Podcast Episodes

The Cons of Mair Smith Part 1 (Maine)

When Johnathan Walton hosted a wine and cheese night in his Los Angeles apartment in 2013, he couldn’t have known that the event would invite a shark…

3 years, 5 months ago

Introducing: Crooked City: Youngstown, OH

From Marc Smerling, the creator of Crimetown and The Jinx, welcome to CROOKED CITY. The Saturday Evening Post dubbed Youngstown, Ohio “Crimetown U.S.…

3 years, 5 months ago

The Murders of Dominic Kirmil and Irvin Hilton (Massachusetts)

He committed his first murder at 15-years old, ending the life of an innocent shopkeeper as he and his buddies made their way around Lawrence, Massac…

3 years, 5 months ago

The Murder of Kenneth Zernicke (Maine)

Jessica Zernicke Holmes left work on the night of September 24, 2015 to find her phone flooded with missed calls and messages. When she was finally a…

3 years, 6 months ago

Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley

On May 4, 2001, Bonny Lee Bakley was found fatally shot in a car on a dark North Hollywood street. The prime suspect was her husband, famed actor Rob…

3 years, 6 months ago

The Death of Elmer McCurdy (Maine)

Strung up in the corner of a roadside amusement park fun house was the figure of a man coated so many times with phosphorus paint that it glowed in t…

3 years, 6 months ago

An Announcement & Update from Kylie

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3 years, 7 months ago

The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 3 (Connecticut)

ACTIVE CASE, PART 3: In October of 2016, about a month after he was plucked from a life raft after a week at sea, Nathan Carman walked into the priva…

3 years, 7 months ago

The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 2 (Connecticut)

ACTIVE CASE, PART 2: Nathan Carman was 23-years old when his boat the Chicken Pox sank during a fishing trip off the coast of Rhode Island, presumabl…

3 years, 7 months ago

The Deaths of John Chakalos & Linda Carman Part 1 (Connecticut)

ACTIVE CASE, PART 1: When the daughter of wealthy real estate developer John Chakalos walked into her father’s Connecticut home one morning in Decemb…

3 years, 7 months ago