True Crime Obsessed

This episode covers episode 4 of the HBO series.  For our episode on Part 1 go here For our episode on Part 2 go here For our episode on Part 3 go here In Part 3, the state's case against Adnan Syed falls apart as Adnan's legal team PROVES that he didn't murder Hae Min Lee. The state-held DNA evidence is finally tested and it all but exonerates Adnan. THIS IS THE EPISODE WHERE WE FINALLY GET ALL THE ANSWERS.  Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, "The Case Against Adnan Syed" explores the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular "Serial" podcast. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------Looking for more TCO? To hear our brand new interview with Rabia Chaurdry, our interview with Asia Mcclain, and our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," become a TCO Patron for just $5 per month! You'll instantly get all this PLUS over 60 other full bonus episodes including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," and "The Staircase." Join Here! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW!  Come hang with us in NYC on the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! Get tickets here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET OUR PROMO CODES, Click here! This Week's Palate Cleanser: "It Ain't No Thing" From "Bring It On: The Musical."

1 Apr 201958min

This episode covers part 3 of the 4-part HBO series. For our take on Part 1, go here! For our take on Part 2, go here! And stay tuned till THE VERY END of the episode to hear a preview of our interview with Rabia Chaudry.  In part 3, Adnan’s 2016 appeal draws to a close, his family and attorneys brace for a ruling that could result in a new trial and hope for an acquittal 20 years after Hae Lee’s murder. AND GET READY FOR MIND BLOWING NEW INFORMATION TO BE PRESENTED IN REAL TIME TO JEN AND CHRISTY--INFORMATION THAT COULD COMPLETELY DESTROY THE STATE'S THEORY OF THE CASE!  Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, "The Case Against Adnan Syed" explores the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular "Serial" podcast. Looking for more TCO? To hear our brand new interview with Rabia Chaurdry, our interview with Asia Mcclain, and our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," become a TCO Patron for just $5 per month! You'll instantly get all this PLUS over 60 other full bonus episodes including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," and "The Staircase." Join Here! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW!  Come hang with us in NYC on the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! Get tickets here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET OUR PROMO CODES, Click here! This Week's Palate cleanser is "Otto Titsling" from the film Beaches.

25 Mar 20191h 4min

This episode covers part 2 of the 4-part HBO series. For Part 1, go here! In part 2, Private investigators attempt to recreate circumstances at the crime scene, questions arise about the veracity of alleged accomplice Jay Wilds, the centerpiece of police and prosecutors’ case against Adnan Syed, we meet Jenn Pusateri (who is slightly terrifying), AND ASIA IS BACK (and looking flawless). Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, "The Case Against Adnan Syed" explores the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular "Serial" podcast. To hear our brand new interview with Rabia Chaurdry, our interview with Asia Mcclain, and our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," become a TCO Patron for just $5 per month! You'll instantly get all this PLUS over 60 other full bonus episodes including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," and "The Staircase." COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW! Come hang with us in NYC on the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! Get tickets here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET OUR PROMO CODES, Click here!

18 Mar 201958min

Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, The Case Against Adnan Syed will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case brought to global attention by the hugely popular Serial podcast. In Part 1, we meet Adnan, Hae, and their friends in the magnet program at Woodlawn high school. When Hae disappears and then is found dead several weeks later, Adnan becomes the prime suspect in her murder. But there is also Don, the boyfriend of only 10 days who may have been the last person to see her alive. New investigators TRACK DON DOWN and attempt to get his side of the story.  To hear our brand new interview with Rabia Chaurdry, our interview with Asia Mcclain, and our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," become a TCO Patron for just $5 per month! You'll instantly get all this PLUS over 60 other full bonus episodes! To learn about the recent developments in the Adnan Syed case go here and check out the "Crime Writers On" update here. Come to our June Pride show! We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Stonewall by covering the definitive documentary "Stonewall Uprising." Tickets are going fast! Click her to join us! To learn about our sponsors AND GET OUR PROMO CODES, Click here!

11 Mar 201957min

This podcast episode covers episodes 3 &  4 of the Netflix series. Listen to Part 1 (covering episodes 1 & 2 of the Netflix series) HERE. In this episode, Ted Bundy breaks out of prison TWICE. He terrorizes south Florida where he takes at least 6 more victims. When he's finally caught, he decides to represent himself in court--in America's first-ever televised murder trial--and the shenanigans that ensue are almost too bizarre to be believed. On the 30th anniversary of his Florida execution, CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE TED BUNDY TAPES brings the infamously twisted mind of serial killer Ted Bundy into the light for the very first time in a fresh yet terrifying way through exclusive, never-before-heard interviews from the "Jack the Ripper of the United States," himself. This unique and gripping doc series, focuses on the man whose personality, good looks and social graces defied the serial-killer stereotype, allowing him to hide in plain sight as he committed the brutal sex-crime slayings of more than 30 women before being caught in 1978.   LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? Binge our 50+ bonus episodes via Patreon! When you join our Patreon fam, you not only support us, you also INSTANTLY get our entire catalog of bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "SERIAL," "THE JINX," "THE STAIRCASE," and "MAKING A MURDERER." New FULL EPISODES are added each week AND IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! Join here! LOOKING FOR OUR ADVERTISERS / PROMO CODES? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS! THIS WEEK'S PALATE CLEANSER is called "Beautiful" and is from the 2018 Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Head Over Heels."

5 Mar 201957min

SURPRISE! this week we wanted to do something we’ve never done before—give every member of the TCO fam access to one of our Patreon full bonus episodes. We decided that our take on "Making A Murderer" season 2, episode 1 would be a great example to share of what we’re doing over on the Patreon feed. Tick Tock, it's Zellner 0'Clock, you guys.  CLICK HERE TO JOIN THE PATREON FAM! As a reminder, if you become a member of the Patreon Fam, you get instant access to over 50 full bonus episodes including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx", "Serial", "The Staircase", and "Making a murderer." you get a new full bonus episode every week, and we’re now offering a level where you can also get ad free versions of our regular episodes. WE LOVE YOU OKAY BYE BYE!

1 Mar 201940min

This podcast episode covers episodes 1 & 2 of the Netflix series. On the 30th anniversary of his Florida execution, CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE TED BUNDY TAPES brings the infamously twisted mind of serial killer Ted Bundy into the light for the very first time in a fresh yet terrifying way through exclusive, never-before-heard interviews from the "Jack the Ripper of the United States," himself. This unique and gripping doc series, focuses on the man whose personality, good looks and social graces defied the serial-killer stereotype, allowing him to hide in plain sight as he committed the brutal sex-crime slayings of more than 30 women before being caught in 1978. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? Binge our 40+ bonus episodes via Patreon! When you join our Patreon fam, you not only support us, you also INSTANTLY get our entire catalog of bonus episodes, including our episode-by-episode coverage of "SERIAL," "THE JINX," "THE STAIRCASE," and "MAKING A MURDERER." New FULL EPISODES are added each week AND IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! Join here! LOOKING FOR OUR ADVERTISERS / PROMO CODES? Go Here! We now have a whole page of our site for you to check out and GET. THOSE. DISCOUNTS! THIS WEEK'S PALATE CLEANSER is called "Find Your Grail" from the 2009 Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Spamalot."

26 Feb 201953min

It's Daisy's school vacation week, so Patrick is on full time dad duty! We'll be back with a brand new episode next week covering episodes 1 & 2 of Netflix's "The Ted Bundy Tapes." The following week, we'll cover episodes 3 & 4! Mommy Dead And Dearest: Late on the evening of June 14, 2015, deputy sheriffs in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Dee Dee Blancharde laying facedown in a pool of blood from the stab wounds that had killed her several days earlier. There was no sign of her teenage daughter, Gypsy Rose, who, according to Blancharde, suffered from leukemia, asthma, muscular dystrophy, and several other chronic conditions, and had the mental capacity of a 7-year-old. In the days and weeks that followed, the police came to understand the crime and the treacherous web of lies, child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love that set the stage for this horrendous and brutal murder.  This week on Patreon, we're dropping the FULL VIDEO OF LAST WEEK'S LIVE SHOW! We'll also be dropping the live show in podcast form on the Patreon podcast feed! Join now and instantly get 60 + full episodes! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "The Staircase," "Serial," and Making a Murderer! Join here! Sorry you missed our live show? COME TO OUR JUNE PRIDE SHOW IN NYC! Looking for our discount codes? Go Here! Get. Those. Discounts! This Week's Palate Cleanser is from The Original Broadway Cast Recording of "Spring Awakening" which you can (and should!!) get here!

19 Feb 201949min