Richard Steudle, RJ McCarthy and Rick Getz

Private Dicks

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Three Richards Solve the Worlds Greatest Mysteries 100% of the Time

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Richard Steudle, RJ McCarthy and Rick Getz

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Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

Michael Rockefeller – I’m a Harvard man – PD 70 04.12.2024

Today we solve a mystery for our good buddy Kiall Millions. Comedian and IT specialist, Kiall wanted us to find out what happened to Michael Rockefeller Turns out he could have been either eaten by humans or sharks. Or drowned. Or faked his death. He was a harvard man! Savage Harvest (2014) – Carl Hoffman If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and l...

PD Side Quests – The Knights of the Round Table – Sir Safir – E03 20.11.2024

We are still discovering the Knights of the Round table, and today Richard brings you Sir Safir, youngest son of King Escolabar and brother to Sir Palamedes. He is valiant, tough and loyal. Likes to wear disguises Pretty interesting cat. All I did to figure out all about his was research the following websites; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table#Safir https://en.wikipedia.org...

BONUS – Unethical Podcast Episode – Don’t go for it Electric Boy 06.11.2024

So here’s the deal Dickheads Richards computer is on the fritz. He couldn’t edit an episode. So instead, we give you an offering from Unethical It’s one of our favourites Here is the description from the Unethical Podcast episode description *EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING* Richard turns up the hilarity factor to 11 on this episode, bringing us one of our most dividing cases yet. What...

The Humpty Doo Poltergeist – Classic Poltergeist Behaviour – PD 69 23.10.2024

This episode we get a bit spooky with a story about an Australian Poltergeist! A poltergeist of the Humpty Doo persuasion. A poltergeist who throws rocks at you A poltergeist that claws in the walls. A poltergeist who likes to play scrabble. All we needed to solve this case was to look and study the following websites: (amongst other things) https://www.ntnews.com.au/lifestyle/humpty-doo-poltergei...

Easter Island Mysteries – Finding a Mystery Whilst Looking for a Mystery – PD 68 09.10.2024

This week, Richard didn’t want to do any true crime. So he went looking for a mystery. And found one. Out in the most remote parts of the world. Easter Island. There be mysteries on that remote island darnit! And we solved them All of them and it wasn’t even that hard. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/...

BONUS – Joe Pichler FOIA Documents – PD 65.5 25.09.2024

Rick went out and got the FOIA for the Joe Pichler case! All of it has been uploaded to our youtube channel Please come join us there if that is your platform. One of us will even interact with you there if you have comments. If you like true crime comedy and want to get outraged, go check out our mother podcast, Unethical Podcast!  Studies in ethically charged and controversial cases. For early a...

PD Side Quests – The Knights of the Round Table – Sir Palamedes – E02 11.09.2024

Today, Richard brings you a little bonus episode about Sir Palamedes, the Saracen Knight. Fueded with Tristain and had a cute dog. A little solo episode to keep you going! See you in 2 weeks with a very special episode. For this case, all I did was investigate the following websites; https://medievalarmoury.com/knights/sir-palamedes/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palamedes_(Arthurian_legend) https...

The Bigfoot Killer – Bigfeet Killer? Bigfoots Killer? – PD 67 27.08.2024

Sumit brings them a case from his cousin Parvinder about Detroit’s very own Bigfoot killer. And I think this is the most off the wall solve we have ever had. And yes, it involves bigfoot and UNICORNS. And it was easy. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/06/05/detroit-police-hunt-killer-targ...

SPECIAL EPISODE – Hot Pursuit – Summer Collabisode – PART2 14.08.2024

Welcome to Hot Pursuit, a summer true-crime collaboration, where we dive deep into the world of true crime. We’ve gathered many incredible true-crime podcasters to bring you a multi-part series that’s all about the heat of the chase. We’ll explore cases where justice was relentlessly pursued, delve into crimes that occurred during the scorching summer months, and highlight cold cases that de...

The Goat Sucker – El Chupacabra (feat. Ryan Horwood) – PD66 01.08.2024

Hey Dickheads Comedian Ryan Horwood hires us to find him the mythical El Chupacabra It was easy And we learned a lot along the way. Ryan now has a chupa. Just a spoiler All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra https://web.archive.org/web/20190417213653/https://www.thoughtco.com/most-mysterious-creatures-of-modern-times-2594...

SPECIAL EPISODE – Hot Pursuit – Summer Collabisode – PART 1 29.07.2024

COLLABISODE FOR YOU DICKHEADS! Welcome to Hot Pursuit, a summer true-crime collaboration, where we dive deep into the world of true crime. We’ve gathered many incredible true-crime podcasters to bring you a multi-part series that’s all about the heat of the chase. We’ll explore cases where justice was relentlessly pursued, delve into crimes that occurred during the scorching summer months, a...

BONUS – Unethical Podcast Episode – Bob Berdella 18.07.2024

Richard is an idiot and thought drop day was next week. So he didn’t have enough time to edit an episode. So instead, he is giving a big boy episode he wrote for Unethical Podcast. His mommy podcast Enjoy Episode description from Unethical episode page ***EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING* WE’RE BACK, BABY! Actually we’re not back, this is 2023 content that just wasn’t ready to hit the airwaves until...

The Disappearance of Child Star Joe Pichler – PD65 03.07.2024

Being a child star is hard. So hard sometimes you move back to your hometown for high school. That’s what Joe Pichler did. After starring in movies like Beethoven’s 3rd and 4th, Children on their Birthdays and Varsity Blues, he moved back to the small town of Bremerton Washington to finish out his highschool years. But not long after graduating, Joe went missing. Kristy Jansen from Une...

The Catfish Murders of Billy and Billie – Too ugly to live – PD64 19.06.2024

This week, Richard hired a new female Dick named Alicia Stoneback, to replace the currently missing Rick. She even brought us a case. Then Rick shows up. Then she tells us the already solved (? don’t understand how that could be solved if we didn’t solve it, but whatever?) tale of two Billies what were catfished and murdered in the early 2000’s If you had fun listening, please go...

BONUS – Jody Plauché Interview – PD62.5 05.06.2024

Hey Dickheads, After we did the episode about Gary Plauché, we found out that our friend over at Minds of Madnness Podcast, Tyler Allen, was friends with Gary’s son, Jody, the victim of the kidnapping and SA by Jeffrey Doucet. Tyler got us in contact with Jody and we got to interview him. We had so much fun and I hope you enjoy If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify...

The Mass Murder by Mattock at Hinterkaifeck (feat. Darron Wood) – PD63 22.05.2024

This episode, producer extraordinaire for the amazing “Defense Diaries” podcast, Darron Wood, hires us to solve an old German case from the 1920s Sort of… He kind of didn’t want us to solve a case at all, but that won’t stop us. This was a crazy case that involved the murder of an entire family *including their maid), people living in the walls of an old farmstead, an...

Gary Plauché – An American Hero or no? – PD62 08.05.2024

Rick is missing this week so RJ takes the helm and tells us the story of Gary Plaunché. He killed the child molester, Jeffrey Doucet, that took his child Jodi for 10 days, held him captive and did ungodly things to him Plaunché killed Doucet with 0 sympathy, in front of police, on live television. He got nearly no jail time and never regretted it a day in his life. Should this be the case? Richard...

The Betz Sphere – The Haunted Ball from Outerspace (feat. Tyler Allen) – PD61 22.04.2024

Today the Dicks are hired by Tyler Allen, host of the wildly popular True Crime Podcast, Minds of Madness He is curious about the Betz Sphere. He wants to know everything. Is it from outer space? Was it broken? Where is it? What the heck was it? All easy questions for the Private Dicks. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4334 h...

PD Side Quests – The Knights of the Round Table – Sir Kay – E01 10.04.2024

Today, Richard brings you a little bonus episode about Sir Kay, son of Sir Ector and foster brother of King Arthur himself. A little solo episode to keep you going! See you in 2 weeks with a very special episode. For this case, all I did was investigate the following websites; https://storywarren.com/king-arthur-and-the-giant-of-mont-saint-michel/ https://kingarthur.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_of_Mont_S...

Richard Steudle’s Legend of King Arthur – Part 2 – Real or Fake? – PD60 27.03.2024

We are back on the King Arthur train. Richard goes through all the eras of the once and future king and shows the evolution of Arthur through his mentions throughout history. Was he real? Find out by listening. Cause we solved it. And it was easy. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/king-arthur-real-person-180980466/ ht...

Richard Steudle’s Legend of King Arthur – Part 1 – PD59 13.03.2024

What do you know about King Arthur? Sword in the stone? Camelot? The Knights of the Round Table? Merlin? Well there is much more to the story. Here is the story as interpreted by Richard With guest Sumit Swami, comedian extrordinaire and good pal to the pod cast All Richard did to interpret was investigate the following websites; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/king-arthur-real-person-18098...

BONUS – Sumit is Canadian! – MINI EPISODE 08.03.2024

Here is a little mini episode to show you the kind of conversations you’re missing out on on patreon For early access to episodes of Private Dicks, uncut videos of the Original recordings, all of Unethicals content and so much more getting added every day, go to www.patreon.com/unethicalpodcast https://linktr.ee/privatedicks

The Disappearance of Mélanie Ethier – Steel Drummer (feat. Doug Koning) – PD58 28.02.2024

What happens in a small town when one of its teens go missing without a trace? Worse yet, it seems racially motivated because she is one of only 3 black girls living in that town. This happened in the small Ontario town of New Liskeard in 1996 when 15 year old Melanie Ethier went missing without a trace. Her mother is still searching, the town still has the scar and the rest of us are left to wond...

BONUS – Two Years? – Amelia Earhart’s Airplane – Cuddle Fish or JetScream? – PD01.5 14.02.2024

It’s been 2 years that we have been releasing episodes publicly! We talk about that and Amelia again. Go to our Facebook page to vote on whether you think the orange blob they’re calling sonar images of Amelia’s plane looks more like a cuddle fish or jetscream! If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. We are on YouTu...

A New To You Used Car – Otto Warmbier (feat. TZ Borden) – PD57 31.01.2024

Hello Dickheads, Today, the dicks are hired by TZ Borden, host of Tapes from the Darkside (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tapes-from-the-darkside-crime-psychology/id1497477141) Would you go on holiday to North Korea? And if you did, would you steal something to bring home as a souvenir? Well that’s apparently what Otto did, according to the DPRK. TZ hires us to figure out what exactly...

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