Felonious Florida
On a quiet spring day in 1997, three generations of a family are brutally murdered in a quadruple homicide in Miramar, Florida. Investigators amass a mountain of evidence that seems to point to one suspect - the husband, father, and son-in-law of the victims. But he has an alibi that has left this case unsolved for nearly three decades. Season 5 of Felonious Florida: The Altidor Massacre will be available on May 6.
Episodes
George and Florence
Doubts about George Altidor’s alibi can’t stop the case from going cold. But when a young detective reopens the investigation, he uncovers a stunning revelation about George’s new life. As the grieving family of Theresia, Marie, Samantha, a…
The Wall
A chilling message scrawled on a wall of the Altidor home becomes the key clue in the case — not for what it says, but for its secrets that science may be able to unlock. Disturbing details from George’s past begin to surface. Detectives di…
Time of Death
Small clues at the crime scene could lead to a breakthrough in the case. The autopsies of Marie, Theresia, Samantha, and Sabrina raise serious questions about George Altidor’s alibi that he was at work at the time of the murders. As detecti…
Overkill
As detectives piece together the events of the Altidor murders, they are struck by the brutality and chilling efficiency of the killer. In a matter of seconds, each victim was eliminated. The few clues left behind seem intentionally designe…
Secrets
From a rural mountain village in Haiti to the sun-soaked streets of South Florida, Marie Laverne chases the promise of a better life. A chance encounter with a man from her past, George Altidor, leads to marriage and a picture-perfect famil…
Crescent Drive
Nothing could prepare police officers for the scene at the Altidor home on Crescent Drive. Just inside, they find a tiny baby, bloody and cold, in a bassinet. A few steps farther in, the grim reality unfolds: three more family members — one…
Introducing Felonious Florida: The Altidor Massacre
New episodes coming May 6! In April 1997, a frantic 911 call leads police to a brutal massacre in Miramar, Florida. Two young sisters, their mother, and grandmother are found murdered in their home, with a cryptic message about drug money s…
Special Episode: Case update + Season 5 teaser
Encino Murders case update: A stunning plea deal led to a 10-year prison sentence for man accused of the 2009 shooting deaths of two teenagers, Davion Bishop and Nekkita Hamilton, and the mother of Davion. In Season 2 of Felonious Florida, …
Listen Now: Kill List
In the depths of the dark net, tech journalist Carl Miller makes a disturbing discovery: a secret Kill List targeting hundreds of innocent people on a murder for hire website. When the police decide not to investigate, Carl is thrown into a…
Bonus: Surviving the Terror
The terror that Florida's Pillowcase Rapist inflicted on his victims is unimaginable. It can take years and, for some, a lifetime to heal from the trauma. In this special episode, advocates and one of the rapist's victims talk about the pro…
What to Listen to Next: This is Actually Happening
This is Actually Happening tells the harrowing and unbelievable true stories of life-changing events told by the actual people who lived them. What would you do if you were trafficked into a cult, mauled by a bear, or had to resort to drug …
A Stroke of Luck
An unexpected break comes nearly 40 years after the last known attack of one of South Florida’s most wanted fugitives. And it reveals new details about the crime spree that shook South Florida. The identity of the notorious Pillowcase Rapis…
‘Blind as a Bat’
After five years and dozens of terrifying attacks, the rapist makes his first big mistake. But publicity comes with a price. When the attacks come to an abrupt stop, Detective Simmons and his investigators are left wondering if the case has…
It's in the Blood
A rogue killer cop confesses. A flasher draws scrutiny. A man rapes two elderly women. Are any of these potential suspects the Pillowcase Rapist? A new type of blood testing may carry the answer. It’s the most significant clue yet in the ca…
The Stakeout
With public pressure mounting to capture the rapist, Detective Simmons tries a long-shot tactic to catch the suspect in the act. Meanwhile, other important clues surface including a shoe print left in the dirt. Police are starting to get a …
Dangerous Paradise
As the police strain under Miami’s deadly cocaine-fueled crime wave, the Pillowcase Rapist is striking with impunity. After a school teacher is raped in her apartment in late 1983, Detective Simmons and his team are stunned to learn that th…
Alisian Lakes
In the early morning hours of Sept. 6, 1981, a young flight attendant is jolted out of her sleep and raped by an intruder who hid his face with a pillowcase. But this is just the beginning of a terrifying spree across Miami. A young detecti…
Introducing Felonious Florida: In the Darkness
An elusive serial rapist is on the prowl in South Florida during the height of Miami’s cocaine-fueled crime wave in the early 1980s. He is a cunning, dangerous predator who stalks women, then ambushes them late at night in the safety of the…
Listen Now: Dr. Death: Bad Magic
When a charismatic young doctor announces revolutionary treatments for cancer and HIV, patients from around the world turn to him for their last chance. As medical experts praise Serhat Gumrukcu’s genius, the company he co-founded rockets i…
Listen Now – Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University
Dr. Robert Hadden was a trusted OB-GYN at Columbia University. Friendly, caring, unassuming… and behind the closed door of exam rooms, one of the most prolific sexual predators in New York City. During his 25-year career, he assaulted hundr…
Wondery Presents: Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting
When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities suspect he was eaten by alligators but the true predators who took Mike may lurk much closer to home. The mystery of Mike’s disappearance might have faded from memory, if it was…
Listen Now: Suspect "Five Shots in the Dark"
Suspect is an investigative series about mislaid justice and the kinds of weighty decisions that detectives, lawyers, and jurors make every day - decisions that, once made, are almost impossible to reverse.Season 3: Five Shots in the Dark f…
Special Episode: The Killer Clown of Wellington unmasked
It's a case with an ending almost as stunning as the scene where it all began — 33 years ago in the doorway of a home in a gated community of Wellington, Florida. A killer dressed as a clown fired a single bullet into the face of Marlene Wa…
Special episode: Case updates and more
There have been some updates to cases featured in Season 3 of Felonious Florida: Innocence Sold. In a special episode, host David Schutz is joined by the reporters who brought you Season 3 as well as two special guests to hear what's happen…
Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid.When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because La…
What To Listen To Next: Devil in the Dorm
The podcast “Devil in the Dorm” is a six-part investigative series that takes you deep into the mind of Larry Ray, a man who terrorized vulnerable young adults and created a cult-like following in the unlikeliest of places, his daughter's c…
Where All the Sad Girls Go
William Foster goes from pimping his high school sweetheart to building one of Florida’s largest trafficking empires. His fortune is made off dozens of girls — some of them underage — stripping and selling themselves for sex. But a monster …
‘A Human Trafficking Pipeline’
A staff mentor at a group foster home lures away two teenage residents to be sold for sex in hotel rooms from the Florida Keys to Tampa. A car crash in the middle of the night offers what may be their only chance to escape — but their capto…
The Crime of Surviving
A 13-year-old girl disappears from her mother’s apartment, only to return a week later beaten, raped, and with a rose tattoo on her neck. She barely escaped her terrifying ordeal. But within hours, police have her in handcuffs — she's under…
‘The Perfect Victim’
Shanika Ampah was a straight-A girl from a home with two loving parents. But a horrifying tragedy struck and by the age of just 11, she was lured by predators and taken on the road to be sold as a product out of a tractor trailer. For seven…
Horror in Hotel Rooms
Nobody knows when 16-year-old Marina Ralph entered room 334 of an Extended Stay hotel in Florida, or what happened to her while there. What we do know is that Marina was terrified of something. The only person who might have known what happ…
Disappearance of Sophie Reeder
When 15-year-old Sophie Reeder disappears from her Florida home, it appears at first that she has run away. But clues begin to emerge that something terrible has happened to Sophie. Then more cases surface that expose a violent world that l…
Introducing Season 3: Innocence Sold
In a new 6-part season, Felonious Florida investigates the mysterious disappearance of a 15-year-old Fort Lauderdale girl. Sophie Reeder was first treated as a runway, but clues begin to emerge within days that point to a devastating possib…
Introducing Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders
In the era of some of the most heinous serial killers of all time — one murderous family went curiously unnoticed: The McCrary’s. Led by a psychopathic patriarch and his cunning son-in-law, this Texas clan roamed the country robbing, kidnap…
Introducing: Killer Psyche
When a shocking crime occurs, people ask “WHY?” Was it about power, ego, or revenge? On KILLER PSYCHE, former FBI criminal profiler Candice DeLong draws on her decades of experience to reveal why these murderers and criminals committed thes…
Wondery Presents: The Vaping Fix
Two young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs set out to rid the world of smoking with an incredible new product. The device stands to disrupt the tobacco industry and make them rich, until it falls into the wrong hands and lives are ruined. From …
Wondery Presents: In God We Lust
A woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. Go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw th…
Introducing: Spy Affair
A charismatic Russian woman arrives in the US on a mission to improve relations between the two countries, and she soon makes some powerful friends. But who is Maria Butina? And who is she working for? As Maria gets clos…
UPDATE: Verdict in the Casey's Nickelodeon Murder trial
It's the murder case that launched the Felonious Florida podcast in 2018. There's been a verdict in the trial of Pablo Ibar, accused of murdering Butch Casey, Sharon Anderson and Marie Rogers in South Florida in 1994. It's the fifth time a …
The Killer Clown of Wellington, Part 2
The early days of the search for the killer clown focus on Marlene Warren's husband, Michael, and the repo woman who worked on his used car lot, Sheila Keen. There appeared to be motive: An insurance payout, investment properties, a lavish …