PARTNERS IN TRUE CRIME

WHEN LAURA BRAND STARTED TO GET FULL COOPERATION FROM LAURENCE BITTAKER INSIDE SAN QUENTIN'S DEATH ROW HE GAVE HER FULL ACCESS TO HIS DISCOVERY CASE FILES. IN THOSE FILES, LAURA STARTED TO DISCOVER OTHER PEOPLE WHO CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE TOOLBOX KILLERS, BUT WEREN'T BRUTALLY MURDERED... BUT WHY DID THEY KILL SOME AND NOT OTHERS. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT. DENA MOODY WAS A TEENAGER WHO WAS O...

10 years ago, criminologist and private detective, Laura Brand embarked on a journey to study the most notorious serial killers in the United States by sitting face to face with them inside a cage. Her goal was to not only learn what made them kill, but to also find the remaining victims that were not part of their convictions... And there are still many out there. Over 50 serial killers participa...

THIS SATURDAY JULY 8TH, 2023 MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOLLY MILLER AND COLT HAYNES' DISAPPEARANCE. BOTH THE FAMILIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AS WELL AS US BELIEVE THAT MOLLY AND COLT ARE DEAD. ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE MURDERED. TO CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES PAULA FIELDER WILL BE HOLDING AN EVENT AT THE LOVE COUNTY COURT HOUSE TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY. Learn more about your ad choice...

A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE LAUNCHED THE PODCAST ALMOST A YEAR AGO AND THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT ON THE CASE IN THAT TIME.  SOME OF IT GOOD, SOME OF IT BAD, AND SOME OF IT JUST COMPLETELY CONFUSING…. BUT ONE THING IS FOR SURE… PAULA, MISTY, CINDY AND I HAVE NOT GIVEN UP TO FIND ANSWERS TO WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A HORRIBLE CRIMES COMMITTED AGAINST MOLLY AND COLT. Learn more about your ad choices....

LOOKING BACK ON DAVID BERKOWITZ’S LIFE AS SON OF SAM IT IS STILL HARD TO BELIEVE A MAN OF THAT STATURE TURNED INTO SERIAL KILLER, BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH THE MIND. IT'S ONLY BEEN SINCE THE LATE 70’S THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT STARTED TO ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE BECOME SERIAL KILLERS AND WHAT MAKE THEM TICK. TODAY WE ARE TODAY WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE BACK ON THE PODCAST MARK OLSHAKER, CO-AUTHOR OF MINDH...

ONCE THE NYPD SAW THAT THEY HAD A SERIAL KILLER ON THER HANDS, THEY QUICKLY FORMED THE OMEGA TASK FORCE. THE TASK FORCE WAS MADE UP OF THE BEST OF THE BEST IN THE NYPD.  WHAT STARTED OUT AS A FEW DOZEN QUICKLY SWELLED INTO THE 50’S AND THEN EVENTUALLY UP TO A 100 OFFICERS WORKING FULLTIME ON THE SON OF SAM MURDERS. TODAY WE ARE EXCITED TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THOSE TASK FORCE MEMBERS, MARLIN HOPKINS. M...

LEGENDARY CRIME REPORTER AND JOURNALIST JEFF KAMEN JOINS DOC BONN TO SHARE HIS FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES DURING THE SUMMER OF SAM IN 1977. JEFF WAS A REPORTER FOR WPIX IN NYC AND FOUND HIMSELF IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THE RIGHT TIME TO CAPTURE THE CRIME STORY OF THE DECADE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DOC BONN DIVES DEEPER INTO THE WORLD OF THE SON OF SAM KILLER DAVID BERKOWITZ AND DEBUNKS SOME MYTHS ABOUT THE NOTORIOUS KILLER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DOC BONN SPENT TIME WRITING AND MEETING WITH DAVID BERKOWITZ, THE SON OF SAM KILLER, WHO TERRORIZED NYC IN THE 70'S. TODAY HE WILL SHARE HIS UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH BERKOWITZ AND YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR HIS ANALYSIS ON SON OF SAM'S SANITY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TODAY WE HAVE JODI BARTH AGAIN ON THE PODCAST TO HELP US DISCUSS SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS RELEASED ONLINE THIS WEEK THAT POINTS TO A POSSIBLE SUSPECT IN THE CASE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DOC BONN IS EMBARKING ON A LIVE SHOW TOUR STARTING IN MAY IN SELECTED CITIES THAT WILL FOCUS ON BRINGING ALL OF HIS RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCES SURROUNDING SERIAL KILLERS AND WHY PEOPLE ARE CAPTIVATED BY THEM - TO A LIVE AUDIENCE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WE ARE ONLY A FEW MONTHS AWAY FROM THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSERY OF MOLLY AND COLT’S DISAPPEARANCE.  IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE WITH ALL OF THE EFFORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, PAULA, THE PODCAST, AND TIPS FROM OUR LISTENERS THAT THIS CASE IS STILL NOT SOLVED YET. A FEW MONTHS AGO, SOMEONE REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT THE CASE THAT WE HAVE JUST BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO.  THIS PERSON, AS YOU WILL HEAR FROM HER VERY OWN WO...

TODAY WE ARE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE WORLD OF PSYCHOPATHS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT AND WHO THEY ARE.  WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT EVEN KNOW ONE BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE COMMON THEN YOU WOULD THINK. TO HELP US TALK ABOUT PSYCHOPATHS WE HAVE DR. KEVIN DUTTON ON THE PODCAST TODAY.  DR. DUTTON IS A RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST AND BEST SELLING AUTHOR.  PART OF DR. DUTTON’S RESEARCH FOCUSES ON THE PSYCHOPATHIC PERSONALITY, WH...

TODAY WE WANT TO GIVE OUR LISTENERS AN UPDATE ON THE CASE AND EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE REPLAYING SOME SEGMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUSLY AIRED EPISODES. SINCE THE BIA HAS TAKEN OVER THE INVESTIGATION, THE CASE HAS BEEN MOVING ALONG AT A STEADY PACE AND THERE’S A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION THAT WE ARE NOT PRIVY TO. RIGHT NOW WE ARE REPLAYING A FEW SEGMENTS THAT WE FEEL WILL PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THE INVESTIGATION AS...

LAST WEEK WE HEARD FROM DENNIS RADER BTK’S DAUGHTER KERRI RAWSON IN A VERY HONEST AND REVEALING INTERVIEW.  TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HEAR SOME MORE BRUTALLY HONEST INSIGHTS FROM KERRI  WHO HAS STRUGGLED WITH WHAT HER FATHER HAS DONE FOR MOST OF HER LIFE WITH PART 2 OF HER INTERVIEW WITH US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Retired Detective Division Commander for the Department of Law Enforcement of Illinois, Jodi Barth has been part of our investigative team. Over the past few months Jodi has taken a deep dive into all of the phone records from those fateful 2 days in early July of 2013 when Molly and Colt went missing. Paula Fielder joins Jodi as we take a look at the cell phone records from those two days. Learn...

How well do you really know anyone in our lives... Your colleagues at work, your friends, your family. What about your parents? What if you went through your whole life from childhood to being an adult not knowing who or what type of person your own father was. Kerri Rawson, the daughter of Dennis Rader, found out in 2005 in her mid-20's that the father that she loved and raised her was the BTK ki...

We looked back again at some of the early theories on what happened to Molly and Colt. Paula Fielder's early interview recordings from local tipsters reveal the possible brutal way the two young people were killed and disposed off. Also, the woman who discovered digital photos of what could be a dead Molly Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

IN 1988 THOMAS HARRIS PUBLISHED HIS BEST SELLING NOVEL “THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS” WHICH THEN BECAME A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE STARRING JODY FOSTER AND ANTHONY HOPKINS.  THAT FILM GAVE THE WORLD A NEW PERSPECITVE ON SERIAL KILLERS AND HOW LAW ENFORCMENT STUDIES THEM AND CATCHES THEM, BUT THAT WAS FICTION.  IN 1995 THE BOOK “MINDHUNTER: INSIDE THE FBI’S ELITE SERIAL CRIME UNIT” WAS PUBLISHED.  THE AUTHORS...

We take another look back at some of the earlier episodes. Misty, Molly's cousin, recounts the early days of the investigation citing the names of potential people involved and her thoughts on where Molly and Colt can be. We take another look at the statements the so called "eyewitness" to see if their statements still in concert with the current investigation. Lisa Ribacoff's analysis of the eyew...

FOR THE SPAN OF THREE DECADES, THE WICHITA POLICE DEPARTMENT HUNTED AND PLAYED A CAT AND MOUSE GAME WITH BTK.  DETECTIVE TIMOTHY RELPH WAS A MEMBER OF THE BTK TASK FORCE. AFTER YEARS OF CHASING LEADS, DETECTIVE RELPH, WOULD BE THERE IN PERSON TO PUT THE CUFFS ON ONE OF THE MOST INFAMOUS SERIAL KILLERS IN HISTORY.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The podcast is now in its 10th month and although they haven't found Molly and Colt yet the investigation is as strong as it's ever been. In just over the last 6 months, more information and leads have been generated to help the case. Also, more people have surfaced to speak out with tips and outrage over the way the case and others in that area have been handled. Today's podcast takes a look at s...

This week, Doc Bonn introduces us to Jenny Grantham a former correctional officer at El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas; Jenny had daily interaction with BTK for two years. Join us for Jenny's insight into one of the world's most sadistic serial killers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two weeks after Molly Miller went missing, her cousin Paula Fielder got involved in the investigation...and that is when the tips started pouring in and they haven't stopped. There are hundreds of thousands of tips that Paula has received about the case...and since we started the podcast we have gotten thousands of tips as well. SOMEONE OUT THERE knows what happened...we actually think several peo...

After years of corresponding with Dennis Rader, a.k.a. BTK, Doc Bonn reveals their conversations. Doc Bonn discusses BTK's motivations and lack of remorse for the horrific crimes. Doc Bonn also does a deep dive into how and why Dennis Rader became BTK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices