Podcast Episodes

The Freeway Phantom: Washington’s Forgotten Serial Killer

Season 1 Episode 121

Between 1971 and 1972, six young girls vanished from Washington, D.C.

Their bodies were found along the highways leading out of the city — discarded like they didn’t matter. The press called him The F…

Published on 11 hours ago

The West Mesa Bone Collector: 11 Women, One Desert, No Arrests

Season 1 Episode 120

In 2009, a woman walking her dog in Albuquerque stumbled across a human bone in the desert. What followed would become one of the largest crime scenes in U.S. history. Eleven women and one unborn chi…

Published on 4 days, 11 hours ago

Elliot Castro: The Boy Who Outsmarted the Banks

Season 1 Episode 119

In the late 1990s, a Scottish teenager named Elliot Castro discovered just how easy it was to cheat the system. What began with a stolen credit card quickly escalated into an international crime spre…

Published on 1 week ago

The Great Escape from Alcatraz: America’s Most Daring Prison Break

Season 1 Episode 118

On the night of 11 June 1962, three inmates carried out the most daring prison break in American history — and vanished without a trace. Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin spent month…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Killer Who Terrorised Australia

Season 1 Episode 117

Australia’s most infamous serial killer left a trail of terror that changed the country forever. In the early 1990s, Ivan Milat, later dubbed The Backpacker Killer, stalked young travellers hitchhiki…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Denver Spiderman: The Murder That Came From the Ceiling

Season 1 Episode 116

In 1941, a quiet Denver street became the centre of one of the strangest murder cases in American history. A killer hid for months in a cramped crawlspace above his victim’s home — listening, waiting…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

The Truck Stop Killer: Robert Ben Rhoades’ Rolling Torture Chamber

Season 1 Episode 115

When police opened the door of Robert Ben Rhoades’ semi-truck, they uncovered a nightmare. Chains. Handcuffs. A woman pleading for her life. What investigators discovered would reveal years of unimag…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Leonarda Cianciulli: the soap maker of Correggio

Season 1 Episode 114

In 1930s Italy, amid war and superstition, Leonarda Cianciulli was known as a kind neighbour, a devoted mother, and a talented soap-maker. But behind her tidy kitchen walls, she was hiding something …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

What Happened to Lesley Trotter? The Toowong Disappearance

Season 1 Episode 113

In March 2023, 78-year-old Lesley Trotter disappeared from her Toowong home in Brisbane. Her phone, wallet, and car were left untouched — and police would soon uncover a mystery unlike anything they’…

Published on 4 weeks ago

The Murder of Rachel Barber: Australia’s Shocking Case of Obsession and Betrayal

Season 1 Episode 112

In 1999, 15-year-old Melbourne dancer Rachel Barber vanished after boarding a city tram. Her disappearance gripped Australia — but the truth lay chillingly close to home. Betrayed by a neighbour she …

Published on 1 month ago