The Murderer You Know

On Black Friday 2013, a husband and father of two received a phone call that would change his life forever. Join our hosts as they investigate one family members version of events and the aftermath of this tragic holiday weekend-eve. 911 calls, recorded interviews, and regret free with stream. Trigger warning: this episode contains extended conversation surrounding suicide and mental health. Pleas...

Hey look ma, we made it! 12 months, 365 days, 52 episodes , join our hosts as they ring out our first year! You want prizes? We got three! You want a year in review? Check it out at 00:06:18 ! You want a whos who of all of everyone's favorite episodes? Check it out at 00:22:29 ! You want apology letters? 00:37:11 ! You want prison tales? 00:43:00 ! Updates? 00:48:40 ! Lawyerina questions? 01:1...

The story picks up 1 ½ months after Mike and Mary Short were found tragically murdered in their home, and while there have been many leads and tips, none of them have led anywhere. As more time passes, and investigators await DNA results from human remains found 30 miles from the family home, they become more anxious, so they reach out for help from dentists, from family members, and from a person...

On August 15th, a young man arrived at his friend Mike’s home, to find that he had been murdered. When first responders arrived on scene, they discovered that his wife had met the same tragic fate, and that their 9 year old daughter was missing. Immediately the race was on to find her and bring her home. Join our hosts for part one of this trip down the yellow brick timeline. which includes update...

As the investigation continued after a woman was found murdered in her home on May 13th 2020, the police began to make arrests. Will anyone from this cast of characters see justice? Who is this cast of characters even? Join our hosts as they unravel the truth, as determined by the justice system, in this complicated and still ongoing case. Life insurance payouts, coverups, and a 54 text message pl...

On May 12th, 2020, after 19 years of marriage, a former detective came home to find the family Jeep missing, his home ransacked, and his wife murdered. Minutes after arriving home he made a tearful 911 call and cooperated with officers as they arrived on the scene. His expert opinion, from years on the force, was that it was a robbery gone wrong, but as a search for the suspects, and the missing J...

On March 3rd 2019, after a night of partying, two groups of friends kept having run ins, which eventually moved to a 7-Eleven parking lot. When members from each of the groups pulled out guns, things took a violent turn. Did the eventual outfall take place in self defense, or in cold blood? Join our hosts as they discuss the evening, the trial, and the years following. Will we ever see a successfu...

After a brutal, and likely staged, home invasion/murder-suicide, the prime suspect went home to be with his children. In the house where his wife was murdered. For two years. But police were dead set on bringing him to justice. Join our hosts as they discuss what the police were up to for the two years following one devastating afternoon in 2017. Secret recordings, damning emails, and gavel slams...

On January 6th, 2017, a 14 year old girl arrived home after school to discover that her parents had been attacked inside her family home. A weird 911 call, a strange interview with law enforcement, and a house full of bizarre evidence later, are detectives any closer to bringing the perpetrator to justice? Join our hosts and they discuss a very, very bizarre series of events that took place on an...

After a young mother was attacked in her home and recovered from multiple surgeries, she began working with officers to bring her attacker to justice, but in the years following the crime, it became less and less clear if that had been accomplished. Join our hosts for this part two episode picking up with the young mother's side of the story. Did this strong survivor accurately identify the gu...

In October 1969, a young soldier had moved back to his hometown with his wife. He picked up two new jobs and was enjoying spending more time with his family, but he wasn’t feeling quite himself.  Join our hosts as they discuss the events that took place in a small Virginia town on the afternoon of October first. Sixties trivia, lookouts, and family trees free with stream. Disclaimer: This podcast...

Welcome back to Episode 42 - it’s a part two! Nine days after a young pre-med student disappeared from a club in a beach town, two men were arrested after an ex-girlfriend recognized one of them in a police sketch. In the years that followed, the men were brought to justice, received their sentences, and went off to jail for their just desserts; but 5 years later, one of them had another story to...

Join our hosts for episode 41 as they return to their normal, friendless format to discuss a mysterious disappearance from a super schwanky clurb nearby their hometown. In June of 1995, a 21 year old pre-med student and a 20 year old Navy Seal locked eyes across a crowded club dance floor. Throughout the course of the night, they kept finding their way back to each other and were looking for any e...

Join our hosts, and another special guest - Deborah from Dying to be Found! - for a different podcast experience this week. On August 28, 1984, 18-year old Elisabeth was asked to help her dad, Josef, with a chore. Military tensions were high and Josef had just built a bunker, but needed help hanging doors. Elisabeth obliged, but as she completed her task and turned to head back upstairs, Josef dou...

Is it weird to be obsessed with true crime? Can kids follow the possible consequences of their decisions through to the likely outcome? What is an ACE? Join our hosts and a *very special guest* as they delve into the questions that have been lingering in their minds over 39 episodes and beyond. But wait, there's more! This special guest joins our hosts not only as an incredibly insightful prof...

So the bad guy is in jail, but that isn't where this story ends. Join our hosts for some post sentencing updates as well as a comprehensive overview of other missing and murdered women who have been officially and unofficially linked to Mr. Football. After entering an Alford plea in the case of a sexual assault crime and accepting plea deals related to abductions and murders in 2009 and 2014,...

On the evening of September 12th 2014, Mr. Football, the not-so-gentle-giant, as it was turning out, was having the creepiest, most horrifying night out on the town. By the early morning hours of September 13th, he had already spent time in at least four bars, and was making a growing list of women incredibly uncomfortable with his inappropriate and unwanted conducted. After stumbling out of a bar...

In December of 1982, a kind and loving future football star was born. He took a full ride to play football in college, he studied psychology, he fell in love, he seemed to really be going places. But after a horrifying murder in 2014, the details of his life came into focus, and nothing was as it seemed.  Join our hosts as they discuss the early life and several crimes of a notorious serial r...

Through the 2022 and 2023 school years, a young student was giving his teachers a lot of trouble - threatening notes, name calling, even physical violence - and while his teachers reached out to administrators for help and guidance, as the years passed, they worried their concerns were falling on deaf ears.  Join our hosts as they discuss a crescendo of events leading up to one horrible, horr...

After perpetrating a terrible crime, and getting escape assistance from the most unlikely source, Bonnie, Clyde, and Little Buddy made their way to California. Did they make it there and live happily ever after?  Join our hosts as they dissect what happened to this less than lovable threesome after the June 7th double murder of Bonnie's dad and older sister. Sweet 16, Valentine's Day parole,...

The year was 1992: Boys II Men was on the radio, Murder, She Wrote was on the TV (yasss!), summer was in the air, and a teenage couple found themselves very confused about what young love was really supposed to be like. After being MIA for a week, and picking up a tag along, a 16 year old boy and his 15 year old girlfriend, headed to her family home with plans to rob her parents in order to fund a...

After committing a devastating, life altering crime on August 12th, 2010, the 19 year old assailant spiraled out of control. As time passed and the case continued to develop, he made multiple attempts to regain control to no avail. Join our hosts as they discuss case developments in the week following the crime, an arrest, a mental health evaluation, a suppression hearing, and more. Blues-cluesing...

On August 9th, 2010, a troubled kid returned home to a multi-day fight with his mom. By August 12th, the fight had taken a serious, irredeemable turn for the worse. Join our hosts as they discuss the major events in a young man's life, that may have contributed to him eventually making the worst mistake imaginable. From kind, caring bass player to 7 time convicted felon to the eventuality of Augus...

Trigger warning: this episode contains descriptions of mass violence and an individual suffering with mental health issues including paranoia and major depression. Viewer discretion is advised. On May 31st 2019, a 40 year old man had a seemingly *mostly* normal day at work. He emailed coworkers, made phone calls, and visited job sites like every other day, but in spite of this seemingly normal day...

Have you ever wondered what a life might look like leading up to a devastating crime? From the seemingly mundane to the nerve-wrackingly red-flag adjacent (or is that just the hindsight bias talking?) our hosts take a look into the life of a man who eventually committed a hideous, horrible, unspeakable crime. On May 31st 2019, a 40 year old man reported to work for his shift and ended the day by o...