Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

On the evening of January 9th, 2013, Eric Glover and Terrance Rankins were invited to a home on North Hickory Street in Joliet, Illinois. They thought they were just going for a casual hang, but Alisa Massaro, Bethany McKee, Joshua Miner, and Adam Landerman had different plans. Eric and Terrance were strangled to death and when police arrived at the home after getting a call about what happened at the house, they found that the group had continued partying after killing the men. The horrific murders became known as “The Nightmare on Hickory Street”, and Eric and Terrance lost their live...

The 1994 Halloween murder of 7-year-old Tony Bagley Jr. remains one of North Las Vegas's most notorious unsolved cold cases. On October 31, 1994, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Tony was trick-or-treating while dressed in a skeleton costume on. An unidentified masked gunman emerged from the darkness and fired more than 10 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun directly at the family before fleeing in a waiting getaway car with its headlights turned off. Tony was killed. Today, the case remains an open and active, but also cold... Anyone with information should contact the N. Las Vegas Police Department at (702) 828-3111 or Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-55...

It was August 1977 in Enfield, London, England and Peggy Hodgson started hearing weird things happening at her home at 284 Green Street: furniture moving, random knocking sounds, and then, her daughter Janet started talking in a deep, husky voice. The bizarre experiences continued for nearly 18 months and a slew of paranormal investigators concluded that a poltergeist had taken over the home. One even captured an image of Janet levitating. What was happening at the Enfield home? It remains a mystery, but it inspired movies like The Conjuring 2, and the Hodgson sisters who experienced most of the hauntings still are traumatized...

On Halloween night, October 31, 1992, Penny Timmons vanished shortly after dropping her 18-month-old daughter off at a babysitter’s house. For over a year, the case remained unsolved, with no significant breakthroughs. In December 1993, Daniel E. Parker, who was already serving a separate prison sentence for weapons charges, was implicated in her disappearance. In 1993, Parker pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and kidnapping. He accepted a 60-year prison sentence in exchange for his plea, expressing a desire to spare both families further anguish. Despite this, Penny’s family (and we at Inhuman) continue to feel a profound sense of injustice for her…...

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The suspicious death of 43-year-old Crystal McCrory Jones in Oak Grove, Louisiana, remains a highly contested case that has sparked national outrage and a relentless family-led campaign for justice. On February 9, 2023, Crystal was found no longer alive in her bed from a single gunshot wound to the head fired through a pillow—a scene the West Carroll Parish Sheriff’s Department officially ruled a suicide in under two hours following a mere seven-minute interview with her husband, Tony Jones, a former reserve deputy for that very department. Refusing to accept the rapid ruling, Crystal's biological family hired private investigators who unc...

In 1965, a horrifically gruesome discovery was made at the home of the Rogers family in Houston, Texas. The dismembered remains of the elderly Fred and Edwina Rogers were found in the refrigerator. Nothing seemed to be missing from the home, except for the couple’s 43 year old son, Charles. Charles vanished into thin air and while he was never seen again, he remains the sole suspect in the technically unsolved “Ice Box Murders”.

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Jacques St. Germain is a legendary vampire originating in the folklore of 20th-century New Orleans. According to local urban legend, he was a wealthy, charismatic socialite who arrived in the French Quarter around 1902. He claimed to be a direct descendant of the Comte de Saint-Germain—the famous 18th-century European alchemist, courtier, and alleged immortal. St. Germain became a prominent figure in high society by throwing extravagant dinner parties at his home. Guests frequently noted that while he provided endless fine food and wine, he himself never ate a single bite, choosing only to sip deep red wine. While there may n...

Tammy Zywicki was on her way back to Grinnell College when she was last seen on the side of the road on I-80 in LaSalle County, Illinois. 8 days later, her body was found over 400 miles south in Missouri. But to this day, her case remains unsolved. Several suspects have been investigated over the years, but no charges have ever been filed. And as recently as August 2026, a new person of interest was named, and police are asking for the public’s help. 

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The death of Cindy James on June 8, 1989, remains one of Canada’s most chilling and puzzling unsolved mysteries. Cynthia Elizabeth James, a 44-year-old nurse from Richmond, British Columbia, was discovered in the yard of an abandoned house, hogtied with her hands and feet bound behind her back, a nylon stocking around her throat, and with a fatal combination of morphine, diazepam, and flurazepam in her system. For years, Cindy had been stalked by an unknown perpetrator, however the police disagreed. Was Cindy murdered or did she die by suicide?

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To the outside, James and Ashley Schwalm seemed to have a perfect life: they had the fairytale love story, successful careers, two beautiful kids, and a stunning home in the Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada. But their marriage was starting to fall apart, and affairs exacerbated the downfall. Before they could amicably part ways, though, James decided he was going to take matters into his own hands.

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In the early 1980s, Tracey Thurman left her abusive husband, Charles "Buck" Thurman. Despite obtaining a restraining order and repeatedly pleading with the Torrington, Connecticut Police Department for protection over an eight-month period, her complaints were ignored by officers. On June 10, 1983, Buck attacked Tracey outside a residence. He stabbed her 13 times in the face, neck, and body, and repeatedly kicked her in the head, causing a broken neck and permanent partial paralysis. Police officers arrived during the assault but delayed intervening or arresting him immediately. In 1984, Tracey filed a federal civil rights lawsuit, Thurman v. City of Torrington. She...

17 year old Tracy Kroh vanished after visiting her sister in Millersburg, Pennsylvania on August 5, 1989. Her car was found the next day, abandoned, locked in a parking lot of the town square. Despite numerous searches for Tracy, she remains missing to this day. One suspect has been identified, but he died in prison before making any confession. There is still hope that one day the case can be solved.

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The Well Deserved was the name Jackie and Tom Hawks decided on for their trawler turned yacht that they purchased after years of hardship and hard work. The couple was ecstatic to be living on the sea and happily did so for two years. But when they became grandparents in 2004, they decided to retire their sea legs and make an onshore home base to be closer to family. Unfortunately, the sale of their boat led to an unthinkable tragedy.

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Seath Jackson was a 15-year-old boy from Ocala, Florida, whose 2011 murder stemmed from a bitter breakup and escalating conflict involving his ex-girlfriend, Amber Wright, and her new boyfriend, Michael Bargo. According to prosecutors, Amber lured Seath to a home in Summerfield under the impression that they might reconcile, where Bargo and several others were waiting to ambush him. Seath was brutally attacked, shot, and killed, and the group then attempted to destroy all evidence of this crime occurring. Investigators quickly connected the group to Seath’s disappearance, leading to arrests and convictions that revealed a disturbing plot involving jealousy, re...

The first time offender criminal profiling successfully led to the capture of a perpetrator dates back to the 1970s and a small town in Montana. Susie Jaeger and Sandy Dykman's cases were cold, until a profile of their killer helped lead police to a local man, David Meirhofer. Then, he ended up confessing, and authorities realized they had captured a serial killer.

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Marcus Oubre is an endangered missing person from Louisiana who disappeared under mysterious circumstances on August 23, 2023. He was last seen at approximately 9:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. leaving a Walmart store on Siegen Lane near the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He reportedly mentioned he would be gone for a few days, but he has never been seen or heard from since. He was officially reported missing a few days later, on August 27, 2023. If you have any information regarding Marcus's whereabouts or the timeline leading up to his vehicle accident, law enforcement urges you to contact the...

Ajike Owens went to her neighbor’s house in Ocala, Florida on June 2, 2023 to confront her about harassing her children. While knocking on a closed, locked metal front door, AJ was shot in the chest by Susan Lorincz. Lorincz tried to claim self defense with Florida’s “stand your ground” laws, but there is no question she killed Ajike out of malice after years of harassing the families in the neighborhood.

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Jason Marous was a 36-year-old construction estimator from Ohio who was shot and killed on January 6, 2023, while sitting in his parked vehicle outside his apartment complex in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Surveillance footage captured a heavily disguised individual walking in the immediate area at the exact time of the shooting. The person was wearing a beanie, long sleeves, pants, a full face mask, and distinctive reflective running shoes. Despite extensive efforts by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Jason's murder remains an unsolved cold case. Anyone with informaition is urged to call Broward County Crime Stoppers Phone Line: Call 954-493-TIPS (8477). Th...

Nearly 60 years ago, a discovery was made in the “Ice Valley” in Bergen, Norway. The charred remains of a woman went unidentified, until the investigation turned up eight different false identities for her. But who this woman truly was and what happened to her remains a mystery to this day, and she is now known as The Isdal Woman. 

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The murder of 16-year-old Adrianne Reynolds is one of the most heartbreaking and notorious juvenile crime cases in Illinois history. Having just moved to East Moline for a fresh start, Adrianne was a vibrant teen who loved music, dreamed of joining the Marines, and desperately wanted to fit in at her new alternative school. Tragically, her naive trust drew her into a toxic social circle anchored by Sarah Kolb and Cory Gregory. Driven by intense, territorial teenage jealousy over mutual love interests, Kolb and Gregory lured Adrianne into a car and brutally beat and strangle her to death in th...

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Maggie Hume was 20‑year‑oldwoman from Battle Creek, Michigan who was found murdered on August 18, 1982, after failing to show up for work. The investigation quickly split between the Battle Creek Police, who suspected her boyfriend Jay Carter, and the Calhoun County Prosecutor’s Office, who believed her downstairs neighbor Michael Ronning was responsible. Because the two agencies could not agree on a suspect, the case stalled and was never brought to trial. Today, Maggie is remembered as a kind, dependable young woman whose murder remains one of Michigan’s most haunting cold cases.

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On one horrific night in July 1966, Richard Speck methodically murdered 8 nursing students in Chicago, Illinois. After breaking into a townhouse on E. 100th St., Speck, who had a long criminal history, took the lives of eight young women who were just a month away from graduating. He has now become known as one of America’s first “mass murderers”, but the victims are what are more important. Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Jo Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentine Pasion lost their lives to a heinous monster. 

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Jarkeius Adside was a one‑year‑old Miami toddler who vanished on October 18, 2001 during what his babysitter, Gwendolyn Brown, claimed was a violent home‑invasion robbery. Brown said armed men tied her and her boyfriend up and took the baby, but investigators quickly doubted the story after finding Jarkeius’s blood‑soaked mattress and sheets inside the home, along with drugs and a two‑hour delay before 911 was called. No suspects were ever identified, no arrests were made, and Jarkeius has never been found — leaving his disappearance an unsolved and deeply troubling case. Anyone with any information about this case is urged...

Suzy Lamplugh left her real estate office to meet “Mr. Kipper” at a home in London in July 1986. She never returned and to this day, she remains missing. Police believe she was abducted and murdered and a prime suspect has been named. But 40 years later, her family does not have answers.

Her parents started The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, which has become England’s leading resource for women and girls who are suffering from harassment. Check out more info about the trust and their resources here.

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Michael Negrete, an 18‑year‑old UCLA student, vanished on December 10, 1999 after returning to his dorm room around 4:30 a.m. after chatting with a friend. Later, his roommate found all his belongings — wallet, ID, keys — still in the room with no signs of struggle. Extensive searches by campus police, local law enforcement, volunteers, and scent dogs uncovered no trace of him, and witness reports near campus and on bus routes were never confirmed. Over the years, investigators pursued numerous leads, interviewed friends and classmates, and considered possibilities ranging from voluntary disappearance to foul play or accidental death. To this day no body...

In August 1994, Sherry Lewis was showing a vacant home in Decatur, Illinois before attending the town’s summer celebration festival. When she didn’t show up, her family was concerned. Then, Sherry was found dead in the home she was supposed to be showing. To this day, her case remains unsolved. Three years later, two states away in Pennsylvania, Charlotte Fimiano had an appointment to show a home in Bethlehem. She never returned home, and the next day, she was found murdered. Her case also remains unsolved with no suspects and no motive. While the cases are unrelated, it is a...

Taylor Parker murdered 21‑year‑old Reagan Simmons‑Hancock on October 9, 2020, in Reagan’s New Boston, Texas home while Reagan was 36 weeks pregnant. Parker had spent nearly a YEAR faking her own pregnancy, and when her supposed due date passed, she became desperate to maintain the lie. Parker attacked Reagan, then performed a crude, unauthorized C‑section to remove Reagan’s unborn daughter, Braxlynn Sage. Parker fled with the baby and falsely claimed she had given birth on the side of the road. Doctors quickly determined she had not given birth, and investigators connected her to the murder scene, where Reagan’s bod...

When Suzanne Pilley didn’t show up for work at her office in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 4, 2010, everyone who knew her was immediately concerned. When nearly 2 month passed and there was still no sign of her, the investigation turned from disappearance to murder. Then, her ex was charged with her murder, despite her body never being found. To this day, Suzanne’s remains have never been recovered.

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For this months listeners stories we asked for your best roommate horror/nightmare stories and boy did y’all deliver! Plus we share our own stories too!

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In the early morning hours of July 31st, 2022, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla drove her car over 100mph into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio. Mackenzie survived the crash, but the other two passengers, her boyfriend 20-year-old Dominic Russo, and the couple's friend, 19-year-old Davion Flanagan, did not. Mackenzie maintained that she did not purposefully crash the car, but in 2023, she was convicted of murder. Now, their families are trying to make an impact in their honor.

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The Brown’s Chicken massacre is remembered not just as a crime, but as a heartbreaking moment when seven ordinary people living ordinary lives never came home. On January8, 1993, two men walked into a small fast‑food restaurant in Palatine, Illinois, and shattered an entire community. By morning, families who had been waiting by the window, calling phones that would never ring, learned that their parents, children, and friends had been taken from them in an act of senseless violence. What lingers today is not the brutality, but the love those families carried forward—the way they kept telling stories...

In the 1970s and 80s, a string of horrific attacks on women and children were happening in Blenheim, New Zealand and surrounding areas. In 1996, a man was identified in several attacks that had taken place in the same area. Finally, in 2018, that man was connected to the historic attacks as well, and the Beast of Blenheim was finally identified as Stewart Murray Wilson.

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Kayla Rose Huff, a 16‑year‑old from Moberly, Missouri, was reported missing on May 6, 2026, after she failed to return home and stopped responding to her family. She was last seen walking with her 17‑year‑old boyfriend, who later became a juvenile suspect. A massive, week‑long search focused on the Rudolf Bennitt Conservation Area, a large, remote wilderness spanning three counties. Police later arrested five adults and one juvenile, filing multiple charges. The community held vigils, prayer gatherings, and memorial events. Her father, Mike Huff, publicly thanked supporters and announced a scholarship fund in Kayla’s name.

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James Bulger was just two years old when he was abducted from a mall in Merseyside, England in February 1993. Two ten year old boys kidnapped, tortured, and murdered James and then became the youngest convicted murderers in modern British history. Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were true monsters, but only spent 8 years in prison. They were then given new identities.

James Bulger’s family wants him to be remembered for the beautiful young boy he was, not a murdered toddler. His mother started the James Bulger Memorial Trust (see more here) and James’ Legacy Line to help fami...

Septic Tank Sam was the nickname given to an unidentified murder victim found on April 13, 1977, in a disused septic tank on an abandoned farm near Tofield, Alberta. Because investigators could not identify him for decades, he became known as “Septic Tank Sam".

In 2021, advances in forensic genealogy finally led to a major breakthrough in this case, but that doesn't mean the case is closed, there's still work to be done!

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Betsy Aardsma was doing research for her English paper at Penn State on November 28, 1969 when she was attacked in the Stacks at the Pattee Library on campus. Despite multiple people being nearby when she was stabbed and seeing the man who presumably stabbed her flee, her case went cold and remains that way today, nearly 57 years later. The Pennsylvania State Police are still actively seeking information on the case. Anyone with information about Betsy Aardsma’s murder is asked call the Pennsylvania State Police at (717) 783-5599.

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Eric Grady Smith was a 42‑year‑old mine foreman from Cedar Bluff, Virginia, who vanished on November 8, 2013 after leaving home early to hunt on his 40‑acre property. An experienced outdoorsman and respected supervisor at the Buchanan No. 1 coal mine, he was last seen wearing camouflage clothing and carrying a .50‑caliber muzzleloader. Despite extensive searches, no trace of him or his weapon was ever found, and his disappearance remains unsolved.

Anyone with information about Eric Smith or his whereabouts is asked to call the Cedar Bluff Police Department at 276-963-3975 or the Virginia State Police at (276) 228-3131 or toll-fre...