Crimehub: A True Crime Podcast

In August 2022, a New Zealand couple purchased the contents of an abandoned storage unit at an online auction, unaware that they were about to make a horrifying discovery. What began as an ordinary transaction would soon unravel a mystery involving two missing children, a shattered family, and secrets buried for years. As investigators followed the evidence across international borders, they uncovered a deeply disturbing story that would leave an entire nation searching for answers.

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The Halloween murder of Doreen Erbert remains a chilling case involving a targeted crime scene and a long legal battle. Explore the evidence behind this 1988 tragedy. This episode reconstructs the events surrounding the Halloween murder of Doreen Erbert by analyzing police records and courtroom evidence. We examine the investigation that followed the discovery of the crime scene, detailing the transition from the initial police response to the eventual legal proceedings. By reviewing the available case files, we provide a clear look at how investigators pieced together the evidence against the suspect.

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In 1953, a daring daylight robbery in Chicago left a security guard dead and a young man named Paul Crump facing the electric chair. But as Crump insisted his confession had been beaten out of him, his case caught the attention of an aspiring filmmaker determined to uncover the truth. What followed was an extraordinary battle against the justice system, raising one haunting question: was Paul Crump an innocent man condemned to die, or a killer who had convinced the world otherwise?

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The Colts Neck Mansion Massacre left a community in shock. We analyze the evidence behind this chilling family murder mystery. The incident revealed a grisly scene where victims were found stabbed and shot inside their home. This report examines the aerial footage and courtroom evidence to understand how a seemingly normal family life was shattered by sudden violence.

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A frantic 911 call captures the moment a woman reports her husband isn't breathing. In this episode we examine the Kouri Richins murder case. The footage breaks down the chilling 911 call where a dispatcher guides a caller through CPR after her husband is found cold and unresponsive. By analyzing the audio and the subsequent police investigation, we reconstruct the timeline of events that led to a national true crime investigation. Beyond the initial emergency response, we look at the other evidence surfacing in the case, from surveillance footage to the details surrounding the couple's life. Through a detailed 911 call analysis...

A pastor claimed messages from God led to his wife's death. Explore the chilling reality behind the Knutby murders. In January 2004, a woman was discovered in a snow-covered field, struggling for breath and clutching a mysterious wand. This incident shattered the facade of a tight-knit religious community, launching a complex true crime investigation that would expose the dark reality behind the congregation's leadership.

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In 1880s Austin, a series of brutal nighttime attacks on women begins to reveal a terrifying pattern the city is slow to recognize. As the violence escalates, investigators are left chasing conflicting descriptions, false suspects, and one chilling clue: a bloody footprint with only four toes. But just when Austin thinks it understands who the killer is targeting, the pattern suddenly changes.

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In 1880s Austin, a series of brutal nighttime attacks on women begins to reveal a terrifying pattern the city is slow to recognize. As the violence escalates, investigators are left chasing conflicting descriptions, false suspects, and one chilling clue: a bloody footprint with only four toes. But just when Austin thinks it understands who the killer is targeting, the pattern suddenly changes.

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The Dozier School for Boys hid decades of terror behind its walls. Families waited years for answers about their missing children.

For over a century, this institution operated as a nightmare for vulnerable youth. The grim reality of the Florida reform school is only now coming to light, as investigators and survivors work to uncover the full extent of the tragedy. From unexplained deaths to disturbing allegations of violence, the history of this facility remains a haunting chapter in American true crime history.

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An au pair returned to collect forgotten lunches, only to find a stranger lurking in the driveway. A true crime nightmare. On February 24th, 2023, Juliana Perez Magalhães arrived back at the Banfield home, leaving four-year-old Valerie waiting in the car. What should have been a quick trip to retrieve forgotten items led to a terrifying discovery involving an unfamiliar man and a scene that would soon become the center of a major au pair case. Investigators pieced together the sequence of events using a mobile phone, surveillance imagery, and physical evidence recovered from the home. From the closet t...

A wealthy Malibu doctor welcomed two strangers into his home, believing they were there to help him. Instead, they gained control of his finances, isolated him from his family, and watched through surveillance cameras as his condition deteriorated. By the time he was found dead, millions of dollars were missing—and the people he trusted most were at the center of it all.

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Thirteen-year-old Madeline Soto vanished the morning after her birthday, and the man she called her “bonus dad” claimed he had dropped her off near school. But as detectives retraced her final hours, surveillance footage, a missing phone history, and a story that kept changing began pointing somewhere far closer to home.

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Lola Daviet had made the same ten-minute walk home from school dozens of times, and on October 14th, 2022, she arrived at her apartment building right on time. But after stopping for a stranger at the entrance and following them inside, Lola vanished somewhere between the lobby and the front door—while her parents waited only steps away. By the end of the night, investigators would discover that the person last seen with her had done something almost impossible to comprehend.

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Three friends drove away from a quiet house before sunrise, but just six minutes later, their car struck a brick wall at more than 100 miles per hour—killing two of them while the teenage driver survived. She insisted she had blacked out and remembered nothing about the crash. But the wrecked car had recorded its final 4.75 seconds, and what investigators found turned an apparent accident into something far more disturbing.

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A young woman’s parents found her brutally murdered in the back seat of her own car, her face so badly mutilated they could barely recognize her. But less than 24 hours later, forensic testing revealed something impossible—the dead woman wasn’t their daughter. Their daughter was still alive… and police were beginning to suspect she knew exactly who was lying in that car.

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Four relatives gathered for a quiet family lunch—but within days, three were dead and one was fighting for his life. At the center of it all was a homemade beef Wellington, a lethal dose of death cap mushrooms, and a host who walked away untouched. What followed was a trail of hidden evidence, shifting stories, and one of Australia’s most shocking murder trials.

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When Kerstin Gurtner followed her boyfriend up Austria’s highest mountain, she trusted him to lead her safely through the storm. Hours later, she was left alone in the freezing dark—164 feet from the summit—and a court would be forced to decide whether his choices were tragic mistakes or a crime.

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For three weeks, the Washington, D.C. area lived in terror as random people were shot while pumping gas, shopping, mowing lawns, and going about ordinary life. Behind the attacks were John Muhammad and Lee Malvo — a twisted mentor and teenage protégé with a rifle, a modified car, and a plan far more horrifying than anyone realized.

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Dozens of bodies have surfaced in Houston’s bayous, and officials insist there is no evidence tying them together. But as the numbers rise and answers remain scarce, residents are asking the same chilling question: is something—or someone—using the water to hide the truth?

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Puerto Vallarta was supposed to be paradise — beaches, nightlife, and tourists chasing the perfect escape. But after cartel violence shook the resort town, three women were found dead within days of each other, each case carrying disturbing similarities authorities refused to connect. Now, with officials denying a serial killer is stalking the city, one question remains: is Puerto Vallarta hiding something far darker than anyone wants to admit?

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A charming stranger walked into San Francisco’s gay nightlife scene with a pencil, a smile, and a sketch meant to make his victims feel seen. But behind the drawings was one of the city’s most disturbing cold cases: the Doodler, a killer linked to at least six men and possibly many more. Fifty years later, police say they may still know who he is — but proving it is another story.

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In 1912, an entire family and two young guests were found murdered inside a quiet Iowa home, but the crime scene was destroyed almost immediately by the very town desperate for answers. What followed was a maze of false leads, suspicious ministers, powerful enemies, coerced confessions, and a chilling theory about a killer who may have been traveling America by train. More than a century later, the Villisca axe murders remain one of the most disturbing unsolved cases in American history.

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In 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris turned a windowless cargo van into one of California’s most horrifying crime scenes. For months, young women vanished across Southern California while police struggled to connect the cases. But when one survivor came forward and one killer finally talked, investigators uncovered the nightmare behind the Toolbox Killers.

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A disturbing number of scientists and government-linked researchers have died or vanished under strange circumstances. Some were tied to NASA, Los Alamos, the Air Force, and classified UAP programs. Now investigators are asking the question everyone wants answered: coincidence… or did they know too much?

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A family of four is found murdered in their quiet Tokyo home, and the killer leaves behind an ample trail of evidence—fingerprints, DNA, clothing, even traces of his final hours inside the house. What should have been one of Japan’s most solvable crimes instead becomes its most haunting mystery. Decades later, with no arrest and time slipping away, the question remains: who walked out of the Miyazawa home that night?

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What begins as a search for spiritual meaning ends in a subway car filled with invisible death. Follow the tragic journey of the Sakamoto family and the horrifying rise of Aum Shinrikyo, a cult that turned enlightenment into a mandate for mass murder.

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Roch Thériault, known as the “Modern Moses,” led the Ant Hill Kids, a Canadian doomsday cult built on fear, isolation, and total obedience. What began as a religious survivalist commune slowly transformed into a nightmare of manipulation, violence, and blind devotion. As Thériault’s power grew, his followers found themselves trapped under the control of a man who believed he answered only to God.

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Ina, Illinois was the kind of town where nothing ever happened… until an entire family was found murdered inside their mobile home. A young mother, her children, and a newborn baby were left arranged in bed, while the husband was discovered miles away in a field—executed and mutilated. Decades later, a notorious serial killer confessed, but his story kept changing, leaving one terrifying question behind: did the real killer ever get caught?

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In 2016, fitness instructor Missy Bevers arrived early to teach a class inside a church in Midlothian—but never made it out alive. Surveillance cameras captured a mysterious figure in tactical gear roaming the halls before her murder, and nearly a decade later, the killer still hasn’t been identified.

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Two married colleagues slip away after a New Year’s Eve party—but by morning, both are found dead by a quiet riverbank. Their bodies are strangely arranged, with no signs of violence and no clear explanation. What happened in those final hours remains one of Australia’s most haunting mysteries.

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Three days of silence… a quiet house… and a refrigerator that should have never been opened. What police discovered inside 1815 Driscoll Street would become one of the most disturbing and mysterious crimes in American history—an entire family shattered, a son vanished without a trace, and a crime scene so methodically cleaned it felt almost… calculated. Decades later, the question still lingers: did Charles Rogers snap… or did he plan the perfect disappearance?

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A wave of mysterious deaths tears through the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, as wealthy families are hunted down for their oil fortunes in a chilling conspiracy known as the Reign of Terror. As bodies pile up and justice fails, one woman uncovers a plot of greed, betrayal, and calculated murder that would later inspire Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Shot more than a dozen times and hunted relentlessly by federal agents, Major Lewis Redmond refused to surrender, turning the Appalachian mountains into his personal battlefield. But as his legend grew into that of a folk hero, the line between outlaw and icon blurred—until the government finally closed in.

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In 1999, police searching for a missing woman unlocked the vault of an abandoned bank in the small town of Snowtown, Australia—and discovered barrels filled with human remains, exposing one of the country’s most horrific serial murder cases. What followed revealed a sadistic cult-like group led by John Bunting that tortured and killed at least twelve victims, many of them vulnerable people targeted under the guise of a twisted “moral crusade.”

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In 1999, police searching for a missing woman unlocked the vault of an abandoned bank in the small town of Snowtown, Australia—and discovered barrels filled with human remains, exposing one of the country’s most horrific serial murder cases. What followed revealed a sadistic cult-like group led by John Bunting that tortured and killed at least twelve victims, many of them vulnerable people targeted under the guise of a twisted “moral crusade.”

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After a lifetime of rage, fraud, arson, and even faking his own death, conman Randy Mainwaring finally met someone in prison who wasn’t fooled by his charm. But even after being stabbed and beaten nearly to death, the man who once published his own obituary still wasn’t finished rewriting his story.

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A terrified teenager walks into a Hong Kong police station claiming her nightmares are haunted by a murdered woman who won’t let her rest. Moments later, she admits she helped dispose of the body—and can lead detectives straight to what’s hidden inside a Hello Kitty doll.

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On Christmas Eve 1945, a house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia, erased five children from a family—and left behind more questions than ashes. Nearly a century later, the town still argues whether the Sodder children died that night… or vanished into something far darker.

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For over a decade, a shadow hunted the lovers’ lanes of Florence, striking on the darkest nights and disappearing without a trace. Each time police believed the killer was finally caught, the murders began again. This is the story of the Monster of Florence—where the most dangerous mistake wasn’t the killer, but the moment everyone thought he was gone.

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