Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast

In early 1804, a man was shot dead in a London street, but not by a criminal, but by someone who believed he was firing at a ghost. The killing was rooted in panic and superstition as a white clad ghost was said o be roaming the streets. This murder of mistaken identity, led to a landmark trial that would challenge the boundaries of selfdefense in British law. This is the case of the Hammersmith G...

In 1992, a cold-blooded killer stalked small shops across the Midwest, striking without warning and disappearing into the endless flow of the interstate. Six victims. Three states. One haunting mystery. Over 30 years later, the man known only as the I-70 Killer is still out there, or so we fear. This is the unsolved story of a road trip fueled by murder. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open...

In March 2020, 51 year old Gretchen Anthony vanished from her home in Jupiter, Florida. Strange text messages claimed she was hospitalized with COVID-19, but there was no record of her anywhere and her car was found abandoned outside a medical center. Days later, a hidden security camera and an Alexa recording would expose a horrifying truth no one was prepared for. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" -...

In 1984, Japan was a place where crime was rare, and trust in police was rock solid. That made what happened next all the more shocking. A major candy company CEO was kidnapped straight from his own home while he was in the bath. What followed was a bizarre, 17-month-long nightmare of threats, poisoned candy, and one of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in Japanese history, the case of the Mons...

When Winnie Ruth Judd stepped onto a train bound for Los Angeles, no one knew she was traveling with the dismembered bodies of her two best friends. The public quickly branded her “The Trunk Murderess,” a cold blooded killer with a shocking story. But behind the headlines was a tangled web of jealousy, secret affairs, and a powerful man who may have helped cover it all up. Nearly a century later,...

When Winnie Ruth Judd stepped onto a train bound for Los Angeles, no one knew she was traveling with the dismembered bodies of her two best friends. The public quickly branded her “The Trunk Murderess,” a cold blooded killer with a shocking story. But behind the headlines was a tangled web of jealousy, secret affairs, and a powerful man who may have helped cover it all up. Nearly a century later,...

Celeste Manno was stalked for over a year, begged police for help, and had a protection order in place. But none of it stopped her killer. On November 16, 2020, he broke into her bedroom and murdered her in under three minutes. It was a brutal attack, and an even greater failure of the justice system, which failed to protect Celeste from a monster named Luay Sako. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - ht...

Three women vanished from their home in the dead of night, no screams, no struggle, no sign of how they were taken or where they went. Their purses were left behind, the beds appeared slept in, and the television buzzed with static, untouched. What began as a quiet morning in Springfield, Missouri, quickly unraveled into one of the most chilling missing persons cases in American history. Our other...

In 1993, fear took hold of Frankston Australia after three women were murdered within just seven weeks. The community was left reeling as police searched for answers, unaware the killer was a 21-year-old local man hiding in plain sight. Paul Denyer didn’t just target his victims, he stalked them, studied them, and later told police he’d wanted to kill since he was 14. Today, he’s remembered as one...

They met online, bonded over horrorcore music, and after nearly a year of talking, 20-year-old Richard McCroskey flew from California to meet 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock in Farmville, Virginia. Just days after attending a concert together, Emma, her mother Debra Kelley, her best friend Melanie Wells, and her father Reverend Mark Niederbrock were all found brutally murdered. What began as a teenag...

In 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was picked up from school by his mother, and he hasn’t been seen since. What followed was a three-day road trip across the Midwest, ending with Amy Fry-Pitzen’s suicide and a haunting note that claimed Timmothy was safe… but gone for good. It’s a case that’s baffled investigators for over a decade, and it all began with one mother’s desperate plan. Our other p...

Shaye Groves was known for her fascination with serial killers, her bedroom lined with mugshots and shelves stacked with true crime books. But when her obsession turned deadly, her boyfriend Frankie Fitzgerald became the victim of a so-called “crime of passion” that left the public shaken and raised unsettling questions about the darker side of true crime culture. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - ht...

They were childhood sweethearts who spent over fifty years building a life side by side, only to have it end with the pull of a trigger in a quiet hospital room. Ellen Gilland says she took her husband’s life because he asked her to, because he couldn’t take the pain anymore, and she couldn’t bear to watch him suffer. What followed was not only a death, but a four-hour standoff, a courtroom reckon...

Under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, two men stepped into the boxing ring, but only one would ever walk out alive. What started as a championship fight fueled by rivalry and pride would soon spiral into one of the most tragic moments in boxing history. Before the final bell could sound, the night would end in horror, leaving a champion fallen, a fighter haunted, and a sport forever ch...

They vanished without a trace. Three young women, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus, were taken from the streets of Cleveland, their families left searching for answers that never seemed to come. For over a decade, they were hidden in plain sight, trapped in a house of horrors while their captor Ariel Castor, lived a double life. But when one of them finally saw her chance to escape,...

For years, Ken McElroy ruled the small town of Skidmore, Missouri, through fear, intimidation, and violence, terrorizing anyone who stood in his way. Despite countless arrests, he always managed to escape justice, leaving the townspeople feeling helpless against his reign of terror. But on July 10, 1981, in broad daylight, McElroy was gunned down in the middle of town, and though dozens witnessed...

For nearly seven years, Cindy James lived in fear, shadowed by a relentless stalker who tormented her with chilling phone calls, break-ins, and brutal attacks. No matter how many times she moved, changed her phone number, or begged for help, the terror always found her. Then in 1989, her lifeless body was discovered in a ditch, hands and feet bound, leaving behind a mystery so twisted that even to...

For nearly seven years, Cindy James lived in fear, shadowed by a relentless stalker who tormented her with chilling phone calls, break-ins, and brutal attacks. No matter how many times she moved, changed her phone number, or begged for help, the terror always found her. Then in 1989, her lifeless body was discovered in a ditch, hands and feet bound, leaving behind a mystery so twisted that even to...

In 2013, a Florida man named Derek Medina shocked the world when he murdered his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, and then posted photos of her lifeless body directly to Facebook. What followed was a bizarre case of obsession, toxic relationships, and a desperate craving for attention. It’s a story that blends violence, social media, and chilling glimpses into the mind of a man who wanted the world to watc...

In December 2017, authorities in Japan responded to a distress call from a couple reporting the death of their 33-year-old daughter, Airi Kakimoto. What they discovered was far more disturbing than expected Airi had been imprisoned in a windowless concrete room for 15 years, subjected to extreme neglect, malnutrition, and freezing temperatures. Her parents, Yasutaka and Yukari Kakimoto, were later...

Richard Chase, infamously known as the "Vampire of Sacramento," was a serial killer who terrorized California in the late 1970s. Suffering from severe schizophrenia and delusions, he believed he neededOur other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH: https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=u Patreon: https://www.pat...

In 1878, 18-year-old Esther Cox of Amherst, Nova Scotia, became the center of a chilling mystery when she claimed to be tormented by a violent poltergeist. Witnesses reported terrifying phenomena, including loud banging sounds, moving furniture, spontaneous fires, and even physical attacks on Esther herself. Whether a true supernatural event or the result of psychological distress, The Great Amher...

In 2000, Polish businessman Dariusz Janiszewski was found murdered under brutal and mysterious circumstances, his bound body floating in the Oder River. For years, the case went cold—until police discovered eerie similarities between the crime and a novel, Amok , written by Krystian Bala, a philosophy graduate with a dark imagination. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a chilling web of j...

When 27-year-old Lori Hacking failed to return from her early morning jog in Salt Lake City, concern quickly turned to panic. Friends and family launched a frantic search, but as investigators dug deeper, unsettling inconsistencies began to surface. What started as a routine missing persons case soon unraveled into something far more sinister one that would expose shocking secrets hiding just bene...

In the mid-1970s, a shadowy predator stalked San Francisco’s gay community, earning the nickname The Doodler for his habit of sketching his victims before luring them to secluded areas and stabbing them to death. Believed to have killed at least five men ,and possibly as many as 14, he left behind three high-profile survivors who all described the same chilling detail: their attacker had drawn the...