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Darkness Radio presents True Crime Tuesday Out of the Mouths of Serial Killers with Mary Brett PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Dave & Tim take a twisted trek into the world of psychopaths when they hear the stories Out of the Mouth of Serial Killers with Mary Brett. Mary corresponded with some of America’s most evil convicted serial killers and asked just one question: WHY? Their return letters give an insightful look into the dark mind of each killer. Plus ALL NEW Dumb Crimes & Stupid Crimi...

True Crime Tuesday gets involved in Murders, Mysteries & Misdemeanors with guest Janice Oberding PLUS NEW Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! The West is still wild and loaded with tales of crime, corruption and crazy people. Janice Oberding is a historian and researcher and dives deep into unusual crimes and the weirdest stories. Today we examine stories from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, Hollywood and Beyond! All that plus a look at shenanigans of this weeks Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. Get the Los...

True Crime Tuesday reveals Metro: Sin City Chronicles with guest Mark Rusin PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Have you ever wondered what the life of a street cop is really like? Fasten your seatbelt and take a journey with Las Vegas METRO Police Officer Mark Rusin through a childhood lived on the mean streets of Chicago’s south side to wild nights of being a METRO cop in Sin City in the rough times of the early 1980s. During his four years of wearing the uniform of the “toughest street gang ...

True Crime Tuesday faces a dilemma, To Kill or Be Killed: A True Crime Memoir from Prison with guest Joni Ankerson PLUS Year End Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! We wrap out the year with a story that sadly, is not unique, but it begs the questions, How does someone get to these points in their life? Our guest knew better than to take a life, but that was before she met, him. This is a tale of abuse, power and how it brought our guest to a breaking point. A decision that no one would ever wish ...

True Crime Tuesday is Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Heaven's Gate with guest Rick Alan Ross. In a follow up to last weeks program with guest India Oxenberg, we speak with Cult Specialist, Rick Alan Ross for a deeper look into Cults and indoctrination into NXVIM and Heaven's Gate. We take a deep look into these famous cases and touch on the Manson Family, The Branch Davidians, Rev Jim Jones and more in an eye opening discussion. Get Rick's book on Cults here: https://amzn.to/3ri9Hvs Visit his site on...

True Crime Tuesday is Seduced: Inside the NXVIM Cult with guest India Oxenberg PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! We are joined by India Oxenberg for a look into her deeply personal docuseries, Seduced on STARZ. NXVIM was from all appearances the answer so many sought to making a better life, to others, it quickly dissolved into a nightmare. There was two things this cult didn't count on, Catherine Oxenberg and the love and determination of a mother to see her daughter through to safety under ...

True Crime Tuesday confronts the truth about The Monster: Requiem for a Female Serial Killer with guest Phyllis Chesler PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Today our guest takes us inside the mind of a unique female serial killer, a prostitute who murdered seven adult men-a case with which the author was intimately involved. The issues raised by this high-profile criminal case remain unresolved to this day. Women, even prostitutes, have the right to self-defense in theory , but in practice, the...

True Crime Tuesday confronts The Lady in White with guest Denise Tanaka Chilean heiress Blanca Erraazuriz gunned down her ex-husband John de Saulles in front of several witnesses on August 3, 1917. As the former football star lay bleeding on the porch of his Long Island home, she handed her empty gun to the sheriff. “I hope he dies,” she calmly confessed. The murder shocked the nation, bumping World War I from the newspaper headlines. PLUS all New Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Get the book here...

True Crime Tuesday reveals Love, Lies & Murder with guest CJ Wynn PLUS all new Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jackson waited for his fiancée, Angila Wilder, to pick him up from work as she always did. But this time, she didn't show--and Christopher's calls went unanswered. The police found what looked like a scene from a horror movie at their home. This is Angila's heartbreaking story. PLUS all New Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Get the book here: htt...

True Crime Tuesday goes Under a Full Moon: The Last Lynching in Kansas with guest Alice Kay Hill PLUS all new Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. Alice Kay Hill joins us to discuss her book, UNDER A FULL MOON: The Last Lynching in Kansas to tell us of a tragic abduction and death of a girl at the hands of a repeat offender in 1932. This crime stands apart as the last mob lynching in Kansas, a tragic tale of mob mentality, a mentally challenged man, a horrific crime and the aftermath. All that plus D...

True Crime Tuesday squashes The Spider: Inside the Criminal Web of Jeffrey Epstein with guest Barry Levine PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. By now, the basic contours of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrendous crimes—his decades-long serial abuse of young women and underage girls—are familiar. But for all that has been written about Epstein since his shocking death in a lower Manhattan jail cell, an astonishing amount remains unknown. A shy Brooklyn kid turned renegade financier, Jeffrey Epstein never ...

True Crime Tuesday asks Who Killed Missy Witt with guest LaDonna Humphrey PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Today Dave & Tim ask for your help to examine a cold case, to hear the story and reach out if you know the answers to Who Killed Missy Witt. December 1, 1994, forever changed the community of Fort Smith, Arkansas. For 19 - year old Melissa Witt - it started out like a typical day. Melissa spent the first part of the morning with her mother, it would be the last time the mother and daugh...

True Crime Tuesday hears Voices of the Dead with guest Dawn Trammell Dave & Tim combine True Crime & the Paranormal today on the program to re-examine the cold case murder of Brittany McGlone of East Texas. The boys are visited by Dawn Trammell who, along with her daughter Rachel are kicking off an investigative series on their YouTube channel looking into this tragic, unsolved case. Murder, corruption and secrets seem to surround this story with allegations of botched investigations, dead end ...

True Crime Tuesday uncovers The Devil's Harvest with guest Jessica Garrison PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. On the surface, fifty-eight-year-old Jose Martinez didn't seem evil or even that remarkable- just a regular neighbor, good with cars and devoted to his family. But in between taking his children to Disneyland and visiting his mom, Martinez was also one of the most skilled professional killers police had ever seen. Today we are joined by award-winning reporter Jessica Garrison's on her...

True Crime Tuesday PSYCHO.com : Serial Killers on the Internet with guest Eileen Ormsby Serial killers have been with us for decades. The internet has just made us easier prey. Today Dave and Tim take a chilling look at what happens when murderous minds meet modern technology. Eileen outlines some of the most horrible and unreal criminals that have used the internet as the perfect lure to kill unsuspecting people. PLUS Brand New Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Get the book here: https://amzn.t...

True Crime Tuesday reveals a Reign of Terror: Killing Women with Rod Sadler PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Will A Serial Killer Soon Walk The Streets Again? Don Miller was quiet and reserved. As a former youth pastor, he seemed a devout Christian. No one would have ever suspected that the recent graduate of the Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice was a serial killer. Now, after forty years in prison, Miller has served his time and is due to be released into an unsuspecting ...

True Crime Tuesday is confronted with Murder Times Six with author Alan R. Warren PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. Today we hear about what could be, Canada's worst mass murderer, David Shearing. A man without soul, compassion or a conscious that would brutally take the lives and shake of the lives of an unsuspecting family. All that and a look at the Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals living amongst us in a review of the past week that was. Get Alan's book here: https://bit.ly/3cFj9T1 Visit his...

True Crime Tuesday is Silenced by The Dixie Mafia with guest Synova Cantrell PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! The world knew nothing about the Dixie Mafia until the murders of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife Margaret in 1987. This public assassination brought this band of ruthless criminals into view. All that PLUS new Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Get the book here: amazon.com Follow our guest here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/synovaink Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/synovacantrell ...

He was evil personified. In the Spring of 1997, a serial killer held Nashville, Tennessee in an icy grip of terror. In February, he murdered two employees at a Captain D's restaurant. In March, he struck a McDonalds just miles away, killing three people and maiming one. In April, he kidnapped and slaughtered two Baskin-Robbins employees.They called him "The Fast Food Killer" but his real name is Paul Dennis Reid, Jr. Today we introduce you to his victims, and put a face on the individuals that f...

This is the riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a turning point in Mob history. All that plus Brand New Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Get the book here: https://amazon.com

Mike Rothmiller is a former L.A. cop and investigator, today he discusses unbelievable experiences from his years in law enforcement and we discuss his new book, True Crime Chronicles that reveals remarkable twisted tales of true crime from the 1800s. All that PLUS Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals! Get the book here: https://wildbluepress.com/true-crime-chronicles-mike-rothmiller/

An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion! When rookie FBI agent Mark Putnam received his first assignment in 1987, it was the culmination of a lifelong dream, if not the most desirable location. Pikeville, Kentucky, is high in Appalachian coal country, an outpost rife with lawlessness dating back to the Hatfields and McCoys. As a rising star in the bureau, however, Putnam soon was cultivating paid informants and busting drug rings and bank robbers. But when one informa...

As the adopted son of two cult leaders, Benjamin Risha was raised to someday assume a place of leadership in the Tony and Susan Alamo Christian Foundation with the Bible, and his parents’ interpretation of it, as his guide. He believed the prophecies of his adoptive mother and father, which included them being the two prophets foretold in the Book of Revelations as preceding the second coming of Jesus Christ, them raising from the dead when they died, and such dire warnings as the ground opening...

He was the King of Pop, a superstar without equal, the idol of millions of young people around the world. But was Michael Jackson also a sexual predator without equal, someone who preyed on the very fans who adored him? We discuss this story with new information that has come to light with our guest Dylan Howard. All this PLUS new Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals. Get the book here: https://amazon.com