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True Crime Garage

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True Crime Garage: Your Weekly Dive into Real-Life Mysteries Grab a chair, crack open a cold one, and join hosts Nic and the Captain for an immersive journey into the world of true crime. True Crime Garage isn’t just a podcast—it’s a deep dive into some of the most fascinating and chilling cases, all delivered with smart storytelling, sharp banter, and a beer in hand. Each week, Nic and the Captain dissect a new case—from infamous international crimes to haunting hometown mysteries. Whether it’s an unsolved disappearance, a cold case, or the dark psychology behind serial killers, True Crime Garage invites you to think, question, and engage like a true armchair detective. Why Listen? Perfect for mystery lovers and true crime enthusiasts, True Crime Garage combines in-depth research, thoughtful discussion, and just the right dose of humor. With a massive archive of episodes, there’s something for everyone—from lifelong fans to new listeners discovering the world of true crime storytelling. The only rule: don’t litter—and don’t take yourself too seriously. Nic and the Captain sure don’t. Explore Gripping True Crime Cases Missing Persons Maura Murray • Brandon Lawson • Asha Degree • William Tyrrell • Emma Fillipoff • Brian Shaffer • Jaliek Rainwalker • Madeleine McCann • Jennifer Kesse Unsolved Mysteries Mitrice Richardson • Kendrick Johnson • JonBenét Ramsey • The Delphi Murders • O.J. Simpson • The Tylenol Murders • Elisa Lam • Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon • The West Memphis Three • Amy Mihaljevic Infamous Serial Killers The Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) • Zodiac Killer • Ted Bundy • Ivan Milat (The Backpacker Killer) • BTK (Dennis Rader) • John Wayne Gacy • Jeffrey Dahmer • Edmund Kemper • Ed Gein Solved Cases Chris Watts • The Unabomber • John Lennon • Scott Peterson • Son of Sam • Columbine • Sidney Teerhuis-Moar (Room 309) • Kenneka Jenkins • Rae Carruth Pour yourself a drink and join the garage each week—where the cases are cold, the stories are hot, and the conversation never ends.
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Jason Landry /// Part 1 /// 860

Jason Landry /// Part 1 /// 860 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This is another one of the those “Missing in Texas” stories. True Crime Garage has covered a bunch of missing persons cases from the great state of Texas and all of them are strange. This is the type of case that it is easy for your imagination to run a little wild on. There is no shortage of theories as to what exactly happened to this young man. 21 year old Texas State University student Jason Landry went missing on December 1...

Aug 05, 202552 min

Shannon Paulk //////

Shannon Paulk ////// 780 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com One week before the start of the school year a little girl was taken from her Candlestick Park neighborhood. The entire city of Prattville, Alabama was looking for this little girl. Eleven year old Shannon Paulk was missing for about two months when rabbit hunters found her remains in a remote hunting area. This is the crime that forever changed Prattville. The murderer is still out there, hiding from the men and women of the law that ...

Jul 30, 20251 hr 7 min

Heaven LaShae Ross ////// 859

Heaven LaShae Ross ////// 859 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Heaven LaShae Ross was 11 years old. On Tuesday, August 19, 2003 Heaven LaShae Ross set out walking to the morning bus stop that was only a short distance from her families’ home. She never made it. Something happened to the little girl somewhere between home and the bus stop. Her family and the community of Northport, Alabama are still searching for the person who took the little girl. Those with any information on Heaven LaShae ...

Jul 29, 20251 hr 14 min

Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders /// Part 2 /// 858

Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders /// Part 2 /// 858 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com The “Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders, Kentucky Fried Chicken Massacre, the KFC murders, the Texas KFC murders” all typically refer to the 1983 Kilgore, Texas, Kentucky Fried Chicken massacre, a brutal armed robbery and mass murder that occurred at a KFC restaurant on a football Friday night. It’s a case with many names, that lives in infamy in the great state of Texas. Five people were killed during the incident...

Jul 23, 20251 hr

Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders /// Part 1 /// 857

Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders /// Part 1 /// 857 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com The “Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders, Kentucky Fried Chicken Massacre, the KFC murders, the Texas KFC murders” all typically refer to the 1983 Kilgore, Texas, Kentucky Fried Chicken massacre, a brutal armed robbery and mass murder that occurred at a KFC restaurant on a football Friday night. It’s a case with many names, that lives in infamy in the great state of Texas. Five people were killed during the incident...

Jul 22, 202557 min

Park Bench Murders ////// 856

Park Bench Murders ////// 856 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com On June 4, 2019, a little after 5 P.M., longtime friends Carnell “Nell” Sledge and Katherine “Kate” Brown arrived at the Rocky River Reservation which is a section of the Cleveland MetroParks. Both met at a pull-off gravel parking lot near the Lorain Road Bridge. Carnell and Katherine were shot and killed near a park bench shortly after arriving. Carnell was only 40 years old and Katherine was just 33 years old. These homicides ar...

Jul 15, 20251 hr 11 min

Stolen: The Angie Housman Story /// Part 3 ///

Stolen: The Angie Housman Story /// Part 3 /// 855 Part 3 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com November 18, 1993 in a quiet suburb of St. Louis, a 4th grader disappears on her way home from school. 9 year old Angie Housman was last seen departing the school bus after arriving at her normal stop. Something happened between the bus stop and home and she vanished. There were similar cases and victims nearby at the time which complicated the investigation. Sadly, Angie was just one of many victims that are ...

Jul 09, 202548 min

Stolen: The Angie Housman Story /// Part 2 ///

Stolen: The Angie Housman Story /// Part 2 /// 854 Part 2 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com November 18, 1993 in a quiet suburb of St. Louis, a 4th grader disappears on her way home from school. 9 year old Angie Housman was last seen departing the school bus after arriving at her normal stop. Something happened between the bus stop and home and she vanished. There were similar cases and victims nearby at the time which complicated the investigation. Sadly, Angie was just one of many victims that are ...

Jul 09, 202558 min

Stolen: The Angie Housman Story /// Part 1 ///

Stolen: The Angie Housman Story /// Part 1 /// 853 Part 1 of 3 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com November 18, 1993 in a quiet suburb of St. Louis, a 4th grader disappears on her way home from school. 9 year old Angie Housman was last seen departing the school bus after arriving at her normal stop. Something happened between the bus stop and home and she vanished. There were similar cases and victims nearby at the time which complicated the investigation. Sadly, Angie was just one of many victims that are ...

Jul 08, 20251 hr

The Skelton Brothers /// Part 2

The Skelton Brothers /// Part 2 Episode: 281 Original Release: 2-19-2019 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Andrew age 9, Alexander age 7, and Tanner age 5 were taken by the father from his Morenci, Michigan home during the Thanksgiving holiday visitation back in 2010. Their father John, claims the boys were abused by their mother and he was getting them out of a bad situation. However John’s story does not add up. Law Enforcement does not believe him and today John sits behind bars. This week ...

Jul 02, 202555 min

The Skelton Brothers /// Part 1

The Skelton Brothers /// Part 1 Episode: 280 Original Release: 2-19-2019 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Andrew age 9, Alexander age 7, and Tanner age 5 were taken by the father from his Morenci, Michigan home during the Thanksgiving holiday visitation back in 2010. Their father John, claims the boys were abused by their mother and he was getting them out of a bad situation. However John’s story does not add up. Law Enforcement does not believe him and today John sits behind bars. This week ...

Jul 01, 20251 hr 2 min

Edna Thorne ////// 852

Edna Thorne ////// 852 Part 1of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 24, 1975 - 15 year old Edna Christine Thorne went missing after visiting the horse stables near her home. That day she asked her sister is she wanted to go visit the horse with her, but she declined. Edna was last seen leaving the Tioga Street horse stables. Like so many cases in the 70s, the police initially treated Edna’s case as a runaway case but eventually concluded this to be unlikely. Authorities now...

Jun 24, 20251 hr 1 min

Travis Decker - Manhunt /// Part 2 /// 851

Travis Decker - Manhunt /// Part 2 /// 851 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Washington state - 32 year old Travis Decker is believed to be on the run and may have made his way into Canada. The 32 year old former military father is accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters. Decker had limited visitation rights to see his three daughters every other weekend. On Friday, May 30th he never returned them to their mother and home. Travis Decker is described as 5 foot 8 inches tal...

Jun 17, 202553 min

Travis Decker - Manhunt /// Part 1 /// 850

Travis Decker - Manhunt /// Part 1 /// 850 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Washington state - 32 year old Travis Decker is believed to be on the run and may have made his way into Canada. The 32 year old former military father is accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters. Decker had limited visitation rights to see his three daughters every other weekend. On Friday, May 30th he never returned them to their mother and home. Travis Decker is described as 5 foot 8 inches tal...

Jun 17, 202557 min

Amber Spradlin, Aliza Sherman, & Amy Hooper ////// Updates

Amber Spradlin, Aliza Sherman, & Amy Hooper ////// Updates Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com This week from the Garage, we are very happy to be bringing to you major updates in three cases that we have covered. 38 year old Amber Spradlin was killed at an after work party sometime in the night of June 18, 2023. True Crime Garage covered this case in July of 2023 with episode #687. Since, arrests have been made and trial dates have been set. In 2013 Cleveland Clinic nurse Aliza Sherman was k...

Jun 10, 202555 min

Devil in the Ozarks ////// 848

Devil in the Ozarks ////// 848 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Northwest Arkansas 2017 - a former Police Chief murders a man in cold blood then takes his family out for a nice dinner. Grant Hardin, a man who was relieved of his duties as Police Chief for harassing and threatening the civilians of Gateway, Arkansas was arrested for the murder of James Appleton. Later and to everyone’s surprise, Grant Hardin was charged with another violent crime from 20 years prior. Grant's evil deeds and way...

Jun 08, 20251 hr 6 min

Zachariah Juwaun Shorty ////// 847

Zachariah Juwaun Shorty ////// 847 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com July 20, 2020: 23 year old Zachariah Juwaun Shorty went missing from a motel room at the Journey Inn, located at 317 N. Airport Drive in Farmington, New Mexico. According to Zach’s mother, there were four individuals staying there in addition to her son. This was two men and two women. The room number was 129. The F.B.I. has announced an $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. If you have an...

Jun 03, 20251 hr 5 min

Unsolved Mystery of McCoy ////// 846

Unsolved Mystery of McCoy ////// 846 Part 1 of 1 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com 68 year old Terry Lee McCoy lived alone in a nice ranch style home on 38 acres of land. Few several months he had been working to sell the home and property to downsize but mysteriously he vanished. At his home there were obvious signs of foul play. Terry didn’t just disappear he was murdered and likely by someone who knew him. His body was found 19 days later. There are several “Persons of Interest” in this still unsolved ...

May 27, 20251 hr 5 min

Killing was Purposeful Interviews /// Off The Record

Killing was Purposeful Interviews /// Off The Record As a follow up to our “Killing was Purposeful” 4 part series we offer this episode of Off the Record to the masses. Nic talks with Officer Simon from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office regarding the disappearance of 20 year old college student Sierah Joughin. Also, joining the show is Bob & Nikki Kolasinski founding members of Keeping Our Girls Safe, an Ohio non-profit working hard to educate and empower, young ladies and women. www.KOGSAF...

May 21, 202559 min

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 4 /// 844

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 4 /// 844 Part 4 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reasons specific to their relationship. Others were more random. Ther...

May 21, 202546 min

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 3 /// 843

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 3 /// 843 Part 3 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reasons specific to their relationship. Others were more random. Ther...

May 20, 202549 min

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 2 /// 842

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 2 /// 842 Part 2 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reasons specific to their relationship. Others were more random. Ther...

May 14, 20251 hr 5 min

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 1 /// 841

Killing was Purposeful /// Part 1 /// 841 Part 1 of 4 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reasons specific to their relationship. Others were more random. Ther...

May 14, 202559 min

Killing for Chaos /// Part 2 /// 840

Killing for Chaos /// Part 2 /// 840 Part 2 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com February 28, 2025 - a simple welfare check was requested by multiple persons at a residence in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Deputies were sent to the home to check on a family of three. No one answered the door. Soon the officers would have to force their way into the home. What they discovered there quickly made a simple check a very complex homicide investigation. The Waukesha Sheriff’s Office filed and executed multiple search w...

May 07, 202554 min

Killing for Chaos /// Part 1 /// 839

Killing for Chaos /// Part 1 /// 839 Part 1 of 2 www.TrueCrimeGarage.com February 28, 2025 - a simple welfare check was requested by multiple persons at a residence in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Deputies were sent to the home to check on a family of three. No one answered the door. Soon the officers would have to force their way into the home. What they discovered there quickly made a simple check a very complex homicide investigation. The Waukesha Sheriff’s Office filed and executed multiple search w...

May 06, 202549 min

Missing Interviews True Crime Garage /// Part 2

Missing Interviews True Crime Garage /// Part 2 Part 2 of 2 Nic and the Captain sit down to talk True Crime with Tim and Lance from the podcast Missing. www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 05, 20251 hr 5 min

Missing Interviews True Crime Garage /// Part 1

Missing Interviews True Crime Garage /// Part 1 Part 1 of 2 Nic and the Captain sit down to talk True Crime with Tim and Lance from the podcast Missing. www.TrueCrimeGarage.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

May 05, 20251 hr 1 min

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 4

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 4 Released: 5-1-2018 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 t...

Apr 30, 202551 min

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 3

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 3 Released: 5-1-2018 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 t...

Apr 30, 202553 min

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 2

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 2 Released: 5-1-2018 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 t...

Apr 30, 202548 min
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