Don't Blame The Mom

A dangerous, duplicitous killer moved acrossmany different states spanning the US, leaving a trail of arson, robberies & cold blooded murder in his wake. He did all of this whilst innocently masquerading as a reformed criminal turned author, appearing on several TV shows to show the world how he had changed.  Such was his ego he even had the audacity to write an autobiography of his metam...

It's hard to fathom a more nightmarish scenario. Catching your best friend watching videos of him sexually abusing your 6 year old child. This is exactly what happened to a normal family man, 36 year old Vyacheslev Matrosov, in Russia in 2001. A man who was infuriated by the disgusting acts his friend Oleg Sviridov, 32, had forced upon his child.  The betrayal was so immense & his in-buil...

After brutally murdering two young children Arthur Shawcross is granted early parole in 1988, but he has no intentions of taking this opportunity to stay on the right side of the law. Infact Shawcross could not ignore his strong compulsions to abuse, torture & kill as he begins to hunt & target a new type of victim. Tragically after more & more bodies of local sex workers are discovere...

A cruel & sadistic serial killer, Arthur Shawcross committed at least 14 horrific murders between 1982 & 1989.  His youngest victim was just 8 years old, & his crimes so shocking they earned him monikers such as 'The Monster Of The Rivers' & 'The Rochester Strangler'. The mere mention of his name sends shudders through the women of Rochester, New York, who had to live thr...

 What would you do if a stranger wielding a hammer suddenly leapt out from the shadows in your bedroom ready to beat you to death? Would you run? Or would your instinct be to fight for your life ? For 51 year old Susan Kuhnhausen this was a split second decision she was faced with one September afternoon. However her attacker, a hitman who had been paid by her husband Mike in a murd...

On December 22nd 1990 what would have been a fun filled Christmas at the Tiede family cabin instead became the scene of two violent, senseless murders, & very nearly a third.  Two dangerous escaped convicts had broken into the isolated cabin in Oakley, Utah, before brutally shooting dead Kaye Tiede in front of her terrified daughter Linae 20, & killing her grandmother Beth Potts.&nbsp...

In a tragic case of double filicide & suicide 34 year old Brock Mater shot his 7 year old son Alec & 6 year old daughter Lydia to death inside his home on May 29th 2024 in Surprise, Phoenix, Arizona before killing himself. He was going through a divorce from his wife Hope & was undergoing mental health treatment. Despite concerning signs that he could present a real danger to himself &...

News of the double murder of two teenage cousins sent ripples of shock through the community of Little Falls, Minnesota . It was Thanksgiving day 2012, but what would usually be a day of celebrating with loved ones & making memories instead became a real life nightmare for the family of 18 year old Haile Kifer & 17 year old Nicholas Brady. Their killer 64 year old Byron David Smith claimed...

The second body of a young woman, 27 year old Ciara Glennon is tragically discovered in Claremont, Perth, Western Australia in 1997.  Now with two confirmed murder victims & a third girl missing but feared to have met the same fate, residents of Australia are terrified to learn the police are now hunting a serial killer .  But it won't be for another 20 years before the net fina...

A young girl suddenly disappears after leaving a club to head home in a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in 1996. As the search for Sarah Spiers intensified two more young girls soon also vanish, from the same area & under similar circumstances. Tragically after they were both later found violently murdered police in Claremont realise they have a deadly serial killer on their hands, one so d...

After 3 year old Caylee Anthonys remains were tragically found in Orlando Florida in 2008 after she was reported missing months earlier, her mother Casey is charged with her murder. . 22 year old Casey Anthony had not bothered reporting her daughter's alleged 'abduction' despite claiming she hadn't seen her for weeks & continuing to party in the meantime. In a case that gripped America & p...

When a 3 year old girl is reported missing in Orlando Florida in 2008 hope amongst people soon turned to fear. Suspicion quickly fell on her mother 22 year old Casey Anthony who didn't bother reporting her daughter's alleged abduction despite claiming she hadn't seen her for weeks. In a case that gripped America & people around the world everyone demanded justice when Caylee's skeletal remains...

A beautiful 21 year old woman was savagely murdered & decapitated by the person whom she really believed loved her.  Phoenix Spencer Horn had spoken to her mother that evening before she was brutally slain by her boyfriend, 27 year old Ewan Methven in their flat in South Lanarkshire on 18th November 2024. Unbelievably Methven then continued to live alongside her body whilst taking over he...

Finally after 34 years the violent serial killer responsible for the brutal yogurt shop murders has been identified thanks to advancements in DNA technology.  Prolific sexual predator Robert Eugene Brashers had frustratingly gone through life without anyone realising he was a killer. But we can reveal he definitely did commit other rapes & murders that he was not linked to until after his...

In December 1991 emergency responders were called to a blaze in a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. As the smoke cleared they were met with a horrifying sight... Four girls 17 year old Jennifer Harbison, 17 year old Eliza Thomas, 15 year old Sara Harbison & 13 year old Amy Ayers had been bound, sexually assaulted & shot execution style.  Two men were falsely imprisoned for the crimes.&nbs...

It was a vicious murder that shocked the residents of British Columbia, Canada, when 24 year old Lindsay Buziak was found dead in February 2008. The smart, kind, & popular real estate agent had been showing a mysterious couple around a property. When her boyfriend Jason Zalio couldn’t get in contact with Lindsay he entered the viewing property. Inside he found Lindsay lying in a pool of blood,...

It was January 13th 1996 in Arlington, Texas as 9 year old Amber Hagerman was riding her bike in an abandoned car park with her little brother. As it was mere yards from her grandparents home & also broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon no one would have thought that anything bad could happen. However, this was not the case & the lives of Amber's family were about to be turned upsi...

*Please note that in parts of this episode the sound on one of the microphones is not as loud as the other mics. We had some sound issues with a wireless mic as we were recording away from the studio & usual equipment. However you can still hear the audio & content. In today's episode we are joined by crime historian & Jack The Ripper expert Lindsay Siviter as we discuss one of Britain...

This is beyond exciting for us today, because if you have listened since the first ever episode of our podcast, you will know that a certain name has popped up many times. A man who helped bring an end to a deadly murder spree that terrified many of us in our local area of South West London 20 years ago . Colin Sutton was the senior investigating officer in the metropolitan police who formed &...

This is the concluding part to our deep dive into the heinous case of British school girl killer Colin Pitchfork. After attacking, raping & killing 15 year old Lynda Mann in 1983 he left her body on a deserted footpath in Narborough, Leicestershire along with his DNA at the crime scene.  He then slipped back into anonymity, living his normal life & normal job for a few more years, sca...

DNA fingerprinting s a valuable forensic tool that has been hugely instrumental in helping police identify criminals. But where did it  begin?  When did this cutting edge technology become available leading to millions of murders being solved the world over? The answer to this takes us back to 1983 in Leicestershire, England when 15 year old Lynda Mann was brutally sexually assaulte...

On September 14th 2019 33 year old much loved teacher Jonelle Melton failed to show up to teach her class at the local school. Concerned colleagues ask her estranged husband Micheal to drive over  to hers & check on her. When he does he is greeted by a grisly & bloody discovery. Jonelle had been tortured & murdered in her Neptune City apartment, New Jersey. Jonelles violent d...

In today's episode we welcome back a special guest, forensic death investigator Joseph Scott Morgan.  You may recognise Joseph as the host of hugely successful podcast Body Bags, he is also a Professor at Jackson State University & is considered one of the leading experts on the Coroner System in the United States. Joseph recently appeared on the tv chart topping Peacock documentary 'The...

It was October 13th 1995 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada as two young girls were walking home from a house party. They hear a rustling in the bushes & suddenly a man leaps out of the darkness brandishing a weapon.  From there the terrified friends were subjected to a brutal attack in which they were beaten & sexually assaulted by a sick, perverted & dangerous man who had b...

On March 14th 1989 Mark Kilroy, a 21 year old University of Texas at Austin student, suddenly went missing when he was separated from friends after leaving a bar. He had been having a great time letting his hair down whilst enjoying his spring break holiday in Matamoros, Mexico. Just like thousands of other tourists do each year. Mexican & US law enforcement were quickly worried that Mark's un...