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TW – Graphic violence. Taylor Schabusiness was in a sexual relationship with Shad Thyrion in 2022 in Wisconsin.  The two had known each other since high school. One night in February 2022, the two went into Shad’s mother’s basement and Taylor said she ‘went crazy’.  She stranged Shad with metal chains until he died and she then abused his body. Taylor used kitchen knives to dismember Shad and she...

In 2020, in one of our very early podcasts, we bought you a double episode on the Long Island Serial Killer. In terms of a background in the case, the Long Island Serial Killings or the Gilgo Beach Killings were a series of murders between 1996 and 2011 in which the remains of up to 18 people were found in Gilgo Beach, on the South Shore of Long Island. Most of the known victims were sex workers w...

Rudy Farias was 17 when he vanished in Houston in 2015.  He was last seen walking his two dogs – the animals returned home and he did not. Over the years, Rudy’s family gave multiple media interviews and conducted fundraising in an effort to find him.  Rudy’s mother Janie even flew to California to visit a John Doe in a hospital at one point, who authorities thought may have been Rudy.  When she f...

In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss updates in the Delphi murder case,  new details in the case of missing child Harmony Montgomery as well as updates in the Moscow murder case. - At the end of June 2023, 118 documents were released in the Delphi murder case.  These documents were previously sealed.  We have now learned about Richard Allen’s alleged confessions to the mur...

Hannah Upp is an American who was last seen alive in 2017 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, following a hurricane.  Hannah’s vehicle was found in a beach parking lot and her belongings were found on the sand.  It appears on the surface that Hannah may have gotten into trouble after going swimming in stormy conditions. However, this is the THIRD time that Hannah has been missing.  She was missing for wee...

American Patricia (Pattie) Wu-Murad was an avid world explorer and hiker.  She had traveled to Japan in the past to hike the beautiful scenery.  She returned again in March 2023 for another adventure and something went wrong. Pattie left her accommodation on April 9 to resume her hike.  When she didn't arrive at her next stop later that day as planned, the alarm was raised.  Local authorities in J...

Leon Benson spent more than half of his life, a total of 24 years, in an Indiana state prison for a murder he didn't commit. Despite the lack of physical evidence and a questionable eyewitness identification, he was convicted. But new realities start to come to light when attorney Lara Bazelon takes up his case and is determined to secure Benson's release.  Season three of Suspect, co-produced by...

Belgian man Theo Hayez was living his dream and traveling around Australia in 2019.   He had seen amazing sites like the Great Barrier Reef and Australian outback.   In May 2019, Theo ended up in Australia’s famous beachside town Byron Bay.  He made some friends at the hostel where he was staying and they visited the notorious Cheeky Monkey’s bar for a night out.   Theo was having fun dancing and...

It’s bonus episode time at True Crime Society!  DISCLAIMER – THIS EPISODE FEATURES NO CRIME CONTENT!    For anyone who has been following us since our 2017 beginnings, you would know that podcast hosts Stephanie and Olivia are based on opposite sides of the world.  Stephanie is in New York and Olivia is in Australia. We have always done the podcast remotely and never met in person.  Until now! Ste...

TW – minor sexual assault and murder. On Monday May 1, 2023, a Missing and Endangered Alert was issued for two missing teens in Oklahoma.  Ivy Webster and Brittany Brewer had last been seen at the home of Jesse McFadden, the step-father to their friend Tiffany.  Police obtained a search warrant on that day, and when they entered the property, they found seven bodies.   Jesse McFadden had killed th...

Terrifyingly, an estimated 1.7 million people are stalked each year in the United States. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss three cases where stalking has ended in murder. - In March 2023, Podcast host Zohreh Sadeghi and her husband were murdered by a man who had become obsessed with her.  This man even organized for a jazz band to play outside Zohreh’s home at one poin...

In March 2022, Kouri and Eric Richins were apparently celebrating the purchase of a new multi-million dollar home.  Kouri made her husband a Moscow Mule and took it to him in bed, as part of the celebrations.  Kouri went to bed and when she woke, she found Eric cold and dead in their bed. After he died, Kouri wrote a children’s book regarding grief titled ‘Are you with me?’  Police eventually dete...

 In April 2023, we bought you the story of Gannon Stauch, who was 11 years old when he was murdered by his stepmother Letecia ‘Tee’ Stauch in 2020. Gannon’s case finally went to trial, starting in late March of this year.  During this time, we learned all about Tee’s ‘multiple personalities’ and about her jail cell conversations with vampires.  Thankfully, the jury saw through her lies and found T...

SKIP THE PRE-EPISODE CHAT & CASE UPDATES: Timestamp - (12:36) On January 29, 2022, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe went out for a night of drinking with his girlfriend Karen Read.  After midnight, they decided to leave the bars and head to an after-party at a friend’s home.   What happened next is unclear.  We know that both John and Karen were likely intoxicated.  Karen eventually told pol...

On March 31, 2023, Madeline Kingsbury took her two young children to daycare.  She returned home, to seemingly get ready for work day.  She has never been seen again. Adam Fravel, the father of Madeline’s children, was the last person to see her alive.  He told police he left the house for a few hours in Madeline’s van, and when he got back, Madeline was nowhere to be seen. Police have asked local...

Since 2008, around THIRTY bodies have been pulled from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas.  28 of those bodies have been recovered since 2014, and eight have been recovered in the past year alone.  This seemingly incredible number has led people to question if all these deaths were really accidental or if there is something more going on. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss...

 Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old in June 2002. She was asleep in a bedroom with her younger sister when her life would change forever. Brian David Mitchell broke into the Smart home and abducted Elizabeth.  She was held captive and subjected to rape and abuse.    Brian’s wife Wanda Barzee was part of the plan.  The couple even took Elizabeth out in public - she was photographed at a party months...

The murder of Gannon Stauch was a case that bought the True Crime Society community together. We know many of you found us through this case originally.  The trial in this case has just started and we wanted to run through Gannon’s story again, while we wait for justice. Gannon was 11 in January 2020 when he went missing from Colorado Springs, Colorado.  His step-mother Letecia Stauch originally s...

Dentist Dr James Craig and his wife Angela seemed to be living the dream with their six children in Aurora, Colorado.  James seemed to be well-liked, and by all accounts was a great employer.  There are photos of him online dressed up as the Tooth Fairy, always smiling broadly.  Angela had James down in her phone as ‘The Boy’.  The couple worked out together and appeared close.   Life is not alway...

Jill Dando was one of the most high profile personalities in England in 1999.  She had been named BBC Personality of the Year and her career as a journalist was going from strength to strength.  She was the host of ‘Crimewatch’ – a show similar to America’s Most Wanted, and she presented the television news daily. Her personal life was also flourishing.  She was engaged to Dr Alan Farthing (Queen...

On February 9, 2004, , Maura Murray printed out some emails that indicated there had been some trouble between her and her boyfriend Bill Rausch.  She left the emails in plain sight, on top of some boxes in her dorm room.  She left campus and stopped at a liquor store in town where she purchased vodka, Kahlua, Baileys and boxed wine.   A few hours later, Maura crashed her vehicle in Woodsville, Ne...

The saga of the Murdaugh family is one that is almost too unbelievable to be true.   We first covered the case with a two-part episode in 2021.  We covered the deaths of Stephen Smith and the Murdaugh family housekeeper Gloria.  We also looked into Alex Murdaugh’s shady past, the tragic death of Mallory Beach following a drunken boat crash.  The Murdaugh family finally crumbled for good following...

In this age of social media, it can be all too easy for a person to pretend to be someone they are not. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the cases of social scammers – Liver King and Maddie Russo. Brian Johnson aka Liver Ling lives what he calls an “ancestral lifestyle”, which includes eating large amounts of raw organs and meat, and he recommends eating liver daily.  H...

****TIMESTAMPS TO SKIP STRAIGHT TO THE CASE**** (7:49) - Nicola Bulley Update (13:30) - Lindsay Clancy Start TW- child murder. On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy asked her husband Patrick to go and pick up takeout for dinner.  She told him she also needed medication for one of their three young children.   Patrick left their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts at around 5.15 to run the errands.  When...

On January 27, 2023, British woman Nicola Bulley (45) took her dog Willow for a walk along the river in their village, as she had done thousands of times before according to her family. At 9.01am, Nicola connected to a Teams call for her work.  By 9.35am, she had vanished.  Her phone, still connected to the call, was found abandoned on a park bench.  Her dog Willow was waiting nearby. Nicola’s bod...