True Crime Obsessed

FAM! We loved this documentary!  In the Indigenous communities of northern Alaska, filmmaker and host James Dommer Jr. investigates the case of Teddy Kyle Smith, who claimed to have mysterious interactions with the mythical people known as the Inukuns and was convicted of attempted murder following a 2012 shooting incident. What happened that night that led up to Teddy shooting a pair of brothers?...

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam.   ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! WELP, BUCKLE UP FAM BECAUSE HERE WE GO AGAIN! Meet Roxy, Annette, and Gabby, each one of them a powerful badass woman in their own way. But for each of them, something is missing. And wouldn't you know it, just when they're at their...

GIRD YOUR LOINS FAM, WE'RE DOING A SPORTS! Kind of.... Ugh, Brett Favre. What is there to say? He's great at the football, but he sucks as a person. He won some games, got some rings or whatever, BUT THEN COMPLETELY RUINED THE LIVES OF SOME AMAZING BADASS WOMEN. Jen Steger is here and she's amazing. She was the world's first know female sports influencer and she was JUST. TRYING. TO. DO. HER. DAMN...

ORDER YOUR DUNKIN' AND HIRE A TRANSLATOR, WE'RE GOING BACK TO CANTON, MASS! For today's episode, we're talking about the tragic murder of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in her apartment on February 4, 2021. The death was initially ruled a suicide by the town's CORRUPT medical examiner. It took Sandra's badass cousins and the incredible WOMAN chief to dig deeper and expose the yea...

A six-year-old boy is trapped in a weather balloon when it accidentally takes of for over an hour of flight time.  Or... was he?  Fam, we have a loooooooooooooooooot of thoughts on both sides as we discuss the Heene family and the media firestorm this brief flight created.  Were they distraught parents... or faking it for the attention? And stay tuned all the way to the end for an update on the ca...

The two cases shared a checklist of similarities - a conventionally handsome perpetrator preying on sex workers behind closed hotel doors. But the difference in how the media and investigators handled the two serial killers who took the lives of Robin West, Sarah Butler, Joanne Brown, Mawa Doumbia, and Julissa Brisman could not have been more stark. Find and watch "Murder Has Two Faces" on Hulu or...

READY TO LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK? Toronto real estate broker Heather Rovet finds the perfect romance with "Jace" He's, cute, successful, and has a great butt--just ask her! But the dream is shattered when she discovers that he's actually Jason Porter, a convicted felon with a history of romantic fraud. Connecting with other victims, Heather transforms from heartbroken lover to determined investi...

We're in Las Vegas this week, Fam, with a male escort turned reality TV star turned social media influencer and "sex and fitness guru."  But behind his enviable online facade, his drug-fueled descent would lead to ultimate tragedy. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE...

FAM!!! We had A LOT to say about this documentary, along with some differing opinions between the two of us, so strap in for a super-sized roller coaster of an episode today! Lauryn and her boyfriend Owen were just young teens (13!!) when they started receiving harassing, disturbing, and disgusting text messages from an unknown source. The identity of the texter has been blowing minds across the w...

When the world's most iconic piece of film memorabilia--Judy Garland's iconic ruby slippers--were stolen from a small museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota (yes, Minnesota) in 2005, the world went on high alert. The questions swirled like a Kansas tornado: Who took them, how were such an important piece of American culture able to be swiped in the first place, and most importantly WOULD WE EVER GET TH...

In June 2018, young mother Jermain Charlo disappeared in Missoula, Montana. Still searching for the missing woman, investigators post the last known video footage of her, hoping to turn up leads and find Jermain. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE...

Emily Longley was only dating her boyfriend for four months when she was found dead in his bedroom. Though the cause of death was initially undetermined, the ensuing investigation would uncover not only the boyfriend's history of abuse, but also a plot to cover up the murder involving more members of his family. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video...

A Brooklyn lesbian couple faces a nightmare after an intruder enters their home and attacks them on the Fourth of July weekend in 1995.  Sylvia Lugo is shot twice, and later dies.  As the police investigate, suspicion falls on her partner - until the real perpetrator is shockingly discovered. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to see full vi...

As investigators look deeper into the deaths of the three students at North Port High School, the case also starts to attract more attention in the press. But will the community hold the principal accountable, or will they rally to defend him? WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH A...

FAM! This series is excellent, and huge hats off to Robin Roberts bringing attention to cases that have loooooooong deserved it. In episode two, we learn the story of Joyce Chiang, a promising DC intern and law student whose murder would be overshadowed by a much more well known case several years later. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to...

At North Port High School in Florida in 2011, three students tragically die within several months of each other.  It's soon discovered that the principal of the school has been practicing unlicensed hypnosis sessions with some of the student body, including the three victims.  Just how culpable is he in their deaths? FAM! We'll have Part 2 of our coverage here in the regular feed next week, but if...

GRAB YOUR RED HAZMAT BAGS AND GIRD YOUR LOINS, CUZ IT'S TIME TO SET SAIL ON THE POOP CRUISE! Today is the day, Fam and we are screaming with excrement...I MEAN EXCITEMENT. Ugh, don't go on cruises, my loves, UNLESS YOU LOVE THEM IN WHICH CASE LIVE YOUR LIFE, but beware and be prepared so you know what URINE for.  OK, oh my God, just go listen to the epoopsode.  WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the...

On September 25, 2007, 22-year-old Amy Winnick left her job near Calabasas, California, and headed home. Her cell phone rang. It was was her 25-year-old brother Jesse. "Don't go home," he told her. And then he said "I just killed Mom," and then he hung up. This unimaginable nightmare was the culmination of years of abuse perpetrated by Jesse to both Amy and their mother Hadas. Now Jesse was on the...

FAM! Travel back with us to one of our funniest episodes! Get ready to meet Ted Slauson, a math teacher who becomes OBSESSED with the gameshow The Price is Right . He spends weeks and months MEMORIZING THE COST OF THOUSANDS OF ITEMS in order to beat the game--a tactic which is apparently perfectly legal. He goes to the show over and over hoping to make it on and helps so many gameshow hopefuls bea...

FAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of "The Lady of the Dunes" ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! In 1974, the body of an unidentified woman was discovered in a remote area of the dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Over the next fifty years, a legend grew as investigators worked tirelessly to identify her. In this first episode, we meet Meredith...

It's one of the most tragic and infamous cases of the 1990s: a mother who not only committed the most horrible act against her small children, but then played upon the prejudices of the society and her community to try to pin the crime on another, imaginary person. WE'RE ON YOUTUBE -  Want to view the episodes and not just listen?  Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today...

In the summer of 2008, Luis Ramirez was brutally beaten during a block party in the Pennsylvania town of Shenandoah. After his death in the following days, members of the local high school football team would be accused, but would the local police and community circle around their hometown "heroes" to protect them?  Ugh, buckle up, Fam!!! WE'RE ON YOUTUBE!   Want to view the episodes and not just...

After testifying against John Gotti and the Gambino crime family of New York, former underboss Sammy "The Bull" Gravano and his family headed to Arizona.  But instead of retiring into a life of ease and normalcy, he and his family became entangled in the drug trade of the Southwest.  Patrick and Gillian have had their coffee for this one, and are ready to cover all the crazy twists and turns! WE'R...

Coming out of lockdown in 2021, people everywhere were champing at the bit to get together at live events again.  And few were more highly anticipated than Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival happening that summer in Houston, Texas.  But the festival turned into an out-of-control nightmare that led to the deaths of ten people.  Could this tragedy have been avoided? WE'RE ON YOUTUBE!   Want to view...

In January, 2009, the body of 27 year old Katie Roberts was found stuffed in a trash bin in the back yard of a house she seemingly had no connection to. The beloved mother of two had no known enemies, but as the police dug into her case, the turned up several people who might have had a motive to kill her. Ice T is gonna take us on this journey, and Fam, a journey it is! Buckle up! WE'RE ON YOUTUB...