True Crime Society

In February 2022, father of four, Jared Bridegan, was returning home after dropping two of his kids off to their mother, his ex-wife.   He had his 2 y/o daughter Bexley in the car with him.  On a quiet, residential street, Jared came across a tire laying in the road.  He stopped his vehicle and carefully got out to move the obstacle.  Almost as soon as he opened the door to his vehicle, he was bru...

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss three fascinating Doe cases.   In October 2020, a quail hunter stumbled across human remains in a cattle float box in Artesia, AZ.  He assumed the remains belonged to a child as they were surrounded by toys.  When police investigated, further, they discovered the remains belonged to a female, likely aged between 13-22.  This...

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss Vacation Nightmares – Part Two.   Japanese woman Atsumi Yoshikubo travelled alone to Yellowknife, Canada.  She wanted to see the Northern Lights.  Interestingly, Atsumi planned her trip for the off-season, when many of the tourist attractions were closed.  In eerie final footage, Atsumi was spotted on CCTV purchasing souvenir...

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the cases of two missing people – Dylan Rounds and Christina Lee Powell.   19 year-old farmer Dylan Rounds was last heard from in May 2022.  He told his grandmother he was going to move a grain truck out of the rain on his Utah farm. The truck was moved and Dylan has not been heard from again. There are a lot of players and s...

Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we delve again into the fascinating world of cults and followers. TW for this episode – suicide discussion. Have you heard of Teal Swan?  Teal claims she is part-human, part extra-terrestrial.  She has also said that she can hear tectonic plates moving and can inject herself into people’s brainstems.   Teal’s followers are known as ‘Tea...

We hope that everyone (in the Northern Hemisphere!) is enjoying their summer vacation.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss Vacation Nightmares.  Things often go wrong following a combination of sun, alcohol and foreign countries.   American sisters Anne and Robin Korkki were on the trip of a lifetime. They were staying at an exclusive resort in Seychelles, when the hotel...

It’s time for Part Two of our mid-year update episodes.  Be sure to listen to Part One first - we go through all the cases we have covered to date and we run through new developments. Can you believe we are halfway through 2022?     After years of radio silence, it seems like there are new developments daily in the murders of teens Libby German and Abigail Williams.  We run through the latest news...

Can you believe we are halfway through 2022?  Where does the time go?  It’s time for us to get up to date on all the cases we have covered to date.  We have a HUGE two-part update episode for you.  Make sure you are up to date on our previous episodes before you listen to this one! - Been wondering what’s happening in the Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie case? - Did you know that a 911 call has bee...

A 2014 study found that around 500 times per year in the US, a parent kills their child/children.  A mother kills her child on average, every three days. Why?  There is never an easy answer - financial problems, single parenthood, multiple children, substance abuse and mental illness can all contribute to filicide. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss five recent cases wher...

Anna Moriah Wilson (known as Mo) was considered to be one of the best competitive cyclists in the US, if not the world.  She had the world at her feet.  She was young and successful. She had recently quit her job and was going to focus on gravel racing full time.  Everyone who knew her said that she was kind, ambitious and compassionate. Mo traveled to Austin on May 10, 2022.  She was planning to...

Brittanee Drexel was 17 years old in 2009 when she left her home in Rochester, NY to go on a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, SC.  Her mother had forbade her to go, but in a decision that would alter the course of her life, she went anyway. Brittanee’s eerie last movements in Myrtle Beach were caught on CCTV.  She had been texting with her boyfriend back home and was telling him that she was hav...

Lacey Fletcher’s childhood, growing up in Slaughter, Louisiana seemed to be fairly normal.  She played volleyball and had a close group of friends.  There are public photos of a smiling Lacey taken from her yearbook and neighbors recall interacting with her and seeing her regularly out exercising. When Lacey reached the age of 14, something happened.  Her parents withdrew her from school and alleg...

On April 29, 2022, Vicky White made a decision that would alter the course of her life.  Nothing would ever be the same. Early that morning, Vicky put a long-thought out plan into motion.  She was ready.  She told her colleagues at the Lauderdale County Detention Center that she was transporting inmate Casey Cole White to a mental health evaluation.  She broke all protocol and escorted the inmate...

You may have seen media articles recently about Melissa Lucio – the first ever Hispanic woman to be sentenced to death in Texas.  Melissa was due to be executed in April 2022 and she was granted a stay of execution just days before her scheduled death. Melissa is a mother of 14 children.  She was convicted of murdering her 2 year-old daughter Mariah in 2007.  Mariah was found unresponsive after an...

According to an article by theverge.com , around 21 percent of Lyft drivers and 27 percent of Uber drivers in the US are women.  With the increase in rideshare options comes an increase in risk for female passengers and female drivers. In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the cases of four different women who have either been murdered or are missing.  The one commonality fo...

On Friday, April 15, 2022, Orsolya Gaal (51) went to see a show with friends and she stopped a bar in her neighborhood before returning to her home in Queens, New York.   Orsolya would never be seen alive by her husband and two sons again.  Orsolya was stabbed around 60 times and her carotid artery and trachea were punctured.  Her body was shoved into a large bag by her murderer.  Police released...

Police in Miami received a 911 call on April 3, 2022.  The female caller said there had been an altercation and that a man had been stabbed to death. This is the story of influencer Courtney Tailor and her boyfriend Toby Obumseli. Courtney has over 2 million Instagram followers and according to social media, she seemed to be living a high-flying life.  She lived with Toby in a luxury condo in Miam...

In this episode, we will be discussing horrific instances of child abuse.  Listener discretion is advised. In 2018, a brave 17 year-old managed to escape the home where she had been held captive her entire life.  She found a deactivated cell-phone that she took with her on her escape, and she called 911.  She told police that she had been kept locked in a room for 20 hours a day and was allowed on...

Usually, we go about our daily routines without a care in the world.  Wake up, get ready and drive to work.  Naomi Irion (18) did exactly this on March 12, 2022 in Fernley, Nevada.  She got ready for work at Panasonic, stopped to buy a drink and drove her vehicle to the Walmart parking lot like she did daily.  She sat in her car and waited for the shuttle bus that would ferry her to work. Naomi wo...

On April 28, 2021, police entered a home in Moffatt, Colorado.   Their visit was caught on body cam – they can be seen entering a home filled with adults and children.  They made their way into a bedroom where they came across the unimaginable – a mummified body wrapped in a sleeping bag and enshrined in fairy lights.  This is the story of Amy Carlson and the Love Has Won cult. In 2007, Amy left h...

Kyron Horman was so excited to head to school on June 4, 2010.  He had prepared a project on Tree Frogs for the school science fair.  He got dressed in his favorite CSI t-shirt and headed off to school with his stepmother Terri and his sister Kiara. When the trio arrived at Skyline Elementary, Kyron put his coat and his bag in his classroom.  Just a few minutes later, he disappeared. The search fo...

There are some cases that captivate the attention of the entire world – Elizabeth Smart and Gabby Petito are names that we would all recognize. I am sure that most of us also know the name Sherri Papini.  Sherri’s case got worldwide attention back in 2016 when she was abducted.  Her husband Keith raised the alarm when Sherri was not home when he finished work for the day.  She had also failed to p...

Orrin and Orson West had a sad start to life.  They were removed from their care of their biological mother when they were tiny and were placed in the care of their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West. The boys lived with four other siblings in California.  In December 2020, their ‘father’ Trezell claims they went outside to play and were never seen again.   The local community in Califo...

The rise of social media has led to it being easier for us to make new friends, keep in touch with friends and family all over the world.  Technology has given us access to any information we could ever need, all within seconds. With this increase in social media use comes some downsides too.  People are now more easily able to take advantage of others and money is able to change hands so easily....

 UPDATE - February 24, 2022.  The bones that were found in the search for Susan do not belong to her and have been determined to be animal bones. SUSAN’S STORY When Susan Cox met Josh Powell, she envisioned her own ‘happily ever after’.  They were both members of the LDS church and seemed to have similar values and goals in life.     The couple settled down and had two sons, Charlie and Braden. On...