Weird True Crime

In this special edition of Weird True Crime, Gina sits down with Whitney St. Andre (co-host of *Navigating Advocacy*) and Eric Carter Landin (host of *True Consequences*) to talk about AdvocacyCon — a one-of-a-kind conference built for families of the missing and murdered, happening September 11–13 at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Eric shares his deeply personal story of fighting for justice...

Melissa Casias's long awaited autopsy report is finally in , and in this episode, Gina and Amber break down exactly what it says, including new context from the Mondragon family about the remote stone basin where Melissa was found, and why it doesn't match what NMSP originally told them.  They walk through the gunshot trajectory, the toxicology findings that are still incomplete, and why forensic...

As the rest of the country was settling in and finalizing holiday meals, a man in his mid forties with unremarkable features, yet a quiet and steady demeanor walks through the Portland International Airport. It’s Thanksgiving Eve, Nov 24th, 1971. He approaches the ticket agent at Northwest Orient Airlines and requests to purchase a one- way ticket to Seattle aboard flight 305- a mere 25 minute jou...

Your weekly dumpster fire just got an upgrade. This week, Amber and Gina are diving headfirst into Reddit's AITA (Am I The Asshole?) forum — and they pulled 10 of the most unhinged, hilarious, and genuinely jaw-dropping threads they could find. From a lactose-intolerant food thief who gets the worst kind of karma, to a man who handed his wife a formal performance review, to a husband trying to get...

Join the Facebook Group and join the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdtruecrime In 1954, two teenage best friends in Christchurch, New Zealand, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, murdered Pauline's mother, Honora Parker, in Victoria Park, staging her death to look like an accident. The girls, whose intense and consuming friendship had alarmed both of their families, killed Honora a...

For nearly thirty years, Anthony Gignac, born Jose Enrique Moreno on the streets of Colombia, posed as Saudi royalty to con hotels, department stores, a university, and eventually a group of ultra wealthy international investors out of millions of dollars. From a sixth grade Mercedes scam to a two hundred million dollar American Express card to an eight million dollar investment fraud scheme, Anth...

In the final episode of this series, Gina and Amber cover Leticia Stauch's murder trial, three years after Gannon's death. Leticia pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, with her defense arguing she suffered from dissociative identity disorder as a result of childhood trauma. Prosecutors pointed to her shifting statements to police, the deliberate steps she took to conceal what happened to Gann...

In part two, Gina and Amber cover the break that changed everything: the discovery of a piece of blood-stained particle board near the Stauch home, and the trail of evidence that led investigators over a thousand miles away to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where Leticia Stauch was ultimately arrested. This episode covers the forensic details that built the case against her, including Gannon's bloo...

On January 27, 2020, 11-year-old Gannon Stauch vanished from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking one of the most closely watched missing child cases in the state's history. His stepmother, Leticia Stauch, told police he had been picked up by a friend's family and never returned. Within days, that story began to unravel. In this episode, Gina and Amber walk through Gannon's disappearan...

Quick note from WTC: If you wouldn't mind taking a moment to leave us a 5 star review or rating wherever you're listening right now- it would help our stories get pushed into podcast player algorithims! Each 5 star review helps us continue to grow and get more stories to more listeners.  xox G & A In the summer of 1959, a farmer picking blackberries along U.S. Highway 11 in Etowah County, Alab...

In Episode 5, Amber and Gina cover the discovery of Melissa Casias's remains in McGaffy Ridge, Carson National Forest on May 28th, 2026 — eleven months after she disappeared. They walk through what was found at the scene, the evidence concerns raised by the family's attorney, the forensic questions still being pursued, the suicide narrative and why the evidence pushes back on it, and the next step...

In June 2025, Melissa Casias — a devoted mother, daughter, and sister — vanished from Taos, New Mexico, leaving everything she owned behind. Eleven months later, in May 2026, her remains were found in Carson National Forest. In this episode of Weird True Crime, hosts Amber and Gina reveal the new evidence that reframes everything: neighbors who reported Mark Casias asking about their security came...

We’re mixing things up this week! Join us as we chat with Dani After Dark about all things true crime - what got us into podcasting, ethical storytelling, the cases that stick with us, and the most important question - what kind of pets do we have?! Gina and Amber talk about the importance of advocacy in true crime, what makes us stand out in such a large niche, and the cases that stick with us -...

On the morning of April 10, 2001, a home in Scottsdale, Arizona exploded. Inside, investigators found the bodies of Mary Fisher, 38, and her two children — Brittney, 12, and Bobby, 10 — still in their beds. All three had been killed before the fire started. The father, Robert Fisher, was nowhere to be found. He has never been seen since. In this episode of Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina walk thr...

Florida Man is back, and he brought friends. After our first Florida Man episode had you absolutely losing it, we knew it was only a matter of time before we had to revisit the Sunshine State's most unhinged residents. This week on WTF Wednesdays, Gina and Amber are bringing you ten brand new Florida Man (and one Florida Woman) stories that prove truth is always, always stranger than fiction. Buck...

Disclaimer: Gina tried to do something new with her audio set up and failed miserably. Please forgive her underwater sound this week.  Part two of our deep dive into the HaLeigh Cummings case picks up where the investigation gets darker — and more complicated. Within days of HaLeigh's disappearance, Misty Croslin's story had already changed multiple times. She gave different versions to law enforc...

Disclaimer: Gina tried to do something new with her audio set up and failed miserably. Please forgive her underwater sound this week.  On February 10, 2009, five-year-old HaLeigh Ann-Marie Cummings vanished from her home in Satsuma, Florida — a small rural community along the St. Johns River in Putnam County. Her disappearance became one of the most heartbreaking and confounding missing child case...

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What happens when two true crime podcasters dig through the random facts they've been mentally collecting for months? You get one of the most fascinating, surprising, and downright bizarre episodes we've ever recorded. This week on WTF Wednesdays, Gina and Amber are pulling ten wild true crime adjacent facts out of the depths of their brains and breaking them all down — and trust us, you're going...

Melissa Casias has been missing since June 26, 2025. In the final episode of this series, Gina and Amber pull back the lens — examining the full scope of the investigation failures, the documented patterns of abuse and financial control inside the Casias marriage, and the three possible scenarios for what happened to Melissa. They don't tell you what to think. But they lay out everything the evide...

Melissa Casias dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m. on June 26, 2025. She sent her last text at 1:33 p.m. At 1:38 p.m., her phone was reset. At 2:18 p.m., surveillance footage from a home on Highway 518 captured a woman with a black backpack walking eastbound. That's 40 minutes — almost exactly the walking distance between the Casias home and that location. A coincidence? Gina an...

On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Melissa Shirley Casias — a 53-year-old mother, avid hunter, devoted reader, thyroid cancer survivor, and administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory — vanished from Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. She dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m. By 1:38 p.m., her phone had been wiped. By 2:18 p.m., a witness spotted someone who looked like her walk...

Join hosts Gina and Amber as they deep dive into this compelling case and unleash new and never before shared exclusive case updates. Working with the family, your Weird True Crime team presents this 3 part limited series on their Weird True Crime feed.  All 3 episodes drop May 20, 2026 On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Melissa Shirley Casias — a 53-year-old mother, avid hunter, devoted reader, thyroid...

What if the key to getting a criminal to confess was... a glowing, blinking skeleton in a dark room? Welcome back to WTF Wednesday, little skeletons! This week we're digging up one of our favorite weird-but-true stories that deserves a second listen. We kick things off in the roaring 1920s — a decade absolutely packed with infamous crimes. From the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and the unsolved Wal...

Calista Springer was a 16-year-old girl from Centreville, Michigan, who loved to draw, paint, and color — and who spent most of her short life being abused, starved, and chained to a bed by the people who were supposed to protect her. For over a decade, teachers, neighbors, and social workers filed at least 15 reports with Child Protective Services. Nothing was done. On February 27, 2008, a fire b...