Episodes

True Crime Tuesday presents Mass Murders with Sam Baltrusis Dave & Tim talk a walk on the paranormal side of True Crime today with guest Sam Baltrusis.Does a murder psychically imprint itself on a blood-stained crime scene? Sam Baltrusis, author of Wicked Salem: Exploring Lingering Lore and Legends, revisits the haunts associated with the most horrific homicides in Massachusetts, including the Lady of the Dunes mystery in Provincetown as well as the Lizzie Borden case in Fall River. Using a pa...

True Crime Tuesday investigates The Wonderland Murders with guest Michael Connelly Though it happened in 1981, the aftermath of the Wonderland Murders spans decades with characters, details, subplots and investigative twists that prove the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction adage, including: Hollywood underworld’s most violent drug kingpin; three murder trials with zero convictions; a bribed juror and accusations of a corrupt federal agent; the birth of the crack cocaine epidemic; the investigators...

True Crime Tuesday investigates Collateral Damage with Mark Shaw Dave & Tim are joined by bestselling author (The Reporter Who Knew Too Much) and distinguished historian Mark Shaw, as he investigates the connection between the mysterious deaths of motion picture screen siren Marilyn Monroe, President John F. Kennedy, and What’s My Line? TV star and crack investigative reporter Dorothy Kilgallen. A former noted criminal defense attorney and network legal analyst, Shaw provides an illuminating pe...

True Crime Tuesday presents GRILLING DAHMER: The Interrogation of "The Milwaukee Cannibal" with guest Robyn Maharaj In the late hours of July 22, 1991, Detective Patrick "Pat" Kennedy of the Milwaukee Police Department was asked to respond to a possible homicide. Little did he know that he would soon be delving into the dark mind of one of America's most notorious serial killers, the "Milwaukee Cannibal" Jeffrey Dahmer. As the media clamored for details, Kennedy spent the next six weeks, sixte...

True Crime Tuesday presents Murder Times Six: The True Story of the Wells Gray Park Murders with Alan R. Warren It was a crime unlike anything seen in British Columbia. The horror of the "Wells Gray Murders" almost forty years ago transcends decades. On August 2, 1982, three generations of a family set out on a camping trip - Bob and Jackie Johnson, their two daughters, Janet, 13 and Karen, 11, and Jackie's parents, George and Edith Bentley. A month later, the Johnson family car was found off ...

True Crime Tuesday presents The Strange Case of Dr. Doyle with guest Daniel Friedman, MD Dave & Tim travel in time to the spring of 1905, where members of an exclusive club of crime enthusiasts known as Our Society were taken on a guided excursion through Whitechapel, one of London’s most notorious districts, by Dr. Frederick Gordon Brown, the chief police surgeon for the City of London. But this was no ordinary sightseeing tour. The focus of the outing was Jack the Ripper’s reputed murder site...

True Crime Tuesday presents The 'Peyton Place' Murder with guest Renee Mallett PLUS New Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Grace Metalious would shock the nation in 1956 with the publication of Peyton Place, her first fiction novel. Quickly becoming the best-selling novel of it’s time the book spawned sequels, two Hollywood movies, and a long running television series from ABC starring Mia Farrow and Ryan O’Neal. It also made Metalious a pariah in the town where she lived and helped lead to the au...

True Crime Tuesday presents Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Cartoon Capers & Food Fight Edition! High strangeness abounds today on True Crime Tuesday, our guest faces mysterious malfunctions on a topic the boys have tried to cover unsuccessfully for 3 years! Dave & Tim then face a riot...a laugh riot that is with an all Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals edition. Florida Man & Woman reign supreme this week again but Indiana takes their swing for the fences in a combination of Cartoon like crimes, Fe...

True Crime Tuesday faces the Cold Blooded: A True Crime Story of a Murderous Teenage Vampire Cult with guest Frank Stanfield. Dave & Tim are horrified at a case of brutality, insanity and connections to the supernatural when they uncover a case where investigators and Central Florida residents were horrified to see unfold in their community, when 16-year-old vampire cult leader Rod Ferrell was arrested and charged with bludgeoning a cult member's parents. When they realized the slain couple's 1...

True Crime Tuesday presents Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Prison Purse Edition! Dave & Tim take a look at the weirdest and wildest crimes of the week, they laugh a little, rant a little, reflect a little and are mystified by the overall idiocy of crimes and criminals the week has to offer. Prison Purses are back in fashion, a Whopper Attack, Making Whoopie on a Water Tower, a Festive Colorado Cult Leader Mummy and more all this week. So sit back, relax and enjoy the wild ride. For the best in...

True Crime Tuesday presents Double Jeopardy: Amy Locane with guest James Wronko The night of June 27th, 2010 will be etched into Amy Locane's mind for ever. Locane had just finished her run in a play at the local community theatre in Hopewell, New Jersey. Afterwards, there was a wrap party for the cast and crew. Locane had a few drinks and moved on to a barbecue at the home of friends, where she met up with her then-husband – and drank some more. She says she was expecting him to drive her home...

True Crime Tuesday presents The Hazing with expert guest David K. Easlick Jr. Dave & Tim return to college to discuss the epidemic of ritual hazing, actions that lead to maiming, death & sexual abuse. Mr. Easlick has been involved in over 30 matters in the past 4 years primarily involving hazing, rape and substance abuse related tragedies. He is an “anti-hazing and risk management Specialist”.As the Executive Director of Delta Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity for over 29 years, Mr. Easli...

Darkness Radio presents Kidnapped: Taking Mr. Exxon with Philip Jett On the morning of April 29, 1992, Exxon International president, Sidney J. Reso, left his Morris Township New Jersey home for the office. He stepped out to pick up the newspaper at the end of his drive as he did every morning. A van screeched to a stop and a large man wearing a ski mask and wielding a .45-caliber pistol leaped from the vehicle and grabbed Reso, shoving him into the back of the van. The female driver sped away....

True Crime Tuesday looks into The Lowcountry Murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle with Lt. Rita Y. Shuler For decades, evidence of the 1978 murder of Gwendolyn Elaine Fogle lay in the evidence room at the Walterboro Police Department. Investigators periodically revisited the case over the years, but it remained the department's top cold case for thirty-seven years. Special Agent Lieutenant Rita Shuler worked on the case shortly after she joined the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), an...

True Crime Tuesday investigates The Son of Sam & Me with guest Carl Denaro In 1976, a killer who called himself ‘The Son of Sam’ shot and killed a half dozen people and wounded as many more in New York City. During his crime spree, the madman left bizarre letters mocking the police and promising more deaths.After months of terrorizing the city while garnering front-page headlines and international attention, a man named David Berkowitz was arrested. He confessed to the shootings, claiming to be...

True Crime Tuesday reveals the Murder of an Elvis Girl with guest Buddy Moorehouse. It's one of the most brutal unsolved murders in the Elvis Presley universe - the 1981 slaying of his beautiful "Blue Hawaii" co-star, Jenny Maxwell. It was reported at the time that the murder was part of a botched robbery in Beverly Hills, but that's not at all what happened. Forty years after the murder, it's finally been solved. Who killed Jenny Maxwell, and why? PLUS All New Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals ...

True Crime Tuesday investigates Homicide at Rough Point with guest Peter Lance In the fall of 1966 billionaire Doris Duke killed a close confident in an incident that the Newport, RI police hastily ruled "an accident." Half a century later, an investigative reporter returns to his hometown and proves that the vindictive heiress got away with murder. For more than 50 years, the real truth behind what happened at Rough Point on Oct. 7th, 1966 has been hidden. Until now... All this PLUS new Dumb...

True Crime Tuesday presents A Stranger Killed Katy with William LaRue In the early morning hours of August 29, 1986, Clarkson University sophomore Katy Hawelka – bright, pretty and full of life – strolled back to her upstate New York campus after a night out. On the dimly lit path beside the university’s ice hockey arena, a stranger emerged from the darkness. The brutal sexual assault and strangulation that followed rocked the campus and the local community. When Katy was declared brain-dead th...

True Crime Tuesday reviews The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr with guest Mark Anthony Mark Anthony returns to talk with Dave & Tim about the unusual case of abduction of Frank Sinatra, Jr. Many rumors circulated that it was nothing more than a publicity stunt to gain attention for the young crooner but it evolved into a case of twists and turns that involved one of the duo of Jan & Dean, journalist Dorothy Kilgallen and ties to the Kennedy assassination. Sound to strange to be true? In this ca...

True Crime Tuesday investigates Psychos, Sociopaths and the Psychology of Serial Killers with Joni E. Johnston Psy.D Dave & Tim confront their nightmares, serial killers haunt our dreams and inspire the terrifying villains of TV shows and horror movies. But how much do you really know about the minds behind the world’s deadliest killers? What drives these murderers to kill and kill again? And what fuels our fascination with the true stories of their horrific crimes? Now forensic psychologist, ...

True Crime Tuesday reports on the Sins of My Father: Growing up with America's Most Dangerous White Supremacist with guest Kelvin Pierce PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. Dave & Tim have a rude awakening as they look into the basis for hatred and anger towards others from the son of a white supremacist. Where does hatred begin and what changes in a person to help them see the error of their past and grasping the concept that racism is wrong. Kelvin Pierce was raised to be a hard core racist...

True Crime Tuesday presents The Potato Masher Murder with guest Gary Sosniecki. Dave & Tim travel back to the turn of the century to uncover a bizarre tale of relationships, a dark time in history and a jealous husband that reaches his breaking point. Newspaper coverage of the dramatic crime and trial was jarringly explicit and detailed, shocking readers in Indiana, where the crime occurred. Peter Young of the South Bend Times wrote that the murder’s “horrors and its shocking features . . . ha...

True Crime Tuesday slips on Satin Pumps: The Moonlit Murder That Mesmerized the Nation with Steve Kosareff Dave & Tim look into a midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young paramour plan to kill his glamorous socialite wife? Or did the gun accidentally discharge as he claimed? Early in the evening on July 18, 1959, Dr. Bernard Finch and his girlfri...

True Crime Tuesday looks into The Life and Deaths of Cyril Wecht PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals For six decades, Pittsburgh-based forensic scientist Cyril Wecht has been an outspoken authority when horrible things happen to everyday people--murders, childhood deaths, tragic accidents and police brutality. His expertise and testimony have been called upon in high-profile cases, including the deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Elvis Presley, JonBenet Ramse...