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Because They Were Home: The Dartmouth Murders, Pt 2
Our homes are meant to be where we feel the safest, so it makes sense that there’s an entire horror movie subgenre dedicated to home invasions. The S…
1 year, 7 months ago
Because They Were Home: The Dartmouth Murders Pt 1
Schopenhauer wrote, “Fate shuffles the cards, and we play.” Every day, every decision we make sparks a chain reaction of others, leading us down a pa…
1 year, 7 months ago
Stranger in the Mirror: The Crimes of Theresa Ramirez
We tend to think of doctors as leading pretty cushy, privileged lives—lots of money, social status, and respect. But a dark trend has been developing…
1 year, 7 months ago
Never Enough: The Crimes of Susan Grund
It’s not unusual or unhealthy to go a little wild when you’re young—to just go looking for a good time with little thought for the consequences. It’s…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bat Man: The Murder of Fred Oesterreich
There’s an old saying: A gilded cage is still a cage. Meaning, you can be in what looks like an enviable situation—all your needs met, plenty of pret…
1 year, 8 months ago
You Belong with Me: The Murders of Viktor Gunnarsson and Catherine Miller
Romantic jealousy is, for the most part, fundamental to the human experience, one of the uglier strands in the tangled mess that makes up a heart. So…
1 year, 8 months ago
Is It Fiction? The Crimes of Krystian Bala
In Dostoevsky’s book Crime and Punishment, the character Raskolnikov says, “All people seem to be divided into 'ordinary' and 'extraordinary'. The or…
1 year, 8 months ago
Black Flag: The Story of the Pirate Blackbeard
We've talked about a lot of notorious criminals here on True Crime Campfire, but do you think any of today's villains will still be widely known in t…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Talented Mr. Field: Murder in an English Village
Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Talented Mr. Ripley follows a young man named Tom, whose deep-seated jealousy and ambition leads him down a very dark …
1 year, 9 months ago
The Magician and the Fool: The Story of the DC Snipers, Pt 2
When we left you at the end of part 1, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo had begun a killing spree that took them from Tacoma, Washington, throu…
1 year, 9 months ago