True Crime Obsessed

TCO Throwback! Hot Coffee

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Hey Fam! Our bonus episodes are coming back in April... BUT WE COULDN'T WAIT! We wanted to share this throwback episode because IT'S WILD, but also b...

489: Andrea Yates: The Cult Behind the Killer Part 2

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In part 2, we start to understand the severity of Andrea's postpartum depression - an illness that went untreated so long that it developed into a ps...

488: Andrea Yates: The Cult Behind the Killer Part 1

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On June 20, 2001, 36-year-old Andrea Yates did the unthinkable when she drowned her five children in the bathtub of her family home. For decades, tha...

487: Manhunt: Joanne Dennehy

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In March 2013, thirty-year-old Joanne Dennehy went on a violent ten-day rampage in the UK - murdering three men and severely wounding two others in v...

486: Hunting Phil Spector (from "Homicide: Los Angeles")

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On February 3, 2003, cops were called to the home - OH EXCUSE ME, I MEANT TO SAY SUUUUUUPER TACKY CASTLE. YES CASTLE - of music producer and "legend"...

486: Death in Apartment 603: What Happened to Ellen Greenberg? Ep 1 (from the Patreon feed)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Death in Apartment 603 with you! ALL 4 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON P...

485: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In the early morning hours of June 5, 2002, a man appeared in 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart's bedroom at her home in Salt Lake City, Utah. He put a kni...

484: Satan Wants You

10 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As we always used to say IT'S NEVER THE SATANIC CULT IN THE WOODS--THEY DON'T EXIST! But try telling to Michelle Smith and Dr. Lawrence Pizder, whose...

483: Murder in Monaco

03 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On December 3, 1999, billionaire Edmond Safra and his nurse Vivian Torrente died in a house fire in his 10,000-square-foot Monaco loft. The circumsta...

482: The Secrets We Bury

27 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

 FAM...I KNOW WE SAY THIS A LOT, BUT THIS ONE IS WILLLLLLLD. In the early 1960, we don't know exactly when, George Carol went out for a pack of ciga...

481: The Trouble in Bardstown

20 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For 35-year-old Crystal Rogers, nothing was more important than her family - her parents, her four kids, and her long-term boyfriend, Brooks. So on J...

480: Homicide Hunter: The Man with No Face

13 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

All right Fam, get ready for our first-ever episode covering the icon himself: Joe Kenda. We're in Colorado Springs, on June 5, 1988. The brutalized ...

479: The Carman Family Deaths

06 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 2016 Nathan Carman was rescued from a fishing trip gone wrong in which his mother vanished at sea.  But would it turn out that he planned not only...

478: Hunted by My Husband: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper

30 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 2002, John Muhammad and Lee Malvo killed ten people in the DC area in a series of terrifying sniper attacks that shook the entire nation. In this b...

Mr. and Mrs. Murder Episode 1 (from the Patreon)

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Mr. and Mrs. Murder with you! ALL 4 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATR...

True Crime Conversations: Gillian Pensavalle, Alvin Williams, and Lanie Hobbs

21 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey Fam! We're back as promised with the second true crime conversations episode.  This time it's Gillian's turn, Chatting with Lanie Hobbs from True...

477: Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Find and watch "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery" on Hulu WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new vide...

476: Love Con Revenge: Selfie Scammer

16 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM - one of our favorites returns!  Cecilie from "Tinder Swindler" is back (surely fresh from Pernilla's yacht), and now she's on a mission to help ...

True Crime Conversations: Patrick Hinds, Josh Hallmark, and Eric Carter-Landin

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey Fam! We’re so excited to share this conversation between Patrick, Josh Hallmark, host of the podcasts True Crime Bullshit and Unsafe Spaces, and...

475: In Ice Cold Blood: Miss Fortune

11 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In April 2005, Ha Smith, a prominent Vietnamese-American fortune teller, and her adult daughter, Anita Vo, were found brutally murdered in Smith's hom...

474: Vanished in Paradise: The Untold Story

09 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the chaos surrounding the back-to-back hurricanes Irma and Maria that hit the Caribbean in 2017, schoolteacher Hannah Upp disappears from the US Vi...

473: The Untraceable Scent: New York Homicide (S1E11)

04 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Daycare owner Anndrea Caruth was a pillar of her community in the Bronx, dedicated to improving the lives of the children in her community.  When she...

472: Trainwreck: PI Moms

02 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

IT WAS GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD REALITY SHOW, FAM, WE SWEAR TO GODDESS! Ugh, in 2010, Lifetime TV ordered 8 episodes of a show called PI Moms. And it wa...

471: Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

RIP the internet, Fam. Date of death:  Sometime in January 2020 when William White joined up! It started out innocent enough: some cute guy making li...

470: What Happened to Karen Silkwood? The Lost Tapes

18 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On November 28, 1974, 28-year-old Karen Silkwood was killed in a car wreck on Highway 74 near Crescent, Oklahoma. Her death was officially ruled an ac...

469: Sin City Murders: Vanishing of a Showgirl (S1E1)

13 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was the night of rehearsal for one of the biggest shows in Las Vegas, and dancer Debbie Flores-Narvaez was on the verge of a major performance at t...

468: The Perfect Neighbor

11 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's a totally new kind of documentary film, fam, AND WE ARE HERE FOR IT! In 2021, Susan Lorincz moved in to an established family neighborhood in Oca...

467: Naming the Dead: The Hitchhiker (S1E1)

06 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Give it up for forensic genealogists, Fam!!!  We're getting into the science today, but also getting into all the feels as the DNA Doe Project brings...

466: Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem

04 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Pull over, Fam, because we're covering a brash politician whose divisive style led him to victory.  But wait - in Canada?  That's right: Rob Ford wo...

465: Killer Relationship: Forbidden Love, Brutal Death (S1E5)

30 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After being manipulated into a secret bigamous marriage with her youth pastor, Joy Risker is on the verge of leaving when the worst happens.  Her gro...

464: Blood and Myth

28 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! We loved this documentary!  In the Indigenous communities of northern Alaska, filmmaker and host James Dommer Jr. investigates the case of Teddy...

Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam Ep 1 (from the Patreon)

23 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam. ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD...

463: Untold: The Fall of Favre

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GIRD YOUR LOINS FAM, WE'RE DOING A SPORTS! Kind of.... Ugh, Brett Favre. What is there to say? He's great at the football, but he sucks as a person. ...

462: Dateline: The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore (S33E87)

16 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

ORDER YOUR DUNKIN' AND HIRE A TRANSLATOR, WE'RE GOING BACK TO CANTON, MASS! For today's episode, we're talking about the tragic murder of 23-year-ol...

461: Trainwreck: Balloon Boy

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A six-year-old boy is trapped in a weather balloon when it accidentally takes of for over an hour of flight time.  Or... was he?  Fam, we have a loo...

460: Murder Has Two Faces: Good Guys Gone Bad

09 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The two cases shared a checklist of similarities - a conventionally handsome perpetrator preying on sex workers behind closed hotel doors. But the dif...

459: Romcon: Who the F**k is Jason Porter?

07 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

READY TO LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK? Toronto real estate broker Heather Rovet finds the perfect romance with "Jace" He's, cute, successful, and has a g...

458: Sin City Clickbait (Deadly Influence S1E1)

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're in Las Vegas this week, Fam, with a male escort turned reality TV star turned social media influencer and "sex and fitness guru."  But behind h...

457: Unknown Number: The High School Catfish

30 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!!! We had A LOT to say about this documentary, along with some differing opinions between the two of us, so strap in for a super-sized roller coas...

456: Ruby Red Handed

23 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the world's most iconic piece of film memorabilia--Judy Garland's iconic ruby slippers--were stolen from a small museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesot...

455: Where is Jermain Charlo? (from "48 Hours S37E8")

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In June 2018, young mother Jermain Charlo disappeared in Missoula, Montana. Still searching for the missing woman, investigators post the last known v...

454: Manhunt: The Murder of Emily Longley

16 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Longley was only dating her boyfriend for four months when she was found dead in his bedroom. Though the cause of death was initially undetermin...

453: New York Homicide: Broken Pride (S1E5)

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Brooklyn lesbian couple faces a nightmare after an intruder enters their home and attacks them on the Fourth of July weekend in 1995.  Sylvia Lugo ...

452: Look Into My Eyes Part 2

09 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As investigators look deeper into the deaths of the three students at North Port High School, the case also starts to attract more attention in the pr...

451: Murder Has Two Faces: Capitol Killings

04 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! This series is excellent, and huge hats off to Robin Roberts bringing attention to cases that have loooooooong deserved it. In episode two, we le...

450: Look Into My Eyes Part 1

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At North Port High School in Florida in 2011, three students tragically die within several months of each other.  It's soon discovered that the princ...

449: Trainwreck: Poop Cruise

26 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GRAB YOUR RED HAZMAT BAGS AND GIRD YOUR LOINS, CUZ IT'S TIME TO SET SAIL ON THE POOP CRUISE! Today is the day, Fam and we are screaming with excrement...

448: The Murder of Hadas Winnick (from "I'm Related to a Killer")

21 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On September 25, 2007, 22-year-old Amy Winnick left her job near Calabasas, California, and headed home. Her cell phone rang. It was was her 25-year-o...

The Perfect Bid

19 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! Travel back with us to one of our funniest episodes! Get ready to meet Ted Slauson, a math teacher who becomes OBSESSED with the gameshow The Pri...

The Lady of the Dunes (from the Patreon)

14 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of "The Lady of the Dunes" ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! ...

447: Susan Smith: Someone Stole My Babies (from "How It Really Happened")

12 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's one of the most tragic and infamous cases of the 1990s: a mother who not only committed the most horrible act against her small children, but the...

446: Murder Under the Friday Night Lights: Game of Privileges (S1E4)

07 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 2008, Luis Ramirez was brutally beaten during a block party in the Pennsylvania town of Shenandoah. After his death in the following ...

445: Sons of Ecstasy

05 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After testifying against John Gotti and the Gambino crime family of New York, former underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and his family headed to Arizo...

444: Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy

29 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Coming out of lockdown in 2021, people everywhere were champing at the bit to get together at live events again.  And few were more highly anticipate...

443: In Ice Cold Blood: Jealousy's a Killer

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In January, 2009, the body of 27 year old Katie Roberts was found stuffed in a trash bin in the back yard of a house she seemingly had no connection t...

442: Worst Ex Ever: Married to a Monster

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's the final episode of "Worst Ex Ever," and this POS is a doozy.  Amanda ends her marriage to Kevin after years of control and abuse. But after th...

441: Manhunt: The Liar, The Thief, The Conman

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christine Handy thought she would be married forever, but found herself divorced after eleven years.  After starting a new career in London, she fall...

440: Undercover Underage: Every Aspect Matters (S1E1)

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Roo Powell is a woman on a mission to expose the dangers of and prevent online child sex abuse. With the help of her nonprofit team, SOSA, she transfo...

439: Hollywood Demons: Stephen Collins, America's Dad

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1996, actor Stephen Collins was on the top of the world. Known as "America's Dad" (barffff) for his role on the TV show 7th Heaven, Collins, who'd ...

A Body in the Snow: The Trial of Karen Read (from the Patreon)

01 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of MAX's A Body in the Snow: The trial of Karen Read. ALL 5 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW...

438: Web of Death: Body of Evidence

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Web sleuth Ellen Leach works tirelessly to identify a skull found inside a bucket of cement at a truck stop in Kearney, Missouri. Unbeknownst to her, ...

437: The Curious Case of the Doomsday Cat Cult

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM - TICK TOCK, IT'S CULT O'CLOCK!!!  It's bad enough when a religious leader manipulates their followers into their bed and almost into killing th...

436: Worst Roommate Ever: Burning Down the House

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When air force sergeant Rich Fritz died in 2001, many thought his death was suspicious. He was young, fit, and had never had health concerns. His you...

435: Murder Has Two Faces: Motherhood Interrupted

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Two pregnant women, Laci Peterson and Evelyn Hernandez, are found dead in the SF Bay. The similarities in the murders are staggering, but the coverage...

434: A Deadly American Marriage

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!! BY OVERWHELMING DEMAND, WE REARRANGED THE ENTIRE SCHEDULE TO GET THIS ONE IN! On the evening of August 2, 2015 the father-in-law of 39 year ol...

433: Con Mum

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Graham Hornigold, a London-based pastry chef, grew up fantasizing about one day meeting his birth mother. And then in 2020, a woman reached out to say...

432: The Journals of Maria Muñoz: 48 Hours (S37 E24)

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Maria Munoz, a young wife and mother, dies unexpectedly--and with a strange mix of drugs in her system, the police are baffled. But when authorit...

431: Southern Fried Lies

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Matthew Jacobs, a young oil worker, became the richest man in Camden, Arkansas after winning a nearly $2 million lawsuit, he suddenly had a LOT o...

430: Biggest Heist Ever

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Their crime earned them the nickname "Bitcoin Bonnie & Clyde"...but are they? And they heist is credited as being the most lucrative crime ever......

429: Staten Island Secrets: New York Homicide (S1 E4)

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On August 10, 2005, 18 year old Aliza Parsy was found murdered in her Staten Island home. She was naked, the house had been ransacked, and the killer ...

428: The Devil on Trial

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Debbie Glatzel moves into her new home in the early 1980s, a demonic spirit haunting the home ALLEGEDLY takes over her younger brother David.  R...

Scamanda

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GIRD. YOUR. LOINS. AND. PULL. THE. HELL. OVER. When Amanda Riley, a young wife and mother, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she decides to share he...

427: Disappeared in the Darkness

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In December 2013, police in the Myrtle Beach area discover an abandoned car at a pitch-dark boat landing. They quickly surmise its owner - twenty-year...

426: Web of Death: Facebook Live

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Keisha Hawkins is tragically shot dead at a birthday party, Her father, Kalvon, is determined to get justice for his little girl. When the author...

425: Worst Ex Ever: Killing for Custody

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Eric met Rosa, he thought he'd met the woman of his dreams--smart, funny, and interesting. But everything changed after they had their daughter. ...

424: Love You to Death: Playbook for Murder

22 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When Jessica and Patrick met, it was love at first sight. The two were crazy about each other. But when Patrick is murdered in broad daylight just ins...

423: Dateline's "The Capture"

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On August 23, 2008, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Semolina insurgents in southern Somalia. Amand...

422: State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In October of 2020, Brittany Smith was brutally attacked in her home. In order to save herself, she shot and killed her attacker. By all accounts this...

421: Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On October 21, 2021, on the set of the movie RUST, a prop gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired a live bullet, wounding the film’s director and killi...

420: The Jewel Thief

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fam! You know we're always a fan of a good heist documentary!  While Gerald Blanchard was heralded as one of the most skilled and audacious thieves i...

American Murder: Gabby Petito (from Patreon)

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 2021, 20-year-old Gabby Petito and her boyfriend, Brian Laundire embarked on a "van life" adventure traveling across the country. On ...

419: Perfect World: A Deadly Game

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A group of online gamers are trying to stop a murderer in real time! When one of their own suddenly starts sharing pictures of dead bodies in the grou...

Malice at the Palace

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY TO HEAR PATRICK AND GILLIAN TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS! At a 2004 Sportsgitball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pace...

Introducing "Underestimated"! You Gotta Check Out This Podcast!

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!! We are THRILLED to tell you about the podcast "Underestimated". This podcast is FULLY PRODUCED by a group of high school journalism students und...

418: Worst Roommate Ever: Housemate from Hell

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When retiree Anita Cowen invites lawyer Scott Pettigrew to rent a room in her Palm Springs home, their living arrangement turns into a nightmare. LO...

417: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story Part 2

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're back for more NOSTALGIA NASTINESS!!! As the marriage dissolves between Lisa and James, employees are caught like children in a divorce having to...

416: Glitter and Greed: The Lisa Frank Story Part 1

25 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Fam, we're diving deep into some rainbow and unicorns nostalgia today!  Those nineties neon stickers may have brought joy to the hearts of little Gil...

415: The Murder of Lita McClinton: From 20/20

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Around 8am, Lita McClinton's doorbell rang. She peered through the peephole and saw a delivery man with a huge bouquet of flowers. She opened the door...

Pepsi, Where's My Jet? (from Patreon)

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The year was 1996, and the cola wars were raging. Ahhh, a simpler time. To stand out, Pepsi introduced "Pepsi Points" and said that if you earned 7 mi...

414: Beyond The Headlines: The Elizabeth Thomas Story With Elizabeth Smart

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Five years after she was groomed and abducted by the most popular teacher in school, Elizabeth Thomas shares new revelations about her ordeal, with fa...

413: BS High

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

GIRD YOUR LOINS BECAUSE THIS WEEK WE'RE DOING A SPORTS! OK, so to the best of our limited understanding, In August 2021, ESPN broadcast a high school...

412: The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What would you do if your daughter narrowly missed out on getting a coveted spot on the high school cheerleading squad? The obvious answer is to hire ...

411: The Witmans

21 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In 1998, teenager Zachary Witman, found his brother Greg stabbed to death in their Pennsylvania home. Without motive or direct evidence, Zachary was f...

410: Keith Morrison Presents: Who is Donnie Rudd?

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

KEITH MORRISON IS BACK, BABY! Who is Donnie Rudd? The cops say he's a killer and a con man. Donnie says he's a war hero, a brilliant scientist, and ...

409: Worst Ex Ever: Betrayed By The Badge

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After Seemona learns that her boyfriend, Jerry, WHO SHE DIDN'T EVEN WANT AS A BOYFRIEND IN THE FIRST PLACE, lied about his identity, she dumps his a**...

408: The Girl Who Looked Like Me (From 20/20)

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Tamika Huston vanished, a trail of evidence led South Carolina investigators on a yearlong search to find her. Their discoveries would reveal a s...

Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer (from Patreon)

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK! This three part series tells the incredible untold story, of Dr. Anne Burgess who helped pioneer the FBI's criminal profil...

407: Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The year was 2008. The indie pop band Tegan and Sara, made up of two queer twin sisters, were on the verge of music superstardom. The internet, a rela...

406: The Girl on the Milk Carton

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Five days before Christmas 1984, 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews went missing from her own living room in the small town of Greeley, Colo. In an attempt ...

405: Web of Death: California Dreaming

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Samson Cree National Violet Soosay has spent her life on a quest to find her missing Aunt Shirley. Meanwhile, researchers from the DNA Doe Project are...