of news-paper reporters detailed every turn. For more than a century the police had relied on muscle and shoe leather to collar bad guys. The street corner respected the billy club and that was that. But reliable strong-arm methods proved...

Jun 05, 201848 min

Esther Reed ////// 212

Esther Reed ////// 212 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com She conned us all... it was 1999 in South Carolina. 20 year old Brooke Henson went for a walk. She was traveling two blocks on foot in the middle of the night. She intended to walk to a store and buy some cigarettes. She never made it. Before leaving she had left a note for her boyfriend. They had been arguing that night. Her parents last saw her walking from their home at 2:20 in the morning. They have not seen nor heard from her since....

May 29, 201852 min

Barry and Honey Sherman /// Part 2 /// 211

Barry and Honey Sherman /// Part 2 /// 211 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Barry and Honey Sherman were one of the wealthiest couples in Canada. Barry had founded a large pharmaceutical business in his younger years that was wildly successful. With the success came many friends and enemies. In December of 2017 both Barry and Honey were found dead in their mansion. It’s very likely that the two were dead for more than 24 hours before the discovery of their bodies. Early indicators suggest str...

May 23, 201852 min

Barry and Honey Sherman /// Part 1 /// 210

Barry and Honey Sherman /// Part 1 /// 210 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Barry and Honey Sherman were one of the wealthiest couples in Canada. Barry had founded a large pharmaceutical business in his younger years that was wildly successful. With the success came many friends and enemies. In December of 2017 both Barry and Honey were found dead in their mansion. It’s very likely that the two were dead for more than 24 hours before the discovery of their bodies. Early indicators suggest str...

May 22, 201859 min

Jodi Huisentruit /// Part 2 /// 209

Jodi Huisentruit /// Part 2 /// 209 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com June of 1995 in Mason City, Iowa a beautiful, successful woman is abducted in the parking lot of her apartment complex. Jodi Huisentruit was on her way to the top. The 27 year old Newscast producer and anchor was leaving to go to work. She had carried some items to her car. When she opened the passenger side door someone attacked her from behind. Screams were heard as well as a name shouted out in the dark. Her neighbors hea...

May 16, 20181 hr 10 min

Jodi Huisentruit /// Part 1 /// 208

Jodi Huisentruit /// Part 1 /// 208 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com June of 1995 in Mason City, Iowa a beautiful, successful woman is abducted in the parking lot of her apartment complex. Jodi Huisentruit was on her way to the top. The 27 year old Newscast producer and anchor was leaving to go to work. She had carried some items to her car. When she opened the passenger side door someone attacked her from behind. Screams were heard as well as a name shouted out in the dark. Her neighbors hea...

May 16, 20181 hr 3 min

BTK /// Part 4 /// 207

BTK /// Part 4 /// 207 Part 4 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before vanishing into hibernation. After many requests we have decided to take an in depth look into the dark,...

May 09, 201851 min

BTK /// Part 3 /// 206

BTK /// Part 3 /// 206 Part 3 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before vanishing into hibernation. After many requests we have decided to take an in depth look into the dark,...

May 08, 201853 min

BTK /// Part 2 /// 205

BTK /// Part 2 /// 205 Part 2 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before vanishing into hibernation. After many requests we have decided to take an in depth look into the dark,...

May 02, 201848 min

BTK /// Part 1 /// 204

BTK /// Part 1 /// 204 Part 1 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before vanishing into hibernation. After many requests we have decided to take an in depth look into the dark,...

May 01, 201847 min

Disappearance of William Tyrrell /// Part 2 /// 203

Disappearance of William Tyrrell /// Part 2 /// 203 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This is one of the strangest missing person cases that we have looked into. It's strange because of the very short window of time in which little William goes missing. William was three years old when he was last seen. He was playing outside with his sister. According to reports William was only left unsupervised for about 15 minutes. Several strange vehicles were spotted near where William was playing. Was t...

Apr 25, 20181 hr 2 min

Disappearance of William Tyrrell /// Part 1 /// 202

Disappearance of William Tyrrell /// Part 1 /// 202 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This is one of the strangest missing person cases that we have looked into. It's strange because of the very short window of time in which little William goes missing. William was three years old when he was last seen. He was playing outside with his sister. According to reports William was only left unsupervised for about 15 minutes. Several strange vehicles were spotted near where William was playing. Was t...

Apr 24, 20181 hr

Lane Bryant Shooting /// Part 2 /// 201

Lane Bryant Shooting /// Part 2 /// 201 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com 10 years ago a man walked into a Lane Bryant clothing store posing as a delivery man. He announced a holdup and began taking women to a back room where they were bound with tape. One of the brave ladies managed to call 911. The robbery escalated and turned very violent. Before fleeing he shot all six ladies. Despite police arriving on the scene within minutes of the 911 call the killer managed to get away. Police have sp...

Apr 18, 201852 min

Lane Bryant Shooting /// Part 1 /// 200

Lane Bryant Shooting /// Part 1 /// 200 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com 10 years ago a man walked into a Lane Bryant clothing store posing as a delivery man. He announced a holdup and began taking women to a back room where they were bound with tape. One of the brave ladies managed to call 911. The robbery escalated and turned very violent. Before fleeing he shot all six ladies. Despite police arriving on the scene within minutes of the 911 call the killer managed to get away. Police have sp...

Apr 17, 20181 hr 11 min

Arthur Shawcross /// The Shawcross Letters /// 199

Arthur Shawcross /// The Shawcross Letters /// Part 2 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Episode 199 - Arthur Shawcross, the monster often referred to as “the worst serial killer, you’ve never heard of”. That may not be the case as Shawcross came from one of New York state’s more populated cities. This man was a convicted child killer set free by the state to kill again. During his time in prison Shawcross allowed members of the media to interview him on several occasions. Shawcross also had se...

Apr 11, 201849 min

Arthur Shawcross /// The Genesee River Killer /// 198

Arthur Shawcross /// The Genesee River Killer Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Episode 198 - Arthur Shawcross, the monster often referred to as “the worst serial killer, you’ve never heard of”. That may not be the case as Shawcross came from one of New York state’s more populated cities. This man was a convicted child killer set free by the state to kill again. During his time in prison Shawcross allowed members of the media to interview him on several occasions. Shawcross also had several pe...

Apr 10, 201855 min

Must See True Crime ////// 197

Must See True Crime ////// 197 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This is long overdue.... Often we are asked to offer on what True TV do we watch. Well you asked for and now you got it. Today we take a break from the grind and crack a couple beers and discuss the True Crime shows and documentaries that we have been watching. Beer of the Week - Ryan and the Beaster BunnyGarage Grade - 3 and 3 quarter bottle caps out of 5 Beer Fund: https://truecrimegarage.com/home...

Apr 03, 20181 hr 15 min

Kendrick Johnson /// Part 2 /// 196

Kendrick Johnson /// Part 2 /// 196 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Episode 196 - This week we cover the very controversial and bizarre death of 17 year old Kendrick Johnson. On January 11th 2013 Kendrick Johnson was found dead in a High School gymnasium. His body had been discovered by a fellow student. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the cause of much debate since. Kendrick’s death has been ruled an accident however many including Kendrick’s parents say different. They be...

Mar 28, 20181 hr 4 min