Goodpods Top 100 True Crime Podcasts
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The Slaying of Shirley Lynette Ledford Most of us know the potential dangers of hitchhiking, but that's because we've grown up being warned by our parents not to do so. This wasn’t the case for 18-year-old Shirley Lynette Ledford however, and on October 31, 1979,
Andrew (now Andrea) Balcer told authorities that he simply “snapped” when he killed fatally stabbed his mother and father on Halloween night 2016. Andrew was struggling with a transition from male to female and claims that his parents did not support him through the process. Andrew Balcer is sentenced to
After a long night of drinking with a female companion, Brynn Hartman, wife of Saturday Night Live (SNL) star and comedian Phil Hartman, drives herself home and shots her husband three times at point-blank range. Brynn then leaves her home once again and visits a male friend, continues her drinking
Lindsay Buziak was a hardworking twenty-four-year-old who was excelling at her career, in a loving relationship, and living her best life.This beautiful youthful spirit was an inspiration to those around her, which is why it came a shock when someone brutally snuffed out her life. Lindsay Buziak went to
On May 19, 1977, Colleen Stan, a twenty-year-old hitchhiker, was abducted off Antelope Blvd after accepting a ride from Cameron and Janice Hooker. Stan ultimately survived her captors, but was only set free after seven years of abuse, isolation, and brainwashing. Colleen's story has been known since then
On Tuesday, August 3, 1993, four-year-old Derrick Robie's body was found deceased three blocks from his home in Savona, Steuben County, New York in a nearby park. State police immediately announced Robie's death as a homicide because of the multiple body trauma that resulted in his
On a Friday night, March 11, 2011, two Lululemon employees, Jayna Murray (30), and Brittany Norwood closed the store for the night only to return minutes later when Norwood realized she left her wallet in the store. According to Brittany Norwood, when the co-workers entered the store again, two masked
On the night of Monday, November 8, 2010, three assailants broke into a local Ontario residence shooting to death a man's wife and attempting to kill him as well. The 24-year-old daughter, Jennifer Pan, was also inside the house, tied upstairs to the banister, but suffered no injuries
In the morning hours of February 27th, 2012, 17-year-old T.J. Lane (Thomas Michael Lane) opened fire in the cafeteria at the Chardon High School, shooting six and killing three students. Lane has never explained his motive for the shooting, although he told detectives that he "created this goal
On October 22, 2013, Philip Chism murdered her math teacher Colleen Ritzer in the women's bathroom at Danvers High School 60 Cabot Road, Danvers MA. Colleen Ritzer was a well-respected math teacher, 2011 graduate of Assumption College, a top liberal arts university, and was pursuing a graduate degree
Tragic struck at the Altamont Raceway on December 6, 1969 when Meredith Hunter, African-American teenager and music enthusiast, was murdered by a group of Hell's Angels while attending a free concert from the Rolling Stones. Alan Passaro was charged with stabbing Hunter to death, but was acquitted after
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“He was a deeply disturbed individual, and his actions were horrific and senseless.” — Chief Todd Schmaderer, Omaha Police Department On the night of August 21, 2013, Andrea Kruger, a 33-year-old mother of three, finished her late shift at the hospital and was on her way home when Nikko Jenkins, a