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Content Warning: Sexual assault, violence against children. Between 1974-2005, a serial killer was actively stalking women and children near Wichita, Kansas, and ultimately claimed the lives of at least 10 people. Join Kaylee and Hannah as we discuss the life and crimes of Dennis Rader, aka The BTK Killer. Book Recommendations For This Case: A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and...

27-year-old Susan "Su" Taraskiewicz was found murdered in the trunk of her car on September 14th, 1992, but an autopsy revealed she'd likely been kept alive and tortured for up to 18 hours before her death.  Currently there is still a $250,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case. If you have any information about the murder of Su Taraskiewicz, you’re asked to contact the Ma...

. CW: Violence against children In the Winter of 2017, the small town of Delphi, Indiana, was suddenly thrust into the national spotlight when two teenage girls went missing and were later found murdered in a wooded area. Five years later, police arrested a 50-year-old local man named Richard Matthew Allen. This is a quick summary of the case before a jury decides Richard Allen's fate tomorrow. Li...

CW: Suicide, Graphic Violence, Sexuality It's Crime Soup's 50th episode! Join Kaylee and Hannah as we play a spooky round of trivia where all the questions revolve around the macabre. Are you an expert on all things dark and twisted? Listeners encouraged to play along! A special thanks to this week's sponsor Satin Siren! Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , I...

CW: RAPE Between October 1977 and February 1978, ten young women and girls were found raped and murdered near Los Angeles, California, believed to be the work of a spree killer the media dubbed "The Hillside Strangler.” A special thanks to this week's sponsor Satin Siren! Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

CW: Rape What happened to Janett Christman is every teenage girl’s worst nightmare. In fact, the events of that evening would become the real-life inspiration for urban legends and films for decades to come, including John Carpenter’s Halloween and Fred Walton’s When a Stranger Calls.   Special thanks to this week's sponsor Satin Siren ! Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're a...

CW: Violence, Rape, Mutilation After two women are found brutally murdered and mutilated in Arizona, police believe there's a "sex fiend" on the loose.  Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

30-year-old Travis Alexander was a devout Mormon on the quest for true love in the Summer of 2008 when his lifeless body was found brutally murdered on the floor of his shower.  Investigators asked his friends “Can you think of anyone who wanted to hurt him?” Immediately, they all thought of the same woman. Jodi Arias. Special thanks to this week's sponsors Dactyl Designs and Tapes From the Darksi...

24-year-old college student Terry Dolowy was reported missing on February 14, 1985, near Barre Mills, Wisconsin, but later found deceased under unusual circumstances. Thank you to this week's sponsor, Loki Candle Co. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

CW: Rape, Sexual abuse By all accounts Gisèle and Dominique Pelicot appeared to be the perfect couple, retired and enjoying life as grandparents in the south of France, but after nearly 50 years together the horrifying truth has finally come to light. Dominique is a rapist. And he's not alone.

Bart and Krista Halderson went missing in July of 2021. Their bodies were found dismembered, decapitated, and strewn throughout rural Wisconsin. The last person to see them alive was their son, Chandler, and he quickly became the lead suspect in a criminal case. But what could possibly lead a person to murder their own parents? If you're dying for more true crime content, be sure to listen to 'Tap...

CW: Adult language Thank you for a wonderful Soup Season! We had to end a few weeks early due to Hannah's maternity leave but we'll be back for Season 3 on the first Tuesday in October 2024. Please enjoy this finale episode where Kaylee and Hannah recap Season 2, and make sure you stick around after the outro music for bloopers! Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on Ti...

On January 14th, 2004, a decomposed body was discovered inside an abandoned grain silo in Macon County, Alabama. Using dental records, investigators were able to identify the body as a missing 33-year-old Alabama man who had disappeared only 47 days earlier. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

Cari Farver was a 37-year-old single mother from Iowa who mysteriously disappeared in November 2012 after appearing to suffer a mental health episode. However, as investigators began to dig deeper....they wondered if something more sinister had happed. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

In the early-morning hours of August 29th, 1996, police and firefighters responded to reports of a house fire on W Junaluska Drive in South Richmond, Virginia. Inside the one-story brick home were the deceased bodies of a 34-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter, both stabbed to death. This is the story of Cynthia and Heather Johnson. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're...

CW: Incest, Rape, Child Abuse, Infant Death 18-year-old Elisabeth Fritzl had big plans to move away from home and go to university in the Fall of 1984, but her abusive father Josef Fritzl had other plans.  Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

8-year-old Jennifer Schuett disappeared from her bed in the middle of the night, seemingly abducted by a stranger crawling through her window on August 10th, 1990, in Dickinson, Texas. Fourteen hours later she was found alive but badly beaten and sexually assaulted. Despite remembering almost everything about the man who'd abducted her, Jennifer's case went cold for almost 20 years.  Like our cont...

Utah mother of six Ruby Franke, creator of the popular YouTube channel Eight Passengers, is arrested in Utah after her 12-year-old son escapes captivity, bound with duct tape and obviously malnourished. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

In the early-morning hours of February 4, 1989, the brutalized body of a 57-year-old man was found lying in the snow near his home in Huntington County, Indiana. Still clinging to life, he was taken to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne where he died three days later. He had been shot six times in the head and sustained several deep lacerations to his skull from a hatchet. This is the story of Eldon...

CW: Sexual violence, child sexual abuse, gore Over a period of only five weeks, five different young women and girls went missing near Perth, Australia in 1986. Who was behind these disappearances and what was their motive? Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

TW: Suicide and Gun Violence Robert "Budd" Dwyer was the youngest person ever elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1965 at only 25 years old. His hard work and reputation for honesty helped him later become a senator and eventually the State Treasurer in 1981. So how did a man known for his honesty and commitment to democracy become entangled in a bribery scandal only a few year...

After finishing a shift at Providence Portland Medical Center as an emergency room nurse, 51-year-old Susan Kuhnhausen arrived at her home in Southeast Portland only to be met by an intruder wielding a claw hammer, determined to kill her. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube !

CW: Child Sexual Abuse 34-year-old Aileen Wuornos admits to brutally murdering at least seven men throughout Central Florida in 1989 and 1990, but The Damsel of Death remains a polarizing figure, causing heated discussions about the links between childhood trauma and sociopathy. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook & Youtube...

22-year-old Brian Barrett was found shot to death in his car outside the factory where he worked on September 17, 2006, in Clarence, New York. After delving into his personal life, investigators discover that Brian was involved in a secret love triangle....that apparently turned deadly. Like our content? Be sure to check out our website . We're also on TikTok , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook &...

CW: Rape On the evening of December 14, 1971, 21-year-old Deborah Noel was violently raped and murdered in her apartment in northwest Washington, DC, and her death was quickly linked to the murders of two other young women  a mile away. Several eyewitnesses all described seeing a mysterious, young, black man wearing "African robes and a fez-style hat" around the time of the murder. Who is this pha...