Our True Crime Podcast

If you love television documentaries, especially on crime or prison, this is the OTCP episode for you. On Friday, January 31st, Netflix is releasing the second season of ‘I Am A Killer.’ The series features people that are currently in prison serving time for committing murder and telling their stories. The show combines crime footage along with interviews of the killer as well as interviews with...

Los Angeles 1922, police report to a residence after neighbors reported hearing gunfire. Authorities enter the house and are shocked to see a man bleeding on the ground from gunshot wounds. As they are taking it all in, they hear something faint. They listen and can hear a woman’s voice coming from the closet. An officer slowly approaches and opens the door. Sitting on the floor is a woman who was...

It is April 1, 1989 and 35 year old Donald Welling was enjoying what he often did on weekend mornings which was taking a jog on the pretty back roads of Tuscarawas County. The peaceful moments of enjoying his run were shattered as a long shot rang out. The rifle bullet struck the middle of his heart killing him instantly. It was just 19 months later when on November 10, 1990, when 21 year old Jami...

***Warning*** This episode deals with sexual abuse of a child. In the summer of 2012, London was abuzz with excitement of being the host to the Olympic games. Close to 11K athletes from over 200 countries flooded the city for what is considered the most important sports competition. Over 900 million people globally watched the event. But in early August,hundreds of people in London turned their at...

Just 3 years after the Son of Sam murders had terrorized New York, Buffalo was hit with the same kind of surprise attack killer, but this murderer preferred killing black men. With 3 different MOs, and 2 different monikers, FBI profiler John Douglas was brought in. Come join Jen & Cam as we discuss the .22 Caliber KillerListener Discretion by the utterly amazing Edward October @octoberpodvhsMusic...

On Easter Sunday, families gather to celebrate with family and friends. They enjoy the traditional ham dinner with all the trimmings and attend service to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. It is a time to be together with those you love and cherish but for James Ruppert, it was something much different. As we have learned, often things look different on the outside than on the inside and someti...

Most serial killers have a certain type of victim. Ted Bundy liked to kill women with long, straight, dark hair. John Wayne Gacy liked young men between the ages fo 16 and 19. Gary Rdgeway preferred female sex workers and young runaways. Stewart Wilken was different. He killed female sex workers and young boys living on the street. Come join Jen and Cam as they talk about one of South Africa's ser...

On August 6, 1966, Kenneth McDuff and Roy Dale Green spent the day working for Kenneth’s dad pouring concrete. When they finished for the day they decided to go out and drive around and ‘look for a girl.’ Sadly they would come upon three teens and commit an unthinkable act. At 10 pm that night, 17-year-old Robert Brand, 16-year-old Edna Louise Sullivan who was Robert’s GF, and Robert’s 15-year-old...

We've talked about hundreds of killers and the weapons they use. Guns, knives, bombs, ligatures. This list goes on. Well, today we add a new method of murder. Gilbert Paul Gilbert's MO was to force alcohol down women's throats. Join Cam & Jen as they discuss Canada's Boozing Barber: Gilbert Paul JordanListener discretion by OTCPs bestie Edward Ocotber @octoberpodvhsMusic and audio Stylings by OTCP...

Many women dream of becoming mothers and are so excited when they finally get to welcome a little bundle of joy into this world. Often couples struggle to conceive and spend lots of money trying to make their dreams of becoming parents a reality. For one mother, conceiving a child was the easy part but seeing them live past their fourth birthday was another matter. It's day 7 of The 12 Nightmares...

These senseless murders were so violent, the court has barred the crime scene photos from ever being seen outside the courtroom. Join Jen and Cam as the discuss the events that led upto The XBox Murders. Listener Discretion by Edward October @octoberpodvhsMusic and audio styling my Nico @wetalkofdreamsResearch and writer for this episode is Lana McCallSourceshttps://www.orlandoweekly.com/orlando/t...

How many times in your head have you thought about being someone? Like a famous actress? An award winning author? A huge sports star? Today’s story is just that. It reads like a dramatic movie plot featuring Leo DiCaprio as the handsome young doctor who worked hard in the healthcare field, saving lives by the day and discovering the cure for cancer at night. The difference is that Jean-Claude Roma...

After his infant son is accidentally killed, Archie McCafferty's already out of control anger starts spiraling.. Upon heatkng a voice telling him how he can bring his son back, Archie goes on a murder spree. Join Cam & Jen as they discuss The Revenge Murders of Archie McCafferty. Listener discretion by Edward October @octoberpodvhsMusic and audio stylings by Nico @wetalkofdreamsSourceshttps://www....

A local constable had pulled over to take a break and do some paperwork and while he was parked, a woman comes running up to him. She was in a panic and barely able to get her words out. She kept saying they are dead, they are all dead. She begged the officer to come with her. They arrive to a house and find a scene right out of a movie. While barely clinging to life, a woman who had been stabbed...

The trail of Evelyn Dick is said.to be one of the most sensationalized events in Canada's criminal history. A children song on the playground,a la Lizzie Borden, have been sung for decades. Plays, Songs and movies have been written about the beautiful woman who was sentenced to be hung for the murder and dismemberment of her husband. Join Cam and Jen as they discuss The Nortorious D.I.C.KListener...

Warning: This episode contains extreme domestic violence. In 1993, Kelly-Anne Bates was just an English teenager who at 14 years old was babysitting for friends when she met a man named James Smith. James, at age 46, was 32 years older than Kelly and he set his sights on her and immediately began grooming her. Kelly, young and naive, had no idea about his previous abusive relationships and fell fo...

May 21, 1998, 15 year old Kip Kinkel murders his parents. The next morning he walked into Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing Ben Walker and Mikael Nickolauson, both 17, in cold blood. He then opens fire in the cafeteria wounding 25 people. Please join Jen and Cam as we discuss what events led up to this horrible event. Listener discretion by the amaingly talented Mr Edward Octobe...

On July 29, 1993, law enforcement authorities were alerted to a crime scene where they found two bodies in a field near Tellico, in Ellis County, Texas. The first body discovered was that of a nude decapitated girl whose hands were also missing. It looked like she had been shot in the back as well. Her body was badly mutilated. While officers were looking around for the rest of her missing parts,...

***Jen says the name Thomas McGonagall. It is actually Thomad McMonigle. We have found article stating both names, but McMonigle is the the correct one. Jen must watch too much Harry Potter***By mid 1945, World War II was over and service men were headed back home. Men in uniform were held in high regard for their bravery overseas. Teenage girls were called Bobby Soxers for their penchant for wear...

It is an ordinary Friday as the Dishon family prepares for the day. The kids go to school and the parents go to work but when mom Edna comes home at 1pm she is startled to see her teenage daughter’s car in the driveway. Edna looks throughout the house for her daughter Jessica and without locating her, Edna goes outside to see if her car was perhaps not working and Jessica simply got a ride to scho...

Vicki Morgan is young and beautiful and, like so many people before her, she moves to Hollywood with stars in her eyes, a lot of ambition but an empty wallet. When Vicki has a chance meeting with a much older man, little does she know, he’s one of the richest man in the United States. Her life would become the one she had always dreamed about with fancy cars, new houses and a limitless credit card...

Happy Halloween! Join Cam and Jen as they speak with Celebrity Psychic Laura PowersLaura has been featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, Motherboard Magazine by Vice and most recently, The Ron Burgndy Show on IHeartRadio! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benny Evangelist immigrated to the United States in 1904 from Naples. The devout Catholic started going into trances where he claimed to have visions from God. Soon, Benny was starting his own religion and writing his own Bible. Benny then began to sell love potions, hexes, and amulets and would charge upwards of $10 a day for his services. Within no time, Benny was seeing around 75 people a day....

A daughter’s worst nightmare was about to become reality. After several unanswered phone calls to her mother, Katrina knew something was not right . As she pulled up to her parent's home, she noticed all the cars were still parked where they always were. Katrina made her way around the back of the house and that is when her stomach dropped. The back door was clearly broken and was hanging slightly...

About 30 miles southeast of Kansas City, Mo, a man comes across a freshly filled in hole close to his favorite place to fish. Brushing away some of the loose dirt, the man discovers the nude body of Marsha Spicer. Police have no leads until a women comes forward telling them of a man she had been with that had some sick and violent sexual fantasies. Soon police find a trove of videos. Upon viewing...