Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps
Crossing the Line is a true crime podcast that revisits cold cases of missing and murdered people, told start-to-finish each week. Host M. William Phelps, an investigative journalist and bestselling author, uses a campfire storytelling style. He connects deeply with families affected by violent crime, drawing on his own experience of his sister-in-law's murder. Each episode explores murder, mayhem, and madness.
Episodes
EP193 | The Bridesmaid's Killer: Clayton Foreman & Mary Catherine Edwards
A beloved schoolteacher is home one night alone, when a man enters her Texas townhouse and she is never seen alive again. His identity remains a tightly held secret for almost 25 years … until a pair of dogged genealogical investigators force him out of the shadows and law enforcement make a hard dash across the country to catch him. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account her
EP192 | The Ultimate True Crime Ultimatum: The Yvonne Menke Love Triangle Murder
Four decades after a young mother is shot dead in a dark stairwell on a brutally cold winter morning, a reopened cold case unearths a web of obsession and a chillingly patient killer who almost got away with the perfect crime. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Order Phelps's latest book, THEY CAME FOR BLOOD, book
EP191 | The D.C. Mansion Murders: The Savopoulos Family Tragedy
In 2015, a mother, her son and housekeeper are at home one afternoon inside the Savopoulos mansion situated along a swanky street in suburban Washington DC. A man enters the home through a back door. Hours later, a call is made by the husband, Savvas, asking his assistant to deliver $40,000 dollars in cash. Then the house is set on fire. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account
SHORT CUTS EP20 | The Snow Ghost Mystery—Missing in the Sierra: The Yuba Five
It's 1978. Five friends head out to a basketball game together—and disappear into the California night. As details and clues begin to emerge in the weeks and months that follow, four of the men are found—but the bizarre story behind it all makes no sense. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHe
EP190 | Kouri Richins: The Moscow Mule Killer & (True Crime) Author
A man is found unconscious, cold to touch, without a pulse, inside his home one early morning. His grieving widow writes a children's book to help their kids deal with the pain. But a year after his death, law enforcement has some rather shocking news to announce. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Order Phelps's l
EP189 | Broken Cane: The Murder of Paul Allen
A man in Maine goes missing during a chilly day in December and his ex-wife seems to think she knows what happened to him. Or … maybe she's simply trying to deflect an investigation, which now includes … helicopters, search dogs, and blood in the snow. #PeterBathgate #PeterBathgateII #PaulAllenMurder #HallowellMurder #AugustaMaineCrime True Crime Murder True Crime Podcast true crime podcast / best
EP188 | The Closet Murder of Aspen Socialite Nancy Pfister: A True Crime Like No Other
A Colorado ski resort town. A rich heiress. A personal assistant. A doctor and his wife. All of their lives collide, one of them goes missing, and fingers are pointed at the others. What actually happens is straight out of a 1980s horror film. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Order Phelps's latest book, THEY CAM
EP187 | The Mother's Tomb: Jerri Roby and John Gaither
When a 42-year-old Mississippi man vanishes from his home, his family in California begin receiving strange letters and phone calls claiming he has left the country to meet a woman in the Philippines. Then the story changes course as they are told he is in a Mexican jail. Behind the bizarre stories and reassuring updates, however, is a trip to a local building supply store and a chilling discovery
SHORT CUTS EP19 | The Ghost Burglar Killer: Bernard Welsh and his True Crimes
How does one man escape from prison not once, but twice—stay out on the run, start a family and raise three kids … all while continuing to commit crimes—including … murder. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHeartMedia podcast, Paper Ghosts, in addition to the ideas you send me. A lot of them
EP186 | The Witch Doctor Murder Trial: The Dark Obsessions of Larry Millete
You've made the decision to divorce your husband of 20 years. He's incensed and turns to witchdoctors on the dark web to put a hex on you. Your lover's wife just had a baby—and then you find out that you are also pregnant with his child. Then, without warning, you disappear. Maya Millete updates, Larry Millete verdict, Chula Vista missing mom, San Diego true crime, Millete family mystery, Premed
EP185 | Fatal Rejection - The Talk Show, Secret Admirer Murder: Jenny Jones, Scott Amedure and Jonathon Schmitz
You're invited on a national television show under the pretense that someone you know has a crush on you. You get to the show and feel ambushed by the host revealing who it is. Three days later, your admirer has been murdered, and police are looking to you for the answers. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Order P
EP184 | Shattered Trust: The Alfred "Chad" McMurray Murder Case
A young man is found bound and shot through the head inside his home. Police look to the streets of Broward County, Florida for the answer … a dozen years pass and they don't have a clue. Better yet … the notion that their killer has been … the entire time … right underneath their nose. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, ple
EP183 | Jade Benning and Blaise Taylor: A Poisoned Drink, An NFL Scout Arrested, and Her Last Words
Paramedics respond to a pregnant woman's apartment in Nashville and find her unconscious, on her bed, near death. The man inside the home, Blaise Taylor, who had called 911, seems confused and acting strange. Three lives are at stake. One connected to the NFL, the other a local chef the community adores—the third, a baby not yet born. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon acco
SHORT CUTS EP18 | The Max Headroom Incident: The Unsolved TV Hijack of 1987
Episode Description | You are watching your local TV sports news one night when the screen suddenly goes fuzzy and this odd character comes onto the screen, says nothing, then disappears. The TV station you are watching has been hijacked. Later that same night, it happens again … but this time, the hacker has some rather interesting information to share and a strange fetish-like scenario to act ou
EP182 | The Killer on Probation: Michael Reese & Joyce Grayson
A woman heads out one morning to do her work as a visiting home healthcare nurse. Later that afternoon, her employer cannot find her. Reported missing, police begin searching … and find the house where she was headed to empty. Then a break in the case … as an intuitive officer discovers her vehicle parked a mile away from her original destination. Host M. William Phelps finds the case the cause fo
EP181 | 'Touch Me and Find Out …' - The Austin Metcalf, Karmelo Anthony Case: Murder or Self-Defense?
How does a rather straightforward murder case, in which there is no question who the perpetrator is, become a polarizing, high-profile media event, dividing a community and pitting neighbors against one another? Social media and the internet, of course! Here, in Frisco, Texas, a high school track meet starts out as innocent as any other youth-sports event. When it starts raining, the athletes head
EP180 | The Body Buried Under Newton Avenue & Ghost of Chollas Creek—The True Crime of A Serial Killer Set Free
A random stop by a San Diego police officer in 2025 opens a murder investigation—which ultimately leads to a search underneath a local home once rented by a local man, Dwight William Rhone. But that is only the beginning … as investigators begin to think they have uncovered the burial ground of a prolific serial killer. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a
EP179 | Terror in the Adirondacks: Robert Garrow & the Ethics of Evil–A True Crime Serial Killer Story Hard to Believe
A group of four head out for a camping trip and one of them winds up being tied to a tree and murdered by a serial killer. As that is happening, an attorney is sitting on information where two additional bodies are buried … but he tells no one. How these cases are connected and the psychopath in the middle of it all is the focus this week. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon accou
EP178 | Minerliz Soriano: The Sidewalk Astronomer and Sociopath, Jupiter, and a True Crime Genetic Net
A teenage girl from Bronx, New York, leaves school one cold winter afternoon, on her way to meet her younger sister. But she never arrives and a search in a city of 10 million people begins. It takes decades, but law enforcement catch a break … this, mind you, after figuring out how the planet Jupiter and their main suspect, are connected. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon accou
SHORT CUTS | EP17 - The Midnight Knock: Missing Paperboy Johnny Gosch & His Midnight Visit Decades Later
On September 5th, 1982, 12-year-old paperboy Johnny Gosch vanished into the early morning darkness of West Des Moines, Iowa. His abandoned red Radio Flyer wagon, filled with undelivered newspapers, was the only trace left behind. The mystery deepened over the decades as bizarre theories, allegations of systemic conspiracies, and a shocking, unannounced midnight visit to his mother, Noreen Gosch, t
EP177 - Lyntell Washington: The Teacher, the Principal, the Murder: A Baton Rouge True Crime Mystery
A three-year-old is found wandering through a parking lot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one day. She is holding onto her favorite pillow–and her feet are covered in dried blood. Her mother … is missing. As the search gets underway, a suspect emerges. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Order Phelps's latest book, THE
EP176 - Frank Walls - Maniac Serial Murderer & the True Crime of Justice
It's the 80s. The bogeyman, a scumbag named Frank Walls, is roaming about the day and night, killing random people along the beachside in Okaloosa County, Florida—a serial killer displaying some of the vilest behaviors imaginable. As the bodies pile up, investigators are stumped—until, that is, one courageous man, who calls himself "The Animal," decides to place a phone call. For exclusive content
EP175 | Husband Murdered, Officer Down: 194 Calls to Kill - Julie and Mike Harding
A police commander's husband goes missing and law enforcement seems to think he might have taken off on his own. Then he is found murdered—and the case soon turns into a strange whodunit, with his wife at the center of the investigation. This, as another death ocurrs, leaving one man holding all the cards. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review
EP174 | A Monster on Rucker Avenue - A Serial Killer, Pedophile Island, Chewing Gum, & DNA
A serial rapist, Mitchell Gaff, is caught and jailed. Thinking he's getting out of prison many years later, the court sentences him to McNeil Island, where the worst sexual predators are kept from society. After decades, he is finally released. 50 years after his first crimes, police are knocking on his door once again—but this time, it's murder they're looking to charge him with. For exclusive co
SHORT CUTS | EP16 - The Missing Family From Candy Cane Lane: A True Crime Mystery
Five members of the Martin family--Kenneth, Barbara, and their three young children, Barbie, Susan and Virginia--head out one afternoon in 1958 for a Sunday drive in Oregon and never return. The only family member left behind, the oldest son, has some explaining to do. But in the end, a case spanning nearly 70 years, the answers are not what anyone has been expecting, sending shockwaves throughout
EP173 | The 50-Year Murder Detour: A Mother's Intuition, A Neighbor's Obsession, and Flawed Science
A young mother, Judith Lord, estranged from her husband, is home alone with her 20-month-old baby one night in Concord, New Hampshire. The next morning, the landlord is looking to collect the rent—and soon discovers a brutal homicide that will take 50-plus years to resolve. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Order
EP172 | Blood Brothers: Cold Case Murder, Twin Suspects, Seeing True Crime Double
A mother, Heather Dewild Springer, heads out to meet her soon-to-be ex at the home they once shared… and nobody sees her again. True crime tells us to go right to the old adage: the husband did it. But if you think that's the end of the story, tune in, because it is far more complicated. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, plea
EP171 | Kim Langwell - Love Letters, Lies, Concrete and Murder: A True Crime Buried Under the Floorboards
For 25 years you go about your life as if you're a normal dude living the dream … you have a good woman supporting you; a solid job; and loyal friends. Yet, you do it all while holding onto a dark secret … buried underneath the floorboards in one of the bedrooms inside your home. If you find yourself in a domestic violence situation and feel alone, scared, or unsure of what to do, there is help: h
EP170 | Monster in the Mist: The Lovers' Lane Murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson
You and your girlfriend are parked on Lovers' Lane, the moonlight shining its wondrous glow on you both. A scumbag comes up to the car—with a gun. Such an innocent image shattered by a psychopath one night in Houston, lurking in the shadows, like the Zodiac Killer… and ready to strike. A double murder that goes unsolved for over 30 years. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon accoun
THEY CAME FOR BLOOD - Book 1 - A Tom Callahan Western by M. William Phelps
It's been a life-long dream of mine to write Westerns (as you can clearly see from the photo below of Little M. William Phelps, the cowboy, LOL). The old-school, plot-driven, big character stories pitting good verses evil, good guys against bad guys, which is not so much different from what I normally do for my day job of true crime reporting and investigation for the podcasts I am most known for
EP169 | Intelligent Psychopath: Scorecard Killer Randy Kraft and His Death List
For some, killing is an addiction, like food, alcohol, sex or drugs. Each victim makes the next one easier … Is the man behind the murders I have for you this week the most prolific serial killer on record—whose name you have likely never heard of? And what do the experts say regarding the psychology behind the dozens of murders he committed? For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon a
SHORT CUTS | EP15 - Julie Revsin: A Murder Overshadowed
A young couple is living together and finishing their graduate studies in March 1980. One of them arrives home to a horrific scene. For nearly 50 years the case flies under the radar of the media and investigators … until, that is, a compassionate journalist decides the victim deserves to be remembered. Sign the Change.org Julie Revsin petition to help get DNA from her case tested. It cost nothin
EP168 |The Secret the Skull Revealed: the Dog, the Body, the Murder
A dog heads out one morning for a walk and returns, tail wagging, with a rather interesting discovery. A human skull. Alarmed, the dog's owner calls 911 and, after a broader search of the property, the remains of a man missing for years are soon discovered. IG and TikTok @mwilliamphelps Find Phelps on X @MWilliamPhelps Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps For exclusive content, sign
EP167 | The Buckskin Girl, Red Head Murders, and True Crime Hoaxes
Your two buddies are helping you move one sunny morning. Driving down a lonely Ohio road, looking out on acres of serene farm fields, you spot a jacket off on the side of the road in a ditch—a jacket which will ultimately provide the nickname for one of the more infamous murder cases in the annals of true crime. Reach me @mwilliamphelps on social media; and email mwilliamphelps@comcast.net You ca
EP166 | Carny Murder: Tabloid True Crime and the Lobster Boy
Born with a very rare condition, which he parlayed into a lucrative career with the traveling circus and carnival, they called him Lobster Boy. His story is replete with wild tales, gambling, alcoholism, violence, abuse and, of course … murder. Find Phelps on X @MWilliamPhelps Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps IG and TikTok @mwilliamphelps For exclusive content, sign up for you
EP165 | Murder and Stupidity - Harvey Huber; Jimmy the Tow Guy; & the True Crime of Cheating
A beloved auto mechanic suddenly goes missing and all eyes turn toward the grieving wife. But a far more diabolical and gruesome plot emerges as the secrets behind a tight knit group of friends in a small Texas town come to light. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investiga
SHORT CUTS | EP14: Catholic Scandal, Smiley Face Killer, Slenderman, and Missing College Student Josh Guimond
A college student abruptly gets up from a poker game, says nothing, and leaves the dorm. With a five-minute walk ahead of him home, somewhere in between … he vanishes… never to be seen again. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHeartMedia podcast, Paper Ghosts, in addition to the ideas you sen
EP164 | A True Crime Murder Party - Blake, MaryJo and Tyler Hadley
Sixty kids show up to a house party one night and dance the night away, get their drink on, and stay until the pre-dawn hours of the following morning… Unbeknownst to everyone is that there are two mutilated bodies hidden inside the same house, with evidence of both murders just about everywhere you look. Find Phelps on X @MWilliamPhelps Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mwilliamphelps IG and T
EP163 | The Genetic Murder Ghost - The True Crime of Guilt By Association
It's called the Village of Drummond, an exclusive neighborhood in Chevy Chase, Maryland. On a pleasant spring morning, homicide investigators are called out to a swanky brick colonial with blood smeared all over the walls. It takes decades, but two determined investigators finally find the answer to a murder in which the wrong man had been targeted all along. Find Phelps on X @MWilliamPhelps Faceb
EP162 - Cold Blooded Murder: The True Crimes of Kevin Weismore
It's the day after Christmas. A young man takes off on his motorbike and heads out to a popular Connecticut trail to meet a young woman. By late evening, when he fails to return home, his parents call the state police and a search gets underway. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to co
EP161 - Coors Beer, Nancy Guthrie, Abduction, Kidnapping, Murder: True Crime & Joseph Corbett, Jr.
You've heard of the beer and the name ... Coors. But behind all that wealth, fame, and the iconic name, almost 70 years ago, the Coors family is connected to one of the most intriguing kidnapping/murder cases … my bet is, you have never heard about. A case which, more recently, has come back into the spotlight after a well-known Today Show anchor's mother, Nancy Guthrie, was kidnapped in Tucson, A
SHORT CUTS - EP13 - Tracy Ocasio
A Florida woman goes to a popular bar to watch a NBA game and nobody ever sees her again. A career scumbag is captured on security video walking out of the same bar with her later on that night. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHeartMedia podcast, Paper Ghosts, in addition to the ideas you
FATAL FANTASY - Trailer For New Podcast Hosted By M. William Phelps
FATAL FANTASY on The Binge Renowned DNA scientist Dr. Robert Schwartz is found brutally murdered inside his secluded Virginia home in the weeks before Christmas 2001. As investigators dig in, a dark, paganistic theme hovers over the crime. As suspects emerge, a Live Action Role- Playing game, scripted by the least likely person imaginable, reveals a frightening subculture of young adults dabbling
EP160 - Scent of Murder: The True Crimes of Patrick Frazee and Krystal Kenney
A young mother is last seen in the parking lot of a local Colorado retail store. Several days pass before she is reported missing. A clue 700 miles away, in another state, breaks the case wide open and a gruesome discovery is made as two people are arrested. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Visit www.crossingthel
EP159 - Part 3 - The Fort Worth 3: An Iconic True Crime Missing Persons Mystery - Still Searching
In December 1974, three kids take off for a trip to a local Texas mall and fail to return. Known as the "Fort Worth 3," this missing person case is one of the oldest and most mysterious on record in Texas. In the final episode of this 3-part special, we discuss theories and water searches and where the case is today. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-s
EP158 - Part 2 - The Fort Worth 3: An Iconic True Crime Missing Persons Mystery ... The Letter
In December 1974, three kids take off for a trip to a local Texas mall and fail to return. Known as the "Fort Worth 3," this missing person case is one of the oldest and most mysterious on record in Texas. In Part 2, I go over the timeline with the families and discuss a mysterious, strange letter that arrives the day after they go missing. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon acco
EP157 - Part 1 - The Fort Worth 3: An Iconic True Crime Missing Persons Mystery
In December 1974, three kids take off for a local Fort Worth, Texas, Army-Navy store and mall and fail to return. Known as the "Fort Worth 3," this missing person case is one of the oldest and most mysterious on record. I speak to several victim family members and try to sort out fact from fiction in this Crossing the Line special trilogy of episodes. For exclusive content, sign up for your free P
SHORT CUTS - EP12 - Norman Prater: Missing for 52 Years—A True Crime Mystery (Solved)
It's January 14th, 1973. And the parents of 16-year-old Norman Prater call into the Dallas Police to report their son missing. Fifty-two years later, the answer comes with some remarkable police work, a little luck, and it is not what anyone could have ever expected. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV ser
EP156 - Killer Grandma: The True Crime Community Comes Through
A woman heads to a Florida beach to scatter her late husband's ashes. She meets a woman and strikes up a friendship. But then … no one can find her. Meanwhile, investigators 1200 miles north are looking into the murder of a local man—having no idea the two cases are connected. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-) Visi
EP155 - Murder in Missoula: 'I Saw the Devil Looking Back at Me'
A lovely woman, enjoying the latter stages of her life, is found dead at the bottom of her basement stairs. There is far too much blood for her to have fallen, along with a slice from ear to ear along her throat. But who could have committed such a heinous crime in what seems to be a pleasant, charming, quiet Montana town. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here. Leave a
EP154 - The Han Family Murders—A Horrific True Crime
A prominent Santa Barbara, California, family is found dead inside their home one March morning. A manhunt then gets underway for a killer, while a man proclaims he has developed an alternative energy source Big Oil is killing his friends over and looking to make him the next target. Sign up for your free Patreon account here. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and
EP153 – Murder is Murder, No Matter How You 'Slice' It: The Bodies in the Suitcases
A woman befriends a few coworkers and decides to move in with them. They begin fighting. Animosity builds. So, she moves out. Days later, she decides to reconcile with both of them … but the conversation doesn't go as planned and two of them wind up dead, dismembered, and placed inside several suitcases aboard a train heading out of town. For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon accoun
EP152 - A Horrific True Crime: The Bennett Family Murders
A woman cannot reach her family—so she heads over to their house to check things out. What she witnesses inside is a scene straight out of a contemporary horror film. As the case moves into the investigative phase, decades pass before the evil behind it all is finally brought to justice. Sign up for your free Patreon account here. Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalis
SHORT CUTS - EP11 - Murder in Utah: Joe and Gail Bailey
You are sitting at home one night, just doing your normal thing, when someone busts through the door with a weapon and begins firing. Catching a double murderer takes all of about 15 hours to resolve, the result shocking the community and police … but not the victim's family. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books,
EP151 - A Missing Woman, No Answers, & A Crime Owl
A Colorado man's mother goes missing. He spends years building up resentment and frustration with police not getting anywhere. He feels he has nowhere else to turn. So he takes matters into his own hands … and the results of what he creates could help solve thousands of cold cases all over the world. To contact Ash, learn more about CrimeOwl, or try it out for yourself, visit CrimeOwl. Sign up for
EP150 - Sex, Lies, & Murder: Amy & David Gipe
A hardworking Pennsylvania man arrives home from his second shift job one night, gets out of his vehicle, and winds up on the ground in front of his home … fighting for his life. Neighbors report hearing and seeing a dark colored SUV tearing away from the scene. As investigators begin asking questions, two candidates for the stupidest murderers of the year step forward. Sign up for your free Patre
EP149 - A Sadistic True Crime—A 32-Year-Old Cold Case Murder Solved
On St. Patrick's Day, 1987, the body of 20-year-old active-duty Army Specialist Darlene Krashoc is discovered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, behind a strip mall. With over 100 suspects, the case goes cold for over three decades. But when forensic genetic genealogy enters the picture, the perpetrator cannot hide for much longer. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streaming "
EP148 - The TRUE Crime in Washington State: Tanya Marie Frazier Murder
Tanya Marie Frazier, a 14-year-old Seattle girl, disappeared on July 18, 1994, after leaving summer school at Meany Middle School. Her body was found days later in a wooded ravine in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The medical examiner determined her death was a result of sharp force injuries to her neck and head, and the attack was sexually motivated. For 30 years, Tanya's family receives no answe
EP147 - Having 'Faith' In A True Crime Murder Investigation: The Plot to Kill Jamie
On the morning of October 9, 2020, in their Dallas neighborhood, Jamie Faith is shot seven times while on a routine dog walk with his wife, Jennifer. Jennifer appeared distraught and publicly appealed for the killer to come forward in the media, portraying herself as a grieving widow. The initial appearance of a random robbery gone wrong quickly unravels as investigators uncovered a complex web of
SHORT CUTS – Hacked to Death: An Unspeakable True Crime
After neighbors and the postman stop seeing Tom Devlin around town, they ask his wife of 40 years, Laura Belle, about him. Laura is more than happy to describe exactly what happened to Tom–and the outcome is one of the more gruesome crimes the people of Newark, Ohio, will ever hear about in 1947. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories whi
EP146 - Footprints in Blood: The 1993 Brutal Murder of Jeanie Childs
A woman living with a violent man is found in her bedroom, stabbed more than 60 times. Several suspects emerge over the course of a few months, the man she is living with not among them. It takes almost 30 years, but investigators confiscate a napkin in a trash can and believe they have the case solved. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streaming "live," sending out newsle
EP145 - The Broken Ground Murders: Steven and Wendy Reid
A storybook romance. A life of giving back to the world in ways that change thousands of lives. You and your wife settle into life in New Hampshire, away from the chaos and evil of the world–or so you think. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streaming "live," sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and posting other content you
EP144 - The Gravel Road Killer: Justice for Laura DeMueles
A young woman is murdered. Years go by without answers. Her sister begins searching for the murderer—and the experience sends her into a career in law enforcement and cold case work, as investigators close in on a savage killer. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streaming "live," sending out newsletters, dropping an exclusive limited series podcast later in 2025, and postin
SHORT CUTS: HALLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Harvard Body-Broker Butcher
HALLLOWEEN SPECIAL - The Harvard Body-Broker Butcher Body parts for sale! Not quite the advertisement you'd expect to see somewhere. But in the United States, under a strict set of guidelines, selling body parts is legal. Only in this case, a group of people take that business to an extreme beyond the macabre. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts
Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders - Season 5 Trailer
Season 5 of Paper Ghosts: The Texas Teen Murders takes you back to 1983, when two teenagers were found murdered, execution-style, on a quiet Texas hill. What followed was decades of rumors, false leads, and a case that law enforcement could never seem to close. Then a third teen is murdered and other questionable deaths of teens begin to surface. Now, veteran investigative journalist M. William Ph
EP143: We Are the Sin Eaters: The District Attorney Who Prosecuted the Golden State Killer Explains
You all know him as the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, one of the most prolific serial criminal killers we have ever encountered. This week, my very special guest, Thien Ho, the man who prosecuted Deangelo, gives us the inside story of what went on behind the scenes with this monster--sharing never-before-heard details about the East Area Rapist, Vasilia Ransacker, Original Nightstalker, an
EP142 - Till Murder Do Us Part: The Tire, the Landlord, the Mastermind
A father of four, Jared Bridegan, drops off two of his children at his ex-wife's house. Drives away. An hour later, a passerby finds the man dead in the middle of the road. As the investigation begins amid what seems to be a baffling homicide, an unlikely suspect is developed and the dominoes in a wild murder scheme begin to fall. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streamin
EP141 - Deadly Transaction: The Senseless Murder of Jojo Aragon
A young teenager is dropped off at a Denver, Colorado, park one summer afternoon and fails to return home. Witnesses step forward and claim social media holds the answer–an online video of what happened. Investigators search for a suspect—who happens to be right under their noses the entire time. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streaming "live," sending out newsletters, d
EP140 - Last Dance: The Murder of Blake Chappell
Blake Chappell is seventeen years old, enjoying life on life's terms. He has a beautiful girlfriend, loving siblings, and his sights are set on becoming a television news anchor or an attorney. But as Blake is walking to a friend's house one early morning, he vanishes. Family and friends don't believe the common law enforcement trope that another teen has run away from home. So the search begins.
EP139 - Who Killed Carina Saunders? A Gruesome True Crime
*Carina Saunders is a gifted student, passionate about opera, and doing the best she can to carve out a life in Oklahoma City after getting herself into a jam. After she turns up missing one day, her family set out to uncover the truth—while law enforcement takes a call for a gruesome discovery not far from where Carina was last seen. * I want to thank Michelle G for sending this one in. Sign u
SHORT CUTS - The Delphi Murders, Social Media Vitriol, & What It Means for True Crime
13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German were brutally murdered by Richard Allen. My guests, Anie and Kevin, from the Murder Sheet podcast, discuss the threats they received, the social media vitriol proclaiming the man convicted is innocent and has been framed, and what it all means within the scope of true crime. For more information about Murder Sheet podcast
EP138 - The 'Walking Tall' Murder of Pauline Pusser
A famous sheriff fights crime and corruption by taking the battle right to the enemy—using a very large oak stick to bust up illegal casinos, brothels, moonshine stills, and heads. He becomes a hero of the people. Books are written. Hollywood films are made about his life. Then … a horrific murder and fiery accident lend a surprise twist, with everyone questioning their worship and idealization.
EP137: I Will Watch You Die: Janet Renee White, A 43-Year-Old True Crime
A love story seemingly torn from the pages of a Hollywood script begins a life for two people who, over eight years, never spend a moment apart. Then one day, 27-year-old Randy White drops his 23-year-old wife Janet Renee off at work after having lunch together. Seven minutes later, evil steps into their lives and changes it forever. Forty-plus years later, one of them makes good on a promise. Sig
EP136 - Stalker, Loser, Murderer: The True Crime is How Long Justice Takes
An aspiring actress, model and volunteer, 26-year-old Alexandra Ducsay, breaks up with her boyfriend, 42-year-old Matthew Pugh. He has a hard time accepting that she is moving on without him. So he starts stalking her. And then one day, the situation explodes into violence—and a cold case turns hot six years later when the answers finally come. If you or someone you know is affected by any of the
EP135 - The Delphi Murders: Remembering Abby and Libby, Sorting Fact From Nonsense - Part 2
In Part 2 of a special Crossing the Line, Phelps and his guests get into what actually happened to 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German on that February day down by the Monon High Bridge, in Delphi, Indiana–and who is, without any doubt, responsible for their brutal murders. This, despite all of the social media vitriol proclaiming the man convicted, Richard A
EP134 - The Delphi Murders: Remembering Abby and Libby, Sorting Fact From Nonsense - Part 1
The double murder of 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German, known more commonly as the Delphi Murders, is one the most high-profile true crime cases of the past ten years. The girls were last seen alive on the Monon High Bridge, part of the Delphi Historic Trails, in Delphi, Indiana. The case went cold for several years before Richard Allen was arrested and cha
SHORT CUTS: The Peeping Tom Murder: A True Crime Hard to Believe
A small suburban town in Minnesota experiences an unspeakable tragedy, a horrific murder, changing the community forever–and the killer is caught, convicted, sent to prison, and then set free. Welcome to a bonus feature here on the Crossing the Line feed. I come across all sorts of stories while researching books, TV series, and my iHeartMedia podcast, Paper Ghosts, in addition to the ideas you s
EP133 - The Deadly Neighbor: Paul Claron and Bryan Galliher
The Hatfield/McCoy deadly neighbor feud set the bar for how some neighbors respond to each other when they do not get along and tensions escalate. Fast-forward 100 years and that same revenge-driven temperament has not evolved or changed much. Here, in this week's case, two neighbors begin to feud--and what at first seems like an old dude fed up with a young dude, and nothing more than words being
EP132 - The Chameleon Killer: Elaine Parent and Beverly McGowan
A woman known as the Chameleon is crisscrossing the Atlantic Ocean, stealing identities and leading police on a wild goose chase, taunting them with letters and promises of "you'll never catch me." Then a dismembered body is discovered in the Florida Everglades one day and police believe they have a serial killer at large. Sign up for your free Patreon account here, where I'll be streaming "live,"
The TikTok Murders - Sarah Grace Patrick
A blended family, James and Kristen Brock, James' five-year-old daughter and Kristen's 17-year-old, Sarah Grace Patrick, seem to be living life on life's terms, with a few bumps in the road, as the New Year, 2025, comes to pass. Then, on the morning of February 20, 2025, the five-year-old wakes up and discovers a horrific scene inside the house, setting off one of the most unnerving double murder
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