True Crime Obsessed

Let The Women: Connie Walker on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Connie Walker is a journalist on a mission to tell the stories of missing & murdered indigenous women in Canada. So, when a band of fellow Cree si...

237: Tinder Swindler

03 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Levie...

Let The Women: Lorri Davis on The West Memphis Three

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

One rainy New York night in 1996, Lorri Davis went to see a movie. It was a documentary about the murder of three cub scouts found in the woods and th...

236: Memories of A Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On a cold day in 1983, a plumber was called to an apartment building in the Cranley Gardens neighborhood of North London. The building drains were clo...

Introducing: Let The Women Do The Work with Gillian Pensavalle

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This show has a bone to pick true crime podcasts. Where are all the women’s perspectives? The detectives, the witnesses, the movers and shakers of a...

The Curse of the Chippendales

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

LET'S OBJECTIFY SOME MEN FOR A CHANGE! The Chippendale all-male review (read STRIP SHOW) was the hottest shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. And ...

235: Murdered and Missing in Montana

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Three young women vanish months apart from each other. Massive searches ensue for each. Days or weeks later, each one is found dead in the location th...

234: The Murder of Gabby Petito: Truth, Lies, and Social Media

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On July 2, 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito and her fiance, 23-year-old Briann Laundrie took off on the adventure of a lifetime. Driving cross country o...

233: The Murdaugh Murders

05 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the evening of June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh, a member of one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, came home to a brutal scene: The bodie...

232: The Abduction and Murder of Kristin Smart (From Dateline)

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On May 25, 1996, 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart went to an off-campus party. Around 2 am, she was last seen being helped back to her dorm b...

231: Keep Sweet (The Cult of the FLDS and Warren Jeffs)

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

DON’T WORRY, YOU ONLY HAVE TO HEAR WARREN JEFFS SING ONCE. Look, tick tock, it’s cult o’clock. We’re back with the FLDS (the culty fundementia...

230: Adrienne (The Murder of Adrienne Shelly)

15 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Adrienne Shelly was a writer and actress best known for writing and co-starring the film Waitress, which was later turned into a Broadway musical. But...

229: BEANIE MANIA!

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THERE'S NO MURDER! NOBODY DIES! AND A BUNCH OF RICH CHARDONNAY (PROBABLY, RIGHT?) CHUGGING CUL-DE-SAC MOMS LOSE A BUNCH OF MONEY. THIS CAN ONLY MEAN O...

228: Times Square Killer: Part 2

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A madman is on the loose. The press is calling him The Torso Killer because of the gruesome headless and handless bodies he leaves behind. And while i...

TCO IS GOING ON TOUR!

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!!! We're hitting the road with a brand new show covering the TCO classic "Class Action Park"!!! The Patreon pre-sale is on right now! Tickets go o...

227: The Times Square Killer (Part 1)

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! THIS IS A TWO-PARTER! Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW AND AD-FREE at the $5 level on Patreon as a special bonus. Part 2 will be our regular episod...

226: Butcher Baker

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Between 1971 and 1983, meek and mild Robert Hansen seemed to have it all; a loving wife and children, a successful bakery business, and world-record h...

225: Taken: The Real Life "Gone Girl"

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

6 years ago, Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins were woken in the middle of the night. It was a male voice who said, "wake up, this is a robbery." They we...

224: The Murder of Jessica Chambers: An ID Mystery

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On December 6, 2014, 19-year-old Jessica Chambers was set on fire and left for dead. Her injuries were horrific and she died a few hours later. Who wo...

223: Murder By The Coast

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On October 9, 1999, 18-year-old Rocio Wanninkohf was brutally murdered. Her mother's ex-girlfriend was immediately charged for the murder and convicte...

LuLaRich

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

THREE WORDS: DEAD. FART. LEGGINGS. Meet Mark and DeAnne, the founders of LuLaRoe - the legging company that went from explosive startup to four-alar...

222: While He Was Sleeping

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scott and Yarmila Falater had it all. A beautiful marriage, 2 kids who adored them: the perfect upper middle class existence. But then, on January 16,...

221: Unraveled: Stalker's Web

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

WILLIAM ELIZABETH AND ALEXIS ARE BAAAAAAAACK, and they are knock knock knocking on people's doors trying to figure some shit out. AND YOU ALL NEED TO ...

220: Misha And The Wolves

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

PATRICK AND GILLIAN AGREE! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST DOCS WE'VE COVERED IN A WHILE! In 1997, Misha Defonseca, a Holocaust survivor living in Massachuset...

Scott Peterson: One Last Chance (From 20/20)

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been 18 years since Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci. In that time, some members of his family have been working t...

219: Dateline: The Thing About Pam

23 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Two days after Christmas, 2011, Russ Faria came home to find his wife, Betsy, dead. Betsy’s brutal murder set off a chain of events that would leave...

Chris Watts: Family Man / Family Murderer

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Watts and his wife Shanann seemed to have it all: Thriving careers, wonderful friends, two beautiful kids with a third on the way. But then on A...

218: Dateline: The Charleston Affair

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Keith Morrison in all his glory, this week, Fam! A wealthy Charleston banker and his wife are locked in a bitter divorce. One week before their divorc...

217: The Dating Game Killer (From 20/20)

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the 1970s, a serial killer was running rampant, crisscrossing the country murdering young women and girls in California, Wyoming, and New York City...

216: Dateline: Vanished

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2011, nursing student Michelle Lee vanishes mid-shift at a California hospital. The next day, Michelle sends text to her friends and family saying ...

215: Fruitcake Fraud

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

AND BEFORE YOU CAN EVEN THINK IT, LET ME REMIND YOU THAT PATRICK IS THE QUEEN FRUITCAKE AROUND HERE...and as much as we want this to be about a band o...

214: Dateline: Deadly Connection

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When a young woman named Kenia vanishes after a night out with friends, a mysterious young man named Travis comes forward. He said he met the young wo...

213: Bad Henry

30 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On a February night in 1994, Lamar Woods came home. The door to his apartment was open and his 10 month old son was screaming. In the bedroom, Lamar f...

212: Dateline: A Lonely Place

25 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! THIS IS APPARENTLY DATELINE'S 'MOST CHILLING EPISODE'! ALSO, KEITH SWEARS, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. Chris Smith was living his dream southern Califo...

211: Untold: Crime and Penalties

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In a nutshell: THE REAL-LIFE GUY "THE SOPRANOS" IS BASED ON BUYS A HOCKEY TEAM FOR HIS IDIOT SON...HILARITY (AND A LOOOOOOOOT OF FIGHTING) ENSUES. Loo...

210: Dateline: Scorned

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The text messages came often and always went something like this: "My favorite thing to do is stand outside and stare at you," or "I hate you so much,...

209: Dateline: The Secrets of Spirit Lake

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

YOU. ARE. NOT. READY. TO. MEET. LISSA. YELLOWBIRD.  For decades, indigenous women have gone missing around Lissa. And when the authorities have been ...

208: Dateline: Deadly Desire

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

KEITH. MORRISON. HATES. EVERYONE. IN. THIS. EPISODE. It's March, 2011 just before 8:30pm. A frantic 911 call comes in. A violent showdown between two ...

207: Deal with the Devil (From Netflix's 'Untold' Series)

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

LESBIAN BOXERS KICKING ASS!!! LITERALLY WHAT COULD BE BETTER? You guys wanted to hear us talking about the sports, so HERE. WE. GO. Christy Martin was...

206: Dateline: Night of the Summer Solstice

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

June 22, 1990. 2:00 am. The phone rings at Gayle and Kay Baker's house in the San Fernando Valley. "We have your son. Unless you give us $100,000 by 5...

BTK: A Killer Among Us

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!! We're doing that thing we do, like, twice a year, and giving ourselves a Tuesday "off" (read: not off, ever off, always working, lol), so we're ...

205: Dateline: "Mommy Doomsday"

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lori Vallow was devoted wife and mother, but then people around her started dying. And THEN her children vanished. Lori insisted to the police that th...

204: Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal, and Greed

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

YOU GUYS, BOB ROSS WAS TOTALLY A SEX SYMBOL...WHAT?? Anyway, not the point. Who knew that the world's most beloved painter--the guy who could paint en...

203: Dateline: "Lori Vallow: What Happened to the Children"

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

HAPPY DATELINE THURSDAY! For the next 10 Thursdays, we're giving you a bonus episode covering A KEITH MORRISON DATELINE EPISODE! This week we're di...

202: Malice At The Palace

19 Oct 2021

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...

201: The Delphi Murders (HLN"s "Down The Hill)

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of 14 year old Abigail Williams and 13 year old Liberty German were found near the Manon High Bridge trail in Delphi,...

AD FREE: John Wayne Gacy: Devil In Disguise

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

One of the most brutal and prolific serial killers of all time: John Wayne Gacy is known to have murdered at least 32 people during his reign of terro...

200: OUR 200TH EPISODE! Our Most Hilarious Clips and Favorite Moments

05 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!! To celebrate this HUGE milestone, we're doing something we've never done before! Patrick and Gillian are surprising each other with their favori...

199: A Fatal Confession: Keith Morrison Investigates

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1993, 16-year-old Daniel Villegas was convicted of a double murder he couldn't have committed. He was railroaded into confessing and spent decades ...

198: Made You Look

21 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1994, a woman walked into one of New York City's most famous art galleries and told it's President that she had a cache of never-before-seen master...

197: The Zodiac Killer PART 2: Very Scary People

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of our coverage of The Zodiac Killer! If you're looking for part 1, go here! FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the ...

196: The Zodiac Killer: Very Scary People

07 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 ...

195: Escape To Alcatraz

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the middle of the night on Nov. 20, 1969, a group of mostly young Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz, landing on the shores of Alcatraz Island, i...

194: Monster Preacher

24 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1986, self-proclaimed Pastor Gary Heidnik, kidnapped six women and held them prisoner in his basement. The women were tortured for months and two o...

Interview: Damien Echols of the "West Memphis Three"

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We're so excited to share our interview with Damien Echols, author, artist, husband, producer, and wrongfully convicted human. We talk all about West ...

193: West of Memphis Part 2

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of our 2 part coverage of West of Memphis. THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID WE'D NEVER DO! The film focuses on the 18-plus year plig...

192: West of Memphis

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM: We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Pa...

191: When Phillip Met Missy

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

YOU. SERIOUSLY. ARE. NOT. READY! When a woman goes missing on a trip to Graceland, all eyes are on her husband, Phillip. Police put him under surveil...

190: Unraveled: The Long Island Serial Killer

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a decade since 11 bodies were found along the coastline of Long Island. The work of a probable serial killer, those homicides were never s...

Live Show Update!

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hey, Fam!! We wanted to pop into your feed with a quick message about the postponed live shows - in case you haven't heard, we have new dates! Here'...

Ad Free: The Disappearance of Maura Murray Part 2

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come s...

Ad Free: the Disappearance of Maura Murray Part 1

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come s...

189: Scott Peterson: One Last Chance (ABC's 20/20)

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's been 18 years since Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci. In that time, some members of his family have been working t...

188: The Housewife and the Hustler

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THIS. ONE. IS. WILD. YOU. GUYS. Let us say right up front, Patrick and Gillian have never watched an episode of The Housewives, SO THIS WAS A REAL ...

Murder Among the Mormons

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

YOU GUYS WE ARE OBSESSED! Three separate explosions attempt to take out prominent members of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City.  The crimes expose ...

Class Action Park

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

During its 1980s and 1990s heyday, New Jersey’s Action Park earned a reputation as the most insane — and possibly the most dangerous — amusement...

187: White Boy

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fam, if you thought New York in the 70s, was bad, WELCOME TO DETROIT IN THE 80s. It’s the height of “the war on drugs” and, according to local l...

186: Searching for Sheela

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

BUCKLE UP EVERYONE, GILLIAN IS REAL MAD THIS WEEK! So, Ok, remember Ma Anand Sheela from “Wild Wild Country?” She was Bagwan’s number 2, bus w...

185: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: Part 2

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of our 2-part coverage. For episode 1, please see last week's episode! Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDIN...

184: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM: This is a two-part series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular...

Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From the 1975 disappearance of 20 people in small-town Oregon to the 1997 mass suicide of 39 people all wearing the same pair of Nike Decades in San D...

183: Why Did You Kill Me?

01 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In February 2006, 24-year-old Crystal Theobold was killed in a drive by shooting in front of her house in Riverside, California. Her mother Belinda be...

182: WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

TICK TOCK IT'S CULOT O'CLOCK....AGAIN! And Gwyneth Paltrow is here? WHAT? If you live in a city, there was a time you saw a WeWork on just about eve...

181: Sasquatch: Part 2

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, wh...

180: Sasquatch: Part 1

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, wh...

179: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

04 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patty Hearst, heiress to the Hearst Newspaper fortune, was kidnapped from her Berklee apartment. The kidnappers were ...

178: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal

27 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Do you have an idiot kid you want to get into an Ivy League college? Are you super rich? Maybe you spent a couple seasons on "Full House?" Well have w...

177: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

DORIS PAYINE IS THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS JEWEL THIEF...AND SHE REALLY LOVES HER JOB, YOU GUYS! This is one of the wildest rides we've gone on in a ...

176: Serial Killer: "Sam Little: To Catch a Killer"

13 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Little is America’s most prolific serial killer, murdering over 90 across 17 states over the course of 30 years. How is it possible that a man w...

175: Serial Killer: Oxygen's "Kemper on Kemper"

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You guys, please don't let your Wikipedia page start the way this guy's does: "serial killer, serial rapist, cambial, and necrophile..." YIIIIIIIIIIII...

174: Who Killed the Coed?

30 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The murder was so brutal—so violent—that detectives on the scene remarked that they’d never seen anything like it. On the morning of Septembe...

True Crime Obsessed Feat. Chrissy Teigen

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

EVERYONE BE COOL, CHRISSY TEIGEN IS HERE! After months of Instagram-DM-Friendship, Chrissy flew to New York for a (Covid-safe) in-person hangout with ...

Drew Peterson: American Murder Mystery

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When Stacy Peterson, a 23-year-old mother of 4, vanishes without a trace, authorities look to her husband Drew, a man 30 YEARS HER SENIOR! Peterson, a...

173: The Beatrice Six: Keith Morrison Investigates

16 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

1 murder. 6 convictions. But did any of them do it?   Sometime after midnight on February 6, 1985, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and brutally mu...

172: Framing Britney Spears Part 2

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OOPS WE DID IT AGAIN! This is Part 2 of our 2-part series covering "Framing Britney Spears." How does a talented, productive, and financially succes...

171: Framing Britney Spears

02 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

OOPS! We accidentally made this a two-part series! WE HAD SO MUCH TO SAY! Part 2 is available right now and ad free at the $5 level on Patreon. It wi...

170: Southern Rites

23 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2010 in Montgomery, Georgia, journalist Gillian Laub uncovered a murder. An 62-year-old white man had shot an killed a 19-year-old black man, and h...

169: Murder on Middle Beach: Part 2

16 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On March 3rd, 2010, 48 year old Barbara Beach-Hamburg was found murdered in the side yard of her house in the wealthy town of Madison, Connecticut. Th...

168: Murder on Middle Beach

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! This is a two-part series! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free on our Patreon. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week. On March ...

"The Vow" Ep 1: The Science of Joy

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Say it with us: TICK TOCK, CULT O'CLOCK! In this bananas premiere, we meet Mark and Sarah, two former high ranking NXIVM members who tell us how they ...

167: Untouchable

02 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Harvey Weinstein was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. For decades, it was an open secret that he was also a sexual predator. Through intervi...

166: Alabama Snake

26 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

October 4, 1991, Scottsboro, Alabama. A woman calls for an ambulance in the middle of the night saying she’s been bitten by a poisonous rattle snake...

165: The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldonn Part 2: Where is She

19 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is part 2 of our coverage. If you're looking for part 1, you can find it here. Shawndrea and Jo continue their search for 23-year-old Phoenix Co...

164: The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldon

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FAM! This is a two part series! Episode 2 is available ad-free right now at the $5 tier on our Patreon. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week....

163: BTK: A Killer Among Us

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From 1974 – 1971, a serial killer tormented the people of Kansas. He called himself BTK, which stood for BIND, TORTURE, KILL. He wanted to incite fe...

162: Dead Man's Line

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On February 8, 1977, 43-year-old Tony Kiritsis walked into the office of mortgage broker Dick Hall and WIRED THE BARREL OF A SAWED OFF SHOT GUN TO HAL...

Unsolved Mysteries Ep 12: Stolen Kids

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In May and August of 1989, two toddlers were stolen from the same New York city playground. The playground was full of witnesses, but, seemingly, nobo...

Unsolved Mysteries Ep 11: The Lady in the Lake

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

FAM!!! THIS ONE WAS DIRECTED BY OUR FRIEND SKYE BORGMAN (Director of "Abducted in Plain Sight" and Patrick's colaberator on the podcat "Obsessed With:...

161: HBO's The Mystery of D.B. Cooper

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

THIS IS THE CASE PATRICK’S BEEN WAITING TO COVER ALL YEAR! On the afternoon of November 24, 1971 a man using the name Dan Cooper boarded a passenge...

Unsolved Mysteries Ep 10: Tsunami Spirits

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In March, 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale rocked Japan. 30 minutes later, the country experienced the largest tsunami in its hi...