Hell No: A True Crime Podcast

In 2003 MSN chat rooms were overflowing with teens looking to connect with other teens from around the world. It's in one of these chat rooms 16-year-old Mark meets many new people to talk to. Find out how meeting new friends online lead to his 14-year-old friend being stabbed in an alley way and the insane twist that follows. *Names in this episode have been changed for legal reasons. Mark and Jo...

A death row inmate receives a letter one day. The letter reads,  “I did the crime, I murdered the Eastburns. Sorry you’re doin the time. I’ll be safely out of North Carolina when you read this. Thanks, Mr. X” This letter is very interesting to the inmate because he is going to be executed for the brutal rape and murder of 31-year-old Kathryn, and the murders of 5-year-old Kara and 3-year-old Erin...

In this week's episode we are looking at three different, unrelated, untimely, and tragic deaths that occurred in different hotels from around the world. The guests had no idea once they checked in, they would be checking out for good. The first case we look into involves a man found dead in his hotel room. Police and the Coroner believe he has been beat to death, given the internal injuries. The...

October of 1976, two brothers set off on a road trip from Ohio to California in search of work. By November 25th they hadn't made it further then Dallas Texas. One of the brothers got lucky and found work the next day. On November 26th he was offered a job, November 27th; he drives out to the job site and discovers nobody is working due to it being a Saturday and Thanksgiving weekend. On his way b...

A beautician in New York is given a poisonous gift which almost leads to her demise. Two months earlier A New York man who owns a dry-cleaning business is fed a poisonous dinner by a woman he meets on a Russian dating site. Two years earlier a woman has disappeared in Russia and her remains were found soon after. Is there a link between all three of these cases?    Source info Russian dominatrix s...

The body of a 40-year-old man is discovered in an abandoned parking lot in April of 2002. His body had been badly burned but dental records were able to steer police in the right direction and identified him. This man lived nearby in a town called Grapevine, he had been married and divorced twice, recently updated his life insurance policy and was going through a break up with his current girlfrie...

An 11- year-old boy goes missing one afternoon while out riding his bicycle. Nobody knew what happened as search parties came up empty handed and there seemed to be no witnesses to his disappearance. Over 4 years later another boy goes missing 64 kms away but this time an eyewitness saw everything. What happens next is truly a miracle.   Source info Oprah Meets the Parents of the Boy Who Went Miss...

It was a nice Friday evening in September of 2008 when a woman decides to take her dog for a walk through the forest and along the lake shore. As the evening progressed her husband starts to worry when she doesn't come home and decides to look for her. He finds his wife by the lake shore not moving, covered in wounds and calls emergency services. When help arrives, they realize this is a very odd...

In 2002 a 13-year-old girl was lured out of her home on a dark snowy night in Pittsburg Pennsylvania by an online predator. This predator had spent 6 months grooming the child in a chatroom. The predator drove 5 hours to abduct this child. Once captured, the child was driven to another state, held in chains, tortured and sexually assaulted for 4 days while being live streamed on the internet. Luck...

It was a clear summers night in a small town in Germany when 71 souls fell from the sky, raining down all over a town and rural area called Uberlingen. Nobody survived. This is the case of flight 2937 , DHL Cargo flight 661 and the aftermath of a grieving father taking law and punishment into his own hands.   Source info   Russian who killed air traffic controller after crash welcomes twins | Dail...

A car is found burning at the bottom of a ravine in Burnet County Texas just before sunrise on the morning of June 18th 2004. A passerby phones it in and this put the wheels in motion to, what I would think to be; one of the most bizarre cases police in the area have ever dealt with. What makes this case so peculiar ….Well Come hang out with me while I talk true crime.       Source info They THOUG...

In July of 2015 a woman in Houston Texas is shown a grim photograph of her husband by man she has a meeting with, under the cover of darkness. The photograph shows her husband in his underwear, hands tied behind his back and a bullet wound to his head. It appears that he is lifeless and laying in an unmarked grave in a secluded area. When this woman looks at the photograph she laughs and asks if h...

This is one of the most unbelievable cases I have ever covered, and its most likely not what you think.  In 2016 a woman named Sherri Papini gets her children off to daycare, texts her husband to see if he will be home for lunch then heads out on a jog. When Sherris husband comes home that evening after work there is no sign of his wife and kids. He calls the children's daycare, and the children a...

A once beautiful love story turns tragic after over a decade of marriage. Daniel and Betty Broadrick struggled to build the perfect life and after years of marriage it looked like smooth sailing, but all was not as it seemed. Daniel leaves Betty for another woman and a messy divorce takes place ending in two tragic deaths and two life sentences in prison.    source info Mother’s Little Helper: The...

In 2009 a Boston man was seeking services via Craigslist. He would arrange to meet women providing these services in hotel rooms, but he was not after what they were selling.    Source info Craigslist killers: 86 murders linked to popular classifieds website (wafb.com) The Most Bizarre Things About The Craigslist Killer's Case (nickiswift.com) Accused 'Craigslist killer' found dead in jail cell (n...

In August of 2015, two best friends embark on a camping trip. The destination is Bucks Lake in California. After arriving they hike to their camp site, drop some acid, smoke some weed and sit around a campfire. The next day a forest fire is reported in the same area and when fire fighters respond they find more than just a wildfire. What happened in the woods that night is only known to two people...

21-year-old, University of South Carolina student, Samantha Josephson ordered an Uber at 2 a.m. on March 29th, 2019. Shortly after this, she was never seen alive again. CCTV footage shows police she got into a vehicle outside of a popular university bar just 2kms from her home. When police look into her night, they can see she ordered an Uber, but that ride was canceled as she was not in the picku...

The year was 1972, a free love revolution was sweeping America. Young women were finding their way in a world full of possibilities. Bell bottoms, records and lava lamps were all the rage, hitchhiking was a popular mode of transportation. 23-year-old Edmund Kemper was released from a psychiatric facility for the criminally insane and driving around Santa Cruz California unmonitored. His depraved n...

The year was 1972, a free love revolution was sweeping America. Young women were finding their way in a world full of possibilities. Bell bottoms, records and lava lamps were all the rage, hitchhiking was a popular mode of transportation. 23-year-old Edmund Kemper was released from a psychiatric facility for the criminally insane and driving around Santa Cruz California unmonitored. His depraved n...

29-year-old Sherri Rasmussen was found murdered in her home on Feb 24, 1986. It would take 23 years before her killer was brought to justice and when the murderer was finally caught it shocked some while others knew it all along. Source info Guilty Verdict in Murder Case Against Ex-LAPD Detective Lazarus – NBC Los Angeles Stephanie Lazarus Murder Case: Weeping Widower Testifies (archive.org) In Pl...

17-year-old Tawnee Braid was out with some friends one summers night, doing what teens do. They were driving around, smoking some weed and just being regular teenagers. This night started off a chain of events that will leave her family devastated and end her life 4 years later. Source info Tawnee Maria Baird stabbed to death by girlfriend in parking lot after argument in Utah | Daily Mail Online...

Jean Claud Romand had a lengthy career as a World Health Organization doctor in Geneve, Switzerland. His job was to invent new medications for trial testing. He would bring his wife and kids souvenirs from his trips and he seemed to have the perfect life. In January of 1993 his home is burned down, all those closest to him are found dead; including both his parents, his children and wife all on th...

in 1997 in Philadelphia a mother lays her baby to bed. Shortly after a house fire breaks out. The child's mother tries desperately to save her baby but upon approaching the crib her baby is gone. The mother screams at the firemen her baby has been stolen and refuses to believe her 10-day old infant perished. 6 years later she finds out what actually that evening of the fire and it is shocking. 194...

November 8, 2010, in a city called Markham in Ontario, which is located 30 minutes from Toronto; 3 gunmen enter into a home, tie up everyone residing inside, demand money and start shooting. Hardly anything is taken from the home despite the fact the family home had several luxury cars, televisions, laptops and cash that was never touched. At first police thought this was a robbery turned bloody a...

In 2011 Betsy Faria was brutally murdered after her chemotherapy appointment on December 27th by someone close to her. Just 10 months later on October 31st, an elderly woman named Shirley Neumann is found to have fallen from her balcony with 8 times the recommended dose of Ambien in her system. At first it appeared to be a tragic accident. A few years later a man who appeared to be a home invader...