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Cult leaders, with their charisma and allure, always wield a captivating influence over the individuals who become their devoted followers. These figures not only have the ability to deliver their ideologies in a way that unfolds gradually and increases with intensity over time but also their ability to fulfill the needs of those who seek purpose, belonging, or a sense of identity. In today’s epis...

The body of Corey Parker was found the day after Thanksgiving in her Jacksonville, FL apartment. She had been brutalized and stabbed over 100 times. It would take detectives over a year to bring her killer to justice and when they did they learned that this was a family affair…just not the kind you could ever guess.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://thecinemaholic.com/corey-parkers-mur...

Join us for our annual listener stories episode! If you submitted a story be on the lookout for an email with the details of your Amazon gift card or a message from us. Thank you for all of your submissions, they were amazing, you are amazing, WE LOVE YOU ALL! Happy Halloween, xx TCC

In the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day a storm rolled into Hollandsburg, IN but it was not the storm the residents had prepared themselves for. Four members of the Spencer family were brutally murdered in their family’s home. Join me as I tell John a case filled with heartbreak and resilience.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sponsors: Blissy Try now risk-free for 60 nights, at Blissy.com/TCC a...

The murder of Brandi Peters and her children was a tragic and horrifying event that shocked the community of Tallahassee, Florida in November of 2010. The investigation that followed was a difficult and complicated one. It would take nine years and two court cases to try and get justice for the family that had been so brutally slain. Do you think the prosecution got it right? Trigger Warning: This...

Chris Smith moved to sunny Orange County, CA to escape the corporate world of Silicon Valley. He was talented and hardworking which earned him a lot of money very quickly in the budding new tech capital of California. But just shy of two years into the start of his successful new company Chris decided to cash in and get out. So what caused the man who had everything to get up and leave those every...

On Christmas Eve 1991 23 year old Dana Ireland went out for a ride using her sister’s bike while her family was in Hawaii for an extended vacation. But the picturesque life that the family had been enjoying would be ripped from under them when the bike Dana was riding was discovered mangled. The only trace of Dana left behind was her sneaker and a clump of her long blonde hair. Join me as I tell J...

In the Spring of 1999 a beautiful young woman, just shy of her 19th birthday went missing after leaving her house on the eve of the first day of her full time job. Both her family and employer knew that she would never miss that first day of work, so when she never came home and did not show up for work they knew that something was wrong. The investigation into her disappearance would leave a blac...

Two weeks before Christmas in 2001 there was a brutal home invasion in Early, Iowa while a mother of three was home alone with her children. She fought for her life and the life of her kids. During the struggle there was one death, one death that led to a decade long struggle for justice. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple   Sponsors: True Crime Obsessed Podcast Hello Fresh HelloFresh.com/tcc50  and use...

On the night of September 20, 2009 the Gee Family was mercilessly slaughtered in their homes. The small town of Beason was shocked and horrified to think that a person so evil could walk among them. Join me as I tell John the case of the Gee family and the lurid trial that followed.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sponsors: First Leaf Wine (AMAZING  wines - 6 bottles for under $45) tryfirstleaf.com/t...

Killaloe village in eastern Ontario would see the tragic case of the Dell Family. I promise you that you will never guess what comes next in the tale of heartbreak, murder, arson, motorcycles. Join me as I tell John about Cherrylle Dell Trigger Warning: Discussions of suicide and the sexual abuse of children Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/escaped-killer-a...

Located in the northwest corner of King County in Washington State, Richmond Beach was a neighborhood in the city of Shoreline.  The driftwood scattered beaches of the Richmond Beach Saltwater Park created that quintessential northwest waterscape. In the 1970s, when the case took place, Shoreline was a world away from the hustle and bustle of Seattle, located just 35 miles south. It was a tight ni...

On February 24, 1986 Newlywed Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in her Van Nuys Condo on a morning that she made the fateful decision to stay home from work. Over the next few decades it took to solve this it became clear to each new detective that took it on this case was not at all what it seemed and the murderer had been under their nose the entire time. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https:/...

Episode 154 is delayed because we are both sick. Until it's release we thought we would share a Patreon episode with you all so you could get a taste of what you're missing. Enjoy the case of Kristine Fitzhugh Join Patreon for two bonus episodes per month Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

After coming back to her apartment-style dorm room a girl found her roommate’s body in a bathroom. She had been brutally murdered. As soon as emergency services responded Indian Purdue University Fort Wayne went into lock down. There was a killer on campus.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brainstorm/200804/death-hovering https://www.campussafetymagazin...

On the night of July 12, 2008 a man was brutally beaten outside of a park in Shenandoah, PA. The aftermath of that crime deeply divided the town. It took the involvement of the FBI to finally bring those who committed crimes to justice.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2012/06/19/piekarskydonchak.pdf https://casetext.com/case/us-v-piekars...

Today’s case has it all: threatening letters, harassing phone calls, two murders, one attempted murder, and an assassin. Join me as I tell John the case of Kay Weden. A high school teacher who was terrorized in the winter of 1993. This one you have to hear to believe.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST DATE NIGHT ON MAY 5TH. Details in episode Sources: https://casetext.com/case/und...

In November of 2018 a call came in from the Mullis family farm in Earlville Iowa- well just outside the farm. A frantic and hysterical husband called saying he was on his way to the hospital. His wife was in the truck with him and his son, she had been badly hurt in a farming accident. What would follow that incident would tear the Mullis family apart. Had Amy Mullis, mother of three, died in a ho...

In the late Spring of 1987 a body was found in the attic of a burning church in Nashville TN. The detective’s investigating the crime knew that they were looking for a heartless killer when they saw the state of the body, but they were unaware of just how diabolical their murderer was. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/09/27/646888.html?pageNum...

Join me as I tell John the heartbreaking case of Baby Hope. When the body of a malnourished girl was found in a cooler off the Henry Hudson parkway in 1991 the homicide detectives of the 34th precinct work hard to identify her body and find her killer. It would take 22 years, but Baby Hope would eventually get her name back.  Trigger Warning: This case involves crimes against children Patreon.com/...

Join me as I tell John the case of Hanna Harris, a 21 year old mother who went missing on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana in July of 2013. Sources: https://www.apa.org/pi/women/committee/cloak-invisibility https://nativenews.jour.umt.edu/2006/story_ncheyenne3.html https://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Missing-and-Murdered-Indigenous-Women-and-Girls-Report.pdf https://stevens...

Join me and I tell John the story of the disappearance and murder of Lynda McClelland in Forest Hills, PA in July of 2000.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Sources: Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4 Source 5 Source 6

Hunter S. Thompson once wrote, “The case of Lisl Auman, who first wrote me from prison three years ago, is so rotten and wrong and shameful that I feel dirty just for knowing about it, and so should you.” So, let’s see how you feel about the case of the 21 year old woman who was arrested for the brutal murder of a police officer while she was handcuffed in the back of a cruiser.  Patreon.com/truec...

Sean Gillis’ crimes take us into the depths of depravity. In part two of a two part series we will discuss the tactics he used to evade police in his last four murders, and how he was finally caught.  Trigger Warning: Extremely graphic content Patreon.com/truecrimecouple https://truecrimecouples-store.creator-spring.com Sponsors: Gerber Life Insurance visit GerberLifeFamily.com Sources: Mustafa, S...

Sean Gillis’ crimes take us into the depths of depravity. In part one of a two part series we will discuss the tactics he used to evade police in his first four murders, and most importantly, who the women were that he stole from this earth.  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple https://truecrimecouples-store.creator-spring.com Sponsors: Skylight Frame Get $15 off a Skylight Frame with promo code COUPLE at...