10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories

This is the 3rd and final part of the Ted Bundy series. In part one, you heardabout his early life… how he grew up, what he was like as a teen,relationships, and how he had two completely different faces. If youhaven’t listened to that one yet, go back and listen to that onefirst. It builds the framework for Bundy as a person… giving you aninsight into his effortless manipulation of the people aro...

Serial Killers don’t become more famous, more notorious, more wellknown than Ted Bundy. He was charismatic, some would say handsome,smart, and hid his evil darkside so well that even his closest friendsand family were shocked when they discovered who he really was. Bundywas a rapist, a necrophiliac, and killed at least 20 women, maybemore, and was executed by electric chair in 1989. This second pa...

Serial Killers don’t become more famous, more notorious, more wellknown than Ted Bundy. He was charismatic, some would say handsome,smart, and hid his evil darkside so well that even his closest friendsand family were shocked when they discovered who he really was. Bundywas a rapist, a necrophiliac, and killed at least 20 women, maybemore, and was executed by electric chair in 1989. This first par...

Although it has been decades and decades since the Papin Sisterslived, their crimes have haunted the world of true crime since. It’s acold-blooded murder story that has roots in class mistreatmentcombined with mental illness. An unsettling account of hatred,dysfunction, revenge, and punishment. Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurder@gmail.com .Subscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your...

Today, we’re talking about a racist serial killer named Joseph Paul Franklin. Over the span of 4 years, he killed people that he considered ugly… and he thought black people were the ugliest of all. He even set his sights on Hustler publisher Larry Flynt in 1978. Flynt is white, but his magazine published an interracial photo shoot. Flynt survived, but was paralyzed and wheelchair bound for the re...

The story today is about a serial killer that murdered at least 15 women and a boy. He strangled them all to death. He knew something was wrong mentally, and sought treatment several times. Fantasies of strangling women and sexually assaulting their bodies became nearly constant. These sick thoughts became actions. This is the story of Carroll Cole, the Alcoholic Strangler. Submit future episode s...

The story today deals with broken trust, in several ways, aggressive sexual role play, arson, and kidnapping a little girl. There is obviously a murder that takes place, because without that, we wouldn’t be talking about this. It ends with an added detail that you probably won’t see coming. This is Jacob Kinn, the Babysitter Killer. Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurder@gmail.comSubscribe...

The story today is about a Detroit mother, during the process of being evicted from her townhouse in 2015, it was discovered that inside a deep freezer were two bodies, stacked on top of each other. They had apparently been there a long time. It took 3 days for them to thaw and identification and autopsy could be performed. They were the mother’s own children, Stephen and Stoni. Mitchelle Blair ha...

In July of 2012, lifelong mental illness and extreme behavior came to a head for James Holmes. He planned and carried out an attack on theater goers at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises. Hundreds of people were there, excited to see the Batman sequel, with some even dressed up for the occasion. One of those being the shooter who dyed his unkempt hair bright orange. Before the movie was f...

The story today is not a new one and it’s going to be a little longer than 10 minutes, so plan accordingly. It may be the first recorded case of a family working in collaboration as serial killers. You’re going to hear about the Bender Family and how they ran a little bed and breakfast, which was basically just a one room cabin with a burlap curtain dividing it to make another room. When they buil...

The story today is a difficult one to tell. Most murder cases are so hard to hear about, but with the large majority of them, you’re dealing with a cohearant motive of some kind, no matter how unjustifyable it is. Serial killers kill because they enjoy it in some sick way. Other murderers kill on impulse. Some do it for money, or jealousy, or revenge. The killer today apparently did it just to mak...

The story today is of a serial killer that always took lives at night, very close to midnight. He picked bike paths and parks to select his victims. He was smart and athletic, and stalked areas in and around Anchorage... his Colt Python handgun at the ready. His murder spree only ended when an officer investigating something completely unrelated, stumbled upon him, while presumably looking for ano...

Today’s story is about a real estate agent/serial killer. Between 2003 and 2013 he murdered 7 people. He was outgoing and friendly, but somehow managed to lead most conversations, professional or casual, into something sexual or about firearms. He was even known to openly watch porn videos while at work. This is the story of Todd Kohlhepp. Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurder@gmail.comSub...

The killer you’re going to hear about today has murder numbers that are absolutely beyond comprehension. He has been described as the world’s worst serial killer. Based on that alone, you’d think… well he’ll never breathe a breath of free air again… You’ll hear why by the time you hear this, he may already be out. He has admitted to the rape, torture and murder of 138 boys and teenagers. Based on...

The story today is surrounding the mysterious murder of legendary soul singer Sam Cooke. The official record of his death lists it as a justifiable homicide. By the end of the episode today, you might see it from a different perspective. He was shot by a Los Angeles hotel manager who claimed that he was attacking her. But, there’s much more to the story. Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurd...

Today’s story is heartbreaking. A couple that from the outside, looked like they were amazing people, doing a part to help kids get out of the foster care system and into a permanent, loving home… something that so many of them dream about happening one day. But in March 2018, Jennifer and Sarah Hart took their own lives along with their 6 adopted children. Submit future episode stories: 10minutem...

The murderer in today’s story did his killing in Cleveland, and several years ago, I was in Cleveland for work stuff for about a week. It’s one of those weird cities where I never fully felt safe. There are some really cool parts of the city that I enjoyed exploring. I really wanted to catch a Cavaliers game, but they were on the road the week I was there. I got my work done and still had a good t...

The story today is a sad one that, just when you think it couldn't get worse... it gets way worse. It was written and submitted by Lindsay in Illinois. Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurder@gmail.comSubscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your friends that would be into a brief and bingeable true crime podcast like this one. Connect on social media to know when new episodes are released....

To the world around him, Richard Huckle was pretty ordinary. A 19 year old British student from Kent, taking a gap year from school. Richard spent that year on an evil rampage of child sexual abuse, using his postion of authority as a Christian teacher over vulnerable kids. Abuse that stretched into a decade. Today, we’re talking about the Gap Year Pedophile. Submit future episode stories: 10minut...

A killer with 4 victims… maybe more. His method of murder is one that you’ve probably had a nightmare about. Like so many killers before him, you’ll hear how rough and tragic his life started, which led to a life of crime early on. His crimes progressively increased in severity until a chance meeting of a mom and her two girls on vacation. This is the Sunset Killer, Oba Chandler. Submit future epi...

Two victims in Tennessee were kidnapped in 2007, taken to a rental house where they were raped, tortured, set on fire, and murdered. Aside from local Knoxville news, nobody was talking about it. Speculation is that it’s because the victims were two young while people, and the killers were all black, major media outlets would not cover this story. I don’t know that that is necessarily true, but it’...

The story we’re talking about today, I accidentally did a little more research on than normal. Most of that isn’t going to make it into this episode because only a small portion of it pertains to the actual case. I started down a rabbithole of the history of murder in the name of religion. I read articles about the psychology of it, if it biblically checks out… it doesn’t, and what religious leade...

Today, we’re talking about  Lonnie Franklin. He was responsible for the murder of at least 10. He started killing in the 1980s, and then apparently took a break. He resumed killing in 2002, earning him the nickname, The Grim Sleeper,Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurder@gmail.comSubscribe and share 10 Minute Murder with your friends that would be into a brief and bingeable true crime podca...

The story is about the murder of 5 children at the hands of their mother. It’sa famous case that you’re probably aware of, but if you’re like me… you’veforgotten some of the more disturbing details over the years. I think it’s a goodcase study in how far we’ve come in the treatment of mental health, andhopefully continue to progress in the future. This happened in 2001, and Ican’t help but think t...

Joe Metheny confessed to killing 10 people in the Baltimore area. He says he felt compelled to strangle some of the women to death after just casually hanging out with them. Spoiler alert: He wasn’t convicted of murdering 10... just a couple, but he was known to use pieces of his victims in bbq pork/person sandwiches that he sold to customers. Submit future episode stories: 10minutemurder@gmail.co...