True Crime Garage

Sandy Hook ////// 79 TrueCrimeGarage.com It didn't start with Columbine but if you ask people my age that's the first School massacre that we remember and you hate to force yourself to rank these tragedies but Sandy Hook certainly is one of the worst. These stories are becoming a common occurence. We won't say it out loud but we are becoming numb to these horrible events. We use to kiss our kids a...

National Forest Serial Killer /// Part 2 /// 78 trueCrimeGarage.com They called him the National Forest Serial Killer. He liked to hunt women in the woods. For two years Gary Hilton stalked the backcountry paths of the southern United States. In 2007 he abducted and killed John and Irene Bryant in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest. Later that year he attacked and killed Cheryl Dunlap in Flor...

National Forest Serial Killer /// Part 1 /// 77 TrueCrimeGaragecom They called him the National Forest Serial Killer. He liked to hunt women in the woods. For two years Gary Hilton stalked the backcountry paths of the southern United States. In 2007 he abducted and killed John and Irene Bryant in North Carolina’s Pisgah National Forest. Later that year he attacked and killed Cheryl Dunlap in Flori...

Mitrice Richardson /// Part 2 /// 76 TrueCrimeGarage.com September 16th, 2009 - 24 year old Mitrice Richardson is briefly detained by deputies for not paying her bill at Geoffrey's restaurant on the Pacific Coast Highway. After midnight she is released from the Malibu/ Lost Hills Sheriff's station. She is without her car, purse and cellphone. She simply sets off on her own without provisions and w...

Mitrice Richardson /// Part 1 /// 75 TrueCrimeGarage.com September 16th, 2009 - 24 year old Mitrice Richardson is briefly detained by deputies for not paying her bill at Geoffrey's restaurant on the Pacific Coast Highway. After midnight she is released from the Malibu/ Lost Hills Sheriff's station. She is without her car, purse and cellphone. She simply sets off on her own without provisions and w...

L.I.S.K. Update ////// 74 TrueCrimeGarage.com The Long Island serial killer or serial killers case continues to fascinate Armchair detectives and true crime followers worldwide. Recently the documentary TV series "The Killing Season" has put the spotlight back on the unsolved serial case and several like it. For years the cases of the remains found in and around Gilgo Beach had gone cold. Very rec...

Joseph Colombo /// Part 2 /// 73 Part 2 of 2 Being the leader of one of New York's five crime families does not come without problems. Joseph Colombo was the boss of the Colombo mafia but he was also a family man and a community leader. Coming up through the ranks was tough though. Joseph's father was killed by a rival gang when he was just a teenager. In 1970 he created the Italian-American Civil...

Joseph Colombo /// Part 1 /// 72 Part 1 of 2 Being the leader of one of New York's five crime families does not come without problems. Joseph Colombo was the boss of the Colombo mafia but he was also a family man and a community leader. Coming up through the ranks was tough though. Joseph's father was killed by a rival gang when he was just a teenager. In 1970 he created the Italian-American Civil...

Jacob Wetterling /// Part 2 ////// 71 TrueCrimeGarage.com October 22, 1989 was the night of of a real life nightmare. Three young boys were returning home from a visit to their local Tom Thumb store after renting a movie. Blocks from their destination a man appears in the dark. He has the boys at gunpoint. He tells two of the boys to run into the woods. He drags the other boy away. The search for...

Jacob Wetterling ////// 70 TrueCrimeGarage.com October 22, 1989 was the night of of a real life nightmare. Three young boys were returning home from a visit to their local Tom Thumb store after renting a movie. Blocks from their destination a man appears in the dark. He has the boys at gunpoint. He tells two of the boys to run into the woods. He drags the other boy away. The search for the missing...

Diane Schuler ////// 69 TrueCrimeGarage.com The Taconic Parkway Crash of 2009 was one of the areas most tragic stories. The fatal three car crash resulted in the deaths of eight people. It was quickly determined that Diane Schuler 36 years of age was responsible for the crash and the homicides of the other 7 innocent victims. An autopsy determined her blood alcohol level to be .19%, that's more th...

Jessica Chambers ////// 68 TrueCrimeGarage.com December 6th, 2014 a volunteer fire department is responding to a car blaze call when they are met with the unthinkable. A young woman has been set on fire and left for dead. Media sources are quick to report the woman was trying to communicate with the first responders. She unfortunately passed away shortly after she was attacked. Was the young woman...

The Disappearance of Beverly Potts ////// 67 TrueCrimeGarage.com Welcome to Season 4 of True Crime Garage! Remember when your parents would say "make sure you are home before dark?" Well this is one of those stories. In 1951 in a nice neighborhood on the westside of Cleveland, ten year old Beverly Potts did not make it home. She had gone to a nearby park with Patricia her best friend and neighbor....

Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer ////// 66 TrueCrimeGarage.com With Ted Bundy neatly tucked away in a Florida death row cell we can all just relax now right? Wrong! In 1982 the bodies of several young women were found in Washington state's Green River. Authorities unleash an investigation and manhunt almost the same size and scale of the "Ted Murders." With little to no real strong leads polic...

The Chi Omega Killings ////// 65 TrueCrimeGarage.com After months and months of young women disappearing in Washington, Utah and then Colorado a man is finally apprehended. Police charge Ted Bundy with the kidnapping and assault of Carol DaRonch. Carol fled from Ted Bundy's VW bug after he brutally attacked her. Little did the authorities know this man could in fact be the Ted from Washington they...

The Ted Murders ////// 64 www. TrueCrimeGarage.com 1974 Washington State- Young beautiful ladies were disappearing at several college campuses. Some were last seen walking on campus, returning home and one unfortunate woman was snatched in the middle of the night as she slept in her bed. Of course women disappearing is a problem but no one seemed to understand just how big of a problem the Pacific...

Mary Pinchot Meyer /// Part 2 /// 63 Truecrimegarage.com October 12, 1964 Mary Pinchot Meyer went out for her usual midday stroll to get some fresh air and maybe a little inspiration. While out walking near the C & O canal Mary was attacked. She was shot twice, died practically instantly and left for someone to find. Police make an arrest and the trial is set. But do they have the right guy? Or wa...

Mary Pinchot Meyer /// Part 1 /// 62 Truecrimegarage.com In the 60's there was little doubt that America was changing. The debate has always been and remains, who was in charge of those changes. Mary Pinchot Meyer, a divorced smart woman in her forties with ties to the CIA and the White House is just one of several that may have been silenced in that era of change and social growth. October 12, 19...

The Killing Season ////// 61 TrueCrimeGarage.com Everyone is talking about the newest True Crime documentary "The Killing Season" and we are too. The Killing Season starts off as a documentary about the still unsolved Long Island Serial Killer case and becomes an investigation that will take documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills to many cities and many dark places. The Captain and Nic discu...

Aurora Theater Shooter ////// 60 TrueCrimeGarage.com 24 year old James Holmes entered the movie theatre, along with hundreds of others, for the midnight premier for the much anticipated film "The Dark Knight Rises." James does not plan to sit and enjoy the movie nor does he intend for anyone else to enjoy it. Shortly after the start of the movie James goes on a homicidal rampage against all in att...

Halloween Show ////// 59 Truecrimegarage.com Tonight we are throwing a big Halloween party right in the garage and you are officially invited. Halloween is the perfect time of year for taking in a really great horror film or hearing your friend tell a scary story. The truth is when you have True Crime who needs fiction.  Tonight  we party but we also discuss our favorite True Crime Documentaries l...

Johnny Gosch Part 2 ////// 58 Truecrimegarage.com Today we cover part 2 of the disappearance of young Johnny Gosch. Last week we went through the details of Johnny going out to do his paper route early in the morning. Twice a vehicle approached Johnny and a man with dark hair and slurred speech asked him for directions. Shortly after Johnny disappeared and he has never been seen since... Or has he...

Johnny Gosch ////// 57 TrueCrimeGarage.com Etan Patz, Jacob Wetterling, Beverly Potts, Steven Stayner, Adam Walsh and Elizabeth Smart few if any are more famous than the child abduction of Johnny Gosch. It's a typical horror story but this time the boogeyman is real and we don't know his name. Young Johnny lives in a wonderful neighborhood in West Des Moines, Iowa. He comes from a great family. He...

The Atlanta Child Murders ////// 56 TrueCrimeGarage.com In Atlanta, Georgia over a two year period between the summer of 1979 through the spring of 1981 there was a killer striking with an unheard of frequency. At least 28 African-American children and young adults were killed. This series of murders is sometimes called the Atlanta Child Murders. When it comes to criminal investigations we often h...

London Nude Murders ////// 55 TrueCrimeGarage.com We have all heard of Jack the Ripper, there is probably no more famous unsolved case invovling a serial killer. But nearly 70 years after Scotland Yard searched for the Ripper police had one of the largest manhunts in London's history. The search for the killer dubbed Jack the Stripper. This Jack was killing prostitutes and leaving their naked bodi...