Episodes

Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with curiosities--beakers, microscopes, Bunsen burners, and hundreds upon hundreds of books--sat an investigator who would go on to crack at least two thousand cases in his forty-year career. Known as the "American Sherlock Holmes," Edward Oscar Heinrich was one of America's greatest--and first--forensic scientists, with an uncanny knack for finding clues, establishing evidence, and deducing answers with a skill that seemed almost supernatural. This is...

Deputy Mike Barnett asked Gary Plauché, “Why, Gary? Gary, why?” seconds after television cameras recorded Gary shooting and killing karate instructor Jeff Doucet, who had molested, and kidnapped Gary’s son Jody. Now, thirty-five years later, Jody Plauché answers the deputy’s question on behalf of his late father and explores the story of his molestation, kidnapping, and survival. Get the book here: https://amazon.com

Sidekick to SS Chief Heinrich Himmler and supervisor of Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, General Hans Kammler was responsible for the construction of Hitler’s slave labor sites and concentration camps. He personally altered the design of Auschwitz to increase crowding, ensuring that epidemic diseases would complement the work of the gas chambers. Why has the world forgotten this monster? Kammler was declared dead after the war. But the aide who testified to Kammler’s supposed “suicide” ...

We weave a rich tapestry of strange stories from around the world of Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals this week, delving deeply into the most insane, uncomfortable and outrageous stories the world could offer up from this past week! Parking Lot Pooper, Killer Cocks, a PSA on Hotboxin' your Junk and more laughs await you! Get your True Crime book fix in our store: https://amazon.com

Based on interviews with dozens of former high-ranking Mafiosi and many other hardcore mobsters from across the globe, true-crime auteur Roman Martín has risked life and limb to bring us this information. Get his book here: https://amazon.com Visit his site: www.underworldblog.com

Today, Orlando (Ori) Spado honestly recounts his humble beginnings from the small town of Rome in upstate New York, to becoming known as "The Mob Boss of Hollywood." A candid account documenting his fall from a well-known Hollywood fixer mixing with A list celebrities to serving 62 months in Federal prison, and ultimately making a determined comeback. Get his book here--> https://amazon.com To visit his site go here: https://theaccidentalgangster.com/

Monique, the daughter of San Diego Charger’s football great Earl Faison, married her high school sweetheart, soon after she discovered she was pregnant with his child. Her relationship with Chris was shaky from the start, but turned tumultuous as he became verbally and physically abusive. When she could no longer put up with the abuse, she left him with their children. That was when the stalking and genuine threats began. Nothing stopped him—not protection injunctions, police warnings, or even a...

David Arnold's town has so few residents that good people are afraid to speak about a terrifying crime ring, for fear of reprisal. When killers and dirty cops out-number town residents, it's wise to stay out of harm's way. But, David is famous for being "Thick-as-a-Brick". So, here we go, on what David calls an "ill-planned journey"--straight into a fight, that he says, left a trail of body-parts in the woods behind the school bus stop. Hard to believe?--Not according to FBI agents who asked to ...

In this encore presentation, we go behind the major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci we speak to the Author & researcher Charles Brandt as we close the cases once and for all on Hoffa, "Crazy Joe" Gallo & JFK! https://www.charlesbrandtauthor.com/ PLUS - Dumb Crimes & Stupid Criminals Check out the story that Dave and Tim were talking about on air: http://shanghaiist.com/2017/08/25/drunk-driving-dancing-dude.php?utm_source=fark&utm...

Today we examine the differences in legalizing and decriminalization of sex work. Is it time for changes in these policies and why? Kaytlin exposes important information about this topic and sheds light into a dark corner of misunderstanding. Visit Kaytlin's website here: https://www.kaytlinbailey.com/ Visit the site here: https://decriminalizesex.work/ For True Crime books and other great merchandise visit our store here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/darknessradiodave

For 20 years, a Tennessee baby thief kidnapped more than 5,000 children from the streets, hospitals, and shanty towns of Memphis. Now, 70 years later, survivors of her 'house of horrors' are confronting the past. Get the book here: https://amazon.com For more books heard on True Crime Tuesday, go here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/darknessradiodave

When forty-year-old Esther Castellani died a slow and agonizing death in 1965, the official cause was at first undetermined. MURDER BY MILKSHAKE is the compelling story of the Castellanis, and of their daughter, Jeannine, who was eleven at the time of her mother’s murder and who clung to her father’s innocence, even committing perjury during his trial. Get the book here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/darknessradiodave

A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood as we are joined by #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen with a shocking and empowering true-crime story of three sisters determined to survive their mother’s house of horrors. Visit his site here: http://www.greggolsen.com/ Get the book here: https://amazon.com

Children of the Snow explores the unsolved and baffling kidnapping, captivity, and murder of four young people in the suburbs of Detroit 40 years ago. The case, dubbed the Oakland County Child Killer, sparked the biggest manhunt in US history, ushering in a wave of fear we came to know as “stranger danger.” J. Reuben Appelman is a screenwriter, author in multiple genres, and two-time State of Idaho Literature Fellow, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. His film industry work includes...

Robert Maudsley was dubbed “Hannibal the Cannibal’ on account of his thirst for eating the brains of his victims. He is one of the most interesting and thought-provoking murderers in prison. He will be housed in a bulletproof cage, in the basement of Wakefield Prison, England, where Britain hold its most savage, high-profile convicts. He is known to be such a danger to others, even inmates, he lives in a specially designed cell that doesn’t allow him any contact with anybody, except for guards t...

Fox Hollow Farm, the infamous Indiana property where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least eleven men, has a grim past and an unsettling present. We delve into the psyche of a suspected murderer and the terrifying activity that lingers in the aftermath of such unspeakable evil. Richard provides detailed insights from the original criminal investigation as well as the perspectives of the man who survived Herb's attempt on his life. Get the book here: https://amazon.com Visit his site here...

Listen Anytime and be amazed and laugh along here--> A man charged with murder because he believed his victim was a witch who cursed him and made everything in his life bad and negative. Akmal Azizov is the defendant and pleaded guilty, but guilty of a crime or a curse? You be the judge! Plus Dave and Tim laugh themselves sick at some of the weirdest Florida Man Stories of the Year!

Jerry Marzinsky has worked as a counselor in the prison system with Schizophrenics. He did some of his own research while working with inmates and has come to the conclusion that the voices they hear aren't hallucinations but energetic vampires and entities that afflict schizophrenics. So, did The Devil make them do it? Jerry Marzinsky is a licensed psychotherapist with over 35 years of experience working with schizophrenic and other psychiatric patients in state hospitals, state prisons, and h...

Best-selling author and award-winning journalist George Jared takes us on another spell-binding journey into unsolved crimes examining Rebekah Gould, Amanda Tusing, Karen Johnson Swift & More! Get his new book here: https://amazon.com

Dawna Kaufmann is an accomplished true crime journalist whose work has been heralded by law enforcement and the media. She's covered many hundreds of celebrity deaths, high-profile homicides, sex crimes, and missing person cases, usually from the first hint of a crime through the trial and sentencing phase. Dawna is also the co-author of three books on twisty true crime mysteries with famed medical detective/lawyer Cyril Wecht, and their understanding of forensic science and behavioral psycholog...

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Poe's life was a tangle of fiction, fabrications and his death was surrounded in mystery and still leaves people puzzling over the real story behind an ending that seemed ripped from the mind of Poe, himself. Visit Vince Wilson's sites here: http://magicandmurder.com/vince-wilson/ http://ghosttech.com/?fbclid=IwAR3prSsK2I238-qf-Cb...

Jeffrey Epstein began his professional life as a teacher, but was offered a job at Bear Stearns after being fired for poor performance by a student's father. From there he worked his way through the financial ranks and developed a taste for money, power, and young girls. Psychic Lawyer Mark Anthony joins True Crime Tuesday to talk about where Jeffrey Epstein ran afoul of the law and eventually he took his own life... or did he? Mark Anthony's Website: https://www.evidenceofeternity.com/

Tom and Jackie Hawks loved their life in retirement, sailing on their yacht, the Well Deserved. But when the birth of a new grandson called them back to Arizona, they put the boat up for sale. Skylar Deleon and his pregnant wife Jennifer showed up as prospective buyers, with their baby in a stroller, and the Hawkses thought they had a deal. Little did they know, they just entered a deal with a devil and a story with a twist you have to hear to believe. Get the book here: https://amazon.com

Path of the Devil: Camino del Diablo is a story of true events that occurred 1991-1996. DEA Agent Larry Hardin and two private investigators, Jeff Pearce and Randy Torgerson, were determined to bring down the Meraz organization along the southwestern border. For five years the three men spearheaded two separate, and simultaneous investigations in different locations that eventually merged. This is the story of corruption, deceit, hard work and determination to see justice through. Get the book...