Criminal Discourse Podcast

Could you ever imagine that your neighbors would turn out to be serial killers? Well, this became reality for the people who lived on Moorhouse Street in Perth, Australia in November 1986. Listen to the story of how one couple kidnapped five unsuspecting women over a five-week period. One brave girl survived leading to the police capturing the notorious Moorhouse Murders killer couple Catherine an...

It's been thirty years since Robert Freeman's badly beaten body turned up in an Easton, Pennsylvania farm field, but it seems authorities are no closer to solving his murder.  His sister has given everything to find his killer and bring them to justice.  So we're diving in to uncover clues and bring attention to Robert's case.  #Justice4RobertFreeman  Today's episode is sp...

A man finds his bride of three months dead on their living room floor.  Was this a robbery gone wrong or something else?  Listen to the story of how one woman's murder would take twenty-three years to solve even though her family knew who had done it all along.  

A loving mother vanishes one morning.  The husband with whom she has recently separated, should be one of the first suspects, right?  What if he has an alibi that looks rock solid?  Listen to the story of how one man thought he could get away with being in two places at once.  

The Butcher of Rostov, The Red Ripper, and The Rostov Ripper are titles that belong to the same man that terrorized the Rostov area of Soviet Ukraine from 1978 until 1990.  Listen to the story of how Andrei Chikatilo went undetected and carried out fifty-six murders of women and children until he was finally stopped.  

How could such a brutal senseless murder occur in one of the safest areas around Bethesda Maryland?  Two young women were attacked and brutalized with only one of them surviving.  Would this surviving victim be the key to finding a killer or was the killer someone the authorities already knew?  

Listen to the story of Susan Newell who was the last woman in Scotland to face capital punishment.  Was she pushed into murdering a young boy or was she inherently wicked?  

Who would want to murder a pair of beloved professors from Dartmouth College?  Investigators were stumped as to who and what their motive may have been.  Listen to the story of how the least likely pair of suspects turned out to be the very killers investigators were looking for.  

A beautiful mother of three goes missing.  Her close family has no idea what happened to her.  All they know is that her husband of twenty-plus years is no longer cooperating with the police.  Listen to the story about the disappearance of May "Maya" Millete from Chula Vista, California in January 2020.  helpfindmaya.com 

On July 12, 2008, a 34-year-old mother of two, Nancy Cooper supposedly went out for a jog never to be seen alive again.  Who would want to kill this kind-hearted,  fun-loving mother who got along well with everyone except maybe the person that ended her life?  Listen to the story of who that person would turn out to be.  

Who was Daniel Perez? He went by many names, but the people close to him knew him as one of three angels that possessed special powers. The problem was that some of them ended up dying in tragic accidents leaving behind large insurance policies. Listen to the story of how one man conned his way to a lifestyle of leisure by convincing others that he alone had the power to bring them back to life.

Listen to the final episode on the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier which occurred on December 23, 1996, in West Cork, Ireland.   Part three will cover two libel trials, a trial in absentia in France along with the latest news to break in Madame Sophie Toscan du Plantier's case.  

Listen to the second part of the murder of Madame Sophie Toscan du Plantier on December 23, 1996, in West Cork, Ireland.  A prime suspect has been identified by the Garda, but can they get the Department of Public Prosecutions to bring formal charges against the man they believe ended Sophie's life?  

On December 23, 1996, the body of 39-year-old Sophie Toscan du Plantier was discovered by her neighbor outside her holiday home in West Cork, Ireland.  Who would commit such a heinous crime just days before Christmas?  Listen to part one as we cover the early days of the investigation, who was Sophie Toscan du Plantier and how did she die along with the emergence of a prime suspect.  

In 1870 the Kansas Territory was opened and large tracks of land were granted to settlers looking to establish new lives.  This included the Bender Family who obtained a 160-acre property along the Osage Trail.  The Benders soon established a general supply store and inn for weary travelers.  In 1871 the bodies of dead men would be discovered nearby and the disappearance of a prominent doctor woul...

In 2008, 38-year-old John Altinger emailed his friends that he was taking off to Costa Rica for a couple of months with a woman he just met. His friends were shocked by this turn of events. One refused to believe it and tried to find out what happened to John. Listen to the story of how good friends stopped Mark Twitchel. A budding serial killer who fancied himself after the television character D...

An abandoned car was found on a New Jersey bridge. Was it a missing person case, or something more? What happened to 19-year-old Sarah Stern? The answer sent shock waves through the close-knit community of Neptune. Listen to the story of how a young woman's childhood friends committed the ultimate betrayal.

In August of 1969, the city of Memphis, Tennessee was living in fear due to a spree killer on the loose. For twenty-nine days a killer terrorized the citizen of Memphis. Listen to the story of George Howard Putt and learn how one man kept a city on edge never knowing where or when he would strike again.

Hallways that lead to nowhere, soundproof rooms with trap doors and chutes that drop into vats of acid. This is what some unexpecting guests encountered when checking into  H.H. Holmes Chicago hotel in the 1890s. Listen to the story of how a man started out as a grave robber, turned into a con artist, and eventually became one of the most deranged serial killers in America's history.

Twenty-five years after a young school teacher, Christy Mirack, was senselessly murdered new DNA technology lead investigators to an arrest.  Listen to the story of how a man, known as DJ Freeze, lived in plain sight with authorities never knowing of his connection to the murder until ancestry genealogy brought him to justice.

When an elderly man passes away it's assumed it was due to his numerous health issues. No crime here, right? Have you ever heard the phrase, "loose lips sink ships?"  Listen to the story of Anthony Tomaselli and how that phrase brought to light a murder that may have never been discovered.

In April 1966, 18-year-old Pamela Sue Rimmer would be found murdered in rural Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.  Her killer would soon confess claiming it all started with a misunderstanding but did it?  Listen to the case and hear how Jon Yount would evade justice for a time with the help of his prison pen pal and how Pamela's mother never gave up on seeking justice for her daughter.

On a hot summer day in June 1975, a firefighter in Terra Linda, California was called to put out a fire in one of the barbeque pits in China Camp State Park.  Initially thought to be the remains of an animal left behind by a hunter it would be discovered that was not the case.  Listen to the story of the murders of Jim and Naomi Olive and find out who was responsible for their double homicide.  

Imagine visiting friends for the weekend only to end up with a bullet lodged in your brain.  Who hated you enough to want you dead?  Listen to the story of how two women discovered that the person they thought they knew and loved was really the devil in disguise.  

Back in the 1920s, a pair of horrific murders took place on the 700 block of Ursulines Avenue in the French Quarter of New Orleans.  These murders were not the first nor the last to occur on this particular block.  Listen to the story of The New Orleans Murder Block.