Story Crime Podcast

In today's episode, I tell Rachel all about the infamous serial killer from the UK, John Reginald Halliday Christie. John Christie was an interesting man who seemed to live a more or less normal, crime free life up until he didn't. By the time John was arrested, he would have taken at least 8 lives. Join us for part one where we talk about John's childhood, his early crimes, his marriage to his wi...

Mark and Jennair Gerardot were just teenagers when they met and fell in love. The couple would marry and enjoy 24 years of a happy, but imperfect at times, marriage. In 2017, Mark would start a new job at the University of Delaware, where he would meet a successful, accomplished, and all around fantastic woman named Meredith Chapman. Meredith was Mark's boss and 15 years his junior, but neverthele...

Phil Hartman was a legendary comedian who you might remember from such shows as Saturday Night Live and Newsradio, along with a couple of on-going roles in a little cartoon called The Simpsons, where he played low rate lawyer, Lionel Hutz, and B-Film actor, Troy McClure, among others. But Phil was so much more than just an actor. He was a graphic artist, a skilled impressionist, and an all around...

Happy New Year from Story Crime Podcast! We hope that 2022 was a blast for everyone and here's to an even better 2023. In today's episode, I'll be sharing 5 cases with Rachel that have had some sort of major break through or update....or have even been solved....in 2022. Join us as we take a "shallow dive" into each of these cases. (I plan on doing a deeper dive into each of these in the coming ye...

In our very first Story Crime Christmas Episode, we bring you a chilling Christmas murder from Chicago, Illinois. In 2013, 18 year old Alexis Valdez was not in the Christmas Spirit when he viciously took the life of his aunt's boyfriend Sylvestre Diaz-Hernandez. We also dive into the Holiday Legend of the "Yule Family" from Iceland. We will give you the deets on this terrifying tale involving Gryl...

On June 6th, 1992, Suzie Streeter and Stacy McCall spent the day celebrating with friends and family after graduating from high school. They would enjoy a night out with friends attending a few graduation parties before heading back to Suzie's house for the night, with plans to head to Branson, Mo. is the morning to go to a popular waterpark. Suzie and Stacy would never make it to Branson on June...

In today's episode we give you the conclusion of the Sunday Morning Slasher aka Coral Eugene Watts. We will follow Coral all the way to Texas where his killing spree only intensifies until this maniac is finally brought to justice....well, kind of... Join us on this wild ride and listen as Rachel loses her mind during all of the twists and turns that this case takes! Follow us on Instagram: @story...

We are back after two long weeks of being sicker then we have ever been in the last few years! We thank every one of our listeners for their patience and we hope you enjoy our latest episode! Carl "Coral" Eugene Watts is probably one of the most prolific serial killers that the United States has ever seen, yet hardly anyone knows his name. When I started researching this case I thought to myself,...

Today we finish our discussion of the Freeway Killer, William Bonin. Join us as we dive in to how this monster was finally caught and put behind bars before he was eventually executed. We will also be talking about the fate of his 4 accomplices. Again, this episode contains discussions of rape, torture, abuse, and the death penalty. If these topics are triggering for you, please join us next week....

Happy Halloween Everyone! We decided that since it's the spookiest day of the year, we would celebrate by giving you guys two episodes this week, starting with Part One of a truly horrifying case that left both me and Rachel with nightmares. The case isn't Halloween related, however, this is a monster that could scare you any day of the year. We hope you enjoy.... William Bonin was one of three se...

I think this giant monster needs no introduction. Join Rachel and I as we discuss the life and crimes of The Co-Ed Killer Edmund Kemper. Kemper started killing at the age of just 15 years old when he murdered his grandparents in cold blood. But this was just the beginning of the havoc he would wreak in Northern California in the 1970's where he murdered 7 women before achieving his life's mission...

Abby Drover was a normal 12 year old girl growing up in Port Moody, British Columbia with her mother and two older sisters. She was a kind, caring, little girl, who loved hanging out with her friends and spending time with her family. On March 10, 1976, Abby would go missing on her way to school. It would be 181 days before anyone would learn what had happened to her. To everyone's shock, the perp...

****WE DID IT*** We made it all the way to 25 episodes and, a little warning, this one is going to be rough. The Tool Box Killers were two American Serial killers by the names of Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris. The two men met in prison and concocted a detailed plan of how they were going to kidnap, torture, and murder teenage girls together. OG FBI profiler, John Douglas, once described Bittake...

In this episode we travel to Melbourne, Australia where, in March of 1999, 15 year old Rachel Barber disappeared after attending dance school. Despite the police trying to convince her family that Rachel was simply a runaway, the Barber's, their family and friends, along with the community wouldn't give up hope of finding their daughter. After two weeks of searching, Rachel would be discovered mur...

Grab a snack and settle in because this is a long one friends. Today we conclude our 2 part series on Fred and Rose West and the horrors of 25 Cromwell Street. There are many twists and turns in this case and it's taken us on quite a wild ride. Just a quick warning that we will be discussing topics that include rape, child abuse, sexual assault, torture, and suicide so if these topics aren't for y...

Hey guys. This week we have a truly infamous and wild case for you all. We will be talking about Fred and Rosemary West, who were probably one of the absolute worst serial killing couples in history. In part one we will be talking about where they came from, their respective childhoods, and the absolute horrors they faced growing up from the people who were supposed to be caring for them. These tw...

In 2004, Andre Lee Thomas killed his estranged wife Laura Boren, his four-year-old son, Andre Jr. and Laura’s, one-year-old daughter, Leyah, in Sherman, Texas. Andre would confess to the crime and be later sentenced to death. However, it would become evident that Andre may not have known what he was doing due to severe, ongoing, and untreated mental illness. In this episode, we ask you, how c...

Herb Baumeister was a respectable, law abiding businessman and a loving husband and father. But behind closed doors, Herb was hiding a dark and disturbing secret life. While Herb was playing family man, a series of mysterious disappearances and unsolved murders in the gay community were taking place in Indianapolis and along the stretch of the I-70 highway. As time would go on, all signs started t...

Kitty Genovese was murdered in front of her home in Kew Gardens, Queens New York on March 13th, 1964. Although the murder wasn’t immediately reported on in the press, the New York Times would end up publishing an article two weeks later titled: “ 37 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police; Apathy at Stabbing of Queens Woman Shocks Inspector”, and starts out by stating “For more than half an hou...

Junko Furuta was a beautiful, smart, and caring 17 year old girl from Japan who had her whole life ahead of her and was planning for her future. In November of 1988, she caught the eye of the school bully and self proclaimed Yakuza member, Hiroshi Miyano. After turning Junko turned him down, Hiroshi and 3 of his friends abducted Junko and subjected her to 44 days of the most horrific torture and a...

***We just wanted to give a quick warning that this episode contains talk of drug abuse, domestic violence, and suicide.*** Today we bring you the conclusion of the tragic story of Sid and Nancy. Although no one really knows what happened to Nancy Spungen on the night of October 12th 1978, we will be discussing what people close to the couple remember as well as some theories about what could have...

In the U.K. in the 1970's the punk music movement was in full swing, and a little band called the Sex Pistols were turning heads. They introduced a whole new sound to England's youth and would effectively turn the music industry upside down. But their success would come with a serious price, culminating in the murder of a young groupie named Nancy Spungen, followed by the death of her boyfriend an...

**This episode comes with a heavy trigger warning for anyone who is uncomfortable with hearing about cases that involve rape, sexual assault, and torture. ** Bob Berdella was known to many as the unassuming local business owner who enjoyed collecting strange artifacts to fill the shelves in his local shop called Bob's Bazaar Bizarre. Little did anyone know, that the man from the curiosity shop was...

In August of 1993, the tiny town of Savona, NY was rocked by the disappearance of 4 year old Derrick Robie who went missing while walking to a summer day camp program down the street from his house. After just a few hours of searching, Derrick's body was found in a vacant lot close to his home and the community was in a panic thinking that an unknown child killer had come into their safe little vi...

***This is a re-release since I messed something up about a month ago and accidentally put this episode behind an unbreachable paywall🤦‍♀️ If you haven't heard it, it's our very first attempt at recording this podcast, so please don't judge us, were still learning everyday. Enjoy!!*** In our first episode, Rachel and I will be talking about the grand daddy of serial killers himself, the Infamous...