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S6 Ep240: YouTube Mayhem: Dying To Be Famous

May 2, 2022
A young couple on a quest for internet fame record a prank for their YouTube channel with tragic results. Resources: YouTube Prankster Jailed, BBC News, March 15, 2018 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43410816 The Las...
S6 Ep240: YouTube Mayhem: Dying To Be Famous

S6 Ep242: YouTube Mayhem: Mr. Anime

May 16, 2022
In this episode, a young man who dubs himself “Mr. Anime” gains a large following as a critic and reviewer on YouTube.. But, he’ll later admit to harboring dark fantasies most of his life after he commits a shocking act of vi...
S6 Ep242: YouTube Mayhem: Mr. Anime

S6 Ep243: YouTube Mayhem: The YouTube Headquarters Shooting

May 23, 2022
A young woman who creates a YouTube channel to advocate for animal rights and veganism becomes disgruntled with the social media platform when she feels she is being targeted for discrimination. But, no one imagined that her ...
S6 Ep243: YouTube Mayhem: The YouTube Headquarters Shooting

S8 Ep293: Falling Stars: YouTube Star Christina Grimmie

Aug. 22, 2023
This week, I’ll tell you about a rising singing star who began her career on YouTube before making it to Hollywood to compete on a nationally televised talent show. Christina Grimmie had a bright future ahead of her as an en...
S8 Ep293: Falling Stars: YouTube Star Christina Grimmie

The Politics of Murder - The Attack on Paul Pelosi

Sept. 24, 2024
A formerly peace-loving man becomes obsessed with extreme political conspiracy theories. David DePape falls down a rabbit hole, consuming ever-more radical views on YouTube, blogs, and social media posts.   A perfect storm of factors will cause...
The Politics of Murder - The Attack on Paul Pelosi

Bonus Episode: "Dead North"

June 28, 2018
On this bonus episode I discuss the 4-part documentary series "Dead North" that premiered on A&E in late May.  My special co-host is my brother, Tony.   Ways to watch: Today's sponsors:  - Use offer code ONCE to get $75 off...
Bonus Episode: "Dead North"

Bonus Episode: Hanged: Those She Left Behind

Sept. 25, 2025
In this special bonus wrap-up episode of Hanged: Ruth Ellis and the Price of Passion, we step beyond the execution chamber and trace the ripple effects of Ruth’s final act—the shockwaves that forever altered the lives of thos...
Bonus Episode: Hanged: Those She Left Behind

Bonus Episode: Once Upon a Crime + A Psych for Sore Minds LIVE in London

Oct. 4, 2021
In this bonus episode, you’ll hear the live show from CrimeCon UK in London. Esther discusses the motivations and psychology behind mass shooters with Forensic Psychiatrist Dr. Sohom Das, host of the YouTube channel A Psych ...
Bonus Episode: Once Upon a Crime + A Psych for Sore Minds LIVE in London

Bonus: Love Letters from The Black Dahlia

Oct. 27, 2025
Before Elizabeth Short became known to the world as The Black Dahlia , she was a young woman searching for love and belonging in a world still recovering from war. In this bonus episode, Esther reads excerpts from Elizabeth’s...
Bonus: Love Letters from The Black Dahlia

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Five: Severed

Nov. 24, 2025
In Part Five of Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder , we examine the discovery of Elizabeth Short’s mutilated body, the forensic evidence revealed by the autopsy, and how early investigative missteps and media sensationalism dera...
Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Five: Severed

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Four: The Black Dahlia’s Lost Week

Nov. 10, 2025
In this fourth installment of Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder , we trace Elizabeth Short’s final, mysterious days — the missing week between her last confirmed sightings in early January 1947 and the shocking discovery of her...
Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Four: The Black Dahlia’s Lost Week

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part One: The Girl in the Empty Lot

Oct. 13, 2025
In January 1947, a mother walking through a quiet Los Angeles neighborhood made a horrifying discovery — the bisected body of a young woman posed in a vacant lot. Within hours, newspapers had a headline that would echo for de...
Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part One: The Girl in the Empty Lot

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Three: City of Broken Dreams

Nov. 3, 2025
In 1946, Elizabeth Short – the young woman the world would later know as The Black Dahlia – returned to California chasing love, glamour, and a new beginning. Instead, she found herself drifting through a postwar Los Angeles ...
Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Three: City of Broken Dreams

Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Two: Becoming Elizabeth

Oct. 20, 2025
Before she became The Black Dahlia , Elizabeth Short was simply Beth — a young woman with big dreams, an open heart, and a longing for something beyond the ordinary. In Part Two: Becoming Elizabeth , we step back in time to u...
Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder - Part Two: Becoming Elizabeth

BTK Blunders - The Bumbling Serial Killer Dennis Rader

May 19, 2025
Dennis Rader, the self-proclaimed "BTK" killer—short for "Bind, Torture, Kill"—terrified Wichita and Park City, Kansas, for nearly two decades. But behind the mask of a monstrous mastermind was a man whose crimes were riddled...
BTK Blunders - The Bumbling Serial Killer Dennis Rader

Buried Alive - The Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping

May 5, 2025
In the summer of 1976, a small town in California was shaken to its core when 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver were abducted in broad daylight. The hijackers drove them to a remote rock quarry, where they were forced into a buried moving...
Buried Alive - The Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping

Buried Family Secrets - My Grandfather the Serial Killer - Jim Mordecai

Aug. 20, 2024
A young woman grows up hearing stories about her abusive grandfather. She takes it upon herself to learn the whole truth about him. In the course of her investigation, shocking revelations come to light, and she begins to ask the question - was Jim.…
Buried Family Secrets - My Grandfather the Serial Killer - Jim Mordecai

Buried Family Secrets - My Mother the Murderer - Judy Gough

Aug. 13, 2024
In this month’s series, “Buried Family Secrets,” I’ll share stories about family secrets that hid decades-old murders and may have prevented the killers from facing justice. Fortunately, in each case, one family member dared to share the truth...
Buried Family Secrets - My Mother the Murderer - Judy Gough

Child of Darkness: Mary Bell

May 12, 2025
In 1968, the quiet streets of Scotswood, England, were shattered by a chilling discovery: two young boys, just three and four years old, had been murdered—and the killer was an eleven-year-old girl. Mary Flora Bell's name wou...
Child of Darkness: Mary Bell

Deadly Dads: Christian Longo

June 25, 2024
In this episode of Once Upon A Crime, we delve into the horrific story of Christian Longo, a man who portrayed himself to his family, friends, and community as a devoted husband, loving father, and successful businessman while leading a double life.…
Deadly Dads: Christian Longo

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Episode 103: Fast Food Felonies: Chapter 2: The Fast Food Killer

Sept. 17, 2019
A series of fast food restaurant robberies take place in Nashville, Tennessee in 1997. The accused, Paul Dennis Reid, would claim that his early history of brain damage was to blame. Several resources were used in the research for this episode i…
Episode 103: Fast Food Felonies: Chapter 2: The Fast Food Killer

Episode 104: Fast Food Felonies: Chapter 3: The Wendy's Chili Finger Scam

Sept. 17, 2019
A series of women are found raped and strangled in their homes in Charlotte, North Carolina between 1992 and 1994. Later it would be discovered that they could all be linked to one man - a manager at a Taco Bell restaurant in Charlotte. #Charlott…
Episode 104: Fast Food Felonies: Chapter 3: The Wendy's Chili Finger Scam

Episode 111: Listener Suggestions: Suzane von Richthofen "Evil Blonde"

Sept. 17, 2019
Thank you to listener Alexandre Guglielmelli from Brazil for this case suggestion! In 2002, a wealthy couple is found murdered in their home in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Their own daughter soon becomes a suspect and the case becomes a media sensation in Br…
Episode 111: Listener Suggestions: Suzane von Richthofen "Evil Blonde"

Episode 128: Bad Sports: Ten Cent Beer Night

Sept. 17, 2019
A summer ball game descends into chaos when a promotional event goes seriously awry. This is the last chapter in the series "Bad Sports" recounting the Cleveland Indians' "Ten Cent Beer Night" riot. Today's sponsor: Hask Beauty - www.hask…
Episode 128: Bad Sports: Ten Cent Beer Night

Episode 131: Twin Terrors: The Gibbons Sisters - Part 1

Sept. 18, 2019
June and Jennifer Gibbons were identical twins who, from a very young age, were so bonded to one another that they created their own “twin language” to communicate speaking only to one another. They rejected any other relationships including their …
Episode 131: Twin Terrors: The Gibbons Sisters - Part 1

Episode 132: Twin Terrors: The Gibbons Sisters - Part 2

Sept. 18, 2019
I continue the story of the Gibbons Sisters - twins who were locked in a battle their entire lives. Neither believed they could survive without the other, but controlled each other so completely they only spoke to or associated with one another. Wh…
Episode 132: Twin Terrors: The Gibbons Sisters - Part 2

Episode 148: Rocktober: Rock and Roll Haunts

Oct. 21, 2019
In this episode I dig into my file of spooky stories to share some haunted happenings in the world of rock and roll. #themansionatlaurelcanyon #redhotchilipeppers #slipknot #hauntedhouses #bonscott #joshuatreeinn #halloween #ghoststories …
Episode 148: Rocktober: Rock and Roll Haunts

Episode 160: Swan Songs: Katherine Korzilius

March 2, 2020
The mysterious death of a young girl inspires Jon Bon Jovi to record a song dedicated to her. This is the case of Katherine Korzilius. Resources used in the research for this episode: Unsolved Mysteries, Season 10: Episode 7 - https://uns…
Episode 160: Swan Songs: Katherine Korzilius

Episode 162: Swan Songs - Gerald Friend - "Polly"

March 23, 2020
In 1991, Kurt Cobain released a song on the album Nevermind. Titled "Polly" the song was inspired by a kidnapping and rape of a young girl in Tacoma, Washington. This is the story of that crime. Listen to "Polly" by Nirvana here: https://youtu.…
Episode 162: Swan Songs - Gerald Friend - "Polly"

Episode 164: StepMonsters: The Disappearance of Charlie Bouthell

April 6, 2020
In our new series, “StepMonsters,” I’ll share stories of bad stepparents whose actions became true crime news. In this first episode I'll share the story of a young boy who went missing and was found in a very unlikely place. Was he the victim of …
Episode 164: StepMonsters: The Disappearance of Charlie Bouthell

Episode 166: StepMonsters - Joshua and Jerome Ellis

April 27, 2020
An abusive stepfather gets his comeuppance when his stepsons turn on him resulting in a grisly murder. Resources: "Joshua and Jerome Ellis guilty of stepfather killing", BBC News, Feb 26, 2014. "Kids Who Kill: Responsible Child inspire…
Episode 166: StepMonsters - Joshua and Jerome Ellis

Episode 167: Last Dance: Adam Sapikowski

May 4, 2020
In this series, "Last Dance", I share stories of crimes that happened on prom night. In the first episode, a teenager commits an act of parricide then attends his prom and holds a party at the crime scene. #adamsapikowski #promnightmurders #tru…
Episode 167: Last Dance: Adam Sapikowski

Episode 168: Last Dance: The Pelley Murders - Part 1

May 11, 2020
A 17-year-old is suspected in the murder of four of his family members because he was forbidden from attending his prom. Was this a case of a homicidal teen or a rush to judgement? Resources: The Prom Night Murders: The True Story of a Tw…
Episode 168: Last Dance: The Pelley Murders - Part 1

Episode 171: Till Death Do Us Part: Jordan Graham and Cody Johnson

June 8, 2020
A new bride decides she's made a mistake in tying the knot. The decision she makes in order to end the marriage will be a shocking act of cruelty. Resources: "A Murder in Glacier Park" by Justin Franz for The Flathead Beacon, Dec 17, 2013…
Episode 171: Till Death Do Us Part: Jordan Graham and Cody Johnson

Episode 175: Stranger Than Fiction: Belva Gaertner & Beulah Annan and Chicago

July 13, 2020
Two women accused of murder in the Roaring 20s would become the inspiration for one of the best known and longest running shows in American musical theater history. This is the story of the real life Roxie and Velma from "Chicago". Resources: …
Episode 175: Stranger Than Fiction: Belva Gaertner & Beulah Annan and Chicago

Episode 179: Familiar Strangers: Anastasia Romanov, Part1

Aug. 24, 2020
On this first part of a 2-part episode, I share the fascinating story of the disappearance of the last imperial family of Russia, the Romanovs. After their disappearance, most believed they had been executed by the Bolsheviks, but sightings of one …
Episode 179: Familiar Strangers: Anastasia Romanov, Part1

Episode 180: Familiar Strangers: Anastasia Romanov, Part 2

Aug. 31, 2020
We conclude this two-part episode with a young woman who comes forward claiming to be Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov. The investigation into her claim would take decades to solve the mystery. #romanovs #russia #regicide #anastasiaromanov #myster…
Episode 180: Familiar Strangers: Anastasia Romanov, Part 2

Episode 181: Bad Teacher: Mary Kay Letourneau

Sept. 7, 2020
In this month's series "Bad Teacher" I'll share cases of educators who committed newsworthy crimes. First up, a 34-year-old teacher scandalizes the nation when she is convicted of child rape with one of her 6th grade students. #MaryKayLetour…
Episode 181: Bad Teacher: Mary Kay Letourneau

Episode 187: Body of Evidence: Anne Marie Fahey

Nov. 2, 2020
This month's series features crimes that were solved...without a body. Tom Capano thought he'd pulled off the perfect murder when his ex-girlfriend disappeared. Meticulous detective work and dogged determination would be needed to solve the crime. …
Episode 187: Body of Evidence: Anne Marie Fahey

Episode 191: The Craziest Crime Stories of 2020 w/Leroy Luna

Dec. 14, 2020
This week my special guest is Leroy Luna from Excuse Me, That's Illegal Podcast. We discuss some bizarre crimes, the dumbest criminals and crime stories that could only have happened in 2020. Links to resources: https://www.clickorlando.co…
Episode 191: The Craziest Crime Stories of 2020 w/Leroy Luna
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