Corpus Delicti

A local man just months away from retirement isn't heard from for a few days. When his family goes to check on him, he's found dead, beaten to death in his home. Suspicion falls on three family members - a 16 and 17 year old, and their father who has a history with crime. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch sto...

A 17 year old girl arrives home to find a stranger in her room. After being attacked and repeatedly cut with a blade type knife, she thinks she sees the assailant at a gas station. With the help of scent dogs, the assailant was convicted. But was it the right one? To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can b...

WIlliam Dillon was arrested for murder after cops became suspicious of his knowledge of the area. Scent dogs were brought in that linked clothing found on the scene to him. The problem is, these particular scent dogs were later found to be highly inaccurate, leading to questions about Dillon's involvement in the crime. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, plea...

Joyce Ann Brown was shocked to open the newspaper and see her name wanted in connection with a recent robbery and murder at a competing fur store 3 miles from the one where she worked. She goes down to the police station to clear her name, only to find out there's another Joyce Ann Brown connected to the case. How do you clear up such a misunderstanding? Or can you? To access earlier episodes of C...

After a shooting at a community pool, Anthony Porter, a known gang affiliate, is arrested for the crime. He is convicted using eyewitness testimony. Years later, a Professor has his students look into the case, and they end up getting a confession from someone else, a man named Alstory Simon. Porter is Freed, and Simon is convicted. But then, Simon also ends up exonerated, after the witnesses that...

Julie Rea was awakened in the middle of the night by her son's screams. She claimed that a masked intruder broke in and murdered her son, but investigators didn't buy it. In prison, Julie did a 20/20 interview where she told her story, and as fate would have it, a true crime writer was watching, and it changed the course of the story. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help suppor...

This week, we continue the story about Darryl Hunt. This time we cover the second murder he was convicted of. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found at teepublic.com/stores/corpus-delicti-podcast Music by: Kai Engel "Daemones" Blooper music by: Art of Escapism "Coal Miners" This work is licensed...

Debbie Sykes, a 26 year old woman, doesn't show up for work as usual. Later that day, her body is found in a field. A 911 call under a fake name leads to an investigation that was botched from the start. Bullied witnesses, members of the KKK, and shoddy lineup pictures were just some of the reasons why Darryl Hunt was convicted of the murder, just to have the conviction overturned, and be tried ag...

In a small Mississippi town, a three year old girl is taken from her bed at night only to be found raped and murdered. The victim's mother's ex-boyfriend is convicted based on bite mark evidence. Then, another three year old girl is found raped and murdered. This time, a different man is convicted, also based on bite mark evidence. How could two cases so similar have two different perpetrators? To...

Today we kick off the new series on wrongful convictions, Delayed Justice. The first story is that of the Dixmoor 5, who were just teenagers when they signed confessions admitting to the rape and murder of 14 year old Cateresa Matthews. From the very beginning, there were problems with the confessions, but it would be many years before an answer was found. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Deli...

This week, we bring you the last episode in the Dark Water 2 series. Muriel Barnett was a widowed socialite who was killed on a cruise ship. Her personal assistant was in the room at the time, but was passed out drunk and can't recall what happened. After several months, a motive was finally uncovered in a series of events that news outlets claim are "worthy of an Agatha Christie novel". To access...

Bob and Shirley McGill were high school sweethearts who lost touch over the years, and later in life reconnected and rekindled their relationship. To celebrate both of their birthdays as well as Shirley's retirement, the couple took a cruise... but Shirley wouldn't make it back alive. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti...

Julie Scully was a beautiful and talented woman who made her career as a model. While on a cruise with her husband, they became friends with a worker on board. But soon, the friendship turned into something else, and the result was a vicious loss of life. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found a...

Scott and Karen Roston had a whirlwind romance leading to engagement and marriage. But on the last night of their honeymoon, Karen went overboard and was found dead 10 hours later. Scott gave three different stories for what happened, one of which was almost too extreme to believe... To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti O...

John Halford, a married man of 25 years with 3 kids, goes on an expensive Egyptian cruise all by himself. When the ship docked at the port, John never came off the boat. Extensive searches couldn't locate him anywhere, but evidence shows he did return to his room late that night/early in the morning. So what would have made him leave again? And where did he go? To access earlier episodes of Corpus...

In 1961, the Duperrault family sets sail on their dream getaway aboard a boat named Bluebelle, testing out their hopes of living at sea for a year later on. Everything was perfect. The weather was warm, and they were kept themselves busy with snorkeling and collecting shells. But on the day they were due to return home, tragedy struck when a man was found in a dinghy in the middle of the ocean, de...

Join us as we wrap up the cults series by chatting with two people who have both had run ins with cults. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.com Music by: Kai Engel "Daemones" Blooper music by: Art of Escapism "Coal Miners" This work is licensed under the Creative...

In the last cult case of the Cults series, we discuss Jung Myung Seok who broke from the Unification church to start his own similar version. He believed that sin originated when Satan seduced Eve, and the only way to purify sin was through sex with the savior, who was... himself. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our...

*Correction, the temple was in Kirtland* Jeffrey Lundgren started out as a faithful member of the LDS. He even volunteered at their temple in Kirtland where he preached to visitors. That is, until his messages started to skew from LDS beliefs, and he was fired. Jeff then formed his own group, which would focus on priming the temple for the arrival of the Lord. But to do that, he'd have to take the...

Mary Ellen Tracy, aka Sabrina Aset, was a High Priestess. She was able to absolve people from their sins... through sex. She also accepted monetary donations, which paired with absolving people of their sins resulted in legal troubles. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.thre...

This week we discuss the Church of Wells, a sect that denies being a cult, despite checking off several of the boxes. Rumors include drugged members, and essentially kidnapping a grown man off the streets. Special thanks to Steven from Trace Evidence podcast for lending his voice, and to Josh from True Crime Bullsh** podcast for lending us some sources about Israel Keyes' family To access earlier...

This episode was recorded several weeks ago before we skipped a week, therefore we have not addressed any recent events in this episode. We are not ignoring it. In this episode, we discuss Sherry Shriner, a more modern day leader who also believed that humans had been infiltrated by aliens. But not just any aliens. Reptile aliens. They were everywhere, from the government to locals. Even some with...

Tony Alamo, who was born with a different name, allegedly ruled the entertainment world by representing famous clients like the Doors, even recording at least one hit himself. That is, until God spoke to him during an investment meeting encouraging him to leave behind his false lifestyle. After that, he met his soul mate, Susan, and the two entered the evangelical lifestyle to spread the word. Onl...

A woman who always longed for a family lost her husband and suffered a series of miscarriages after her first born. She went on to start a family of her own, only... not the kind you're probably thinking. Believing she was Jesus reincarnated, she formed "The Family", which aimed to raise perfect children who would take over the world after an impending apocalypse. Content warning: This episode doe...

Adolfo Constanzo was told from a very early age that he was special. His mother was a Santerian Priestess who knew her son could see the future. As an adult, Adolfo used this to establish himself as a famed sorcerer who would sacrifice animals to provide protection to clients. That is, until he realized that fresh human bones were more effective... To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and...