A Crime’s Ripple Effect is a true crime podcast that looks beyond the crime itself to explore the waves it sets in motion. Each episode revisits a case that didn’t just shatter lives—it reshaped laws, policies, or society at large. Through a careful, factual narrative, we trace how one violent act sparked consequences that reached far beyond the immediate victims, influencing justice systems, communities, and culture. This is not just about what happened. It’s about what happened after.
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Send us a text On a cold March night in 1964, twenty-eight-year-old Kitty Genovese was murdered outside her Queens apartment. What followed wasn’t just a crime—it awakened a national sense of responsibility. The headline said thirty-seven people watched and did nothing, but the truth was far more complex. This episode uncovers what really happened …
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Send us a text The Manson Effect explores how one of America’s most infamous crimes—the 1969 Manson Family murders—did far more than end lives; it rewired an entire nation’s psyche. The podcast examines how the brutal killings of Sharon Tate and others shattered the illusion of peace and love that defined the 1960s, marking the symbolic end of the …
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Before Megan’s Law: The Unknown Danger Across the Street
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Send us a text In July 1994, seven-year-old Megan Kanka walked across the street in her quiet New Jersey neighborhood to see a neighbor’s new puppy. She never came home. What followed would expose the hidden dangers living in plain sight and ignite a nationwide demand for change. This episode traces the path from grief to law, from law to evidence,…
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Send us a text On the morning of August twentieth, nineteen eighty-six, Patrick Henry Sherrill drove to the Edmond, Oklahoma, post office. Police records place him there just before seven a.m., carrying multiple firearms. What followed minted a phrase that reshaped how Americans thought about workplace safety.…
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Lorena Bobbitt: The Cut That Changed the Conversation
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Send us a text Sensational. Extreme. Shocking. Unbelievable. In 1993, a young wife in America carried out an act that stunned the world—and rattled every man. Behind the sensational headlines lay years of hidden abuse and a justice system that failed to protect her. A Crime’s Ripple Effect uncovers how one desperate night sparked a national reckoni…
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Amber Hagerman: The Abduction That Sparked a Movement
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Send us a text On a mild January afternoon in 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman vanished while riding her pink bicycle in Arlington, Texas. What began as a neighborhood search became a nationwide manhunt—and the spark for a system now used around the world. This episode follows the investigation, the heartbreak, and the unstoppable ripple that tur…
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The Stephanie Roper Case: The murder that gave victims a voice.
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Send us a text April 3, 1982. A 22-year-old college senior's car breaks down on a dark rural road in Maryland. What happens next doesn't just destroy one family—it exposes a shocking truth about American justice that will change everything. Stephanie Roper was weeks away from graduating magna cum laude from Frostburg State University. She was talen…
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Divided by fate. Bound by blood. The Stayner Brothers story that changed our parks.
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Send us a text Two brothers. Bound by blood. Divided by fate. Steven Stayner was abducted at seven and held captive for seven years before escaping and returning home—a story that changed how America understood child abduction. His brother Cary would later commit a series of brutal murders near Yosemite, shattering lives and forever altering the pa…
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The Day Childhood Changed – The Disappearance of the Lyons Sisters
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Send us a text On March 25, 1975, two young sisters—10-year-old Katherine and 12-year-old Sheila Lyons—left their suburban Maryland home to walk to Wheaton Plaza. It was a short trip, one they’d made many times before. They were never seen again. The disappearance of the Lyons Sisters shattered a sense of safety in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. It …
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