True Crime Episodes

True Crime Tuesday presents: A Murder On Campus: North Carolina's Most Notorious Cold Case w/ Brian & Cameron Santana! On April 15, 1973, two high school students discovered the body of 19-year-old drama major Virginia Marie Olson on a trail near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville. The scene was horrific. Olson had been bound, raped, and brutally stabbed to death. The murder shocked the Asheville community and set off an investigation that would span three generations of d...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Blood and the Badge: The Mafia, Two Killer Cops, & The Scandal That Shocked The Nation with Journalist/Author, Michael Cannell! No episode in NYPD history surpasses the depravities of Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, two decorated detectives who covertly acted as mafia informants and paid assassins in the Scorsese world of 1980s Brooklyn. For more than ten years, Eppolito and Caracappa moonlighted as the mob’s early warning alert system, leaking names of mobst...

True Crime Tuesday presents Obsessed: Finding Justice For The Lost Boys Of New England with Investigator/Author, David McGrath! In the tranquil towns of New England during the 1970s, a sinister mystery unfolded when several boys vanished without a trace and the community’s peace was shattered. With law enforcement stymied in its search for answers, whispers of a possible serial killer surfaced, especially after one boy’s body was found years after his disappearance. But what happened to the oth...

True Crime Tuesday presents Ripped From The Headlines / Dumb Crimes-Stupid Criminals 0107 with Jessica Freeburg! This week, We dive into some of the stories behind the story of the New Year's Eve bombings in New Orleans and Las Vegas! A Manhunt is underway after two young girls and a woman are found dead inside a Wisconsin home! A Man pleads guilty to killing and dismembering two of his girlfriends and leaving their bodies in storage units! And, a famous sportscaster is sued for sexual harassm...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago w/ John Borowski! On Today's TCT, Filmmaker John Borowski Talks about his new project, "The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago! An eight part miniseries, The John Wayne Gacy Murders: Life and Death in Chicago (2024) is the first ever historical, comprehensive and chronological miniseries to study the life and crimes of the infamous serial killer. From his birth to the ongoing investigation of ide...

True Crime Tuesday presents Murder By Mail: A Global History of the Letter Bomb with Prof. Mitchel P. Roth! A late package from Amazon or USPS would be the least of your troubles on Christmas Eve! Imagine a deadly Yuletide greeting from a not so Christian fellow! The book, "Muder By Mail", unfolds the gripping history of weaponized mail, offering the first ever comprehensive exploration of this sinister phenomenon. Spanning two centuries, the book unveils the history of postal bombs, describin...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Trial By Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth About Barbara Graham with Attorney/Prosecutor/Media Personality/Best Selling Author, Marcia Clark! Marcia Clark may be most famous for her work as a Los Angeles prosecutor handling high-profile murder cases, but she’s also been a defense attorney and an appellate lawyer for many years—and therefore has spent most of her life immersed in true crime. A compelling and talented storyteller who has written about both her ...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The Man In The White Van with Screenwriter/Director/Filmmaker, Warren Skeels! The Man In The White Van is a movie based on true events and Inspired by the true story of Billy Mansfield, the film follows the harrowing experience of young Annie Williams – a spirited girl in smalltown Florida whose carefree existence is turned upside down when she becomes stalked by an ominous man in a white van. The tranquillity of Annie's world begins to crumble when the menacing whi...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The Close-Up with Actor/Musician/Author, Pip Drysdale! Pip Drysdale has written books that have been praised as "electric", "Unexpected", "tension-soaked", and "serious addictive". But this new book, "The Close-Up", ups the ante! A struggling author discovers the dark side of fame when a stalker begins reenacting violent events from her thriller in this electrifying and twisty new novel. When Zoe Ann Weiss moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dream of becoming a wri...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Face of Hate: How To Reform A Neo-Nazi Domestic Terrorist in Ten Years w/ Filmmaker/Journalist, Steffen Hou & Filmmaker/Producer, Adam Moyer! Face of Hate is an intimate portrait of an American domestic terrorist contemplating mayhem in a close-up and unflinching look at right-wing hatred and intolerance in the United States. But the story of Jasen Barker comes with two powerful twists: Filmed over nearly a decade; viewers discover that Barker's broken humanity, loa...

True Crime Tuesday presents Ripped From The Headlines / Dumb Crimes-Stupid Criminals 1119 with Mallie Fox! This week, The turkey isn't the only thing in danger this week before Thanksgiving! A Las Vegas woman is found dead in her freezer weeks after calling 911 concerned about her accused killer! A LA. woman is sentenced for killing her boyfriend in 1984 and taking over his business, A pair of Washington parents allegedly choked their teen daughter in an attempted honor killing because she refu...

True Crime Tuesday presents: NYPD: Presumption & Dysfunction with Retired New York City Police Detective/Author, Vic Ferrari! Unlike the 1973 classic by Emerson, Lake, & Palmer, the New York City Police Department doesn’t want you to have a look inside. They’d prefer you stay away and not ask questions. From fudging crime statistics to clueless cronies landing in coveted positions, everything is par for the course in America’s largest police department. You only call 911 when you have a problem...

True Crime Tuesday presents Murderous Minds Of Germany: Serial Killers of Deutschland with Author, Alan R. Warren! Volume 1 of the International Serial Killers Encyclopedia series focuses on the most notorious serial killers from Germany. It contains many cases where the twisted minds and deeds of those who stalked the streets of Germany left a trail of fear and destruction in their wake. From the infamous Fritz Haarmann, a.k.a. the “Butcher of Hanover,” who preyed upon young boys with chilling...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The Baby Doll Serial Killer: John Eric Armstrong w/B.R. Bates and Gerald Cliff! He was unassuming, sweet, and friendly. “Saved” in church as a teen, he never caused trouble. In the Navy, they called him Opie. Though he was a big guy, he had a soft, boyish demeanor. “The boy next door,” said those who worked with and knew him. But John Eric Armstrong had a dark secret—hidden even from those closest to him. Prowling Detroit's well-known pocket of prostitution on his...

True Crime Tuesday presents Killer Moms: True Stories with Researcher/Author. Amanda R. Woomer! A mother is supposed to be loving, protective, caring, and kind. She’s supposed to nurture and guide her children from infancy into childhood and adolescence. The very thought of murdering a child—much less their own child—is not only bizarre but perhaps the most disturbing thought a parent could have! Exploring the ultimate betrayal of a mother’s duty, Killer Moms: True Stories recounts 31 harrowing...

True Crime Tuesday presents: A Heritage Of Nonsense: Jim Garrison's Tales of Mystery and Imagination with Researcher/Author/Fred Litwin! A Heritage of Nonsense contains nine stories that illustrate Jim Garrison’s malfeasance, his paranoia, and his conspiratorial mindset. There is a commonality that runs through this book: the insidious nature of conspiracy theorists, gullibility that stretches the imagination, and a smattering of mental illness. For the first time ever, you’ll read about the Ea...

True Crime Tuesday Presents: The Book of Murder: A Prosecutor's Journey Through Love and Death w/ Senior Deputy District Attorney/ABC Legal Analyst/Author Matt Murphy! For seventeen years, if a murder was committed in the sunny Southern California cities of Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, or Irvine, Matt Murphy was there, behind the yellow tape with detectives and his team. Over his career with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office as a Homicide prosecutor, he tried fifty-two ca...

True Crime Tuesday presents Ripped From The Headlines / Dumb Crimes-Stupid Criminals 1001 with Jessica Freeburg! This week, We cover the scandals and the brutality! We talk about the charges that the mayor of New York is facing, we also tackle the latest updates on the Diddy trafficking scandal! We also tell you about two Delta Airlines agents who smuggled three million dollars worth of Ketamine through JFK, & about a couple who decided they could give up parenthood for a six pack of beer and 1...

True Crime Tuesday presents: The Puzzle Box with Researcher/ Award Winning Author, Danielle Trussoni! It is the Year of the Wood Dragon, and the ingenious Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo, Japan, to open the legendary Dragon Box. The box was constructed during one of Japan’s most tumultuous periods, when the samurai class was disbanded and the shogun lost power. In this moment of crisis, Emperor Meiji locked a priceless Imperial secret in the Dragon Box. Only two people knew how to open the...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Lethal Doses: The Story Behind The Godfather of Fentanyl with former Narcotics Agent/Criminal Investigator/Supervisor/Author, John Madinger! On a cold afternoon in February 1991, a frightening new drug hit the streets of New York City, a synthetic narcotic marketed in packets labeled “Tango & Cash.” As police scrambled to warn heroin users of the danger, the overdose victims began piling up in hospital emergency rooms and county morgues across three states. The clan...

True Crime Tuesday Presents Echo Road with Authors Kendra Elliot and Melinda Leigh! On Today's TCT, we welcome in award winning authors, Kendra Elliot (Mercy Kilpatrick series) and Melinda Leigh (Bree Taggert Series) to talk about their latest amazing thriller that combines both characters into one story based on a real life case, Echo Road! Echo Road features a senator from Oregon who's daughter has gone missing.... feared that she has been kidnapped by one of his political enemies, the Senato...

True Crime Tuesday presents Ripped From The Headines-Dumb Crimes/Stupid Criminals 0820 w/Travis Thorpe! This week, The remains of a mother and child who vanished 50 years ago are found in a Florida canal. A wife and her cousin are accused of killing an Army/National Guard Soldier, who was shot and zip tied in 2019. A Man allegedly fatally shoots his neighbor after the victim's daughter touched the mulch in his yard, and a NC man is accused of fatally hitting pedestrians with his truck after bei...

True Crime Tuesday presents: Beyond The Headlines: True Crime's Myths and Legends with Inventor/Researcher/Author, Jeff Ignatowski! Ever wonder about the truth behind the sensationalized headlines when it comes to history's most infamous killers? So did author Jeff Ignatowski, a nationally known speaker on the psychology of serial killers, who turned that curiosity into his meticulously researched book BEYOND THE HEADLINES: True Crime's Myths and Legends. More than a collection of dramatically ...

True Crime Tuesday presents The Lewiston Shootings: An All American Tragedy with Researcher/Journalist/Author, Robert Conlin! October 25, 2023 was just an ordinary night in Lewiston, a small, working class city of 37,000 in central Maine. Friends and families had gathered to do what they loved to do with the people they wanted to be with at a bowling alley called Just-in-Time Recreation Center and Schemengees, a popular sports bar and restaurant. They felt immune from the violent crime that see...