A Perversion of Justice-Rerelease

This is the first True Crime Brewery commissioned podcast! Thank you to Todd Feitl—a listener so fascinated by true crime (and beer!) that he paid us to do a TCB episode on the Son of Sam murders. The Son of Sam shootings back in the 1970s terrorized the citizens of New York and its Burroughs.  […] The post When Evil Came to Town: The Son of Sam Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber.

4 Apr 20171h 35min

To Dr. Bart Corbin, til death do us part meant murder. In 2004, Jenn Corbin’s 7 year-old son found her murdered in her bed. He knew his father was responsible. In fact, he told anyone who would listen that his Daddy killed his Mommy. After hearing of Jenn’s death, the family of Dolly Hearn came […] The post Death by Dentist: The Murders of Dolly Hearn & Jennifer Corbin appeared first on Tiegrabber.

28 Mars 20171h 32min

29 year old Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day 2013. He would claim that he thought there was an intruder locked in his bathroom and he shot through the door 4 times out of fear. Prosecutors in South Africa didn’t find his story believable. There was evidence that […] The post Shots in the Dark: The Murder of Reeva Steenkamp appeared first on Tiegrabber.

21 Mars 20171h 19min

Andrea Yates confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub at home on June 20, 2001. She had been suffering for some time with postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.   In her 2002 trial, the district attorney in asked for the death penalty. She was ultimately found competent to stand trial and convicted of capital […] The post Postpartum Psychosis: The Andrea Yates Case appeared first on Tiegrabber.

14 Mars 20171h 53min

Mother of two Sara Tokars was just learning about her husband’s shady business dealings when she was killed: executed with a gunshot to the head in front of her young children. When the truth came out, everyone who knew the couple was shocked and devastated. Sara’s life was over and her children were left motherless. […] The post The Wife Who Knew Too Much: The Sara Tokars Story appeared first on Tiegrabber.

7 Mars 20171h 30min

27 year-old Laura Ackerson was last seen on July 13, 2011, after stopping by the home of her ex-partner Grant Hayes and his wife Amanda Hayes.  She was reported missing two days later when she failed to show up for work. On July 20, Ackerson’s Ford Focus was found abandoned near the 5400 block of Summer Manor […] The post A Bitter End: The Murder of Laura Ackerson appeared first on Tiegrabber.

28 Feb 20171h 33min

On the evening of October 25th, 1994, a 23 year old woman frantically knocked on the door of the McCloud family in the small town of Union, South Carolina. Hysterically, she told a tale of a lone gunman who stole her car and sped off with her two children in the back seat. The people […] The post Forsaken: The Murders of Michael & Alex Smith appeared first on Tiegrabber.

21 Feb 20171h 54min

A young mother who was well liked in her small Irish community, Rachel O’Reilly loved life.  She loved her children, her home, her friends, and her husband Joe.  As her marriage began to deteriorate, Rachel was determined to make it work.  Joe not so much.  Joe had fallen in love with another.  Would he go so far as […] The post A Husband’s Rage: The Murder of Rachel O’Reilly appeared first on Tiegrabber.

14 Feb 20171h 23min