Gruesome: Horrific True Crime

A string of burglaries went relatively unnoticed between 2007 and 2009 in Ontario, Canada. It wasn't until 2 women were blindfolded and held captive in their own homes while an unknown assailant photographed them did something more sinister come to the realization of the public. Meg tells you about Russell Williams and how far he took his crimes after stealing women's underwear wasn't enough for h...

On February 12, 2010, the biology department of the University of Alabama was having a routine department meeting. Dr. Amy Bishop, a 45-year-old neurobiologist sat quietly next to the department chair plotting the revenge she would take only 45 minutes after the meeting started. Meg tells you about how this Harvard PhD thought she would get away with murder by hiding behind her credentials. Learn...

Carrie Culberson went missing on the night of August 28, 1996 from Blanchester, Ohio. All signs pointed to her abusive boyfriend, Vincent Doan. Coni takes you through a case that still haunts a small town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Beast of Birkenshaw massacred women and families in Scotland in the late 50’s. Meg talks about Peter Manuel, Scotland’s first serial killer, his early foray into crime, and the trademarks that inevitably got him caught. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The title says it all. Ambushing couples looking for a moment alone on back roads, The Monster of Florence terrorized the Tuscan countryside for almost 20 years. Coni takes you through the horrific tale that still haunts Florence today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In April of 2011, police found most of the Dupont de Ligonnes family buried under the terrace of their family home. The only person missing was the patriarch, Xavier Dupont de Ligonnes. Since April 14th of that year, he has never been seen again. Meg asks, did he murder his family and run? Was he framed? Will we ever find him? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vasili Komaroff terrorized the city of Moscow for 2 years starting in 1921. Coni tells you about the Wolf of Moscow, one of Russia's lesser known serial killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In March 2013, Joanne Dennehy went on a murderous rampage by stabbing 5 men in 10 days. With the help of her flunkies, victims were cruelly disposed of in ditches along the English countryside. Meg tells you about the chaos that is Dennehy and how she is currently paying for her crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're starting our Tour of Europe in Germany this week. Joachim Kroll terrorized Northern Germany for almost 21 years, with no one ever suspecting him of any violent crimes. Coni is here to destroy your week with this brutal case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dayton Leroy Rogers is one of the worst of the worst. He terrorized the area Oak Grove, Oregon in the 80's. Meg takes you through the stories of his countless victims and what ultimately lead to his demise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dubbed "The Speed Freak Killers", Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog committed numerous murders throughout the 80's and 90's in the San Joaquin area. Coni takes you through the case this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Hendrix was an All-American teenager. Active in church, ROTC, and friendly to all who knew him. What causes a teenager who seemingly had it all to murder his entire family? Coni takes you through the case this week.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2003, pizza delivery guy, Brian Wells, robbed a PNC bank near Erie , Pennsylvania. After being apprehended by police, Wells was murdered when an bomb that had been locked to his neck detonated. Meg discusses this crime that the FBI called "one of the most complicated and bizarre crimes in the annals of the FBI.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Stayner was just 7 years old when he was abudcted on his way home from school by Kenneth Parnell. Coni takes you through the first of a two part series on the Stayner family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On December 24, 1945, a fire ripped through the Sodder family home. George Sodder, his wife Jennie, and their nine children were living there at the time. Meg discusses how George, Jennie, and four of the siblings escaped the fire, but five of the children were never and have never been found. Did Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie, and Betty truly die in the fire? Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Joel Guy Jr. mooched off his parents his entire life. When the money faucet was about to be turned off, Joel Guy Jr. did the unthinkable. Coni takes you through the horrific events of Thanksgiving 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1978 was an apocalyptic year for Speedway, Indiana. It seemed like there was one horrific event afer another. When 4 employees from the local Burger Chef restaurant disappeared from their closing shift, the town wasn't prepared for the investigation that was to come.  Gruesome: Horrific True Crime is a Zencastr sponsored podcast. If your resolution is starting a podcast, now is the time! With Zenc...

What do you get when you have a full DNA profile from two separate cases, a distance of less than a mile, fingerprints at both scenes, and a criminal investigation team that refuse to give up? Justice, even if it is long overdue. Coni takes you through the case of the February 9th Killer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When Gerald Davies' fiancee woke him up after an evening of canoodling, the last thing he expected to hear was that she needed help hiding the dead body that had been left in her apartment. Meg tells us how Barbara Hoffman hid a body and so many other things from her fiance and everyone else in her life.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rhianda Dillard was serving in the Air Force at Offutt  Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska when she  befriended Timothy Wilsey. Rhianda had no idea that Wilsey's reason for the friendship would be fatal. Coni walks you through the case that rocked the Air Force.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the many ghost stories that plague the Potato Hill area of New York was started with the murder of Mary Rose Turner, a 56 year old secretary who took a late night walk and was never seen again. Meg takes you through this truly horrific case and hopes that the imagery won’t haunt you too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Garnet Ginn was an accomplished teacher from the small town of Portland, Indiana. When her sudden death was ruled a suicide, her family immediately knew something was wrong. Coni takes you through a case  that will have you wondering, "How could they have missed that?"   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In an annual tradition, Coni and Meg take you through some of the biggest true crime cases, closed cold cases, and trials of 2021.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

El Segundo police officers were working the night shift when a routine traffic citation turned deadly. Coni takes you through the events of July 22, 1957 and the cases that went cold for almost half of a century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do 4 murders and 2 confessions have in common? Santa Claus. Adolph Laudenburg appeared to be a generous old man that his community likened to Santa. When he confessed to 4 murders in 1975, he was let go for 27 years due to a lack of physical evidence. Meg takes you through this very true crime Christmas story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices