In the remote fishing village of Petit-de-Grat on Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, where the sea is both a livelihood and a way of life, tensions over lobster poaching exploded into one of Canada’s most shocking acts of vigilante violence. On the morning of June 1, 2013, 43 year old Phillip Boudreau, a notorious small time criminal known for stealing from fishermen’s traps, was brutally murdered on the open water by men from his own tightly knit community. His killing shattered the village, exposed dee...
Jul 11, 2025•46 min•Ep. 301
Joseph Kallinger was no ordinary killer. He was a father, a shoemaker, and a man driven by persistent voices only he could hear. Alongside his 12 year-old son, he carried out a series of brutal crimes that stunned the nation, including robbery, sexual assault, and cold-blooded murder. Behind every act of violence was a twisted belief that he was fulfilling a divine mission one that would ultimately end in betrayal, tragedy, and death. The case of Joseph Kallinger remains to this day one of the m...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 300
In August 1996, 18 year old Brook Weber arrived in Moss Point, Mississippi, for what was supposed to be a quick road trip with her new boyfriend, Jeffrey Wolfe. Hours later, Jeffrey was shot dead, and dismembered. While Brook was being held captive inside a homemade metal box by a man named Gary Simmons, whose violent fantasies had finally become reality. When she managed to escape, barefoot and armed with a butcher knife, her frantic cries for help would lead police to uncover one of the most g...
Jul 04, 2025•42 min•Ep. 299
In January 2003, 26 year old Susan Wright reported her husband Jeff missing, telling friends and family he had stormed out after a fight. Just days later, his partially buried body was discovered in their backyard naked, bound, and stabbed 193 times. What followed was a trial that ignited national debate, as prosecutors painted Susan as a manipulative killer seeking insurance money, while the defense argued she was a battered woman acting in fear after enduring years of abuse behind closed doors...
Jul 01, 2025•50 min•Ep. 298
On September 20, 1988, 19 year-old Tara Calico vanished during a routine bike ride along Highway 47 in Belen, New Mexico, a route she knew by heart. Despite witness sightings of a suspicious truck following her and the discovery of her Walkman fragments on the roadside, no trace of Tara or her bike was ever found. Then, nearly a year later, a Polaroid was discovered in a Florida parking lot, showing a young woman and a boy bound and gagged in the back of a van, one that Tara’s family believed sh...
Jun 27, 2025•47 min•Ep. 298
Between 1997 and 1999, Ángel Maturino Reséndiz crisscrossed the United States by freight train, murdering at least nine people in their homes, all located near railroad tracks. Dubbed “The Railroad Killer,” he left behind a trail of victims brutally beaten, raped, or stabbed, often using whatever weapons he could find inside their homes. For years, law enforcement struggled track him, until one day a national manhunt was finally brought to an end in the most unsuspecting way possible. Our other ...
Jun 24, 2025•49 min•Ep. 297
In 2023, police raided a quiet home in rural Poland and uncovered one of the most disturbing incest cases in recent memory. What they found buried in the basement revealed years of abuse, manipulation, and the deaths of multiple infants. The horrors had been hidden behind the image of a father “just doing his best”. But in truth, he was a monster who ruled his home through fear. This is the true story behind what became known as Poland’s Incest House of Horrors. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - ht...
Jun 17, 2025•50 min•Ep. 296
In 1996, a college student vanished from her dorm at Nanjing University. Days later, her butchered, dismembered, boiled remains were found scattered across the city, over 2,000 pieces in total. The victim was 19 year old Diao Aiqing, a quiet, hardworking freshman whose brutal killing earned her the nickname "China’s Black Dahlia." Nearly 30 years later, her murder remains unsolved, and the killer has never been found. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2K...
Jun 13, 2025•45 min•Ep. 295
Just before midnight on May 24, 2000, seven Wendy’s employees were called to the basement of their Queens, New York restaurant for what they believed was an end of shift meeting. Instead, they were ambushed, bound with duct tape, suffocated with plastic bags, and each was shot at close range. The attack was the result of a carefully planned robbery led by a former coworker who knew their names, their routines, and exactly how to access the safe. By the time police arrived, five employees were de...
Jun 10, 2025•53 min•Ep. 294
On October 31, 1984, 25 year old Doreen Erbert, who was eight months pregnant, was brutally murdered in her San Jose home by a masked intruder wearing a wolf costume. Her 4-year-old daughter witnessed the horror while hiding, and her husband returned home minutes too late to stop it, only to find a horrific scene left behind. As the investigation unfolded, detectives uncovered a deeply personal motive rooted in past tragedy, loss, and revenge. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify....
Jun 06, 2025•56 min•Ep. 293
He looked like an ordinary student, he was quiet, well mannered, and barely out of his teens. But between 1964 and 1966, Karol Kot turned the streets of Kraków into his hunting ground, attacking elderly women and children with chilling precision. His reason? He said causing pain made him feel alive. By the time he was caught, the city knew him only by the name whispered in fear "The Vampire of Kraków." Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rd...
Jun 03, 2025•58 min•Ep. 292
In May 2016, FBI agents arrived at the Minnesota home of Amy and Stephen Allwine with a chilling message: someone had attempted to hire a hitman on the dark web to kill Amy. The anonymous user had paid thousands in Bitcoin to a site called "Besa Mafia", a supposed murder for hire marketplace hidden in the encrypted corners of the internet. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a twisted plot involving fake identities, dark web scams, and a shocking betrayal that would ultimately end in mur...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 291
On July 2, 1982, a 33 year old truck driver named Larry Walters launched himself into the skies above Los Angeles using a lawn chair and 45 helium filled weather balloons. Within minutes, he had ascended to 16,000 feet, drifting directly into controlled airspace near LAX, confusing commercial pilots and triggering a response from federal authorities. He carried no license, no flight plan, and no training, just a pellet gun, a parachute, and a lifelong dream of flying. What began as a backyard ex...
May 23, 2025•45 min•Ep. 290
nnie Kasprzak was just 15 years old when she vanished from her quiet suburban home in Riverton, Utah. A note left behind suggested she had run away, but within 24 hours, her beaten body was discovered in the icy waters of the Jordan River, her face so badly disfigured she had to be identified by dental records. What began as a runaway case quickly spiralled into a murder investigation riddled with dead ends a mystery suspect named “LJ". Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/sho...
May 20, 2025•55 min•Ep. 289
uby Franke rose to online fame as the matriarch of 8 Passengers, a YouTube family vlog that gained millions of views for its portrayal of traditional parenting and everyday life. But behind the scenes, a much darker reality was unfolding, one that came to light in 2023 when her 12 year old son escaped from a home in southern Utah, showing clear signs of abuse. The disturbing case led to Franke’s arrest, alongside her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, and exposed a deeply troubling pattern of co...
May 16, 2025•55 min•Ep. 287
Ruby Franke rose to online fame as the matriarch of 8 Passengers, a YouTube family vlog that gained millions of views for its portrayal of traditional parenting and everyday life. But behind the scenes, a much darker reality was unfolding, one that came to light in 2023 when her 12 year old son escaped from a home in southern Utah, showing clear signs of abuse. The disturbing case led to Franke’s arrest, alongside her business partner Jodi Hildebrandt, and exposed a deeply troubling pattern of c...
May 13, 2025•39 min•Ep. 286
Reagan Hancock was just 21 and weeks from giving birth when her life was stolen in one of the most disturbing crimes in recent memory. Taylor Parker, who had faked an entire pregnancy to her boyfriend, brutally attacked Reagan in her own home, beating her, stabbing her over 100 times, and cutting her unborn baby from her womb with a scalpel. Taylor then fled the scene with the infant, intending to pass the child off as her own. It was a calculated, cold-blooded act of fetal abduction that left a...
May 09, 2025•48 min•Ep. 285
When 18 year old Katie Fusco contacted her biological parents, she was looking for answers about her adoption and identity. What followed was a deeply disturbing chain of events. She moved in with her birth family, became romantically involved with her biological father, and gave birth to his child. The relationship led to arrests, court orders, and ultimately a multistate murder-suicide. This is the true story of how a search for family turned into one of the most tragic and unsettling cases in...
May 06, 2025•56 min•Ep. 284
In early 1804, a man was shot dead in a London street, but not by a criminal, but by someone who believed he was firing at a ghost. The killing was rooted in panic and superstition as a white clad ghost was said o be roaming the streets. This murder of mistaken identity, led to a landmark trial that would challenge the boundaries of selfdefense in British law. This is the case of the Hammersmith Ghost, where folklore met fatal consequence. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/...
May 02, 2025•49 min•Ep. 283
In 1992, a cold-blooded killer stalked small shops across the Midwest, striking without warning and disappearing into the endless flow of the interstate. Six victims. Three states. One haunting mystery. Over 30 years later, the man known only as the I-70 Killer is still out there, or so we fear. This is the unsolved story of a road trip fueled by murder. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/p...
Apr 29, 2025•53 min•Ep. 282
In March 2020, 51 year old Gretchen Anthony vanished from her home in Jupiter, Florida. Strange text messages claimed she was hospitalized with COVID-19, but there was no record of her anywhere and her car was found abandoned outside a medical center. Days later, a hidden security camera and an Alexa recording would expose a horrifying truth no one was prepared for. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.red...
Apr 25, 2025•47 min•Ep. 281
In 1984, Japan was a place where crime was rare, and trust in police was rock solid. That made what happened next all the more shocking. A major candy company CEO was kidnapped straight from his own home while he was in the bath. What followed was a bizarre, 17-month-long nightmare of threats, poisoned candy, and one of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in Japanese history, the case of the Monster with 21 Faces. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n...
Apr 22, 2025•57 min•Ep. 280
When Winnie Ruth Judd stepped onto a train bound for Los Angeles, no one knew she was traveling with the dismembered bodies of her two best friends. The public quickly branded her “The Trunk Murderess,” a cold blooded killer with a shocking story. But behind the headlines was a tangled web of jealousy, secret affairs, and a powerful man who may have helped cover it all up. Nearly a century later, the truth behind the murders remains as murky and unsettling as ever. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" -...
Apr 18, 2025•45 min•Ep. 279
When Winnie Ruth Judd stepped onto a train bound for Los Angeles, no one knew she was traveling with the dismembered bodies of her two best friends. The public quickly branded her “The Trunk Murderess,” a cold blooded killer with a shocking story. But behind the headlines was a tangled web of jealousy, secret affairs, and a powerful man who may have helped cover it all up. Nearly a century later, the truth behind the murders remains as murky and unsettling as ever. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" -...
Apr 15, 2025•44 min•Ep. 278
Celeste Manno was stalked for over a year, begged police for help, and had a protection order in place. But none of it stopped her killer. On November 16, 2020, he broke into her bedroom and murdered her in under three minutes. It was a brutal attack, and an even greater failure of the justice system, which failed to protect Celeste from a monster named Luay Sako. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbu...
Apr 11, 2025•47 min•Ep. 277
Three women vanished from their home in the dead of night, no screams, no struggle, no sign of how they were taken or where they went. Their purses were left behind, the beds appeared slept in, and the television buzzed with static, untouched. What began as a quiet morning in Springfield, Missouri, quickly unraveled into one of the most chilling missing persons cases in American history. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 276
In 1993, fear took hold of Frankston Australia after three women were murdered within just seven weeks. The community was left reeling as police searched for answers, unaware the killer was a 21-year-old local man hiding in plain sight. Paul Denyer didn’t just target his victims, he stalked them, studied them, and later told police he’d wanted to kill since he was 14. Today, he’s remembered as one of Australia’s most disturbing and remorseless serial killers. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https...
Apr 04, 2025•59 min•Ep. 275
They met online, bonded over horrorcore music, and after nearly a year of talking, 20-year-old Richard McCroskey flew from California to meet 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock in Farmville, Virginia. Just days after attending a concert together, Emma, her mother Debra Kelley, her best friend Melanie Wells, and her father Reverend Mark Niederbrock were all found brutally murdered. What began as a teenage dream turned into a nightmare, one so gruesome that the smell of death had already seeped through ...
Apr 01, 2025•54 min•Ep. 274
In 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was picked up from school by his mother, and he hasn’t been seen since. What followed was a three-day road trip across the Midwest, ending with Amy Fry-Pitzen’s suicide and a haunting note that claimed Timmothy was safe… but gone for good. It’s a case that’s baffled investigators for over a decade, and it all began with one mother’s desperate plan. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw M...
Mar 28, 2025•43 min•Ep. 273
Shaye Groves was known for her fascination with serial killers, her bedroom lined with mugshots and shelves stacked with true crime books. But when her obsession turned deadly, her boyfriend Frankie Fitzgerald became the victim of a so-called “crime of passion” that left the public shaken and raised unsettling questions about the darker side of true crime culture. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbu...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 272
