Best Roy Ripper Podcasts (2025)

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MoNo Encore: The Murder of Kitty Genovese w/ Catherine Pelonero 1:09:35

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(Original pub. date: 9/27/2018) Catherine Pelonero, author of "Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and its Private Consequences", is my guest. She walks us through the murder of Kitty Genovese in Kew Gardens, New York in 1964 and its aftermath. The horrific crime is especially infamous because no one called police or stepped in to hel…

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391: Civil War Era & Gilded Age Con Artist Charles Cowlam w/ Frank W. Garmon Jr. 1:01:11

5d ago1:01:11

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Charles Cowlam stands out as one of the most remarkable con artists of nineteenth-century America. He talked his way into receiving pardons from both President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Through deception, he secured a role investigating Lincoln’s assassination. He preyed on lonely widows, attempted to manipulate a Florida election, and c…

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“Robert Lee Yates Jr: The Family Man Who Hunted Women” 41:50

7d ago41:50

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He served in the military. He was a husband. A father of five. And for years, no one suspected that Robert Lee Yates Jr. was secretly murdering sex workers and dumping their bodies around Spokane like disposable trash. In this episode of Devil’s DNA, we uncover the double life of America’s forgotten family-man killer. While coaching Little League a…

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“Bobby Joe Long: The Man Who Hunted Women” 44:23

7d ago44:23

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He used personal ads to lure his victims. He stalked the streets of Tampa in a stolen car. And in less than a year, he raped and murdered 10 women. Bobby Joe Long was more than a killer—he was a predator who combined charm with brutality, planning with sadism. In this episode of Devil’s DNA, we dissect his terrifying spree, the trauma that twisted …

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“Motor City Hitman: Nate Boone Craft’s 27 Kills for Hire” 27:32

7d ago27:32

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Detroit in the ‘90s was bleeding, and Nate Boone Craft was holding the knife. With a confirmed 27 kills—and many more suspected—Boone was the muscle behind drug wars, street executions, and gangland assassinations that turned the city into a battlefield. In this episode of Devil’s DNA, we enter the dark mind of a killer who treated murder like work…

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“The Iceman Speaks: Richard Kuklinski’s Cold Confessions” 47:00

7d ago47:00

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He poisoned, shot, froze, and strangled his victims. Some were business deals. Some were just for fun. Richard Kuklinski, aka The Iceman, was a Mafia hitman who claimed to have killed over 100 people—and he never blinked while saying it. In this disturbing episode of Devil’s DNA, we dive into The Iceman Tapes, interviews that reveal a man who enjoy…

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“Roy DeMeo: The Gambino Family’s Human Slaughterhouse” 2:30:33

7d ago2:30:33

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He didn’t just kill. He dismembered, drained blood, and packed bodies like butchered meat. Roy DeMeo, a mob enforcer for the Gambino crime family, turned murder into a business. Running out of the infamous DeMeo Crew in Brooklyn, this killer led a team that carried out hundreds of hits—so many that even the Mafia feared him. In this episode of Devi…

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“The Green River Killer: 19 Years of Death by the Water” 1:28:37

7d ago1:28:37

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For nearly two decades, Gary Ridgway hunted sex workers and young runaways—dumping their lifeless bodies along Washington’s Green River like garbage. What made him even more terrifying? He blended in. He had a wife. A job. And while the bodies piled up, he went unnoticed. In this episode of Devil’s DNA, we follow the blood-soaked trail of The Green…

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“The Butcher Baker: Robert Hansen’s Human Hunting Ground” 34:50

7d ago34:50

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He owned a bakery. He seemed shy, almost forgettable. But behind that mild exterior was a predator unlike anything Alaska had ever seen. Robert Hansen, known as The Butcher Baker, kidnapped women from the streets of Anchorage, flew them into the remote Alaskan wilderness... and hunted them like animals. Armed with a rifle and a psychotic need for c…

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“The Monster of the Andes: Pedro López’s Forgotten Victims” 43:32

7d ago43:32

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His name is rarely mentioned. But his kill count may be the highest in history. Pedro Alonso López, The Monster of the Andes, confessed to the rape and murder of over 300 young girls across Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Yet somehow, this demon walked free. In this episode, Devil’s DNA exposes one of the most horrific—and underreported—mass murderers…

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“The Rostov Ripper: Andrei Chikatilo’s Soviet Slaughter” 1:15:45

7d ago1:15:45

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He was a schoolteacher. A father. A quiet man. But beneath the gray Soviet exterior, Andrei Chikatilo was something far more sinister—a predator who murdered children and young women with ritualistic cruelty for over a decade. Known as The Rostov Ripper, Chikatilo operated in the shadows of a collapsing Soviet system, exploiting bureaucratic dysfun…

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“Letters From Hell: Catching the BTK Killer” 42:48

7d ago42:48

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He called himself “Bind, Torture, Kill.” He mailed letters to the police—daring them to catch him. For 30 years, they failed. This episode of Devil’s DNA tracks the cold, calculating horror of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer—a family man by day, and a sadistic predator by night. He bound his victims. He tortured them. He killed without remorse. And th…

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“Trail of Bones: The Donner Party’s Cannibal Descent” 1:15:49

8d ago1:15:49

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Before serial killers, there was starvation. And sometimes, the result was far worse. This is the horrifying true story of the Donner Party, a group of pioneers who set out for California—and ended up devouring each other to survive. But this isn’t the version you heard in history class. In this Devil’s DNA special, we strip back the myths and unco…

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“Buried in Silence: The Hunt for Israel Keyes” 42:38

8d ago42:38

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He didn’t want fame. He didn’t want headlines. He wanted complete control over life and death—and that made him far more terrifying. Israel Keyes is one of the most chilling killers you’ve never heard of. He built "kill kits" and buried them across the U.S. like nightmarish treasure chests—waiting, sometimes for years, to strike. His victims were r…

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“The Co-Ed Killer: Edmund Kemper’s Blood-Soaked Intellect” 45:09

8d ago45:09

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“The Lost Tapes: Son of Sam’s Voice from the Void” 51:16

8d ago51:16

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What if you could hear evil speak for itself? What if the words of a serial killer weren’t relayed—but recorded? In this chilling archival episode of Devil’s DNA, we explore the never-before-heard tapes of David Berkowitz—the Son of Sam. From prison confessions to cryptic audio diaries, this episode reveals the mind of a man who believed he was cho…

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“Son of Sam: David Berkowitz and the Demon’s Command” 5:37

8d ago5:37

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He claimed a demon spoke through a dog. He said he was only the servant. But six people died, dozens were injured, and a city spiraled into fear. David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, wasn’t just a killer—he was a living nightmare. In this Devil’s DNA episode, we unravel the heat-soaked madness of 1970s New York, when lovers feared the dark and the …

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“City in Fear: Richard Ramirez and the Night Stalker’s Killing Spree” 43:28

8d ago43:28

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He struck at night. Broke into homes. Left blood, symbols, and corpses in his wake. Richard Ramirez didn’t just murder—he invaded people’s lives and etched terror into the soul of Los Angeles. In this blood-chilling episode of Devil’s DNA, we track the dark journey of the Night Stalker, a killer driven by violence, Satanism, and chaos. With victims…

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“Skin and Bones: Ed Gein’s House of Death” 40:34

8d ago40:34

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Deep in the woods of Plainfield, Wisconsin, police found something out of a nightmare—furniture stitched from skin, skulls turned into bowls, and a woman’s face worn as a mask. This episode of Devil’s DNA unlocks the doors to Ed Gein’s house of horrors, the man who turned his mother’s death into a lifelong obsession with corpses and human taxidermy…

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“Inside the Fridge: Jeffrey Dahmer and the House of Horror” 56:19

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The smell was the first clue. When police entered his apartment, they expected a disturbance. What they found was a human head in the fridge… and body parts arranged like trophies. This episode of Devil’s DNA descends into the grotesque life and mind of Jeffrey Dahmer, the “Milwaukee Monster.” We walk through each layer of his terror—from the cold …

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"Aileen Wuornos: Monster or Made?" 1:32:49

8d ago1:32:49

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She claimed it was self-defense. The world called her a monster. In this harrowing deep-dive documentary episode of Devil’s DNA: Serial Killers, we unearth the fractured psyche and violent legacy of Aileen Wuornos—America’s first convicted female serial killer who was dubbed “the damsel of death” by the media. From a brutal upbringing riddled with …

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"Blood-Stained Monikers: 3 Hours With the Killers Who Terrorized Headlines" 2:52:21

8d ago2:52:21

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Step into the darkest corners of infamy. In this gripping 3-hour marathon, Devil’s DNA: Serial Killers dissects the disturbing legacies of history's most gruesome murderers—those branded with chilling media nicknames that haunted headlines and scorched public memory. From “The Night Stalker” to “The Butcher of Plainfield,” we unravel what made them…

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E15: The Alphabet Murders - The Worst Neighborhood Watch Ever Part II 49:43

11d ago49:43

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Send us a text This is the first episode in our mini unsolved murders series. Have you heard of The Alphabet murders? Do you know about the high number of murderers that lived in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s? The Alphabet Killer was one of them. It seems he chose his victims based on unique criteria - all were innocent young girls and eac…

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390: Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder w/ Greg Lilly 1:11:01

12d ago1:11:01

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In November 1945, James Newton, a young World War II veteran, was shot four times—twice in the back—in his room at an Abingdon, Virginia boardinghouse owned by Helen Clark. She would soon stand trial for his murder, as speculation swirled about the true nature of their relationship. Was she a protective, motherly figure trying to prevent Jimmy from…

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🎙️ Inside the Mind of Madness: Charles Manson Speaks 🧠🔪 2:02:48

15d ago2:02:48

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Step into the chilling world of one of America's most notorious figures in this exclusive episode, Inside the Mind of Madness: Charles Manson Speaks. 🕵️‍♂️💀 Delve deep into the psyche of Charles Manson through rare and unfiltered interviews conducted during his incarceration. These conversations reveal the disturbing charisma and manipulative prowe…

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🕵️‍♂️🩸 ZODIAC: Inside the 50-Year Hunt for America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer 🔎🔪 50:04

15d ago50:04

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👁️ One of the darkest legends in American crime history still breathes in the shadows. From the streets of San Francisco to the mailrooms of terrified newspapers, the Zodiac Killer taunted a nation — and vanished. In this chilling true crime episode, ZODIAC: Inside the 50-Year Hunt for America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer, we dissect every haunting…

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389: A History of Axe Murder w/ Rachel McCarthy James 1:08:41

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Much like the wheel, the boat, and the telephone, the axe is a transformative piece of technology―one that has been with us since prehistory. And just as early humans used the axe to chop down trees, hunt for food, and whittle tools, they also used it to murder. Over time, this particular use has endured: as the axe evolved over centuries to fit th…

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"Teenage Terror: The Starkweather Killing Spree" 45:10

22d ago45:10

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Before Bundy, before Manson — there was Charles Starkweather, a teenage killer who painted the Midwest in blood. 🔪🩸 In this chilling deep-dive episode, we unravel the twisted true story of a 19-year-old spree killer whose murder rampage with 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate left 11 victims dead and America in shock. 🚨💔 From their troubled romance to th…

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E14: Christopher Kornberger and Wade Wilson - “Chinese Fire Drills and Fourth Base” 40:14

26d ago40:14

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Send us a text In episode 14 the guys get into the assaults and murders of several young women in 2003 and 2019 by two different young men, each viciously killing for what seems like no reason. The world considered both of these young murderers attractive men, and the phenomenon of attention that surrounded one of them during his trial and while in…

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John Wilkes Booth: Assassin In The Spotlight 43:39

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🎭🔫 "UNMASKING BOOTH: The Secret Plot, Blood Betrayals & the Conspiracy That Almost Killed America 🔥🗡️ | A Riveting Dive into History’s Most Notorious Assassin—and the Lies That Hid His Allies." The bullet that killed Lincoln was just the beginning. 🔥 This episode explodes the myth of John Wilkes Booth as a lone wolf, exposing the shadow network of …

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How I Caught Ted Bundy: Capturing a Serial Killer 50:20

26d ago50:20

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🔪🕵️♂️ "HUNTING THE BEAST: The Untold Story of Ted Bundy’s Downfall—Chilling Interrogations, Forensic Breakthroughs & the Relentless Pursuit That Ended a Killing Spree ⚖️🚨 | A Blood-Curdling Masterclass in Catching a Monster." Step into the nerve-shredding mind game between America’s most notorious serial killer and the detectives who outsmarted him…

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🤡🔪 *"GACY UNMASKED: The Killer Clown’s Chilling Confessions, 33 Buried Truths & the Police Failures 42:55

28d ago42:55

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a Murder Spree 🩸🕳️ | A Bone-Chilling Descent into America’s Most Twisted True Crime Nightmare. Beneath the greasepaint and clown shoes lurked a predator who turned suburbia into a graveyard. 🎪⚰️ This episode unearths the depraved double life of John Wayne Gacy—respected contractor, Pogo the Clown, and one of history’s most prolific serial killers. …

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388: The Adriatic Affair w/ Jennifer Sellitti 1:13:52

27d ago1:13:52

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The American sailing vessel Adriatic collided with the French steamship Le Lyonnais on November 2, 1856, off the coast of Nantucket in what can best be described as a maritime hit-and-run. Adriatic’s captain, Jonathan Durham, rendered no aid and left the passenger steamship to fend for herself. 114 people died in the collision and in the days that …

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Introducing the Slaycation Podcast 24:55

30d ago24:55

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Just in time for summer! This is an introduction and excerpt from the Slaycation Podcast, hosted by Kim and Adam "Tex" Davis and Jerry Kolber. Pack your body bags for a darkly comic, true crime podcast that looks at murders, mysterious deaths and whodunits that happened while people were on vacation. More here! https://www.slaycation.wtf/ Spotify l…

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MoNo Encore: The Murders of Stringbean and Estelle Akeman w/ Taylor Hagood 1:49:35

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(original pub date 7/19/23) David "Stringbean" Akeman was a singer, clawhammer banjo player and an early Grand Ole Opry star, known for his lanky build and comedic personality. And as a cast member of the nationwide television show Hee-Haw, he was at the height of his popularity when he and his wife Estelle were murdered in their rural Tennessee ho…

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387: The Beatle Bandit w/ Nate Hendley 57:55

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On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario. The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill mother, Smith was a navy veteran with a young Indigenous wife and a hazy plan for violent revolution…

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E13: Kitty Genevese - The Worst Neighborhood Watch Ever 52:59

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Send us a text The Bystander Effect is a psychologically curious happening that has occurred throughout history and still today when people witnessing an emergency, crime, or person being harmed or in distress, do nothing to help or to help stop it. There are many documented occurrences where bystanders could have helped, but did not. One of the mo…

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386: America's Nazi POW Murders w/ William Geroux 1:13:51

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The American government was faced with an unprecedented challenge: where to house the nearly 400,000 German prisoners of war plucked from the battlefield and shipped across the Atlantic. On orders from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Department of War hastily built hundreds of POW camps in the United States. Today, traces of those camps—which …

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385: The 1870 Murder of A.P. Crittenden w/ Gary Krist 1:09:33

2M ago1:09:33

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Shortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the crowded deck. Reaching under her veil, she drew a small pistol and aimed it directly at a well-dressed man sitting quietly with his wife and children. T…

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E12: Jack The Ripper - “Turtlenecks Save Lives” 46:47

2M ago46:47

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Send us a text In episode twelve the guys discuss the still unknown killer that shook the Whitechapel area in London in the fall of 1888. A mysterious man was brutally murdering women. He was named Jack the Ripper. We still call him this to this day, as no one was ever proven guilty or even arrested. In early 2025, DNA evidence showing a probable a…

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384: The 1943 Murders of Dr. Roy & Mae Hunt w/ Christena Stephens 56:26

2M ago56:26

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On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, a single gunshot rang out in Littlefield, Texas. A prominent Texas doctor and his wife were found bound, shot, beaten, and murdered. The only witness: their five-year-old daughter, who was bound to silence and refused to speak about what happened for 70 years. Christena Stephens is my guest, and her book …

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“Manson’s Mad Symphony: Music, Murder, and the Unsound Mind” 1:48:22

2M ago1:48:22

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What if Charles Manson’s most dangerous weapon wasn’t a knife… but a guitar? “Manson’s Mad Symphony” unearths the chilling, untold intersection of music and madness in the life of America’s most infamous cult leader. This explosive documentary-style podcast dives into Manson’s delusional rockstar ambitions, his warped folk anthems, and the eerie so…

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“Manson Murders: Born in Blood – The Killer Gene Exposed” 45:04

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Was Charles Manson a product of his twisted DNA, or a monster forged by a broken world? “Manson Murders: Born in Blood” shatters the true crime mold with a forensic deep-dive into the most infamous cult leader in history. This isn’t another rehash of the Tate-LaBianca massacres—it’s a psychological time bomb that detonates the myth of Manson to exp…

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“Manson’s Murder Cult: The Bloodline of Helter Skelter” 1:31:25

2M ago1:31:25

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Dare to stare into the void where humanity’s darkest secrets fester. "Devil’s DNA: Bloodlines of Brutality" isn’t just a podcast—it’s a forensic excavation into the twisted minds of history’s most notorious serial killers. Hosted by a former FBI profiler and a forensic psychologist with a razor-sharp knack for storytelling, this show strips away th…

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MoNo Encore: The Murder of Carol Thompson w/ Bill Swanson 1:04:21

2M ago1:04:21

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(Original pub date: 3/11/20) While the Coen brothers refuse to confirm it, many believe that their movie "Fargo" was inspired by the Carol Thompson murder case. She was viciously killed in her comfortable Saint Paul home by a hitman hired by her eccentric husband, T. Eugene Thompson, in March of 1963, leaving behind four small children. It was an a…

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E11: Thomas Sweatt - “Late Shift at Roy Rogers” 36:29

2M ago36:29

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Send us a text Thomas Sweatt is a convicted serial arsonist. His crimes: many - including arson, destruction of buildings, and murder. His illness: pyrophilia. Our illness: telling you about his sick crimes with a twist of sour humor. Let's roast this villain! Listen, Before We Get Cancelled WebsiteBy CooperScottSarah

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383: The Mysterious Disappearance of Molly Zelko w/ Rod Kackley 57:54

2M ago57:54

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Molly Zelko was the crusading editor and publisher of the Spectator, a newspaper devoted to battling local gangsters operating slot machines and other rackets in Joliet, Illinois. In the late night hours of September 25, 1957 she vanished, with only her shoes and signs of a struggle left as evidence that something sinister had likely happened to he…

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382: The Notorious Nancy Clem & the Cold Spring Murders w/ Wendy Gamber 1:19:31

3M ago1:19:31

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On September 13, 1868, the bodies of Jacob and Nancy Young were discovered brutally murdered along the bank of the White River in Cold Spring, Indiana. Police would eventually set their sights on a charming and fascinating confidence woman named Nancy Clem, who happened to be involved in some extremely shady business dealings with Jacob Young at th…

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E10: JFK - “Empty Your Pockets, Jackie” 1:06:46

3M ago1:06:46

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Send us a text Want a refresher of John F. Kennedy's assassination with some recent updates? Did you know that in January 2025 The White House put out a declassification statement about the full release of all records pertaining to JFK's death? This episode is going to give you some insight you may not have known about the JFK death monstrosity. Im…

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381: Alabama's Kilpatrick Shooting w/ Lesa Carnes Shaul 1:27:48

3M ago1:27:48

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Close to midnight on May 17, 1951, four north Alabama lawmen drove to a bootlegger’s home to serve an arrest warrant. Before the clock struck twelve, the bootlegger lay dead in front of the house he shared with his wife and eight children, and three of the four officers were also dead. Afterward, a sixteen-year-old boy would face a series of trials…

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