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On April 16, 2025, a phone rang at the Calcasieu Correctional Center in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The caller identified himself as a local judge and ordered that the bond for inmate Demond Lynn Delahoussaye Sr. be reduced to "released on recognizance". A staff member complied, and by June, Delahoussaye walked out a free man. The caller, however, was not a judge; it was 42-year-old Adrian James St. Romain.

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When 33-year-old Patrick Alexander was arrested for a misdemeanor trespassing charge in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, his bond was set at a very manageable $250. But during his bond hearing on March 16, 2026, Alexander made a choice that quickly upgraded his legal troubles. Handing the judge three $100 bills, Alexander confidently told the court to "keep the change."

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On October 16, 2009, local hunters in Latimer County, Oklahoma, stumbled upon a locked, abandoned pickup truck. Inside was a severely malnourished family dog, personal IDs, cell phones, and an untouched jackpot of $32,000 cash stuffed right under the driver’s seat. The owners - Bobby, Sherilynn, and 6-year-old Madyson Jamison - were nowhere to be found.

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On May 8, 2026, 78-year-old Elisabeth "Betty" Broderick died of natural causes in a medical facility outside her California prison, ending nearly 37 years of incarceration. Her death immediately reignited a decades-old national debate: Was Betty a cold-blooded, vengeful monster, or was she a systematically dismantled housewife pushed past the brink of sanity by a powerful elite?

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Tesla promised the Cybertruck could handle a little water, but 70-year-old Jimmy Jack McDaniel took that promise literally. On May 18, 2026, police and water rescue teams were called to Grapevine Lake, where they found a brand-new Cybertruck completely disabled and taking on water. The driver’s excuse? He just wanted to test out Tesla’s advertised "Wade Mode."

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In the early morning hours of February 26, 2022, a heavily armed intruder used construction scaffolding to breach a massive, secluded estate outside Richmond, Kentucky. The home belonged to former state representative C. Wesley Morgan, but the gunman wasn't there for politics or money. He was there for the multi-million-dollar underground survival bunker built beneath the property.

With the verdict officially handed down in May 2026, we break down the complex reality of a jury finding a killer "guilty—but mentally ill," proving that a defendant can be consumed by delusions and still be held legally responsible for murder.

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In November 1986, college student Scott Macklem was gunned down in a campus parking lot. With zero physical evidence, investigators quickly zeroed in on Fred Freeman (now known as Temujin Kensu), an ex-boyfriend of the victim's fiancée. There was just one massive problem: Freeman was 400 miles away in Escanaba at the time of the shooting, an alibi verified by nine independent witnesses. Or was he?

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On the morning of May 14, 2026, residents of a quiet northwest Atlanta neighborhood woke up to a bizarre sight: an army of empty, driverless Waymo vehicles invading their cul-de-sacs. Between 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. alone, nearly 50 autonomous cars flooded Battleview Drive, looping endlessly and turning a peaceful suburban morning into a technological traffic jam.

We discuss how these repositioning vehicles became obsessed with a single residential area, the safety concerns raised by local parents, and what happens when the algorithms we trust to optimize our streets end up gridlocking them instead.

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For 18 years, Jean-Claude Romand’s family believed he was a brilliant, high-flying medical doctor working for the World Health Organization in Geneva. In reality, he was a medical school dropout who spent his days sitting in his car, wandering through forests, and reading medical journals in cafés to maintain the ruse. When the money ran out and the truth loomed, Romand chose a path of absolute destruction over confession. We walk through the devastating 48 hours where he murdered his wife, his two young children, and his elderly parents, before a failed suicide attempt left him alive to face the...

Anne Marie Fahey was 30 years old at the time of her death, the youngest of six children in a close-knit Irish-Catholic family from Wilmington. She was known for being vibrant, hardworking, and deeply ambitious. While her professional life was thriving, Anne’s private life was a battleground. When she tried to break off her relationship with high-ranking Delaware lawyer Thomas Capano, she vanished.

In this episode of True Crimecast, John and Jamie trace the unprecedented investigation into Anne’s disappearance. They discuss the gruesome betrayal by the Capano brothers, the morbid moment a juror climbed into that very...

This interview episode of True Crimecast provides a rare, firsthand look at the human cost of a conviction built on "snitch testimony" and withheld evidence. Sitting down with Jamie Snow via a recorded call from the Illinois River Correctional Center, Jamie and John explore the reality of a man who has spent nearly 27 years behind bars for a crime he, and a growing number of advocates (including John and Jamie), insists he did not commit.

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In 1882, a man calling himself Henry Debosnys arrived in the Adirondacks. He was cultured, spoke half a dozen languages, and claimed to be a Portuguese aristocrat. But beneath the charm was a trail of dead wives that stretched across the East Coast. Within weeks of marrying a local widow named Betsey Wells, she was found brutally murdered—and Debosnys was the only suspect.

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In March 2026, the woods of Portage County, Ohio, became the center of a cryptozoological phenomenon. In a span of just five days, at least six independent witnesses reported seeing massive, eight-foot-tall figures moving along the Mahoning River. Dubbed the "Ohio Flap of 2026," this sudden uptick in activity has researchers and locals wondering if a changing climate is pushing these legends out of the shadows.

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Tim "Doc" Anderson was the quintessential "good guy" in a bad business. A Golden Gloves champion with a degree in kinesiology, Tim was a disciplined athlete who never touched drugs or alcohol. But when he crossed paths with Rick "Elvis" Parker - a flamboyant, cocaine-fueled promoter - Tim was pulled into a world of fixed fights, shadow contracts, and a literal "toxic" betrayal.

If anyone wants to help Tim with his case, they can reach out to Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis and request that Anderson’s case be heard before the Clemency Board at GovernorRon.Desantis@eog.m...

In Heber City, Utah, a routine experiment with AI-powered reporting software led to one of the most absurd documents in the history of the department. Designed to transcribe body camera footage into draft reports to save officers hours of paperwork, the AI accidentally tuned into a nearby movie: Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. The result was an official report claiming an officer had physically transformed into a frog while on duty.

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In February 1992, the Griffin family was shattered when siblings Tommy Griffin and Connie Branam disappeared just one day apart. What began as a search for a missing brother ended in the discovery of two bodies across two different counties and the arrest of two men the victims trusted, Gary Sutton and Jimmy Dellinger. But with Gary's scheduled execution scheduled for later this year, are we sure they got the wrong men?

In her new podcast, Time of Death, journalist Beth Bradin goes deeper into this case than anyone ever has. The weekly releases unveil never before seen...

On Easter Sunday in 1991, 18-year-old William Little was murdered at a Bloomington, Illinois gas station for a mere $60. The initial investigation led veteran detective Charles Crowe to Jamie Snow, a man who passed a lie detector test and didn't fit the profile of a killer. The case went cold for years until two rookie detectives took over and built a case based almost entirely on the testimony of jailhouse informants and shifting eyewitness accounts.

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Áine Cain and Kevin Greenlee from The Murder Sheet join us again today to break down the appeal of Richard Allen. What is the basis of the appeals? How did the State of Indiana respond? What happens next? What does "baby's first metaphor" mean? All your questions will be answered!

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In the summer of 2025, a crew of tactical robbers turned the streets of Philadelphia and its suburbs into a high-stakes battlefield. Armed with AR-style rifles and utilizing stolen getaway cars, they targeted Brinks trucks in broad daylight, hitting busy commercial corridors like Castor Avenue and Elkins Park. After two failed attempts, they finally struck gold at an H Mart shopping center, walking away with over $119,000 and a guard's firearm.

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In the summer of 1985, the mountains of Eastern Kentucky lived up to their ancient name: the "dark and bloody ground." In less than sixty days, a ruthless crew led by Benny Lee Hodge and Roger Dale Epperson turned quiet communities into crime scenes. They didn't just rob; they executed. From the betrayal of a family friend in Gray Hawk to the heartbreaking murder of 23-year-old Tammy Dee Acker in Fleming-Neon, this crew left a trail of violence fueled by a safe containing nearly $2 million in cash.

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In the rural community of Maretburg, Kentucky, a small home held a massive secret: three-quarters of a million dollars in gold and silver bars, another $100,000 in jewelry, and a small arsenal of firearms. Sometime before April 9, 2026, that fortune vanished. Within days, two men—William Daniel Martin and Kristopher Fletcher—were in custody, but the case only grew more bizarre.

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On April 29, 1989, 17-year-old Jeffrey Pelley put on his tuxedo and headed to his high school prom in Lakeville, Indiana. But the next morning, when his father, Pastor Robert Pelley, didn't show up for Sunday service, a horrifying discovery was made next door at the parsonage. Robert, his wife Dawn, and their two young daughters had been gunned down with a shotgun. The front door was locked, the curtains were drawn, and the primary suspect was the son who had supposedly spent the night dancing.

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In the quiet town of Woodsfield, Ohio, the bank drive-thru is usually the site of mundane errands and polite small talk. But on December 3, 2025, a routine transaction turned into a statewide headline when a teller opened a pneumatic canister to find something far more potent than a personal check. Instead of paperwork, they found a baggie of crystal methamphetamine delivered directly into their hands by a customer who seemingly didn't realize he had just handed over evidence of a felony.

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Charles Christopher Martinez didn’t just live a life of crime; he wrote the book on it. Literally. After serving time for bank robbery and gang-related activity, Martinez self-published his autobiography, The Life of an Outlaw, detailing his journey through the federal prison system and his ties to the Sureños gang. It was framed as a story of a man who had seen the bottom and lived to tell the tale. But in January 2026, the narrative took a shocking, and highly visible, turn.

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In July 2010, the North East of England was paralyzed by the largest manhunt in over 44 years. Raoul Moat, a 6'3" bouncer and amateur bodybuilder, was released from prison with a 49-page manifesto of grievances and a shotgun in his hands. Believing his ex-partner’s new boyfriend was a police officer, Moat launched a targeted campaign that left a trail of violence and devistation in his path. 

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On September 25, 2025, a terrifying text message sent the state of Florida into a frenzy: "I need help being shot at... I'm hit." Seventeen-year-old Caden Speight’s truck was found abandoned in Dunnellon with a bullet hole in the windshield and blood in the cab. But as an Amber Alert pinged on millions of phones, Caden wasn't in a white van with four kidnappers. He was in the woods with a tent, a bicycle, and a .45-caliber pistol.

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Valentine’s Day 2015 was supposed to be a day of romance and "International Authentic Dishes" at Sunderland’s famous Borneo Bistro. But for 28-year-old Christopher Baker, the only thing on the menu was a desperate, drunken, and poorly calculated scheme. After finishing a full buffet meal, Baker stood up and pointed to a "pockmarked" visitor on the floor: a live black-and-white rat.

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In September 1982, the Investor - a state-of-the-art salmon boat - was found drifting and engulfed in flames just off the coast of Fish Egg Island, Alaska. What the Coast Guard found in the embers was a nightmare: the remains of Mark and Irene Coulthurst, their two young children, and four teenage deckhands. It remains one of the worst mass homicides in Alaskan history. So who did it? Why did they do it? And where are they now?

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In the mid-90s, Robert Downey Jr. was widely considered the most gifted actor of his generation. But while critics were comparing him to Chaplin, the LAPD was seeing a man spiraling toward a tragic end. From a high-speed arrest on Sunset Boulevard with a .357 Magnum to the infamous afternoon he wandered into a neighbor's home and fell asleep in a child's bed, Downey’s life became a series of "front-page" disasters that nearly silenced one of cinema’s brightest lights.

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Timothy Bradburn had just returned to his Spokane home from a trip to Hawaii, keys and suitcase still in hand, when he was met with a lethal ambush. The shooter wasn't a stranger, but his 33-year-old daughter, Alyssa, who had spent weeks practicing at a gun range and journaling about her plan to kill him. In a case that moved from a claim of self-defense to a blunt courtroom confession, the Pacific Northwest was left searching for a motive that never came.

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Lana Clarkson was a woman of "big dreams and new shoes." A cult-cinema icon known to fans as the Barbarian Queen, Lana was a fixture of the 1980s Los Angeles scene, appearing in everything from Scarface to Three’s Company. At forty years old, she wasn’t a woman in despair; she was a woman in transition, working as a hostess at the House of Blues to fund her own independent production, Lana Unleashed. She was a daughter and a friend who, on her final day of life, was still shopping for the future.

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On Friday, March 27, 2026, just four miles from his home on Jupiter Island, Florida, the golf world stood still once again. 15-time major champion Tiger Woods was involved in a high-speed rollover crash involving a Land Rover and a pressure-cleaning truck. While Woods walked away from the wreckage uninjured, the legal aftermath began almost immediately.

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This is a story that feels like a Greek tragedy set in a Maricopa County courtroom. Michael Marin was a man who lived his life at the highest possible altitude, both literally and financially, and it seems he simply could not reconcile a reality where he was grounded by a prison cell.

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In the quiet mountain town of Kamas, Utah, Kouri Richins was seen as a pillar of strength. After her husband Eric died suddenly in 2022, she wrote a children’s book to help their three sons navigate grief. But while she was promoting "Are You With Me?" on national television, investigators were uncovering a $3.1 million debt, a secret iPhone, and a search history that included "luxury prisons for the rich." In this episode of True Crimecast, John and Jamie walk through the trial that captivated the nation in 2025/26.

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Mary Carole McDonnell was the CEO of a successful Burbank production company, behind true crime hits like I Married a Murderer. But behind the scenes, the company was hemorrhaging cash. To keep the lights on and the payroll moving, the 73-year-old allegedly stepped into a role of her own making: the secret heir to the McDonnell Aircraft fortune.

In this episode of True Crime To Go, John and Jamie break down the brazen 2017–2018 fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned nearly $30 million from financial institutions. We detail how she used a non-existent $80 million trust fund to bait banks, the fe...

Dayton Webber was a household name in the world of professional cornhole. A quadruple amputee who overcame a life-threatening infection as an infant, he became an ESPN-featured athlete and a symbol of "no excuses" perseverance. But on the night of March 22, 2026, a different story began to emerge in the charging documents of Charles County, Maryland.

In this breaking news episode of True Crimecast, John and Jamie discuss the arrest of the 27-year-old athlete following the shooting death of his friend, Bradrick Michael Wells. We walk through the harrowing timeline: an argument in a moving Tesla, two witnesses...

On a humid Kentucky night in July 1994, Trent DiGiuro, a rising star on the University of Kentucky offensive line, was sitting on his front porch just three days away from his 21st birthday. Without warning, a single rifle shot rang out from the darkness 100 yards away. Trent was gone before his friends even realized what the sound was.

For six years, the case remained one of Lexington’s most haunting mysteries. The breakthrough didn't come from a forensic lab or a high-speed chase, but from a secret whispered in a bar and a woman who had the co...

In September 2024, the state of Kentucky was on edge as law enforcement hunted for I-75 shooter Joseph Couch. In the midst of that panic, a 911 call from Knott County reported a man with a knife who "looked like the shooter." That man wasn't a fugitive—he was 25-year-old Travis Pratt, a local man in the middle of a mental health crisis.

In this episode of True Crime To Go, John and Jamie trace the harrowing final minutes of Travis Pratt’s life. We break down the factual timeline from the moment Pratt hid in a neighbor's bathroom to t...

Sunday service at Campground Pentecostal Church in Laurel County, Kentucky, was interrupted by a terrifying arrival on March 8, 2026. 56-year-old James D. Bell walked into the sanctuary, but what he said next is a matter of intense legal debate. While multiple churchgoers reported a chilling threat—"I am here to kill the children"—the church’s pastor recalls a man in the throes of a spiritual emergency, claiming he was possessed and asking for prayer.

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