The Crime Shack

In June 2015, holistic medicine physician Teresa Sievers was attacked and brutally murdered in her Bonita Springs Florida home. Who would want to kill a successful doctor was a mystery to authorities, until the plot to murder her was uncovered, and the shocking mastermind behind it was revealed. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! Listener Supported...

In August 2013, 26 year old Brandon Lawson ran out of gas on a remote highway near Bronte, Texas and vanished without a trace. A strange 911 call deepened the mystery and lead to many conspiracy theories, but what really happened to Brandon that night leaves us with more questions than answers. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life!   Listener Supported...

In September 2017, private investigator Taylor Wright went missing. She'd entrusted her close friend Ashley McArthur with a substantial amount of her money for safekeeping, not knowing that it would lead to deadly repercussions. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! Listener Supported Support the show Follow  / Support The Crime Shack and Host Mic...

In the summer of June 1977, three young girls were found brutally murdered at a Girl Scout campground in Oklahoma.   What came to be known as the largest and longest manhunt for the perpetrator in Oklahoma history ensued, but the mystery of whether authorities actually captured the real killer, remains. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! Listener Su...

A woman goes missing during a bitter divorce battle, leading investigators into a bizarre world of aliens, conspiracy theories, cannibalism and conmen. What happened to Malaysian-born Girly Chew Hossencofft on September 9, 1999 was one of the most bizarre murder cases in Albuquerque New Mexico history. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! Listener Sup...

On June 7, 2021 the lives of the prominent Murdaugh family of South Carolina changed forever. A tragic double murder shrouded in mystery, shined the spotlight on the Murdaugh's legal dynasty, a tragic boat crash, and it’s possible connection to a 2015 cold case. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that could save your life! Listener Supported Support the show Follow  / Su...

John Battaglia was a handsome, charming and well-educated accountant living in downtown Dallas Texas. Though viewed by friends and colleagues as a loving, doting father to his daughters, John had a much darker side. In May 2001, newly divorced from his second wife Mary Jean Pearle, he would unleash that dark side in an ultimate and fatal act of revenge. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart&a...

32 year old Robert Wone, a lawyer from Oakton, Virginia, was staying overnight at the Washington D.C. home of college friend Joseph Price on August 2, 2006, when he was viciously attacked in the middle of the night.  The police investigation revealed that the crime scene was staged, and that the three residents that were in the house at the time of the attack who were all unharmed, knew more than...

Gary Heidnik was a Philadelphia murderer who kidnapped, tortured, and raped six women. Two of the women did not make it out of his basement alive.   Heidnik claimed insanity, but in July 1999, he was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection. Gary Heidnik was part of the inspiration of the Buffalo Bill character in Thomas Harris's 1988 novel, The Silence of the Lambs, and its 1991 f...

On October 25, 2012 Marina Krim arrived at her Manhattan apartment, trying to locate her two children, six year old Lucia “Lulu” and her 2 year old son Leo who had been with their nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, that day. What Marina found in the bathroom of her apartment was unimaginable, and would change her and her families lives forever. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'smart' jewelry that cou...

On February 14, 2018 former 19 year old student, Nikolas Cruz, walked into a three-story building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida - immediately before school was to end for that day - and began shooting.    In this episode, we dive into Cruz' disturbing past that led up to that fateful day, and the devastating  aftermath, of what was to become the deadliest high s...

In this special seasonal episode, I'll be discussing two cases that occurred on the night of October 31st: William "B.J." Liske: A family of three are brutally murdered while in their beds in rural Martin, Ohio.  Details of a troubled family member surface as investigators begin to search for the perpetrator.  Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna: Three roommates fall asleep in their...

In the 1980’s, Dorothea Helen Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento California for the elderly, drug addicted and mentally disabled. As part of their agreement in renting a room in Dorothea's house, she would retrieve her tenants' daily mail, cash their social security checks and give them only a portion of the money...and if they refused or gave her problems about it, they would mys...

In the early morning of January 14, 2018, with the help of a 17 year old girl, authorities would come to discover the shocking truth behind the Turpin family of Perris, California.  The Turpin’s had the appearance of a perfect, happy and successful family. David and Louise Turpin and their 13 homeschooled children would go on adventures to Disneyland and Las Vegas, never bringing suspicion to thos...

In the middle of the night or early morning of April 21st and 22nd of 2016, eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families were murdered - execution-style - in their homes in Pike County Ohio. In Part 2, we continue to follow the extensive 2 1/2 year investigation as authorities narrow in on the suspects.  The evidence in the investigation is revealed, as well as the shocking potential motive beh...

In the middle of the night or early morning of April 21st and 22nd of 2016, eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families were murdered - execution-style - in their homes in Pike County Ohio. This episode is a multi-part series that details the events of this brutal slaying of almost an entire family, and the extensive two-year investigation that follows. Invisawear Safety Jewelry: The 'sma...

Geza de Kaplany, also known notoriously as “The Acid Doctor,” was a Hungarian doctor who immigrated to the United States in the 1950’s. In 1962, Geza met and quickly fell in love with a fellow Hungarian immigrant, Hajna Piller, who was a model and dancer.  After only being married for a couple of months, Geza heard a rumor about his new wife that angered him, causing him to mutilate her and kill h...

Maternal filicide is a term used to describe when a mother murders her own child or children.  This is a rare and uncommon type of crime that begs the question “what would cause someone to do something so horrendous?”  In this episode we discuss a couple of cases that occurred within the last 5 years, of maternal filicide where two seemingly good and loving mothers commit the unimaginable. Invisaw...

In September of 2012, Toni Henthorn, a 50 year old ophthalmologist, fell more than 120 feet off a cliff to her death on Deer Mountain Trail in the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.  She was on an anniversary hike with her husband of 12 years, Harold Henthorn. Unbeknownst to Toni, Harold had obtained life insurance policies on his wife totaling millions of dollars. In 1995, 17 years prior t...

Natascha Kampusch, an Austria native who lived with her family in a suburb of Vienna, Austria, was abducted by a stranger named Wolfgang Přiklopil on March 2, 1998. For 8 ½ years she was held captive in a custom built cellar Wolfgang Přiklopil ’s house and “thought only of escape” during her entire time imprisoned.  She escaped on August 23, 2006, and has since written a book, 3096 days, describin...

Barry and Honey Sherman, Toronto residents, were known by many to give generously to multiple charities and were close with their family and friends. Barry was the founder of Apotex, Inc. a global pharmaceutical company, and he and his wife Honey were heavily involved in philanthropy. Before heading to a planned trip to Miami, Florida, Barry and Honey Sherman were found strangled in the basement o...

Todd Mullis married Amy Fuller in 2004. Todd and Amy’s marriage was far from perfect, and Amy had a couple of affairs during her marriage with the intent of eventually divorcing Todd. Amy had confided in several friends and family members of her unhappiness in her marriage, her affairs, her intent to want to leave Todd, but also her fears of doing so. Todd invested many years of work and money int...