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518: Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill
Ep 518 · Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
Fam! We're back in the world of sports today: dressage! Also known as "fancy horse dancing" to us city hicks who'd probably fall off a horse at the first canter (that's a horse-dancing term, right?). ANYWAY, we've got OLYMPIC-level drama with this episode, with former USA team member Michael Barisone now taking on his new student Lauren Kanarek. Heads butt, tempers flare, and eventually... shots are fired. For real. Find and watch "Untold: The Shooting at Hawthorne Hill" on Netflix LOOKING FOR M…
517: Jewels and Jinxes (from "The Real Murders of Orange County")
Ep 517 · Aug 6, 2026 · 43 min
When 68 year old Mario Hernandez didn't show up for family dinner in March of 2005, his family knew something was terribly wrong. Mario was a family man. Nothing would have kept him from that dinner. And when the police refuse to investigate--he's a grown man, after all, he can go missing if he wants EYE ROLL RAGE EMOJI--the family takes the investigation into their own hands. What unfolds is a bizarre tale of greed, CURSES THAT NEVER HAPPENED, a killer's extremely dysfunctional family--hoooo bo…
516: Maternal Instinct
Ep 516 · Aug 4, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
OK, Fam - it's the one you've been waiting for! On October 9, 2020, 27-year-old Taylor Parker was pulled over on a Texas highway. When the cops approached the car, they found a nearly hysterical Parker holding a baby she claimed to have JUST given birth to. It would quickly be revealed that that was a lie. Please, please, PLEASE pull over as you listen to us unravel this shocking and terrifying story of murder, kidnapping, and the most exasperating case of willful blindness and/or TOTAL COMPLICI…
515: The Yogurt Shop Murders (From "20/20")
Ep 515 · Jul 28, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
Take a deep breath for this one, Fam! On December 6, 1991, four teenaged girls were found sexually assaulted and murdered in an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. The yogurt shop was then set on fire. It would take decades, and a series of unforgivable wrongful convictions, for the authorities to catch the real killer. This one's a lot, but don't worry, WE'LL DO ALL THE SCREAMING FOR YOU! Find and watch "The Yogurt Shop Murders" on Hulu LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed,…
514: The Body on the Train (from "Naming the Dead")
Ep 514 · Jul 23, 2026 · 49 min
Journalist Marresa Burke is on a mission: to give the name back to a man in a cemetery known only as "unknown negro." The man died while riding the rails in the 1960s- - crushed under 5,000 pounds of ice in an ice car. Was it an accident? Was it murder? And who was this man, where was he going, and why? Working alongside THE BADASSES OF THE DNA DOE PROJECT, Marresa is going to figure it out. Along the way, she will reunite the man's family - -a family living in the same city with no idea of thei…
513: Devil in the Mountains
Ep 513 · Jul 21, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
A brutal killer is on the loose, stabbing and shooting people at random. Nobody is safe. All we know about him is that he has "movie star good looks" and drives a car with throat... whatever that means. BUT DON'T WORRY: JOE "WELL, MY MY MY" KENDA IS ON THE CASE. And you know he's gonna get the guy, even as he and everyone else IGNORE THE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION all around them. Ugh. OK, here we go! Find and watch "Devil in the Mountains" on Hulu LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon…
512: The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Part 2
Ep 512 · Jul 14, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min
SOOOOOOOO according to Benjaman's brother, Benjaman is totally an ax murderer. Or some kind of murderer anyway. As soon as Benjaman discovers his true identity, things go off the rails. So now we know WHO he is, but what we need to figure out now is WHAT IS HE HIDING AND WHY IS HE HIDING IT. Is he a mafia hit man? Just a total grifter? And when a threat comes in against the lives of the children of the filmmakers, it becomes all out war between Benjaman and the documentary crew. It's...a lot. An…
511: Vanishing Act (from "FEDS")
Ep 511 · Jul 9, 2026 · 47 min
Fam, we're coming at you with a crazy story today - a kidnapping that rocks the town of Ponte Vedra, Florida, where crime is "extremely rare." So rare, in fact, that.. is this kidnapping even real? Or is the whole thing one elaborate hoax? BUCKLE UP AND PULL OVER!!! Find and watch "FEDS" on HBO Max LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Wo…
510: The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle - Part 1
Ep 510 · Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min
Pull over and gird your loins, Fam, because this one is NUTS and we have a lot of feelings bout it! In 2004, a 64-year-old man is found bloody, beaten AND YES NAKED behind a dumpster in Richmond Hills, Georgia. He claimed complete and total amnesia. As in he said he had no idea whatsoever who he was, how he got there, or anything else. EXCEPT FOR EXACTLY 22 MEMORIES THAT END AT SOME POINT IN THE YEAR 1978. Ummmm, OK! And thus begins the journey of trying to solve the mystery of this man who SWEA…
Murder in Glitterball City Ep 1 (from our Patreon feed!) // True Crime Obsessed
Jun 30, 2026 · 55 min
FAM! We're off for for the holiday break, but while we're away we're sharing the first episode of our Patreon coverage of Murder in Glitterball City here! Check it out, and then find the rest of our episodes over at our Patreon page! Fam, we're off to Louisville - or, as apparently NO ONE CALLS IT, "Glitterball City." We're in a part of town that's known for being both spooky, with historic and possibly haunted houses, and fabulous (!), with an influx of gay residents. But the neighborhood is sh…
509: Death in Hell's Kitchen
Ep 509 · Jun 25, 2026 · 52 min
IT'S PRIDE MONTH AND STILL WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE. Ugh. In 2022, a string of unusual deaths of young gay men rocked the neighborhood of Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Well "unusual" only if you're not the NYC cops who just assumed that because these men were gay, and that they died of self-inflicted drug overdoses. But thanks to the friends and loved ones of these victims WHO DEMANDED ACTION, the deaths were finally connected and understood for what they were - a serial killing spree. Join us as we t…
508: Secrets in the Ashes
Ep 508 · Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
THIS ONE IS FULL OF THE CRAZIESSSSSSS, FAM! When 31-year-old Patricia Leigh Mills is found dead in her home - the victim of a voracious house fire - the police JUST TAKE HER HUSBAND AT HIS WORD that it was a terrible accident. The husband - a real PEACH of a man named Delbert - remarries less than six months later TO A REAL PIECE OF WORK named Allison Salinas, and this confirms for Patricia's family that her death was no accident. Cut to years later when Allison, now on her fourth marriage, trie…
507: The Crash
Ep 507 · Jun 16, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
On the morning of July 31, 2022, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, driving nearly 100 miles per hour, crashed her car into a brick wall in Strongsville, Ohio. The two other passengers in the, her 20-year-old boyfriend Dominic Russo and his best friend 19-year-old Davion Flannagan, were instantly killed. Shirilla would claim it was an accident, but the evidence would tell a different story. Aaaaaaaaaaand we take a deep dive into Mackenzie's past AND IT IS HORRENDOUS. She was a bully, controlling an…
506: Joe Hunter's Mission (from "48 Hours")
Ep 506 · Jun 11, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
When Joanna Hunter died in her home in 2011, it took the cops less than 30 minutes to rule the death a suicide. Mostly because her husband said that that's what happened. No crime scene was preserved and no investigation was done. The case was closed, but Joanna's family never accepted the suicide ruling. They knew all too well about the years of abuse Joanna had suffered at the hands of her husband and all of the times she tried to leave him. Her brother Joe, who was Joanna's best friend, is on…
505: The Grindr Killer Scandal: A Faking It Special
Ep 505 · Jun 9, 2026 · 54 min
Over the course sixteen months, 39-year-old Stephen Port killed four gay men in his East London home... and DESPITE BEING A TOTAL IDIOT... completely got away with it. All four men looked nearly identical and seem to have died exactly the same way, AND TWO OF THE BODIES WERE FOUND IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT. Yet the cops saw no connection between the cases. Meanwhile, PORT WAS BASICALLY GIVING HIMSELF UP AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. And still, the cops insisted these men died of self induced drug overdos…
504: Untold: Chess Mates
Ep 504 · Jun 2, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min
Just when we thought the biggest drama around the chess world was reserved for a 1980s British mega-musical about US/Soviet Cold War relations, along comes a bunch of tech bros at Chess.com to steal the crown. Apparently winning at chess online can lead to some big earnings, and rumors and allegations of cheating start to fly after a young upstart player starts dominate on the site. And don't even get us started on the anal beads, Fam.... Find and watch "Untold: Chess Mates" on Netflix LOOKING F…
503: The Body in the Sand (from "Naming the Dead")
Ep 503 · May 28, 2026 · 50 min
The body of an unidentified young woman was found in the Arizona desert in August 1992. Over thirty years later, the incredible efforts of the forensic genealogists at the DNA Doe Project would identify her as Melody Harrison. But how they pieced together her story traces a puzzle that brought together long-lost relatives and shed light on a little known adoption program from post-WWII Germany. Learn more about the DNA Doe Project's work on this case here, and for more information on Mabel Gramm…
502: The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson
Ep 502 · May 26, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min
Moriah Wilson could do just about anything. As a kid she became a world-class skier, and then as an adult she became one of the best gravel bike racers in the world. In May of 2022, she was in Austin, Texas, for a race when she was brutally murdered in her friend's home. The investigation was swift and the killer was quickly identified BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT BECAUSE THIS INSANE PERSON STOLE A PASSPORT AND SKIPPED THE COUNTRY. An international manhunt ensued and because this person IS A COMPL…
501: The Curious Case of... The Woman Dying for Attention
Ep 501 · May 19, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min
Feigning a terminal illness, masquerading as a different person, allegedly being pregnant and then suddenly not - we've seen A LOT of pernicious people running scams over the years. But for this case - why not try them ALL?!?! Hold on to your hats, Fam - this case is trying to dupe you from every last possible angle! Find and watch "The Curious Case of... The Woman Dying for Attention" on HBO Max LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE…
500: TikTok Terror (from "Deadly Influence")
Ep 500 · May 14, 2026 · 60 min
On July 18, 2022, 29 year old Sania Kahn was gunned down in her Chicago apartment by her estranged husband. We...do not have the words for what a freaking BADASS Sania was. She was a photographer and influencer who shared with the world not just her incredible art, but also her struggles of being a first generation Pakistani-American woman trying to live up to the expectations of her parents while at the same time living our her dreams. This could have been a 49 part 274 hour long series based j…
499: Trainwreck: The Real Project X
Ep 499 · May 12, 2026 · 43 min
Merthe just wanted to throw herself a small "Sweet Sixteen" birthday party at her house, so she made an event on Facebook and invited her closest friends. What could go wrong? Well... she left her event marked "Public," and as details of the party spread, what was supposed to be a private party turned into a municipal crisis as thousands of party-goers threatened to descend on the party. Will the festivities turn into a riot? Will the Dutch town of Haren be overtaken by the revelers? And will th…
The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder Ep 1 (from our Patreon feed!)
May 9, 2026 · 57 min
FAM! As a special bonus, we're sharing the first episode of our Patreon coverage of _The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder_ here! Check it out, and then find the rest of our episodes over at our Patreon page! Brothers Anthony and Charles, your friendly local neighborhood funeral directors, show up to take their friend Byron farm to take him to lunch for his birthday. But he's not there. Well, actually, he is...but he's dead, they just don't know it yet. OR DO THEY? And thus begins MAYBE THE CRAZIE…
498: The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult
Ep 498 · May 5, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
TICK TOCK IT'S CULT O'CLOCK!! Are you looking for to join a secretive group that makes you give up all your worldly possessions, works you like a freaking dog for absolutely no money, doesn't let you go to the hospital when you're sick AND DYING, and encourages you to physically abuse your children in truly evil ways? WELL HAVE WE GOT THE CULT FOR YOU!! Welcome to the Twelve Tribes, a "religious group for those who hate religion!" Apparently, if you love The Grateful Dead, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE T…
497: Do It for Juan (from "Murder Under the Friday Night Lights")
Ep 497 · Apr 30, 2026 · 44 min
Juan Joseph was a beloved member of his community, a former high school football star who became a respected coach. The kind of guy who never started fights, but rather always stepped in to try to break them up, Juan was attempting to diffuse a heated situation outside a nightclub in Baton Rouge in the early morning of November 16, 2014, when he was was gunned down. After his killer drove off, Juan's entire community came together to find him and bring him to justice. This is a tragic and freaki…
496: The Curious Case of... The Skincare Queen and the Hitman
Ep 496 · Apr 28, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... but maybe not so much in the high-stakes world of Hollywood skin care. Dawn DaLuise, the perhaps self-proclaimed skin guru to the stars, is at the top of her game running her facial spa, but when a rival aesthetician moves in down the block, the fur begins to fly. And not just from the back waxing sessions.... Find and watch "The Curious Case of... The Skincare Queen and the Hitman" on HBO Max LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed,…
495: Wild Boys: Strangers in Town
Ep 495 · Apr 21, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min
This week we're among the good people of Canada, Fam, in a community who opened their hearts to two mysterious brothers who wandered into town on day, claiming to have been raised off the grid with no connection to modern society. But somehow... they knew pop culture references...? Their story unravels in a wild way - come along with us for the ride! Find and watch "Wild Boys: Strangers in Town" on Paramount+ LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS epis…
494: Secrets to Reveal (from "A Killer Among Friends")
Ep 494 · Apr 16, 2026 · 49 min
Fam! Welcome to our first bonus episode of the year! We have 22 Thursday episodes coming to you between now and the end of the year! Welcome also to... the past, with our old booth and all! We filmed this episode a few months ago - just look how young and dewy we look, and all bundled up for winter. Today's episode features a story from the show "A Killer Among Friends." In 2010, Michele Carson and group of her girlfriends went on a trip to Las Vegas - a fun celebration between graduating colleg…
493: Dirty Rotten Scandals: The Dr. Phil Show
Ep 493 · Apr 14, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
OKAY, FAM - FROM THIS MOMENT ON HE'S KNOWN AS "PHIL" AND "PHIL" ONLY!!!! He may have presented as folksy and wise uncle, but dark shadows haunted the "Dr." Phil Show behind the avuncular front (that's my drag name!). Manipulate desperate families? Check! Slut-shame naive teenagers? Check! Run cover for a sketchy chain of rehab centers that do more harm to their residents than help? Check, check, check! Find and watch "Dirty Rotten Scandals: The Dr. Phil Show" on Hulu LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our…
492: The Curious Case of... Death By Detox?
Ep 492 · Apr 7, 2026 · 52 min
Ya know, Fam - there are lots of ways to be garbage people in this world, but preying on sick people with promises of miracle cures and cleanses has got to among the lowest. We've covered Elizabeth Holmes, we've covered the Herbalife scam, and now here comes "Dr." Robert Young to join their scummy, scummy ranks with his cult-like health retreats and "green juices." He's hear to make a quick buck off the sick.. and we are SICK and TIRED of it! Find and watch "The Curious Case of... Death By Detox…
491: The Missing Millionairess
Ep 491 · Mar 31, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min
Imagine Melissa Caddick was your friend and financial adviser, unfortunately not providing you with large returns on your investments, but somehow appearing at friendly gatherings in new necklaces and expensive clothes. It's a fishy business, and as soon as investigations start into her business practices, Melissa disappears. And only a piece of her is ever found. Find and watch "The Missing Millionairess" on Hulu LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS…
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