S2 Ep93: Infamous Locales: The Cecil Hotel - Part 3
A young, Canadian college students goes missing from the Cecil while visiting Los Angeles in 2013. The hotel's surveillance camera captures bizarre behavior by the young woman adding to the mystery. #ElisaLam #mysteriousdeat...
S2 Ep92: Infamous Locales: The Cecil Hotel - Part 2
We continue the series "Infamous Locales" with another true crime story from the infamous Cecil Hotel. This time, I'll tell you about another serial killer who made the Cecil his base of operations - Jack Unterweger, "The Vi...
S2 Ep91: Infamous Locales: The Cecil Hotel - Part 1
The Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles has been home to at least two serial killers, numerous tragic deaths, a sniper shooting and one mysterious death. Join me for this first installment of a 3-part episode covering the Cecil Hotel...
S2 Ep90: Ted Bundy, Jon Benet, and Jodi Arias or What I Learned at CrimeCon
In this special episode I give a wrap-up of CrimeCon - all the true crime celebrity sightings, the true crime podcast rockstars I got to hang out with, and all the inside gossip and info. I also discuss a couple of cases rel...
S2 Ep89: Infamous Locales: Whitechapel and the Jack the Ripper Murders
The district of Whitechapel in London, England was the location of one of the most infamous, unsolved serial murders in history - the Jack the Ripper Murders. But, there was possibly a second serial murderer operating at the ...
S2 Ep88: Infamous Locales: The Beverly Hills Bermuda Triangle
One intersection in Beverly Hills has been the site of many events from airplane crashes, car accidents, and murders. Could it be a coincidence or is the area cursed? #beverlyhills #bermudatriangle #howardhughes #hollywood #b...
S2 Ep87: Last Stop: Diana the Hunter of Bus Drivers and the Murdered Women of Juarez
A woman takes revenge for hundreds of raped and murdered women in Juarez, Mexico by targeting city bus drivers. Resources: For more information about women's organizations in Juarez: https://hiponline.org/how-casa-amiga-helps...
S2 Ep86: Last Stop: The Tokyo Subway Attack
On March 20, 1995 a group of men board the Tokyo Metro subway system and release deadly sarin gas. The mass murder was ordered by Aum Supreme Truth cult leader Shoko Asahara. #massmurder #cults #Japan #terrorism #chemicalwea...
S2 Ep85: Last Stop: The Hijacking of Bus 174
A hijacking on a bus unfolds live on television in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June of 2000. #hijacking #hostagecrisis #Brazil Resources: Documentary: Bus 174 (2002) directed by Jose Padilha Podcast Recommendations: Tra...
S2 Ep84: Last Stop: The Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping
In 1976, in the small farming community of Chowchilla, California, a school bus full of children is kidnapped for ransom. #kidnappings #Chowchilla #ransom #crimehistory #California Resources: Dan Noyes, ABC7 News , "Parole he...
S2 Ep83: Unusual Criminal Defenses: The Affluenza Defense
A 16-year-old boy from a well-to-do Fort Worth family commits a quadruple vehicular homicide. His attorneys will argue that his overprivileged upbringing resulted in him not knowing how to discern right from wrong. The term ...
S2 Ep82: Unusual Criminal Defenses: The Twinkie Defense
Supervisor Dan White murders San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978. His defense would claim "diminished capacity" to keep him from being sentenced to death. The media dubbed this "The Twinkie D...
S2 Ep81: Unusual Criminal Defenses: The Sleepwalking Defense
Three cases are outlined where a person commits murder and then blames the crime on sleepwalking. First up, Albert Tirrell murders his mistress in 1846 claiming he was in a trance-like state at the time. Kenneth Parks travels...
S2 Ep80: Academy Award Winning Crimes: Stolen Oscars, Streakers and Deadly Deeds
The last chapter of this series continues with stories of the darker side of the Academy Awards. You'll hear about missing and stolen Oscars, the tragic story of the Oscar Night Streaker and a murder committed by the son of ...
S2 Ep79: Academy Award Winning Crimes: The Killing Fields and Dr. Haing S. Ngor
A man escapes the genocide in Cambodia and becomes an Academy Award Winning Actor in the U.S. #genocide #Cambodia #VietnamWar #refugees #Hollywoodcrime Resources: Books: A Cambodian Odyssey by Haing. S. Ngor and Roger Warner,...
S2 Ep78: Academy Award Winning Crimes: Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski lives a life of hardship and tragedy before becoming an award winning director - and a fugitive from justice after being charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl. We'll hear from my special guest AJ Benza, t...
S2 Ep77: Academy Award Winning Crimes: The Dog Day Afternoon Bank Heist
The Academy Awards is held annually to honor the best of Hollywood. But, there is a darker side of this star-studded ceremony. The first is the true story of the crime portrayed in the Academy Award winning film Dog Day After...
S2 Ep76: Survivor Stories: Mary Vincent
A teenage hitchhiker is picked up by a violent rapist in Northern California in 1978. The attack upon her would horrify the public and Lawrence Singleton would serve as a terrifying warning about accepting rides from stranger...
S2 Ep75: Survivor Stories: Tracey Thurman
A woman leaves her abusive husband and spends months trying to get law enforcement authorities to help her escape her abuser. In 1983, she survives one of the most brutal and vicious incidents of domestic violence I've ever ...
S2 Ep74: Survivor Stories: I Survived Ted Bundy - Rhonda Stapley
A young woman is offered a ride by a nice looking man in Salt Lake City in 1974. By the end of the day she would be attacked and almost killed by the infamous serial killer, Ted Budy. My special guest, Rhonda Stapley, is the ...
S2 Ep73: Survivor Stories: The Abduction of Elizabeth Shoaf
A young girl is abducted on her way home from school in Lugoff, South Carolina in 2006. Resources Sarah Beckett, Investigation Discovery Channel , "Surviving Evil: Underground Terror," 2013. Mike Celizic, Today , "Kidnapped t...
S2 Ep72: The 12 Crimes of Christmas: Laci Peterson - Part 2
I continue my discussion of the Laci Peterson case with my co-host, Yolanda of the Not Perfect or Functional Podcast. In this episode we take a deep dive into the background and psychology of Scott Peterson and what we believ...
S2 Ep71: The 12 Crimes of Christmas: Laci Peterson, Part 1
On Christmas Eve day, 2002, an 8-month pregnant woman went missing from her home. A large-scale search was started right away, but suspicion immediately fell upon her husband, Scott Peterson. This episode will be a little dif...
S2 Ep70: The 12 Crimes of Christmas: Holiday Hijinx
We're talking Black Friday Madness, Grinchy burglars, and more true crime holiday craziness on this special holiday edition episode. Hear holiday greetings from some of my pod friends including Canadian True Crime, True Crime...