Hitched 2 Homicide

On the night of March 1, 1932, someone climbed a ladder into Charles Lindbergh's New Jersey nursery and took his 20-month-old son — setting off the most sensational criminal case in American history. In this episode, we walk the full timeline from the ransom notes to the tragic discovery in the woods, then dig into the evidence that convicted Bruno Richard Hauptmann: the money trail, the handwriti...

Between 1972 and 1985, Marybeth Tinning buried nine children in Schenectady, New York. Doctors called the deaths SIDS. Neighbors called it tragedy. But investigators eventually called it what it was — murder. In this episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we trace the full, devastating timeline of the Tinning family: how nine children died one by one, how Marybeth shifted between confessions and denials,...

On January 17, 2001, Alex Algeri walked out of a fitness club in Amityville, New York — and never made it to his car. He was shot multiple times in the parking lot, leaving behind a community in shock and investigators with almost nothing to work with. Al had no enemies. No debts. No criminal history. By every account, he was exactly who he appeared to be: a good man in the wrong place at the wron...

Step into the turbulent 1930s and discover the legend of Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd—an infamous bank robber, folk hero, and symbol of defiance during America’s Great Depression. From his humble beginnings in rural Georgia to high-speed getaways across the Midwest, Floyd’s story blurs the line between villain and hero. Was he a dangerous outlaw or a misunderstood man fighting against a syste...

Before online dating was common, before “catfishing” had a name—there was John Edward Robinson. A father. A conman. And the first known serial killer to use the internet to lure, torture, and murder his victims. In this episode, we break down the chilling timeline, the fake job offers, the BDSM chat rooms, and the terrifying true story of how one man turned the web into a trap… and bodies into sec...

On a warm summer night in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, Katie Janness and her beloved dog, Bowie, were savagely murdered just steps from their home. Four years later, the case remains unsolved. Who carved letters into Katie’s body? Why weren’t the park’s cameras working? And how does a killer vanish from one of the busiest corners of the city? In this episode, we walk you through that haunting night, t...

In this disturbing episode of Hitched 2 Homicide , we uncover the bizarre and brutal case of Suzan and Michael Bear—known to the media as The San Francisco Witch Killers . What began as a psychedelic love story quickly unraveled into a delusional crusade against so-called “witches.” From the murder of aspiring actress Keryn Barnes in San Francisco to the shocking roadside stabbing of Jon Charles H...

On December 28, 1964, 16-year-old Beverly Jarosz was found bound and lifeless in her bedroom in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Her ankles were tied. A rope was wrapped around her neck. Her room showed signs of a violent struggle – but there was no forced entry, no murder weapon, and no clear suspect. In this episode, we unravel the chilling details of Beverly’s final hours, the evidence left behind, and...

In 1964, Miami's elite were shaken to their core when millionaire Jacques Mossler was found stabbed and bludgeoned 39 times in his luxury Key Biscayne condo. The prime suspects? His own wife — glamorous Texas socialite Candy Mossler — and her much younger nephew-by-marriage, Mel Powers, with whom she was rumored to be having a forbidden affair. Was it greed? Lust? A deadly conspiracy between two p...

In Part Two of The Scarsdale Diet Murder , we pick up where the gunshots left off. Dr. Herman Tarnower—the cardiologist behind The Scarsdale Diet —was dead, and his longtime lover Jean Harris was in handcuffs. But the real battle had just begun. What followed was a 14-week media-frenzied trial, filled with courtroom theatrics, handwritten, ten page love letters, prescription drugs, and a defense t...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! When Dr. Herman Tarnower—celebrity cardiologist and author of The Scarsdale Diet —was found shot dead in his Scarsdale mansion, suspicion quickly fell on his longtime lover, Jean Harris. She was a respected headmistress. He was a womanizing doctor with a younger mistress. What happened the night Jean drove 300 miles with a revolver in her purse? Was it a suicide a...

On July 18, 2003, four young people were found shot to death inside a home in Clear Lake, Texas —a quiet Houston suburb shaken by a crime that looked, at first, like a mystery with no clear motive and no easy answers. The victims were Tiffany Rowell , Rachael Koloroutis , Marcus Precella , and Adelbert Sanchez . For three years, the Clear Lake murders remained unsolved as investigators chased thou...

In 1922, six people were brutally murdered on a remote Bavarian farm—and more than a century later, the Hinterkaifeck murders remain one of Germany’s most chilling unsolved true crime cases. Days before the killings, farmer Andreas Gruber reportedly discovered mysterious footprints in the snow leading toward the house—but none leading away. Strange noises came from the attic. A newspaper appeared...

The Cigar Girl: The Unsolved Death of Mary Rogers In 1841, Mary Rogers was the most admired woman in Manhattan—a stunning young clerk in a bustling cigar shop who caught the eye of politicians, poets, and even Edgar Allan Poe. But when she vanished one summer Sunday, and her body was found floating in the Hudson near Hoboken days later, her fame turned into infamy. Was it murder? A botched abortio...

In 1986, Marine David Cox helped carry out a Code Red at Guantanamo Bay on a Private who fully recovered from his injuries. When David and nine others were faced with a court-martial and an Other Than Honorable Discharge , he refused a plea deal, stood trial, and walked free; his attorney arguing that he was following orders. That courtroom drama would go on to inspire Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Me...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! FROM THE VAULT: Christian Gerhartsreiter. Or was it Clark Rockefeller: The Con Man Who Killed  He said he was a Rockefeller… He said he was a Yale grad, a Wall Street genius… But what Christian Gerhartsreiter really was… was a killer . In this shocking episode of Hitched 2 Homicide , we pull back the curtain on one of the most outrageous imposters in modern Americ...

Send Kris and Rob a Text Message! FROM THE HITCHED 2 HOMICIDE VAULT: DOLLY OESTERREICH *this episode previously aired on 2.15.2023 Love, Lies, and a Man in the Walls At first glance, Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich was the picture of a perfect 1920s housewife—elegant, sociable, and impeccably dressed. Married to Fred Oesterreich, a wealthy apron manufacturer in Milwaukee and later Los Angeles, she se...

On February 7, 1981, Lt. Ray Richard “Joe” Clark was inside his Marietta, Ohio home when a bullet shattered the kitchen window and killed him. A respected Washington County Sheriff’s lieutenant , Clark had spent his life in law enforcement—only to become the victim of one of Ohio’s most haunting cold case murders . For more than three decades, the case sat unanswered. Then a cold case investigatio...

In June 1999, Ricky McCormick was found dead in a field near West Alton, Missouri . He had not been reported missing. His cause of death was never determined. And tucked inside his pockets were two handwritten notes filled with letters, numbers, parentheses, and strange coded phrases that would become one of the FBI’s most baffling unsolved mysteries. For years, investigators and cryptanalysts tri...

A brutal backyard murder. A courtroom drama. And an electric chair that just wouldn’t finish the job. In 1904, Michael G. Schiller walked into the death chamber at the Ohio State Penitentiary expecting to die once. Instead, his execution became one of the most horrifying and botched electrocutions in Ohio history. Convicted of murdering his wife, Mary Schiller , in Youngstown, Ohio, Schiller was s...

A husband. A father. A suburban family man. And one of the most cold-blooded killers the mob ever claimed as its own. Richard Kuklinski, better known as The Iceman , lived a deadly double life—hiding behind the image of a devoted husband and father while allegedly working as a mafia hitman , contract killer , and enforcer tied to organized crime. From frozen bodies and mob murders to chilling pris...

A wealthy father. A brutal double murder. A daughter with a hatchet-shaped shadow that has followed her for more than 130 years. Lizzie Borden became one of the most infamous names in American true crime after her father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Borden, were found savagely murdered inside their Fall River, Massachusetts home on August 4, 1892. The crime scene was bloody, the family ten...

A wealthy father. A brutal double murder. A daughter with a hatchet-shaped shadow that has followed her for more than 130 years. Lizzie Borden became one of the most infamous names in American true crime after her father, Andrew Borden, and stepmother, Abby Borden, were found savagely murdered inside their Fall River, Massachusetts home on August 4, 1892. The crime scene was bloody, the family ten...

On November 23, 2016, the night before Thanksgiving, 18-year-old Thomas “Tom” Brown disappeared from the small town of Canadian, Texas —and what began as a missing person case soon became one of the most baffling mysteries in Texas true crime . After Tom’s remains were later discovered, the questions only deepened. Was his death a homicide , a suicide , or something else entirely? The investigatio...

On November 23, 2016, the night before Thanksgiving, 18-year-old Thomas “Tom” Brown disappeared from the small town of Canadian, Texas —and what began as a missing person case soon became one of the most baffling mysteries in Texas true crime . After Tom’s remains were later discovered, the questions only deepened. Was his death a homicide , a suicide , or something else entirely? The investigatio...