"The New York Zodiac Killer" Heriberto Seda Pt. 1
Twenty years after the notorious Zodiac Killer terrorized San Francisco, someone else picked up their mantle. Heriberto “Eddie” Seda was a Brooklyn native and one-time street preacher who began target...
5 Dec 202240min
"Crazy Dave" David Edward Maust Pt. 2
Once back in the U.S., Maust serves time for manslaughter before regaining his freedom. He continues befriending teenage boys who fill his need for companionship. But time and again, Maust caves to hi...
1 Dec 202242min
"Crazy Dave" David Edward Maust Pt. 1
A volatile childhood and stints in a hospital psych ward set the stage for a violent killer who murdered teenage boys in Germany and the U.S. from the 1970s to the early aughts. Learn more about your ...
28 Nov 202242min
Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic
Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywhere from Alabama to ancient Rome. Brine your turkey, kne...
22 Nov 202240min
"The Pied Piper of Tucson” Charles Howard Schmid
With his caked-on makeup and pathological lies, Charles “Smitty” Schmid cut a distinctive figure among Tucson’s youth. The 22-year-old wanted to draw misfit teens to himself like moths to a flame, bef...
3 Nov 202247min
“Leatherface” from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
When The Texas Chain Saw Massacre debuted in 1974, audiences had a visceral experience so frightening, many believed what they witnessed was real. Its main villain, Leatherface, slaughtered innocent y...
31 Okt 202242min
“Buffalo Bill” from The Silence of the Lambs
Premiering in 1991, The Silence of the Lambs was anything but your typical horror movie. While it made the name Hannibal Lecter famous, at its core, the film was a psychological thriller that tracked ...
27 Okt 202246min
“Ghostface” from Scream
In 1996, a new horror movie with an innovative twist would reinvigorate the slasher genre. But behind the fictional Ghostface was an inspiration steeped in reality. A man in a makeshift mask who stalk...
24 Okt 202248min
