The FOX True Crime Podcast

For years, it was believed that Joseph Naso, the 'Alphabet Killer', only had four victims. But while behind bars, Naso began confiding in a fellow death row inmate, William Noguera. Naso would frequently brag about his crimes, including ones of which he hadn't been convicted. Little did he know, William was determined to bring justice to the victims and take down Naso in the process. Retired FBI T...

35-year-old Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr. is accused of holding four "vulnerable" adults in his basement for years. He was also charged with murder in the death of 49-year-old Shirley Arnsdorff, and first-degree sexual assault/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Attorneys for convicted Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger are asking a judge to waive hundreds of thousands in restitution to the victims’ families, arguing he has no ability to pay while serving multiple life sentences for the murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A long awaited update in the death of Ellen Greenberg remains a controversial one as the Philadelphia medical examiner's office has once again ruled her death a suicide. The 27-year-old school teacher was found dead inside her locked apartment in 2011. An autopsy revealed Ellen had sustained twenty stab wounds to her head, neck, back, and heart. The ruling marks a devastating blow for Ellen's pare...

A second tip led Philadelphia police to the body of 23-year-old Kada Scott, and prosecutors say 21-year-old Keon King, who was already tied to another kidnapping case, has now been charged in her murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the late 19th century, Lizzie Borden stood trial for the gruesome axe-murder of her father and his wife. The case became a media spectacle, and Lizzie gained notoriety across the country. Yet despite the legends and rumors, Lizzie was ultimately acquitted of these ghastly killings. Emily revisits her conversation with author and lawyer Cara Robertson, who brings new life to this historic case i...

Jake Haro has pleaded guilty to murder after being accused of killing his infant son, Emmanuel Haro, and falsely claiming the boy had been kidnapped. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A 63-year-old New York man has been arrested, and the murder convictions of three other men have been overturned after DNA found from a smoothie straw tied him to the 1984 murder of a 16-year-old girl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For years, investigators have had access to DNA left behind at crime scenes, but they've lacked the technology to do anything with it. However, forensic genetic genealogy has emerged as one of the leading ways to identify both suspects and victims of crime. Founder and CEO of Othram Labs David Mittelman provides an inside look at this revolutionary technology and explains how the company is workin...

A 42-year-old New York City man is pleading not guilty to torturing an elderly couple inside their home and then setting it on fire, killing both. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2014, Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University, was found shot and killed at his home. The murder in broad daylight concerned and confused the Tallahassee community. Dan's recent divorce and custody battle of his children would become a prime focus of the investigation. Years later, two shocking developments unfolded: the arrests of Dan's brother-in-law, Charlie Adelson, and his...

19-year-old Damien Hurstel was arrested and charged with the murder of his mother's boyfriend, 45-year-old Anthony Casalaspro. Police arrived at the scene to find the victim stabbed and beheaded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A convicted murderer who was part of a 10-person jailbreak in New Orleans in May has finally been caught. He was found hiding in a crawl space underneath a home in Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Disgraced media mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison last week, though he'll receive credit toward his sentence for the time he served in jail before and during the trial. Combs was convicted in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. FOX News Contributor and Criminal Defense Attorney Donna Rotunno provides her legal analysis on the sentenci...

A 33-year-old Connecticut woman is being accused of poisoning iced tea and wine belonging to her estranged husband with an antifreeze ingredient, after he was hospitalized for renal failure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year. While some are found alive, others, tragically, are not. In Detroit, Michigan, alone, there are hundreds of unidentified victims of crime buried in unmarked graves. Two women took it upon themselves to unearth these mysteries and identify victims through Operation UNITED. Retired FBI Special Agent Katherine Schweit discusses the incre...

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison on charges of transportation to engage in prostitution, avoiding a life sentence from his more severe charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Investigators say they've identified a woman who was found dead 43 years ago in Illinois using advanced DNA and genealogy work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Netflix documentary, Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, has exposed the ease with which people can anonymously target, harass, and threaten individuals online. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an important time to understand the ways in which seemingly common technology can be weaponized against us. Head of Faculty at SANS Institute, Heather Barnhart, provides her expertise on d...

DNA evidence has helped police create a timeline for the long-unsolved 1991 murders of four teenage girls who were found dead at a yogurt store in Austin, Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WARNING: This episode features sensitive topics involving children. Listener discretion is advised. In 1993, 10-year-old George Burdynski Jr. went missing from his Maryland home. While his case remains unsolved, the investigation into his disappearance led the FBI to uncover the dark and disturbing ways in which child predators interact with one another and with children online. This discovery led...

Assata Shakur, a fugitive and member of the Black Liberation Army, died at the age of 78. She was given political asylum in Cuba in 1979 after escaping prison for killing a New Jersey police officer six years prior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The U.S. Marshals announced that Travis Decker, the 32-year-old man accused of killing his three daughters in June, is deceased. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The suspect in the Gilgo Beach murders on Long Island, Rex Heuerman, was back in court this week, where the presiding Judge Tim Mazzei denied the defense’s motion to break up the seven murder charges into separate trials. In another bombshell ruling, Judge Mazzei allowed the use of advanced DNA evidence, a technique never before used in a New York courtroom.  Former NYPD Detective and FOX News Con...

A Gilgo Beach judge has ruled for a single trial for Rex Heuermann, the man arrested in 2023 for the alleged murders of seven women over the span of almost 20 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices