A Monster of a Mother - August 7 2021 - Todays True Crime

November 19th: John Straffen Dies (2007) Understanding how mental deficiencies affect crime and, more importantly, punishment, can be difficult even for experts.  On November 19th 2007 the oldest serv...

19 Nov 202315min

November 18th: Elfriede Blauensteiner Dies (2003) For some, money is more important than a human life. On November 18th 2003 a woman passed away while in prison serving time for a crime that saw money...

18 Nov 20235min

November 17th: Last of the Paraquat Murders (1985) Random acts of violence can be more difficult cases to solve. On November 17th 1985 the last of what would be 11 victims took a deadly drink in a ser...

17 Nov 20236min

November 16th: Leonard J. Young's First Victim (1999) Sometimes it takes a lot of work to connect seemingly unrelated crimes. On November 16th 1999 a man took his first victim in a crime spree that sp...

16 Nov 202315min

November 15th: Sarah MacDiarmid Born (1966) It seems impossible for a person to vanish without a trace but we hear about it more often than we’d like to admit. On November 15th 1966 a young woman was ...

15 Nov 20236min

November 14th: Tara Grinstead Born(1974) Can an entire case hinge on a confession? On November 14th 1974 a woman was born who would disappear in a case that took decades to get answers. A case that hi...

14 Nov 202316min

November 13th: Hubert Geralds Jr. Born (1964) Sometimes science can get things wrong and have devastating consequences. Other times, the new discovery does little to minimize the gruesome deeds of a c...

13 Nov 20238min

November 12th: Christine Sheddy Killed (2007) Sometimes a crime gets solved in an unlikely manner. On November 12th 2007 a young woman, later thought to have run off and abandoned her children, was ki...

12 Nov 20236min