48 - Most Wanted: Robert William Fisher

Pedro Rodrigues Filho is often referred to as Brazil's version of Dexter - a killer of killers. But a deep dive into the Brazilian Punisher's life reveals a far darker truth - that it is easy to kill a killer when you've been surrounded by them for your entire life, and that becoming a monster yourself doesn't automatically make you better than them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Sep 202251min

Nannie Doss looked like a harmless old lady that you'd gladly invite over for tea. But the woman who would become known as The Lonely Hearts Killer, the Jolly Black Widow, and Lady Bluebeard, shamelessly killed the people she was supposed to love - or at least care for - simply because she benefitted from their deaths some way or another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2 Sep 202236min

Those who are familiar with the phrase "Epstein didn't kill himself", will know that Jeffrey Epstein is at the center of multiple conspiracy theories surrounding his death. Realistically speaking however, Jeffrey Epstein is one of the most famous serial sex offenders in recent memory. His story is also the story of the people who fought to bring him to justice and the utter failure of the institutions that were supposed to keep the most vulnerable members of our society safe from monsters like him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

30 Aug 20221h 48min

Lizzie Borden was immortalized in song, and the rhyme about the murder of her parents became entrenched in popular culture, even though few remember who Lizzie Borden actually was. But did the Lizzie from the song actually kill her stepmother and father with an axe? Or was it decided that she was guilty long before her trial could reach its conclusion? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Aug 20221h 1min

Poisoning your relatives for one's own gain isn't a new topic on The Casual Criminalist. But what makes Mary Blandy's case unique, is the fact that 18th century forensic science was used to prove that Mary Blandy had knowingly poisoned her own father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

23 Aug 202255min

In 2016, a menace was stalking the streets of Anchorage, Alaska. Always hunting at night, this killer would walk up to his unsuspecting victims and kill them without warning. Only after his death would the police be able to link him to his five victims, and soon everyone was asking the same question - what drove him to kill? We might never know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Aug 202235min

The Krugersdorp Murders is a baffling story about the Church of Satan and people who were desperately trying to escape a life in the occult, of sadistic witches and dark rituals, of vampires and werewolves, of the unwilling bride of Satan, and the group of people who tried to save her soul. It is also the story of how a narcissistic, psychopathic liar managed to convince a small group of people that she was a witch, and that it was God’s plan that they had to commit murder for the sake of “the greater good". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Aug 20221h 40min

In the late 1970s, the Hillside Strangler had been captured, and two men now awaited trail. But one of them, Kenneth Bianchi, had a plan for escaping a life sentence - fake a Hillside Strangler attack, complete with DNA. Enter Veronica Compton, Bianchi's own Harley Quinn. Firmly under Bianchi's spell, she would go on to attempt to kill another woman before being caught by the police and ruining Bianchi's plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Aug 20221h 44min