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A shorter episode this week, so you've got another one coming on Wednesday! Officers arrived just after 9pm and Gary pointed them to the car, overturned and lying in the body of water. He said that his wife was still inside- he’d tried to pull her out and to safety but she was unconscious and he couldn’t pull her through the open window. He told them he’d thought there was no point in both of them...

Just after 6am that morning, Lila got a call from Babis’ phone, but on the other end she couldn’t make out what he was saying, it was a garbled panic. Lila woke her husband up and the two headed outside to go round to Babis and Caroline’s house, but before they got there, they heard the sound of sirens, and saw police cars racing round the corner and stopping outside of the house. What officers ca...

The evening started as a birthday celebration for the retired mother and wife, but would soon become a horror story, and the married couples lives would be forever changed. Bodycam footage and a 999 call... See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Thad carried both boxes back to his bed at Fort Worth, and sat down to open them. He chose to open the seemingly less exciting cardboard box first. As he did so, it exploded.         Sources: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/jurors-convict-robert-ortloff-in-kathleen-smiths-murder-6394417 https://cases.justia.com/arizona/court-of-appeals-division-one-unpublished/CR080508.pdf https://www.phoenix...

On the 19th of November 1992, 2 little boys aged 6 and 4, knocked on the door of a lone house near to Cobb County, Georgia. The homeowner opened up and found the two brothers staring up at him, covered in blood. The eldest went on to say "A bad man shot my mum with a pirate gun."                   Sources: https://www.policemag.com/patrol/article/15349032/the-murder-of-sara-tokars https://www.atla...

Heather turned to run back towards the way she’d just come from, but as she did so, the man leapt from the passenger side of the car and towards her. He asked if she was alright, before grabbing her by the arm. Heather let out a horrific scream, begging him to let her go, but the man just pushed her further away from the road and toward the woods next to it…     https://www.oxygen.com/in-ice-cold-...

Chillingly, in the early hours of new years day, when Rachel was leaving her mum and dad’s house, Wanda had gone after her, asking her not to go alone. While out with her, she had noticed that man not too far in the distance, who would have been able to hear their conversation. The police later confirmed that the man Wanda had seen at the end of the street, was in fact the suspect.       Sources:...

Schapelle hadn’t put padlocks on her suitcase, and so she, her 2 friends and her brother checked in their bags. Schapelle had all of her bags and her 2 friends bags checked in under her name because she had booked the flights, and then, the 4 of them made their way through security and onto the plane. As she madde her way through the airport, Schapelle noticed signs that littered the corridors of...

The ranger thought that Bob seemed abnormally calm in reporting the death. The fact he’d waited in line, and then in explaining what had happened, he’d shown almost no emotion. Bob told the ranger that he and his wife had stopped to take a photo and as he was setting up the tripod, he heard a little sound, turned back around, and saw that Donna was gone. Donna had stumbled backwards and fallen to...

A 2am wake up call to a group of men standing over the bed. One saying ‘This is a robbery’. And then a kidnapping that lasted almost 48 hours, with ransom demands and a number of types of assault. Thankfully, the kidnapping victim Denise Huskins was found safe, dropped off by the kidnapper, outside her family home hundreds of miles away. The Vallejo police department’s press release on March the 2...

In January of the following year, Stella’s daughter Cynthia went into her local police station. She had some information for officers- and it related to Bruce’s death. Cynthia told them that her mother had spoken to her a number of times about her dislike for Bruce.     Sources: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31437072867&ref_=ps_ggl_2039220669&cm_mmc=ggl-_-UK_Shopp_Tra...

Meanwhile, as the morning turned to afternoon, Fiona’s brother Samuel had begun to grow concerned. It was getting late- much later than Fiona's normal home time. She'd missed her meal and it was extremely out of character for her to do so without letting Samuel know. Samuel decided to to go to the farm to see if he could find her. He arrived at the farm and started to check the barn and stables. A...

CCTV tracks Sian leaving the nightclub alone, at 2:53am. 4 minutes later CCTV picks up Sian walking past the Goddard Arms pub.   That’s the last time anyone saw Sian O’Callaghan, before she disappeared.     https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9997185.day-by-day-how-the-sian-ocallaghan-investigation-unfolded/ https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/christopher-halliwell-serial-killers-new-book-m...

After a few moments of waiting outside, texting him that she’d arrived, Quyen was then greeted by Stephen at the back gate, and she made her way inside.   Just before letting Quyen inside the gate, Stephen had gestured to his friend William McFall to stay out of sight. It’s clear even by this point, that Quyen had no idea there would be another person inside the house she was about to enter.   The...

It quickly became clear that Luke Harlow was not who he portrayed himself to be. On twitter, the adult man, talked of himself as an amateur filmmaker and described himself as a 'professional serial killer' on Twitter. He also tweeted his plans to shoot a slasher movie called 'The Harvest' - with the tagline "This Halloween everyone dies”. If you like the episodes that we create, please consider 'b...

Ross said "I have been trying to call her loads. She came on Friday for about an hour. Then she left about nineish and went to McDonald’s… said she’d give me a call or a text when she got home – she never did."   Sources:   https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-leicestershire-63554849 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-63498160 https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-11-09/ htt...

 Ashlee and Ryan cooperated with the police and when one of the officers asked Ashlee if she knew what they were being pulled over for, Ashlee said (qu) I assume it’s for what you guys are calling the murder.           https://www.buymeacoffee.com/redrumhumans           https://www.mamamia.com.au/ashlee-martinson-tells-her-story/   https://morbidology.com/freedom-behind-bars-the-ashlee-martinson-c...

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/redrumhumans       The detective described the place they went to "It was a very thickly- wooded, dense area. Spiderwebs, 2:00 a.m., very dark. I had two of my investigators with me. We searched so long that our flashlight battery started wearing out. And we came across her pretty deep into the woods."       Sources:   https://alt.true-crime.narkive.com/eSbkSHoj/ashley...

HAPPY CHRISTMAS WITH THIS EARLY EPISODE     https://www.buymeacoffee.com/redrumhumans     The pizza-hut delivery driver made his way down the quiet, abandoned road- he quickly realised he’d gone the wrong way, so swung into a grassy area to turn the car around. As he did so, he noticed an object outside of the car. He stopped and got out… as he made his way towards the object laying in the overgro...

On Thursday the 9th of May, Dumfries police recieved a report from someone walking their dog along the bank of the River Leven. They had thought they'd seen something in the water, and as they made their way closer towards the item, they realised it was a torso.   This episode originally aired in April 2021 as a Patreon episode.       Show notes http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6177417.stm http://news.b...

As he approached the flats he saw blood on the ground and looked up to the railings on the wall that enclosed the courtyard at the bottom of the block. The near-naked body of a man was impaled on the railings. His head was facing towards the building and his legs were hanging down towards the street.   With the hugest thanks to our guest writer for their help with this episode!   References Paul F...

This is the second part of a two-parter. If you haven't listened to part one, I'd recommend heading back to episode 50 and starting there.   Spoilers below!           This report, would be the official record of the events of that fateful day... all the way up until almost 20 years later, when the horrific and unimaginable truth would come to light. The joint suicide pact between a broken hearted...

This is the first part of a 2 parter on The Killer Dentist. The second part is available to download immediately.   After she’d been in the bath for a little while, Colin came in and said he wanted to use the tape recorder. He lifted it up, and as he did so, the cable came out and somehow landed on Lesley’s arm, in the bath. This was attached to the main electricity supply and meant that as it tou...

As Bessie walked along the road, the murderer raised the stake up to shoulder height and brought it down with his full force on her head. The attacker then brought the 4 foot long sharpened fence stake down on her head again….. and again….. and again. The murderer then dragged her body into the ditch at the side of the road so it wouldn’t be seen by passers by.   With many thanks to our guest writ...

Benjamin pulled open the brown paper bag and threw the nylon chords onto the floor. One by one, the customers hands were tied behind them. Then their feet.   With many thanks to Tingying Dong and Kwok Hei Tung for their help on this episode.       Sources: https://www.historylink.org/File/298 https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-oct-26-la-na-nn-wah-mee-massacre-parole-20131026-story.html htt...