Generation Why: True Crime

TWA Flight 800 Tragedy REPLAY - 657

05 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

TWA Flight 800. July 17, 1996. JFK International Airport. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was to takeoff for Paris, France at around 7pm EST. Various ...

The Kidnapping of Paul Fronczak - 656

29 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

April 27, 1964. Chicago, Illinois. Paul Fronczak was abducted from his mother’s hospital room less than 48 hours after he was born, sparking a natio...

True Crime Conversations: Aaron, Lucy, & Kristen - 0

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this crossover bonus episode, Aaron, Lucy (Wine & Crime), and Kristen (Murder, She Told) have off the cuff discussions about podcasti...

The Murder of Vickie Barton - 655

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1995, Vickie Barton was found dead by her husband, Springboro Police Lieutenant Jim Barton, after what appeared to be a violent home invasion. Over...

The Framing of Hamdi Mohamud - 654

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

June 16th, 2011. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hamdi Mohamud and her friends were accosted and attacked by a young woman named Muna Abdulkadir, who happened...

The Death of Kathy Middleton - 653

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Feb. 20, 1990. Blue Springs, Missouri. Several frantic phone calls were made to 911 by Ken Middleton who begged for help. His wife Kathy had been shot...

The Killing of Peggy Hettrick - 0

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

February 11th, 1987. Fort Collins, Colorado. The body of 37-year-old Peggy Hettrick was found in a field. She had been stabbed and mutilated. There we...

The Disappearance of Nyleen Marshall - 652

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

June 25th, 1983. Helena National Forest, Montana. Nyleen Marshall went missing during a family outing in the Elkhorn Mountains. Moments before she dis...

The Murder of Dawn Walker - 651

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

February 4th, 2005. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The body of Dawn Walker was found by the River Lark after she was reported missing by her boyf...

The Mysterious Death of Pat Mullins - 650

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 27th, 2013. Bradenton, Florida. Pat Mullins took his boat out on the Braden River near his home, something he’d done hundreds of times, but ...

Andrea Eilber Case Update - 649

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In November 2011, Andrea Eilber, 20, was found dead and slumped on a chair in the basement of her aunt’s Mayfield Township home. Her boyfriend at th...

The Killing of Betty Gore - 648

03 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wylie, TX. On Friday, June 13, 1980, Betty Gore was found dead in her Texas home, killed with an axe that struck 41 times in what seemed like a frenzi...

Amy Bradley Is Missing - 647

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Netflix's docuseries Amy Bradley Is Missing is a complete account of Amy Bradley's disappearance, the search for her, and the impact it all has had on...

Who Murdered Mary Meyer? - 646

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

October 12th, 1964. Washington, D.C. Mary Meyer was murdered while taking a walk along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath. The police quickly arres...

The Murder of John McGhee - 645

12 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

July 11, 2002. Bridgeport, Ohio. Just after 6 am, John McGhee's daughter, Alyssa, was awakened by a loud noise. When she went to see what had happened...

The Death of Jeremiah Ryder Johnson - 644

06 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 1st, 2020. Norman, Oklahoma. In January 2020, 2-year-old Jeremiah “Ryder” Johnson was murdered by his mother’s boyfriend. Although she w...

Austin Yogurt Shop Murders Solved - 0

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Breaking news in the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders case! Justin & Aaron break down what happened to bring this case to a close as well as give detail...

The Milkshake Murder - 643

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 7th, 2003. Hong Kong, China. Police found the body of 40-year-old investment banker Robert Kissel wrapped in a carpet in his family’s stora...

The Murder of Jaime Melgar - 642

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

December 23rd, 2012. Houston, Texas. Sandra and Jaime Melgar celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. Hours later, family members found Sandra bound...

The Roscetti Four Case - 641

14 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

October 18th, 1986. Chicago, Illinois. 23-year-old med student Lori Ann Roscetti was raped and murdered on her way home after a late night of studying...

The Tetris Murders - 640

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

September 1998 – Palo Alto, CA. Tetris co-creator Vladimir Pokhilko was found dead with a stab wound on the right side of his neck. His wife, Elena ...

Twilight Zone Movie Deaths - 639

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

July 23rd, 1982. Indian Dunes ranch, Los Angeles County. During filming for Twilight Zone: The Movie, the use of explosives on set caused a helicopter...

The Wonderland Murders - 638

25 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

July 1st, 1981. Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. Five people were viciously attacked inside a known drug house on Wonderland Avenue. Only one survived. The...

The Mysterious Murder of Artemus Ogletree - 637

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 4th, 1935. President Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Hotel staff checking on the guest in room 1046 found him beaten and stabbed. He died early ...

Deaths of Michael & April Holton - 636

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

September 11th, 2016. Eclectic, Alabama. Michael Holton called the police because he found drug paraphernalia in his house after his teenage son hoste...

The Lane Bryant Murders - 635

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tinley Park, Illinois. On February 2, 2008, a gunman claiming to be a delivery man entered a Lane Bryant store at the Brookside Marketplace. The gunma...

Where Is DeOrr Kunz Jr? - 634

28 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

July 10th, 2015. Timber Creek campground, near Leadore, Idaho. Two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr disappeared while on a camping trip with family. Nearly 10 y...

National Park Mysteries

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special crossover episode, Aaron is joined by Cassie and Danielle from National Park After Dark. We recap four of the most memorable NPAD true...

The Strange Case of Dolly Oesterreich - 633

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

August 22, 1922. Silver Lake, Los Angeles. During a heated argument with his wife Dolly, Fred Oesterreich was shot by Dolly’s lover who had been sec...

Death of Dr. Robert Stonebreaker - 632

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 17th, 2010. Rancho Santa Fe, California. Dr. Robert Stonebreaker, a well-known veterinarian, was found dead in a resident’s driveway after w...

Disappearance of Joshua Guimond - 631

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 9th, 2002. St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Joshua Guimond left an on-campus party around midnight and was never seen again....

Austin Yogurt Shop Murders - 630

30 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

December 6th, 1991. Austin, Texas. Close to midnight, a patrol officer reported a fire at a local frozen yogurt shop. Firefighters discovered the bodi...

Disappearance of John Darwin - 629

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On March 21, 2002, John Darwin left his home to go kayaking along the shoreline in Seaton Carew, England, and vanished. Just two months later he was d...

The Dartmouth College Murders - 628

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 27th, 2001. Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop were found stabbed to death in their home. Weeks later, polic...

Juliana Redding - 627

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Santa Monica, CA. March 16, 2008. 21-year-old Juliana Redding was found strangled to death in her bungalow apartment. When authorities arrived at the ...

Will Carter Jr - 626

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DeKalb County, GA, September 13, 2013 – Police responded to a call from 30-year-old Victoria Rickman, who claimed she shot and killed her 30-year-ol...

The Disappearance of Kenny Veach - 625

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 10, 2014. Las Vegas, Nevada. At 6am, YouTuber Kenny Veach left his home and drove his car out to his usual spot to begin his hike to the mys...

Kim Wall - 624

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Renowned journalist Kim Wall boarded Nautilus, the homemade, private submarine of Peter Madsen, near Copenhagen, Denmark, on the evening of August 10,...

Burari Deaths - 623

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

July 1st, 2018. Burari, North Delhi. Eleven members of the Bhatia family were found dead in their home under highly suspicious circumstances. Ten of t...

Haunted with Two Girls One Ghost - 622

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Justin tells the tragic and strange case of Christopher Case, a man who believed he’d been hexed by a witch… and died days later. Then Corinne and...

The Murder of Keith Gentry - 621

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 9th, 2005. Waco, Texas. One early November morning in 2005, Darlene Gentry made a 911 call to report stolen guns from her home and a potentia...

Donna Palomba - 620

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

September 11th, 1993. Waterbury, Connecticut. Donna Palomba was home with her two young children when a masked man broke into her house and raped her....

The Disappearance of Molly Miller and Colt Haynes - 619

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a sweltering July evening in 2013, Molly Miller and Colt Haynes were said to have been unwitting participants in a wild, high-speed chase with loca...

Barbara and Gary Loesch - 618

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 11, 1998. Post Falls, Idaho. Barbara Loesch, a widow who lived alone, was found dead in her hot tub with a TV set in the water next to her bod...

The Disappearance of Heidi Planck - 617

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

October 17th, 2021. Los Angeles, California. 39-year-old Heidi Planck abruptly left her son’s football game on a Sunday afternoon. A few hours later...

The Murder of Holly Maddux - 616

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Holly Maddux disappeared in Philadelphia in 1979 after seeing a movie with her ex-boyfriend, Ira Einhorn. 18 months later, her mummified body was foun...

Norco 80 - 615

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

May 9th, 1980. Norco, California. Four armed robbers entered the Security Pacific Bank and stole $20,000. A bank employee tripped a silent alarm, and ...

Jessica Funk-Haslam - 614

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sacramento, CA. On March 6, 2012, the body of 13-year-old Jessica Funk Haslam was found in a locked baseball dugout in Rosemont Park. She was stabbed ...

Michael Bayer of True Case Films - 613

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vanished: The Heather Elvis Case will be released March 10th, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. Producer Michael Bayer and his team at True Cas...

Daniel Brophy - 612

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

June 2, 2018, Portland, OR. Dan Brophy was found dead at the Oregon Culinary Institute from two gunshots. His wife and amateur romance novelist, Nancy...

Carol Ryan - 611

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

September 1st, 1996. Jamesville, New York. A fisherman driving near the Jamesville Reservoir found a woman lying on the ground with massive injuries t...

Melissa Calusinski - 610

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

January 14, 2009, Lincolnshire, IL. At the Minee Subee Daycare, 16-month-old Ben Kingan crawled to a bouncy chair, fell asleep, and never regained co...

Chiefsaholic - 609

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One fan’s seemingly harmless obsession with the Kansas City Chiefs begins to spiral out of control, transforming into dangerous and risky behavior.&...

The Murder of Charles Zan - 608

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

October 17th, 2009. Miamisburg, Ohio. Pandora Zan called 911 to report that she had been attacked by an intruder and found her husband Charles stabbed...

Anne Marie Fahey - 607

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

June 27, 1996. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anne Marie Fahey was last seen alive at dinner with Tom Capano, a wealthy attorney with political connectio...

Christopher Benedetto and Janette Piro - 606

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

November 16th, 1998. Singer Island, Florida. Neighbors of Christopher Benedetto and Janette Piro called the police to report the couple missing after ...

Jesse Valencia - 605

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

June 5th, 2004. Columbia, Missouri. 23-year-old college student Jesse Valencia was murdered a block away from his apartment. Within days, the Columbia...

Richard McCoy Jr. - 604

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

April 7th, 1972. Denver, Colorado. An armed man hijacked a passenger plane and escaped with $500,000. After receiving a tip from a Utah Highway Patrol...

Into The Fire - 603

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aundria Bowman, a.k.a Alexis Badger, went missing on March 11, 1989. Her case went cold for 20 years until her birth mother, Cathy Terkanian learned o...

Casey White & Vicky White - 602

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When inmate Casey Cole White confessed to the 2015 unsolved murder of a woman in Rogersville, Alabama, and was transferred to Lauderdale detention cen...

Manuel Ellis - 601

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

March 3, 2020. Tacoma, Washington. On March 3, 2020, three months before George Floyd was killed, Manuel Ellis found himself in a similar situation at...

The Death of Chuck Morgan - 600

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Chuck Morgan disappeared for 3 days in March 1977 and claimed he was abducted and tortured. Two months later he disappeared for a second time and was ...

Pete Coones - 599

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

April 7th, 2008. Kansas City, Kansas. In the early morning hours of April 7th, 2008 Kathleen Schroll called her mother and told her that Pete Coones, ...

The Disappearances of Christopher Dansby & Shane Walker - 598

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

1989. New York City, New York. Two toddlers, Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, vanished from the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers playground in Harlem...

Keith Green - 597

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

April 29th, 2016. San Mateo County, California. Keith Green, a young father of two, was reported missing. He was last seen with his former partner Tif...

Autumn Pasquale - 596

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

October 20th, 2012. Clayton, New Jersey. Autumn Pasquale left home to meet an acquaintance who was going to repair her BMX bike. She never came home. ...

David Ridgen

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron spoke with David Ridgen, the host of Someone Knows Something, about the murder of Christine Harron in 1993. The case was mishandled and the susp...

The Death of Karlyn Ramirez - 595

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a newlywed first-class Military officer, Karlyn Ramirez, is found shot dead in her home, with her 4-month-old daughter in her arms, police are ba...

Sallie House - 594

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A little brick house on 2nd street in Atchison, Kansas may not look haunted, but stories have been told over the years that the house is inhabited by ...

The Murder of Anjelica Hadsell - 593

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

March, 2nd, 2015. Norfolk, Virginia. As a young girl, AJ Hadsell found herself in the rare situation where two different men vied for the opportunity ...

Ben Novack Jr - 592

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

July 12th, 2009. Rye Brook, New York. 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., the son of a famous Florida hotelier, was beaten to death in his hotel room at a con...

The Alcatraz Escape - 591

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the late hours of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin executed an elaborate escape plan and vanished from Alcatraz Islan...

The Murder of Lisha Gayle and Conviction of Marcellus Williams - 590

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Daniel Picus arrived home from work on August 11, 1998 to find his wife, Lisha Gayle Picus, murdered. Police had no leads until a $10,000 reward b...

Death of Amanda Antoni - 589

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

October 26, 2015. Calgary, Canada. When a phone call Lee Antoni had with his wife, Amanda, was cut short while he was over 400 miles away visiting fam...

The Olympic Park Bombing part 3 - 588

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On July 27th, 1996, a bomb exploded in the Olympic village in Atlanta, Georgia. The FBI finally had a suspect linked to all three attacks, Eric Robert...

The Olympic Park Bombing part 2 - 587

12 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On July 27th, 1996, a bomb exploded in the Olympic village in Atlanta, Georgia. Officers initially suspected Richard Jewell, the security guard who fo...

The Olympic Park Bombing part 1 - 586

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

July 27th, 1996. Atlanta, Georgia. During a free concert at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, security guard Richard Jewell spotted an abandoned kn...

New Zodiac Killer Suspect

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jeremy Foy is a former Marine and a former Federal Law Enforcement officer. He has been releasing videos on tiktok stating that he knows that his gran...

Stephanie Wasilishin - 585

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

July 9. 1993. Sedona, Arizona. In the early morning hours of July 9, 1993, 10-year-old Nikki Wasilishin was awoken by police shining flashlights into ...

The Murder of Candace Derksen - 584

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

November 30th, 1984. Winnipeg, Manitoba Province. 13-year-old Candace Derksen disappeared while walking home from school. Weeks later, her body was fo...

Andrew Bagby and Zachary Turner - 583

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On November 6, 2001, at Keystone State Park in Pennsylvania, Dr. Andrew Bagby was found dead with five gunshot wounds. Dr. Shirley Turner, a recent gi...

Terrance Yeakey - 582

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

May 8th, 1996. El Reno, Oklahoma. Deputies found the body of Terrance Yeakey, an Oklahoma City police officer, in a field off a rural road. Terrance d...

John and Susan Sutton - 581

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

August 22nd, 2004. Coral Gables, Florida. John Sutton called 911 after an armed intruder broke into his home and shot him and his wife Susan. John was...

Max DeVries - 580

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

May 12, 2004. Noord, Aruba. Since 2004, Yvonne DeVries has tried to get justice for her 14-year-old son, Max. That day he and an older man took jet sk...

The Father's Day Bank Massacre - 579

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

June 16th, 1991. Denver, Colorado. On Father’s Day 1991 an armed robber gained access to secured areas of Denver’s United Bank Tower and fatally s...

Marjorie Nugent - 578

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

November 19, 1996. Carthage Texas. There is no debate that Bernie Tiede shot 80-year-old Marjorie Nugent in the back four times and hid her body in a ...

Libby Caswell - 577

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On December 11, 2017, a 21-year-old mother, Libby Caswell, was found dead in the bathroom of a motel in Independence, Missouri. Her boyfriend’s belt...

Girl In The Picture - 576

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A young woman’s body was found on the side of the road in Choctaw, OK in 1990. Four years after her death, her son, Michael Hughes, was abducted fro...

Carla Walker - 573

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

February 16, 1974. Fort Worth, Texas. Carla Walker and her boyfriend Rodney McCoy were kissing in a bowling alley parking lot after a school dance whe...

Patty Prewitt - 568

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Holden, MO. February 18, 1984. Bill Prewitt was shot and killed while he slept. His wife, Patty Prewitt, gathered the four kids and went to a neighbor...

Dean and Tina Clouse - 563

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

January 12th, 2022. Harris County, Texas. After 41 years, two murder victims known as the Harris County Does were finally identified as Dean and Tina ...

John O'Keefe - 557

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

January 29th, 2022. Canton, Massachusetts. Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found dead in a fellow officer’s front yard after his girlfriend...

Michelle Le - 556

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

May 27, 2011. Hayward, CA. 26-year-old Michelle Le went to her car to retrieve something during a break in her nursing class. She never returned and w...

Taylor Schabusiness - 555

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

February 23, 2022. Green Bay, Wisconsin. Tara Pakanich was woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of a slamming door. She went downstairs to...

Matthew Baker Jr - 553

22 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On October 27, 2016 in Henry County Georgia, four people were killed during a bonfire party. Two men were indicted and charged with murder. One confes...

Amy Mullis - 552

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On November 10, 2018 in Earlville, Iowa, Amy Mullis was found by her son with a 4-pronged corn rake protruding from her back. How did this happen and ...

Mathias Bachmeier - 551

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

August 10th, 1996. Preston, Washington. Sergeant Mathias Bachmeier responded to a call at the home of James Wren, who was in a dispute with his landlo...

2023 Retrospective - 550

01 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's the end of the year and Justin and Aaron look back at some of the episodes from this year. Did an episode stand out to you? Maybe you hadn't hear...

Johnny Clarke & Lisa Straub - 538

25 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On January 31st, 2011 Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub were found dead inside Lisa’s home. Their hands were bound, and plastic bags were taped over the...

The Oliver Sisters - 536

11 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

July 30, 2022. Atlanta, Texas. The bodies of three young sisters were found in a neighbor’s private pond several hours after they were reported miss...