Best Media Forge Studios Podcasts (2025)

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Halloween Week: The Candyman - Ronald Clark O'Bryan 46:31

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On Halloween night in 1974, Ronald Clark O'Bryan handed his son a Pixy Stix filled with cyanide, unknowingly creating one of America’s darkest modern legends. Behind his mask as a churchgoing father and optician, O'Bryan was drowning in debt and had secretly taken out life insurance policies on his children. His desperate act of greed would not onl…

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EP16: Run Towards Something: Mexican Immigrant "Abrahan" on Illegal Crossings and the Path to Citizenship 1:12:30

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At five years old, he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with his mother, hidden on a bus. At twelve, he crossed again—this time on foot, in the cold, through a desert canyon. Years later, Abrahan served in the United States Marine Corps, completed two deployments in the Middle East, and earned his U.S. citizenship. In this extraordinary episode, Abrah…

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Halloween Week: The Tranquille Sanatorium 43:42

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The Tranquille Sanatorium, located near Kamloops, British Columbia, opened in 1907 as a tuberculosis treatment center and later served as a psychiatric hospital before closing in 1983. At its peak, it functioned as a small self sustaining community with farms, tunnels, staff housing, and medical facilities. Since its abandonment however, the site h…

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Halloween Week: The Manhattan Alien Abduction 1:01:51

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At 3:00 a.m. on November 30, 1989, a Manhattan woman named Linda Napolitano claimed she was lifted from her 12th floor apartment window by a beam of blue light and taken aboard a glowing craft hovering over the Brooklyn Bridge. Within months, two alleged government bodyguards and more than twenty witnesses surfaced, saying they’d seen the same impo…

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Halloween Week: 3 Urban Legends V5 41:47

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It's time for the 4th Annual Halloween Week: 3 Urban Legends! We have researched 3 urban legends and found the truth and fiction behind each. As we tell the stories, we want to know if you can figure out which ones are true and which ones are false. We will of course reveal the answers, but first we want to test your wicked knowledge! Listen to our…

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Halloween Week: The Bell Witch 53:07

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Two hundred years ago, a quiet Tennessee farm became the center of one of America’s most terrifying hauntings. The Bell family was stalked, tormented, and ultimately broken by a voice in the dark that claimed to want one thing, the death of their patriarch. What followed remains the only time in U.S. history that a ghost was blamed for murder. List…

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Halloween Week: The Dark History of Nursery Rhymes 37:51

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For centuries, nursery rhymes have been passed down as harmless children’s songs, but their true origins are anything but sweet. It seems as though the innocent words we all remember may have been hiding nightmares all along. In this episode we’re peeling back the cute surface and digging into the dark history that’s been whispered through generati…

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Halloween Week: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe 42:20

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Edgar Allan Poe, the master of the macabre, spent his life crafting horrors that crawled under our skin. But in October of 1849, it was his own final days that became the most chilling mystery he ever inspired. Found delirious in a gutter, wearing clothes that weren’t his, Poe left behind one last unsolved riddle... his own death. Listen to our oth…

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The Napa Valley Halloween Massacre 47:42

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On Halloween night in 2004, Napa Valley, a town that hadn’t seen a homicide in years, awoke to horror when roommates Adriane Insogna and Leslie Mazzara were found brutally stabbed inside their Dorset Street home. The only survivor, Lauren Meanza, escaped through the back door as the killer fled through a shattered kitchen window. Nearly a year late…

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The Gainesville Ripper 1:01:40

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What began as a week of new classes at college in Gainesville, Florida, turned into one of the most terrifying crime sprees in American history. Within four days in August 1990, five students were brutally murdered in their own homes, their bodies arranged in scenes so disturbing they would later inspire the classic movie franchise "Scream". But be…

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The Murder of Brian Waters 56:44

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On June 19, 2003, police in Cheshire, England, discovered a crime scene so brutal it would haunt investigators for years. Inside a secluded outbuilding at Burnt House Farm in Tabley, 44 year-old Brian Waters had been tortured to death over a £20,000 drug debt owed to gangster John Wilson. The assault, witnessed by his own children, exposed a web of…

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer - Part 2 48:21

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For over a decade, Israel Keyes moved silently across America, flying into random cities, renting cars with cash, and driving thousands of miles just to kill. He buried “kill kits” years in advance packed with guns, rope, zip ties, and Drano, waiting for the perfect moment to dig them up. By the time he was caught in 2012, Keyes had murdered a youn…

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Israel Keyes - Serial Killer - Part 1 47:13

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For over a decade, Israel Keyes moved silently across America, flying into random cities, renting cars with cash, and driving thousands of miles just to kill. He buried “kill kits” years in advance packed with guns, rope, zip ties, and Drano, waiting for the perfect moment to dig them up. By the time he was caught in 2012, Keyes had murdered a youn…

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Teri Jendusa Nicolai – Survival Story 54:02

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By Bleav + Ben & Nicole Gibson

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Nathan Carman - Murder on the High Seas. 54:55

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On a dark September night, a mother and son slipped into the Atlantic on a fishing trip that should have lasted only hours. A week later, the son was found alive in a drifting raft, while his mother had vanished into the depths without a trace. What followed was not just a search for a missing woman, but an unraveling tale of family fortune, murder…

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EP15: Raising Yourself: Mary Grace Lim on Immigration, Inheritance, and Forging a Voice 54:50

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Season Two continues exploring themes of resilience, inheritance, and reinvention. In Richie Barlow’s story, we saw how unmet needs became entrepreneurial muscle. In this conversation, we step through another doorway—immigration—to ask how identity and family are reshaped across borders. Mary Grace Lim was born in Carmona Cavite, Philippines, and c…

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The Murder of Libby Squire 53:36

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On 31 January 2019, 21 year old University of Hull student Libby Squire was refused entry to a nightclub, put in a taxi by friends, and dropped outside her home, but she never went inside. Minutes later, she was seen wandering Beverley Road, intoxicated, distressed, and without her phone or keys, before CCTV caught her getting into a silver Vauxhal…

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The Jenny Jones Show Murder of Scott Amedure 1:07:45

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1995, when daytime talk shows ruled the afternoon. On March 6 in Chicago, The Jenny Jones Show taped a “same-sex secret crush” reveal episode. 32-year-old Scott Amedure would be telling his 24-year-old Jonathan Schmitz friend he liked him. The lights blaze, the crowd leans in, and a private moment goes public. But no one in those studio seats imagi…

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Bible John - Glasgow’s Unsolved Dancehall Murders - Part 2 53:01

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Between 1968 and 1969, three women left Glasgow’s famous Barrowland Ballroom and were later found murdered. Each one of them was strangled with their own stockings and left near their homes. Witnesses described their companion as a tall, red haired man who quoted scripture, a detail that earned him the name “Bible John.” Despite one of Scotland’s l…

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Bible John - Glasgow’s Unsolved Dancehall Murders - Part 1 48:22

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Between 1968 and 1969, three women left Glasgow’s famous Barrowland Ballroom and were later found murdered. Each one of them was strangled with their own stockings and left near their homes. Witnesses described their companion as a tall, red haired man who quoted scripture, a detail that earned him the name “Bible John.” Despite one of Scotland’s l…

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EP14: Holding On Tight and Healing through Entrepreneurship (Part 2) with Richie Barlow 59:17

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EP14: Holding On Tight and Healing through Entrepreneurship (Part 2) with Richie Barlow In the conclusion of this two-part conversation, Richie Daiches Barlow returns to share what happened after he aged out of the UK state care system—abandoned, robbed, and utterly alone. What followed was unlikely, healing, and deeply powerful. Starting with a pa…

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Murder in the Hamptons - Ted Ammon 53:40

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Ted Ammon was a self made Wall Street success, a man who built his fortune through savvy deals and a relentless drive. But his bitter divorce and his estranged wife’s new romance with a hot-tempered electrician set the stage for tragedy. When Ammon was found bludgeoned to death in his East Hampton home, investigators unraveled a story as tangled as…

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The Japanese Mind Control Killer 58:11

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From the mid 1980s through the late 1990s, Futoshi Matsunaga lived by deception, posing as a businessman, scamming millions, and using electrocution, starvation, and fear to bend people to his will. At his side was Junko Ogata, once a gentle preschool teacher, gradually broken down into his accomplice and forced to take part in murders that claimed…

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EP 444: Bluesman Christopher Wyze & the Tellers Talk New Live Album and more! 45:29

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My guest today is Christopher Wyze of Christopher Wyze & the Tellers blues band. Earlier this year they won the coveted RMR Top 40 Blues Album of the Year. And with that prize, Christopher Wyze & the Tellers became one of just three debut artists, along with Sonny Gullage and Jovin Webb, to crack RMR’s Top 40 – out of the top 200 albums they ranked…

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The Easter Sunday Massacre 46:11

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Easter is meant to be a celebration of life and renewal, but in 1975, one Ohio family never made it past dinner. In less than five minutes, 41-year-old James Ruppert gunned down his mother, brother, sister-in-law, and eight children in what became known as the Easter Sunday Massacre. The killings were so brutal that investigators described blood dr…

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EP 443: Country Recording Artist Sammy Sadler Talks Newest Single and Tour 26:28

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country superstar Sammy Sadler. Who continues to honor the legacy of ’80s and ’90s country with the release of his latest single, “If I Had A Cheating Heart.” Originally a Top 10 hit for Mel Street in 1978, the song was later re-recorded by Ricky Lynn Gregg in 1993, reaching the Top 40. Written by Wayland Holyfield and Al Turney, “If I Had a Cheati…

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Carly Gregg - Teenage Murderer 46:21

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On March 19, 2024, 40 year old teacher Ashley Smiley came home from school with her daughter, Carly. Within an hour, Ashley was dead, and Carly was accused of pulling the trigger. What followed was a chilling investigation into how a straight A student with a bright future could spiral into violence against the very people who loved her most. Our o…

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EP13: Finding Light in the Darkest Places (Part 1), with Richie Barlow 57:25

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Show Notes In this powerful first part of a two-part conversation, Kristen sits down with Richie Daiches Barlow—entrepreneur, bestselling author, and survivor—to share a story of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and hope. Richie’s childhood in the U.K. was marked by neglect, abuse, and systemic failure. Locked in his room for days without food, f…

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Dr. Teresa Sievers - Murder For Hire 53:28

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On June 28, 2015, Dr. Teresa Sievers cut a family trip short to return home to her patients, unaware that death was waiting for her inside her house. The well-respected doctor, wife, and mother was murdered in a savage attack that left investigators stunned by its ferocity. As detectives sifted through the evidence, suspicion crept closer to home, …

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The Turpin Family House of Horrors 56:48

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In the quiet suburb of Perris, California, neighbour's thought the Turpin family was just a little unusual. No one imagined that inside the walls of their home, thirteen children were wasting away in chains, deprived of food, education, and even sunlight. Their shocking rescue in 2018 would reveal a nightmare hidden in plain sight and the extraordi…

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Ashley Reeves – Survival Story 52:44

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Seventeen year old Ashley Reeves left her Illinois home one April afternoon in 2006, telling her parents she had a job interview. In reality, she was on her way to meet a teacher, Sam Shelton, a man who had crossed lines and pulled her into a secret relationship. By nightfall she was missing, and within days, the search would uncover a brutal betra…

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The Heist of the Century - The Antwerp Diamond Heist 41:50

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In the early hours of February 15, 2003, a small crew of Italian thieves pulled off what seemed impossible, they broke into the world’s most secure diamond vault in Antwerp, Belgium. They slipped past ten layers of high tech security without triggering a single alarm, making off with millions in gems, gold, and cash. It was the kind of heist you’d …

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The Murder of Shakira Spencer 41:33

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Shakira Spencer longed for friendship, but what she found instead was betrayal of the darkest kind. In September 2022, police forced their way into her West London flat and uncovered a scene so grim it stunned even seasoned detectives. The investigation that followed revealed months of cruelty, control, and torture at the hands of the very people s…

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The Yorkshire Ripper - Part 2 1:05:27

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From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s, the streets of northern England became the hunting ground for a man whose weapon was as unremarkable as it was deadly, a hammer. In just five years, he butchered thirteen women and brutally attacked at least seven more, slipping past the largest manhunt in British history time and again. Known to the world as …

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The Yorkshire Ripper - Part 1 56:57

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From the mid 1970s to the early 1980s, the streets of northern England became the hunting ground for a man whose weapon was as unremarkable as it was deadly, a hammer. In just five years, he butchered thirteen women and brutally attacked at least seven more, slipping past the largest manhunt in British history time and again. Known to the world as …

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The Irish Scissor Sisters 1:04:15

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In the heart of Dublin, a night of drinking and drugs spiraled into unimaginable violence. By morning, Farah Swaleh Noor was dead, his body hacked apart and dumped into the Royal Canal by sisters Linda and Charlotte Mulhall. Most of his remains were recovered, but his head and other parts were never found. What followed was a grisly investigation t…

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Tyler Hadley’s House Party of Horrors 55:39

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Tyler Hadley told his friends he was throwing the party of the year and dozens showed up to drink, dance, and have the time of their lives in his parents' house. But what none of them knew was that his parents were still there, beaten to death with a hammer and hidden just down the hall. What started as a wild night of teenage rebellion would unrav…

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EP 442: AN AMERICA HERO: One Man's Legacy of Fatherhood and Faith with author Jack Watts 1:03:32

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My guest today is author Jack Watts. Having written thirty-four books and screenplays, including nine biographies, six of them commissioned, he received his AB from Georgia State University, his MA in Church-State Studies from Baylor University, and all but his dissertation for a PhD from Emory University. He has co-authored his newest book along w…

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The Eyeball Killer - The Charles Albright Case 1:08:44

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Dallas in the early 1990s was no stranger to crime, but nothing prepared the city for the horror that came next. Three women—Mary Pratt, Susan Peterson, and Shirley Williams—were found murdered, their bodies dumped in plain sight, and each one missing their eyes. As panic gripped the streets of Oak Cliff, detectives began piecing together a chillin…

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Amy Bradley is Missing 1:06:18

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Amy Lynn Bradley vanished without a trace from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in March 1998, just hours before the ship docked in Curaçao. What began as a family vacation turned into a decades long nightmare filled with suspicious sightings, missed opportunities, and chilling theories. To this day, her disappearance remains one of the most disturbin…

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The impossible Death of Rey Rivera 53:07

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Rey Rivera was charting a new course in life, ready to trade Baltimore for the bright lights of filmmaking in Los Angeles. But in May 2006, a cryptic phone call pulled him from his home, leaving only a strange note and an empty car. What followed was a discovery that defied logic and physics, cementing Rey's death as one of the most enduring myster…

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The Wichita Horror - Part 2 55:46

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On the chilling night of December 14, 2000, in Wichita, Kansas, five young friends experienced a brutal home invasion that quickly spiraled into hours of terror, including abductions, repeated sexual assaults, and the cold blooded murders of four among them. This unspeakable crime was part of a terrifying, multi day spree orchestrated by two brothe…

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The Wichita Horror - Part 1 43:35

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On the chilling night of December 14, 2000, in Wichita, Kansas, five young friends experienced a brutal home invasion that quickly spiraled into hours of terror, including abductions, repeated sexual assaults, and the cold blooded murders of four among them. This unspeakable crime was part of a terrifying, multi day spree orchestrated by two brothe…

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EP 441: The Preventive State with Special Guest Alan Dershowitz 44:43

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My guest today Professor Alan Dershowitz, an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School Mr. Dershowitz has taken on high-profile and often unpopular causes and clients. As he has represented such celebrity clients as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona…

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Fedex Shooting - Brandon Hole 54:22

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On a quiet Thursday night in April 2021, a former FedEx employee walked into the Indianapolis facility where he once worked and opened fire. In less than four minutes, eight people were dead, several others injured, and the gunman, 19 year old Brandon Scott Hole, had taken his own life. What followed was a painful revelation of warning signs that w…

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Murder for Lobster - The Killing of Phillip Boudreau 46:12

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In the remote fishing village of Petit-de-Grat on Isle Madame, Nova Scotia, where the sea is both a livelihood and a way of life, tensions over lobster poaching exploded into one of Canada’s most shocking acts of vigilante violence. On the morning of June 1, 2013, 43 year old Phillip Boudreau, a notorious small time criminal known for stealing from…

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Joseph Kallinger - The Shoemaker 1:08:41

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Joseph Kallinger was no ordinary killer. He was a father, a shoemaker, and a man driven by persistent voices only he could hear. Alongside his 12 year-old son, he carried out a series of brutal crimes that stunned the nation, including robbery, sexual assault, and cold-blooded murder. Behind every act of violence was a twisted belief that he was fu…

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Girl in the Butchers Box - Brook Weber 42:27

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In August 1996, 18 year old Brook Weber arrived in Moss Point, Mississippi, for what was supposed to be a quick road trip with her new boyfriend, Jeffrey Wolfe. Hours later, Jeffrey was shot dead, and dismembered. While Brook was being held captive inside a homemade metal box by a man named Gary Simmons, whose violent fantasies had finally become r…

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The Blue Eyed Butcher - Susan Wright 49:50

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In January 2003, 26 year old Susan Wright reported her husband Jeff missing, telling friends and family he had stormed out after a fight. Just days later, his partially buried body was discovered in their backyard naked, bound, and stabbed 193 times. What followed was a trial that ignited national debate, as prosecutors painted Susan as a manipulat…

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Disappearance of Tara Calico 47:05

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On September 20, 1988, 19 year-old Tara Calico vanished during a routine bike ride along Highway 47 in Belen, New Mexico, a route she knew by heart. Despite witness sightings of a suspicious truck following her and the discovery of her Walkman fragments on the roadside, no trace of Tara or her bike was ever found. Then, nearly a year later, a Polar…