This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

Part 1 of 2 On April 3rd, 1996, three men approached a secluded cabin in Lincoln, Montana. The owner, 53-year-old Ted Kaczynski opened the door and was quickly apprehended by the FBI. The agents celebrated the fact they'd finally caught him. They'd finally caught the Unabomber, the subject of the largest manhunt in the history of the United States. It was estimated to cost approximately 50 million...

In the early morning of September 5th, 1982, 12-year-old Johnny Gosch set out for his morning paper route in West Des Moines, Iowa. Typically, Johnny's father woke up early to help him with delivering the papers. Recently, Johnny had been begging his parents to let him complete the route on his own. His parents told him that he couldn't. However that Sunday morning, he didn't wake up his father an...

We wanted to give everyone a sneak peek at our newest Patreon show called "T to the 4th Power Y,"  time to talk to you, where we just hang out and shoot the shit about our weeks and what's going on in our lives. These episodes drop every Sunday and are available at every level of the Patreon ! For as little as $3/month, you get all of our regular episodes ad-free, a bonus episode per month and a w...

For about an hour on December 28th, 1987, the town of Russellville, Arkansas was under siege.  A gunman had gone on a shooting spree, targeting what seemed to be random businesses and people.  Expecting a bloody end to the spree, the police were shocked when the man gave himself up.  Once they discovered his name, Ronald Gene Simmons, they began to uncover a series of events that had taken place o...

On September 12th, 2019, 33-year-old Brandon Embry was found nude, unconscious, and barely breathing in a pool of his own blood on the floor of his Asheboro, North Carolina apartment. He had sustained significant trauma and was covered in blood, bruises, and cuts. He was so severely injured that he did not survive. Investigators were quick to conclude that Brandon's cause of death was pneumonia, a...

On February 28th, 1997, 2 men went into a branch of Bank of America in North Hollywood.  They were heavily armed and heavily armored.  They quickly got the attention of the employees and bystanders by firing into the air.  A patrol car outside the bank heard the shots and reported a robbery with shots fired.  What ensued was one of the biggest gun battles in U.S. police history..Oh, and it was bro...

Former police sergeant Drew Peterson was convicted in the 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. He was also named a suspect in 2007 in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson. Check out our good friends at True Crime Guys on Apple Podcasts or wherever you are listening now! Want access to our first 45 episodes? Grab em here! We've made them available for free to anyone who si...

Leading up to Thanksgiving 2012, Byron David Smith claimed that his home had been broken into at least half a dozen times over the course of a few months, only one of which he reported to the police.  On Thanksgiving Day, 2012, Byron was home, reading a book in his favorite reading chair when he heard glass break and decided to take matters into his own hands.  The next moments were captured on an...

Part 2 of 2. In the late 1960's, Hollywood Boulevard was filled with people carrying flyers that said "Repent or Perish." These people were members of The Alamo Christian Foundation, a ministry led by husband and wife, Tony and Susan Alamo. The two called themselves prophets and said that God spoke directly to them. What started as a chance meeting in a bar led to the formation of one of the most...

[Part 1 of 2] In the late 1960's, Hollywood Boulevard was filled with people carrying flyers that said "Repent or Perish." These people were members of The Alamo Christian Foundation, a ministry led by husband and wife, Tony and Susan Alamo. The two called themselves prophets and said that God spoke directly to them. What started as a chance meeting in a bar led to the formation of one of the most...

10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was a beautiful, bright young girl living in the sleepy town of Bay Village, Ohio with her family. She loved school, horses, and being silly. In the summer of 1989, she and her best friend Kristy brought out a Ouija board at a sleepover. Amy asked the board when she would die and the board spelled out S-O-O-N. The girls didn't think much of it. Less than six months after...

In July of 1982, the movie Poltergeist was released in theaters and was a runaway success.  As one of it's stars, Dominique Dunne's career began to take off.  In October of 1982, 22 year old Dominique was beginning to prepare for her next role and was looking forward to her career's growth off the success of Poltergeist.  Her boyfriend however, wasn't able to handle his jealousy and anger at her n...

In January of 2018, the country became fixated on a quiet neighborhood in Perris, CA.  911 received a frantic call from a young girl who said she had escaped from her home, where she and her siblings were kept hostage.  When police arrived and entered the house, they found David and Louise Turpin, and 12 of their children, all of whom were malnourished and appeared to have suffered unimaginable ab...

Between 2002 and 2004, three girls between the ages of 14 and 21 vanished from the streets of Cleveland, Ohio. They were all last seen within a few block radius of one another and seemingly disappeared into thin air. A short phone call after one of the girls went missing was the only clue and it didn't provide police with much to go on. Then, almost 11 years after the first woman went missing, the...

On Friday, March 19th, 2004, 17-year-old Brianna Maitland clocked out of her job at the Black Lantern Inn in Montgomery, Vermont at 11:20PM. She told her co-workers that she needed to get home and get some rest before starting at her second part time job the next morning. Brianna was never seen again. In the early morning hours of the following day, her vehicle was found off the road and backed in...

On August 20, 1989, José and Mary "Kitty" Menendez were shot to death in their Beverly Hills home. Nearly seven years, three trials and many thousands of hours of TV coverage later, their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez, were found guilty of their murders and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. In between, the Menendez murders became one of the most famous criminal cases of...

On June 17th 2013, around 5:30 AM in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, a jogger out for his daily run decided to take a quick shortcut through an industrial area on the way home.  It was there that he stumbled upon the body of 27 year old Odin Lloyd.  Later that day, the news reported that the body had been found about a mile from the home of NFL Star Aaron Hernandez.  Within days, Hernandez was in...

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.  Almost 3,000 people died that day and it's a day we'll never forget.  For one family, it became a battle to get their loved one's name included in the list of victims.  Sneha Anne Philip was last seen on September 10th, 2001, but was she a victim of the attacks on the World Trade Center? Wanna take our Patreon for a test drive an...

After the sun had set on August 16th, 1980 at Ayers Rock in Central Australia, 32-year-old Lindy Chamberlain ran from the tent at her campsite towards the communal barbecue area, screaming that a dingo had her baby. Nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain, who'd been put to sleep just a few minutes earlier by her mother, Lindy, had disappeared from the tent. Lindy watched as a dingo ran out of their tent...

On November 3, 2018, 40-year-old Tamla Horsford spent the evening and late night drinking with her girlfriends and celebrating one of the friend's birthdays at a home in Cumming, Georgia. Despite the night of good food, friends, and drinking, the party ultimately ended in tragedy. Early the next morning, Tamla, the only black person at the party, was found lying face down in the backyard, dead. Th...

Part 2 of 2: Andrew Cunanan was a big talker and wanted all the best things in life.  Unfortunately, he was unwilling to work to reach his goals.  Instead he lived off the wealth of his older lovers and off the money from the drugs he sold (and used).  Then Cunanan's desire for the finer things and wanting people to know his name led him down the path to serial murder and eventually the assassinat...

Andrew Cunanan was a big talker and wanted all the best things in life.  Unfortunately, he was unwilling to work to reach his goals.  Instead he lived off the wealth of his older lovers and off the money from the drugs he sold (and used).  Then Cunanan's desire for the finer things and wanting people to know his name led him down the path to serial murder and eventually the assassination of Gianni...

In the fall of 1996, the hip hop world would lose one of it's icons.  6 months later, they would lose another.  Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G.,  were icons and revolutionized the music industry.  Their deaths shocked the world and changed the face of music forever.  Over the years, many have attempted to solve these cases, but they remain unsolved Wanna take our Patreon...

In the fall of 1996, the hip hop world would lose one of it's icons.  6 months later, they would lose another.  Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G.,  were icons and revolutionized the music industry.  Their deaths shocked the world and changed the face of music forever.  Over the years, many have attempted to solve these cases, but they remain unsolved. Wanna take our Patreo...

On Thursday, January 10, 2013, 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson never returned home after a day at school. The following day, his body was found wedged in the middle of a large wrestling mat in the corner of his Valdosta, Georgia high school's gym. Kendrick's death was ruled a tragic accident and the investigation was closed after four months. However, the Johnson family was adamant that their son was...