Four detectives stood in the rain, wearing their suits and ties. It was late September 2002 in Grand Haven, Michigan, and the gray skies matched their somber mood. They’d just arrived at a cemetery near the shores of Lake Michigan. It was time to bury the body of a victim they’d spent the past four months trying to avenge. But so far, it had all been in vain. The detectives watched as the Minister conducted the service with no family, relatives or friends present. Because absolutely no one knew ...
Aug 11, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast On a chilly February morning in 2008, Ben Oxley slept in a dark and silent bedroom in Minden, Nevada. When he went to bed that night, he couldn’t have imagined that barely two hours later, a terrifying boom would shatter the peace of his home, and gunsmoke would choke the air. When authorities arrived, Ben was dead, and there was only one person they knew of for sure who’d been in the bedroom with him when he was gunned down: his wife Melissa covered in Ben’s blood… How to support: For extra per...
Aug 04, 2024•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 2012, two couples in northeastern Ohio were engaged in a bitter custody dispute over a 6-year-old child, unwilling to compromise. As the court system dragged its feet while making its decision, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to take matters into their own hands. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive 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 ...
Jul 28, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us, as we examine the tragic murder of Farah Fratta. An American Airlines ticket agent and devoted mother of three. You’ll hear the harrowing story of a divorce from Hell and the bitter custody battle that followed, including how all signs pointed straight to her narcissistic ex-husband in the wake of her murder. But there was one major problem: her husband was nowhere near the scene of the crime. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-free episod...
Jul 21, 2024•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast On a beautiful day in sunny Sydney, Australia, Renae Marsden made her way to Jacob’s Ladder - a lookout in Watsons Bay's oceanside suburb. It was the 5th of August, 2013, and Renae was just a couple months shy of her 21st birthday. Climbing up a cliff known as “The Gap”, Renae stared into the crashing waves below. It had been a devastating day, after her boyfriend, Brayden Spiteri, sent her a text that read, “I think I need a break, and so do you.” Renae then sent a few texts back, including one...
Jul 14, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast A model couple with thousands of followers made TikToks about how drama-free their relationship was – but no one knew the full story until murder made the headlines…. Ali Abulaban was used to getting stopped on the streets for the Scarface and Skyrim impressions that had made him famous on TikTok– while his beautiful wife Ana made TikToks about what a great husband and father he was. But behind closed doors of their luxury condo, it was a different story: domestic violence, jealousy, and spying....
Jul 07, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us, as we examine the shocking crimes of The Rockhampton Rapist, Leonard John Fraser, an Australian serial killer and one of the most bizarre cases we’ve ever covered. You’ll hear the story of a violent predator who terrorized the East Coast of Australia for over thirty years and how a shocking twist shell-shocked an entire country. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Tw...
Jun 30, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine you’re accused of a murder you didn’t commit. What's the worst alibi you could possibly have? It's the one with no eyewitnesses, right? It's the one that’s impossible to prove and might even seem a bit too convenient. Now, picture your dread as a detective leans in across the interrogation table and asks, "Where were you on the morning of “such and such a date”, between 3 and 6 in the morning?" Your heart sinks cause your only answer is the honest one: "I was at home, asleep all night in...
Jun 23, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the high desert of Utah, there’s a 10,000-square-foot house that’s considered an architectural masterpiece, constructed to seamlessly blend into the rocky landscape, as if rising from the ground. While the intent was to maximize the views of the Red Mountain Wilderness, it’s also a stark-looking home. Its brutalist architecture making it appear more like a compound, a place made to keep people inside. And it seemed it had…when on the morning of August 30th, 2023, a 12-year-old boy climbed out...
Jun 16, 2024•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we examine the tragic case of Nicole Van Den Hurk, a 15-year-old girl from The Netherlands whose disappearance shocked a nation. You’ll hear, how one of the most high-profile cases in Dutch history became a seemingly unsolvable cold case and the truly incredible lengths one person would go to, in order to solve it. 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...
Jun 09, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the very early morning hours of October 4th, 2009, a quiet town in New Hampshire was shattered by a brutal and senseless attack, leaving a mother dead and her daughter gravely injured. The motive for the gruesome home invasion was chillingly absent, leading investigators to classify it as a "Thrill Kill." But as police dug deeper into the case, they uncovered a disturbing revelation: the perpetrators of the horrific attack were a group of teenage outcasts driven by a dark and twisted ideology...
Jun 02, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us, as we examine the mysterious disappearance of Mengqi Ji. A young mother and brilliant engineer who seemingly vanished into thin air. You’ll learn how investigators unraveled a shocking and complicated web of lies to discover the truth - a truly one-of-a-kind story about how a grove of Juniper trees solved a murder. 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 f...
May 26, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us, as we examine the tragic case of the Apple River Stabbings. You’ll hear how an ordinary day of tubing on a river in Wisconsin escalated into a deadly confrontation. And how a situation where mistakes were made on all sides, challenged the thin line between where self-defense ends and aggression begins. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Please check out our ...
May 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us, as we unravel the coils of the mysterious murder of Ben Renick, a young father of two, and a rockstar in the world of reptiles. You’ll hear how greed, deception, betrayal, and forbidden desire led to a complicated murder plot, and how a conspiracy of silence kept the reality hidden for years…until the truth finally slithered its way to the surface. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How to connect: Website I...
May 12, 2024•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us, as we examine the tragic case of Anna Moriah Wilson. A 25-year-old racing prodigy senselessly murdered on the cusp of becoming a superstar. You’ll also hear how Moriah unwittingly found herself in the middle of a love triangle. One she’d tried her best to avoid. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive 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: Zo...
May 05, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Halifax, Nova Scotia regularly shows up on lists of Canada’s friendliest cities. Its East Coast charm and colorful maritime houses often lull visitors into thinking time moves more slowly there. But in 2007, it was the starting point for a cross-country killing spree. Glen Race had just received a mission from God and unfortunately for the people of Halifax, he was deeply in the grips of a schizophrenic delusion. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-...
Apr 28, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast The concept of an "evil twin" is something that’s fascinated and terrified human beings for millenia: a twin or doppelgänger who embodies the polar opposite of a person. It’s a trope that’s appeared throughout recorded history. In mythology, literature, and even the bible. But while it’s often used as a literary device and often a bad one at that…has it ever actually happened in the real world? How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go ...
Apr 21, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ever heard the phrase “If you give an inch, they’ll take a mile?” In 2017, a wealthy doctor in his 70s met a young, beautiful model on the verge of homelessness. Wanting to help her out, he began paying her rent. She quickly began asking for more and more…and more. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive 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 -...
Apr 14, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Imagine stepping out to your mailbox one morning, only to discover an envelope addressed to you from a notorious serial killer who has been locked away since the 80s. Inside the envelope, you're relieved not to find any grisly mementos; but instead find a birthday card for your infant child along with a handwritten message complimenting you on your beautiful family. Some might argue that such a message would be just as horrifying as receiving a severed finger or lock of hair. Either way, for mos...
Apr 07, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast A newlywed couple’s honeymoon is supposed to be the happiest time of their lives - their first chance to introduce themselves as spouses to the world. Embarking on a journey of love, adventure, and discovery together. Comedian Mike Binder described Honeymoons as “A short period of doting between dating and debting” It's one of those things that’s funny because for many of us…it’s true One way to avoid the “debt” part, of course, is to marry a millionaire. Which is exactly what Swedish citizen An...
Mar 31, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Throughout the early 2000s, there was a particular man who believed he’d been severely wronged: treated unfairly and unjustly by a certain group of people…. Day after day, these perceived offenses continued eating away at him and he constantly blamed others for everything wrong in his life, which had fallen into utter shambles. Ultimately consumed by his rage, he decided to take revenge against everyone he believed had done him wrong. And it was no shortlist. How to support: For extra perks incl...
Mar 24, 2024•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us as we take a terrifying look into the Philadelphia Basement of Horrors. You’ll hear the twisted story of a family harboring terrible secrets for more than a decade, and about the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit, even when it seems all hope is certainly lost. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive 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 pod...
Mar 17, 2024•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sometimes you meet the most fascinating people on vacation. You just never know who you might encounter. People from different cultures, possible future lifelong friends, or even someone famous. There’s also that chance of even meeting that special someone. In January 2002, a young German photographer named Janina was on holiday in Cancun, Mexico. She’d been enjoying the sand, surf and sun when she was introduced to someone famous. Michael Finkel, an award-winning feature writer for The New York...
Mar 10, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Police in the Chicago suburbs were stunned in 1995 when a family dog brought home a severed human left leg and then again, five days later another leg. Over several months, numerous body parts from the same victim would be discovered scattered along the border between Wisconsin and Illinois. Whoever had done this, had gone through painstaking efforts to dispose of their victim. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go to - Patreon How ...
Mar 04, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this last chapter of our series, we’ll tie everything together from what you’ve learned about Jennifer Lynn Shirm's case. You’ll also learn more about Joseph Blea's crimes and how he became connected to Jennifer. You’ll also hear from Andy Shirm (Jennifer’s son) share how he’s found healing and a way to cope living with the reality of not having a mother and knowing the details about her violent death. Stay tuned to the end for the release of Andy’s new single “Who Killed Jennifer?”. A vulner...
Feb 26, 2024•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Part 3 of “Who Killed Jennifer” you’ll hear about one man who became tied to two separate cases and possibly linked to one of the most notorious crimes in New Mexico history - The West Mesa Murders. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive 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. ...
Feb 19, 2024•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for Part #2 of “Who Killed Jennifer” - The Investigation as we take you through our own two-year-long dive, into the murder of Jennifer Lynn Shirm. We’ll introduce you to Mike Gallagher a retired journalist for the Albuquerque Journal who suspected that Jennifer’s case might be linked to several other homicides in the area at the time of Jennifer’s murder. You’ll hear about the perils she faced, and how at the time of her murder, several serial killers and dangerous individuals, were tar...
Feb 12, 2024•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andres Shirm spent his entire childhood terrified of a man his family thought was responsible for his mother - Jennifer Lynn Shirm's disappearance. Even the sight of the man’s photo sent Andy into full-on panic attacks. Although he'd eventually learn that his mother hadn't just been taken - she'd been murdered, it wouldn't be until decades later that he'd learn that the man he'd been afraid of all those years, hadn’t been his mother's murderer at all. Over the years, police identified several su...
Feb 05, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In 2016, April 16th was the first perfect day of spring in rural Muskegon County Michigan. By 9:00 that Saturday morning, it was 62 degrees and already the warmest day of the season by far. And 53-year-old Dawn Schmidt was among those taking advantage of these glorious conditions. Making herself a steaming cup of morning coffee, she carried it outside to her back deck and sipped away, staring at the forest, and enjoying the refreshing sunshine. But then…she heard something strange. How to suppor...
Jan 29, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Our homes are more than just physical structures; they’re our sanctuaries, providing a safe refuge from the outside world. But imagine if someone had meticulously written a 250-page manifesto, obsessively determined to breach that sanctuary? Someone so consumed with rage over a perceived wrongdoing from years earlier, that deadbolts and alarms would do nothing to stop him from carrying out his mission to exact revenge. How to support: For extra perks including exclusive content, early release, a...
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