Crack House Chronicles

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we take a look at the senseless murder of Iryna Zarutska.  On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian woman, was killed at the East/West Boulevard station on the Lynx Blue Line, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who had fled her country because of the Russian invasion, was fatally stabbed fr...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss the mysterious disappearance of Jason Knapp. Jason Andrew Knapp, from York, Pennsylvania, vanished without a trace on April 12, 1998. Jason was a sophomore at Clemson University, excelling academically and involved in the ROTC program. He was last seen on Easter weekend, and his car was found a week later at Table Rock Sta...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss the mysterious murder of Brenda Joyce Holland.  Brenda was a 19-year-old college student and theater makeup supervisor at The Lost Colony Drama on the Outer Banks whose tragic, unsolved death in July 1967 became one of North Carolina's most famous cold cases. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhou...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss Mica Miller.  In April 2024, the death of 30-year-old Mica Miller at a North Carolina state park drew national attention after reports emerged that the pastor's wife had repeatedly contacted police about harassment and said she feared for her life. Authorities ultimately ruled Mica's death a suicide and said there was no e...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss serial killer Henry Eugene Hodges. Hodges (born August 16, 1966) is an American convicted serial killer and former sex worker who was found guilty in both Tennessee and Georgia of three murders. Hodges confessed to murdering at least eight men, most of whom were homosexual, between 1988 and 1990. He was tried for three mur...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss the crazy disappearance of Chelsea Grimm.  In September 2023, 32 year old Chelsea Grimm left California on a cross-country drive to Connecticut to attend a wedding.  She packed her camera gear, camping supplies - and her pet bearded dragon - and headed east.  But somewhere in northern Arizona, something began to unravel. ...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we dive into the Fayetteville North Carolina murder of Air Force Captain Marty Theer. This story goes from internet affairs to cold-blooded conspiracy.  This is the story of how love, lust, and manipulation led to murder. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousech...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we take a dive into some some suspicious murders in Cleveland County North Carolina.  In the late summer and fall of 2003, something dark moved through the quiet streets of Shelby, North Carolina.  Three elderly women—living alone, just blocks from one another—were found dead in their homes under nearly identical circumstances. Phone...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Shirley Pierce.  Shirley was found murdered in the bathtub of her Kannapolis North Carolina home in July 2013.  Investigators  find evidence of a staged cleanup and rage from an unexpected place. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicle...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we tell the story of Troy Burkhart from Townville South Carolina. Over a 4 day weekend in November of 1997 three people end up dead after septic tank needs fixing.  Join us in to this deep dive in to the kudzu. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles ht...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss serial killer Jack Owen Spillman III.  Spillman, also known as the Werewolf Butcher, was an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. He was convicted of the murders of Rita Hoffman, her daughter Amanda, and Penny Davis. Spillman was known for sexually mutilating and posing his victims. https://www.crackhousechronic...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast we discuss the horrific murder of Sherri Rasmussen.  On February 24, 1986, the body of Sherri Rasmussen was found in the condominium she shared with her husband, John Ruetten, in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. She had been beaten and shot three times. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) init...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale talk to Gregg Owen, Gregg Owen was the keyboardist for the bands Shady Daze, the American Breed, Jerico, and Chill Factor. He served as an Assistant State's Attorney and Cook County Chief of Gang Prosecutions in the city of Chicago. He is the founder of Text2Drive. Convergence is his first book. Dont miss this amazing story he has. Link...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the Coleman Family Murders.  In the early morning hours of May 5th, 2009, Sheri Coleman and her two sons, 11-year-old Garett and 9-year-old Gavin, were found dead in their home. Husband and dad, Chris Coleman, had been worried about his family due to some threatening emails and letters they had received. https://www.crackhousech...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the brutal and senseless murder of Eli Hart.  On a Friday morning in May 2022, Orono Minnesota police made a routine traffic stop on a car with a blown tire and shattered rear window.  What began as a traffic stop quickly revealed a premeditated and brutal murder, with Julissa Thaler having purchased the shotgun amid a custody f...

The Father's Day bank massacre was a bank robbery and shooting that took place on Sunday, June 16, 1991, at the United Bank Tower (now the Wells Fargo Center) in Denver, Colorado, United States. The perpetrator killed four unarmed bank guards and held up six tellers in the bank's cash vault. An estimated $200,000 was stolen from the bank. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/cra...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the Broken Arrow Massacre. In 2015, five members of the Bever family were killed in their home in Broken Arrow Oklahoma by the two oldest sons in the family. They planned the murders for a year. After killing their family, they wanted to travel around the country and commit mass murders and record their killings so they would ha...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast Donnie and Dale jump the tracks and discuss the case of Don Henry and Kevin Ives, also known as The Boys on the Tracks.  Around 4:30 a.m. on August 23, 1987, 16-year-old Don Henry and 17-year-old Kevin Ives were hit by a Union Pacific freight train in the town of Alexander, Arkansas, United States, as they were lying on the tracks. T...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale take a trip down the road and discuss the Blue Ridge Savings Bank Murders. These murders, also known as the Greer bank murders, is an unsolved armed robbery and triple homicide that occurred on May 16, 2003, at the Blue Ridge Savings Bank in Greer, South Carolina. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronic...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss serial killer Paul Michael Stephani, also known as The Weepy Voiced Killer.  Stephani made a series of telephone calls to police, anonymously reporting his crimes in a remorseful and high-pitched voice. Stephani killed three women in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area, and two other women survived Stephani's violent attacks. https:...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast Donnie and Dale discuss the disappearance of Leanne Green. 17 year old Leanne Martha Leanne Green was picked up by her brother Lawson from her work at the Holiday Inn on April 15, 1987 in Dickson TN. They ran out of gas about a 1/2 mile later. A family stopped to help and Lawson rode with them to get gas. They were gone less than 10...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast Donnie and Dale have Frank McFarland back on the show to talk about new information that has recently come out in the Asha Degree case. LINKS to Frank McFarlands socials.. https://www.facebook.com/juicemn99 https://www.tiktok.com/@kinglawclt Our Links. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast Donnie and Dale discuss serial killer Herbert William Mullin. Mullin was an American serial killer who heard voices telling him to kill. He killed 13 people in California in the early 1970s and confessed to the killings, which he claimed prevented earthquakes. In 1973, after a trial to determine whether he was legally insane or culpa...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles True Crime Podcast Donnie and Dale discuss the murder of Michelle O'Keefe. On the evening of February 22, 2000, the body of 18-year-old Michelle O'Keefe was discovered in a dimly lit parking lot in Palmdale, California. The young college student and aspiring actress who had just appeared as an extra in a Kid Rock music video was found in her own blue M...

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale deliver up a story on Joseph M. Harris. Harris was a US Postal worker who held a grudge and committed a murder at the Ridgewood, New Jersey post office in 1991. He was also found guilty of another unsolved murder in 1988. https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechron...