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Hunter/Hunted: Christopher Dorner - Part 1

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In February 2013, a double murder in an Irvine parking garage sets off a chain of events that quickly spreads far beyond the city. What begins as a qu...

Encore: Witness to an Execution

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This encore presentation revisits one of the most unsettling stories ever featured on DEVIANT. It is a firsthand account of the execution of Gainesvil...

The Murder Of Christy Mirack

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In December 1992, 25-year-old teacher Christy Mirack is attacked in her East Lampeter, PA apartment just minutes before she’s supposed to leave for ...

The Dark Corners: "Supreme Gentlemen"

26 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(PART 2/2) ENCORE PRESENTATION In April of 2018, Alek Minassian sits in a Toronto police station after using a van to kill eleven people. Now, inves...

The Dark Corners: Blood in Toronto

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 1/2 ) ENCORE PRESENTATION In the spring of 2018, a beautiful Toronto day is broken by a man in a white rental van. He picks a busy part of tow...

The Springfield Three

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On June 7th, 1992, Sherrill Levitt, her daughter Suzie Streeter, and Suzie’s friend Stacy McCall disappear from a quiet home in Springfield, MO with...

Small Towns, Killer Secrets

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In small towns, fear doesn’t always hide in the shadows. Sometimes it writes letters. Sometimes it carries a shotgun. In this episode of DEVIANT,...

The Unknown Serial Killer: Joseph Daniel Miller

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(RE_AIR)) He brags about his crimes for years, but nobody takes him seriously until 1992 ,when he’s caught in the act. Now everyone is listening as ...

Big News From DEVIANT

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are major changes afoot here at DEVIANT, and the show is evolving in a big way. Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden update you on what's happening, ...

A Very DEVIANT Halloween

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(ENCORE PRESENTATION) It's Halloween, and DEVIANT is do something unusual. Hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden tell three ghost stories, all of whi...

(Part 5) Homicide and Hate: The Way Out

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(PART 5/5) In the final episode of the series, Andrew Iden continues his conversation with Tyler DiPeppe, a former member of Atomwaffen Division who n...

(Part 4) Homicide and Hate: Leaving Atomwaffen Division | The Tyler DiPeppe Story

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 4/5) Tyler DiPeppe was once part of Atomwaffen Division, a violent neo-Nazi group born online. Now he’s ready to explain how it happened. In ...

(Part 3) Homicide and Hate: The Plea: Devon Arthurs and the Question of Sanity

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 3/4) Six years after he murdered his two roommates, Devon Arthurs stands before a judge in Tampa and says he’s ready to change. But as psychi...

(Part 2) Homicide and Hate: The Devon Arthurs Murders

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 2/4) Two days after the Tampa double murder committed by Devon Arthurs, police in Key Largo, FL arrest Brandon Russell, a Florida National Guar...

(Part 1) Homicide and Hate: The Devon Arthurs Murders

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 1/4) On a Friday afternoon in Tampa, 18-year-old Devon Arthurs walks into an apartment leasing office and says “I just killed two people.” ...

Punished For Future Crimes? | Dr. Samantha Stein on DEVIANT

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Being punished for crimes you haven’t committed yet sounds like Minority Report. But in 15 states—including California—it’s the law. Under the...

ENCORE: Jay Dobyns, Deep Undercover with the ATF

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former ATF agent Jay Dobyns spent 27 years undercover, from Waco and Columbine to infiltrating the Hell’s Angels in Operation Black Biscuit. In this...

REVISITED: A Killer in Cleveland

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Sowell terrorized Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood in the late 2000s. A convicted rapist and registered sex offender, he went unnotic...

Policing, PTSD and the Price of Service

22 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former cop, detective and firearms instructor Glen Williams sits down with host Andrew Iden to talk about what the job really does to people—and how...

Summer School: The Life of a Private Investigator

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ever wonder what private investigators really do when the cameras aren’t rolling? Forget the Hollywood clichés—no wiretaps, no lockpicks, no magi...

From Mob Cases to HRT: Inside the FBI with James A. Gagliano

15 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Co-host Andrew Iden sits down with James A. Gagliano — West Point grad, former FBI Hostage Rescue Team operator, undercover agent, and two-term mayo...

The Now and the New

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden as they discuss recent updates in the cases they've been following, including the Devil's Den murders in Arkansas...

Off Script: Scammers and Red Flags

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You've been conned, and now you're getting revenge. That's the story of Johnathan Walton, our guest on DEVIANT Off Script. In this episode, Johnathan ...

The Devil in The Den

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a summer afternoon hike in Arkansas' Devil's Den State Park, tragedy strikes a family when Clinton and Cristin Brink are attacked in front of their...

A Reckoning: Clark Fredericks Confronts Abuse

01 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED In this episode of Deviant Off Script, host Andrew Iden engages in a deep and intense conversation with Clark Fredericks,...

Summer School: Mindhunting

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Deviant Summer School, host Andrew Iden sits down with Michael Yoder, a former agent in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), h...

Detecting Lies with Brad Beeler

25 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're diving dive deep into the world of polygraphs, interrogations, and lie detection with Brad Beeler, a former Secret Service agent with 25 years o...

Summer School: Finding Missing Children

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered how police handle a missing child case? In this episode of Deviant Summer School, retired detective Jeff Bell, who worked for t...

Catching Spies

18 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(AUDIO ONLY) How do you catch a spy if you're an FBI counterintelligence agent? In this episode of Deviant Off Script, we dive into the 80-year cat-an...

Summer School: Solving Homicides, Part 2

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(PART 2/2) In Part 2 of our DEVIANT Summer School class on homicide investigations, retired Chicago Police homicide Detective Mike Hammond takes us t...

Corrections Officer to True Crime

11 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, host Andrew Iden talks with Jacob Moon, a US Army veteran and former corrections officer who has transitioned into a true crime write...

Summer School: Solving Homicides, Part 1

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(PART 1/2) It's Deviant Summer School's deep dive into the world of homicide investigations. Featuring former Chicago homicide detective Mike Hammon...

Off Script: Investigating "Murderland"

04 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From Ted Bundy to Gary Ridgeway, why does the Pacific Northwest produce so many serial killers? Join host Dan Szematowicz as he sits down with Pulitze...

Summer School: Policing America

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us as we kick off our new series, Deviant Summer School, where we bring experts to give in-depth insights into their fields. In this first episod...

Off Script: Catching Scammers with Jerri Williams

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former FBI agent Jerri Williams shares her extensive career spent catching scammers, con artists, and fraudsters. Williams discusses her unexpected pa...

Introducing: My Best Friends Killer

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a quiet suburb of Utah, a Mormon man killed his wife, before committing suicide. Multiple neighbors described them as a normal couple whom they had...

Inside the Secretive World of Air Marshals

20 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The person sitting next to you on the plane may be armed, and that's not a bad thing. In this episode of DEVIANT Off Script, host Dan Szematowicz delv...

Off Script: The FBI's Sleep Expert

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join Deviant host Dan Szematowicz for a conversation with Dr. Leah Kaylor, a psychologist and sleep specialist at the FBI. Dr. Kaylor shares a wealth ...

The Hunt for Grant Hardin

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On May 25, 2025, Grant Hardin, a convicted killer and former police chief, walks out of the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, disguised in ...

From Crack Wars to Crime Novels: Patrick O'Donnell's Journey

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(AUDIO ONLY) Former police sergeant Patrick O'Donnell joins Deviant Off Script to discuss his 25-year career with the Milwaukee Police Department, his...

Witness to an Execution

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Former journalist Michael Mayo recounts his experience covering the executions of two serial killers for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Mayo details ...

Sex and Crime: Doug Fifer Has Seen It All

30 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sex is an integral part of human nature, but it sometimes intersects with crime in troubling ways. In this episode of DEVIANT Off Script, host Dan Sze...

On the Front Lines of the Drug War

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Townsend, a retired DEA agent, shares his journey into federal law enforcement, his experiences with drug enforcement, nd his views on the ongoi...

The Download

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We get a lot of questions and a lot of comments, so in this episode, DEVIANT hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden tackles them all. How does DEVIANT ...

Busting Motorcycle Gangs and White Supremacists

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(2/2) In part two of our conversation with retired FBI agent Scott Payne, host Andrew Iden continues his deep dive into Steve’s years spent undercov...

Undercover with America's Extremists

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(1/2) In this episode of Deviant Off Script, we dive into the world of undercover law enforcement with retired FBI agent Scott Payne. Scott takes us t...

The Cory Barron Homicide

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2014, Cory Barron is out for a night of fun at a stadium in Cleveland. He’s there to see Jason Aldean, and by all accounts, he’s having a great...

And our next story is...

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DEVIANT hosts Andrew Iden and Dan Szematowicz gather to announce the next DEVIANT story, (starting next week), and let you know what you can expect. ...

From Gangs to Good: Iran Nazario's Journey

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful episode of Deviant Off Script, host Andrew Iden delves into the extraordinary life of Iran Nazario. Once entrenched in gang violence ...

Interrogations: Serial Killers

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Serial killers are natural deceivers, but hearing them describe their crimes in their own words has big value. It can help us understand how their min...

 Introducing: Morning Cup of Murder

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A special look at daily true crime pod, Morning Cup of Murder. Morning Cup of Murder delivers daily true crime stories in quick, bite-sized episo...

Inside NYPD Blue: A Conversation with Andrea Thompson

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join DEVIANT host Andrew Iden as he gets to know Andrea Thompson, one of the stars of the groundbreaking TV show NYPD Blue. In this episode of DEVIANT...

Unsolved Mysteries and Small-Town Policing

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of DEVIANT Off Script, host Andrew Iden interviews former police chief and US Marshal Rick McCubbin. Rick delves into the unique chall...

The Hart Family Murders: Epilogue

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DEVIANT's exploration of the Hart Family homicides concludes with hosts Andrew Iden and Dan Szematowicz finding conclusions, searching for truths and ...

Alan Duke: From Small-Town DJ to Top Crime Reporter

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join DEVIANT host Andrew Iden as he speaks with Alan Duke, a veteran reporter, editor, and producer with a long tenure at CNN. Duke shares his journey...

The Hart Family Murders (5/5): Last Stop

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 5/5) In our final episode on the Hart Family murders, DEVIANT host Andrew Iden explores the pivotal moments leading up to the family leaving the...

Inside Criminal Law with Kirby Clements

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of DEVIANT Off Script, host Andrew Iden sits down with Atlanta-based defense attorney Kirby Clements. Kirby, who has experience on bot...

The Hart Family Murders (4/5): Failure

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 4/5) In our latest episode of DEVIANT, Andrew Iden looks at the Hart Family case through the lens of an adoption system that may have failed to...

The Hart Family Murders (3/5): The Facade

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 3/5) When the Hart Family arrived at events and concerts, people noticed. Image was everything. And that was by Jen Hart's design...she curated ...

The Hart Family Murders (2/5): Eliminate Doubt

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 2/5) Following the decision to rule the Hart family crash an intentional act, Sheriff Tom Allman holds a coroner’s inquest, which reveals the ...

The Hart Family Murders (1/5): A Thousand Words

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(PART 1/5) To outside appearances, Jennifer and Sarah Hart are the model of a happy modern family. They're married, have six adopted children and are ...

Uncovering Cold Cases & FBI History with Author John Oller

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Deviant Off Script, we chat with John Oller, an author, journalist, and former attorney. John has written several books, including ...

Off Script: Steve Gunderson

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Gunderson spent his entire law enforcement career as the tip of the spear. He fought against violent extremists and domestic terror groups, hell...

Rachel Jeffs: A Brave Survivor

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

For years, Rachel Jeffs lived behind the walls of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ-Latter Day Saints, the FLDS. There, she was abused: physic...

Ex-KGB Spy Jack Barsky

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Russia's spies" has been a major news story for almost a decade now. They are here, in our computers, and on the ground. So what's it like to be one?...

The Dark Corners: "Supreme Gentlemen"

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

(2/2) In April of 2018, Alek Minassian sits in a Toronto police station after using a van to kill eleven people. Now, investigators are trying to figu...

NEW: Updates!

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrew Iden has some programming changes, so you know what to expect, and when. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robyn Curnow has spent her career reporting from some of the world's most interesting places. In 2008, she got to know an athlete in her native South ...

The Dark Corners: Blood In Toronto

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Part 1/2 In the spring of 2018, a beautiful Toronto day is broken by a man in a white rental van. He picks a busy part of town...a place where many p...

Terror Expert Jeffrey Simon

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January's terror attack in New Orleans put the spotlight back on lone wolf terror. It's among the most terrifying acts of violence because it usually ...

DEVIANT: Upcoming Stories

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We've been hard at work putting together a new series of stories for you. In this mini-installment, hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden play sound f...

Undercover Agent Jay Dobyns

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a longtime undercover ATF Agent, Jay Dobyns infiltrated outlaw biker gangs, and the famed Hell's Angels. Jay spent years inside the Angels as a mem...

Serial Killer Joseph Daniel Miller

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

He brags about his crimes for years, but nobody takes him seriously until 1992 ,when he’s caught in the act. Now everyone is listening as police att...

Off Script: The Unknown JFK Conspiracy

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We all know what happened in Dallas in 1963. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. But what many don't know is that there was a previous...

The West Mesa Murders

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2009, the buried bodies of 11 women are found in the desert outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The discovery kicks off a massive investigation, an...

Off Script: Andrea Dunlop

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andrea Dunlop hosts the incredible podcast, Nobody Should Believe Me, which explores the psychology and criminology of Munchausen by proxy. It's a not...

Off Script: Ashleigh Banfield

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A renowned journalist, Ashleigh Banfield has been delivering the news across America for years. Before she was focused on true crime reporting, she wa...

Off Script: FBI Forensic Artist Lisa Bailey

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you didn't know that the FBI has forensic artists in their vast resource pool, you aren't alone. Meet Lisa Bailey. As an artist and forensic sculpt...

Off Script: Former Drug Smuggler Ken Behr

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ken Behr's life was like a movie. He spent years smuggling marijuana and cocaine all over the United States. He was really good at what he did. Eventu...

Off Script: Prison Officer Mike Cantrell

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Very few places can match the pressure, the violence and the bizarre logic of a US prison. Mike Cantrell is one of the few who understands how it all ...

Off Script: Journalist Paul Vercammen

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Vercammen has seen plenty in his journalism career. Based in CNN’s LA Bureau, he had a front row seat to wildfires, earthquakes, and some of Am...

Off Script; Bob Motta

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Motta is the creator of Defense Diaries, one of the fastest growing names in true crime. From John Wayne Gacy to corrupt cops to his detailed cove...

DEVIANT December

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday madness is here, and that goes for us here at DEVIANT too. Andrew and Dan share a quick update on what our holiday plans for the show are,...

Off Script: Stacey Honowitz

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Stacey Honowitz spent 36 years in the Florida State Attorney's Office, prosecuting some of the worst of the worst: those who prey on children. Dan an...

The Route 29 Stalker Part 3: The Wrap Up

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 3/3) It's the last episode of our exploration, and hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden give their final takes on this mystery, talk about who ...

Off Script: Sheriff Tom Allman

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For 13 years, Tom Allman had his hands full. He was the legendary Sheriff of Mendocino County in California. It's a massive part of the state, and is ...

The Route 29 Stalker Part 2: The Good Samaritan

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 2/3) Who killed Alicia Reynolds? Who targeted women along a Virginia highway? Who is the Route 29 Stalker? As Alicia's family continues to proce...

Off Script: Diane Dimond

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From NPR to Hard Copy to NBC to Extra, and from OJ to Heidi Fleiss to Pamela Smart to Kenneth Bianchi, Diane Dimond's reporting career has let her wit...

The Route 29 Stalker Part 1: She's Never Late

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

(Part 1 /3) In the mid-90s, a mysterious man is attempting to flag down women drivers around the Route 29 corridor in Virginia. At first, nobody think...

Off Script: Eric O'Neill

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To stop the most notorious spy in US history, Eric O'Neill went undercover, and became the tip of the spear. His part in catching Robert Hanssen, an F...

Off Script: Detective Mike Hammond

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our first episode of DEVIANT Off Script, hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden get to know the life and career of former Chicago homicide detective...

A Special Announcement!

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

DEVIANT is going to two episodes a week! Hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden breaks down what to expect, and how you can participate too. JOIN OUR P...

Ghost Stories

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's Halloween, and in this special episode of DEVIANT, hosts Andrew Iden and Dan Szematowicz tell three of their favorite, kinda-maybe-true original ...

Off Script: The Lake Oconee Murders

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now you know everything we know about the 2014 killings of Russell and Shirley Dermond. So what do you think? In our Off Script episode, we give our p...

The Lake Oconee Murders Part 4: The Workup

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

By now, you know many of the details of these crimes. The place, the time and what was done to Russell and Shirley Dermond. What we still don't know i...

The Lake Oconee Murders Part 3: A Big Lead

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The crime scene found at the home of Russell and Shirley Dermond was bizarre...among the most bizarre many in law enforcement has ever seen. For years...

The Lake Oconee Murders Part 2: By Land or By Boat

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Russell Dermond is dead, murdered and decapitated in his home. His wife Shirley is gone, with no sign of where she is, and whether or not she's alive....

The Lake Oconee Murders Part 1: Derby Day

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the new series of DEVIANT, we explore the mysterious, bizarre and unsolved murders of Russell and Shirley Dermond. In May of 2014, they were murder...

Off Script: Anthony Sowell

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we wrap up our exploration of the Anthony Sowell case, we answer your questions, read your comments and play some great sound you haven't heard yet...

Anthony Sowell Part 5: Somebody's Daughters

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anthony Sowell is now in court, on trial for his life. The evidence is overwhelming, with witnesses giving unforgettable testimony. What does "justice...