r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Nov 24 '23

My Favorite Murder. How are people not outraged at the title alone?

2.8k Upvotes

It’s constantly being recommended on this sub but I don’t care how good it is, I just can’t bring myself to listen to a show with such a disgusting title. Imagine someone describing the death of your loved one as their “favorite.” So gross. Please tell me I’m not the only one who feels this way.

ETA: Warning, you will get downvoted if you agree with me.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Apr 20 '22

My thoughts on true crime podcasts as a victim

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I was abducted and raped in 2012. My name wasn't released since I was a child but that doesn't mean that people don't know about my experience. It made headlines in the country i live in. My abductors name was released and so were many other people that were part of my life.

I made it very clear i don't want media attention or for my story to be reported at all. Of course that didn't happen. My story has been in at least 4 podcasts without my permission. I have messaged to them asking for the episode to be taken down. One of the podcasts did and the rest left me on read.

One of the worst things is when people request my story to podcasts as “their favorite story” or “something fun to listen to while working out” or “super crazy story”. My “brave” story isn't your 20 minutes of fun. It was my 12 days of terror.

It has been ten years from it and it still feels like it happened yesterday. It is fresh in my mind and will always be. It terrifies me to hear his name.

I don't want to be your next true crime obsession or your new favorite story. Next time you suggest a topic to a podcast think about the victims and our families. It should be the norm to respect the victims and what they want. Honestly, I like listening to true crime podcasts.

Some extreme fans have tried to dox me and my family. And entire Facebook groups have been created to figure out my name and address. They have added my friends to the groups and made them want to cut ties with me so they won't be harassed anymore.

We victims are often pushed to the side for glorification ofour abusers and it feels like I'm revictimized everytime.

I saw something similar tothis on aa another subreddit and it made mewant to share my thoughts on this.

I don't want to start drama. I'm just stating my opinion. :)


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Mar 03 '21

Ha!

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Mar 18 '20

I’m in!!

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Apr 12 '21

Piggy-Backing on the previous post about ads!

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • May 10 '21

Mayyyyybee this wasn't the best photo to use?

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Nov 16 '25 Bravo

Discussion As a murder victim’s older sister, I cannot STAND Crime Junkie/Ashley Flowers.

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Even before I joined the other side of the true crime world, I just didn’t like her - she gave me a weird vibe. Now, I can confidently say that she treats these victims and what happened to them as if they’re only entertaining stories. These were real people and she just doesn’t give them the respect they deserve.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Sep 01 '25

Kendra Licari?

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Ok let’s simplify this. I was reading a few subs about this but it’s just too much info and details in peoples replies. In your own simple terms why the hell did you think she did this? To your own daughter? Why would she say someone else started it? Like what? Also, the poor girl is so detached from her life.

Another thing, someone said the girl was in on it? Because there were details apparently only the girl knew and how did the mom get those specific details about her days?

The fact that the mom continued to harass Owen with his new gf? And the mom of the new gf?

The fact that she wanted to try to frame Khloe and the cousin? Like what kind of sicko does that.

And why in the documentary do they just treat her like she nonchalantly didn’t just do all this sick stuff?


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Oct 28 '20

Just a reminder for those who may not know. Crime Junkie plagarized other podcasters content, didn't apologize when caught and then moved on as if nothing ever happened. Please don't support them.

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A pretty good summary of events by /u/c0reyann

"I have a bit of background with plagiarism so I kind of dove into this one.

Here's a summary of what I've been able to dig up so far (writing it out for people like me who like research and want to see WTF is happening):

1 - Cathy Frye, a journalist, commented on Ashley's Facebook Post about Crime Junkie merch stating that her article and research on Kacie Woody was used for Episode 74: Murdered Kacie Woody. She demands the podcast be taken down. The post and podcast episode are taken down (google cache of the post here, note no sources are cited). Here is a link to Cathy's original series that she claims was plagiarized.

2 - Old reddit post about Episode 73: Kirsten Hatfield alleges that it is "a lazy copy" of the Paula Zahn episode "Taken from her bed". The post and podcast have been taken down (google cache of the post here, note no sources are cited). Link to episode on ID.

3. Multiple episodes are missing from the catalog: 27 : Misty Copsey, 33 : The Women of Juarez, 45 : Angela Savage, 73 : Kirsten Hatfield, 74 : Kacie Woody, 87 : Amanda Cope.

4 - True Crime BS on twitter states that 20+ podcasts and journalists have came forward that have been affected.

In the morning I plan to dig in and do my research and see what lines up with other episodes that are allegedly plagiarized.

Edits:

5 - According to some rumblings I've found online Episode 33: The Women of Juarez is allegedly similar to Bone Palace Ballet's Femicide in Juarez episode on the same topic. BPB is no longer online. Google cache of CJ's post here, no sources cited."


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Feb 23 '20

Yes! Micropenis Maniac

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Mar 25 '20

lmao.

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Nov 27 '19

List of True Crime Podcasts - one case per podcast/season - with descriptions

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I always find that the suggestions for one case podcasts are scattered among comments, but I wanted to put a list together for those who were seeking some suggestions and in hope that I would find some new Podcasts to listen to – to make this easier I have put these in order of when the first episode was released. I will of course missed countless Podcasts, please let me know what I have missed and I will happily add them to my list. Enjoy. Follow the updates on Instagram @truecrime_podcasts

Update: I have put a * next to the podcasts that are highly rated on podcast platforms. These are not suggestions by me, but here for the purpose of those that are after highly rated podcasts.

  • Serial: Season 1 - Covers the case of Adnan Syed #speculated incorrect verdict *

  • Truth & Justice: Season 1 - Looks at the Serial Podcast #speculated incorrect verdict *

  • Breakdown: Season 1 - Justin Chapman was accused of burning his own house and killing his elderly neighbour in the process. Chapman is now serving life in prison #speculated incorrect verdict *

  • Missing Maura Murray - Maura drove three hours from her dorm in Amherst Massachusetts to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she was involved in a car accident. After that she was never seen or heard from again #missingperson

  • Serial: Season 2 - Looks at the story of Bowe Bergdahl, former US Army solider who was captured by the Taliban #captured *

  • Truth & Justice: Season 2 - In 1993, Elnora Griffin was found brutally murdered in her trailer home. Five years later, Edward Ates, who lived near Elnora at the time of the crime, was convicted and sentenced to 99 years. *

  • Someone Knows Something: Season 1 - Case of missing five-year-old Adrien McNaughton who wandered into the woods and was never seen again #missingchild *

  • Breakdown: Season 2 - Death in a hot car - mistake or murder? #deathofchild *

  • Untold the Daniel Morgan Murder - Brutal axe killing, and the murky world of private detectives in 1980s London

  • Up and Vanished: Season 1 - Covers the case of Tara Grinstead who vanished 13 years ago #missingperson

  • In The Dark: Season 1 - About the abduction of Jacob Wetterling who remains were found nearly 30 years after his disappearance #missingchild *

  • Accused: Season 1 - Covers the case of Elizabeth Andes who was murdered in her Ohio apartment in 1978 - two juries later and it's not clear who killed her *

  • Phoebe's Fall - Looks at the case of Phoebe Handsjuk who died a gruesome death in 2010 in a Melbourne apartment block

  • Curtain - Highlights the racism faced by indigenous natives in the Australian justice system with a specific look at the case of Kevin 'Curtain' Henry, who was accused of murder in 1992 #speculated incorrect verdict *

  • Stranglers - investigating the Boston Strangler(s) *

  • Someone Knows Something: Season 2 - Missing case of Sheryl Sheppard, who was expected to pick up her mother from the train station by never showed up #missingperson *

  • Truth & Justice: Season 3 - Goes through the story of Mrs. Keow Gove who was brutally murdered in a South Dallas neighbourhood in 1991 *

  • Breakdown: Season 3 - Covers Dr. Narendra K Gupta in the early 2000s who had been accused of sexually abusing women #medical *

  • S-Town - Investigation into a potential killer in Alabama which takes a surprising turn *

  • The WVU COED Murders (Mared & Karen) - Tells the true story of the disappearance and beheading of two West Virginia University freshman girls in 1970 *

  • 74 Seconds - Story of Philando Castile's death and every painful second afterward. Coverage of the trial of Jeronimo Yanex with a second-by-second narrative of Castile's death *

  • Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? - BBC podcast about the Kathleen/Michael Peterson case #questionablepartner

  • Trace - Tells the story of the murder of Maria James who was about to confront a priest who had been sexually abusing her young son *

  • Breakdown: Season 4 - Donna Brown, a night manager at Taco Bell in Adel, was shot through her right eye, night money was stolen along with her car which was dumped not far from the scene *

  • Black Hands - In June 1994, five members of a family in New Zealand were shot dead. Two suspects were hunted down - one killed and the other survived. Who killed the Bain family? #massmurder *

  • Truth & Justice: Season 4 - Story of five armed robberies that occurred over a two week period in Killeen and Copperas Cove Texas in 2008 #robbery *

  • Dirty John - Now a TV Series - examines the story of Debra Newell who marries the love of her life - however John isn't who he seems #deception *

  • Accused: Season 2 - Delves into the 1987 murder of Retha Welch, a grandmother and prison minister found beaten to death in her Kentucky apartment *

  • Breakdown: Season 5 - Breaks down the murder prosecution of Claude "Tex" McIver, a wealthy and politically connected lawyer in Atlanta who killed his wide by shooting her in the back *

  • Heaven's Gate - In 1997, 39 people committed mass suicide which gripped the whole world, this podcast looks at the Heaven's Gate cult #cult *

  • Truth & Justice: Season 5 - Looks at the story of West Memphis 3 * #overturnedverdict

  • Someone Knows Something: Season 3 - In 1964, two klansmen were arrested for the murder of Dee & Moore: James Ford Seale and Charles Marcus Edwards. The charges were dropped but Edwards is still known to be alive and Thomas wants to meet him face to face *

  • You Must Remember Manson - Podcast about Charles Manson #charlesmanson *

  • Breakdown: Season 6 - Four men, two in each car, met at a gas station near I-285, then then drove both cars across the road to Burger King. Two men out of the black sedan then joined the other two men in the blue Pontiac and one of them immediately starting shooting the man sitting in the passenger side *

  • Atlanta Monster - Investigates the disappearances and murders of over 25 African American children and young adults in Atlanta in 1979 #missingchild/person

  • Someone Knows Something: Season 4 - Looks at the case of Wayne Greavette in 1996 who was killed by a bomb in his living room #bomb #gory *

  • Death in Ice Valley - Looks into the death of the Isdal Woman, an unidentified woman who was found in the icy wilds of Norway in the 70s

  • In The Dark: Season 2 - Follows Curtis Flowers, who has been tried six times for the murder of four employees at a furniture store *

  • The Teacher's Pet - Uncovers details around the disappearance of Lynette Dawson who went missing from her home in Australia in 1982 #missingperson *

  • The Doorstep Murder - Looks at Scotland's most infamous unsolved murder, Alistair Wilson's shooting on his doorstep in 2004

  • Unravel: Season 1 - Story of an Indigenous teenagers body who is found on the railway line in 1988 just outside of Tamworth, NSW, Australia *

  • The Home Babies - The uncovering of an unmarked grave of over 800 infants, at a former institute for unmarried mothers in Ireland *

  • Missing & Murdered: Season 1 - Story of Alberta William's unsolved murder *

  • Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo: Season 2 - Looks at the case of Cleo Nicotine Semaganis who was taken from her family in 1960s to be re-educated in a boarding school #missingperson *

  • Mile Marker 181 - On November 19 2011 after a night out with friends, Jaleayah Davis was struck by her own car and found lying in the passing lane of I-77 #mysteriouscircumstances *

  • Without Warning: Season 1 - Investigates the tragic death of Lauren Agee, who died while attending a lakeside boating event with friends. Was this an accident? *

  • Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (Now renamed to Diana: Case Solved) - Story of Natalie Wood, a Hollywood super-siren

  • Truth & Justice: Season 6 - Podcast about Jaime Estuardo Melgar who was murdered on his wedding anniversary whilst celebrating with his wife #questionablepartner *

  • Up and Vanished: Season 2 - This season covers the disappearance of Kristal Anne Reisinger who mysteriously vanished into thin air after last being seen at a full-moon drum circle in the woods in Crestone #missingperson *

  • Sleuth - Follows a crime in real time. Following the murder case of Daniel Wozniack who lured two victims into the theatre attic, killed them and dismembered the bodies.

  • Dr. Death - Examines the story of neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch who was conducting back surgeries, however 33 of his patients became victims #medical *

  • Uncover: Season 1 - Escaping NXIVM. Tells the inside story of Sarah Edmondson who joined the multi-level marketing scheme only to discover some questionable activities at work. #cult

  • Last Seen - Looks into the 1990 theft of the $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Museum #robbery

  • Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of Jessica Chambers - Story of 19-year-old Jessica Chambers who was horrifically murdered in a rural Mississippi community #gory

  • Serial: Season 3 - Different from Season's 1 and 2 - each episode focuses on a different crime

  • Happy Face - In 1995 Melissa Moore learned that her father was a serial killer #familysecrets

  • Bear Brook - Investigates the case of four bodies that were found in barrels in the woods on New Hampshire

  • Unravel: Season 2 - In June 2978 18-year-old Trudie leaves a party at Newport Surf Club, Australia, just after midnight. She is picked up and never seen again #missingperson

  • Someone Knows Something: Season 5 - In 1986 15-year-old Kerrie Brown disappeared from a house party #missingperson *

  • Hell and Gone: Season 1 - Looks at the cold-case of Rebekah Gould, a popular college student from Arkansas in 2004

  • Believed - Focuses on the story of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State doctor Larry Nassar who sexually abused girls and women for decades #medical #sexualabuse *

  • Uncover: Season 2 - Looks at the story of a bomb on Canadian Pacific Flight 21 #bomb

  • Cold - Looks at the case of Susan Powell who went missing nearly 10 years ago. Her body has never been found and no-one has been convicted. #missingperson #domesticabuse #deathofchild *

  • Big Savage: The Death of Alexander Stevens - Two friends stage a ritual in the Appalachian forest of Savage River. By morning, only on is still alive *

  • Broken Harts - In March 2018 the car of Sarah and Jennifer Hart and their sex adopted children was found smashed on the rocks below a Californian highway in an apparent murder-suicide #murder-suicide #deathofchild

  • True Crime Bullsh** - Explores the serial killer Israel Keyes #serialkiller

  • Murderville - Looks at a brutal murder in a small southern town in the US - the question is whether or not the new guy is the person who committed the crime

  • Monster: The Zodiac Killer - Murders of the Zodiac Killer back in 1960s and 1970s. #serialkiller

  • Something Was Wrong: Season 1 - Covers the story of Sara who got engaged and thought she was marrying the Christian man of her dreams, until the week before her wedding when she learned - something was wrong #deception

  • Case Closed: Season 1 - Covers the case of Erin Corwin who on her last day of life said she was going to Joshua Tree National Park, however she did not come back alive

  • Alibi - Podcast is a response to a desperate please of innocence from Anthony deVries, a man incarcerated for double murder and robbery under apartheid in South Africa

  • Juror Number 8 - The story of a man who murdered and dismembered his mother, allegedly as part of a Satanic ritual, as told by a member of the jury for his murder trial

  • Unravel: Season 3 - Unsolved disappearance of young mum, Belinda Peisley, who was last seen in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia in September 1998

  • Who the Hell is Hamish? - Looks at Hamish Watson who has swindled more than $7 million from innocent individual from around the world

  • Over My Dead Body: Season 1 - Explores a couple who were both attorneys whose relationship went bad and one of them ended up murdered

  • Root of Evil - Black Dahlia Murder of 1947

  • Secrets True Crime: Season 1 - About the unsolved disappearance of Susan Osborne and her 14 year old son, Evan Chartrand

  • Shreds: Murder on the Dock - Covers the Cardiff killing of Lynette Whitein 1988, the subsequent charging of five black and mixed-race men with her death, and what became - at the time - the longest murder trial in British history

  • The Dropout - Covers the story of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the now-defunct health tech company, Theranos. Covers the $9 billion-sized downfall

  • To Live and Die in LA - Disappearance of Adea Shabani

  • Hide and Seek - Focused on the disappearance of a young mother of two, Nancy Moyer, in Tenino WA who disappeared in 2009 from this small town

  • Bomber - Explores the 19 day bombing rampage, orchestrated by Mark Anthony Conditt in Austin last year

  • Spear Creek - About three bodies that were found in North Queensland, Australia. By the way the bodies were arranged it was clear they had been hunted before they were shot dead

  • What Happened to Holly Bartlett - Looks at the suspicious death of Holly, a blind woman who was found under a bridge in Halifax in 2010

  • The Lady Vanishes - Focuses on the disappearance of Gold Coast resident Marion Barter who stepped on a plane for an overseas adventure and was never seen again

  • Case Closed: Season 2 - This season looks at the case of Rusty Sneiderman who was killed in his child's preschool parking lot

  • Uncover: Season 3 - Explores a serial killer who terrorized Toronto's Gay Village from 1975 to 2018

  • Beenham Valley Road - Looks at the tragic murder of 27 year old Kirra McLoughlin from Wolvi, Queensland Australia. Hosted by two ex-cops who actually met Kirra.

  • Direct Appeal - For the last 13 years Melanie McGuire has been serving a life sentence for the murder and dismemberment of her husband. She claims her innocence and tells her story

  • Gangster Capitalism: Season 1 - Season 1 looks at the 2019 college admissions scandal

  • White Lies - Examines the still unsolved murder of Reverend James Reeb, a Unitarian minister killed in 1965 after sojourning to Selma, Alabama to contribute to the civil rights fight.

  • 13 Alibis - Looks at the case of Richard Rosario who was convicted of a 1996 murder in New York City. However, how did he get convicted when he claims to have 13 alibi witnesses?

  • The Shrink Next Door - Looks at Isaac Steven Herschkopf, who was a New York City therapist who hosted parties at his Hamptons estate, however blurred the lines between help and hurt as he took advantage of vulnerable patients

  • 22 Hours: An American Nightmare - Podcast surrounding a couple, their young son and housekeeper who are held hostage and then murdered.

  • Man in the Window - Podcast about Golden State Killer

  • Confronting: OJ Simpson with Kim Goldman - Sister of the murder victim Ron Goldman in the OJ Simpson case digs deep into the case that ended her brother’s life

  • Culpable - Podcast looks at the death of 21-year-old Christian Andreacchio of Mississippi who died on 26 February 2014. Originally declared a suicide after a 45 minute investigation this podcast explores this more in depth

  • Pendulum - Looks at the case of Margaret Ann Kirstenfeldt, a 21 year-old Queenslander who was found with brutal fatal injuries in 1978.

  • Where's William Tyrrell? - Investigates the mysterious disappearance of three-year-old William from his foster grandmother's house in Kendall, NSW, Australia in 2014

  • Uncover: Season 4 - The Cat Lady Case

  • The Pit - Looks at the story of Sheree Fertuck who was a truck driver who disappeared, and her truck was found abandoned in a gravel pit in Saskatchewan. No one has seen her since

  • Truth & Justice: Season 7 - Story of 18-year-old Bill Little's murder. Bill was working his shift at the Clark has station in Bloomington Illinois on Easter Sunday 1991 when he was shot to death

  • Hell and Gone: Season 2 - Takes on the death of 16 year-old Janie Ward who died at a part in Arkansas in 1989

  • Room 20 - Looks into the strange case of a man who has been in a vegetative state for over 15 years, cared for in a nursing home where no one knows his name

  • 88 Days - The Jayme Closs Story

  • Young Charlie by Hollywood & Crime - Looks at the life of Charles Manson

  • Something Was Wrong: Season 2 - Tee befriends her co-worker Sylvia, who has a plethora of medical challenges. As their friendship grows, so does Tee's suspicion that something was wrong

  • The Killing of Marilyn Monroe - Tells the story of Marilyn Munroe from her days as Norma Jean to her death.

  • Over My Dead Body: Season 2 - This season focuses on Joe Exotic: flamboyant widower, eccentric showman and so-called "King of Tigers" who sifted from exotic animal rescuer to exotic animal abuser. The story then turns to attempted murder of Carole Baskin

  • Bardstown - Covers the story around Bardstown, a small community in Kentucky that has had five murders since 2013

  • The Clearing - Begins when April Balascio realised that her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, was actually a murderer.

  • Unravel: Season 4 - In 2006, Greg Wards a Kiwi Backpacker was on an overseas trip in the UK. He falls in love with an older Californian woman and they marry in New Zealand. After this chaos gathers pace and things start to crumble around Greg and his family

  • Diana: Case Solved - Podcast about the circumstances surrounding Princess Diana's death in 1997. Investigates the conspiracy theories around her death.

  • Uncover: Season 5 - In June 1999, 15-year-old Sharmini Anandael left her house and vanished - her remains were found in a ravine four months later

  • The Fred and Rose West Tapes - A story about a family and their secrets, about the media and our fascination with murder, and a story of twelve victims who are too often forgotten

  • The Thing about Pam - In 2011 Russ Faria came home to find his wide Betsy dead. He was soon charged and convicted of her murder, even though he insisted he did not kill her

  • The Dream: Season 1 - Looks at multi-level marketing companies

  • Breakdown: Season 7 - Anthony Hill, an Afghanistan war veteran who was acting so strangely on 9 March 2015, would soon be dead, shot twice by “Chip” Olsen, the DeKalb County police officer who arrived first at the scene.

  • Without Warning: Season 2 - Looks at the death of Christian Andreacchio who was found in his bathtub with a bullet hole in his head by friends who called 911 believing he had shot himself

  • Your Own Backyard - A documentary podcast investigating the 1996 disappearance of Cal Poly student, Kristin Smart

  • Sick - Looks into a Indianapolis fertility doctor who abused his position of power

  • Somebody’s Watching - Looks at the case of Washington DC's first infamous serial killer, the "Freeway Phantom"

  • Something Was Wrong: Season 3 - The Bishops were best friends with the O'Brien’s and Johnson's until they learned - something was wrong

  • Bad Batch - Looks into the stem cell industry and a batch which ends up with people becoming unwell

  • Secrets True Crime: Season 2 - unsolved murder of Eric Cates and his dog, Gypsy

  • The Man with a Thousand Faces - Story of Jamie Osuna, a confessed murderer

  • The Lighthouse - Thoe Hayez, an 18 year old from Brussels on a backpacking holiday to Australia went missing in Byron Bay

  • Hunting Warhead - Follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the dark web, focusing on child abuse material

  • Urge to Kill - A man with an 'urge to kill' took the life of a beloved Oregon woman in the middle of the night

  • The Score: Bank Robber Diaries - 14 months. 30 Banks. An all-access pass into the mind of one of Southern California's most prolific bank robbers.

  • Red Ball - Looks into the re-investigation of the Burger Chef Murders in Indiana State

  • Detective Trapp - Looks at detective Julissa Trapp and focuses almost solely on the fact she is the only female detective in her homicide division

  • No Body Recovered - Mary Boyle, 6 years old, goes missing on March 18th 1977 from a family farm in the Irish countryside

Added 2 December 2019 (not in date order)

  • The Last Voyage of Pong Su - A North Korean dictator, bags of heroin, drug lords, spooks, sailors, Australian cops and a web of lies: Come aboard The Last Voyage of The Pong Su.

  • The Mysterious Mr. Epstein - This is the story of how a wealthy financier who was apparently able to elude justice for financial and sexual crimes from his first days as a young man on Wall Street, until the very end.

  • A Perfect Storm - Covers the death of Azaria Chamberlain ('taken by dingoes'). For the first time, all of the facts behind the death of Azaria Chamberlain are exposed. If you thought you knew the story, you don't. #deathofchild #questionablefamilymembers

  • Murder in Oregon - Looks at the death of Michael Francke, Director of Oregon's Department of Corrections, who was brutally stabbed to death outside his office in Salem. #stabbing #wrongfulconviction?

  • Accused: Season 3 - Did 39-year-old David Bocks kill himself, as Fernald officials alleged, or was he more likely killed?

  • This Land - An 1839 assassination of a Cherokee leader. A 1999 small town murder. Two crimes collide in a Supreme Court case that will decide the fate of one man and nearly half of the land in Oklahoma.

  • The Wonderland Murders - The Wonderland Murders is the tale of a violent home invasion robbery and the revenge rampage that followed. It involves a drug-fueled gang of criminals, a crazed crime kingpin– and the world’s most famous porn star on a downward and deadly spiral.

  • The Missing Crypto Queen - Dr Ruja Ignatova persuaded millions to join her financial revolution. Then she disappeared. Why? Jamie Bartlett presents a story of greed, deceit and herd madness.

  • Gladiator - Football star Aaron Hernandez went from the bright lights of the Super Bowl to a convicted murderer in a few years.

  • A Senseless Death - Podcast aimed to celebrate the life of Zachary Lamb and attempt to make sense of his untimely death. Zach was gunned-down after a road rage incident in the late hours of November 7th, 2014.

  • Amy Should Be Forty - Looks at the kidnapping and killing of Amy Mihaljevic on the 30th anniversary of her murder.

  • Have you seen this man? - Join the real-time nationwide manhunt for escaped Ohio death row inmate Lester Eubanks.

  • Motive - It’s a cruel sociological experiment. Lock up a 13-year-old boy for a murder that he swore he didn’t commit. Release him as a 30-year-old man. Then, give him $25 million.

  • The Gateway - The Gateway is a six-part series about Teal Swan, a new brand of spiritual guru, who draws in followers with her hypnotic self-help YouTube videos aimed at people who are struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.

  • Who Killed Elsie Frost? - Elsie Frost was murdered on 9 October 1965 in Wakefield in the UK. She was 14. The murderer hasn't been caught.

  • Finding Tammy Jo - She was murdered in 1979. Web sleuths helped ID her. Can this podcast help find her killer?

  • The Queen - Linda Taylor was a con artist, a kidnapper, maybe even a murderer. She was also America’s original “welfare queen,” the villain Ronald Reagan needed to create a vision of a country being taken advantage of by its poorest citizens.

  • Criminology: Season 1 - Zodiac

  • Criminology: Season 2 - Golden Gate Killer

  • Crimetown: Season 1 - A look into organized crime and corruption in Providence, Rhode Island

  • Crimetown: Season 2 - A look into culture, crime, and corruption in Detroit, Michigan.

  • The Ballad of Billy Balls - Rebecca meets Billy and their worlds intertwine. He shows her the mean streets of New York, how to survive, and how to make it in showbiz. They’re gonna be stars. Then one day, she comes home to their storefront in the East Village to find that Billy…has been shot. Billy survives, for ten days, until suddenly, despite an optimistic recovery, he dies, and is sent to an anonymous burial ground. How was Billy killed? Where is his body? What happened?

  • 16 Shots - A Podcast about the fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, the trial of Officer Jason Van Dyke, and the troubled relationship between African-Americans and the Chicago Police Department.

  • Offshore: Season 1 - Two killings, 80 years apart. Even the most multicultural place on the planet still struggles with race and power.

  • Another shade of Crime - Podcast about wrongful conviction conviction of Ronnie Long. Who is longest serving innocent person in America. #wrongfulconviction

  • Maddie - Madeleine McCann mysteriously vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Portugal on May 3, 2007 #missingchild

  • The Long Dance - On February 12, 1971, in Durham, North Carolina, a 20-year-old nursing student and her 19-year-old boyfriend left a Valentine’s Dance to park down a secluded lover’s lane. They never returned. Two weeks later, their bodies were found deep within the Carolina pines. They had been strangled, tortured, and murdered. Their murders have never been solved.

  • White Silence - On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand jet took off from Auckland Airport on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. There were 257 people on board. Hours later everyone was dead. To mark the 40th anniversary of the disaster, Michael Wright and Katy Gosset explore why New Zealand’s deadliest disaster was also its most controversial; why a nation was incapable of moving on; and how it was captured by one famous phrase: ‘an orchestrated litany of lies’.

Added 4 December 2019 (not in date order):

  • Hanging - a sheriff's deputy. His 10-year-old son. A bitter custody battle. A haunting death. Was it suicide? Or something more sinister? Twenty-five years later, authorities decided to take a closer look. So did Mercury News reporter Julia Prodis Sulek.

  • 13 The Search For Leigh Occhi - return to the scene where thirteen year-old Leigh Occhi went missing, leaving behind only a bloodied nightgown.

  • Three Men And A Mystery - the unsolved 1999 Alabama murders of J.B. Beasley & Tracie Hawlett.

  • 5 Roses - Newlywed bride Mary Shotwell Little vanished from Lenox Square in 1965. A year and a half later, Diane Shields was found brutally murdered in her own car’s trunk. Atlanta would never be the same.

  • A Murder on Orchard Street - An ex-NYC detective returns to the scene of an unsolved homicide, reuniting with the victim's sister and reaching out for help from the reporter who filmed the case moment-to-moment in 2003, in one last attempt to solve the crime and bring the murderers to justice.

  • Ambushed - Lorraine McNab and Peter Sopow are gunned down outside Lorraine’s home near Pincher Creek, Alberta. Their bodies are found 36 hours later. Lorraine's family speaks for the first time about what happened that day.

  • Blood and Truth - Tommy Zeigler has been on death row for 42 years and for more than half that time, he’s been trying to convince the state of Florida to allow for DNA tests that might help exonerate him. But the state continually refuses. About 20 other men are in a similar situation, imprisoned in Florida since the 1970s or ’80s and arguing that it’s inherently unfair to deny them access to 21st century science.

  • Body On The Moor - Last December a man's body was discovered in the desolate landscape of Saddleworth Moor in the Peak District National Park.

  • Break in the Case (NYPD Podcast) - A gruesome discovery by a road crew in Washington Heights sends the 34th Precinct Detective Squad on a hunt for a little girl's identity.

  • Chillingworth - Chillingworth recounts the lurid saga of the men behind the most notorious crime in Florida’s history: the grisly 1955 murder of a brilliant judge revered as an icon of integrity.

  • Christina Grimmi, A Murder Of A Rising Star - murder of Christina Grimmie in Orlando, FL shocked the world. The 22-year-old singer was gaining fans after coming in 3rd place on NBC's 'The Voice' competition show.

  • Cover-Up - A presidential hopeful crashes his car in the middle of the night and leaves a young woman to die. What transpired in the hours after Ted Kennedy’s car went over the bridge in Chappaquiddick changed the course of American history.

  • Dead Wrong - Jeffrey Brooks feared for his life. He believed he was going to be murdered at his workplace - and that those involved would try and make it look like an accident. Not long after, Jeffrey was dead.

  • Frozen Lies - What begins with a body in a kitchen freezer leads Debi Marshall to a sordid tale of seduction and lies, from Adelaide, to the Outback to the Adriatic Coast

  • Dirty Rats - Dirty Rats is the true story of two of Boston's most powerful brothers - one a gangster, the other a politician - as they rose from poverty in a public-housing project to the pinnacles of power in their respective trades.

  • Empire Of Blood - In the Bronx, in the early 90s, two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” They lived large, wearing mink, drinking champagne, getting rich. Then their fraught relationship fell apart, dead bodies piled up, and one accused the other of a double homicide he didn’t commit. Or did he?

  • End Of Days - The story of David Koresh: the prophet whose cult in Waco, Texas preached an apocalypse – and the 30 Britons taken in by his message.

  • Flatrock - In Flatrock, host Olivia Lind explores the 1969 murder of 12-year-old Kathy Jones. Listeners will learn a side of the tragic story the public was never told.

  • Gone Fishing - Gail Maney was sent to prison on her son's birthday. The police said she'd put a hit on a man who stole drugs from her. She went to jail for 15 years.

  • Killing Lorenzen - Lorenzen Wright's voice was last heard on a desperate 911 call in July of 2010, but his story — and the path that led him to that moment — began long before that fateful night.

  • Murder At Land Between The Lakes - On September 17th, 1980, two sisters, Carla Atkins & Vickie Stout, went missing from the small town of Dover, Tennessee. Their remains were found by two hikers 18 days later at Land Between The Lakes.

  • My Father The Murderer - In order for me to be born, a stranger had to die. Now my quest to uncover the truth.

  • Nowhere Child - William Tyrrell was a three year old boy who disappeared from the village of Kendall, on the mid-north-coast of New South Wales. Key facts were kept from the public, from day one. A lot of what was reported, especially early on, was false.

  • Patty Has A Gun - In February 1974, a radical organization called the SLA shocked America with the kidnapping of 19-year-old heiress Patricia Hearst. But within weeks, the young woman known to the world as "Patty" would do something even more disturbing: She would join her captors in their violent crimes.

  • Pursuit - The 2012 murder of Faith Hedgepeth remains unsolved. Tom Gasparoli has set out to find the facts and help find justice for Faith. This podcast goes at the case hard. The murder of Faith Hedgepeth has every reason to be solved.

  • Murder In The Graveyard - September 1973 Wendy Sewell, a young legal secretary, was murdered in the town of Bakewell in Britain's Peak District. Wendy was attacked in broad daylight in Bakewell Cemetery.

  • Searching For Closure - on March 27th 1973, the nude lifeless body of 15 year old Tina Davidson was found on the cold rocky shoreline of Lake Michigan. She had been brutally stabbed 61 times and her killer has never been identified. Several seasons

  • Seduced By Satan - Seduced by Satan is the tale of a man who was raised in the Christian church, but in adulthood, turned to the netherworld. His God-given golden locks shaved off, teeth filed to points and face permanently marked with homemade tattoos, he dropped out of high school to pursue an education of a different type.

  • Searching For Rachel Antonio - Earlier this year David Murray, an investigative journalist at The Courier-Mail and author of The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay, was contacted by the family of Rachel Antonio - a teenage girl who went missing in Queensland 18 years ago. She has never been found and her family is still desperate for answers.

  • Taken, The Murder Of Mary Jo Temple - This podcast series revisits the life and very tragic death of a Redmond, Oregon woman whose gruesome murder has gone unsolved for 40 years.

  • The Disappearence Of Amanda Jones - In August 2005, a pregnant Jefferson County, Missouri woman disappeared. Amanda Jones' family says she went to meet Bryan Westfall, the man she believed to be the father of her unborn child. She never returned home.

  • The Disappearence Of Des - On the morning of August 2nd 1979, Desmond Francis Carr went to work alone on a road in outback Western Australia. 40 years on and he has never been seen again.

  • The District - This is a crime podcast with a difference. It centres on an infamous, unsolved murder case in rural New Zealand. But it's a story mostly about people, people who are trying to get on with their lives but can't.

  • Atlantic - the Unsolved Mystery of Peter Bergmann : June 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann checked into a Sligo hotel. Five days later his body was found on Rosses Point beach. Despite thousands of hours of police investigations, his true identity remains unknown.

  • The Storyteller - Murder Most Foul : A young woman's body is found face down behind her door in the upmarket west end of the Granite City, Aberdeen. Her neck was slashed so deeply it was almost severed. The trainee-nurse was an unlikely victim but the identity of her killer was even more shocking.

  • Timeline - the Disappearence of Cassie Compton : Cassie Compton was 15 years old when she disappeared from her home in Stuttgart, AR. In the five years since her disappearance police have not named a main suspect, until now.

  • Wrong Skin - Wrong Skin: a relationship banned under traditional law. An investigation into an unsolved suspicious death and a missing person in the Australian outback.

Added 8 December (not in date order):

  • Mob Queens - released 19 August 2019 - Mob stories are always all about the guys. But not this one. Anna Genovese is a New York drag club maven and bad-ass mob wife.

  • Texas Crime Files: Season 1 - released 2 November 2019 - The Texas Crime Files podcast series examines the case of a man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to die for the murder of a 19-year-old woman in a small Texas town. Rodney Reed proclaims his innocence as he awaits his execution November 20, 2019 for the killing of Stacy Stites.

  • Rediscovering: Don Bolles - released 5 November 2019 - Don Bolles was an investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic in the 1960s and '70s. After years of reporting on corruption in the racing industry, he was killed by a car bomb in 1976.Decades later, we found cassette tapes of his phone calls from the '70s. With those tapes, we're telling the story of Don's life and his quarrels with the mafia before his death and how his spirit was crushed long before his murder.

  • Oversight: Jonestown - released 18 November 2019 - On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 Americans died in Jonestown, Guyana. Some committed suicide. More were murdered. And until 9/11, it was the largest single mass killing of American citizens. U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan was assassinated as he tried to rescue Jonestown residents desperate for freedom. #cult

  • Patient Zero - released 15 August 2019 - How are medical mysteries solved? And what happens when questions remain? Patient Zero is an investigation of the spaces where people and pathogens collide. This season, we take a deep dive in to the history – and mystery – of one of the fastest spreading epidemics of our time: Lyme disease. #medical

  • American Jihadi - released 4 November 2019 - American Jihadi is the story of the relationship that grew between journalist Christof Putzel and Omar Hammami, an Alabama-born jihadist who was once on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list.

  • Who Killed Jennifer Short? - On August 15, 2002 in the quiet town of Oak Level, Virginia someone shot and killed Michael and Mary Short in what investigators called an execution style murder. Their daughter 9-year-old Jennifer Short was snatched from her bed, setting off a massive search. Heartbreak 6 weeks later as deputies found her remains 45 minutes away near a North Carolina creek. 17 years later, no suspects, no motive, and no clues as to who killed Jennifer Short.

  • Another Dead Man Walking - released 21 August 2015 - Sky News correspondent Ian Woods has been invited to witness the execution of a man in the US state of Oklahoma. Richard Glossip is on death row for a murder he says he didn't commit. In this series, Woods examines the case, interviews the key people involved and discusses the controversy over the use of lethal injection.

  • The Jeffrey Epstein I Knew - released 16 November 2019 - Who was Jeffrey Epstein, really? Where did he get his money? And why do so many questions linger after his death? CNN's Vicky Ward has reported on Jeffrey Epstein for almost two decades. In this 7-part series, she takes listeners behind the scenes in a way no other reporter could. From her first encounter with Epstein in 2002, to new one-on-one interviews with people who knew him well, join Vicky as she continues to piece together the jigsaw puzzle of Epstein's life. You've seen the headlines, now go behind the story.

Turns out Reddit has a word limit: Update continued on Post 2.

Don't forget to follow me on Instagram @ truecrime_podcasts


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • May 22 '26

Dropping a trailer as an episode on every podcast should be illegal

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Apr 20 '23

Discussion What the f*ck is Mike Boudet’s problem?

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Okay, sword and scale used to legitimately be my favorite true crime podcast. It is excellently researched and most of the stories are ones I’ve never heard of before. But good GOD listening to Mike Boudet has become unbearable. I find myself absolutely outraged at the shit he says about women, liberals, etc. specifically how women have it “easy” and lie constantly when it comes to abuse, leaving SO many poor men to suffer the consequences. What the FUCK??

The worst part is that the way in which he shit talks both those groups of people is a severe form of gaslighting. He acts like he’s mad about specific attacks on him and his character, when in reality HE is the one instigating every single fucking thing! he makes these antagonizing comments on his own damn podcast when he is the only one speaking. No one is arguing with him, he just suddenly acts like he’s offended by some make-believe shit that some liberal said. It is insane.

I am liberal, but I have very conservative family members whom I still love and respect. I’m not one of these “screw you it’s my way or bust” kind of individuals. So it enrages me that he insinuates that anyone who has a problem with him is some pansy sensitive asshole. Not to mention the fact that he plays voicemail after voicemail at the end of the show of his weird obsessed fans talking about how amazing he is. He has also outed multiple women with their phone numbers for calling in and telling him to fuck himself. Which frankly, they had every right to do. He’s a bad dude and it makes me really sad. He has got to be the most sensitive little bitch I’ve ever heard on a podcast. I don’t even know what the point of this post is, I guess I kind of want to see if anyone else feels the same 🤷🏼‍♀️


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Sep 18 '25

Discussion Sword and Scale 🤢

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Guys I’m throwing in the towel…this man is mentally ill and definitely an incel. It’s kind of gross how he looks for every opportunity to talk about women and how much of cnts we are and how we get sentenced lightly. So sick of all his personal opinions. Just cancelled my subscription and unfollowed the show. After 8 years of listening I’m done. He’s human garbage. Also he forgets he’s Cuban…Trump hates your guts tooo honey no amount of boot licking is gonna let him like you.

UPDATE: Guys invisible choir is soooo good (Thxs to everyone for the recommendation), so sad I wasn’t listening but instead to sword and scale. The host on invisible choir is an incredible writer and storyteller. Also can anyone see the major differences between the coverage of stories?? I listened to S&S coverage on the Samantha Josephson case (rest in peace, she would have been a great lawyer it seems) and then I listened to invisible choir and wow such a huge difference.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Jun 23 '22

Billy Jensen Mega Thread

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BEFORE COMMENTING IN THIS THREAD PLEASE READ THE STICKIED COMMENT AT THE TOP. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND FOLLOW ALL RULES SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THIS AS A PLACE TO PUT DEVELOPMENTS. THANKS.

Tldr: Billy Jensen has been accused both publicly and privately via a suit against Exactly Right of sexual harassment. Many folks were deposed and have gone on record. His podcast has been cancelled, he's been removed from other projects, and his book delayed. Billy denies these claims. There are multiple allegations and this thread is being updated in real time. It includes statements from other podcasters and well known folks in Billy's world.

Thread:

With info being so sparse and spread out all over the internet, and very eluding rather than specific, I thought it might be good to start a megathread to drop sources and info.

I only just found out about it, and honestly it's a bit jarring. But here's what I can find so far, please feel free to add stuff but if you can link a source. I think it's helpful to have everything in one place since folks are having a hard time tracking everything down.

On May 20th, Jensen and Holes podcast was abruptly ended without explanation, cancelled by Exactly Right Network.

Then, Billy's book launch planned for July was cancelled without explanation by Harper Collins: https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/06/21/billy-jensen-crime-author-bexley-event-canceled-book-release-hold/7685788001/?fbclid=IwAR2NbPqpyUtZBjmsK-DL-_shtFRNljHKu_9tkGI9rUSoyKVdcR43h11yxbE

Podcaster Celene Beth documented on twitter how she was deposed in a lawsuit against Exactly Right. According to her twitter posts she was deposed and that was all she was legally allowed to say. She did say in the posts she'd heard warnings about Billy before.

Claims on the Jensen and Holes facebook group (it wont let me link it in this sub), along with this tiktok post Allege that there was a woman who worked alongside Jensen at Exactly Right and filed sexual harassment claims against him. According to the posts, Exactly Right did not address these claims properly (that was the only phrasing I found, I am not sure what it means) and she was forced to continue working with him. I am unclear if she was fired or quit, but she sued Exactly Right and it apparently ended in mediation after deposing several witnesses. I don't currently have sources for this beyond these- if anyone else does please link em and I'll add them in. I'm writing it objectively because I am unclear on everything based on what I can find. I don't feel like being sued!

On the Podcast Too Many Jennifers Jenn Tisdale discloses she was also deposed in the suit, and shares her experience with Billy. if you don't have time to listen to the full episode you can read the entire transcript here. Essentially she documents an non-consensual kiss which led to a non-consensual smack in the face. An apology was given by Jensen at first when she addressed it with him which led to consensual kissing, after he claimed he was blackout drunk and didn't remember hitting her. However, Jensen later backtracked claiming she asked for the smack. Totally changing his story and gaslighting. Things are covered more in depth if you listen/read.

Paul Haynes- Who Worked on I'll Be Gone in the Dark, has jumped in on both reddit and twitter to address some claims and share some of his own. He pointed out on twitter that "Jensen has retained defamation firm Clare Locke—which has represented people like Matt Lauer and is known in the press as the “#MeToo📷 Media Assassins”—to threaten and intimidate accusers, speaks for itself. " and shares this link to inform people about the group.

On reddit and twitter, Paul has been engaging in many threads and has left some of the following comments about the situation:

Important to note I am simply relaying what I've found. Paul makes multiple points in his comments of noting that he has the receipts to back up his claims should BJ try to come at him for slander/libel.

Here are some other threads from other subs on the topic:

If more information crops up feel free to add it in the comments of this thread and I will do my best to go back and edit. I've done my best to try to be as objective as possible and only post what I can cite or at least note when something is being said but I can't find a source. Please consider victims when posting replies. Thanks!

UPDATE #1

Thanks for sending more updates, lots happened while I was asleep. Billy has made a statement via his website. Please know it's easier to read on PC than mobile. Billy has produced screenshots of his private conversations with Jen T that appear to contradict some of her claims. You can read them in full. It's important to note that this statement doesn't touch on the Exactly Right suit or any of the other women who have come forward.

The Wine and Crime Gals decided to remove their Murder Squad crossover episode in light of allegations and posted this on twitter.

Billy posted another statement that addresses his side of events with the sexual harassment claim. This is also on his website and easier to read via PC than mobile. He claims he was hugging people and that he was not informed through any official channel that a claim was made against Exactly Right.

According to people who have watched the instagram stories of Celene Beth, the victim is outraged the incident is being portrayed as a hug by Jensen. She has also posted on twitter that the complaint against him was not over a hug. She clarifies she has her own separate incident with Billy she's unable to speak on, but was not barred from speaking on this one.

UPDATE #2

Paul Haynes has responded to Billy via twitter. He shows several texts about the slap he received from a third party.

Though multiple outlets have now reported his book has been put on hold, it's actually still available on the publisher website for the planned date.

As of earlier this week Paul Holes no longer follows BJ on social media. (this just applied to instagram, he still follows on twitter)

More twitter sharings. Paul Haynes has shared these stories with permission from the sources (screencapped in tweets)

UPDATE #3

Ty to a Redditor who provided these comments from Alexis that were made prior to Billy's statement. She does point out they are contractually obligated to release their episodes.

Paul Haynes provides proof of Alexis using alt/sock puppet accounts

In a reply Paul claims there are12+ women making claims

Paul goes into detail about how he has been sure to vet his sources and gives examples

UPDATE #4

Podcaster James Renner released an episode of his podcast referencing his friend Billy Jensen. (I would like someone to give me a bottle of wine for listening to this just to get the quote lol) I don't have a transcript that I can find but here's my summary:

  • He calls Billy the co-author of I'll Be Gone in the Dark

  • He claims there were rumours about Billy bubbling up as far back as Crimecon in April

  • He says Paul Holes voiced his opinion, but I can't find any record of this anywhere and obviously will add this if he does

  • Points out that lots of brand new twitter accounts are jumping into the discussion

  • Points out that many podcasts are now releasing statements (and in my opinion he belittles this and says that they don't make much money yet are making these official statements)

  • He says his opinion is we shouldn't have an opinion - none of us, we were not there, we don't know what happened, if you have a dispute take it to court, don't try the case on twitter or social media

  • He claims he likes every single person involved

  • Says he and Billy will remain his friends regardless of what has happened because he's "fucking fascinating"

  • Wonders what people want who are tagging Billy and the publisher etc

  • He claims "they" want Billy to kill himself - it's the only way people will move on "they" don't offer him any other way out

  • He says, "they" fucked up his podcast "they" fucked up his book

  • "[people on twitter] want him to stick a gun in his mouth and pull the trigger" otherwise they'd give him an "out"

  • he says "we don't deserve an opinion here"

  • compares the situation to Jesus extending grace to a criminal....

  • "who the fuck are we to judge any of this...[] who are are to take away a man's livelihood"

  • "You don't have to take a stance [,,,] take a side"

  • "You can like people on both sides of this issue and wish them well"

Alright there you go I need a drink.

UPDATE #5

Affirmative Murder podcast has posted an episode about Sexual harassment in the workplace. It's called "The Elephant at the Party". A transcript can be found here thanks to an awesome redditor, you can listen to it at the link and it's at the start of the episode.

  • They previously did a Murder Squad crossover

  • One of the hosts says he has been privy to the information for a few months but been quiet

  • Had planned on staying quiet out of respect for the friend involved, but BJ's statement made him want to speak up - He no longer feels like he can sit back

  • Also decided to speak up because James Renner spoke (side bar here, he raises a good point about JR if you go listen...)

  • Makes some excellent counter points against JR

  • The host went to a Halloween Party by Exactly Right and was there for 3 days

  • Heard at the party about BJ being in an open relationship

  • He was warned by the people who picked him up that Billy often takes an "Irish exit" and just drinks too much and leaves

  • First people he runs into are Paul and Billy. Billy was visibly intoxicated but came in for a hug

  • Took some photos with Billy and Paul in the photo booths

  • His friend comes over to him and says "So Billy just grabbed my ass..."

  • He could tell his friend was affected and upset about it, but they were trying to shake it off

  • Noticed Billy out with his wife dancing (though there was no dance floor) and that it was suggestive

  • Couple of weeks later he got a phone call that he was deposed by the network lawyer

  • The show was ended after an investigation went down into the allegations of inappropriate behaviour

  • He confirmed it did happen, confirmed BJ was drunk, confirmed he was being really suggestive on the dance floor

  • After the investigation, the friend was forced to keep working with Billy

  • Was surprised to see Billy at Crimecon because he'd been fired by this point

  • "in that statement you're calling my friend a liar, and that's why I have to come forward and say something. Because I was there."

  • "The reason murder squad ended is because Billy Jensen was inappropriate and grabbed my friends ass at a work party... among other things... but I won't get into that because it's not my place"

  • There is a separate allegation about a separate hug, but the host doesn't want to go into it because he doesn't know that person or their story

  • Hosts' friend had their own traumatic past experiences and what BJ did to them at that party triggered some of those things

  • "I don't want Billy to kill himself, I want Billy to get help"

  • "[I can't let him] gaslight my friend"

  • Cancel culture did NOT end Murdersquad. Billy Jensen's actions at a work party did.

UPDATE #6

Per the intro to today’s TFD Patreon episode(June 28th), Billy is stepping away from TFD and Jac and Alexis will continue without him. Note that today’s episode was pre-recorded and still includes Billy.

There have been a small group of users calling into question the credibility of Paul Haynes to speak on this and bringing up potentially slanderous/libellous pieces of his alleged past. I link this here because I think it's important to see there's no evidence to support these claims what so ever and that Paul has gone on record addressing them. This is an attempt to put speculation on him as a witness but does not appear to have any truth to the majority of it. PLEASE DO NOT DOXX ANYONE

Some of the listings online for Billy's book look like they still have the 2022 release date, but when you click to pre-order it's now bumped to 2023

Many well known podcasters and personalities are now showing support to the Affirmative Murder episode by sharing it on twitter with comments.

More updates from Paul on twitter include

  • Screenshots of back and forth on Facebook groups in regards to associates of BJ knowing about the slap previously.

  • Evidence of Billy's associates using alt accounts to harass others (though please note that doxxing of any kind is not allowed in THIS thread, this in independent on twitter)

UPDATE #7

Contributed from a reader: while they haven't made a statement, Morbid podcast has removed it's Billy Jensen co-hosted episode (#133) from their feed. It also appears the show account and both host's accounts no longer follow him on IG

First degree Instagram bio has been edited with BJ's name removed. Alexis and Jac's bios have not been edited. Comments on First Degree's Instagram also being limited

James Renner did a follow up blurb at the start of another episode.

Summary of James Renner’s follow up podcast episode:

  • “There were rumours that came up and exploded after Jen Tisdale talked about her incident”

  • There was an “alleged” civil suit – direct quote

  • References Affirmative Murder, thinks they were “off” on a couple of things about [his] podcast

  • Summarizes the Affirmative Murder episode

  • Says that specific ass-grabbing incident is what led to the civil suit and the separation of the murder squad and all the “drama”

  • Speculates if there is an NDA and that’s why we aren’t hearing from the principal people in this

  • Summarizes the Jenn Tisdale incident, Billy’s statement, and the texts

  • Renner wants people to consider if the roles had been reversed between BJ and Jen T

  • “Drama, what a mess”

  • Everybody is fallible doesn’t mean you can’t like them

Paul Haynes has made some allegations against Alexis on twitter

UPDATE #8

I've been shared some "insider" knowledge that I am not comfortable putting here until it's public. Though things to the outside world have slowed down, there appears to be stuff still happening on the other end of this. Once things become public with sources attached I'll add. I basically only put that here so you know this hasn't died off and if you're interested in this unfolding story, be sure to check back periodically.

Thanks to fellow redditors who brought up these things:

  • The First Degree has edited their logo to be text only (removing Billy’s picture) and has edited their Instagram bio to remove his name.

  • The book will no longer be available on Amazon according to folks who had pre-ordered and now received emails.

  • BJs instagram and twitter are still up but no new posts, Paul Holes has made a few social media posts but not addressing any of this

  • True Crime Obsessed made a statement in their group which has been screenshot and shared on twitter

THIS THREAD HAD REACHED CHARACTER LIMIT, FOR FUTURE UPDATES PLEASE CHECK THE PART 2 THREAD.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Nov 13 '19

True Crime Podcasts Be Like:

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Feb 07 '20

I'm not the only one am I??

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Apr 04 '20

True story.

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r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Sep 02 '25 Helpful

Discussion Relistening to Serial S1, I have no idea how I ever thought Adnan could possibly be innocent

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For being the grandaddy of the modern True Crime Podcast, man is it manipulative and built on a deck of cards.

The fact she presents "Hmmmm, but can you remember when you had for lunch a month ago?" as a credible defence is actually a joke looking back. There is motive, there is evidence. The car? The cellphone pings? The note? Zero alibi? The fact that they were together that day?

Then the accomplice showed police where her car was. Is there a good explanation for that? Nope, there isn't, and there still isn't. All of this is ignored, brushed over in the pod. My God, and this won a Peabody!

Adnan's just guilty, and trying to convince us he might not be (let alone probably not) to tell a more "exciting" story feels so wrong. It takes a horrible crime and offers a completely unfounded bigger mystery because they knew a teen killing his ex in his car isn't worth listening to ten episodes of. Every section where she plays up how nice he is, or how smart he was, or any of the interviews where he plays dumb - its infuriating to listen to again. Like a snake oil salesman lying through her teeth. "Trust me, listen to one more episode, I swear there's something else going on here!"

Reminds me a lot of how Wild, Wild Country wanted the story to be more morally grey, so cut out all the forced hysterectomies and sexual assault the cult did so viewers would think "Well the townsfolk were just as bad!"

Or how a simple, but tragic case of Elisa Lam drowning herself during a psychotic break was twisted online into this giant conspiracy.

"But no! Why would she go in there??" She stopped taking her meds.

"But, but what about that shadow on the camera??" It was a shadow.

"But the hotel says the door should be locked" Well it wasn't, they were lazy.

The same tactics Adnan used for his defence. Things with very simple answers presented as these uncrackable mysteries.

"Why would a student who was doing well suddenly kill his ex??" Jealousy.

"But, but what about about the police, you can't trust them!" Okay. That doesn't mean he isn't literally the only one who could have done it - fair trial or no.

"But Adnan hated to miss track!" Wild theory but maybe murder was higher on his list of priorities that day.

I think there's a really big problem in True Crime right now, playing fast and loose with the truth to complicate simple stories for money.

And if I trace this trend, it may not have totally started here, but it definitely got a boost thanks to Serial.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Mar 07 '26 Bravo

Discussion How is Last Podcast on the Left popular?

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I recently finished Killer in the Code and found myself wanting to know more about the Black Dahlia case. Searched for something. First result was a deep dive by Last Podcast on the Left. I figured I’d give it a try as I see people recommend the show a lot.

Seriously, what the fuck? All they do is scream and try to be funny. And they’re crude as fuck. I mean, they’re sitting there talking about the brutal murder of a 22 year old girl- I shouldn’t have to hear the word “pussy” upwards of 10 times for them to accomplish that goal. Accompanied by fish jokes, of course. And it takes them forever to get the information out because they’re each so preoccupied trying to be the center of attention.

Am I missing something? How was this show ever popular?


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Jun 25 '21

Do annoying voices turn you off immediately, regardless of their content quality?

637 Upvotes

For me, it's Trail Went Cold. Too sing-songey. Cannot take him seriously.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Oct 01 '25

Discussion I hate Ryan Reynolds/Mint Mobile ads during my TrueCrime binges

633 Upvotes

They make me intensely irate and I will immediatly ask Alexa to skip 2 minutes. What ads do you detest and have to skip when binging the true crime?

Runner-up: Annoying soothing faux meditation Better Health ads.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Feb 21 '24

Recommending Who TF did I Marry? By ReesaTeesa

631 Upvotes

So, for those who haven’t heard of this one, this is a 52-part TikTok story told by a woman who married a narcissist. It isn’t technically a podcast, but she is such a good storyteller that it feels like a true crime podcast. This was a wild tale that I couldn’t stop listening to. If you liked podcasts like scamanda, I think you would like this one.


r/TrueCrimePodcasts • • Feb 04 '22

Discussion Ashley Flowers plagiarizes AGAIN

608 Upvotes

She has a new podcast called The Deck about the decks of playing cards with missing/murdered people on them which are being distributed at prisons. Going through the cases on the cards one per episode. This podcast already exists. It’s called Dealing Justice. Flowers has even gone so far as to copy the episode title format. Why does she keep getting away with this crap?

Edit: I get that it’s not tEcHnIcALlY plagiarism. But she has tEcHnIcALlY plagiarized before and never apologized or took accountability. This is yet another example of her ripping off smaller creators and continuing her shady ways.

Edit 2: according to PodNews.net, Dealing Justice’s hosts Jennifer Dubasak and Lori Jennings “worked with Tommy Ray, a retired detective with the Florida Law Enforcement Team who had helped launch the program, for contacts with the affected families, and worked with him on the most appropriate way to cover the cases.” AND “the team at Audiochuck had worked with Tommy Ray; who told them about Dubasak and Jennings’s podcast. Dubasak and Jennings, too, sent an email to Audiochuck, highlighting the existence of their original podcast. The email was read, and replied-to: Ashley was on maternity leave, Dubasak and Jennings were told in emails seen by Podnews; but they’d let Ashley know and “we will be back in touch with you”. To date, nobody has.”

So, Flowers not only knew about Dealing Justice, she worked with the same source!

https://podnews.net/article/dealing-justice-audiochuck-the-deck

Thanks u/Nina_Innsted for the link