True Crime Brewery

Jill and Dick are travelling this week, so please enjoy this members only episode from last spring until we return with a new episode next week! On a quiet Saturday afternoon in May of 1967, 34‑year‑old Mary Faye Hunter strolled through downtown Decatur, Alabama. She had her hair done. She stopped by the grocery store. […] The post The Day Mary Faye Disappeared appeared first on Tiegrabber .

Please enjoy this previously released episode from our premium show! Dick and Jill talk about The Perfect Neighbor, a documentary about a white Florida woman who shot and killed her neighbor, a black mother of four, in 2023. The documentary is original and disturbing as it was made using two years worth of pieced together […] The post The Perfect Neighbor Recap & Discussion appeared fir...

Judith Ann Neelley’s story is one of the darkest chapters in Southern criminal history. In 1982, at just eighteen, she and her husband Alvin carried out a series of kidnappings and assaults that escalated into the murder of Lisa Ann Millican—crimes so brutal investigators struggled to understand the violence behind them. Join us for The […] The post The Neelley Investigation: The Bonnie &#03...

Michael Cochran’s murder shocked a quiet West Virginia community and exposed a web of deception that had been building for years. What looked like a medical emergency quickly led to a criminal investigation uncovering fraud, manipulation, and a deadly plan carried out by the one he trusted most. Join us for The Ponzi Widow. We […] The post The Ponzi Widow: Natalie Cochran appeared first on T...

There are some crimes that are just impossible to understand, not because the facts are unclear but because the darkness seems so out of place. One December morning in 1991, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, eighteen-year-old Laurie Show never arrived at school. By the end of the day, a community that believed it knew its neighbors […] The post Cold Truth: The Murder of Laurie Show appeared...

Please enjoy this premium episode from 2025! Deep in the wilderness of Oregon, a crime story unfolded that would blur the line between victim and villain. A mother, a wife, and a woman with secrets, Liysa Northon claimed self-defense after she killed her husband Christopher. But the truth was far more tangled than anyone could […] The post Truth, Lies, & Liysa appeared first on Tiegrabb...

From the outside, James and Angela Craig appeared to have built a successful life together. He was a respected dentist, she was a devoted mother, and their family seemed to embody the picture of stability. But when Angela suddenly became seriously ill in the spring of 2023, a tragedy began to unfold that would shock […] The post The Dentist, the Wife, & the Murder appeared first on Tieg...

Please enjoy this TCB Premium episode from 2022!    Caroline Byrne was off to a good start in her life. She was a college graduate, she did some modeling, and she taught at a modeling school. Caroline had a large circle of friends and a handsome, athletic boyfriend. But Caroline was not happy. She was […] The post Into the Gap: The Death of Caroline Byrne appeared first on Tiegrabber .

Lexington County, South Carolina in the 1980s was a place where doors were left unlocked, neighbors knew one another, and high school graduation marked the beginning of summer and endless possibilities. For eighteen-year-old Shari Smith, the future was wide open. Talented, outgoing, and days away from celebrating graduation, she was making plans for college, family […] The post When a Strang...

Near Oregon’s southern coast, something unthinkable happened among family members—a crime so personal and so violent that it was hard for anyone to fully grasp. A mother and her partner were found dead, killed in an act of violence that did not point to a stranger, but to someone within the family. As investigators worked […] The post Fugitive with a Family in Tow appeared first on Tiegrabbe...

Please enjoy this re-release of one of our favorite premium episodes from 2019! Doc Waterman and his daughter Rachelle returned to their home in tiny Craig, Alaska on a cold night in November, 2004. They had been away for a Girl Scout Council meeting for Doc and a volleyball tournament for Rachelle. When they arrived […] The post A Daughter Accused: The Murder of Lauri Waterman appeared firs...

On this episode of True Crime Brewery, we turn our attention to a case that shook a quiet community and left a trail of questions in its wake. In 2015, three people vanished without explanation, sparking concern, confusion, and a growing sense that something sinister had occurred. As investigators found clues and began piecing together […] The post The House on Old Mill Road appeared first o...

There are some nights that settle into silence… and others that echo long after they’ve passed. On February 2nd, 1986, the city of Sydney, Australia, was winding down on a warm summer evening. Streets emptied, lights dimmed, and the night quieted. But something went terribly wrong that night—something that would leave a mark on a […] The post Shadows Over Sydney: Anita Cobby appeared first o...

Please enjoy this re-release of a premium episode from 2023! Tina Faelz was not having a good freshman year in high school. She was not doing well academically and was being bullied by some “Mean Girls.” Her home life was no picnic either. Her parents were divorced when she was a toddler and her mother […] The post The Wrong Way Home: Tina Faelz appeared first on Tiegrabber .

Today we´re talking about the kind of crime that makes you stop and ask a simple question: what were they thinking? In November 1992, Sidney Reso—a respected executive, a husband, and a father—stepped out of his home on what should have been an ordinary morning. Then within moments, he was gone. What followed is a […] The post From Routine to Ruin: The Kidnapping of Exxon Exec Sidney Reso ap...

On the night of January 23rd 2006, Jennifer Kesse spoke to her boyfriend before going to bed. She set out her clothes for work. She went to sleep. And then she vanished. Jennifer was 24 years old. Independent. Smart. Safety conscious. She would never blow off work and she would never take off without an […] The post Behind the Fence: The Vanishing of Jennifer Kesse appeared first on Tiegrabb...

This story begins with a question that plagued investigators, doctors, and a jury: how did the life of an infant end, and how can we tell who was responsible when science and the law collide? In the hours, days, and years after Garrett Michael Wilson’s death, explanations moved from natural causes to something far more […] The post Crime or Tragedy? The Garrett Wilson Story appeared first on...

Please listen to this re-release of a 2021 members-only episode about sudden infant infant deaths which were determined to be homicide. We will be covering another SIDS v. Homicide case in May and I think listening to this episode is a good prequel! In 1985, authorities in New York State arrested a father who they […] The post Not Again! Waneta Hoyt’s Babies (re-release) appeared first...

In May of 2005, a quiet part of rural Ohio woke up to something no one was prepared for. By the time most people finished their morning coffee, six people were dead, one teenage girl was barely alive, and a town that thought it understood itself was now living inside a nightmare. Answers came fast. […] The post One Night, Too Many Questions: The Moody Massacre appeared first on Tiegrabber .

It was during a snowstorm, on a snow day in Philadelphia, when a young teacher was found dead in her apartment under very bizarre circumstances. Her name was Ellen Greenberg. She was 27 years old. She was engaged and she lived with her fiancé. Ellen’s fiancé called 911, and almost right away, investigators said they […] The post What Really Happened to Ellen Greenberg? appeared first on Tieg...

Please enjoy this classic premium episode from 2017! On a cold, sunny morning in January 1957, Leonard Prescott, a 39-year old construction worker, was driving into the town of Willow Springs, Illinois, when he noticed two strange-looking objects underneath a bridge railing. He stopped to get a better look and told himself they must be […] The post End to Innocence: The Abduction and Murder...

In the fall of 2003, a life ended in a way no one saw coming—and for years, the truth stayed buried beneath rumor, silence, and unanswered questions. Florence “Flo” Unger was someone’s daughter, someone’s friend, someone who mattered. Yet when she was killed, the story of what really happened to her was fragmented, distorted, and, […] The post Pushed: Florence Unger appeared first on Tiegrab...

In the early hours of a quiet morning, a kind man named Kevin Spann was killed. It was a tragic event, but along with his death came a story that overflowed with stupidity and lacked any semblance of critical thinking or empathy. What should have been a straightforward search for the truth unraveled a maze […] The post A Conspiracy of Dunces: The Plot to Kill Kevin Spann appeared first on Ti...

There are some stories that stay with us—not because of how they end, but because of who is lost. Grace Millane was a young woman with a future, a plan, and a warm spirit that took her across the world. She was exploring new places and doing what so many young people dream of doing—exploring […] The post CCTV, Lies, & Murder: Grace Millane appeared first on Tiegrabber .

Just outside of Columbus, Ohio, in the early summer of 1929, two teenage boys set out to settle a friendly argument over who was the better shot. The sky was clear after a night of rain—and the world was only months away from the Great Depression. But that morning, in a field known to locals […] The post Shirt-Tail Alley: The Murder of Theora Hix appeared first on Tiegrabber .