Dumb Crimes Episodes

True Crime Tuesday Presents: Curse of the Blumenthals with Professor of Journalism/Researcher/Author, Phyllis Karas! The Blumenthals are one of millions of Eastern European Jewish families who immigrated to the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. Settling in Providence, Rhode Island, they grow and prosper. During Prohibition, the Blumenthals became bootleggers—starting their fraught history with alcohol and crime. Once Prohibition is repealed, Barney Blumenthal opens a liquor ...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: Blueprint Of A Killer: Monsters in the Making, from Childhood to Murder with Researcher/Author. Heather Mroczenski! What if the most dangerous part of a serial killer's story happened long before the first victim? BLUEPRINT OF A KILLER: Monsters in the Making, from Childhood to Murder asks the uncomfortable question most true crime books avoid: how did this start? What happened to cause the headlines, body counts, and documentaries? It uniquely does this: for the ...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: A Spell for Saints and Sinners with Author, Emily Carpenter ! In front of an elegantly shabby townhouse on a Savannah side street sits a hand-painted sign: Miss Edie, Psychic. Ingrid White inherited the house and business from her beloved grandmother, a local celebrity in town. But unless Ingrid can find a way to pay for crushing property taxes and mounting repairs, she’s going to lose them both. Ingrid has faith in the homespun witchcraft Edie passed down to h...

True Crime Tuesday presents The Viper: A Fast Paced Thriller of Family Bonds and Deadly Conspiracies w/Researtcher/Writer/TV Host/Author, Brad Meltzer! Andrew Fechmeier is a master at hiding. He'd better be—he’s spent decades concealing a secret that could get him killed. So when he’s diagnosed with a terminal disease, he heads for the local funeral home carrying the blue suit he eventually wants to be buried in. But what no one knows is that Fechmeier secretly tucked something inside, turnin...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Mafia Secrets: Untold Tales From The Hollywood Godfather with Actor/Singer/Movie Producer/Businessman/Author, Gianni Russo! The Kennedys, Marilyn, the Vatican, Vegas, The Godfather, the Mob, and more . . . During a cursed childhood in a Manhattan neighborhood teeming with Italian immigrants, Gianni Russo fended for himself at an early age. It was a quality that didn’t go unnoticed by Frank Costello—father figure, mentor, and legendary crime boss. Thanks to Costell...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Crimes Of Passion: Love Gone Wrong & Dumb Crimes-Stupid Criminals 0210 w/Jessica Freeburg! On today's TCT, with the Valentine's Day holiday upon us, Tim and Jess look at why maybe it is best to always love yourself first, and think twice about trusting that partner! On Today's Show we cover such Valentine's Day crimes as: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Gang hit of Jack McGurn, The Subway Sweethearts Murder, The 1985 triple Colorado Springs Murder, The To...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: In Public Record: A Journey To The Truth of a Murder and Trial with Former Police Officer/ Author, Michael Kelly September 1990. In Shaker Heights, Ohio, teenage honors student Lisa Lee Pruett vanishes into the night. A boy calls 911 when she does not arrive for a secret late-night meet-up. Police soon find her nearby, stabbed to death and left exposed. Lisa had just passed an important test and earned her driver's license. She was a Girl Scout, athlete, musician,...

True Crime Tuesday presents Her Cold Justice with Researcher/Author, Robert Dugoni! To save a client accused of murder, defense attorney Keera Duggan must fight a complex web of corruption in a riveting novel of suspense by New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni. In a quiet South Seattle neighborhood, a suspected drug smuggler and his girlfriend are murdered in their home. When a young man named Michael Westbrook is accused of the brutal double homicide, his uncle JP Harrison turns ...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: Murder In The Graveyard: A Family Cult Tragedy with Journalist/Researcher/Author, Frank Stanfield! The 911 call was harrowing. "I accidentally killed someone. Please!" the man said, his voice rising. "Who?" "My stepmom. My name is Ian Anselmo. Sue-Ellen Anselmo, she's in the car with me. My dad is going to kill me. I guess I strangled her. I don't remember doing it. I remember the argument." The call disintegrated quickly, with the 20-year-old howling ...

True Crime Tuesday presents Where M*rder Lies: Death And Deception In West Hollywood with Authors, Frank Girardot Jr & Burl Barer! Burl Barer is an Edgar Award winning author and accomplished media professional, with a career spanning several decades. Among his many books, his WildBlue Press true crime classic, MURDER IN THE FAMILY, is ranked #3 on the "Ten Best True Crime Books Ever Written," and he is listed as one of America's 100 "MUST READ" authors. Frank Girardot Jr. is an award winn...

true Crime Tuesday presents: Who I Really Am: Life After The Attempt On Reagan with Singer/Songwriter/and Author, John Hinckley Jr.. As shots rang out on March 30, 1981, outside the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., President Ronald Reagan and three others lay seriously wounded. Just two months after Reagan was sworn in as the 40th president, John Hinckley Jr. shocked the world with his obsession with a movie star. What followed was chaos. America learned of the deep psychosis that led to Hinck...

True Crime Tuesday presents : Married To An Impostor: Deception and Death Dealt From The Hands of a Navy Wife with US Navy Veteran/Abuse Survivor, Aaron Villa! When Aaron Villa met his now Ex-wife, Dixie Denise Villa, after a hockey game, he was initially smitten with her and thought maybe she was the one! but ominous omens and huge red flags littered his path as he continued to pursue the blonde woman from Washington to Hawaii! Along the way, Dixie turned quickly(and on a dime) from caring lov...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The Las Vegas Massacre Connections: Finding Strength Through Tragedy with Journalist/Show Host/Author, Mark Gray! On October 1, 2017, Mary Jo von Tillow's world changed forever. Her husband, Kurt, was killed in the Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting in Las Vegas, the deadliest in U.S. history. In just eleven minutes, her life-and the lives of thousands of others-were shattered. But what followed was more than grief. Out of devastation came unexpected bonds wi...

True Crime Tuesday Presents Crime And Unusual Punishment: The Psychological Realities Of Federal Prison w/Former Psychologist/Author, Paul Smith! Paul Smith was a clinical psychologist sentenced to 51 months for healthcare fraud and in his new book, confronts the harsh realities of federal prison. Incarcerated amid the chaos of the COVID pandemic, he endured a relentless odyssey through eight different prison facilities, caught in a near-perpetual cycle of transfer. Through his expert lens, CRU...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: The Serial Killer Travel Guide Across America: Your Coast To Coast Tour of Terror with Researcher/Author. Johnny Trevisani! The Serial Killer Travel Guide Across America isn’t your typical road trip companion. This darkly fascinating guide is quirky and unconventional and takes readers on a darkly humorous journey through the United States, exploring notorious locations linked to infamous serial killers. From the shadowy forests of the Pacific Northwest to the sun-b...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Speaking Truth To Evil: The Myths & Facts Surrounding Today's Serial Killers with Investigator/Author, Phil Chalmers! American profiler Phil Chalmers destroys the myths of today's serial killers and offers a new look, updating the research done by the early FBI Profilers in the 1970s. Most of what people believe about serial killers today are myths and are no longer true, including "Most serial killers are white," "Most serial killers kill women," and "Serial killer...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Greg Scarpa, Legendary Evil: The Many Faces of a Mafia Killer with Lawyer/Historian/Researcher/Author, Jonathan Dyer! Goodfellow, capo, killer, thief. A man so diabolically evil that he ordered his eldest son to murder his closest associate, and his youngest son to murder his best friend. When Greg Scarpa was in his early twenties he became a goodfellow in the Profaci family by swearing a blood oath to the Mafia, at the time the country's largest organized-crime sy...

True Crime Tuesday presents Dumb Crimes/Stupid Criminals 0701 w/Jessica Freeburg! This week, A Loony Toon gets chased for three days and is finally arrested by cops! A man is accused of attacking an Ice Cream Truck Driver who he thought was 'acting suspicious around kids! Wait until you hear what innocent thing he saw the man doing! A Florida Man is allegedly caught driving 115 MPH while recording a Snapchat video with a baby in the back seat! AND, we tell you why a pair of Taiwanese parents wh...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Chasson's Run: The Prison Break That Captivated America w/ Author, Daniel Zimmerman ! CHASSON'S RUN: The Prison Break That Captivated America And the Love Story That Fueled It is a gripping true crime tale that will leave you on the edge of your seat. On September 6, 1982, convicted murderer Leroy James Chasson made a daring break for freedom from the Massachusetts Correctional Institute-Walpole-one of the most infamous, escape-proof prisons in the country. But this...

True Crime Tuesday presents: How It's Done: The True Story of One Man Who Took Down Organized Crime to Save His Family with Author, Jerry Langton! Dave Lucas is like nobody you’ve ever met. Or maybe you have, but didn’t know it. Thrown out of his home at 14, he used his wits, charm and determination to become one of the most successful drug dealers in Canada. But, after the birth of his son, he knew he had to make one last big score before getting out of the game. So, he became an undercover po...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Money Machine: Mass Murder and the Suicide That Changed Las Vegas with Mike Turber! Mike Turber is an investigative Reporter/ Former Security Consultant who was called in to take a look at the worst mass shooting in Las Vegas history, and in the process, managed to change the official narrative and find the truth behind the shooter, Stephen Paddock, and his reign of terror on the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Mike has managed to do everything from finding evidence tha...

True Crime Tuesday presents Dumb Crimes/Stupid Criminals 0422 w/Jessica Freeburg! This week, A Florida Man shouts the equivalent of "hold my beer", as her gets caught speeding in the triple digits this week! Atlanta Police arrest a parapalegic man for kicking down his ex's door and assaulting her, then kick his wheelchair out from underneath him while arresting him... An Only Fans Model foes on a hotel pee spree, and straight out of White Lotus, a naked man in Houghang attacks another man with ...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: True Crime Sleep Stories Volume 3: Love Gone Wrong with Podcaster/ Author, Kelli Brink! Journey through the darker side of love, where passion and devotion spiral into obsession, manipulation, and violence. Designed for true crime enthusiasts and mystery lovers alike, this volume presents twelve gripping tales of relationships that turned tragic, and at times, deadly. With deep insight and empathy, Kelli Brink uncovers the devastating consequences when seemingly unb...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Storm Of Suspicion: The Karen Read Murder Trials with Television Presenter/Podcaster/Author, Kevin Lenihan! STORM OF SUSPICION: The Karen Read Murder Trials is an electrifying, real-time courtroom thriller and the gripping personal account of author Kevin Lenihan’s detailed examination of the evidence—both known and what he’s discovered—as well as the dark rumors, courtroom bombshells, and conspiracy theories that are at the heart of two of the most explosive and co...