Homocidal Tendency: A Queer True Crime Podcast

​The Fourth of July is a celebration of freedom, but in the summer of 1999, one soldier learned that the most dangerous place he could be was in his own barracks, surrounded by his brothers-in-arms. ​In this episode of Homocidal Tendency , Matt dives into the tragic and enraging case of Private First Class Barry Winchell.  Stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Barry was an exemplary infantryman wi...

​What happens when the justice system itself becomes the monster? In Episode 27, we are stepping away from our usual murder cases to uncover one of the most chilling examples of systemic corruption and moral panic in American history: the 1955 Boys of Boise scandal. ​At the height of the Cold War and the Lavender Scare, a single local incident in Boise, Idaho, was weaponized by police, politicians...

A missing two hours. A blood-soaked staircase. A medical paradox that defies the laws of blunt-force trauma. ​In Episode 26 of Homocidal Tendency , we strip away the sensationalism to examine the chilling death of Kathleen Peterson and the ensuing trial of her husband, Michael Peterson. Known globally as "The Staircase" case, this investigation remains one of the most polarizing mysterie...

We just wrapped our mid-season finale with Episode 25, and while I am taking a brief hiatus to recharge the batteries, the feed isn't going dark.  In this special, fast-paced bonus episode of Homocidal Tendency , we plunge into a chilling 1972 cold case that permanently altered the course of history in Australia. ​The drowning of Dr. George Duncan in Adelaide's River Torrens wasn't...

In Episode 25, Matt takes you back to the gritty, neon-lit streets of 1970s New York City to investigate one of the most chilling and frustrating unsolved mysteries in true crime history: The Bag Murders. ​Between 1975 and 1977, the dark waters of the Hudson River surrendered a terrifying secret. Six unidentified victims were discovered along the Greenwich Village waterfront. But how does a serial...

Behind the blinding neon lights, free-flowing champagne, and pulsing techno of the 1980s Paris underground, a predator was using high fashion as camouflage to hunt in plain sight.  This week on Homocidal Tendency , we step off the dance floor of Le Palace and into the quiet, winding stone stairwells of the 18th arrondissement to track one of the most anomalous and terrifying true crime cases in mo...

This week, Matt takes you on a chilling journey into the pristine, frozen passes of 1980s Switzerland a place synonymous with safe neutrality, immense wealth, and postcard-perfect landscapes.  But beneath the snow, a predator is hunting. In this episode, we deep dive into the case of Michel Peiry, the charismatic, well-dressed soldier known as "The Sadist of Romont," who weaponized Swiss...

The monsters aren't always hiding in the shadows... sometimes they are standing right next to you under the neon lights. ​In the mid-1990s, the underground clubs of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, served as a rare sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ community.  But for Samuel Jacques Coetzee and John Frank Brown, that vibrant sanctuary was a hunting ground. ​This week on Homocidal Tendency , Matt breaks down a...

Need a breather from the blood and guts? After a few incredibly heavy weeks, Homocidal Tendency is taking a detour from our usual grisly crime scenes to dive into a completely different kind of underworld.  This week, we travel back to the gritty, neon-lit streets of early 90s New York City to explore the desperate, brilliant, and entirely analog crimes of Lee Israel. ​Once a New York Times best-s...

In March 2007, a land surveyor pushing through the thick palmetto scrub off Arcadia Street in Fort Myers made a chilling discovery a sun-bleached human skull. By the time the cadaver dogs and forensic anthropologists finished their work, the brush had yielded the skeletal remains of eight different men. ​In this special bonus companion episode of Homocidal Tendency , we return to the lethal Florid...

​In the mid-1990s, the suffocating palmetto scrub of Southwest Florida hid a terrifying secret. A calculated predator was cruising the highways, cheap motels, and day-labor spots, luring transient and marginalized men into the woods with the promise of quick cash for a "nude bondage photoshoot." But once the ropes were pulled tight against the rough bark of the trees, the trap snapped sh...

In the 1980s and 90s, the decaying shipping warehouses of Manhattan’s West Village were a world entirely of their own.  For thousands of marginalized queer youth, trans women, and outcasts pushed to the fringes of the city, the rotting timber and pitch-black labyrinths of Piers 45, 46, and 50 offered a vital sanctuary.  It was the cradle of the underground ballroom scene and a place of unapologeti...

A sprawling 40-acre estate in the Rhode Island woods. A disconnected phone line. Millions of dollars vanished into thin air. The only witnesses? A pack of 50 prize-winning dogs. ​This week on Homocidal Tendency , we are traveling back to the 1980s to unpack one of the most infuriating and heartbreaking cases of the decade. We explore the life of Cam Lyman, a transgender millionaire who built an is...

The Cleveland Torso Murders | The Butcher of Kingsbury Run ​ Episode Description: In the grip of the Great Depression, the soot-choked city of Cleveland was brought to its knees by a phantom. Between 1935 and 1938, a brilliant, meticulous monster turned the shantytowns of Kingsbury Run and the illicit vice district of the "Roaring Third" into his own personal slaughterhouse. ​This week o...

​There is a specific kind of thrill we look for in a dark ride. We willingly plunge into the pitch black, waiting for the jump scare, knowing that eventually, the track leads back out into the light. But on the freezing night of June 9th, 1979, the fake monsters inside Sydney’s Luna Park Ghost Train were replaced by a very real, lethal threat. ​This week on Homocidal Tendency , we head to the neon...

Episode 15: The Atlanta Hustler Murders ​ Episode Summary: The monsters aren’t always wearing masks in the woods. Sometimes, they are waiting in the exact spaces the rest of the world decided to ignore. ​In the mid-1980s, Atlanta was aggressively branding itself as the gleaming capital of the "New South." But just blocks away from the shining new skyscrapers, a perfect storm of systemic...

Imagine risking your freedom, your career, and your country for a forbidden romance... only to realize you don’t know the first thing about the person sleeping next to you. ​This week on Homocidal Tendency, we are stepping out of the shadows of Beijing and into one of the most bizarre, devastating, and theatrical true crime cases of the 20th century. In 1964, a lonely French diplomat named Bernard...

How does a killer commit a frenzied, brutal murder in the middle of a bustling university building in broad daylight, and walk away like a ghost?  This week, we are unlocking the doors of 1 Spadina Crescent a massive, 19th-century gothic fortress with a dark history to explore one of Toronto’s most baffling unsolved cold cases. ​In January 2001, beloved Fine Arts professor and brilliant queer arti...

What happens when a monster only hunts other monsters? This week on Homocidal Tendency , we descend into the subterranean basement of HMP Wakefield to unlock the terrifying, tragic truth behind Britain's most isolated prisoner: Robert Maudsley. ​For over 40 years, Maudsley has lived inside a custom-built, bulletproof glass cage. The British tabloids branded him "Hannibal the Cannibal&quo...

To the outside world, Christine and Léa Papin were the "perfect pearls" of Le Mans.  They were quiet, submissive, and kept the Lancelin household running with terrifying perfection.  But behind the walls of No. 6 Rue Bruyère, the silence was deafening, and a deadly psychological pressure cooker was whistling. ​On a rainy night in February 1933, a simple blown fuse triggered one of the mo...

In 1913, New York City was captivated by a horror story that seemed too gruesome to be true. A handsome, intellectual Catholic priest living a double life: performing Mass by day, and running a counterfeiting ring and a slaughterhouse by night. ​In this episode, Matt deep dives into the twisted life and crimes of Father Hans Schmidt —the only Catholic priest ever executed in the United States. Fro...

​ "Say goodbye to your friend Larry, because you won’t see him after tomorrow." ​It was February 12, 2008, inside a computer lab at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, California. The only sounds were the clack-clack-clack of keyboards and the low hum of teenage chatter. ​In the front row sat 15-year-old Larry King , wearing his signature knee-high brown suede boots and makeup. He was bold...

San Francisco, 1974. The "Summer of Love" has faded into a gritty, neon-soaked reality. In the shadows of the Castro and the Tenderloin, a predator is hunting. But he doesn't use a gun or a mask. He uses a sketchbook. ​He is "The Doodler"—a serial killer who charmed his victims with charcoal portraits before luring them to their deaths in the dunes of Ocean Beach. He kille...

​"I wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone." ​In the winter of 1995, the quiet coast of North Wales became the set of a real-life slasher movie. Four men were brutally murdered in four months. The killer wasn’t a drifter or a gangster—he was a respected local businessman.  Peter Moore was the soft-spoken owner of the Focus Cinema, a man known for his love of teddy bear sweaters...

In August 1991, the curtain fell on one of St. Petersburg’s most colorful figures. Robert Gierka was a man of contrasts: a dedicated nursing assistant by day and a master of the "Sawdust Circle" by night.  When he was found murdered in his 40th Avenue home a residence known as the "Museum of Whimsy"police were met with a crime scene that was as surreal as it was brutal. ​In thi...