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When 911 dispatch received a call to a home in Herndon, Virginia, it was clear from the panic that something awful had happened. When they arrived it would be a complex scene to piece together, made even tougher by stories that didn't seem to make much sense. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/2xzol4xpPatreon 🖤https://patreo...

Lauren was walking home from her classes on the phone to her mom, when she screamed and dropped her phone to the ground, prompting a campus wise manhunt for her kidnapper. Using phone calls, police logs and lots of cctv, a tragic and preventable case was soon bought to light...Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/vcpr9mqnPatreon 🖤...

Sydney Loofe matched with someone online and agreed to a second date. She had no way of knowing it would be the last decision she would ever make...Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/93l6h0szPatreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 Buy Me A Coffee ☕️https://www.buymeacoffee.com/trulycriminal Thank you to Jupiter Productions...

When Kevin Fox called 911 to report that his three-year-old daughter Riley had vanished from her family home in the middle of the night, investigators immediately faced every parent's worst nightmare. In those crucial first hours, suspicion naturally fell close to home, but as the search for answers intensified, the investigation would become consumed by a single theory. What followed was a ca...

On the evening of November 28th, 2004, Alistair Wilson answered a knock at the door of his family home in the quiet Scottish town of Nairn. Minutes later, he was dead. More than two decades on, investigators have pursued leads, examined theories, and revisited evidence, yet the question at the heart of this case remains unanswered: why? In a murder surrounded by uncertainty, where a seemingly ordi...

Dentist Kendra Hatcher pulled into her parking lot at her apartment building after a standard busy day. No sooner had she stepped out of the car, shots were fired. Police would begin to unravel an intricate and twisted murder for hire plot...Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/g4bm1xd8Patreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 B...

When authorities in Washington, D.C. were alerted to the fact that an eight-year-old girl had not attended school for an extended period of time, they knew they needed to act quickly. But what began as a welfare check soon became something far more alarming when investigators discovered that nobody seemed to know where Relisha Rudd was.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com...

19 year old Aniah Blanchard dropped her brother off late one October night, and stopped to get a drink at a gas station. When her roommate went to her room the following morning and found it empty, everyone knew something was wrong. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://pastebin.com/FfUxRNz9Patreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 Buy Me A C...

When a 911 call was made to emergency services in Raleigh, NC, it was immediately clear that something truly horrific had taken place. What followed was an investigation focused on piecing together how a crime so violent and devastating had come to pass, and uncovering the events that led to the death of Lauren Phelps. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Source...

In March 2022, 911 answered the phone to Kouri Richins. Her husband Eric was cold and not breathing. Years worth of investigation would ensue to work out what had killed a fit, healthy and only 39 year old man. And the truth proved that sometimes it isn't strangers we should fear... it is those we trust and love the most. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal...

This case unfolds against the backdrop of a devastating hurricane. Chaos and confusion created the perfect conditions for the truth about what happened to Crystal McDowell to be hidden. But it did not stay hidden for long. Patreon 🖤 https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1  Buy Me A Coffee ☕️ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/trulycriminal  Thank you to Jupiter Productions for making all of our original mu...

When Emma Caldwell left her home in April 2005 and disappeared, her family knew something was seriously wrong. As days turned into months, and months into years, they were pulled into a world far darker than they ever expected. This would be the beginning of a nearly 20-year fight for answers and the hunt to bring a sadistic killer to justice was on. Our email is for business enquiries only.https:...

In 1967, a quiet community in Bristol was rocked by the brutal murder of an elderly woman, 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. What followed was a mystery that would haunt investigators for decades. With no clear suspect and few answers, her case slowly faded into the background, becoming one of Britain’s oldest unsolved murders. But Louisa’s story didn’t end there. In this episode, we uncover the details o...

Roy and Judith Eccles left behind their old lives in search of something better, settling on the idyllic island of Kefalonia to enjoy their retirement. But just months into their new beginning, their dream was shattered by a crime so brutal it sent shockwaves through the island. As fear spread among locals, a manhunt began to track down those responsible. In this episode, we explore what happened,...

In July of 2019, after a standard night out, Ally Kostial arrived back home—safe and well. But sometime after midnight, she left again without anyone realising. Less than 12 hours later, everything would take a shocking turn. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/g0you99gPatreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 Buy Me A Coffee...

18 year old Brooke and her boyfriend Charles left their home to meet someone they had been talking to on Craigslist. And 4 days later they were reported missing...Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/2b9f5ff2Patreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 Buy Me A Coffee ☕️https://www.buymeacoffee.com/trulycriminal Thank you to Jupit...

In 2017, Tony Parsons set off on a solo charity cycle across Scotland, hoping to raise money and make a difference. But somewhere along his journey, he vanished without a trace. What began as a hopeful act of kindness quickly turned into a baffling missing person case that left investigators and loved ones searching for answers. For years, questions lingered: where did Tony go, and what really hap...

When federal agents arrived at a quiet home in Florida, to execute a warrant, they didn’t expect the overwhelming silence, nor the horror waiting behind the closed door. They would discover a scene so disturbing and so horrifying, it would shift the course of the entire case, and the investigators would be left trying to piece together exactly what had happened. Sources 📝https://controlc.com/6bf2...

In the summer of 2024, the United Kingdom would be shaken by a case that unfolded with chilling speed and devastating consequences. What had started as an ordinary day would soon spiral into a nationwide manhunt, as news broke of a brutal triple killing that left a family shattered and a community in disbelief. As investigators worked to piece together the events, disturbing details began to emerg...

When a woman went round to her friend's, Half and Susanne's house, for dinner, she was excited for a nice evening ahead. When she went inside, the house was eerily quiet. She quickly came across a scene straight out of a nightmare, and the hunt for whoever was responsible would be on.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/144401edPatreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulyc...

Adrianne was a day after from moving in with her partner and went out to celebrate with her roommate. She decided to walk home alone at about 1:30am. She was found in the bathroom of her apartment about 2 hours later... CCTV and a discarded cigarette would piece the timeline together. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/0bf8bae0Pa...

When 8 year old Amari was reported missing, a huge 48 hour search began. But she wasn't missing at all, two of the closest people to her actually knew exactly where she was, and where she had been for days...Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/19ed0c9dPatreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 Buy Me A Coffee ☕️https://www....

For Nicole duFresne, the world was at her fingertips. She had recently moved to New York, drawn by the bright lights of Broadway and the promise of a career on the stage. But on a cold night in January 2005, everything changed. In a single, brutal moment, all of those hopes, dreams, and that bright future were cut short in an act of senseless violence. This episode was researched and written by St...

A night out in Denton, Texas. A stranger at the bar. And a shocking discovery by Grapevine Lake just hours later. In this episode we look into the tragic murder of 24-year-old Jackie Vadagriff and the investigation that followed. Our email is for business enquiries only.https://linktr.ee/trulycriminal1Sources 📝https://controlc.com/4246be9ePatreon 🖤https://patreon.com/trulycriminal1 Buy Me A Coff...

When Steven Cook set off on holiday with his friends, it was supposed to be the time of their lives. But when he decided to walk a friend back to the hotel after a night out, it would be the last time anyone saw him. What happened next became one of the most haunting missing person cases in the UK. For years, the mystery of Steven’s disappearance remained unsolved, and the search for answers consu...