True Crime All The Time

Margaret Rudin lived in fifteen different locations before she graduated high school. She married young and had children. By the 1980s, she was living in Las Vegas when she met and married Ron Rudin. It was the fifth marriage for both Ron and Margaret. But it was a rocky marriage filled with deceit and infidelity. Ron Rudin vanished just before Christmas in 1994, and when his body was found in a s...

Ronald Gene Simmons committed the worst family massacre in the history of the US. Around Christmas in 1987, Simmons murdered 14 members of his family over a period of about four days in Arkansas. Then, several days after Christmas, Simmons went on a shooting rampage trying to get back at various people he felt had wronged him over the years. He murdered two more people and injured many others. Joi...

On the surface, 17-year-old Napoleon Beazley appeared to be an all-American kid. He was a star athlete in both football and track as a senior at his high school in Grapeland, Texas. He came from a good family, and his classmates elected him as the senior class president. But, under the surface, Napoleon was much different than the persona that he showed to everyone. Reports had him dealing crack c...

In April of 1996, Martin Bryant perpetrated an unimaginable mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania that shocked Australia and the world. Bryant's actions left 35 dead and many people wounded. It caused changes in Australia's gun laws, and left many pointing the finger at agencies they felt could have stopped Bryant at different points in time. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Martin Bryant and...

In April of 1996, Martin Bryant perpetrated an unimaginable mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania that shocked Australia and the world. Bryant's actions left 35 dead and many people wounded. It caused changes in Australia's gun laws, and left many pointing the finger at agencies they felt could have stopped Bryant at different points in time. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss Martin Bryant and...

Richard Crafts seemingly had a great life. He was a successful airline pilot with a great wife and three children. But, by 1986, his wife Helle had hired a divorce attorney and a private investigator to track his infidelity. Before Richard was served with divorce papers, Helle disappeared. Richard very quickly became the center of police attention when they found he had rented a woodchipper and th...

Yazeed Essa was a respected doctor with a loving wife and two young children. But, that wasn't enough for Yaz. He engaged in a number of extra-marital affairs and longed to be free to live a playboy's life. So, he hatched a plan to kill his wife Rosie. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murderous doctor Yazeed Essa. Yaz thought he was smart enough to get away with murder by refilling his wife...

Leroy Hall Jr had a fascination with fire from an early age. He also had an obsession with his estranged girlfriend Traci Crozier. When Traci rejected his attempts at reconciliation, Hall stalked her and ultimately lit her on fire while she sat inside her car. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the heinous murder committed by Leroy Hall Jr. This was a man who could not let go of the woman he felt...

Douglas Feldman was a man teetering on the edge. His world was falling apart and it seemed only a matter of time before he did something explosive. A road rage incident in 1998 in the Dallas, Tx area led to multiple murders. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murders of Douglas Feldman. Feldman was riding a Harley motorcycle when the incident happened and also when he committed his murders. B...

19-year-old Ashton Sachs was a college student who came from a large family. His mother, Andra, had built a multi-million dollar empire. In 2014, someone entered the Sachs' California home and began shooting. Ashton's father Bill and his mother Andra were killed. His 8-year-old brother was paralyzed. The police investigation began with those people who had bad business dealings with the Sachs. But...

Ryan Jenkins was a good looking guy with a good education, who grew up in a wealthy Canadian household. His life changed when he accepted an invitation to be on a VH1 reality television show called Megan Wants a Millionaire. Megan Hauserman, a veteran of VH1 reality shows, was to choose between 17 millionaires. But, the world would never see all of the episodes aired because Ryan Jenkins was accus...

17-year-old Daniel LaPlante had a history of breaking into homes in his hometown of Townsend, Massachusetts. He was charged with breaking into and terrorizing the family an ex-girlfriend. Two months after being released from jail on bail, he committed a brutal triple homicide of a mother and her two children. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the crimes of Daniel LaPlante. Early on in the invest...

Marjorie Orbin was a dancer and choreographer in Las Vegas who was used to men paying a lot of attention to her. She was married six times by the time she was 34-years-old. But, the one thing she wanted most was to have a child. Jay Orbin was a successful businessman who fell head over heels for Marjorie and promised that he would pay whatever it took to get her the fertility treatments it took to...

Aileen Wuornos was a rarity in true crime, a true female serial killer. Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida between December 1989 and November 1990. Her story captivated many as authorities pieced together her murders. The state of Florida called her a cold-blooded murdered while Aileen portrayed herself as a victim who defended herself against men bent on hurting her. Join Mike and Gibby for th...

Aileen Wuornos was a rarity in true crime, a true female serial killer. Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida between December 1989 and November 1990. Her story captivated many as authorities pieced together her murders. The state of Florida called her a cold-blooded murdered while Aileen portrayed herself as a victim who defended herself against men bent on hurting her. Join Mike and Gibby for th...

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were a high number of sexual assaults in the South Hill section of Spokane, Washington. The authorities created a task force to catch this predator that the media dubbed "The South Hill Rapist." It would take some time but, eventually, authorities closed in on a man named Kevin Coe, whose father was the managing editor of The Spokane Chronicle. When the...

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there were a high number of sexual assaults in the South Hill section of Spokane, Washington. The authorities created a task force to catch this predator that the media dubbed "The South Hill Rapist." It would take some time but, eventually, authorities closed in on a man named Kevin Coe, whose father was the managing editor of The Spokane Chronicle. When the...

On July 11th, 1988, 27-year-old Julie Love was on her way home from a meeting when she disappeared. Her car was found a few days later and police theorized that she had run out of gas and met with foul play. It became a highly publicized missing persons case and the pressure was on the police to solve it. Julie's family did everything they could to find their daughter. They knew she had not run of...

Matthew Macon had a rough childhood and he, along with some of his siblings, were placed into foster care at an early age. Macon developed a pretty extensive juvenile record and spent time at a number of facilities for juvenile offenders. He committed his first sexual assault at the age of 14. He spent much of his adult life incarcerated, but during the times he was out, he murdered 7 women. Join...

Susan Polk was convicted of murdering her husband of 20 years, respected psychologist, Felix Polk in 2002. Susan claimed that the killing was self-defense but the prosecution argued that she killed Felix for money and custody of her children because of a contentious divorce. The two were married for 20 years and had 3 children together at the time of the murder. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss...

In 1997, the Lillelid family was on their way home from a Jehovah's Witness retreat in Johnson City, Tennessee. Vidar, Delphina, and their two children, 6-year-old Tabitha and 2-year-old Peter stopped at a rest area to picnic. That's where they encountered a group of six young people who were travelling, trying to leave their lives in their small Kentucky town behind. When the two groups met, it s...

19-year-old Steven Colver and 14-year-old Tylar Witt became lovers despite their age difference. But, when Tylar's mother Joanne began a campaign to keep them apart, the pair made the decision that to be together they had to murder Joanne. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the murder of Joanne Witt committed by Steven Colver and Tylar Witt. Colver and Witt went to great lengths to keep their rel...

By 1985, Daniel Remeta was a 27-year-old man who had spent the majority of his life incarcerated. He had been jailed numerous times and had done two different stints in prison. He was facing an arraignment for a destruction of property charge when he decided to skip town with his 18-year-old girlfriend and another friend. What transpired was a multi-state crime spree in which Remeta murdered five...

16-year-old James Parker and 17-year-old Robert Tulloch were friends who were bored with life in their small town of Chelsea, VT. They began to scheme and plan on ways to get to Australia. Eventually, those plans turned to crime and evolved into murder. Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the crimes of Parker and Tulloch. How did these two kids come to the determination that they were willing to d...

Joseph Christopher went on a killing spree in 1980 around the Buffalo, New York area that caused the press to dub him the ".22 Caliber Killer." Christopher's murders were racially motivated and he targeted black males. But, he varied his M.O. up so much that police weren't sure how many murderers they were chasing and it caused the media to throw out other names such as the Midtown Slasher and the...