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One of the most well known cults is Heaven's Gate. Two leaders bonded over a mutual love of science fiction and theosophy, and felt they had been picked for a higher purpose. Leading others to the "Next Level", Heaven's Gate believed they would be taken by spaceship to their final resting place. But it ended in a sad and tragic way... To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help suppor...

Today's story is about one of the bravest children we've ever had the privilege of hearing about. Jennifer Schuett was abducted straight from her own bedroom in the middle of the night when she was only 8 years old. Her abductor slit her throat, and left her for dead in the middle of a field. There she lay for almost 24 hours before she was found. And she was ALIVE! Not only that, this little girl...

A man goes missing, and three days later comes back home, knocking on the door in the middle of the night. He can't talk, and says he was kidnapped. Then, just a few months later, he goes missing again, only to be found dead. It's ruled a suicide, but no fingerprints were found on the gun used to kill him. What happened to Chuck Morgan? To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help supp...

A man is found dead on the beach dressed nicely in a suit. The best guess is that he was killed with some sort of untraceable poison. One of the few clues was a rolled up piece of paper found in a makeshift pocket that said "Tamam Shud", which means "It Is Ended". His case has baffled Australians for decades. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit p...

The murder of Georgette Bauerdorf is believed by many to be somehow linked to the murder of the Black Dahlia. Georgette was a 20 year old heiress living in L.A. when she was murdered in her own apartment, with a bandage shoved down her throat and placed face down in her tub. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch...

Five men attend a basketball game together, only to never be seen again. Later, their car is found abandoned two and a half hours away from where they should have been. Even later, four out of the five men are found dead, when they should have been able to survive. What happened? To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our m...

It sounds like something out of a crime novel, and often times, stores such as these are. But the murder of Isador Fink was very real. His neighbor heard screams and called the police, but no one could get inside. After sending a small boy through a tiny window, they finally got in. There was no murder weapon which meant it wasn't a suicide, no other fingerprints, no money taken, and several locks...

A boat arrives to the Eilean Mor island to swap shifts with the lighthouse keepers. When the relief crew arrived, the current keepers couldn't be found anywhere. The scene in the lighthouse struck them as odd, but nothing led to anything that explained what happened to the three men. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti O...

A man is found in his hotel room naked, bound, and stabbed, yet barely still alive. Everything was taken, including the toiletries provided by the hotel. After telling the police that no one did this to him, he dies. Authorities quickly learn that he's not who he said he was, but the circumstances around his death don't add up. To add to the confusion, a series of anonymous phone calls and letters...

NEW SERIES TIME! In the first episode of our Cryptic series, we have a story so perplexing, Sherlock Holmes himself couldn't have cracked it. Or, could he? Was it actually set up to BE a Sherlock Holmes Story? Richard Lancelyn Green was the fan of all Sherlock and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fans. He was working on writing the most extensive biography on the author, when he was found dead in his home....

We're back with the rest of the story of Judith and Alvin Neelley. When we left off last week, the two had just been arrested for check forgery and Janice Chatman was still missing. We pick up with the interrogation, then move into the legal dealings, and also debate our own thoughts and feelings on this brutal case. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please...

Okay y'all, you've likely heard this story before... by us. But we're revisiting it because we've learned so much more about it since two and a half years ago. We're bringing a more raw and in-depth version of the murders of Lisa Ann Millican and Janice Kay Chatman, at the hands of Judith and Alvin Neelley. Judith and Alvin are an unconventional couple who married when Judith was a teenager and Al...

This week we continue the story of Jodi Arias and the murder of Travis Alexander. We're diving deeper into the theatrics of the trial, and where this story stands today - because believe it or not, it's NOT over. 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: Ka...

You just can't talk about a woman scorned without talking about Jodi Arias. You've likely heard her name, if not her story. This week in part 1, Jenn and Lindsay discuss the brutal murder of Travis Alexander at the hands of Jodi, and the beginning stages of the trial which seeks to answer one important question - Why? Was it cold blooded and heartless? Or was it self defense? To access earlier epi...

One Thanksgiving, an entire family fell ill. Well, everyone except for one. What seemed to be a virus or food poisoning at first looked more menacing when three family members died, four ended up paralyzed, and other serious medical ailments. What caused Martha Wise to poison her entire extended family? To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon...

Typically when discussing serial killers, there's a road map of where things went wrong. It may be abuse, lack of a parental figure, bullying, or any other number of things. It's much less common to have a killer that, by all accounts, was perfectly normal. No one really knows what went wrong. Joanna Dennehy is one of these killers. Promo: Scene of the Crime Sponsor: Visit harrys.com/corpus for $5...

Hey Delictibles! We know we've been on break for a while, and still have a few weeks left to go, so we figured we'd give you at least something to listen to until we're back. This episode is a Patreon Exclusive from our Cold Case Dossier series. Keep in mind this is not a new episode, and patreon exclusives tend to be mostly unedited. Enjoy!

In this episode we discuss the rest of Katherine Knight's story. When her newest relationship ends with a restraining order, Katherine is mad. After a series of threats, she finally follows through, but what she specifically did made history in Australia. 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...

We're going to be on break for a while, so we wanted to do a little something extra so you have something to listen to during holiday travels. Hope you enjoy!

This episode starts a two part story about Katherine Knight. In the first episode, we discuss her tumultuous upbringing, several marriages and relationships, and the abuse she inflicted. This episode DOES contain adult language as part of a quote. 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 corpus...

This week in our series featuring women who kill, we discuss a mother with such a strong influence over her son she convinced him to kill with her. A lifetime of scheming and conning people turned sour when people started calling Sante Kimes out on her actions, and she decided they simply had to go. Her reign of terror resulted in at least three deaths. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti...

This episode talks about Juana Barazza, a wrestler who surprised everyone when she was arrested. After a string of elderly women were murdered, police weren't really sure who to look for until witnesses described a man dressed in women's clothing. Only, it wasn't a man at all, but rather Juana. Click here for more information about the new podcast from Wondery and the LA Times, Detective Trapp: Wo...

The vicious murders of three elderly women frightened an entire town, causing people to sleep at the homes of friends and family. A young and relatively inexperienced detective is placed on the case. When the killer is finally caught, the motive seemed a bit far fetched for the brutality of the killings. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreo...

Welcome to the first episode in our new series featuring women who kill. This week, a string of axe murders has Louisiana and Texas in a panic. Finally, they catch one killer. Then another. And the second has quite a story to tell about a cult and human sacrifice. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti Our merch store can b...

Halloween is supposed to be creepy and scary, but there's always the element of fantasy to it. We know it isn't real. At least, most of the time. This episode tells the story of the Liske family murders, in which three family members were brutally murdered in their home on Halloween. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelicti O...