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On the afternoon of July 15, 2010, 17-year-old Norma Lopez left school, excited to meet up with her friends. She took her usual route, cutting across an open field, not knowing that a killer was watching and waiting... and she had just sealed her fate. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released and to see...

It is safe to say that most of us, at some time at least, wanted to hide things from our parents when we were kids. Maybe you got a not-so-good grade from school or broke the living room lamp throwing the football in the house even after you were told to stop. And those of you who have siblings might be familiar with a situation where you were fighting over some stupid thing, and accidentally one...

During their four-month reign of terror across LA from October 1977 to February 1978 The Hillside Stranglers raped, tortured, and murdered over 12 women between them the ages of 12 to 28, and nobody was safe. When they were finally unmasked as cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr, LA was able to breathe a sigh of relief… at least for some time. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your...

Ingrid Lyne was excited about a date. She had been seeing a man for a month and tonight, he was taking her to watch a Seattle Mariners baseball game. But horribly for Ingrid, her date’s kind and gentle personality later melted away to reveal a fiendish monster capable of killing in cold blood. In this story, you’ll hear about a dedicated nurse and mother-of-three, that had her life taken during a...

When the remains of two backpackers were found in Australia’s Belanglo State Forest, the authorities never imagined that the trail would lead them to five more bodies and a cold-blooded murderer. In this episode we’re talking about the Backpacker Murderer, Ivan Milat. He’s a serial killer who many have said… he never had human emotions. He liked to toy with his victims in a brutal way, and only ye...

If you don’t know who Richard Cottingham and Jennifer Weiss are, and you take a look at their pictures together, you might think you are seeing a sweet moment between a grandpa and his granddaughter. Both of them are smiling and have their arms around each other. Your first thought might not be… this Santa Claus-looking man actually killed and dismembered Jennifer's mother.  Subscribe and share 10...

Throughout your life, you may have heard the saying “There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine and the truth” well… this case is no different. In 1969, when Senator Ted Kennedy’s car hurtled off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island and his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne was found dead, the events of that night remain unclear over 50 years later. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true...

On January 17th, 1994, a disgruntled ex-employee entered the Leather’s Oil Gas Station in Gresham, Oregon. When he left $9,000 richer, in his wake… a horrific scene. Three bodies waiting to be discovered. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released and to see visuals that go along with the episodes. https:...

From the outside, The Fishers were your ‘all American’ family. Church-going, involved with the community and hands-on with their kids; they seemed to have it all. But when the closed doors they shielded behind quite literally blew up and one of them goes on the run a different story is revealed. Will there ever be an ending to one of the FBI’s longest ‘most wanted’ cases? Subscribe and share 10 Mi...

Marvin Gaye was known for pushing the boundaries of music, redefining the “American Soul” genre with his phenomenal vocal range, social commentary, and experimental style. It’s hard to imagine what other great things he could have contributed to the world had his father not done the unthinkable. In this episode of 10 Minute Murder – the story of Marvin Gaye, a world-renowned musician whose hit son...

Almost everyone, even those who are not into true crime, can provide probably a couple examples of serial killers that have never been caught. Most people have heard of Jack the Ripper. In 1888 he murdered at least five women in London's poor Whitechapel district. Did you know that the equivalent of Jack the Ripper was prowling in the South of the United States about a hundred years ago? It is ver...

When you still live with your parents and you decide to throw a house party, the first thing you might do is check with your parents and see if it’s cool. Then maybe straighten up a little and promise to clean up afterward. But, for 17-year-old Tyler Hadley, none of that happened. His strict parents didn’t agree to a party, because he was grounded. So, Tyler’s Project X party plan consisted of get...

In 1982, trial lawyer Bill McArthur walked into his home to find the body of his beloved wife stuffed inside a closet. After surviving a car bomb only two months earlier, her luck had finally run out. The authorities immediately arrested him, not knowing that the real killer was the client he had once proved innocent of murder. Today we are talking about the story of Mary Lee Orsini, whose brutal...

The story of Ryan Waller and his girlfriend Heather Quan is probably one of the strangest you will listen to, because not everything was as it first seemed. Which may be why the police interrogated Ryan for 6 hours... after he had been shot in the head. Twice. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released an...

Marcel Petiot was a French doctor and serial killer who was suspected of killing around 60 people during World War II. Marcel took advantage of desperate people for his own benefit and had a complete disregard for human life. Most of his victims simply vanished and became a statistic in the death toll of war but his luck would eventually run out and his head would be the price for his crimes.  Sub...

It was October 21, 2009, and nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten was excitedly asking her parents for permission to play at a neighbor’s house. Her mother said okay, not knowing that it would be the last time she would see her daughter alive. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released and to see visuals that go...

On December 7th, 1971, police were called to the List family mansion in Westfield, New Jersey. Neighbors had seen the home’s lights, which had been on day and night, slowly blinking out and no one had seen anything or anyone for almost a month. Officers made their way into the mansion through an unlocked window that lead to the basement. Something horrific was waiting for them inside. The bodies o...

We all know how boomers tell their grandkids how smartphones weren’t used back in the day. Or how many of them blame everything bad on kids being on their phones all the time. But what if checking notifications could save an innocent child’s life? By exploiting our addiction to phone screens for a higher purpose, more than 1,000 innocent children have been saved by what we now call Amber Alerts. M...

Today's case is one of those stories that sounds more like a movie than real life once you hear the details. One morning in November 2004, court clerk Peter Porco stumbled out of bed and went about his morning routine like usual. As he picked up a newspaper and ate his breakfast, he seemed to be completely unaware of the fact that he had been savagely attacked a few hours earlier… and his wife Joa...

Let's think about a scenario: you have been looking for a new home, and finally, after a long search, you are closing on buying your dream house. But while you are waiting for the paperwork to go through, somebody comes and asks you: "Do you know what happened in that house?" You don't, so you go to Google, and the search results tell you a horrible story. Eleven family members were brutally murde...

If you are familiar with the TV show 'Dexter,' you already know where we are heading with today's story. But for those unaware, the series is about a serial killer who hunts other killers while working as a blood splatter analyst for Miami Metro Police Department. Dexter puts up signature kill rooms designed not to leave any evidence and dumps his victims' dismembered bodies in plastic bags to sea...

An unidentified person only known as the Phantom Killer committed several murders and assaults in Texarkana through the spring of 1946. Five people lost their lives, and three others were wounded. Almost 400 suspects were arrested throughout the investigations, yet nobody has ever been convicted of these crimes. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your true crime loving friends. Connect on s...

In the early morning hours of June 6, 1996, a 911 operator in Rowlett, Texas, received a call from 26-year-old Darlie Routier. The hysterical mother of three reported someone had broken into their house and attacked her and her two young sons. But when the police arrived at the scene, they quickly realized many things in Darlene's story did not add up. Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with you...

The last time we talked about the serial killer Edmund Kemper, his difficult childhood, dark fantasies and how he ended up taking the lives of his own grandparents. But after just five years in a state hospital, Ed was deemed ready to be released back into society. His doctors only gave one recommendation: Ed should not be put into the custody of his mother. But of course, that was exactly what ha...

Ed Kemper is one of those names that rings a bell with many of us, also outside the borders of the United States. After all, he is one of the most notorious serial killers, who raped corpses, mutilated dead bodies, and buried his victims' heads in his backyard—a story like that tends to spread rather quickly. In this episode, we will take a look at Ed Kemper's early life and what drove him to take...