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In today's first Throwback Thursday episode, Carter Roy takes you back to 1889, when Benjamin Pitezel befriended a man named H.H. Holmes in Chicago. The two of them became partners in crime, and cooked up a plan to defraud a life insurance company by faking Benjamin's death. But Benjamin had no idea that his friend Holmes had other ideas.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 ca...

Between 1764 and 1767, a mysterious creature terrorized the French countryside, killing nearly 100 people and leaving bodies torn apart. Witnesses swore it looked like a wolf…or something far more unnatural. In today's second episode of Conspiracies and the Unknown, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien uncover the terrifying true story of The Beast of Gévaudan: the man-eating monster that stalked a village for three years and sparked legends of werewolves, demons, and an evil no weapon could stop.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Crimes Of Reddit.<...

In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in broad daylight. The government said it was the work of one man: Lee Harvey Oswald. But decades later, newly-released files still don’t tell the full story. In today's first episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Vanessa Richardson investigates the JFK assassination and the tangled web of theories involving the CIA, the mafia, and a second shooter.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, Conspiracy Theories, Cults and Crimes.If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow...

Think you know everything about the JonBenét Ramsey case? In today's second Unsolved episode, Carter Roy explores the sealed grand jury indictment, the false confession that made global headlines, and the forensic discoveries that cleared the Ramsey family, but left the mystery unsolved. These are the pivotal turns that shaped this infamous murder investigation.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 liste...

Everyone knows JonBenét Ramsey’s name. Few know how the investigation into her murder was mishandled from the very start. In today's first Unsolved Tuesday episode, Carter Roy breaks down the pivotal early errors that changed the course of one of America’s most infamous cold cases, from contaminated evidence to critical clues left in plain sight.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...

With a new conviction just handed down, ‘Doomsday Mom’ Lori Vallow Daybell is back in the headlines. In today's conclusion to the Killer of the Week, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels follow her twisted relationship with Chad Daybell, the murders that shocked the world, and the latest breaking news updates on her case.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! For ad-free listenin...

She called herself a devout mother, but a jury just ruled that Lori Vallow Daybell is a convicted killer. In today's first Killer of the Week episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels uncover how she was drawn into a fringe doomsday cult...and how her obsession with prophecy and power became a deadly mission.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! For ad-f...

Welcome to the first episode of Crime House's latest four-part limited series: Spooky Season. In the winter of 1803, the village of Hammersmith was convinced a ghost was stalking its darkened lanes... and armed men took to the streets to stop it. On January 3rd, 1804, excise officer Francis Smith shot and killed Thomas Millwood, an innocent plasterer whose white work clothes made him look exactly like the phantom the village feared. The case landed in London's Old Bailey with a question English law struggled to answer for the next two centuries: can a sincere but deadly mistake constitute murder?<...

In the summer of 1969, a fringe commune led by ex-convict Charles Manson unleashed a wave of brutality that stunned the nation and marked the violent end of the 1960s counterculture. In today's second Cults & Cons episode, Vanessa Richardson traces Manson’s path from a troubled childhood to the creation of his devoted “Family,” revealing how he manipulated vulnerable followers with drugs, apocalyptic prophecy, and promises of revolution. As the Tate-LaBianca murders terrorized Los Angeles, investigators uncovered a chilling web of control, delusion, and orchestrated violence that made Manson one of history’s most notorious cult leaders. And for more...

In 2009, a Colorado family claimed their six year-old son had floated away inside a homemade flying saucer. As helicopters tracked the balloon live on national television, the country braced for tragedy, until the story began to fall apart. In today's first Cults & Cons episode, Sabrina Deana-Roga and Corinne Vien revisit the Balloon Boy hoax, a crime that turned panic into spectacle and exposed the power of a well-timed lie.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 fo...

In the gripping conclusion of today's Justice Served series, Carter Roy follows the intense investigation that led authorities from scattered surveillance footage and a single DNA trace on a knife sheath to an unexpected suspect: criminology PhD student Bryan Kohberger. Carter breaks down how digital forensics, cell-phone data, and genetic genealogy converged to identify the killer... and how families, investigators, and an entire community sought justice in the aftermath. Even with a guilty plea and multiple life sentences, unanswered questions remain about motive, intent, and the chilling months Kohberger spent stalking the victims. This episode examines the pursuit of...

In November 2022, four University of Idaho students – Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin – returned home from a night out in their small college town, unaware that a killer was already watching. In today's emotional first episode of Justice Served, Carter Roy introduces the vibrant young lives at the heart of the tragedy and follows their final hours inside the now-infamous King Road house. Through detailed timelines, eyewitness accounts, and early clues, including a mysterious white Hyundai Elantra and chilling testimony from a surviving roommate, Carter unpacks how a community built on trust and closeness was thrust into...

Check out today's second Throwback Thursday epsiode as Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels finish the deep dive into17-year-old William Heirens. When Heirens was caught breaking into an apartment, police believed they had finally captured the infamous "Lipstick Killer." Heirens confessed to the brutal murders of two women and a young girl, but his controversial confession and questionable police tactics have led many to doubt his guilt.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, do...

In today's first Throwback Thursday episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engel being their deep dive into the "Lipstick Killer," who was known for the haunting message he left at one of his crime scenes, teenage serial killer William Heirens struck fear into the city of Chicago during the 1940s. Despite a troubled childhood, no one suspected Heirens of being a ruthless murderer, making his case even more chilling. 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 he...

A brilliant intelligence analyst is found dead inside a locked sports bag in his London apartment: no signs of forced entry, no clear cause of death, and a trail of secrets left behind. Officially ruled an accident, the case quickly sparks global controversy. Was this a tragic mistake, a dangerous private life gone wrong, or an expertly executed assassination? In today's second episode of Conspiracies & the Unknown, Carter Roy dives into one of the strangest deaths in modern history, exploring espionage, unexplained evidence, and the conspiracy theories that refuse to fade.And for more cases just like...

In the 1950s and 60s, at the height of the Cold War, the CIA launched a secret program called Operation Midnight Climax as part of its notorious MKUltra mind-control research. Operating out of safehouses in San Francisco and New York, agents used sex workers to lure unwitting men, then dosed them with LSD without their knowledge and observed the results through one-way mirrors. The goal was to study whether psychedelics could be weaponized for interrogation, coercion, and control. What unfolded was a chilling abuse of government power, hidden from the public for decades until investigations finally exposed it. In...

In today's second Unsolved Tuesdays episode, Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole cover the case of Jennifer Kesse, who disappeared from her Orlando condo complex in January 2006, leaving behind a locked apartment and no sign of struggle. Surveillance footage showed an unknown person abandoning her car, but the suspect's face was obscured at every frame. Her disappearance remains one of Florida's most frustrating unsolved cases, defined by twelve seconds of footage that revealed everything and nothing at the same time.And for more cases just like this one, be sure to check out the Crime House Original, The...

When 24-year-old intern Chandra Levy disappeared in Washington, D.C., her name became front-page news...and the truth got buried beneath the scandal. Congressman Gary Condit's silence fueled the media frenzy, but it was the evidence that told the real story. In today's first Unsolved Tuesdays episode, Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore unravel the flawed investigation, the discovery that changed everything, and the suspect who may have gotten away with murder.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 fo...

Aileen Wuornos was dubbed America’s first female serial killer...and she wanted the world to remember her name. In today's second Killer of the Week episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels follow her journey from captured killer to death row inmate, exploring her obsession with legacy and her volatile final days.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! For ad-free listening and ex...

Before she became one of America’s most infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos was a teenage runaway, a survivor of abuse, and a girl the system failed. In today's first Killer of the Week Episode, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels trace her early life: from abandonment and trauma to the desperate path that would lead her to murder.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...