Not Your Mama’s Fairytales

Join us as we explore the story of Patrizia Reggiani better known as Lady Gucci, who hired a hit man to kill her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci. This is part two of a three part series exploring female criminals and how corporations create criminals.

Join us as we explore the story of Assunta "Pupetta" Maresca. The Godmother of the Italian mafia; convicted murderer, agile with a gun, knife and possibly even a bone saw. This is part one of a three part series exploring the female criminals and how corporations create criminals.

Join us as we dig into the book "The Girl in the Leaves" by Robert Scott and explore the grisly triple murder of Tina Herrmann, Kody Maynard, and Stephanie Sprang as well as the kidnapping and rape of Sarah Maynard. 

In 2018 the body of an unknown hiker was discovered in the Florida preserve. The man was known to hikers of the Appalachian Trail as “Mostly Harmless.” But after two years no one had come forward to claim the body of the beloved hiker. As a group of internet sleuths came together to solve this mystery, they began to wonder if perhaps Mostly Harmless wasn’t so harmless after all.

A tale of a love story gone wrong and a Thanksgiving dinner you'll never forget.  Join us as we explore the gruesome tale of Omaima Nelson.

Join us as we explore the details of the Seven Bridges Road Killer(s) of Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  

Do you know about The Crime of the Century?  Do you want to learn about a badass woman who witnessed the mass murder of her friends and roommates and lived to tell the tale?  Settle in and get ready to learn about Richard Speck and the eight nurses he brutally murdered in Chicago in 1966.

Join us for a cautionary tale for our male listeners. 

Join us as we take a trip back in time to the early 1900's to learn about one of the most prolific female murderers, Belle Gunness. TW: Discussion of miscarriage

Learn about the LGBTQ+ Panic Defense. Why a ban on it is needed and how it's used in court.

In 2002 Gwen Araujo’s murder and murder trail shaped the course of the California judicial system. Tune in this month to learn about butterflies, correct pronoun usage, and why some men might prefer prison.

Join us to learn the story of the potentially most prolific serial killer in U.S. history as well as the badass female dream team that took him down and got him to confess to 93 murders.  This will probably be the first in a series as the stories of his victims begin to materialize.

In this tangential episode we explore what Touch DNA is, its origins, and how far it's come in crime scene investigation over the years as well as areas where there still needs to be some drastic improvements. 

In 2008, 19 year old Brianna Denison vanished from her friend's house in Reno, Nevada, leaving behind her phone, purse, shoes, and a small smear of blood on her pillow.  The investigation into Brianna's disappearance--as well as the discovery of what happened to Reno's beloved daughter--forever changed the Biggest Little City in the world. NOTE: this episode contains mature content, listener discr...

In 2014 an 80 year old Charles Manson shocked the world yet again by announcing his engagement to 26 year old Afton Burton.  But was this engagement the real deal? Or was Afton about to out manipulate the most notorious manipulator?

Re-examining The Manson Girls; How the girls came to join The Family, what they did for The Family and the consequences of their actions for The Family.

.The story of the Manson follower who rose to infamy as the first woman to ever attempt to assassinate a U.S. president.

Re-examining The Manson Girls; How the girls came to join The Family, what they did for The Family and the consequences of their actions for The Family.

In this short little episode we discuss the origins of our true crime fascination, how our podcast came to be (spoiler alert, we don't really remember), and what we have planned for next month! We also chat about what we are watching/reading/and drinking!

In 2008 a young woman named Marie was raped in her apartment near Seattle, Washington.  Marie later confessed to lying about the assault.  Years later, the suburbs of Denver, Colorado were plagued by a slew of eerily similar rapes.  Had Marie cried wolf? Or was she in fact telling the truth all along?