Criminology

Criminology

Host: Emash Digital

Criminology is a true crime podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most famous cases in the annals of crime. Hosts Mike Ferguson and Mike Morford will give you every details of these infamous crimes. New episodes come out every Saturday night at 10 PM.

Episodes

Morgan Metzer
01November 01, 2025 9:00pm

Morgan Metzer

On New Year's Eve, 2020, Morgan Metzer was at her best friend's house, where she had been planning to celebrate the new year. She was feeling tired and decided to call it an early night. She drove home in Cherokee County, Georgia, got into …

The Candy Man
02October 25, 2025 9:00pm

The Candy Man

On October 31st, 1974, the O'Bryan family set out for Halloween in Deer Park, just outside of Houston, Texas. Despite the rain, Ronald Clark O'Bryan and neighbor Jim Bates took their kids, four in total, out to trick or treating. But this H…

Diana Robertson and Mike Riemer
03October 18, 2025 9:00pm

Diana Robertson and Mike Riemer

On December 12th, 1985, 21-year-old Diana Robertson and her boyfriend 36-year-old Mike Riemer of Puyallup, WA took their two-year-old daughter, Crystal, up to a forested area in the mountains near Tacoma. Crystal was found at a Kmart 30 mil…

The Hunt for Travis Decker
04October 11, 2025 9:00pm

The Hunt for Travis Decker

On May 30th, 2025, thirty-two-year-old Travis Decker went to his ex-wife Whitney Decker's home to pick up his 3 daughters, all under the age of ten, for a visit. A few days later all three girls were found murdered and Travis was nowhere to…

Beverly Jarosz
05October 04, 2025 9:00pm

Beverly Jarosz

In 1964, the murder of 16-year-old Beverly Jarosz, who was savagely attacked and killed in her own bedroom, shocked the community of Garfield Heights, Ohio. There were a number of people looked at closely in connection to Beverly's murder, …

Nikki VanderHeyden
06September 27, 2025 9:00pm

Nikki VanderHeyden

In May 2016, thirty-one-year-old mother of three, Nicole VanderHeyden, was found dead. It was apparent she had been murdered due to the state of her injuries. Nicole, who went by Nikki, disappeared after a night out with her boyfriend and o…

Breaking News: Robert Eugene Brashers identified as killer in Austin Yogurt Shop Murders
07September 27, 2025 5:00am

Breaking News: Robert Eugene Brashers identified as killer in Austin Yogurt Shop Murders

Major breaking news here as serial killer Robert Eugene Brashers has been identified as being responsible for the infamous quadruple Yogurt Shop murder in December, 1991 in Austin, TX.  Killed were Jennifer Harbison, and Eliza Thomas who we…

Introducing: CRIME HOUSE DAILY
08September 25, 2025 2:25pm

Introducing: CRIME HOUSE DAILY

Crime doesn't take a day off. And neither does Crime House Daily. Hosted by self-defense instructor and advocate for victims, Katie Ring, Crime House Daily is coming to you twice every weekday, covering the biggest crime stories as they…

Matthew Restelli
09September 20, 2025 9:00pm

Matthew Restelli

In 2024, Matthew and Kathryn Restelli were living together on a seven-acre property in Aguanga, about eighteen miles east of Temecula, California. The couple had been married for about seven and a half years, but the marriage had started to…

Christine Holloway & Vanessa Morales
10September 13, 2025 9:00pm

Christine Holloway & Vanessa Morales

In 2019, forty-three-year-old Christine Holloway was living in an apartment in Ansonia, about ten miles west of New Haven, Connecticut. She was dating a man named Jose Morales. The couple had one child together, a fourteen-month-old daughte…

The Littleton Colorado Mysteries
11September 06, 2025 9:00pm

The Littleton Colorado Mysteries

As this episode drops, CrimeCon is taking place in Denver, Colorado. We're diving into a couple mysteries that occurred in Littleton, about 10 miles away from Denver. These are cases that garnered much less attention than other crimes, such…

Martha Leanne Green
12August 30, 2025 9:00pm

Martha Leanne Green

On April 15th, 1987, seventeen-year-old Martha Leanne Green, who usually went by Leanne, vanished from White Bluff, TN.  At the time, she and her twin brother, Lawson, were on their way home when they ran out of gas. Join Mike and Morf as t…

Amy Bradley Part 2
13August 23, 2025 9:00pm

Amy Bradley Part 2

In the spring of 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley boarded a Royal Caribbean cruise with her parents and brother. Just a few days into the cruise, Amy vanished. Her father, Ron, said he last saw her on the balcony early in the morning after a n…

Amy Bradley Part 1
14August 16, 2025 9:00pm

Amy Bradley Part 1

In the spring of 1998, 23-year-old Amy Bradley boarded a Royal Caribbean cruise with her parents and brother. Just a few days into the cruise, Amy vanished. Her father, Ron, said he last saw her on the balcony early in the morning after a n…

The Devil's Den Murders
15August 09, 2025 9:00pm

The Devil's Den Murders

On Saturday July 26th, 2025, officers from the Arkansas State Police were notified that there had been a double homicide in the park. The bodies were identified as forty-three-year-old Clinton Brink and forty-one-year-old Cristen Brink. The…

Sam Haskell
16August 02, 2025 9:00pm

Sam Haskell

In 2023, authorities received a call about possible human body parts in plastic bags outside of a home in Tarzana, California. When officers arrived at the scene, there were no bags in front of the house and no body parts to be found. The n…

The Terwilliger Family Murders
17July 26, 2025 9:00pm

The Terwilliger Family Murders

In 2023, five people were brutally murdered in a home in Florida, and it turned out, as it does in many cases like this, that the killer was someone close to home. Two young boys were also at the house but were unharmed and able to call for…

Taylor Wright
18July 19, 2025 9:00pm

Taylor Wright

In 2017, 33-year-old private investigator and former police officer Taylor Wright vanished in after heading out to meet a friend. Eventually, the truth about what happened to Taylor would come out, and this would evolve into a homicide inve…

Lauren Giddings
19July 12, 2025 10:00pm

Lauren Giddings

In 2011, 27-year-old Lauren Giddings was studying for the bar exam. She had told friends and family that she would be out of contact during this time so she could give her full attention. For this reason, it took everyone in her life longer…

Ilene Misheloff
20July 05, 2025 9:00pm

Ilene Misheloff

On January 30th, 1989, the soon to be fourteen-year-old Ilene Misheloff vanished from Dublin, California. She left school early to head home and then attend ice skating lessons, but she never made it. Join Mike and Morf as they discuss the …

The Citronelle Murders
21June 28, 2025 9:00pm

The Citronelle Murders

In the early morning hours of Sat August 20th, 2016, Twenty-seven-year-old Derrick Dearman, entered the home where his twenty-four-year-old estranged girlfriend, Laneta Lester, was staying. It was Laneta's brother's home, situated approxima…

The Connecticut River Valley Killings Part 2
22June 21, 2025 9:00pm

The Connecticut River Valley Killings Part 2

In Part 1, we outlined the bulk of the cases connected to this series and discussed how many of the instances were remarkably similar in some ways, and how the areas where the crimes occurred often overlapped with each other. Join Mike and …

The Connecticut River Valley Killings Part 1
23June 14, 2025 9:00pm

The Connecticut River Valley Killings Part 1

From 1968 to 1989 there were a large number of murders in what is known as the Connecticut River Valley. But with the long period of time and bodies found in multiple states, it's hard to know how many of these murders are connected. Join M…

The Fast-Food Killer
24June 07, 2025 9:00pm

The Fast-Food Killer

In 1997, an individual terrorized the area around Nashville, Tennessee. This person robbed several fast-food restaurants, killing workers in the process. A man named Paul Dennis Reed Jr. was ultimately identified as "the fast-food killer" a…

Steven Freeman
25May 31, 2025 9:00pm

Steven Freeman

Just before 11:00 p.m. on August 1, 2018, authorities in Griffin, Georgia, were called to a home on the 800 block of Sunnybrook Drive. Twenty-three-year-old Steven Freeman had been shot, and Mary Katherine Higdon, who lived in the house wit…

Brandon Swanson
26May 24, 2025 9:00pm

Brandon Swanson

In 2008, 19-year-old Brandon lived with his parents in Marshall, Minnesota. He was home from college and attending some parties on the night he went missing. The mysteries surrounding this case continue to perplex law enforcement and the on…

Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah
27May 20, 2025 2:58pm

Listen Now — Deep Cover: The Truth About Sarah

Deep Cover is a true crime podcast about people who lead double lives, from our friends at Pushkin Industries. The new season, The Truth About Sarah, reveals a story of stolen valor and misplaced heroism. Sarah Cavanaugh was many things to…

Aileen Seiden
28May 17, 2025 9:00pm

Aileen Seiden

On April 23rd, 2018, officers responded to a call about human remains found in Eastport, Florida. They found the body of a woman who had been a victim of foul play; she had obviously been beaten before her murder, and it was a brutal one. S…

Nicki Lenway
29May 10, 2025 9:00pm

Nicki Lenway

In 2022, Nicki Lenway was thirty-three years old and working as a crime scene investigator with the Minneapolis Police Department. She had a five-year-old son named Callahan with her ex-boyfriend, Tim Amacher. On April 20th, 2022, Nicki was…

An Active Serial Killer in New England?
30May 03, 2025 9:00pm

An Active Serial Killer in New England?

One by one, the discovery of ten bodies in the New England area across multiple states has made headlines over the past few weeks. It's a case that has people asking is there a serial killer currently operating in New England, and leaving a…

Melissa Lamesch
31April 26, 2025 9:00pm

Melissa Lamesch

On November 25, 2020, just one day before Thanksgiving, multiple residents called 911 to report a fire at a house in Mount Morris, Illinois. Inside, first responders found twenty-seven-year-old Melissa Lamesch, who lived at the home with he…

David Buller
32April 19, 2025 9:00pm

David Buller

The shocking & brutal murder of University of Toronto College professor David Buller in 2001 took place in the middle of the day on campus, yet somehow, no one saw anything, and his killer slipped away and remains unidentified to this day. …

Introducing: The Crime Scene Weekly
33April 15, 2025 1:44pm

Introducing: The Crime Scene Weekly

Introducing a new podcast for the true crime-obsessed: "The Crime Scene Weekly," from our friends at ABC Audio. Every Wednesday, "The Crime Scene Weekly" brings you the latest in true crime. ABC News correspondent Brad Mielke sits down with…

The Easter Massacre
34April 12, 2025 9:00pm

The Easter Massacre

While Easter is generally a day of peace with your loved ones, that's not always the case. Fifty years ago, on March 30th, 1975, Easter Sunday was a nightmare for one Ohio family. That Sunday, James Ruppert called the police simply telling …

Wilma June Nissen
35April 05, 2025 9:00pm

Wilma June Nissen

On October 4th, 1978, in Iowa, a woman was found face down in a deep ditch about twenty feet from the road. No identification was found with her body, and being in an advanced state of decay, police had no way to determine who she was. Join…

Presenting: CRIME HOUSE TRUE CRIME STORIES
36April 03, 2025 3:56pm

Presenting: 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…

Harold Henthorn
37March 29, 2025 9:00pm

Harold Henthorn

By 2012, Harold and Toni Henthorn had been together for twelve years. They celebrated their anniversary by going camping and hiking at Rocky Mountain National Park. Toni's family and friends grieved after learning that, while on the trip, T…

Lucille Johnson
38March 22, 2025 9:00pm

Lucille Johnson

In 1991, Lucille Johnson, a friendly mother and grandmother was bludgeoned and strangled to death inside her home. It's a case that would become referred to by some as the 'Lego' murder because of a curious clue found at the crime scene. Jo…

The Gonzales Family Murders
39March 15, 2025 9:00pm

The Gonzales Family Murders

In 2001, twenty-year-old Sef Gonzales called emergency services in Australia to report that his parents and sister had been murdered. There were no signs of forced entry, no apparent robbery, and so the attention quickly turned to Sef. Join…

Aeileen Conway
40March 08, 2025 9:00pm

Aeileen Conway

In 1986, Aeileen Conway apparently died in a fiery car accident in Okalahoma. Police ruled it an accident, but very quickly, Aeileen's husband Pat began to question his wife's death, and the official findings. Join Mike and Morf as they dis…