Scams, Money, & Murder
Scams, Money, and Murder is a true crime podcast that explores the intersection of greed and crime. Hosts Vanessa Richardson and Carter Roy delve into stories of scams, lies, and deadly crimes, revealing the dark side of money. The show releases new episodes twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays. It is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios.
Episodes
Elizabeth Smart: Her Family Had Already Met Her Kidnapper
In June 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bedroom at knifepoint while her nine-year-old sister hid under the covers and watched. Her kidnapper knew exactly which door of the house wasn't wired to the alarm. For months, investigators zeroed in on the wrong man. And a sketch that could have broken the case wide open sat untouched in a filing cabinet.This episode contains des
The Midnight Assassin
In 1880s Austin, Texas, a shadowy killer stalked the city under cover of darkness, leaving behind brutal murders that sparked panic and rumor. In Part 1, Vanessa and Dr. Engels explore the early crimes, the social tensions of the era, and the birth of one of America’s first urban murder mysteries.Follow Serial Killers & Murderous Minds for part 2 of this episode: https://pod.link/1769285458Joi
The Wonderland Murders
A violent home invasion stunned Los Angeles. The crime scene revealed staggering brutality. Rumors swirled about who orchestrated it.Follow Murder: True Crime Stories for Part 2 of this episode: https://pod.link/1745145932Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, ga
Death Was the Destination: The Order of the Solar Temple
The Order of the Solar Temple was an apocalyptic secret society that orchestrated mass murder-suicides across Switzerland, Canada, and France in the 1990s. Leaders convinced members that death was a “transit” to a higher spiritual realm tied to cosmic prophecy. The crimes reveal how esoteric belief systems can escalate into coordinated, ritualized violence.For part 2 of this story, follow Crimes O
Lauren Agee: Who Let Her Fall
On a summer night in July 2015, 21-year-old Lauren Agee was camping with friends on a towering rocky bluff above Center Hill Lake at Tennessee's Wakefest boating festival. By morning, she was dead at the base of the cliff ninety feet below. Authorities ruled it an accidental fall. Her family never accepted that answer. Inconsistencies in the autopsy, shifting witness accounts, and a scene that was
Who Drew the Nazca Lines?
In Peru's scorching Nazca Valley, ancient inhabitants carved enormous animal figures into the desert floor over a thousand years ago — figures so large they can only be understood from the air. In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes, Vanessa traces the decades-long quest to decode these mysterious formations, from the mathematician who dedicated her life to the desert to the bes
Ted the Caver: The Horror Underground | Creepypastas
In early 2001, a recreational caver named Ted documented his obsessive attempt to break through a sealed passage deep inside a cave... and what he found on the other side became one of the internet's earliest and most disturbing horror stories. Presented as a real personal account with photographs and journal entries, Ted the Caver predated modern creepypastas and convinced countless readers it wa
Karen Read: Did She Kill Her Boyfriend…Or Was She Framed?
Let’s go back to the beginning of one of the most polarizing true crime cases in recent American history, and the country still can't agree on the truth. This episode contains descriptions of death, and references to domestic conflict. Please listen with care.Follow America's Most Infamous Crimes to hear the rest of the story: https://pod.link/1882861002Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited
Cleveland Torso Murders
In the mid-1930s, Cleveland, Ohio was gripped by a series of brutal killings that would become one of the most disturbing mysteries in American criminal history. Victims were discovered dismembered, their heads and limbs removed, leaving investigators struggling to identify the dead or track the killer responsible. As the bodies began appearing along the city’s rail yards and riverbanks, fear spre
SOLVED: Gianni Versace
A fashion icon was gunned down outside his home. The murder stunned the creative world. Behind the glamour was a calculated predator.Follow Murder: True Crime Stories for Part 2 of this episode: https://pod.link/1745145932Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, ga
The Salad Bar That Started a War: The Rajneesh Movement
Led by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), the movement built a utopian commune in Oregon that devolved into bioterrorism, immigration fraud, and assassination plots. In 1984, members carried out the largest bioterror attack in U.S. history by poisoning salad bars to sway a local election. The case shows how charismatic leadership and insular power structures can turn spiritual movements into criminal
Tom Brown: A Teenage Secret
On the night before Thanksgiving 2016, eighteen-year-old Tom Brown left his home in Canadian, Texas to go cruising with friends. But he never came home. When his red Dodge Durango turned up the next morning at a sewage treatment plant on the edge of town, there was a bullet casing on the floor and a drop of his blood on the door handle, but no sign of Tom. What followed was two years of strange di
China's Bigfoot featuring Maci and Nadoly from GHOSTEAS
For over two thousand years, the Yeren — China's legendary wildman — has haunted the mountains and folklore of rural China, inspiring fear, government bans, and even a state-funded scientific expedition. In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes, Vanessa traces the creature's origins from ancient poetry to modern eyewitness accounts, and follows the researcher who spent fifty years
Ben Drowned
In September 2010, a college student bought a used copy of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask at a garage sale, and discovered a save file named BEN belonging to a boy who had drowned years before. What started as glitchy gameplay quickly became something far more sinister: a presence that manipulated the game, invaded his computer, and refused to be deleted. Ben Drowned is the creepypasta that re
D.B. Cooper: The Man Who Hijacked A Plane, Took $200,000 and Vanished
On the day before Thanksgiving, 1971, a man named D.B. Cooper walked up to an airport counter, paid cash for a one-way ticket, and boarded a commercial flight. By the time the plane landed, he had collected $200,000 in ransom, strapped it to his body, and jumped out the back of a jet. No one has seen him since.In the first of three episodes on D.B. Cooper, Katie Ring takes you back to November 24t
SERIAL KILLER: "The Candy Man" Dean Corll
In early 1970s Houston, Texas, businessman Dean Corll used free candy, a party-ready apartment, and a carefully cultivated reputation as a community pillar to lure teenage boys to their deaths. But behind his friendly facade, Corll was systematically grooming victims... and recruiting young accomplices to help him carry out increasingly brutal crimes. This episode traces his childhood, his escalat
SOLVED: Sal Mineo
An actor known for his vulnerability was attacked near his home. The crime shocked Hollywood. His death marked the end of a complex life.Follow Murder: True Crime Stories for Part 2 of this episode: https://pod.link/1745145932Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI
The Crimes that Built America | Murder: True Crime Stories
Crime House’s Murder: True Crime Stories presents a special series for America’s 250th Birthday: The Crimes That Built America. Listen every Monday until July 6th on Murder: True Crime Stories. Join Crime House+ to get all 4 episodes right now ad-free. To subscribe, go to crimehouseplus.com or if you are listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page.250 years ago, a br
Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon: What the Camera Saw
In April 2014, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, two Dutch women in their early twenties, went for a daytime hike on a trail near Boquete, Panama. They never came back. Weeks later, their backpack was found on a jungle riverbank with their phones, camera, and cash still inside. What was on that camera changed everything: photographs taken in total darkness over several days, including what appears t
Lemuria the Lost Continent
In the mid-1800s, a British naturalist named Philip Sclater proposed the existence of a vast sunken continent — Lemuria — to explain a gap in the fossil record. What began as a genuine scientific hypothesis was seized upon by occultists, racists, and spiritual movements, mutating over 150 years into a living religion practiced at the foot of a California volcano. In this episode of Conspiracy Theo
Dear David: The Ghost in the Replies
What began as a series of tweets about sleep paralysis turned into one of the internet’s most famous live-haunting stories. A man named Adam begins posting about a dead child with a misshapen head who appears first in dreams, then in photographs, then seemingly inside his apartment. Heidi walks through the Dear David thread as it unfolded in real time, and explores why serialized horror told throu
Chris Watts
From the outside, the Watts family had everything: a beautiful home in Colorado, two young daughters, and a social media presence full of smiling family photos. Behind those posts, their marriage was quietly falling apart.In the first of three episodes on the Watts family murders, Katie Ring traces who Shanann Watts really was, how she and Chris built their life together, and the huge secret Chris
Joe Ball
In 1930s Elmendorf, Texas, tavern owner Joe Ball built a reputation for wild alligator feedings and a revolving door of female employees who kept disappearing without explanation. Reportedly a descendant of notorious slaveholders, Ball graduated from bootlegger to killer, and when the women in his life became inconvenient, they simply vanished. Follow Serial Killers & Murderous Minds for Part
SOLVED: Meredith Kercher
A student studying abroad was found murdered in her apartment. The case became international news overnight. Her life was frequently eclipsed by spectacle.Follow Murder: True Crime Stories for Part 2 of this episode: https://pod.link/1745145932If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Scams, Money, & Murder to never miss a case! To hear episodes ad-free, subscribe to Crime House+. Join at cri
The End of the Summer of Love: The Manson Family
In the summer of 1969, Los Angeles was living in the long glow of the counterculture — until two nights of murders shattered it beyond repair. Charles Manson never held the knife himself, but he held something more powerful: the total psychological devotion of young men and women who would kill on his word. We examine how Manson built his family, what he promised them, the ideology of race war he
Ben McDaniel: Into the Deep
In August 2010, 30-year-old Ben McDaniel suited up for a dive into Vortex Spring, a celebrated cave diving site in Florida, and descended into a narrow underwater passage. He never returned. One of the employees claimed to have watched Ben enter a restricted section of the cave, a passage that required advanced certification that Ben didn't have. Despite exhaustive underwater searches, his body wa
The Bridgewater Triangle
In southeastern Massachusetts, a stretch of land known as the Bridgewater Triangle has been a magnet for paranormal activity for centuries: cryptid sightings, UFO encounters, ghostly apparitions, and evidence of occult rituals. Many trace the darkness back to King Philip's War of 1675-76, one of the deadliest conflicts per capita in American history, which left the land scarred by massacre, displa
Anansi’s Goatman: When the Terror Blends In
In the summer of 2012, a teenager's camping trip on remote Alabama woodland turns into something no one can explain. What begins with strange smells and figures standing motionless in the dark escalates when the group realizes there's an extra person in their group... without anyone noticing. The horror isn't a monster in the woods. It's a creature already inside the room.For more follow Twisted T
The Clutter Family
On the night of November 14th, 1959, four members of the Clutter family were bound and shot dead in their farmhouse in Holcomb, Kansas. Nothing of value had been stolen. The doors, as always, had been unlocked.In the first of three episodes on the Clutter family murders, Katie Ring traces who the Clutters really were, and the morning when friends and neighbors arrived for church and found them gon
Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski
Richard Kuklinski grew up in the violent housing projects of Jersey City, New Jersey, where abuse at home and relentless bullying on the streets hardened him into a killer before he turned 15. By his mid-twenties, he had leveraged his capacity for cold-blooded violence into a career as a trusted hitman for the Gambino crime family under Brooklyn mob boss Roy DeMeo. This episode traces how Kuklinsk
SOLVED: Moriah Wilson
A rising athlete was shot in a friend’s home. Her achievements were overshadowed by violence. The case exposed how rivalry can escalate fatally.
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Kingdom of Blood: The Rod Ferrell Vampire Cult
Rod Ferrell led a group of teenagers who believed they were vampires, blending goth subculture with authoritarian devotion. In 1996, Ferrell and an accomplice murdered the parents of one member in a violent attempt to cement control. The case demonstrates how identity fantasy combined with cult hierarchy can culminate in real-world homicide.
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Dale Kerstetter: Heist or Homicide
On September 12, 1987, 50-year-old night watchman Dale Kerstetter clocked in at Corning Glass Works in Bradford, Pennsylvania and was never seen again. Surveillance footage captured him calmly walking off-camera beside a masked intruder, pausing only to look directly into the lens. When the masked man reappeared hours later, he dragged a large bag from the building and left with $220,000 worth of
The Banana Wars
In 1954, the CIA orchestrated a covert coup that removed Guatemala's democratically elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, at the behest of Cold War anxieties and the United Fruit Company's political influence. What looked like a communist threat to Washington was, in reality, a land reform program that dared to challenge American corporate power in Central America. In this episode, Vanessa untangles h
Casey Anthony
In the summer of 2008, two-year-old Caylee Anthony vanished, and her mother Casey didn't report her missing for thirty-one days. In that time, she got a tattoo, went to nightclubs, and stayed at her boyfriend's apartment. When Casey's car turned up at a tow yard, a former police officer recognized the smell coming from the trunk. He was Caylee's grandfather. He said nothing.In the first of three e
"The Ypsilanti Ripper" John Norman Collins
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Katie Ring, host of the Crime House Original America's Most Infamous Crimes to discuss the crimes of the "Ypsilanti Ripper." In the late 1960s, Eastern Michigan University students Mary Fleszar and Joan Schell were brutally murdered by someone hiding in plain sight: their charming, honor-roll neighbor John Norman Collins. Despite a witness placing Collins with
UNSOLVED: Amy Bradley
In March 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley boarded a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico, with her family — and vanished without a trace three days into the voyage. When her father checked the balcony at dawn, her shoes and shirt were still in the cabin, but Amy was gone. In Part 1 of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy traces Amy's life in Virginia, the night she disappeared,
An Online Affair, a Fake Identity, and a Murder That Shocked the Internet
In 2005, a married factory worker reinvented himself online, and fell hard for a girl he’d never met. When “Tommy,” “Jessi,” and a coworker named Brian became tangled in a toxic digital love triangle, jealousy exploded into real-world violence. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the TalHotBlond case, where fantasy blurred into obsession… and one lie led to another until a man wound up dead.
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Jelani Day: The River Never Gave Him Back
In August 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen leaving a dispensary in Bloomington-Normal, far from his apartment and with no clear reason to be there. His car was found abandoned miles away. Weeks later, his unclothed body was recovered from the Illinois River. The coroner ruled accidental drowning, but his mother refused to accept that answer. She
Mercy Brown & the Vampire Panic featuring Dr. Harini Bhat
In 1892, as tuberculosis ravaged the small town of Exeter, Rhode Island, a grieving family made a desperate decision: they exhumed the body of 19-year-old Mercy Brown, convinced the dead were feeding on the living. What followed became one of the most well-known cases of vampire hysteria in American history, a moment when fear and superstition filled the gaps that medicine could not. In this episo
When Beloved Cartoons Became Something Darker
Three of the internet's most notorious lost media creepypastas take aim at SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons, and classic Disney — spinning tales of hidden episodes so disturbing they were allegedly buried and erased forever. What makes these stories so unsettling isn't gore alone, but the way they corrupt the cartoons millions grew up trusting. This episode explores why lost media horror hits d
Aileen Wuornos
Before Aileen Wuornos became one of America's most feared serial killers, she was a 13-year-old girl who was assaulted and impregnated by a stranger, gave birth completely alone, and came home to a family that blamed her.
In the first of three episodes on Aileen Wuornos, Katie Ring traces the story of a woman the world expected to be a victim, and how a lifetime of abandonment, abuse, and betrayal
SERIAL KILLER: "The Blood Countess"
Vanessa and Dr. Engels are joined by Dr. Harini Bhat from PAVE Studio's newest show "Hidden History" as they discuss the "Blood Countess" Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th and 17th-century noblewoman who used her vast wealth, noble status, and unchecked power to torture and murder hundreds of young girls within the walls of her castle. Raised amid war, public executions, and a family that weaponized cruel
SOLVED: Arlis Perry
In October 1974, 19-year-old Arlis Perry stepped inside Stanford University's memorial church late one Saturday night to pray after an argument with her husband — and never came out. When a security guard found her body the next morning, detectives encountered one of the most disturbing crime scenes they had ever seen, with evidence suggesting the killing was deliberate, ritualistic, and deeply pe
From Therapy to Marriage to Murder
In this episode of Crimes Of... Sabrina and Corinne unpack the disturbing and deeply complex case of Susan Polk—a woman who married her own therapist and, decades later, killed him. What begins as a troubling story of blurred boundaries and unethical behavior evolves into a marriage defined by power imbalances, emotional control, and escalating instability. Rather than asking whether Susan killed
Kristal Reisinger: The Commune on the Mountain
In the summer of 2016, 20-year-old Kristal Anne Reisinger vanished from a remote Colorado gathering in the wilderness, leaving behind her young daughter. Those who knew her described a young mother navigating addiction and drawn to alternative spiritual communities. When her remains were eventually recovered years later in a remote canyon, they raised more questions than answers. Her case sits at
The Idaho Murders
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students, Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin, were stabbed to death in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. The suspect, Bryan Kohberger, was a PhD criminology student who had been circling their house for months and who pled guilty without ever explaining why. In this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes, Van
The Horror That Never Stops Walking
What if something was following you……and it never stopped?
It doesn’t run.
It doesn’t rush.
It just keeps walking.
This episode explores the real-world fears behind one of the most unsettling horror concepts in modern film, from the AIDS epidemic to economic collapse to the psychological terror of invisible threats.
Because sometimes the scariest thing isn’t what you can see. It’s what you can’t e
The Tylenol Murders: How Seven Strangers Were Killed in One Night
On a single night in 1982, seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Tylenol. They didn't know each other, they weren't targeted, and the killer never had to get close to a single one of them.
In the first of three episodes on the Tylenol murders, Katie Ring takes you back to the night it began: the Janus family, struck down one by one in their own home; the twelve-year-old who took two p
SERIAL KILLER: Adolfo Constanzo
Ever since he was a child, Adolfo Constanzo was raised to believe he was special. And by his twenties, he'd built a cult in Mexico City fueled by black magic, psychic manipulation, and blind devotion. Join Vanessa and Dr. Engels as they trace Adolfo's path from childhood rituals and revenge spells to his terrifying alliance with Mexican drug cartels, where protection spells masked cold-blooded mur
Zona Heaster Shue & the Greenbriar Ghost
In 1897, 23-year-old Zona Heaster Shue was found dead in her rural West Virginia home, and the doctor quickly ruled it natural causes — but her new husband's suspicious behavior and a history of violence told a different story. In Part 1 of Murder: True Crime Stories, host Carter Roy traces Zona's life, her whirlwind marriage to the charming but dangerous Edward Shue, and the events of the cold Ja
The Great Canadian Syrup Heist
In one of the strangest and stickiest white-collar crimes ever committed, a group of Quebec thieves siphoned off nearly 3,000 tons of maple syrup—worth over $18 million—from the Global Strategic Maple Reserve, an actual government-run stockpile meant to stabilize syrup prices.
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Kurt Sova: The Last Halloween Party
In October 1981, 17-year-old Kurt Sova stepped outside a Halloween party in Cleveland to get some fresh air while his friend ran back in for their jackets. By the time that friend returned two minutes later, Kurt was gone. Five days later, his body was found in a nearby ravine, posed with his arms outstretched and both shoes missing, with no clear cause of death. Decades later, the police departme
The Case Files History Left Unsolved | Hidden History with Dr. Harini Bhat
Dr. Harini Bhat is a clinical pharmacist and storyteller obsessed with the moments in history that still can't be fully explained. Every week she investigates real events that defy easy explanation. Mass hysterias. Vanished civilizations. Medical oddities. Strange signals. Unexplained phenomena that keep repeating across centuries, as if history is trying to tell us something.
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The Marriage Grift Pt. 2: A Pattern Emerges | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Investigators uncovered evidence linking Helmuth Schmidt to multiple victims. Financial exploitation was only part of a larger pattern. This episode follows how authorities uncovered the full scope of his crimes.
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The Marriage Grift Pt. 1: Romance as Strategy | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Helmuth Schmidt used newspaper ads to meet women seeking marriage. He targeted women with savings and gained access to their finances. This episode explores how relationships became a structured financial scheme.
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The Story That Killed Him: Following the Money | Murder: True Crime Stories
Danny Casolaro believed he was uncovering a network of financial and political corruption. He was later found dead, and his research was missing. This episode explores the theory that his investigation threatened powerful interests.
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Silicon Valley's Deadly Secrets | Murder: True Crime Stories
Three tech figures were killed in separate incidents tied to personal relationships. Each case unfolded within environments shaped by wealth and access. This episode examines how financial success can create unexpected vulnerabilities.
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When Ratings Turn Fatal Pt. 2 | Murder: True Crime Stories
Days after the taping, one of the guests was murdered by another participant. The case led to a major lawsuit over responsibility and intent. This episode explores the legal fallout and its impact on media practices.
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When Ratings Turn Fatal Pt. 1 | Murder: True Crime Stories
A daytime talk show segment was designed to create emotional confrontation for ratings. Producers pushed a surprise reveal involving a secret relationship. This episode examines how profit-driven decisions shaped the outcome.
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Born to Con Pt. 2: When Profit Turns Violent | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Sante Kimes and her son expanded their crimes beyond fraud. Their targets were chosen for money, property, and control. This episode follows how investigators uncovered the full scope of their operation.
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Born to Con Pt. 1: A Life Built on Fraud | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Sante Kimes spent decades committing fraud, theft, and identity scams. She trained her son to operate the same way from an early age. This episode explores how deception became a structured way of life.
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Stolen Benefits Pt. 2: Profit After Death | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Investigators uncovered bodies buried on Dorothea Puente’s property. Evidence showed she continued collecting benefits and forging documents after tenants disappeared. This episode follows how her scheme was exposed.
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Stolen Benefits Pt. 1: Trust as Currency | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house for vulnerable tenants in Sacramento. She gained control of their finances and relied on their benefits as steady income. This episode explores how she turned trust into a financial system.
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The Most Dangerous Treasurer in America Pt. 2 | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975 after heading to a meeting in Detroit. His absence left behind billions tied to organized crime and unresolved alliances. This episode examines who benefited financially and why the case remains open.
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The Most Dangerous Treasurer in America Pt. 1 | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Jimmy Hoffa turned the Teamsters pension fund into one of the most powerful financial tools in the country. The money fueled organized crime, political influence, and long-term control. This episode explores how controlling capital became a form of protection.
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The Devil Made Me Do It: The Case Behind A Big Screen Haunting | Crimes Of...
In 1981, 19-year-old Arne Cheyenne Johnson stabbed his landlord to death and claimed a demon forced his hand. Sabrina and Corinne uncover the chilling true story that became the basis for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the first U.S. murder trial to argue demonic possession as a defense.
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The Zodiac Killer: The Case Behind A Classic Crime Thriller | Murder: True Crime Stories
It’s the case that should’ve been solved by now—but somehow, the Zodiac Killer has slipped through the cracks. Carter examines the key clues: the strange letters, the police sketch, and the DNA evidence that almost led to a suspect. Could the key to solving the Zodiac murders still be hiding in plain sight?
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Ted Bundy Pt. 2: One of America’s Most Infamous Serial Killers
Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. In part two of our three part series, Katie examines the escalation of Ted Bundy’s killing spree in 1974, as he used a fake arm sling, calculated charm, and his understanding of police procedure to abduct young women in plain sight across the Pacifi
Ted Bundy Pt. 1: One of America’s Most Infamous Serial Killers
Welcome to America’s Most Infamous Crimes. Katie Ring takes you deep into cases that have left a lasting imprint on society, and still haunt us today. Ted Bundy didn’t fit the image of a killer. He was educated, ambitious, and outwardly composed, the kind of man people trusted without hesitation. In this first episode, Katie traces the early fractures that shaped him: family secrets, rejection, mo
The Old Hollywood Murder 2 | Murder: True Crime Stories
After William Desmond Taylor was found murdered in his home, both the police and press rushed to find the culprit. As wild rumors swirled around the investigation, three potential suspects emerged: William's butler, his leading lady, or a vengeful drug dealer.
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The Old Hollywood Murder 1 | Murder: True Crime Stories
William Desmond Taylor was one of early Hollywood's biggest celebrities. But before he became a famous director, he was an enigma, full of dark secrets. And on February 2nd, 1922, he was found dead in his home, killed by a single gunshot to the back.
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Aileen Wuornos: The Monster Behind An Oscar Winning Performance Pt. 2 | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Aileen Wuornos was dubbed America’s first female serial killer—and she wanted the world to remember her name. In Part 2, we follow her journey from captured killer to death row inmate, exploring her obsession with legacy and her volatile final days.
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Aileen Wuornos: The Monster Behind An Oscar Winning Performance Pt. 1 | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Before she became one of America’s most infamous female serial killers, Aileen Wuornos was a teenage runaway, a survivor of abuse, and a girl the system failed. In Part 1, we trace her early life—from abandonment and trauma to the desperate path that would lead her to murder.
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The Dark Hollywood History Behind Longlegs | Twisted Tales
A filmmaker haunted by his family’s past. A doll that mirrored a tragedy. And a story born from grief, faith, and fear. Heidi Wong explores the real inspirations behind Osgood Perkins’s Longlegs: from Anthony Perkins’s hidden legacy to the JonBenét Ramsey “My Twinn” doll and the dark folklore of sympathetic magic.
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The Black Dahlia: Hollywood Dreams Stolen | Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes
In 1947, the mutilated body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles, shocking the nation and spawning a media firestorm. Dubbed “The Black Dahlia,” her case became one of the most infamous unsolved murders in American history. This episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes unravels the secrets, suspects, and sinister theories that still haunt Hollywood nearly 80 years lat
Vanessa's Hollywood Crimes Collection Starts Tomorrow!
This month, Scams, Money, & Murder presents the Hollywood Crime Collection, a gripping series that explores the scandals, mysteries, and true crimes that have unfolded behind the bright lights of the entertainment capital. From infamous celebrity cases to studio-era cover-ups and modern headline-making investigations, we examine the real stories that shook Hollywood to its core. Beneath the gl
40 Years Later: The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen Pt. 2 | Murder: True Crime Stories
On the 40-year anniversary of Sherri Rasmussen’s murder, we continue exploring the story of a case that refused to stay buried. Carter and Vanessa examine the decades-long fight for justice, as ignored evidence, stalled leads, and mounting frustration finally give way to a shocking breakthrough. As forensic science advances and old assumptions are challenged, the investigation exposes deep flaws w
40 Years Later: The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen Pt. 1 | Murder: True Crime Stories
On the 40-year anniversary of the murder of Sherri Rasmussen, we revisit the beginning of a case that would haunt Los Angeles for decades. Carter and Vanessa explore Sherri’s life, her new marriage, and the volatile love triangle unfolding just out of sight. What was initially labeled a burglary gone wrong quickly reveals deeper warning signs—obsession, jealousy, and investigative blind spots that
FBI Agent Mark Putnam Pt. 2 | Serial Killers & Murderous Minds
Behind the badge, Mark Putnam was hiding a devastating secret. When an affair threatened his career and family, desperation took over—with fatal consequences. This episode examines the psychological toll of pressure, fear, and entitlement as Putnam crossed an irreversible line. As investigators close in, the carefully maintained image of a model agent collapses, exposing a shocking betrayal of tru
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