GRIMM: A True Crime Podcast

First Maureen Brainard-Barnes went missing.. then Megan Waterman, then Melissa Barthelemy, then Amber Costello, then Shannan Gilbert. The search for Shannan would lead to a discovery that would ignite the investigation into the Long Island Serial Killer.

In the final part of the Night Stalker saga, Laura tells us how Richard Ramirez was eventually captured and finally held accountable for his atrocious crimes.

In the second part of the Night Stalker horror, Laura describes the seemingly endless attacks that were beginning to expand beyond Southern California. Detectives were desperate to stop him, but what would it take? Tune in to find out.

In June of 1984, the Night Stalker began his reign of terror in Los Angeles, CA, sneaking into homes and bringing your worst nightmares to life. In Part 1 of this series, Laura begins to lay out the life stories and gruesome deaths of his first victims.

On September 13th, 2009, the lifeless body of Annie Le was found carelessly shoved in a wall in the basement of a Yale research building. In the first part of this split episode, Laura tells us about Annie’s incredible but short life, the events that ended it, and how investigators tracked down the man responsible. Tragedy seemed to follow Nathan Carman. First, his grandfather was murdered, then h...

“We saw what happened when Adam snapped.” “We saw what happened when Thanos snapped.” “Now they see what happens when I snap.” Haunting words scrawled on a college apartment wall by a student with a history of mental health struggles, but no history of violence. All of that would change with the swing of a sword. In this week’s episode, Marina details the mid-pandemic crime spree of Peter Manfredo...

On October 17, 2006, New Orleans police were called to the scene of a suicide. A man had jumped from the rooftop bar of the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel onto a parking garage 5 stories below. When police arrived, they searched the man for identification. In one of his pockets, they found a Ziploc bag containing the man’s army dog tags and a folded sheet of notebook paper that said “FOR POLICE ONLY” on...

In the early morning hours of July 6th, 2012, 16-year-old Skylar Neese snuck out of her family’s apartment to meet her two best friends for a joyride. Only Rachel and Shelia would return. Skylar’s loved ones waited for answers for months, but no one could have imagined the sinister truth.

Abraham Shakespeare grew up poor and lived paycheck to paycheck for most of his young adult life. His luck would change when, in 2006, he purchased a winning lottery ticket. Although Abraham had noble plans for his money, his luck ran out when those he trusted most took advantage of his generosity, ultimately costing him his life.

On January 25, 2023, in a courthouse in South Carolina where the Murdaugh name had garnered respect and deference for so many decades, the trial of the disgraced Alex Murdaugh began, and Marina has all the details. The trial lasted 28 days with more than 70 witnesses, including Alec Murdaugh, who had to testify in order to explain to the jury why he had consistently lied to the police about being...

On June 7, 2021, Alec Murdaugh returned home to find his son Paul and his wife Maggie had been brutally murdered. A distraught Alec told police that he had just arrived home and suspected that they had been killed in retaliation for his son’s involvement in the death of Mallory Beach. In part 2, Marina details how the police investigation into the double homicide led them to realize that Alec’s st...

In this episode, Marina explains how the Murdaugh family name was synonymous with money, power and law and order in South Carolina lowcountry. Paul Murdaugh, the youngest son of Attorney Richard Alexander Murdaugh, had a reputation for using his family’s clout to consistently avoid the consequences of his own actions. But when Paul Murdaugh crashed his father’s boat in February 2019 in an accident...

On February 19th, 1949, Olive Durand-Deacon disappeared. She was last seen in the company of a polished young man who also lived at the swanky hotel. The investigation into Olive’s whereabouts would uncover a nearly unbelievable series of crimes. John Haigh was responsible, but what exactly did he do? Listen to this episode to find out!

In Part 2, Marina discusses the investigation into Kate and Gerry McCann and the path to clearing them as suspects. The episode concludes with a discussion of a new suspect German prosecutors are certain killed Madeleine as well as a woman who claims she could be the long-lost toddler.

On May 3, 2007, 3 year old Madeleine McCann disappeared from a villa in Portugal while her family was on vacation. In Part 1, Marina discusses how, with no viable leads, investigators suspected the worst of Kate and Gerry McCann.

Aileen Wuornos had a troubled childhood that led to an even more troubled adulthood. In this episode, Laura describes how 7 lives were lost after crossing paths with Aileen. Was she acting in self-defense? You be the judge.

Aileen Wuornos was born into misfortune. Her young biological parents found themselves in constant trouble and ultimately abandoned her, leaving her to fend for herself with her abusive grandparents. Her life would continue in a downward spiral, culminating in the murder of Richard Mallory. Tune in to this episode to hear all the GRIMM details.

On August 28, 1984, Josef Fritzl asked his daughter Elisabeth to help him install a heavy door onto the entrance of an underground bunker and once the door was installed, Josef incapacitated her. When she woke up, she was alone and tied up in a soundproofed dungeon, where she would remain for the next 24 years of her life, a sexual slave to her sadistic, abusive captor. In this episode, Marina det...

On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire broke out at the Sodder home while George, Jennie and 9 of their 10 children were sleeping inside. Only 4 of the 9 children made it out alive, or so the family initially thought. Further investigation uncovered information that started George and Jennie on a lifelong pursuit for answers as to what happened to 5 of their children that night.

In this joint episode, Marina covers the Griswold Home Invasion. On December 19, 2017, Matthew Lindquist carried out a plan that would cost him his life and those of his parents, Kenneth and Janet Lindquist, at the hands of the Correa siblings. Then Laura covers the murder of Mackenzie Cowell. In February 2010, 17-year-old Mackenzie was seen on security footage leaving her cosmetology school, alon...

Between 1988 and 2002, John Jamelske abducted 5 women ranging in ages from 14 to 53 and held them prisoner for periods of time ranging from 2 months to 3 years. In this episode, Marina tells us about the deplorable conditions under which these women were held and how John earned himself the name “The Syracuse Dungeon Master.”

The night before Halloween, 1975, 15 year old Martha Moxley left her home and went out with friends for mischief night. When Martha failed to return home, a search ensued that ended in the discovery of Martha’s body on her own property. Despite police efforts to find Martha’s murderer, her case went cold, with no arrests being made until 2000. Marina tells us how that arrest ended in a murder conv...

In May 2005, Natalee Holloway went on a supervised high school graduation trip to Aruba with her classmates. But she never returned. Her name is now inextricably linked to Aruba and the tragedy that unfolded. In this episode, Laura tells us about the desperate search made even more difficult by conflicting facts, suspected corruption, and painful glimmers of hope.

On December 13, 2020, Jason Landry left his college apartment in San Marcos, TX to begin the 2.5-3 hour drive home to his parents house for winter break. Shortly after midnight, Jason’s car would be discovered, crashed off the side of a dirt road but Jason was no where to be found. What happened to Jason Landry and where did he go? Body cam & other video footage available here: https://youtu.be/0q...

In part I (Episode 37), Marina went through Lori’s Vallow’s history and the development of her radical religious beliefs with the guidance of her adored doomsday author, Chad Daybell. In Part II, Marina discusses Charles Vallow’s early demise, the death of Chad’s wife, the disappearance of Tylee and JJ, and the bizarre behavior of Lori and Chad following those events that garnered nationwide atten...