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Something has crept into this feed…For Halloween, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds has slipped through the walls to haunt your feed with an episode just for you.In 1918, a killer began slipping into New Orleans homes under cover of darkness, attacking sleeping victims with an axe and vanishing without a trace. The attacks targeted the city's Italian immigrant grocers, leaving a terrorized community wondering who would be next...and investigators scrambling to find a suspect they couldn't identify. As the body count rose, false arrests and coerced statements threatened to send innocent people to prison.En...

Join us for the fifth and final episode of the Crime House of Horrors Limited Series, and Vanessa Richardson tells you all about the Cabin in the Woods, a 2012 horror film about five college students sent to a remote cabin...but the underground facility managing their deaths is built from real history. From Aztec human sacrifice and sleeping-god mythology to the CIA's MKUltra program and Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments, every gear in the film's machine has a true-world counterpart. This episode traces those connections and asks what it means that audiences keep demanding the same sacrificial story, told the...

In 16th-century Hungary, Countess Elizabeth Báthory was accused of torturing and killing hundreds of young women in her castle. Rumor claimed she bathed in their blood to stay young forever. In today's second episode of Cults & Cons, Sabrina and Corinne reveal the terrifying true story of The Blood Countess, the world’s first female serial killer whose crimes blurred the line between history and legend.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Crimes Of Reddit.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow...

In 1989, University of Texas student Mark Kilroy traveled to Matamoros, Mexico for a spring break trip that would end in one of the most disturbing cult crimes in modern history. When Kilroy vanished after a night out with friends, authorities uncovered a shocking network tied to drug trafficking, ritual sacrifice, and a violent group known as the Narcosatanists. In today's first episode of Cults & Cons, Vanessa Richardson examines the cult led by Adolfo Constanzo, the beliefs that fueled its brutality, and the investigation that exposed a chilling intersection of organized crime and ritual murder.And for more...

After three teenagers were brutally murdered near Lake Waco in 1982, investigators relied on jailhouse snitches, questionable forensic evidence, and coerced confessions to make their case. In today's second episode of Justice Served, Carter Roy asks: did the state execute an innocent man?And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Murder: True Crime Stories.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss a case! For ad-free listening and exclusive bonus episodes, subscribe to Crime House+. Join at crimehouseplus.com or i...

In today's first episode of Justice Served, Carter Roy takes you to the summer of 1982, when three teenagers, Jill Montgomery, Raylene Rice, and Kenneth Franks, set out for a night by Lake Waco. By morning, they were found bound, gagged, and brutally murdered. This case would become one of Texas’s most shocking crimes, but in the rush to solve the case, investigators may have made a fatal mistake.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Murder: True Crime Stories.If you’re new here, don’...

During the 1400s, Gilles de Rais terrorized his lands, kidnapping and murdering children as he pleased. But when he stopped being useful to his lords, this medieval serial killer's crimes were finally exposed. And in today's second Throwback Thursday episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels ask: would anyone care enough to stop him from murdering again? And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Serial Killers and Murderous Minds.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss a case...

In today's first Throwback Thursday episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels take you back to medieval France, where Gilles de Rais made his name as Joan of Arc's greatest ally. But now, we know him as one of history's most terrifying serial killers. From the depths of his castle, Gilles assaulted and murdered innocent children. And it seemed like nobody could stop him.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Serial Killers and Murderous Minds.If you’re new here, don’t forget to foll...

She married them fast, drugged their food, and emptied their bank accounts. Then they died. Melissa Ann Shepard did it for decades, moving between Canada and Florida, leaving a trail of dead and disabled husbands behind her. The drug was always the same. The pattern was always the same. And no one could stop her until one man survived long enough to tell someone what was in his coffee. In today's second episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Carter Roy follows the Internet Black Widow from her first kill to her last arrest, and the question that haunted every investigation...

In 1993, three men were found brutally mauled on a remote cannabis farm in Northern California. Locals whispered that Bigfoot was to blame. In today's first episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien uncover the shocking true story of the Humboldt Sasquatch Murders: a tale of drugs, danger, and the blurred line between myth and murder.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Crimes Of Reddit.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss a case! For...

In August 2013, 19-year-old college sophomore Bryce Laspisa gave away his most prized possessions, broke up with his girlfriend, and spent 30 hours driving aimlessly through California. He sat motionless in parking lots, for hours, before his SUV was found crashed and empty at the bottom of a 15-foot embankment near Castaic Lake. He had shattered the rear window from the inside, leaving behind his wallet, phone, and laptop, but no trace of himself. In today's second Unsolved Tuesday episode, Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole ask, was Bryce running from something he never got the chance to tell his parents?<...

Seven-year-old Kyron Horman disappeared from his Portland elementary school in broad daylight and somehow no one saw him leave. In today's first Unsolved Tuesday episode, Kaelyn Moore and Morgan Absher unravel the baffling clues behind one of Oregon’s most haunting missing child cases: a suspicious timeline, conflicting eyewitness accounts, and a cell phone ping near a remote island. Was this a kidnapping, a family conspiracy, or something much darker?And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, CLUES.If you’re new here, don’t forget...

In today's second Killer of the Week episode on Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels trace his escalation from calculated bombings to deadly domestic terrorism that left three people dead and a nation in fear. As panic spreads and authorities scramble for answers, a bold and unprecedented move forces the entire country to confront the mind behind the violence. But the breakthrough doesn’t come from advanced forensics or surveillance...it comes from someone who knows him better than anyone else. Explore the psychology, ideology, and investigation behind one of the most notorious domestic terrorists in...

In today's first episode of Killer of the Week, explore the origins of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, in this deep dive into the psychology behind one of America’s most infamous domestic terrorists. From his troubled childhood, social isolation, and controversial Harvard psychological study to his retreat into the Montana wilderness, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels examine how a math prodigy became radicalized against technology and industrial society. What turns a gifted genius into a serial bomber...and what warning signs were missed along the way?And for more cases just like this one, be sure to...

An A&E original podcast presented by Rewind Studios, Celebrity Ghost Stories is adapted from the first and only series where celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal, told completely through first-person narratives by the respected actors, musicians, and athletes who experienced these phenomena themselves. From ghosts and angry spirits to real-life haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first-person POV’s from our favorite stars deliver a brand-new way to experience the thrills and chills of the paranormal.Celebrity Ghost Stories is an A&E original podcast presented by Rewind Studios. New ep...

Join us for the fourth episode of the Crime House of Horrors limited series, where Vanessa Richardson examines the true stories behind the 2014 cult film The Taking of Deborah Logan. The story is made up of three real nightmares: the devastating toll of dementia on millions of families, the decades-long killing sprees of trusted doctors Harold Shipman and Johannes M., and the Satanic Panic that destroyed innocent lives across America in the 1980s and 90s.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss a case! For ad-free listening and exclusive bonu...

Rod Ferrell led a group of teenagers who believed they were vampires, blending goth subculture with authoritarian devotion. In 1996, Ferrell and an accomplice murdered the parents of one member in a violent attempt to cement control. In today's second episode of Cults & Cons, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien demonstrate how identity fantasy combined with cult hierarchy can culminate in real-world homicide.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Crimes Of Reddit.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss...

Today's first episode of Cults & Cons is all about the Raëlians cult. In the 1970s, a French journalist claimed he was contacted by extraterrestrial beings who revealed that humanity was scientifically created by an advanced alien race. From that encounter, the Raëlian Movement was born, blending UFO belief, sensual freedom, and a futuristic vision of human destiny. Vanessa Richardson examines the rise of founder Claude Vorilhon, known as Raël, and the group’s teachings about the Elohim, cloning, and eternal life through science. As the movement spread internationally and made headlines with controversial claims of human cloni...

Today's second episode of Justice Served concludes the murder of Laci Peterson. As the investigation into Laci Peterson's disappearance turned into a homicide case, detectives zeroed in on the likeliest suspect: her husband, Scott. But was he a murderer like so many believed, or was there more to the story? Listen as Carter Roy takes you through the haunting narrative, and Dr. Tristin Engels provides expert analysis into the psychology behind this tragic murder case. And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Murder: True Crime Stories.<...

Today's episodes of Justice Served follow the murder of Laci Peterson, one of the most sensational stories of the 21st century. As Carter Roy takes you through Scott and Laci Petersons' marriage and Laci's chilling disappearance, Dr. Tristin Engels offers expert analysis into the psychology of all involved with one of the world's most infamous murder cases.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Murder: True Crime Stories.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Crime House 24/7 to never miss a case! For...