True Crime

In October 2023, 39 year-old mother of two, Irina Garcia, was brutally stabbed to death in her bed. It was an attack so malicious that it was assumed to be an act of passion. The only suspect in the case, Irina’s 13 year-old son, Derek, had no motive. No one could point to any sign that the teen was aggressive or capable of violence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

Dee Ann Warner went missing in April, 2021. For years her disappearance was a source of mystery and heartache for the community she had been a part of her whole life. Dee’s last sighting had been at the farmhouse where she and her family lived and worked. It was there that search efforts focused. Just as authorities began to accept that they must seek justice without all of the answers … they made, a shocking discovery.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

On an otherwise uneventful Thursday afternoon in May, 2019, 15 year-old Kaylie Juga returned home from school with her mother. They turned on some music, joked around and relaxed. Minutes later, a hooded figure dressed all in black entered the house undetected through the open garage door. A doorbell camera across the street recorded the sound of gunfire. Seven shots rang out across the usually quiet and peaceful neighbourhood. Moments later, the hooded figure ran from the scene; mother and daughter still inside, fighting for their lives.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

In the Spring of 2019 a well-liked and respected trucker in a small town in West Virginia went missing. In the days that followed it seemed that everyone in the community had a theory. Rumours, speculation and accusations were rampant. The investigation navigated a maze of strange clues, finger-pointing, and colorful characters. Until one, small and seemingly innocuous lie, unravelled the mystery of this small-town murder.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

On a Saturday afternoon in October 2022, officers from the the Santa Fe Police Department found 21 year-old Grace Jennings stabbed to death by a large sword in the garage of a house on Jaguar Drive. Grace did not live in the home where she was found. She had only arrived the night before; offered an ostensibly safe place to stay the night by someone claiming to be her friend.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

On a November night in 2016, a peaceful Loxahatchee home became a chamber of horror. A young man was dead, and the three people found with him—his mother, her boyfriend, and his best friend—told a chillingly simple story: a phantom intruder had somehow slipped inside their locked house, committed the murder, and vanished without a trace. With no forced entry and no evidence of this mysterious fourth person, detectives faced a seemingly impossible crime. This is the story of how investigators pieced together the truth from the inconsistencies in the survivors' accounts, using forensic evidence to expose a web of d...

On the night of July 19, 2023 desperate cries were heard emanating from Barry Schmalbach’s condo in Cape Coral. Florida. In the days that followed, no one saw Barry. Messages sent from his cellphone were at first odd, then they ceased entirely. Barry’s boyfriend, his closest friends and his family spoke with police. Though by the time investigators began retracing his steps, it seemed is was too lateBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

A security guard in the wealthy, gated community of Admiral's Cove responded to a home security alarm early one Autumn morning, arriving within three minutes of dispatch. Inside, the patriarch of the family lie dead in the bathroom; not one, but two possible murder weapons found nearby. Emerging from the house were two suspects: a mother and son, each with motive, and each pointing the finger at the other.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

In the Spring of 2019 a group of 20-somethings spent their weekends partying at friend's house in east Detroit. On one of these nights the unthinkable happened. Jokes and dancing turned into terror when a man in a mask burst through the door, armed with a gun, and began firing. The attack left three friends dead and the remaining two witnesses wounded.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

On a cold winter night in January 2018, a birthday party at an apartment complex in Denver Colorado turned deadly. Within minutes of the last guest leaving, a shot was fired - and a young wife and mother lost her life. From the apartment emerged the distraught husband, his pleas making clear what had happened: he was not to blame. He would never harm his wifeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

In the winter of 2023, the silence from a Broomfield, Colorado mother was more ominous than anyone knew. When police performed a welfare check, they discovered a tragedy that had been months in the making. For Kristil, a 43-year-old mother, a relentless cyber-stalker had turned her digital life into a living nightmare of threats and harassment. It was only after her death that investigators could finally piece together the sinister puzzle, using digital forensics to trace the threatening messages back to their source. This is the story of a modern-day investigation, where detectives had to follow a trail of digital breadcrumbs...

On a spring afternoon in 2024, an unimaginable tragedy rocked the town of Newport, Michigan. Two children were killed and over a dozen more injured. Mixed with the community’s grief was outrage towards the woman responsible.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

On a summer night in 2019, Elijah McClain was walking home, his only crime being a young Black man in a ski mask on a cool evening. A "suspicious person" call led to a violent police encounter in Aurora, Colorado, that ended with the 23-year-old massage therapist being rendered unconscious by a carotid hold. Paramedics then administered a powerful sedative, ketamine. He never woke up. This is the story of a life cut tragically short—a gentle, violin-playing soul who harmed no one. The investigation delves into the catastrophic chain of events, the initial lack of accountability, and the global outcry th...

Over the period of five days in December 2022, the body parts of a woman were discovered scattered across a three mile radius within vast logging and hunting grounds in Southeast Georgia. It would take law enforcement nearly 6 months to identify their victim.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

In March 2023, 44 year-old mother of six, Angela Craig, died of unknown causes in hospital after battling a mysterious illness for almost two weeks. While answers seemed elusive when she lived, they would reveal themselves with shocking speed upon her death. A single suspicion to investigators unraveled a dark plan; elaborate stories, deceit, affairs … and further murder plots.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

For years, a wave of seemingly random sniper attacks and bombings terrorized communities across America, from the Midwest to the South. The victims—targeted for their race or simply for being in the wrong place—appeared unconnected. This is the story of the monumental FBI task force that worked to connect these dots, revealing the horrifying pattern of a lone wolf terrorist: Joseph Paul Franklin. A self-proclaimed white supremacist, Franklin embarked on a solo campaign of murder to start a race war. Unravel the investigation alongside the Bureau's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists as they use ballistic fingerprinting, eyewitness acco...

He was a celebrated poet, a darling of the Viennese intellectual elite, and a man who had been famously rehabilitated after a murder conviction. But Jack Unterweger was hiding a monstrous secret. Following his release, a series of murders began—first in Austria, then in Los Angeles. This is the story of the unprecedented international investigation that unfolded as the FBI and Austrian Federal Police joined forces, suspecting the unthinkable: their celebrated literary figure was a prolific, transatlantic serial killer. Unravel the mystery alongside the world's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists as they work to pierce Unterweger's charming facade, us...

What began as a routine investigation into a string of violent armed robberies culminated in a horrific daylight shootout on the streets of Miami, leaving two special agents dead and five wounded. This is the story of the hunt for the cold-blooded and heavily armed perpetrators, Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix. Unravel the investigation alongside the FBI's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists as they piece together the pair's violent crime spree, a pursuit that would end in a devastating six-minute firefight. The tragic outcome forced a nationwide reckoning, leading to the adoption of more powerful firearms, improved...

In the quiet Chicago suburb of Willow Springs, the line between law enforcement and organized crime was not just blurred—it was erased. This is the story of the FBI's groundbreaking investigation that exposed a shocking conspiracy, revealing how the Chicago Outfit had infiltrated the very heart of the town's government. Unravel the mystery alongside the Bureau's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists as they work to bring down a corrupt system, culminating in the stunning arrests of former Willow Springs police chief Michael Corbitt and prominent Chicago attorney Alan Masters for murder and racketeering. It's a chilling tale of be...

When a young mother, Joann Katrinak, and her infant son, Alex, vanished from their Pennsylvania home just days before Christmas in 1994, the investigation yielded few clues and quickly went cold. For years, the mystery seemed unsolvable—until a revolutionary forensic tool entered the picture. This is the story of one of the first cases in the United States where DNA evidence was successfully used to convict a killer, creating a landmark precedent. Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists as they return to the evidence with new technology, using a single hair to build an un...