True Crime This Week

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By: James Renner

Dive deep into the shadows of the crime world with "True Crime This Week," your essential half-hour rendezvous into the intriguing, the unresolved, and the downright chilling facets of criminal endeavors. Spearheaded by acclaimed journalist and true crime author, James Renner, this weekly podcast peels back the layers of the latest crime stories you've likely overlooked. James doesn't just rehash the headlines; he gives them a fresh spin, with updates on cold cases that have been left in the dark, insights into true crime pop culture that’s shaping our obsession, and his top true crime book picks to keep yo...

True Crime This Week - Feb 14, 2025
#5
Today at 7:00 AM

This week: Bryan Kohberger's attorney plays games, a reporter's death uncovers a female serial predator, Salmon Rushdie testifies, Toronto police solve cold case, nobody cuts in line at the prime rib station, and more!




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True Crime This Week - Feb 7, 2025
#4
02/07/2025

This week: The Ellen Greenberg case heats up, Sweden suffers worst mass shooting in history, why is the U.K. paying incels?, Sister takes the fall for her identical twin, Hollywood producer faces 148 years in prison, Derek Chauvin returns, and more!


Further Reading:

https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2025/02/ellen-greenbergs-parents-settle-all-lawsuits-after-philadelphia-me-agrees-to-review-suicide-ruling.html?outputType=amp

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/europe/sweden-mass-shooting-orebro-explainer-intl/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/06/home-office-research-body-paid-incels-study-commission-for-countering-extremism

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/fillmore-county-deadly-buggy-crash-plea-sarah-peterson/

https://nypost.com/2025/02/06/us-news/collin-griffith-acquitted-in-moms-killing-2-years-after-he-was-accused-of-shooting-dad/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com...


True Crime This Week - January 31, 2025
#3
01/31/2025

This week: Have we reached peak true crime? Canadian border shootout uncovers secret cult, police on the hunt for another man Trump pardoned, man who murdered his wife in Tennessee has an interesting family history, FBI digs hole near home of girl who went missing in 1992, and more!


Further Reading:

https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/killing-of-border-patrol-agent-appears-linked-to-zizian-radical-leftist-trans-cult/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5114295-jan-6-trump-pardon-wanted-texas/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/30/timothy-malcolm-rowland-sexsomnia-not-guilty-rape-sydney-ntwnfb

https://apnews.com/article/pharmacist-murder-west-virginia-53300e1e1c0bf29e5da3d3dceff15dc3

https://newschannel9.com...


True Crime This Week - January 24, 2025
#2
01/24/2025

This week: Trump declassifies JFK documents, the first school shooting of 2025, Daniel Ball had a very bad week, new details in the murder of Brittanee Drexel, the Truck Stop Killer is charged with another murder, Honolulu police solve a 48 year old cold case, and more!


Further Reading:

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/23/trump-declassifies-kennedy-king-jfk-assassination-files.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/23/nashville-antioch-high-school-shooting-what-we-know

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/22/trump-jan-6-defendant-gun-charge-005863

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/proud-boys-enrique-tarrio-alex-jones-pardon-b2684348.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime...


True Crime This Week - January 17, 2025
#1
01/17/2025

This week: Neil Gaiman is scarier than his books, don't sext with Brad Pitt, the search for Ashley Elkins continues, the Black Dahlia case turns 78, and Drake sues his own record label.


Further Reading:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgnz8rw1xgo

https://www.vulture.com/article/neil-gaiman-allegations-controversy-amanda-palmer-sandman-madoc.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/us/politics/jack-smith-trump-election-report-takeaways.html

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/ashley-elkins-landfill-search-continues-police-still-optimistic-location

https://people.com/who-killed-the-black-dahlia-elizabeth-short-8769901

https://www.billboard.com/pro/diplo-accuser-drops-lawsuit-after-judge-says-use-real-name/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jack-the-ripper-victim-relative-new-inquest-dna-evidence/

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True Crime This Week Investigates: Amy Lynn Bradley, Interview with Alister Douglas
#37
10/11/2024

Amy Lynn Bradley disappeared from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Rhapsody of the Seas, in 1998. She remains missing to this day. Did she accidentally fall overboard, was she the victim of a homicide, or was she taken onto the island of Curaçao and held against her will? I am currently writing a new book about this case and in this episode I provide background on the mystery and ask true crime addicts for help to bring closure to this very cold case.


Today, I present the first interview in 20 years with Alister Douglas, also known a...


True Crime This Week - Update
#36
10/04/2024

The biggest true crime news of the week.

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True Crime This Week - September 27, 2024
#35
09/27/2024

This week: Missing boy reunited with family... after 73 years, Missouri executes Marcellus Williams, the mayor of New York City got free trips to Istanbul not Constantinople, the son of Trump's would-be assassin is a creep, the world's oldest death row inmate is freed, and more!


Further Reading:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-09-21/boy-abducted-in-oakland-more-than-70-years-ago-found-living-on-east-coast

https://apnews.com/article/missouri-execution-marcellus-williams-fd7279d8e885bac17658a66f6f72b5c7

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/26/us/whats-in-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indictment/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/25/nx-s1-5126554/ryan-routh-son-oran-child-porn

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True Crime This Week - September 20, 2024
#34
09/20/2024

This week: Diddy done did it, new developments in the Asha Degree disappearance, James Bond breaks bad, Mohamed al-Fayed is still dead, armchair sleuths find the I-75 shooter, Portage County is crazy, and more!


Further Reading:

https://apnews.com/article/p-diddy-arrest-indictment-unsealed-key-details-5654c1b8c43088f4de4e80a12fa6fbbe

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/north-carolina-missing-asha-degree-b2615081.html

https://nypost.com/2024/09/19/us-news/former-cia-officer-brian-jeffrey-raymond-sentenced-to-30-years-in-prison-for-drugging-sexually-abused-unconscious-women-across-multiple-countries/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/19/harrods-ex-owner-mohamed-al-fayed-accused/

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/us/joseph-couch-kentucky-shooting-suspect-body-found/index.html

https://www.cnn...


True Crime This Week - September 6, 2024
#33
09/06/2024

This week: Colorado forces mother to send kids back to abusive father, the latest news about the Georgia school shootings, Olympic runner murdered, Rust armorer hid a gun up her butt, Travis Kelce talks to lawyers, and more!


Further Reading:

https://denvergazette.com/colorado-watch/reunification-therapy-colorado-child-abuse/article_96e08e26-66f4-11ef-b15c-ab5c4905bfc1.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33n0elyp6ro

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/sports/rebecca-cheptegei-dead-uganda-olympic-athlete.html

https://people.com/convicted-rust-armorer-reaches-tentative-plea-deal-separate-case-gun-bar-8706443

https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/us-news/man-arrested-for-killing-texas-college-student-execution-style-prowled-sugar-daddy-websites/

https://www...