Podcast Episodes

"The Freeway Phantom": D.C.'s First Serial Killer?

“...catch me if you can!” Police find those words written on a note left in a jacket draped over a murder victim’s body. They believe the message comes from a serial killer targeting young women in t…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Operation Trace: The Missing Women of Ireland's Vanishing Triangle

The eighty miles surrounding Dublin, Ireland, hold a chilling mystery. Between 1993 and 1998, at least six women disappeared in the area, and their cases remain unsolved. Police investigations have t…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Golden Years Killers Pt. 2

After getting away with murder in LA, retirees Helen and Olga scheme to kill again. But when an unlikely party sniffs out their crimes, the friends turn on each other.

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Published on 5 months ago

Golden Years Killers Pt. 1

No one batted an eye at the two women who became fast friends at an LA gym in the 1990s – until years later, when it came out that they’d teamed up for a plot to kill men down on their luck.

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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

The Doomsday Murders: Lori and Chad Daybell

In early 2020, the story of Lori Daybell and her new husband, Chad Daybell, hit national news. They’d seemingly fled to Hawaii while two of Lori’s children were missing, leaving a wake of mysterious …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Rugeley Poisoner Pt. 2

Struggling with gambling and spiraling into debt, William Palmer turned to murder. This week, we continue analyzing the deaths Palmer was accused of, and how the scheming doctor was finally caught.

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Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

The Rugeley Poisoner Pt. 1

In 1855, Dr. William Palmer became one of the Victorian era’s most famous villains – a man who poisoned his own friends and family. But with limited evidence and only one conviction, was Palmer reall…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Eleven Who Went to Heaven: The Case Against Ed Bell Pt. 2

In Texas, convicted murderer Ed Bell claimed he killed 11 girls between Houston and Galveston back in the 1970s. Reporter Lise Olsen and detective Fred Paige investigated those claims and uncovered e…

Published on 6 months ago

The Eleven Who Went to Heaven: The Case Against Ed Bell Pt. 1

Edward Harold Bell was serving a 70-year prison sentence for murdering a man when he sent a letter to Houston reporter Lise Olsen. He told her he’d also killed 11 girls in and around the Interstate-4…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Hunting a Serial Killer: The Colonial Parkway Murders

When a series of double-homicides struck Virginia in the late 1980s, authorities immediately suspected a serial killer. But it took 35 years – and random chance – to find the missing link.

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago