Wine, Whiskey, and Murder

This week Joel brings us part 2 of his deep dive into the infamous Dr. Death.

Joel took on a heavy hitter with the first case he is presenting on the show by covering the infamous Christopher Duntsch or how he has becoming even more widely known, as Dr. Death (or if you grew up in the 90s and were an avid fan of Dawson's Creek, Dr. Pacey). A suggested drinking game to go along with this one is to drink whenever Joel says, "fake it til you make it!"

The crew went a little more light-hearted with this week's episode as Mel brings us the most popular Urban Legend from every state! How many of these have you heard of?

While a well to do family vacationed at their lake house in Louisiana during the summer of 1912, a parent's worst nightmare soon unfolded when the Dunbar's 4 year old son Bobby went missing. The lake and surrounding area were tirelessly searched, but there was no sign of the young boy found by anyone. The news spread sensationally across the southeast into 1913 until sightings began coming...

For more than 2 decades, Dee Dee Blanchard successfully passed off her completely healthy daughter Gypsy as something she was not to her neighbors, community, doctors, and even Gypsy herself. Gypsy grew up not knowing her age for the majority of her first 23 years, only being able to go off of what her mother was telling her which turned out to be several years younger than her actual age. This st...

In our very last episode about the murder of Laci Peterson we all present our final perspectives and alternative theories about what might have happened to Laci and her unborn son.

We wanted to include here the link for something we talk about in today's episode and that is the defense team performing tests with a replica of Scott's boat in the San Francisco Bay so that you can easily find it if you would like to view and weigh in on your thoughts about it: Defense Reenactment (youtube.com)

We are picking up this week with part 2 in the Laci Peterson case. As a refresher, last week we ended with Amber Frye coming forward in the press to reveal her relationship with Scott Peterson.

Ever since we started this podcast this past summer, this is a case that has come up between the 4 of us on multiple occasions and split straight down the middle on whether or not Scott Peterson was rightfully convicted for the murder of his wife Laci. The Petersons looked to be the perfect all-American young couple doing very well for themselves in Modesto, California in 2002. On Christmas Eve, t...

Because today is December 13th, which for those of you who don't know is Taylor Swift's birthday, I obviously had to do a Taylor-centric episode. And even though I normally can't keep secrets about myself or my plans to save my life, I was able to not reveal this episode topic to my co-hosts for the last few months until it came time to actually record! So in keeping with that spirit,...

Jim wanted to get a little away from the usual "murdery" conversations we have on the show, so for this week's episode he brought us a very interesting case that has very much shaped many modern labor laws and movements in the United States. It's pretty well known that radium is an element that was discovered by scientist Madame Curie and her husband. It's also pretty well kn...

This week Mel finishes the second part of the Ted Bundy case. And she's got some extra for our Patreons on this one!

Ted Bundy is one of those people that is so infamous that he needs no introduction. I would be willing to bet that anyone familiar at all with modern day popular culture could quote at least one factoid about one of the world's most recognizable names in the world of true crime. People are still continually fascinated by this monster, though. This podcast included...obviously. This week Mel ta...

For those of us who grew up in a stable home with solid parents, we probably wouldn't think twice to carry out requests or tasks those parents gave us. If your parents are telling you to do something, most of us might not even question it. Children should be able to rely on their parents as protectors who teach and guide them safely. But in the world of true crime especially, we know that is t...

For this week’s episode, Jim tells us about a particularly gross and scary individual named Gary Michael Heidnik. Like a lot of “successful” murderers, this guy was very smart. And not just kind of smart, but he actually had a genius level IQ and was a member of MENSA which is basically a club for geniuses. Because of his above average intelligence, Gary was able to carry on with his crimes far lo...

The Great Depression overlapped several years with Prohibition in the United States, and though the time in general was hard for most, it was especially difficult for speakeasy owners. There were some that were willing to do just about anything to keep their heads above water, and that is where we begin with today's case. After already committing murder to collect on a bogus life insurance pol...

Shortly after moving to a small town to live with her father and his new family in Pennsylvania, somewhat troubled 14-year-old Tanya Kach disappeared in 1996. Her dad and stepmom were not initially concerned and waited several days to even report their daughter missing as Tanya had a history of running away for a few days only to later return no worse for the wear. Only this time, she did not retu...

This week Mel brings us one of the most disturbing cases we have ever heard. Richard Chase’s life and crimes only went from bad to worse with the opposite of help from his own family throughout the years. He would go on to be known as the “Vampire of Sacramento” for the gruesome actions and mutilations he performed on his victims during his life. To this day his psyche is one that still baffles au...

In this week’s episode we recorded remotely for the first time while Jim told us about one of Australia’s most infamous murderers, or as we like to call her the Sex T-REX, Katherine Knight. Some of the wildest true crime I have heard has come from down under, and Katherine is no exception. From her earliest childhood experiences all the up until she was caught by authorities in one of the most gru...

Today's episode was recorded along with last week's originally intended to be just one episode. But because we recorded much longer than normal, we decided to split it into 2. This is the second and final half of our coverage of the Sylvia Likens case

The case of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens is widely regarded as Indiana's most horrific crime. While her parents and brothers worked in the carnival circuit throughout Sylvia's life, they wanted a safer environment for Sylvia and her younger sister as well as a good education. When the rest of the family was away and working, the Likens made arrangements for their 2 youngest daughters to stay...

We've got another local-ish case to our show brought to you by Mel today! In 1990, a Florida woman was gunned down in broad daylight on her front porch when she opened it to someone dressed in a clown costume carrying balloons as though delivering a gift to the home. But since this is a true crime podcast, the delivery was not the kind of surprise the residents initially believed it to be, and...

Because Jim is a self-proclaimed "leg man," this week he decided to talk about a perpetrator that he understood...to an extent at least. As a very young child, Jerry Brudos developed a thing for women in high heeled shoes, and really just high heels in general. This in itself would be pretty harmless, and is a very harmless thing that many people throughout the world have quite the inter...

In this week's episode, Misti brings us a case from East Texas. Tim and Tina Eubanks relocated to a small Texas town in the mid-2000s with their children. Everyone they knew in town said that they seemed like any other family, and they came across as well adjusted and happy. But those who had known the Eubanks' before their move had an overall much different opinion of the family dynamics....

It is most definitely one of the worst fears if not the worst fear for most parents - having a child go missing. But on top of the family going through the heart wrenching situation, the community feels it too. In this week's episode the people of Oregon City, Oregon struggle with the disappearance of not just one child, but 2. Best friends 12 year old Ashley and 13 year old Miranda go missing jus...