On Halloween night in 2004, Napa Valley, a town that hadn’t seen a homicide in years, awoke to horror when roommates Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were found brutally stabbed inside their Dorset Street home. The only survivor, Lauren Meanza, escaped through the back door as the killer fled through a shattered kitchen window. Nearly a year later, DNA from rare Camel Turkish Gold cigarettes exposed the murderer as Eric Copple the murderer. He also just so happened to be, the husband of one of...
Oct 24, 2025•48 min•Ep. 331
What began as a week of new classes at college in Gainesville, Florida, turned into one of the most terrifying crime sprees in American history. Within four days in August 1990, five students were brutally murdered in their own homes, their bodies arranged in scenes so disturbing they would later inspire the classic movie franchise "Scream". But behind that Hollywood legend was a real life nightmare, and the man who brought it to life was far darker than fiction ever dared to be. Listen to our o...
Oct 21, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 330
On June 19, 2003, police in Cheshire, England, discovered a crime scene so brutal it would haunt investigators for years. Inside a secluded outbuilding at Burnt House Farm in Tabley, 44 year-old Brian Waters had been tortured to death over a £20,000 drug debt owed to gangster John Wilson. The assault, witnessed by his own children, exposed a web of criminal ties stretching from the Netherlands’ cannabis trade to a 16 year international manhunt that ended with the capture of Christopher Guest Mor...
Oct 17, 2025•57 min•Ep. 329
For over a decade, Israel Keyes moved silently across America, flying into random cities, renting cars with cash, and driving thousands of miles just to kill. He buried “kill kits” years in advance packed with guns, rope, zip ties, and Drano, waiting for the perfect moment to dig them up. By the time he was caught in 2012, Keyes had murdered a young barista in Alaska, abducted and killed a couple in Vermont, robbed banks to fund his crimes, and hinted at at least eleven victims scattered across ...
Oct 14, 2025•48 min•Ep. 328
For over a decade, Israel Keyes moved silently across America, flying into random cities, renting cars with cash, and driving thousands of miles just to kill. He buried “kill kits” years in advance packed with guns, rope, zip ties, and Drano, waiting for the perfect moment to dig them up. By the time he was caught in 2012, Keyes had murdered a young barista in Alaska, abducted and killed a couple in Vermont, robbed banks to fund his crimes, and hinted at at least eleven victims scattered across ...
Oct 10, 2025•47 min•Ep. 327
On January 31, 2004, exactly three years after her divorce from David Larsen, 30-year-old Teri Jendusa-Nicolai arrived at her ex-husband’s Wind Lake, Wisconsin home to pick up their daughters. Minutes later, he ambushed her with a baseball bat, bound her with duct tape, and sealed her in a garbage can filled with snow before abandoning her in a storage unit across the state line in Illinois. For 26 agonizing hours, Teri clung to life in subzero cold while police raced against time to find her. L...
Oct 07, 2025•54 min•Ep. 326
On a dark September night, a mother and son slipped into the Atlantic on a fishing trip that should have lasted only hours. A week later, the son was found alive in a drifting raft, while his mother had vanished into the depths without a trace. What followed was not just a search for a missing woman, but an unraveling tale of family fortune, murder, and betrayal at sea. Listen to our other podcast "FEARFUL" on your podcasting app of choice. https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si...
Oct 03, 2025•55 min•Ep. 325
On 31 January 2019, 21 year old University of Hull student Libby Squire was refused entry to a nightclub, put in a taxi by friends, and dropped outside her home, but she never went inside. Minutes later, she was seen wandering Beverley Road, intoxicated, distressed, and without her phone or keys, before CCTV caught her getting into a silver Vauxhall Astra just after midnight. By 2:45 am she was reported missing, launching the biggest search in Humberside Police history, a hunt that ended with he...
Sep 30, 2025•54 min•Ep. 324
1995, when daytime talk shows ruled the afternoon. On March 6 in Chicago, The Jenny Jones Show taped a “same-sex secret crush” reveal episode. 32-year-old Scott Amedure would be telling his 24-year-old Jonathan Schmitz friend he liked him. The lights blaze, the crowd leans in, and a private moment goes public. But no one in those studio seats imagined that, days after the cameras stopped rolling, the shockwaves from that reveal would end in cold blooded murder. Listen to our other podcast "FEARF...
Sep 26, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 323
Between 1968 and 1969, three women left Glasgow’s famous Barrowland Ballroom and were later found murdered. Each one of them was strangled with their own stockings and left near their homes. Witnesses described their companion as a tall, red haired man who quoted scripture, a detail that earned him the name “Bible John.” Despite one of Scotland’s largest manhunts, endless speculation, and even modern DNA testing, the faceless killer has endured as one of the most infamous and haunting figures in...
Sep 23, 2025•53 min•Ep. 322
Between 1968 and 1969, three women left Glasgow’s famous Barrowland Ballroom and were later found murdered. Each one of them was strangled with their own stockings and left near their homes. Witnesses described their companion as a tall, red haired man who quoted scripture, a detail that earned him the name “Bible John.” Despite one of Scotland’s largest manhunts, endless speculation, and even modern DNA testing, the faceless killer has endured as one of the most infamous and haunting figures in...
Sep 19, 2025•48 min•Ep. 321
Ted Ammon was a self made Wall Street success, a man who built his fortune through savvy deals and a relentless drive. But his bitter divorce and his estranged wife’s new romance with a hot-tempered electrician set the stage for tragedy. When Ammon was found bludgeoned to death in his East Hampton home, investigators unraveled a story as tangled as it was deadly. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbub...
Sep 16, 2025•54 min•Ep. 320
From the mid 1980s through the late 1990s, Futoshi Matsunaga lived by deception, posing as a businessman, scamming millions, and using electrocution, starvation, and fear to bend people to his will. At his side was Junko Ogata, once a gentle preschool teacher, gradually broken down into his accomplice and forced to take part in murders that claimed nearly her entire family. By the time police finally caught the pair in 2002, investigators had tied them to seven killings and years of abuse so hor...
Sep 12, 2025•58 min•Ep. 319
Easter is meant to be a celebration of life and renewal, but in 1975, one Ohio family never made it past dinner. In less than five minutes, 41-year-old James Ruppert gunned down his mother, brother, sister-in-law, and eight children in what became known as the Easter Sunday Massacre. The killings were so brutal that investigators described blood dripping through the floorboards into the basement. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyz...
Sep 09, 2025•46 min•Ep. 318
On March 19, 2024, 40 year old teacher Ashley Smiley came home from school with her daughter, Carly. Within an hour, Ashley was dead, and Carly was accused of pulling the trigger. What followed was a chilling investigation into how a straight A student with a bright future could spiral into violence against the very people who loved her most. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wicked...
Sep 05, 2025•46 min•Ep. 317
On June 28, 2015, Dr. Teresa Sievers cut a family trip short to return home to her patients, unaware that death was waiting for her inside her house. The well-respected doctor, wife, and mother was murdered in a savage attack that left investigators stunned by its ferocity. As detectives sifted through the evidence, suspicion crept closer to home, eventually exposing a chilling plot masterminded by the very person who was supposed to love her most. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spo...
Sep 02, 2025•53 min•Ep. 316
In the quiet suburb of Perris, California, neighbour's thought the Turpin family was just a little unusual. No one imagined that inside the walls of their home, thirteen children were wasting away in chains, deprived of food, education, and even sunlight. Their shocking rescue in 2018 would reveal a nightmare hidden in plain sight and the extraordinary bravery of the daughter who finally broke free. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSS...
Aug 29, 2025•57 min•Ep. 315
Seventeen year old Ashley Reeves left her Illinois home one April afternoon in 2006, telling her parents she had a job interview. In reality, she was on her way to meet a teacher, Sam Shelton, a man who had crossed lines and pulled her into a secret relationship. By nightfall she was missing, and within days, the search would uncover a brutal betrayal, an attack in the woods, and one of the most remarkable survival stories ever told. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/5...
Aug 26, 2025•53 min•Ep. 314
In the early hours of February 15, 2003, a small crew of Italian thieves pulled off what seemed impossible, they broke into the world’s most secure diamond vault in Antwerp, Belgium. They slipped past ten layers of high tech security without triggering a single alarm, making off with millions in gems, gold, and cash. It was the kind of heist you’d expect in a Hollywood script, but this one was real, and to this day, the missing diamonds have never been found. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https...
Aug 22, 2025•42 min•Ep. 313
Shakira Spencer longed for friendship, but what she found instead was betrayal of the darkest kind. In September 2022, police forced their way into her West London flat and uncovered a scene so grim it stunned even seasoned detectives. The investigation that followed revealed months of cruelty, control, and torture at the hands of the very people she once called friends. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://ww...
Aug 19, 2025•42 min•Ep. 312
From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s, the streets of northern England became the hunting ground for a man whose weapon was as unremarkable as it was deadly, a hammer. In just five years, he butchered thirteen women and brutally attacked at least seven more, slipping past the largest manhunt in British history time and again. Known to the world as the Yorkshire Ripper, his reign of terror was fueled by police missteps, a cruel hoax, and his uncanny ability to vanish into the night, leaving behin...
Aug 15, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 311
From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s, the streets of northern England became the hunting ground for a man whose weapon was as unremarkable as it was deadly, a hammer. In just five years, he butchered thirteen women and brutally attacked at least seven more, slipping past the largest manhunt in British history time and again. Known to the world as the Yorkshire Ripper, his reign of terror was fueled by police missteps, a cruel hoax, and his uncanny ability to vanish into the night, leaving behin...
Aug 12, 2025•57 min•Ep. 310
In the heart of Dublin, a night of drinking and drugs spiraled into unimaginable violence. By morning, Farah Swaleh Noor was dead, his body hacked apart and dumped into the Royal Canal by sisters Linda and Charlotte Mulhall. Most of his remains were recovered, but his head and other parts were never found. What followed was a grisly investigation that gripped the nation, haunted the city, and cemented the women’s place in Irish true crime history. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spot...
Aug 08, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 309
Tyler Hadley told his friends he was throwing the party of the year and dozens showed up to drink, dance, and have the time of their lives in his parents' house. But what none of them knew was that his parents were still there, beaten to death with a hammer and hidden just down the hall. What started as a wild night of teenage rebellion would unravel into one of the most disturbing true crime stories in Florida history. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V...
Aug 05, 2025•56 min•Ep. 308
Dallas in the early 1990s was no stranger to crime, but nothing prepared the city for the horror that came next. Three women—Mary Pratt, Susan Peterson, and Shirley Williams—were found murdered, their bodies dumped in plain sight, and each one missing their eyes. As panic gripped the streets of Oak Cliff, detectives began piecing together a chilling pattern that would lead them to one of Texas’s most disturbing killers: Charles Albright, the man who came to be known as The Eyeball Killer. Our ot...
Aug 01, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 307
Amy Lynn Bradley vanished without a trace from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in March 1998, just hours before the ship docked in Curaçao. What began as a family vacation turned into a decades long nightmare filled with suspicious sightings, missed opportunities, and chilling theories. To this day, her disappearance remains one of the most disturbing and baffling mysteries to ever unfold at sea. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKA...
Jul 29, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 306
Rey Rivera was charting a new course in life, ready to trade Baltimore for the bright lights of filmmaking in Los Angeles. But in May 2006, a cryptic phone call pulled him from his home, leaving only a strange note and an empty car. What followed was a discovery that defied logic and physics, cementing Rey's death as one of the most enduring mystery that continues to haunt investigators and armchair detectives alike to this very day. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/5...
Jul 25, 2025•53 min•Ep. 305
On the chilling night of December 14, 2000, in Wichita, Kansas, five young friends experienced a brutal home invasion that quickly spiraled into hours of terror, including abductions, repeated sexual assaults, and the cold blooded murders of four among them. This unspeakable crime was part of a terrifying, multi day spree orchestrated by two brothers, who left a trail of victims and plunged the entire community into profound fear. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56aj...
Jul 22, 2025•56 min•Ep. 304
On the chilling night of December 14, 2000, in Wichita, Kansas, five young friends experienced a brutal home invasion that quickly spiraled into hours of terror, including abductions, repeated sexual assaults, and the cold blooded murders of four among them. This unspeakable crime was part of a terrifying, multi day spree orchestrated by two brothers, who left a trail of victims and plunged the entire community into profound fear. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56aj...
Jul 18, 2025•44 min•Ep. 303
On a quiet Thursday night in April 2021, a former FedEx employee walked into the Indianapolis facility where he once worked and opened fire. In less than four minutes, eight people were dead, several others injured, and the gunman, 19 year old Brandon Scott Hole, had taken his own life. What followed was a painful revelation of warning signs that went ignored, a red flag law that failed to stop him, and the haunting question of how this could happen when so many people saw it coming. Our other p...
Jul 15, 2025•54 min•Ep. 302
