Decoding Mysteries

Joseph Brant: The Post-Katrina New Orleans Serial Killer Who Strangled Four Women

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:16:50 +0000

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' overwhelmed police force missed the pattern of four women murdered by Joseph Brant over eleven months. This episode examines how systemic collapse after the storm created the perfect conditions for a careful killer to operate undetected, from the burned-out car containing the first unidentified victim in October 2007 through the high-profile September 2008 murder of activist Kirsten Brydum that finally drew national attention.

Kristen Gilbert: The Angel of Death – VA Nurse Who Killed for Attention

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:14:47 +0000

In 1996, three nurses at a Massachusetts VA hospital finally broke their silence and accused colleague Kristen Gilbert of murdering patients by injecting them with epinephrine, then rushing to the rescue to impress her police-officer boyfriend.

William Suff: The Friendly Nerd Who Murdered 12 Women

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 23:50:09 +0000

In the early hours of January 9, 1992, a routine traffic stop in Riverside, California, led authorities to William Lester Suff, an outwardly mild-mannered county stock clerk. Over the next three years, investigators would link him to at least twelve brutal murders of local women, uncovering a chilling double life hidden behind a friendly smile and community volunteer work.

Clark Perry Baldwin: The Long-Haul Truck Driver Who Got Away With Murder for 30 Years

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:12:30 +0000

In late February 1991, 21-year-old Mary Ann Newton escaped a brutal assault by long-haul trucker Clark Perry Baldwin at a Texas truck stop, only to have investigators identify him nearly three decades later as the killer of three women across multiple states. This gripping episode traces Baldwin’s predatory career and the groundbreaking DNA work that finally brought him to justice.

True Crime - Unraveling the case of a father accused of murdering his three sons

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:23:09 +0000

True Crime - Grandmother Murders 17-Year-Old Grandson

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:23:03 +0000

TRue Crime - Thinking he had escaped justice, the murderer was unexpectedly tracked down

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:57 +0000

True Crime - Lorena Bobbitt and the Case That Shocked the World

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:51 +0000

True Crime - Three Children Killed—What Happened in the Lindsay Clancy Family

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:45 +0000

True Crime - They seemed like the perfect family, but the truth turned out to be creepy!

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:39 +0000

True Crime - Haunted by the case of an ex-husband breaking into a home and murdering his estranged wife

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:32 +0000

True Crime - Revealing the Truth Behind a Wife’s Book About the Pain of Losing Her Husband

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:26 +0000

True Crime - The mystery of a missing girl and a suitcase that uncovers a crime

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:19 +0000

True crime - The Toni Bertolet Case File - A Family Tragedy Behind a Perfect Facade

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:13 +0000

True Crime - The shocking case stemmed from a failed romance

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:06 +0000

True Crime - An elaborate murder plot orchestrated by someone no one would suspect

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:22:00 +0000

True Crime - A plot to kill his wife and the husband’s cold-blooded attempt to shift the blame

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:52 +0000

True Crime - Husband’s plot to poison his wife using a protein drink

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:45 +0000

True Crime - Decoding a Self-Defense Shooting - Why Did Two Juries Disagree

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:37 +0000

True Crime - Clues Revealing the Truth Behind the Death of Maria Muñoz

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:30 +0000

True Crime - The truth behind the case of a husband who plotted to kill his wife

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:22 +0000

True Crime - Grandmother Murders 17-Year-Old Grandson

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:15 +0000

True Crime - A pastor’s secret and an ending no one saw coming

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:07 +0000

True Crime - A 10-day journey to find the killer of his wife

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:21:00 +0000

True Crime - A horrifying secret destroyed both friendship and love

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:20:53 +0000

True Crime - When Betrayal and Jealousy End in Murder

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:20:44 +0000

True Crime - A Deadly Affair Inside Law Enforcement The Murder of Heather Garraus

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:20:36 +0000

True Crime - A Family Shattered in a Shocking Case

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:20:27 +0000

True Crime - Three Murders and a Horrifying Secret

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:35 +0000

True Crime - The shocking truth about the kidnapping of Sherri Papini

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:29 +0000

True Crime - The Truths About a Murderous Husband Following Two Convictions

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:23 +0000

True Crime - Uncovering the secrets behind the disappearance and murder of Paige Birgfeld

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:17 +0000

True Crime - Wife hiring someone to kill her husband causes a stir

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:11 +0000

True Crime - The Pam Hupp Case - When the Perpetrator Nearly Evaded Justice

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:03:05 +0000

True Crime - The Murdaugh family tragedy - husband kills wife and son

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:58 +0000

True Crime - What really happened to Melissa Platt — a victim in a serious case of domestic violence

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:53 +0000

True Crime - The mysterious disappearance of a wife and her husband’s lie

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:47 +0000

True Crime - The missing woman and the hidden truth

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:41 +0000

True Crime - Unmasking the self-defense charade in a case involving two deaths

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:35 +0000

True Crime - The murder of the Watts family—a mother and her two children—shocks the US

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:28 +0000

True Crime - The Steven Freeman File - The Truth Behind the Shooting

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:21 +0000

True Crime - The final walk and the mystery behind the fatal fall

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:15 +0000

True Crime - The Murder of Adrianne Jones and the Secrets of Young Students

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:08 +0000

True Crime - The mystery surrounding the murder of Jessica Boynton inside a locked closet

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 04:02:01 +0000

True Crime - Disappearance of a mother of five shocks Connecticut

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:34 +0000

True Crime - Brooke Skylar Richardson and the Case That Sparked Public Controversy

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:29 +0000

True Crime - The case of the missing mother and the unsolved mysteries

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:23 +0000

True Crime - The Death of Lauren Hugelmaier and a Tragic Marriage

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:18 +0000

True Crime - The missing woman and the hidden truth

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:12 +0000

True Crime - Jaime “Jim” Melgar – An Unexplained Death and the Search for the Truth

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:07 +0000

True Crime - A young girl goes missing in the night, and the truth is revealed

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:50:00 +0000

True Crime - The Christmas Eve Disappearance and the Shocking Truth

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:49:55 +0000

True Crime - The final walk and the mystery behind the fatal fall

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:49:50 +0000

True Crime - The case of a wife who killed her husband—and the charade that failed to fool the police

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:49:44 +0000

True Crime - Murder Just Eight Days After the Wedding

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:49:38 +0000

True Crime - An ex-wife’s assassination plot and a man’s miraculous survival

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:33:03 +0000

True Crime - The phone that revealed the secret behind Ally Kostial’s death

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:21:06 +0000

True Crime - A journey to America in search of love ends in a mysterious death

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 03:20:14 +0000

Béla Kiss: The Drums of Cinkota

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:14:34 +0000

In July 1916, wartime fuel shortages led Austro-Hungarian officers to a tinsmith’s cottage in Cinkota where they discovered twenty-four methanol-preserved bodies sealed inside metal drums—marking the revelation of one of Hungary’s most prolific serial killers.

Catherine Monvoisin: La Voisin and the Affair of the Poisons

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:31:24 +0000

In this chilling episode, we recount the final hours and explosive legacy of Catherine Monvoisin—better known as La Voisin—whose 1680 execution exposed a vast network of poison, black magic, and aristocratic murder plots at the glittering court of Louis XIV. Her refusal to confess, even as flames engulfed her, protected the most dangerous secret of all: the King’s own mistress had been her most powerful client. The Affair of the Poisons would shake the French monarchy to its core and reveal the hidden occult underbelly beneath Versailles’ rational façade.

True Crime - The Forest Hills & Mystery Janet March’s Deadly Plan

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:14:18 +0000

The quiet night in Forest Hills turned into a nightmare when Janet March vanished on the eve of her divorce proceedings.
There were no signs of a break-in—only a dream home harboring secrets from a "12-day list," and a Volvo left behind, staged with calculated precision.
Her cold-blooded husband insisted that she had simply driven away on her own, concealing a horrific truth for an entire decade.
Janet’s body remained lost in the shadows, waiting for justice to unmask the killer who had been hiding right there, behind the very doors of their shared home.

True Crime - The Criminal Journey of the Suitcase Killer

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:14:03 +0000

Just after receiving the keys to his dream home for his family, Bill McGuire vanished without a trace.
Before long, his abandoned car turned up in Atlantic City, leading to a chilling trail of evidence: cryptic emails, sedatives, a firearm—and, most disturbingly, three suitcases that washed ashore along the Virginia coast. The perpetrator was no stranger; she was someone who shared his bed—a wife driven by betrayal and a bitter custody battle, now branded with a haunting epithet: "The Suitcase Killer."

Anthony Allen Shore: The Tourniquet Killer – Houston's DNA Cold-Case Execution

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 22:27:59 +0000

In January 2018, Texas carried out its first execution of the year when Anthony Allen Shore was put to death for the 1992 murder of Maria del Carmen Estrada. The case remained unsolved for more than a decade until a preserved fingernail scraping finally yielded a DNA match that linked Shore to four brutal killings spanning nine years.

Brandon Tholmer: The Mentally Disordered Sex Offender Who Killed 12 Elderly Women

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:48:51 +0000

On November 7, 1983, a watchful neighbor in Hollywood’s Beachwood Canyon foiled a burglary attempt and unwittingly cracked open the case of one of Los Angeles’s most prolific serial killers. The suspect, Brandon Tholmer, was quickly connected to a chilling trove of jewelry and personal belongings that linked him to the murders of at least twelve elderly Westside women between 1981 and 1983. What began as a routine attempted-burglary arrest soon revealed that Tholmer, a convicted sex offender released from Patton State Hospital under California’s Mentally Disordered Sex Offender protocol, had been preying on vulnerable seniors for years.

Vickie Dawn Jackson: The Missing Mivacron That Exposed a Killer

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:31:13 +0000

In the sleepy corridors of Nocona General Hospital, a routine pharmacy inventory check uncovered a chilling mystery—twenty vials of the potent paralytic mivacurium chloride had vanished without a trace. The discovery set in motion a Texas Ranger investigation that would link the missing medication to an alarming spike in patient deaths, revealing a pattern too precise to be coincidental.

The Doodler: San Francisco's Unidentified Cartoonist Killer

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:50:06 +0000

In the mid-1970s, a polite young man who introduced himself as a cartoonist lured at least five gay men from San Francisco bars, then stabbed them to death on the city’s beaches and in their homes. The case, known as The Doodler, remains the city’s longest-running unsolved serial-killing investigation, with a detailed police sketch but no arrests fifty-one years later.

Sean Vincent Gillis: The Other Baton Rouge Killer

Sun, 25 Oct 2026 01:37:31 +0000

On April 29, 2004, Baton Rouge police quietly arrested 41-year-old computer-store clerk Sean Vincent Gillis. Within hours he calmly confessed to eight brutal murders spanning a decade—crimes overshadowed by the parallel hunt for serial killer Derrick Todd Lee.

The Freeway Phantom: Six Unsolved Murders of D.C. Girls

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 16:07:04 +0000

On November 15, 1971, an 18-year-old Howard University student named Brenda Denise Woodard was found dead along Route 202 in Maryland, her coat pocket containing a chilling note signed “Free-way Phantom.” The message linked her death to four earlier abductions of young Black girls and foreshadowed a sixth, creating one of the longest-running unsolved serial cases in the nation’s capital.

John Floyd Thomas Jr.: The 2008 DNA Dragnet That Cracked Two Cold-Case Serial Killings

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 02:55:52 +0000

In October 2008, a routine LAPD dragnet targeting 92 pre-2004 registered Los Angeles County sex offenders unexpectedly solved two long-running serial-murder investigations, identifying John Floyd Thomas Jr. as the man behind the Westside Rapist and Claremont/Southland Strangler killings spanning 1972–1986.

Carl Panzram: The Most Disturbing Serial Killer Autobiography Ever Written

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:29:20 +0000

Carl Panzram’s own words open this chilling episode as we examine the life and crimes of a man who claimed to have murdered 21 people and assaulted over a thousand others without a shred of remorse. From his brutal Minnesota childhood to the execution chamber at Leavenworth, Panzram’s story is preserved in one of the most unfiltered criminal autobiographies ever published.

Bible John: The Barrowland Ballroom Halloween Murder

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 05:30:40 +0000

On Halloween morning 1969, Glasgow mother Helen Puttock was murdered after a night at the Barrowland Ballroom, leaving behind her sister Jeannie as the key witness and a mysterious dance partner known only as “the second John.” This episode reconstructs the fateful taxi ride and the minute details that turned an ordinary Thursday night into Scotland’s most enduring cold case.

The New Bedford Highway Killer: Unsolved Massachusetts Serial Murders 1988-1989

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:53:21 +0000

In July 1988, the discovery of Debra Medeiros's body in a Freetown drainage ditch launched one of the most enigmatic serial-killing investigations in modern American history. Over the next ten months, nine women were found murdered along the highways surrounding New Bedford, Massachusetts, with two more presumed victims still missing. The case, which targeted vulnerable women from the city's struggling waterfront district, remains unsolved nearly four decades later.

William Devin Howell: The Garden Behind the Strip Mall

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:23:40 +0000

On April 10, 2015, forensic teams discovered four additional sets of remains behind a New Britain strip mall, confirming inmate William Devin Howell’s chilling claim that police had only found “half of what is out there.” The recovery brought the total body count to seven victims murdered by Howell during a single year while he worked as a lawn-mowing contractor in central Connecticut.

Joshua Anderson: The Tulsa Bully — Episode 35

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:48:41 +0000

On February 2, 2007, nineteen-year-old Joshua Anderson entered the north Tulsa home of Herbert and Rosemary Hobbs intending only to rob them. Within ninety minutes he had forced the mother and son into sexual acts, murdered them both, and set their house ablaze, escalating a simple robbery into one of Tulsa’s most disturbing post-millennium homicide cases.

Steven David Catlin: Tissue Samples That Exposed a Serial Poisoner

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:05:43 +0000

In November 1984, a single preserved tissue sample from a 1976 death finally revealed that Steven David Catlin had been murdering his wives and mother with undetectable paraquat for nearly a decade.

Henri Désiré Landru: The Bluebeard of Gambais – Episode 33

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:22:30 +0000

On the morning of April 12, 1919, Paris police finally arrested the mild-mannered, bearded man who had been living under multiple aliases. What they uncovered was a chilling web of deception, wartime disappearances, and a secluded villa in Gambais that may have hidden the remains of as many as eleven victims.

Leo Boatman: The Cascade – Ocala National Forest Double Murder

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:37:50 +0000

On January 4, 2006, recently released juvenile offender Leo Boatman carried a stolen AK-47 into Ocala National Forest and gunned down two Santa Fe Community College students in a quiet woodland clearing near Juniper Springs. The brutal attack left John Parker and Amber Peck dead within minutes, their bodies hidden in a marshy pond before Boatman calmly returned home to watch television.

Franklin DeWayne Alix: The Bridgeford Townhouse Execution

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:27:22 +0000

On the evening of March 30, 2010, Franklin DeWayne Alix was executed by lethal injection in Texas for the capital murder of Eric Bridgeford during a violent 1998 home invasion. The episode examines how the crime began with the rape of Eric’s sister Karyl, escalated to Eric’s shooting death on the front lawn, and concluded with Alix’s final statement before his death at Huntsville Unit.

John Eric Armstrong: The Model Sailor Who Became Detroit's Serial Killer

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:23:04 +0000

On the second day of the new millennium, a seemingly model Navy veteran named John Eric Armstrong reported discovering a body in the Rouge River—yet within months, investigators would learn he was the man responsible for multiple murders of Detroit-area sex workers. This episode unpacks how a man with a clean record and honorable discharge from the USS Nimitz became one of the most surprising serial killers in Detroit history.

Episode 29 — Jake Bird: The Tacoma Ax and the Hex

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:06:32 +0000

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The Phoenix Serial Shooters: Hausner and Dieteman's Meth-Fueled Killing Spree

Tue, 23 Jun 2026 03:11:44 +0000

In the warm spring nights of May 2005, Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman began a terrifying 15-month drive-by shooting spree across suburban Phoenix, wounding and killing random strangers for no reason other than the thrill. High on methamphetamine and sleep-deprived, the pair carried out nearly 40 shootings, murdering eight people and wounding nineteen others while also targeting animals in the same manner.

Jeong Seong-hyeon: The Anyang Christmas Disappearance of 2007

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 03:13:53 +0000

On Christmas Day 2007, ten-year-old Lee Hye-jin and eight-year-old Wu Ye-seul vanished from a small park in Anyang, South Korea after attending a church concert, launching one of the nation’s most intense missing-children investigations. For seventy-two days, police pursued dead-end leads and national AMBER alerts until a chance discovery on a nearby mountain finally broke the case open.

Joseph Baldi: The Queens Creeper – Forgotten Serial Killer of 1970s New York

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:40:13 +0000

In June 1972, fifteen-year-old Deborah Januszko became the fourth young woman murdered in her Queens bedroom by an intruder who slipped through an unlocked window and vanished without a trace. Detectives soon connected her death to three earlier unsolved stabbings, revealing a chilling pattern that had terrorized Richmond Hill, Woodhaven, and Jamaica for nearly two years. The arrest of Joseph Baldi exposed not only a forgotten serial killer but also the devastating consequences of a broken mental-health system.

Genene Jones: The Death Shift — Texas Angel of Death Nurse

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:38:52 +0000

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Darya Saltykova: Russia's Most Sadistic Female Serial Killer

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:57:47 +0000

In this chilling episode we uncover the horrifying crimes of Darya Saltykova, the eighteenth-century Russian noblewoman known as the Saltychikha, who systematically tortured and murdered dozens of her own serfs over a seven-year reign of terror on her estate south of Moscow.

Harrison Graham: The Cookie Monster Killer – Philadelphia House of Death

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:14:03 +0000

On August 9, 1987, Philadelphia police forced open an apartment at 1631 North Nineteenth Street and discovered seven strangled African American women hidden inside what would become known as the “House of Death.” The tenant, Harrison Graham—locally famous for his Cookie Monster impressions—had vanished that morning, leaving behind a trail of bodies that spanned a year of undetected killings.

Lewis Hutchinson: Jamaica's First Serial Killer and the Horror of Edinburgh Castle

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:32:25 +0000

In the late 18th century, Scottish planter Lewis Hutchinson turned his fortified estate, Edinburgh Castle, into a killing ground, dropping dozens of victims into a deep Jamaican sinkhole now known as Hutchinson's Hole. This episode explores how a man educated in medicine became one of the Caribbean's most prolific and least-known serial killers.

Adolfo Constanzo: The Godfather of Matamoros

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:30:41 +0000

In April 1989, investigators discovered a horrifying scene at Rancho Santa Elena near Matamoros, Mexico: a ritual cauldron filled with human remains and the mutilated bodies of fifteen victims. At the center of this nightmare was Adolfo Constanzo, a Cuban-American cult leader whose supernatural “insurance” racket had protected major drug shipments across the U.S.-Mexico border—until the abduction of American student Mark Kilroy brought everything crashing down.

Fritz Haarmann: The Butcher of Hanover – Bones in the River

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 02:30:55 +0000

In the summer of 1924, hundreds of human bones surfaced from Hanover’s Leine River, exposing one of Weimar Germany’s most shocking serial murder cases. Fritz Haarmann, a petty criminal and police informant, was ultimately revealed as the killer of at least 22 young men whose dismembered remains had been dumped in the water. This episode traces the discovery of the bones, the city’s growing panic, and the disturbing double life of the man known as the Butcher of Hanover.

The Long Island Serial Killer: Gilgo Beach Bodies and the Architect of Massapequa Park

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:01:19 +0000

In the early hours of May 1, 2010, Shannan Gilbert vanished after a frantic 911 call from Oak Beach, Long Island. Months later, police discovered a cluster of bodies along Ocean Parkway that would become known as the Gilgo Four, all escorts who had advertised on Craigslist. Over the next decade the search would expand, uncovering at least ten victims and leading investigators to a suspect whose own home sat just miles from the burial sites.

Dennis Nilsen: The Civil Servant Who Killed 15 Men and Couldn't Let Go

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:36:16 +0000

In this chilling episode of Forgotten Serial Killers, we examine the double life of Dennis Nilsen, a quiet Scottish-born civil servant who murdered at least twelve young men in North London between 1978 and 1983 while maintaining an unremarkable routine as a job-centre clerk and trade-union steward.

Cary Anthony Stayner - The Other Brother

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:38:35 +0000

In this haunting episode of Forgotten Serial Killers, we examine the life of Cary Anthony Stayner—the overlooked older brother of Steven Stayner, whose abduction made national headlines in 1972. While America celebrated Steven’s miraculous return, Cary grew up in the long shadow of that tragedy, eventually becoming the Yosemite serial killer who murdered four women in 1999.

Ken and Barbie Killers: Paul Bernardo, Karla Homolka and Canada's Most Shocking Crimes

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:56:21 +0000

In this chilling episode of Forgotten Serial Killers, we unravel the horrifying true story of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka—dubbed the "Ken and Barbie Killers"—whose seemingly perfect lives masked a campaign of rape, torture, and murder that stunned Canada. From their lavish 1991 wedding to the gruesome discovery of Leslie Mahaffy's remains, we trace how a charming couple evaded justice for years while the system failed their victims.

Beauty Queen Killer: Christopher Bernard Wilder Australian-American Serial Killer Case

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:46:56 +0000

In the spring of 1984, Australian-born photographer Christopher Bernard Wilder used his charm and camera to lure aspiring models from Florida malls, leaving a trail of missing women and unsolved murders across the American South.

Carroll Cole: The Serial Killer Who Volunteered for the Needle

Sun, 31 May 2026 07:12:41 +0000

Carroll Edward Cole was executed in Nevada in 1985 after waiving all appeals and demanding death for murdering at least thirteen women. This episode examines the Iowa-born killer whose horrific childhood, high IQ, and chilling self-awareness led him to request execution rather than fight for his life.

The Lone Shooter: Joseph Paul Franklin's Racial Terror and American Hate

Sat, 30 May 2026 04:44:43 +0000

In this chilling episode of Forgotten Serial Killers, we trace the calculated campaign of Joseph Paul Franklin, a lone-wolf sniper who murdered across state lines in an attempt to ignite a race war. Franklin's story reveals how personal grievance, white-supremacist ideology, and meticulous planning converged into years of targeted terror from Alabama to Utah.

The Sunday Morning Slasher: Carl Eugene Watts and the Devil's Deal That Almost Freed Him

Fri, 29 May 2026 06:19:27 +0000

In May 1982, Carl Eugene Watts was caught in Houston while preparing to drown a young woman in her bathtub. What followed was one of the most controversial immunity agreements in American true-crime history, allowing the self-described “Sunday Morning Slasher” to confess to a dozen murders in exchange for avoiding prosecution on those charges.

The Classified Ad Killer: The True Story of Bobby Joe Long

Thu, 28 May 2026 05:26:39 +0000

In November 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey survived a 26-hour ordeal at the hands of Bobby Joe Long and provided the crucial details that ended his eight-month killing spree across Tampa Bay. This episode traces Long’s transformation from a troubled West Virginia childhood marked by repeated head trauma, genetic disorders, and unstable parenting into one of Florida’s most feared serial killers who lured victims through classified ads. It also reveals how one teenager’s composure under extreme duress finally brought the terror to an end.

Fox Hollow Farm: Herb Baumeister, 11 Bodies & the Men Still Being Named

Tue, 26 May 2026 03:36:07 +0000

In 1996, police unearthed over 10,000 bone fragments on an affluent Indiana estate, exposing the hidden crimes of Herb Baumeister. This episode traces how a skull discovered by his son, a quiet suburban life, and years of silence finally gave way to one of the largest unsolved serial murder investigations in the Midwest.

THE DEATH VAN William Bonin, the Freeway Killer, and the Boys the System Failed to Protect

Mon, 25 May 2026 03:21:29 +0000

In this chilling episode, we examine the life and crimes of William Bonin, the notorious Freeway Killer, whose reign of terror claimed the lives of at least fourteen young men and boys. Through a haunting exploration of institutional failures, from juvenile detention centers to the parole system, we uncover how repeated lapses allowed a dangerous predator to remain free. Bonin’s story is not just one of murder, but of the boys the system failed to protect.

THE HIGHWAY KILLER: Larry Eyler, Interstate Murders & Names Still Recovered

Sun, 24 May 2026 02:07:38 +0000

In August 1984, Larry Eyler’s arrest for the brutal murder of fifteen-year-old Danny Bridges finally halted a four-year killing spree that left at least twenty-one young men dead along the highways of Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky. This episode traces Eyler’s troubled childhood, his repeated brushes with the law, the jurisdictional failures that let him remain free, and the slow, ongoing process of identifying his victims decades later.

THE BUNKER: Charles Ng, Leonard Lake & Wilseyville Horrors

Sat, 23 May 2026 02:23:27 +0000

In June 1985, a routine shoplifting arrest in South San Francisco cracked open one of the most disturbing cases in American criminal history, exposing a remote bunker in Wilseyville where Leonard Lake and Charles Ng had spent years abducting, torturing, and murdering men, women, and children. The episode traces Ng’s troubled upbringing in Hong Kong, his path through the Marines and repeated brushes with the law, and the fateful partnership with Lake that turned a secluded ranch into a chamber of horrors. Lake’s cyanide suicide and Ng’s six-year flight to Canada set the stage for one of California’s longest and most expensive trials, whose forensic questions remain unresolved forty years later.

THE SCORECARD: Randy Kraft, the Freeway Killer, and the List That Documented a Decade of Murder

Fri, 22 May 2026 03:43:50 +0000

In May 1983, California Highway Patrol pulled over Randy Kraft on Interstate 5, discovering the body of a strangled Marine in his car and a cryptic list of 61 entries that would later be linked to a decade of unsolved murders. This episode explores the life and crimes of Randy Kraft, the so-called Freeway Killer, whose meticulous “scorecard” became one of the most chilling documents in true crime history.

THE SLAVEMASTER John Edward Robinson and the Dawn of the Online Predator

Thu, 21 May 2026 23:52:32 +0000

Before the world understood the internet could be a hunting ground, John Edward Robinson was already using it to lure women to their deaths. On this episode of Forgotten Serial Killers, we trace how a seemingly ordinary grandfather and community pillar became the first documented serial killer to weaponize online chatrooms and job ads, leaving a trail of victims in barrels across Kansas and Missouri.

The Man Next Door: The Crimes, Mind, and Double Life of Robert Lee Yates Jr.

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:49:24 +0000

On a quiet Sunday morning in Spokane, a respected Army helicopter pilot and father of five was arrested as the Spokane serial killer, revealing how Robert Lee Yates Jr. had hidden at least thirteen murders behind an ordinary suburban life.