True Crimecast

A man gets locked in a car (that he's trying to steal), and we find out what happens when you streak on a sports field/court/pitch.

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A truckload (literally) of cinnamon rolls go missing, and a college football locker room turns into a crime scene.

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Karen Silkwood was a mother, a union activist, and a whistleblower who sacrificed everything to expose corporate negligence and protect her fellow workers. Whether her fatal crash was a tragic accident or a targeted hit, the disappearance of her binder of evidence and the tens of pounds of unaccounted plutonium remain two of the biggest unanswered mysteries in American industrial history.

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On March 6, 1983, 21-year-old Cheryl Ann Araujo walked into Big Dan’s Tavern in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to buy cigarettes. What followed was a nightmare: a two-hour assault on a pool table while a room of bystanders watched, cheered, and did nothing. When Cheryl chose to report the crime, she became the central figure in the first televised rape trial in American history, where her name and address were broadcast nationwide and defense attorneys subjected her to brutal victim-blaming cross-examinations.

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Mikita Brottman is an acclaimed nonfiction author, psychoanalyst, and professor whose work explores the darker and more complicated corners of human behavior. Her books include A Double Life, Guilty Creatures, Couple Found Slain, and An Unexplained Death, a Gold Dagger Award finalist.

With professional experience in forensic psychiatric facilities and the Maryland prison system, Brottman brings a unique psychological perspective to true crime. Rather than simply asking who committed a crime and how they did it, she digs deeper into the relationships, obsessions, motivations, and emotional dynamics that can exist beneath the surface.

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The entire country mourns as we lost Dolly Parton this week. So we found a few stories about crimes commited against her. You know she never committed a crime. Dolly never did anything wrong. 

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Kentucky has passed a new bill against grooming, and it’s already making a difference. Plus, there’s a story about a ninja burglar. #PowerRangers

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When 21-year-old aspiring model Juliana Redding was found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment, police uncovered a bizarre crime scene: a lit candle left in a gas-filled room intended to trigger a lethal explosion. Investigators recovered an unprecedented amount of foreign DNA...on the stove, the front door, the victim’s phone, and even her throat. Would they be able to find the source of that DNA. And if they did, would it even matter?

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Anna Sonoda, LCSW is a graduate of Emory University, where she double-majored in Anthropology and French Studies, and earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia in 2006. She became a licensed clinical social worker in 2009.

With a career spanning counseling convicted sexual offenders, working in residential mental health, leading anger management and domestic violence programs, and supporting individuals with dual diagnoses, Anna brings rare, front-line expertise into the realities of predatory behavior. As both a clinician and a mother, she recognized a profound gap: society reacts to child sexual abuse after the fact bu...

Anna Sonoda, LCSW is a graduate of Emory University, where she double-majored in Anthropology and French Studies, and earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia in 2006. She became a licensed clinical social worker in 2009.

With a career spanning counseling convicted sexual offenders, working in residential mental health, leading anger management and domestic violence programs, and supporting individuals with dual diagnoses, Anna brings rare, front-line expertise into the realities of predatory behavior. As both a clinician and a mother, she recognized a profound gap: society reacts to child sexual abuse after the fact bu...

What if the best way to deter texting and driving was to dress up like a bush? And if you got a murder for hire call on your voicemail, what would you do?

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A fraternity at Penn State gets cause selling cocaine, and a murder for hire plot does not go as planned.

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On April 17, 1994, 20-year-old expectant mother Tina Heins was brutally murdered in her Jacksonville, Florida apartment. Police quickly set their sights on her 19-year-old brother-in-law, Chad Heins, who had been sleeping on the living room couch after a night out. Did police have the right guy in Chad? Or did tunnel vision allow the actual killer to slip through their fingers?

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In an attempt to save the world, a man recycles himself. And when you steal a forklift, you'd better have a good reason.

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How do you invent a human being from scratch to fool an enemy's intelligence apparatus? Operation Mincemeat wasn't just a military distraction, it was a masterclass in psychological manipulation. MI5 and Naval Intelligence meticulously crafted "Major William Martin," creating a paper trail of love letters, theater stubs, overdue bills, and fabricated top-secret memos attached to a dead man's wrist.

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On April 13, 1987, 54-year-old psychiatric nurse and prison minister Retha Welch was found brutally murdered in her Newport, Kentucky home. Police quickly set their sights on William Virgil, a recently released inmate who admitted to a prior relationship with her. A jury convicted him in 1988, but decades later, the conviction unravelled amidst recanted snitch testimonies, missing rape kits, and DNA from three unknown men on preserved slides. Was William Virgil the victim of systemic police misconduct, or did legal technicalities and degraded decades-old evidence allow a killer to walk free?

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In this episode, we sit down with Nikki Young, host of the Serial Napper podcast, to take a deep dive into the disturbing and unsolved disappearance of 22-year-old Liam Tomen.

On the weekend of January 31, 2025, Liam and two friends traveled from Whitby, Ontario, to the resort village of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, for a ski trip. After spending the evening at local village spots—ending at Le P'tit Caribou—Liam got separated from his friends. Surveillance footage captures him walking directly toward his hotel, L'Auberge du Voyageur, just minutes away. He never made it inside.

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A major corporation tries to push a local company out of business, and a deathbed confession is not always a get out of jail free card. 

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What do a frozen meat heist and a cattle ponzi scheme have in common? Pretty much only the beef. And the crime.

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Eight student nurses killed. One survivor under a bed. A country horrified. Jamie and John cover the brutal 1966 Chicago mass murder by Richard Speck, the dramatic trial featuring Corazon Amurao’s courageous testimony, and the scandalous Stateville prison tapes leaked years after his conviction.

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How can a single hair preserved on a glass microscope slide in 1996 wait thirty years for science to catch up? When seven-year-old Morgan Jade Violi was abducted in broad daylight from her Bowling Green apartment complex, an entire community was paralyzed by fear and unanswered questions. For three decades, dedicated investigators quietly guarded every piece of trace evidence, waiting for technology to evolve.

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A college football player who is paid a great deal of money to play football is suspended for accepting pocket change, and a lady takes her midlife crisis to the extreme in trying to hotwire a yacht.

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A tragedy takes place in a Kentucky lake. Who knows what happened, and will we ever know?

AI facial recognition software identifies the wrong person...in the wrong state.

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What started on an airplane seat in 1998 transformed into a multi-billion-dollar empire and one of the most infamous corporate cautionary tales in modern history. In this episode of True Crimecast, Jamie and John dissect the explosive rise and catastrophic fall of LuLaRoe.

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On today's bonus episode, Jamie and John sit down to talk with Hope Hooton. Hope is a child safety advocate, author, and podcast host who campaigns for family court reform after the tragic loss of her two young children, Alec and Lydia. We discuss Hope's book, "There's Still Hope: A Journey of Adversity, Tragedy, and Unshakable Faith" and the recent legislation he pushed through the legal system in Arizona. Hope's bravery and voice have become staples of child advocacy across the country.

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A man in Kansas City is found trapped inside the worst part of a portable toilet, and a woman in Florida (because, of course) decides she is too good for a totally, completely random license plate. 

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In light of the recent A&E documentary about "new" evidence in the Scott Peterson case, we wanted to share our 2018 episode about the murder of his wife, Laci, and son, Connor. Even though this doc promises new findings, not much has changed from this recording aside from better recording equipment.

On Christmas Eve of 2002, Scott Peterson left his pregnant wife, Laci, at home to go on a fishing trip. Scott returned home later that day to find his wife gone with no indication of where she may have gone. Police found no evidence of foul play...

This episode includes a top-tier "dumb criminal" story and a prank that turns a New Jersey town upside down. 

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A small town, a teenage romance, and an anonymous stalker sending 40 death threats a day. When the FBI stepped in to find out who was terrorizing high schoolers Lauryn and Owen, they uncovered a logistical nightmare that hit too close to home. As seen in "Unknown Number: The High School Catfish", John and John break down one of the most surprising twists in recent true crime memory. 

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Was justice served properly? Is there a case to be made for any of the Pikeville Six to be released? Thanks for listening to season one of Paradigm. Be sure to subscirbe to this show so that you receive updates on new season releases, bonus content, and more.

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John and Jamie discuss the punishments for the Pikeville six.

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Jamie and John explore whether the Pikeville six were truly worshipers of Satan. Could they be have been simply misguided young folks who were into things that a number of teenagers in 1997 were into?

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 Jamie and John discuss the stories of Jason Bryant, Dean Mullins, and Joseph Risner.

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John and Jamie interview an advocate for Karen Howell and a few of Satan's Six in this exclusive interview.

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John and Jamie explore the Satanic Panic and how it could have influenced the investigation and trial of Satan's Six.

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Jamie and John explore who the Lillelids were, and how their son Peter has adjusted to life after sufffering this extreme trauma as an infant.

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Jamie and John visit the location of the Lillelid murders and explore the crime details, setting the stage for the rest of season one.

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Pepsi drops the ball and the Somerset Peanut Butter Smearer is still on the loose in today's first-ever BOGO episode of True Crime To-Go. 

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A prominent Louisiana pastor, a 20-year-old neighbor, and a physical clash caught on video. When Pastor Tony Spell was arrested for second-degree battery in late June 2026, he claimed he was protecting his family from graphic, violent threats.

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June 1st, 2026, marked what would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday. But while the world celebrated the silver-screen icon, a groundbreaking primetime special featuring renowned cold case investigator Paul Holes reignited a 64-year-old firestorm with a definitive conclusion: the crime scene was staged.

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