True Crime Episodes

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 Pen And Blood: Conversations With Killers with Broadcaster/TV Personality/ Crime Expert/ Author, Alan R. Warren! Step into the darkest corners of the human mind with bestselling true crime author Alan R. Warren as he uncovers chilling words from some of the most notorious killers of our time. Behind the Blood offers a rare and unflinching look at the thoughts, motivations, and disturbing realities behind crimes that shocked the world. Through exclusive letters and in...

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: Smile For The Cameras: Murder On A Movie Set w/Miranda Smith! Twenty years ago, Ella Winters was the it girl. She made a name for herself in Hollywood and throughout America as the sole survivor in the cult-classic slasher Grad Night. But the real horror is what happened when the cameras weren’t rolling—something terrible that Ella and her co-stars agreed never to speak of again. Shortly after the movie’s premiere, Ella disappeared from the acting scene under the pr...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Down To The Bone: Investigating The Murder of The McStay Family w/ Caitlin Rother! On February 15, 2010, Joseph McStay, his wife Summer, and their two young sons were reported missing from their new home in San Diego County. They left eggs and fruit rotting on the counter. Their Dodge truck sat in the driveway. Their dogs were abandoned outside without food. But investigators found no blood, signs of a struggle, or clues to their whereabouts. Did the family take an ...

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 Ripped From The Headlines / Dumb Crimes-Stupid Criminals 0603 with Travis Thorpe & Jessica Freeburg! This week, We examine the tragic murder of a beloved voice actor from the Fox animated series, "King of the Hill"! A video in the Crypto Torture case shows the alleged victim cooking up crack in an air fryer... five days after his alleged capture! An Alabama man is sentenced for dousing his ex in gasoline and setting her on fire.... And, A judge is sentenced for shoot...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: Bear Witness: The Pursuit Of Justice In A Violent Land with Journalist/ Author, Ross Halperin! As young men, Kurt Ver Beek , an American sociologist, and Carlos Hernández , a Honduran schoolteacher, devoted their lives to helping the poor. But it wasn’t until they moved to Nueva Suyapa— an extraordinarily dangerous neighborhood in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa—that they came to a radical conclusion: The charity world was combating poverty incorrectly. In grip...

True Crime Tuesday presents Depraved Obsession: Law Enforcement's Hunt for A Sadistic Serial Killer with Former Decorated Police Officer/Author, Rod Sadler ! What drove the inconspicuous sociopath to become a ruthless killer? During his nearly fifteen-year reign of terror, Ronald Lloyd Bailey’s depraved obsession with sexual sadism held communities across southeast Michigan in a shroud of fear. From the early 1970’s to the mid-1980’s, the former patient at one of Michigan’s foremost psychiatri...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Body Parts: A Serial Killer's Deadly Compulsions with Journalist/Author, Caitlin Rother! When Wayne Adam Ford walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in November 1998 with a woman's body part in his jacket pocket, the 36-year-old truck driver wasn’t a suspect in any crime. After a lengthy investigation spanning four California counties and a sensational trial, he was convicted of the torture and murder of four women. His first victim, whom he dismembered, w...

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...

True Crime Tuesday Presents The Dumond Affair: How Lies And Politics Freed A Killer with Researcher/Author, D.R. Bartlette! Ashley Stevens, at 17 years old, thought justice would be done when she named Wayne Dumond as the guy who had abducted and sexually assaulted her in 1984. She was unaware that her horror was only getting started. Dumond was a vicious serial predator with a troubling past of assault and homicide, not just another criminal. However, a complex network of deceit, manipulation,...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Vacations Can Be Murder: The True Crime/Paranormal Travel Guide to New England with Author, Dawn M. Barclay! For the true crime lover—finally, a travel guide from an award-winning travel journalist and suspense author that gives you the down and dirty on exactly where the major crimes occurred, and where the bodies are buried. For aficionados of paranormal, prison, and tombstone travel, there’s a goldmine of tourism suggestions for you here as well. Along with summ...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The Crack City Strangler: The Homicides of Serial Killer Benjamin Atkins with Researcher/Journalist/Author, B.R. Bates! Benjamin "Tony" Atkins' reign of terror in Detroit spanned less than a year in the early 1990s. Known for targeting vulnerable women in Detroit's most dangerous neighborhoods, Atkins attacked at least 13 women along a mile-and-a-half stretch of Woodward Avenue, one of the city's most iconic streets. Known as "the nation's fastest serial killer," At...

True Crime Tuesday presents: You Are Fatally Invited with Author, Ande Pliego No crime writing retreat is complete without a murder... A legendary author’s murder mystery writing retreat on his private island turns lethal when one of the writers is murdered in this twisty debut novel. When renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor hires former aspiring writer Mila del Angél to host a writing retreat at his private manor off the coast of Maine, she jumps at the chance—particularly since she has a...

True Crime Tuesday presents Ripped From The Headlines / Dumb Crimes-Stupid Criminals 0304 with Jessica Freeburg! This week, We dive into some of the unusual stories of the past week including why the Gene Hackman residence death is still being treated as a suspicious circumstances death by the authorities! An Alabama woman is arrested in Arkansas after allegedly trying to sell her baby! An Indiana Woman is accused of marrying her biological father! And, a man wanted for bombing his ex-wife's b...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Murder On Skid Row with Author, Charlene Wexler! The homeless and migrants are not new to Chicago. In the 1960s, there was Chicago’s Skid Row, centered at Madison and Halsted Streets. Now an area filled with recently built upscale housing and trendy businesses near Greektown, decades ago it was a downtrodden community occupied by lost souls, mainly veterans from the war nobody wanted to recognize—Vietnam. Mel, a young dentist who believes he can do good for the peop...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Chained Birds: Justice, Survival, & The Fight For Redemption Behind Bars w/ Author, Carla Conti! After three years in Europe, former journalist Carla Conti* wanted to settle her family in the suburbs of Philadelphia. But her high school friend Scott Powell, a lawyer handling a brutal prison stabbing case, needed a favor. Before she knew it, Carla became part of the defense team and was mired in the terrifying world of federal prison gangs, penal abuse, and corruptio...

True Crime Tuesday presents Dumb Crimes/Stupid Criminals 0211 w/Jessica Freeburg! This week, A Hollywood Producer is looking at 148 years to life after trying to turn a screen plot into a real life crime, A Yorkshire burglar is jailed after police trace his footsteps in the snow to someone's backyard! A Grinch destroys a Santa statue that spreads year-round Christmas joy to Winnipeg ! And, an intoxicated man mistakes a bible study for a "human trafficking operation"! See the video of a Canadia...

True Crime Tuesday presents: A Hate Crime in Brooklyn with Defense Attorney/Author, David G. Secular! When Sofia Hushemi, a sheltered Albanian immigrant, carelessly collides with Sylvester Stanley on her way home from Prospect Park, both escape injury. Upon discovering the loss of her precious ring, gifted to her by Victor, the feared kingpin of the Albanian-American Mafia, she frantically presumes Sylvester, a Black man, was not a jogger, but a culprit. Hours later, Sylvester is attacked in br...