Twisted Podcast

Twisted Podcast

Host: John W. Taylor

True crime podcast dedicated to unraveling the intricacies of crime.

Episodes

Episode 238: Ava Mooring
01October 02, 2025 7:48am

Episode 238: Ava Mooring

A fight gets out of hand when someone starts shooting. Police arrest 18-year-old Ava Mooring on three counts of attempted murder. We will delve into her interrogation with detectives.

Episode 237: Havana Syndrome, Part 2
02September 15, 2025 8:16am

Episode 237: Havana Syndrome, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. Anomalous Health Incidents. AHI’s. That is what the intelligence community refers to it as, but you likely know it as “The Havana Syndrome.” People reported feeling sick, dizzy, or even worse after experiencing a loud sonic-lik…

Episode 236: Havana Syndrome
03September 01, 2025 7:24am

Episode 236: Havana Syndrome

Anomalous Health Incidents. AHI’s. That is what the intelligence community refers to it as, but you likely know it as “The Havana Syndrome.” People reported feeling sick, dizzy, or even worse after experiencing a loud sonic-like wave in an…

Episode 235: Disappearance of Sherry Lynn Crossland Eastman
04August 15, 2025 8:18am

Episode 235: Disappearance of Sherry Lynn Crossland Eastman

Investigative Genetic Genealogist, Kaycee Connelly, from Moxxy Forensics, talks about her efforts in trying to locate Sherry Lynn Crossland Eastman.

Episode 234: Son of Sam, Part 2
05August 01, 2025 10:02am

Episode 234: Son of Sam, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. People were being shot and killed on the streets of New York City by a crazed madman known as 'Son of Sam.' The authorities later arrested David Berkowitz. Was he a lone gunman, or did the authorities get it wrong and a group o…

Episode 233: Son of Sam
06July 15, 2025 9:16am

Episode 233: Son of Sam

Part 1 of 2. People were being shot and killed on the streets of New York City by a crazed madman known as 'Son of Sam.' The authorities later arrested David Berkowitz. Was he a lone gunman, or did the authorities get it wrong and a group o…

Episode 232: Death of David Rainey
07July 01, 2025 8:13am

Episode 232: Death of David Rainey

Kim Davis from the Slaycation Podcast talks about the death of David Rainey and the strange actions and reactions by his family members.

Episode 231: Murder of Bruce Miller
08June 15, 2025 12:15pm

Episode 231: Murder of Bruce Miller

Sharee Miller convinced her lover, a former police detective, to drive across the Midwest to kill her husband, Bruce Miller. How and why did she go to such lengths to get rid of her husband?

Episode 230: Murder of Jason Schaefer
09June 01, 2025 6:47am

Episode 230: Murder of Jason Schaefer

How far will a mother go to win custody of her son? For Devan Schreiner, it involved murdering her ex-boyfriend and the father to her son, Jason Schaefer. 

Episode 229: Hollywood Embezzlement
10May 15, 2025 8:26am

Episode 229: Hollywood Embezzlement

Jonathan Schwartz was a business manager to high-net worth celebrities in Hollywood, but his addiction to gambling changed everything. It consumed his life, ultimately resulting in him stealing from the very clients who trusted him with the…

Episode 228: The Sullivan Family Deaths
11May 01, 2025 9:04am

Episode 228: The Sullivan Family Deaths

Branden Morgan from The Devil Within Podcast discusses season 1, which covers the murder of Betty Ann Sullivan in the late 1980s and the role of Satanism and the occult in her murder.

Episode 227: Huey Newton
12April 15, 2025 9:48am

Episode 227: Huey Newton

We delve into the murder of Huey Newton, who co-founded The Black Panther Party, a group whose reputation was primarily crafted by FBI propaganda.

Episode 226: Murder of Terry Bowers, Part 2
13April 01, 2025 8:01am

Episode 226: Murder of Terry Bowers, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. Someone murdered eleven-year-old Terry Bowers while on a Boy Scouts’ camping trip in 1970 in rural Pennsylvania. His case is still unsolved. I will be talking with Terry Bowers’ younger brother, Chris. 

Episode 225: Murder of Terry Bowers
14March 15, 2025 8:35am

Episode 225: Murder of Terry Bowers

Someone murdered eleven-year-old Terry Bowers while on a Boy Scouts’ camping trip in 1970 in rural Pennsylvania. His case is still unsolved. I will be talking with Terry Bowers’ younger brother, Chris. Part 1 of 2.

Episode 224: Murder of Anni Dewani
15March 01, 2025 3:32pm

Episode 224: Murder of Anni Dewani

While Anni Dewani and her husband Shrien were on their honeymoon in Cape Town, South Africa, several individuals kidnapped the couple and then murdered Anni. Was this just random violence, or was this a targeted attack?

Episode 223: Kidnapping of Jody Plauche
16February 15, 2025 7:29am

Episode 223: Kidnapping of Jody Plauche

In the 1980s, Jody Plauche was kidnapped and molested by a family friend. After the police rescued him, his father took matters into his own hands and killed the man who hurt his child. I will be talking with Jody about how these events imp…

Episode 222: Navigating Victim Advocacy
17February 01, 2025 8:43am

Episode 222: Navigating Victim Advocacy

Melissa Leinweber and Whitney St. Andre from the Navigating Advocacy True Crime Podcast will discuss how they work with and help victims of crime. Often times, the victims are lost in many true crime stories, but Melissa and Whitney are wor…

Episode 221: Interview with Patricia Cornwell
18January 15, 2025 7:55am

Episode 221: Interview with Patricia Cornwell

Best-selling crime writer Patricia Cornwell discusses writing, true crime, and her latest book in the Scarpetta series, Identity Unknown.

Episode 220: Murder of Stephon Edgerton
19January 01, 2025 7:47am

Episode 220: Murder of Stephon Edgerton

Investigative journalist, Katie Kaplan, from the Two Sleuths Podcast and I discuss the unsolved murder of Stephon Edgerton, who is also known as DJ Juan Gotti.

Episode 219: Former Prosecutor Matt Murphy
20December 15, 2024 11:17am

Episode 219: Former Prosecutor Matt Murphy

Former Orange County California prosecutor Matt Murphy will be talking about his autobiography: The Book of Murder. It is fascinating and pure true crime from someone who lived it.

Episode 218: Lonnie Ray Rogers – Missing, Part 2
21December 01, 2024 2:57pm

Episode 218: Lonnie Ray Rogers – Missing, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. Alison Duiker's mother, Lonnie Rogers, went missing in 1981. Alison still doesn’t have answers to what happened to her mom or where she is.

Episode 217: Lonnie Ray Rogers – Missing
22November 15, 2024 8:19am

Episode 217: Lonnie Ray Rogers – Missing

Part 1 of 2. Alison Duiker's mother, Lonnie Rogers, went missing in 1981. Alison still doesn’t have answers to what happened to her mom or where she is.

Episode 216: Murder of Amber Spradlin
23November 01, 2024 8:41am

Episode 216: Murder of Amber Spradlin

Robert Parmer of The Broken System Podcast discusses the murder of Amber Spradlin.

Episode 215: The Life & Death of Stanley Kubrick
24October 15, 2024 10:39am

Episode 215: The Life & Death of Stanley Kubrick

We will be delving into the complicated and conspiratorial aspects of Stanley Kubrick's work and his death.

Episode 214: MK Ultra
25October 01, 2024 8:02am

Episode 214: MK Ultra

The CIA needed to figure out how our enemies brainwashed people. There was no rule, law, or moral code they would not break to 'protect' us from the evils of others. The conducted their work under the super secret project: "MK Ultra."

Episode 213: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 5
26September 14, 2024 9:53am

Episode 213: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 5

Part 5 of 5. Elizabeth Holmes created the hugely publicized blood-testing company, Theranos. Her inventions put her on the cover of magazines. However, it was all a fraud.

Episode 212: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 4
27September 02, 2024 8:33am

Episode 212: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 4

Part 4 of 5. Elizabeth Holmes created the hugely publicized blood-testing company, Theranos. Her inventions put her on the cover of magazines. However, it was all a fraud.

Episode 211: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 3
28August 14, 2024 6:28am

Episode 211: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 3

Part 3 of 5. Elizabeth Holmes created the hugely publicized blood-testing company, Theranos. Her inventions put her on the cover of magazines. However, it was all a fraud.

Episode 210: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 2
29August 01, 2024 8:07am

Episode 210: Elizabeth Holmes, Part 2

Part 2 of 5. Elizabeth Holmes created the hugely publicized blood-testing company, Theranos. Her inventions put her on the cover of magazines. However, it was all a fraud.

Episode 209: Elizabeth Holmes
30July 15, 2024 8:17am

Episode 209: Elizabeth Holmes

Part 1 of 5. Elizabeth Holmes created the hugely publicized blood-testing company, Theranos. Her inventions put her on the cover of magazines. However, it was all a fraud.

Episode 208: Death of Lacey Fletcher
31July 01, 2024 7:49am

Episode 208: Death of Lacey Fletcher

Lacey Fletcher was found deceased, melted into the couch inside her parent’s home. How did her mother and father allow this to happen? 

Episode 207: The Berman Murders
32June 15, 2024 7:45am

Episode 207: The Berman Murders

Attorney and true crime writer Doug Kari talks about his new book: “The Berman Murders: Unraveling the Mojave Desert’s Most Mysterious Unsolved Case,” which delves into the unsolved deaths of Barry and Louise Berman in 1986.

Episode 206: John Wayne Gacy's Attorney
33June 01, 2024 2:38pm

Episode 206: John Wayne Gacy's Attorney

Lawyer for serial killer John Wayne Gacy, Karen Conti, will delve into what it was like to talk one-on-one with Gacy and why she decided to defend someone, who many consider pure evil.

Episode 205: Attack on Paul Pelosi
34May 15, 2024 8:06am

Episode 205: Attack on Paul Pelosi

In 2022, Paul Pelosi, the husband of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representative, was viciously attacked inside their home.

Episode 204: Hostage Negotiation
35May 01, 2024 8:25am

Episode 204: Hostage Negotiation

Interview with Crisis Negotiator Patrick Doering on the many aspects of dealing with people in highly stressful situations.

Episode 203: Murder of Sherri Rasmussen, Part 2
36April 15, 2024 8:24am

Episode 203: Murder of Sherri Rasmussen, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. The murder of Sherri Rasmussen on February 24th of 1986 remained unsolved until 2009 when LAPD detectives turned their focus onto one of their own. I will be dissecting the interrogation of LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus. 

Episode 202: Murder of Sherri Rasmussen
37April 01, 2024 8:44am

Episode 202: Murder of Sherri Rasmussen

The murder of Sherri Rasmussen on February 24th of 1986 remained unsolved until 2009 when LAPD detectives turned their focus onto one of their own. I will be dissecting the interrogation of LAPD detective Stephanie Lazarus. Part 1 of 2.

Episode 201:  Murder of Dennis Lewis, Part 2
38March 15, 2024 8:22am

Episode 201: Murder of Dennis Lewis, Part 2

Part 2 of 2. The mother of one of the convicted killers of Dennis Lewis, Jacob, will speak to me about what it was like to raise her son and try to cope with his violent and criminal actions. 

Episode 200: Murder of Dennis Lewis
39March 01, 2024 8:05am

Episode 200: Murder of Dennis Lewis

Part 1 of 2. The mother of one of the convicted killers of Dennis Lewis, Jacob, will speak to me about what it was like to raise her son and try to cope with his violent and criminal actions.   

Episode 199: Disappearance of Ayla Reynolds
40February 15, 2024 8:16am

Episode 199: Disappearance of Ayla Reynolds

Twenty-month-old Ayla Reynolds disappeared from her father’s home in the middle of the night. Was this another rare child abduction from a stranger, or do the adults inside the home know more than they are telling?