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Episode 213: Sonya Ivanoff | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
01September 07, 2025 4:33pmExplicit

Episode 213: Sonya Ivanoff | Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

In August of 2003 Sonya Ivanoff went missing after parting ways with her best friend and roommate. Within hours of being reported missing her body was found in a remote old mining road in Nome, Alaska. Police were shocked by the lack of evi…

Episode 212: Retha Stratton | The Cheerleader Stalker
02August 24, 2025 12:26pmExplicit

Episode 212: Retha Stratton | The Cheerleader Stalker

In the sleepy Fort Worth enclave of River Oaks football, like in all Texas towns, was king. The energy surrounding Friday nights under the stadium lights was electric. Football wasn’t just a game, it was a way of life. The players were home…

Episode 211: Dan O'Connell and James Ellison | The Deaths at the Funeral Home
03August 10, 2025 6:25pmExplicit

Episode 211: Dan O'Connell and James Ellison | The Deaths at the Funeral Home

Hudson, Wisconsin is a sleepy, quiet community bordering the St. Croix river. In 2002, as the rest of the country adjusted to the growing crime rates of the 21st century Hudson locked itself away in its tight northwest corner of the state. …

Episode 210: The Murder of Katrina Smith
04July 27, 2025 4:39pmExplicit

Episode 210: The Murder of Katrina Smith

In late October of 2012 the sudden disappearance of Katrina Smith left an Illinois community reeling. As the days went on the search for her revealed troubling clues as to what had happened to her. Detectives in this case were confronted wi…

Episode 209: The Murder of Barbara Jean Horn
05July 14, 2025 1:06pmExplicit

Episode 209: The Murder of Barbara Jean Horn

In the late afternoon of July 12, 1988 the neighborhood search for four year old Barbara Jean Horn would end abruptly after the girl’s body was discovered completely washed and nude in a television box just over a quarter of a mile from her…

Episode 208: The Eastburn Family Murders | A Chance Encounter
06June 29, 2025 3:36pmExplicit

Episode 208: The Eastburn Family Murders | A Chance Encounter

In the second part of our two part series on the Eastburn family we will cover the suspect and the subsequent court hearings that will follow. Please be advised that this episode contains sexual assault and crimes against children.  Sponso…

Episode 207: The Eastburn Family Murders | Discovery
07June 15, 2025 9:54amExplicit

Episode 207: The Eastburn Family Murders | Discovery

On Mother's Day 1985, a call came into the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department that neighbors had not seen a mother of three, nor her three children in days. When they had gone to check on the welfare of the family, they could hear the y…

Episode 206: Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman | Solved
08June 01, 2025 12:22pmExplicit

Episode 206: Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman | Solved

The history of Craig County Oklahoma is filled with stories of sadness and chaos. Today we will be discussing another time that blood was spilled on the dirt of Craig County, but this time there was no massive conflict or war, this was an e…

Episode 205: The Murder of Cindy Thompson
09May 18, 2025 1:43pmExplicit

Episode 205: The Murder of Cindy Thompson

On a cold February night in Pontiac Michigan the dream an expecting mother would have to one day hold her son would be ripped from her when she was brutally murdered in her bedroom. The suspects would be plentiful because many had the oppor…

Episode 204: The Murder of Kim Dorsey
10May 05, 2025 2:19pmExplicit

Episode 204: The Murder of Kim Dorsey

In Jacksonville, FL a shocking discovery was made in the early morning hours of October 28, 2012. A husband returned home from work to find his wife dead in their bedroom. The crimes against her were brutal and the suspects were plentiful, …

Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore
11May 01, 2025 10:26am

Introducing: Clues with Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore

Join hosts Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore as they take you deep into the world of the most notorious crimes ever — where a single clue can crack a case wide open.  From shocking murders to serial killers, Clues dives into all the forensic d…

Episode 203: Rozanne Gailiunas | A Texas Tragedy
12April 27, 2025 5:31pmExplicit

Episode 203: Rozanne Gailiunas | A Texas Tragedy

In October of 1983 Detectives were stumped by the brutal murder of 33 year old Rozanne Gailiunas. I would take years of drama, another murder attempt, and loss to bring this case to a close. And trust us, you will not see this twist coming.…

Episode 202: The Crimes of Mr. Cruel
13April 07, 2025 3:14pmExplicit

Episode 202: The Crimes of Mr. Cruel

** We are releasing a past patreon episode in place of a new episode as promised. Pray for us as we are deep in the newborn trenches** The crimes of the man who was given the moniker of Mr. Cruel have been emblazoned in the minds of the re…

Episode 201: Richard Carno | Untold Devastation
14March 29, 2025 3:07pmExplicit

Episode 201: Richard Carno | Untold Devastation

During a bitterly cold day on January 30, 2002 a man was witnessed by multiple people running for his life while his hands were restrained with duct tape. Unfortunately, no one called the police. The following day he was found murdered in a…

Episode 200: The Eastside Killer | Part II
15March 11, 2025 5:19pmExplicit

Episode 200: The Eastside Killer | Part II

In the summer of 1990 the bar scene of Bellevue Washington was being stalked by a sadistic killer. Join me for part two of our two part episode as I tell John how this monster was caught. Sources: https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/…

Episode 200: The Eastside Killer | Part I
16March 09, 2025 4:33pmExplicit

Episode 200: The Eastside Killer | Part I

In the summer of 1990 the bar scene of Bellevue Washington was being stalked by a sadistic killer. Join me for part one of our two part episode as I tell John just what this monster did. (Part two will be released on Tuesday). Sources: htt…

Episode 199: Joseph Smedley | Beneath the Blood Moon
17February 23, 2025 11:24amExplicit

Episode 199: Joseph Smedley | Beneath the Blood Moon

In late September of 2015 Joseph Smedley was reported missing from the off campus house he shared with his fraternity brothers. The investigation that will follow will make you question everything except for the dedication and commitment hi…

Introducing: CRIME HOUSE TRUE CRIME STORIES
18February 17, 2025 3:00pm

Introducing: CRIME HOUSE TRUE CRIME STORIES

Crime House True Crime Stories is the ultimate destination for true crime fans. Every episode features two notorious cases from that week in crime history, tied by a common theme like infamous serial killers, mysterious disappearances, trag…

Episode 198: Cathy Krauseneck | The Brighton Axe Murder
19February 09, 2025 3:56pmExplicit

Episode 198: Cathy Krauseneck | The Brighton Axe Murder

On February 19, 1982 Jim Krauseneck came home to his Brighton, NY residence to find his wife brutally murdered and his three year old daughter alive within the chaos. It would take forty years for a trial to hopefully bring justice to the f…

Episode 197: Jessica Dishon | What the River Bottom Revealed
20January 26, 2025 5:25pmExplicit

Episode 197: Jessica Dishon | What the River Bottom Revealed

17 year old Jessica Dishon was abducted from the driveway of her when she was leaving for school on the morning of September 10, 1999. The investigation, or lack thereof, that would follow would call into question just how safe the people o…

Episode 196: Colleen Slemmer | The Cult of Christa
21January 12, 2025 4:22pmExplicit

Episode 196: Colleen Slemmer | The Cult of Christa

On January 13, 1995 Detectives in Knoxville, TN arrived at a murder scene in Tyson Park. This was unlike anything they had ever seen before. In the dirt leading up to the victim’s body they found finger marks, which implied the victim had b…

Episode 195: The Duffield Family | Terror in Olathe
22December 29, 2024 2:01pmExplicit

Episode 195: The Duffield Family | Terror in Olathe

On the night of January 27, 1983 John Duffield fell asleep to his television in his bedroom. His wife, Carole, was a nurse who worked the night shift, so sleeping alone was something that he had grown accustomed to, and why the droning nois…

Episode 194: Melissa Brannen | No One Saw a Thing
23December 15, 2024 3:41pmExplicit

Episode 194: Melissa Brannen | No One Saw a Thing

In the tightknit community of the Woodside Apartments the residents gather each year for the Yuletide fest where everyone in the complex can eat, drink, and be merry as their children play games and visit with Santa. But, as is often the ca…

Episode 193: Barbara Mackle | Loved one, please come home
24December 01, 2024 3:53pmExplicit

Episode 193: Barbara Mackle | Loved one, please come home

Jane Mackle had been nursing her daughter, Barbara, back to health after she caught the flu during her finals week at Emory College in December of 1968 when two masked assailants rushed into their motel room and kidnapped 20 year old Barbar…

Bonus Episode | Patreon Episode 120: The Case of Deborah Brown | A Knock at the Door
25November 27, 2024 3:15pmExplicit

Bonus Episode | Patreon Episode 120: The Case of Deborah Brown | A Knock at the Door

Getting Ready for Thanksgiving? We have a bonus patreon episode for you to listen to. If you want another 128 bonus episodes join our patreon today!  Patreon.com/truecrimecouple As five residents slept peacefully in their beds in Lebanon, …

Episode 192: Roy Melanson | The Smooth Talker
26November 17, 2024 1:34pmExplicit

Episode 192: Roy Melanson | The Smooth Talker

Over the span of three decades a man left bread crumbs for law enforcement officers to find all over the country. Luckily, time and technology would eventually catch up to him and Roy Melanson would have to pay for the crimes he had committ…

Episode 191: The Colegrove Family | Blood in the Barrel
27November 03, 2024 12:51pmExplicit

Episode 191: The Colegrove Family | Blood in the Barrel

Three members of the Colegrove family were brutally murdered in their home during a thunderstorm in a Pennsylvania town of roughly 379 people. Is the killer walking among them or is it the residents of the town that can help detectives find…

Episode 190: Listener Stories | Part VIII
28October 20, 2024 2:19pmExplicit

Episode 190: Listener Stories | Part VIII

Join us as we read creepy stories from our listeners. Thank you for all that submitted! If your story did not appear in this episode it will be next week's Patreon episode. Happy Halloween!

Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere
29October 06, 2024 1:54pmExplicit

Episode 189: The Ohta Family Murders | Little Fires Everywhere

On Monday October 19, 1970 in the midst of the Manson family murder trials and with two serial killers on the loose, both the Zodiac and the Co-ed Killer, firefighters in Soquel, CA discover the bodies of five people in the swimming pool of…

Episode 188: Benjamin Renick | A Snake in the Grass
30September 22, 2024 4:38pmExplicit

Episode 188: Benjamin Renick | A Snake in the Grass

On June 8, 2017 a call came into Montgomery County, MO dispatch. The two people on the line stated that someone had been found dead inside a large snake breeding facility and one of the large snakes was not accounted for. When deputies got …

Episode 187: The Murder of Emma Walker
31September 08, 2024 12:30pmExplicit

Episode 187: The Murder of Emma Walker

As all news does in a high school, rumors of what happened to bright, beautiful, athletic Emma Walker spread like wildfire. Some said that she had died by suicide, but most couldn’t believe that. Her life was perfect. She had a great boyfri…

Episode 186: The Murders of Jennifer and Braxton Webb
32August 25, 2024 4:25pmExplicit

Episode 186: The Murders of Jennifer and Braxton Webb

On August 30, 2011 the body of Jennifer Webb was found beside her SUV near a drainage ditch in Buena Vista, MI. What police think initially is a suicide turns out to be a case that will shake them to their very core. Trigger Warnings: Disc…

Introducing...World of Secrets: The Apartheid Killer
33August 19, 2024 12:37pm

Introducing...World of Secrets: The Apartheid Killer

Introducing a NEW investigation from the BBC’s World of Secrets podcast: The Apartheid Killer. All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old. Some relatives are still searching for the graves. They were killed during a…

Episode 185: The Murder of Jake Millison | The 7-11 Ranch Mystery
34August 11, 2024 12:20pmExplicit

Episode 185: The Murder of Jake Millison | The 7-11 Ranch Mystery

Jake Millison was last seen leaving the ranch he called home on May 16, 2015 by his mother. He would often leave for long term jobs in other states, but after he was not heard from for two months he was finally reported missing. Investiga…

Episode 184: Barbara Weaver | Murder Among the Amish
35July 29, 2024 11:25amExplicit

Episode 184: Barbara Weaver | Murder Among the Amish

In the early morning hours of June 2, 2009 a thunderstorm broke the constant quiet that existed in the Amish community of Apple Creek, OH. Inside the well kept two story white house the occupants slept fretfully because of the storm. What t…

Episode 183: The Murder of Megan Barroso | The Simi Valley Monster
36July 14, 2024 2:57pmExplicit

Episode 183: The Murder of Megan Barroso | The Simi Valley Monster

In the early morning hours following the 4th of July celebrations in Moorpark, CA a security guard spots what he assumed was a drunk driving incident. But when he approached the accident he realized something more sinister had occurred at t…

Episode 182: Kristy Ohnstad | What No One Could See
37June 30, 2024 2:18pmExplicit

Episode 182: Kristy Ohnstad | What No One Could See

Two days after she had run away and returned home 14 year old Kristy Ohnstad went missing from her home in the Happy Valley neighborhood of Bellingham, WA. The investigation that followed would reveal an evil so diabolical no one saw it com…

Episode 181: Fred Martinez Jr. | The Murder of Two Spirits
38June 16, 2024 1:07pmExplicit

Episode 181: Fred Martinez Jr. | The Murder of Two Spirits

Fred ‘FC’ Martinez Jr. was brutally murdered on the night of June 16, 2001. He is one of the youngest recorded victims of a hate crime in the United States. Join me as I tell John the case of the Navajo teen and his two spirits.  Trigger W…

Episode 180: Claire and Natasha Peernock | A Planned Murder
39June 02, 2024 12:58pmExplicit

Episode 180: Claire and Natasha Peernock | A Planned Murder

In the early morning hours of July 22, 1987 a mother and daughter were found in a car wreckage. An first responders worked to save the women's lives they quickly realized the crash had been no accident... Sponsors: Detective Perspective P…

Episode 179: The Abduction and Murder of Alexis Murphy
40May 19, 2024 2:36pmExplicit

Episode 179: The Abduction and Murder of Alexis Murphy

On August 3, 2013, just weeks before beginning her senior year of high school, 17 year old Alexis Murphy left her family home after telling her mother that she was going to spend the day shopping in Lynchburg, VA. Unfortunately Alexis never…