Beyond Contempt True Crime

Andrew Luster was the heir to the Max Factor Cosmetics fortune. He lived a life of leisure, never had a job, and spent much of his time surfing. Luster pursued women who were significantly younger and he assaulted several victims unbeknownst to them by slipping GHB into drinks.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Cri...

A Maryland high school senior fled to Israel after murdering another teenager. The incident escalated tensions between the US and Israel. 17 years after the crime, the main perpetrator found himself in a standoff with the Israel Prison Service and this case ended in tragedy for every family involved.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com...

Three friends decided to rob the McDonald's in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, Canada. The crime escalated when they decided to murder three employees and permanently disable a fourth worker.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_co...

Joe and Beth Wellnitz and their son, Dennis were killed in their home, in Columbia, Kentucky. The case went cold for 10 years and when it unravelled, the perpetrators were not strangers to the family.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram...

Pam had a family she loved, was running competitively, and had a tight-knit circle of friends. She was living her best life until she was found deceased in her bathtub on the morning she was supposed to run a half marathon. When law enforcement took a closer look, Pam's life was not as together as it seemed and her husband was not as innocent as their friends believed.   Social Media: Website -  h...

Stacey Schoeck didn't want a divorce and instead decided to have her 5th husband killed on Valentine's day. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeyondContemptTrueCrim...

Marriages sometimes don't work out and most reasonable couples opt for a divorce. Nathan Leuthold decided to kill his wife as a Valentine's day gift for his new love. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Gro...

When Ricky Gray and his nephew, Ray Dandridge, decided to go on a crime spree, 1 person was hospitalized and 8 people were left dead.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/g...

Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 and by summer 2010, his team was charged with the murder of 3 Afghan civilians.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Group - https://www.facebook...

Hiking is generally a safe activity but in 2007 and 2008, a few unlucky individuals happened to cross paths with Gary Michael Hilton while out on the trail and they never returned home.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_con...

Dick and Lynn Ehlenfeldt bought a Brown's Chicken franchise in Palatine, Illinois and created an environment where all the employees felt like it was their second family. On the night of January 8th, 1993, everyone working in the store was murdered and the case remained unsolved for 9 years. Two men were finally convicted of the crimes. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ F...

Dick and Lynn Ehlenfeldt bought a Brown's Chicken franchise in Palatine, Illinois and created an environment where all the employees felt like it was their second family. On the night of January 8th, 1993, everyone working in the store was murdered and the case remained unsolved for 9 years. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondCont...

This boy band mogul had it all - fame, fortune, success, and respect. Greed slowly unraveled the threads of his life and revealed that every business he built was based on a con. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_pod...

Michelle Dorr and Laura Houghteling's lives were cut incredibly short because they happened to cross the path of Hadden Clark. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/Bey...

Many of us have a past that is fairly benign. Some people have a past littered with atrocious crimes that they concealed for decades. Today we talk about four stories where genetic genealogy revealed long-held secret crimes. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta - ...

Sometimes willful disbelief is a protective mechanism that gets people through a difficult time in life. In this case, it was a dangerous choice made by those in power that allowed a priest to harm a community. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.i...

A former dentist changed careers and opened a business that supplied human biological products to tissue banks. Disease screens, family consent, and proper refrigeration of cadavers are all steps he decided to omit. Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://...

What happens when a lottery employee has just enough computer network security knowledge to be dangerous?   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeyondContemptTrueCrim...

19-year-old Rachel Timmerman was set to testify against the man who raped her when she mysteriously disappeared. Around that time, four other people vanished as well. The one thing they all had in common was they came into contact with Marvin Gabrion.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitt...

The Carr brothers committed a spree of random and violent crimes that forever altered the lives of 7 individuals. This was one of the most tragic events in Wichita, Kansas history.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt...

Yeardley was a University of Virginia student-athlete on the cusp of college graduation. She was close with her mother and sister, and was the heart and soul of the UVA lacrosse team. After she broke up with her boyfriend, he ended her life. The signs of abuse were there but people who orbited the couple lacked the tools to provide help.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com...

The Classified Ad rapist murdered 10 women in the Tampa Bay Area in 1984. He abducted 17 year Lisa McVey, who convinced him to let her go. Police took him down with the information Lisa provided.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/...

A young woman was wrongfully fired from the police force. She moved on with life and married detective Fred Schultz. When his ex-wife was found deceased, the young woman was convicted of murder and suspected she was framed by Fred and the Milwaukee Police Department. When she escaped from prison, the public cheered her on - Run Bambi Run! This is the tragic story of Laurie Bembenek.   Social Media...

It is rare for kidney patients to die during a dialysis procedure. After Kimberly Saenz joined the DaVita dialysis clinic as an LVN, paramedics were called to the clinic 30 times in one month. Several patients died and many were harmed in that short amount of time.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter - ...

Brenda Spencer, the infamous school shooter, killed 2 and injured 9 because she didn't like Mondays.   Social Media: Website -  https://beyondcontemptpodcast.com/ Facebook -  https://www.facebook.com/BeyondContemptTrue Crime Twitter -  https://twitter.com/BeyondCMPTPod Insta -  https://www.instagram.com/beyond_contempt_podcast/ FB Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/BeyondContemptTrueCrime/  ...