Over My Dead Pod

When 23-year-old Hannah Upp vanished from New York City in 2008, everyone feared the worst. But nearly three weeks later, she was found alive, floating in the water, with no memory of where she'd been or what had happened to her. Five years later, she disappeared again. And then, in 2017, it happened a third time. Only this time, Hannah never came home. But Hannah's story isn't the typical missing...

On December 30, 1999, a rural Oklahoma home went up in flames. Inside, investigators found the body of Kathy Freeman but her husband, Danny, and two teenage girls, Ashley Freeman and Lauria Bible, were nowhere to be found. Then, the next day, the Bible family returned to the burned-out home and made a horrifying discovery investigators had missed: Danny Freeman’s body. Both parents had been murder...

In 1993, four-year-old Derrick Robie left home for a summer recreation program just blocks away. He never made it. What followed was a devastating investigation that led police to 13-year-old Eric Smith — and a case that would raise difficult questions about juvenile crime, punishment, and accountability. This week on Over My Dead Pod, we’re covering the murder of Derrick Robie and the shocking ca...

On January 17, 2008, 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee was home in North Port, Florida, with her two young sons when a stranger entered her home and abducted her. What followed was a desperate race against time. Denise managed to secretly call 911 from her captor’s phone, giving dispatchers whatever information she could while trying not to be discovered. Other witnesses called 911 too — including one...

You asked. You begged. And Kate finally gave in. This week on Over My Dead Pod , we’re covering the Lindsey Clancy case — and more specifically, the trial that has had everyone talking. In January 2023, three young children were killed inside their Duxbury, Massachusetts home. Their mother, Lindsey Clancy, was charged with their deaths. What followed became one of the most complicated and fiercely...

For more than 30 years, no one knew her name. On October 24, 1994, skeletal remains were discovered beside railroad tracks near U.S. Highway 64 in Conway County, Arkansas. Investigators determined the woman had been murdered, but with few clues to her identity, the case eventually became known simply as Conway County Jane Doe . Over the decades, investigators refused to completely give up on her....

Andrei Chikatilo became one of the most infamous serial killers in history — but for years, authorities in the Soviet Union struggled to stop him. Known as the Rostov Ripper and the Red Ripper , Chikatilo terrorized the Soviet Union throughout the 1970s, '80s, and early '90s, targeting women and children and ultimately confessing to more than 50 murders. But this case isn't only disturbing because...

On August 25, 2000, 25-year-old Kristin Laurite pulled off I-40 in Morrilton, Arkansas for a break on her cross-country move to start a new life. She never got back on the road. What followed was a 5-year mystery, a desperate billboard campaign that read “Do You Know Who Killed Me?”, and a DNA breakthrough connecting her murder to a trail of victims across the country. Who was really waiting at th...

A hidden bunker deep in the Washington wilderness. A husband and father who vanished without a trace. And a horrifying discovery that proved his escape plan came at an unimaginable cost. In this episode of Over My Dead Pod, we unravel the disturbing case of Peter Keller—the survivalist whose obsession with disappearing into the woods concealed a far darker reality. For years, Keller meticulously c...

A hidden bunker deep in the Washington wilderness. A husband and father who vanished without a trace. And a horrifying discovery that proved his escape plan came at an unimaginable cost. In this episode of Over My Dead Pod , we unravel the disturbing case of Peter Keller —the survivalist whose obsession with disappearing into the woods concealed a far darker reality. For years, Keller meticulously...

On the morning of September 12, 2001, as the nation reeled from the events of 9/11, one family's nightmare unfolded quietly in a small town in upstate New York. Michele Anne Harris, a devoted mother of four, vanished from her home without a trace. Her purse, keys, and personal belongings were left behind. There were no signs of forced entry, no confirmed sightings, and despite years of searching,...

On the morning of January 24, 2006, 24-year-old Jennifer Kesse left for work—or so everyone believed. When she never arrived at her office, her family knew something was terribly wrong. What followed would become one of Florida's most baffling missing person cases. Jennifer's car was discovered abandoned just over a mile from her condominium, but the only known surveillance footage of the person w...

In the late 1800s, one woman left a trail of death and deception that shocked America and earned her a place among history's most notorious female killers. In this episode of Over My Dead Pod, we dive into the disturbing story of Lizzie Halliday, an Irish immigrant whose life was marked by fraud, arson, suspicious deaths, and multiple marriages that often ended in tragedy. Long before serial kille...

When a series of brutal sexual assaults terrorized the Toronto area in the late 1980s and early 1990s, investigators struggled to identify the man responsible. That man was Paul Bernardo—a serial rapist who would later become one half of one of Canada's most infamous criminal couples. In this episode of Over My Dead Pod , we examine the crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, whose partnership...

In May 1996, 19-year-old college freshman Kristin Smart vanished after attending an off-campus party near California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. What initially appeared to be a missing person case would evolve into one of the most notorious unsolved mysteries in California history. For more than 25 years, Kristin's family searched for answers as investigators pursued countless...

In this episode of Over My Dead Pod , we dive into one of the most disturbing and controversial cases in Massachusetts history: the story of Daniel LaPlante and the brutal murders of the Gustafson family. Before he became a convicted killer, LaPlante's behavior had already shocked his community. As a troubled teenager, he gained notoriety for a bizarre and terrifying series of incidents that fuele...

In April 2016, the quiet farming community of Pike County, Ohio was shattered when eight members of the Rhoden family were found brutally murdered across four different crime scenes in what investigators described as a calculated execution-style massacre. The shocking killings sparked one of the largest homicide investigations in Ohio history, uncovering a tangled web of custody disputes, family f...

On the night of December 6th, 2014, nineteen-year-old Jessica Chambers was found walking down a rural road in Courtland, Mississippi, engulfed in flames. Nearly every inch of her body had been burned. And yet somehow, impossibly, she was still alive. Before she died, investigators believed Jessica tried to identify the person who set her on fire. But what she said—or what people thought she said—w...

This Mother’s Day, we’re covering two heartbreaking cases that reveal the darkest side of family tragedy and the devastating consequences of violence within the home. In 2022, California mother Angela Flores shocked the nation after her three young children were found murdered inside their family apartment in what investigators described as an unimaginable act of filicide. As details emerged, the...

On a bitter December night in 1956, two sisters left a Chicago movie theater and vanished into the cold—never to return home. Barbara and Patricia Grimes were inseparable. Music lovers, devoted daughters, and like so many teenagers of the era, caught up in the excitement of rock and roll. But after seeing an Elvis Presley film, the girls disappeared without a trace, launching one of the most haunt...

When a marriage turns bitter, most people file for divorce—others take a far darker path. In this episode, we dive into the chilling case of Ira Bernstein and Kelly Gribeluk, whose relationship spiraled into a shocking murder-for-hire plot targeting Bernstein’s estranged wife. What started as a failing marriage quickly escalated into a calculated plan involving money, manipulation, and a supposed...

In the quiet coastal town of Jupiter, Florida, a brutal crime shattered the sense of safety in a close-knit community—and decades later, the truth still hasn’t been uncovered. In this episode, we examine the mysterious and heartbreaking murder of Rachel Hurley, a 14-year-old whose life was taken. Rachel was found in a crowded park on St. Patrick's Day, with family and friends close by. Despite ext...

In May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal—triggering one of the most widely reported missing person cases in modern history. What began as a family vacation quickly became an international mystery filled with shifting theories, global media coverage, controversial investigations, and unanswered questions that still haunt inv...

In May 2007, three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal—triggering one of the most widely reported missing person cases in modern history. What began as a family vacation quickly became an international mystery filled with shifting theories, global media coverage, controversial investigations, and unanswered questions that still haunt inv...

The community of Scottsdale, Arizona was awoken by a large explosion at the Fisher house. Inside, authorities located the bodies of Mary and her two kids, Brittney and Robert Jr. But dad and husband Robert Fisher was missing. It has now been almost 25 years since Robert went on the run and we still have no clue where he is or what happened to him. If you have any information regarding the whereabo...