371: Ruby Franke: Momfluencer to Felon

We have never covered a case as gruesome as this. Eight murders in 4 separate crime scenes. All at the same time. All members of the same small town family. There's no obvious motive, no clues, no suspects. So what the hell happened on April 21, 2016 in Pike county, Ohio when an entire family who had lived there for generations were all killed for no apparent reason?  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 "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!

7 Nov 202348min

Grainy surveillance video captured the last known images of 26 year old Paula Sladewski leaving a Miami night club on the morning of January 3, 2010. Hours later, her body would be found in a nearby dumpster. She had been strangled and set on fire. Who had done these horrible things to this former Playboy video model and why? Her boyfriend, family, and friends quickly embarked on a journey to find out the truth.

2 Nov 202354min

On the morning of February 15, 2020, 38-year-old Amie Harwick was found unresponsive outside the Los Angeles apartment building where she lived. She'd endured a brutal attack and was then thrown from the balcony of her apartment on the third floor. She died from her injuries shortly thereafter. Quickly, the hunt was on for to learn who had done this to her and why. Amie was a clinical psychologist who was also a mainstay of the LA party scene. She'd dated Marilyn Manson and had been engaged to Drew Carey. Were these connections factors in her murder? What would it take to track down her killer? 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 "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!

31 Okt 202358min

On the evening of February 3, 2012, 28-year-old Vincent Goslyn Jr and his wife Jessie were on their way home from dinner when they pulled over to help  a stranded driver on the side of the road. Minutes later, Jessie would call 911 and report that the man they just tired to help had shot and killed her husband and she had sped off in their car, fearing for her life. But as the story unraveled in the weeks that followed, it became clear that the truth of what happened that night was much much darker.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!

26 Okt 202344min

December 8, 1980. 10:50 pm. John Lennon--the former Beatle and music industry icon--returned to his Manhattan apartment building with his wife, Yoko Ono after a long evening of recording down town. As Lennon walked toward his building, a young man approached him from behind. Lennon had met this man just a few hours before--he'd signed an autograph for him while another man took a picture. This time, the young man had a gun. He raised it and fired five shots, all but one of them hitting Lennon in the back. Lennon stumbled and fell and would be dead from his injuries less than thirty minutes later. Who was this young man? What did he want? And why did he do it? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!

24 Okt 202357min

On November 16, 1994, the body of 33-year-old Marie Singleton was found in the trunk of her car near a beach in Los Angeles, California. The young mother had been missing for five days. Singleton was loved by her family and friends, but she also had a secret: while almost everyone she knew thought she worked for the department of defense, she actually worked for the CIA. Did this have something to do with her brutal murder? Or was her death the result of something even more sinister? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY! PHONEIX: December, 3. PITTSBURGH: December 8 & 9 Toronto: December 10

19 Okt 202343min

On the evening of October 6, 1998, 21-year-old Matthew Shepard was kidnapped by two young men. He was taken to a remote Wyoming prairie where he was tied to a fence, beaten unconscious, and left to die. 25 years later, this new documentary reexamines the crime, the nation's response to it, and what--if anything--we have learned.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY! PHONEIX: December, 3. PITTSBURGH: December 8 & 9 Toronto: December 10 COME TO OBSESSED FEST! Spend a weekend with all your favorite true crime podcasters, DRAG QUEENS, and true crime personalities! Tickets and Info Here!

17 Okt 202359min

By the fall of 2008, Mark Twitchell could no longer control his dark urges. And so the 29-year-old filmmaker, husband, and father began luring unsuspecting victims to a rented garage in a quiet neighborhood. Believing they were going there to meet Tinder dates, these victims were quickly overtaken by a gun-wheedling monster in a hockey mask whose only plan was to torture and kill them in the style of Dexter Morgan--his favorite character on his favorite TV show. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "House of Haammer" "Trainwreck: Woodstock '99," "Bad Vegan" "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE! COME TO PATRICK'S TRAVELING BOOK PARTY! PHONEIX: December, 3. PITTSBURGH: December 8 & 9 Toronto: December 10 COME TO OBSESSED FEST! Spend a weekend with all your favorite true crime podcasters, DRAG QUEENS, and true crime personalities! Tickets and Info Here!

10 Okt 202351min