True Crime

On May 24, 2020, Emily Noble celebrated her 52nd birthday in Westerville, Ohio, with a night out alongside her husband, Matheau “Matt” Moore. Smiling and carefree, the couple returned home that evening—but by the next day, Emily had vanished without a trace. Her purse, phone, ID, and car remained behind, as if she’d simply evaporated from their quiet suburban home. Become a supporter of this podca...

On a quiet September afternoon in 2014, 20-year-old Aaron Su made a horrifying discovery—his mother, 59-year-old Jill Halliburton Su, lay dead in the family’s bathroom, brutally stabbed. Was this a botched burglary, a targeted attack, or something far more sinister? With no clear motive, no recovered footage, and a grieving family caught between suspicion and despair, investigators faced a maddeni...

On October 16, 1986, inside Room 1215 of Miami’s Dupont Plaza Hotel, the bodies of Derrick and Duane Moo Young—a father and son described as unassuming businessmen—were discovered in a scene of brutal violence. At first glance, the murders seemed personal: an eyewitness placed their former business partner, British millionaire Kris Maharaj, at the crime scene, alleging a bitter financial dispute h...

In February 2013, American hero Chris Kyle—the deadliest sniper in U.S. military history—set out on what should have been a routine act of compassion. Alongside his best friend Chad Littlefield, he took troubled Marine veteran Eddie Ray Routh to a Texas shooting range, hoping to bond and offer solace to a brother-in-arms battling PTSD. Hours later, both Kyle and Littlefield lay dead in the dirt, e...

In the quiet Welsh village of Clydach, the dawn of June 27, 1999, brought unspeakable horror. As flames engulfed 9 Kelvin Road, neighbors watched in dread—knowing Mandy Power, her two young daughters (Emily, 8, and Katie, 10), and her elderly mother, Doris Dawson, should have been inside. But when firefighters battled through the blaze, they uncovered a scene far more sinister than an accident: a...

Seth and Lisa Techel were the picture of a happy, ambitious couple—newly married, expecting their first child, and both training for careers in law enforcement. But on a quiet Iowa morning in May 2011, their dream turned into a nightmare when Seth dialed 911 in a panic, reporting he’d found Lisa dead in their bed, shot in the chest. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc...

Novelist Nancy Brophy's romance novels are known as the "Wrong Series". They carry the tagline, "wrong never felt so right." As compelling as these sound, Nancy will almost certainly be remembered most for an article she published years before her husband's death, entitled, "How to Murder Your Husband"... By June 2018, Daniel and Nancy Brophy had been happily married for 25 years. At age 63, Danie...

On Monday 24 October, 2005 in Ocilla Georgia, Tara Grinstead, a local beauty queen and high school history teacher did not show up to work in the morning. Concerned colleagues, unable to reach her, promptly called the local authorities. When local law enforcement arrived at her home, they initially found few indications that anything was amiss. However, a closer look suggested foul play. Tara’s ca...

Michelle Young had it all—a loving family, a thriving career, and a baby on the way. But on a cold November morning in 2006, her sister made a grisly discovery: Michelle’s lifeless body in her North Carolina home, brutally beaten to death. The only witness? Her eerily untouched two-year-old daughter, Cassidy, found hiding in the master bedroom—suspiciously clean, as if someone had carefully shield...

In May 1991, Michelle Lodzinski was a 23 year old single mother to 5 year old Timothy Wiltsey. In only a few quick minutes whilst purchasing a soda at a Memorial Day carnival, Timothy disappeared from Michelle's sight. A highly publicised, massive search effort ensued. Law enforcement interviewed the young mother multiple times over the following months only to find that her story kept changing. B...

Johnny Clarke and Lisa Straub were a happy couple in their early 20s working and studying near Toledo, Ohio. One night in late January 2011, Johnny's friend Tiffany called Johnny's cellphone to check up on their plans for the evening - and what she hears on the other end of the line scares her... Concerned that someone is threatening her friends in their own home, she calls both Johnny and Lisa re...

Paul Howell was killed during a carjacking, in his parent’s driveway in Edmond, Oklahoma in July 1999. Julius Darius Jones, only 19 years old at the time, was convicted of the murder. Two decades later, Julius’ case caught the attention of some big name celebrities - from Kim Kardashian, James Corden, Baker Mayfield and Demi Lovato. The voice that these celebrities have given to the argument of Ju...

On a sunny Wednesday in September 2012, the al-Hilli family - Saad, his wife Ikbal, their two young daughters Zainab (7) and Zeena (4) and Ikbal's mother, Suhaila - left their campsite on the edge of Lake Annecy to take a forest walk in the nearby trails, surrounding the French Alps. The family was on vacation in France from their home in Surrey, England. They drove up a rough road and stopped - o...

Chandler Halderson was the perfect son. In the summer of 2021 he was about to graduate college and begin a career with SpaceX. However, things weren't exactly as they appeared. When Chandler's parents went missing in July 2021 his lies began to unravel and the truth that Chandler had been hiding came to light. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403...

In Seeds of Destruction, forensic botanists and soil scientists reveal how the natural world becomes an unlikely detective in solving crimes. A single seedpod, a trace of pollen, or even the dirt clinging to a suspect’s shoe can unlock the secrets of a crime—pinpointing where a victim died or placing a killer at the scene. From clandestine graves to abandoned vehicles, investigators harness the po...

In The Predator, a quiet Tucson, Arizona neighborhood is shattered when an eight-year-old girl is snatched in broad daylight. With chilling speed, police zero in on a notorious drifter—a parolee with a history of preying on children—but he’s already vanished into the shadows. As investigators scramble to track him down, they’re haunted by a terrifying truth: every passing moment could mean the dif...

In Bodies of Evidence, investigators face one of criminal justice’s greatest challenges: solving a murder without a body. But as killers grow more cunning in disposing of victims—dissolving remains, scattering ashes, or burying them in remote wilderness—forensic scientists are fighting back with revolutionary techniques. This gripping episode reveals how microscopic evidence—a drop of blood, a sli...

In First and Kennedy Street Crew, The FBI Files exposes the brutal reign of one of Washington D.C.’s most feared gangs, whose grip on the streets was enforced through ruthless violence. When their leader fled to Africa to evade justice, law enforcement launched an international manhunt—culminating in the explosive 1994 shootout at the D.C. Metropolitan Police Headquarters. Through gripping firstha...

In "Fatal Compulsion," an intense and gripping episode of The New Detectives, forensic psychologists and criminal investigators pull back the curtain on the most chilling enigma of modern crime—the serial killer. These predators don’t always fit the monstrous image we imagine; instead, they are masters of deception, hiding in plain sight as friendly neighbors, diligent coworkers, or even charismat...

When the bodies of women began surfacing in Vienna, Austrian police faced a killer who defied all expectations—Jack Unterweger, a celebrated ex-convict turned writer, whose dark obsession with violence never truly left him. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support .

The world stood still as O.J. Simpson—NFL legend, actor, and accused killer—stood trial for the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. What followed was a forensic showdown that would change criminal justice forever. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support .

When the police are the criminals, who can you trust? This explosive episode of The FBI Files uncovers the 1990s New Orleans Police Department scandal—a web of drug deals, murder-for-hire, and blatant corruption that turned the city’s protectors into its most dangerous predators. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support .

1.8 million Americans disappear every year. Most come home—but some vanish without a single clue. This forensic deep dive from The New Detectives reveals how investigators track the missing, why some cases go cold, and the heartbreaking science of matching nameless bodies to grieving families. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support .

They came to register Black voters. They were murdered for it. This explosive episode of The FBI Files revisits one of America’s most infamous hate crimes—the 1964 Ku Klux Klan killings of three young civil rights workers in Philadelphia, Mississippi, and the groundbreaking FBI investigation that exposed a conspiracy of racism, violence, and cover-ups. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://w...

They were monsters hiding in plain sight—until psychological profiling dragged their darkest secrets into the light. This gripping episode of The New Detectives reveals how FBI profilers dissected the minds of three infamous killers, exposing the terrifying patterns that linked their crimes—and changed criminal investigations forever. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/po...