Leon Benson spent more than half of his life, a total of 24 years, in an Indiana state prison for a murder he didn't commit. Despite the lack of physical evidence and a questionable eyewitness identification, he was convicted. But new realities start to come to light when attorney Lara Bazelon takes up his case and is determined to secure Benson's release. Season three of Suspect, co-produced by Campside Media and Wondery, delves into the flaws in the criminal justice system that led to Benson's...
Jun 26, 2023•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast On April 13th, 2013, a devastating crime sent shockwaves through the picturesque valley of Yakima, nestled in the central part of Washington State. Desiree Sunford, a beloved art teacher, had been found murdered in her own home. As the investigation unfolded, secrets emerged, casting suspicion on those closest to her. But just when the case seemed to have reached a dead end, a remarkable turn of events unfolded. A startling tip revealing a suspect that had flown completely under the radar. How t...
Jun 25, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast 52-year-old Rick Post was bound to a chair, inside the shower stall of an abandoned house. His mouth was duct-taped shut. Even if he could scream, no one would hear him. His abductors paced back and forth flashing their instruments of torture. He’d been in this Tijuana dungeon for five days, subjected to relentless rounds of violent beatings. They’d also done a number on his fingers with a set of pliers. You’ll hear about jealousy, vengeance, tainted love, and paranoia. A story that veers wildly...
Jun 18, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast On June 10th, 2021, an elderly woman vanished without a trace from her own home in Wembley, London. 16 agonizing days later, and a staggering 200 miles away, visitors exploring the seaside town of Salcombe stumbled across a horrific scene. There amidst the beauty of the coastal landscape, lay a headless body. Joining us to unravel the mysteries surrounding this gruesome case, is Esther Ludlow. Host of the successful True Crime Podcast - Once Upon A Crime. How to support: For extra perks includin...
Jun 11, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast A grim monument stands in Renfrew County by the banks of Ontario’s Petawawa River, where three steel sculptures bend gracefully towards a stone inscribed, with the names of over two dozen murdered women. The Women’s Monument commemorates lives lost at the hands of men since 1969 and in 2016, it added three more. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check out our spo...
Jun 04, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Previously in Part 1 of the Ohio Strangler case, you heard the harrowing story of Jane. A woman who barely escaped being kidnapped, raped, and tortured at the hands of a local drifter named Shawn Grate in Ashland, Ohio. In the end, police found and raided the abandoned house she was being held captive. A house turned torture chamber. But if detectives thought this is where the story would end they were sorely mistaken. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and a...
May 28, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast It’s no secret, that one of the most common fears among women is the possibility of being randomly attacked by a complete stranger. And sadly, it's a fear all too often based in reality. But what happens when a dangerous predator decides, he wants to get to know his victims before attacking them? A twisted killer who wants to become friends …before revealing the darkness within. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to ...
May 21, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us on a captivating journey with the highly esteemed true crime writer, investigative journalist, and TV personality Aphrodite Jones - as we unveil the riveting saga of Dr. Darryl Sutorius. Renowned as a brilliant heart surgeon in Cincinnati, his path takes a treacherous turn when he discovers love on a dating service. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check...
May 14, 2023•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we take a look into the twisted tale of Susan Monica. You’ll hear a case so bizarre and heinous, that it might make you cancel that side order of bacon. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check out our sponsors and help support the podcast: Zocdoc - Go to zocdoc.com/MADNESS and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Then find and book a top-rated doctor toda...
May 07, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast There are just some things in life - we simply can’t live without: such as Food, water, shelter… and perhaps the occasional podcast… These things keep us alive, but what about the things that make life really worth living? Goals that propel us…Art that inspires us… Experiences that fulfill us… And of course, the one thing that’s driven humanity to its greatest heights…love. And if we’re lucky, we’ll experience all different forms of it during our lifetimes - from Familial to Platonic, to Romanti...
Apr 30, 2023•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the quiet little town of Reddick, Florida, things had taken a sinister turn when a dedicated mother of two, failed to show up for her shift at the local Iron Skillet. It was the day after Valentine's Day, and Heather Strong, never missed a day of work - at least not without calling. As days passed, Heather's absence only added to the mounting concerns of those who knew and loved her. Ten agonizing days later, a family member finally reported her missing. How to support: For extra perks includ...
Apr 23, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast On an autumn day back in 1994, authorities from a tiny ski village in Canada’s Laurentian Mountains responded to reports of a house fire. What they discovered inside was chilling: two bodies, at first believed to be suicides. But the investigation didn't end there. Three more victims would be discovered, stabbed to death. The very next day, two small towns in Switzerland were rocked by eerily similar tragedies. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free e...
Apr 16, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we embark on a gripping journey and explore the disturbing case of a son's deadly rampage and another son's daunting task of piecing together the shattered remnants of his brother's violence. It’s a story that will take us on a journey through the most chilling aspects of the human psyche, but also a story of strength and perseverance. A true testament to the resilience of the human spirit, even in the face of unspeakable tragedy. How to support: For extra perks including extra conten...
Apr 09, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast New Year's Eve is a time for reflection and hope. A moment to bid farewell to the past and embrace the future. But for one family in St. Joseph Township Michigan, the festivities in 2018 would be cut short in the most brutal way. At 11 PM, the police department received a chilling 911 call from a woman in distress. Her voice was shaking, her words barely audible, but the message was clear, her husband had been shot, and he needed help fast. How to support: For extra perks including extra content...
Apr 02, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 1985, Cheryl Gyant was 10 years old, when she learned she’d been adopted. What she didn’t realize, was that very same year, her biological mother was experiencing a living nightmare, after being abducted by one of the most notorious serial killing duos in American history.....Leonard Lake & Charles Ng How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check out our sponsor...
Mar 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Transcript available on Metacast July 28th, 2019, was the day Menhaz Zaman was supposed to be graduating from Canada’s York University. Instead police were on their way to his parents home for a welfare check. The call had been made by members of an online community after he’d sent them disturbing photos. When police arrived, a young man answered the door calmly. But what lay within the home revealed the true chaos that had erupted within his mind. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-f...
Mar 19, 2023•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Ontario, Canada, September marks one of the last months of the year to get out and enjoy the great outdoors before packing it in for the season. In 2017, one fisherman in Oshawa, Ontario, was out on the pier when he noticed something floating in the water. What he and another fisherman managed to catch in his net, would be a visual that would forever be seared in his mind. Not a prize salmon but something far more sinister: Evidence of Murder. How to support: For extra perks including extra c...
Mar 12, 2023•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we examine one of Canada’s most twisted and notorious criminals. Some called him the House Hermit. Others called him the Cottage Killer. You’ll hear the story of a sadistic murderer and serial rapist who terrorized Ontario’s cottage country and led police on a trail of horror all the way to the Pacific Coast. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check out...
Mar 06, 2023•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast A bottle of wine, nostalgic love songs and a late night phone call with an ex. It’s a relatable scene for many and one that Scott Dell found himself in, on a wintery night, in Killaloe, Ontario back in 1995. On the phone was the love of his life, his ex Cherrylle. The wine went down easy, perhaps too easy and Scott scribbled out hopeful notes as the conversation went on for hours, and for Scott, the air in his log farmhouse crackled with the hope of reconciliation. A reconciliation that would ne...
Feb 27, 2023•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the early morning hours of June 23rd, 2016, special agents followed a set of tire tracks in a rural field in Bigfork, Minnesota. In the distance, a camper squatted ominously against the treeline. The agents had no idea what they would find inside the camper; they hoped for the best, but were prepared for the worst… How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check out o...
Feb 20, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the spring of 2016, Brett Ryan’s future looked promising. He was living in a waterfront condo, had a job at a Toronto tech firm, and was just days away from his big bachelor party weekend. In a few weeks' time, he’d be marrying his beautiful fiancé and by all outward appearances, things never looked brighter. But like a heat mirage on a stretch of highway, it was all an illusion and Brett Ryan was about to be exposed. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and...
Feb 13, 2023•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast August 15th, 2016 was a warm night in Tequesta, Florida. The perfect night to relax and enjoy some fresh air. For a couple living on Southeast Kokomo Lane, their garage was the ideal spot to hang out on a couch with the garage door up, watching the world go by. Until an encounter with a stranger on the sidewalk shattered their family’s entire world in a few nightmarish moments. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to c...
Feb 06, 2023•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a small town in Vermont, workers at the Department for Children and Families ended their work day and started thinking about what the weekend would hold for them. Lara Sobel had plans to go home to her two spirited young daughters, to be joined later by her husband. No one in the office could have predicted the bloodshed that lay ahead - a murderous rampage that had already begun hours earlier in a small country farmhouse How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release,...
Jan 29, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera filled with dead pets, gold coins, grenades, fist fights, mysteriou...
Jan 24, 2023•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast It was a date Brittany Tavar had been preparing for, for over a year, July 7th, 2010. The day she planned to stand before a judge at the St. Augustine, Florida courthouse, to present evidence that would hopefully grant her request for a permanent restraining order against her nemesis. A neighbor and former friend. Brittany told friends she’d been building the case against her neighbor out of fear, fear for her safety. So when she never showed up at the courthouse that day, those who loved Britta...
Jan 16, 2023•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Please join us for a 2022 recap, some teasers of what 2023 will bring, an exciting special announcement, and something fun from the vault! How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Where we stayed up north: This place was AMAZING! https://www.couplesresort.ca/index.php The Luckiest Unluckiest Man A Croatian man named Frane Selak has got to be either the luckiest man alive or th...
Jan 11, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of prairie. Jonelle’s face had been on milk cartons nationwide. Even the President of the United States had appealed to the public for help. Still, every lead had fizzled. Every person of interest had turned out to be a dead end. Then, in 2019, Jonelle’s r...
Jan 09, 2023•6 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we take a look at a terrifying event that shook the downtown core of Nashville Tennessee. You’ll hear how what was supposed to be a peaceful and joyful day was interrupted by one of the most bizarre and eerie sets of events we’ve ever covered, with brave men and women in uniform risking their lives to prevent mass casualties. Leading some Nashville residents to call it a Christmas miracle. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - G...
Dec 19, 2022•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast On August 12th, 2014 at a luxurious resort in Bali, Heather Mack and her boyfriend Tommy Shaefer loaded a suitcase into the back of a waiting taxi. They told the driver they’d be back shortly. They just needed to finish checking out. But after waiting two whole hours, they never returned. When Hotel security popped the trunk of the cab to remove the suitcase, they noticed something smeared on the abandoned luggage...it appeared to be blood. How to support: For extra perks including extra content...
Dec 05, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you’ve ever watched shows like Yellowstone - you know that sometimes out west on a Ranch, there are secrets: secrets never supposed to leave the corral. This was something a ranch hand would discover firsthand, in Gunnison, Colorado in 2017, after witnessing two other ranchers, uncover something horrific. While digging in the horse corral with a backhoe…they unearthed what appeared to be rib bones…human rib bones - poking out from a dirty white sheet of plastic. It was at that moment the ranc...
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