True Crimecast
by Stove Leg Media
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Danger - The Unhappiest Place on Earth
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About this podcast
True Crimecast is a podcast that adds a unique perspective to the true crime genre. John and Jamie dig into new cases and revisit old ones to try to get to the truth. Each episode takes on a different case and the hosts share both details and theories about what really happened.
Episodes
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- Danger - The Unhappiest Place on Earth · 20 min · Episode 1008On a positive note, a huge human trafficking arrest goes down in Florida. Unfortunately, some of the perps had to be taken down in some magical parks. And Kansas City has seen…
- Boss Hoss - Cops on the Run · 16 min · Episode 1007We have a man who insists he is a "federal agent", but will not reveal anything else. And then a legitimate officer just doesn't have what it takes to keep up with the chase.
- The River - Jelani Day · 58 min · Episode 1006On August 24, 2021, 25-year-old Illinois State University graduate student Jelani Day was last seen on campus. Eleven days later, his body was recovered from the Illinois River…
- Digging In - The Background Check · 13 min · Episode 1005Two dumb criminals on a Friday! A man that forgets a background check actually...checks things. Another digs his way right into a jail cell.
- Wall to Wall - Mac & Cheese Fraud · 16 min · Episode 1004How long can someone survive while being stuck inside a wall? Long enough to steal $80,000 worth of mac & cheese, apparently.
- The Tetris Murders - Vladimir, Elena, and Peter Pokhilko · 58 min · Episode 1003While millions of people across the globe spent the late 1980s and 1990s fitting falling blocks together in Tetris, one of the key figures behind its rise was living a very…
- Luna Park - Ghost Train Fire (Patreon Exclusive) · 16 min · Episode 1002On the night of June 9, 1979, thirty-five people boarded the Ghost Train at Sydney’s historic Luna Park for a routine two-and-a-half-minute ride into the dark. Seven of them…
- Alabama vs. Tennessee · 15 min · Episode 1001When Tennessee goes up against Alabama, the real battle is getting in the doors. Or getting away with your Pokemon cards. Either way, it's a battle.
- Hide and Seek - Acura on the Run · 17 min · Episode 999The worst game of hide and seek ever leads to an arrest for obstruction, and a getaway car doesn't do a great job of getting away.
- The Colorado Hammer Attacks - Alex Ewing · 50 min · Episode 1000In January 1984, a brutal intruder armed with a hammer struck four separate households across Denver in a twelve-day span. The attacks left three adults severely injured and four…
- Making a Break For It - The Sandwich Defense · 18 min · Episode 998A copper thief gets desperate and orders off menu. And a burglar uses the ever-popular sandwich alibi to get away with his crime.
- Unmasked - Lawnmower Pranks · 16 min · Episode 996Why would you drive a riding lawnmower into a Target? Or take a leaf blower into a Culvers? Or repeatedly use the same mask to commit robberies? The world may never know.
- 10 Rillington Place - Timothy Evans and John Christie · 1 h 2 min · Episode 997In March 1950, 25-year-old Timothy Evans was executed for a brutal crime inside his London home. The prosecution's star witness was his soft-spoken downstairs neighbor—a former…
- A Cold Case in a Furnace - Smokey Loses his Head · 21 min · Episode 995A murder is solved by digging into a furnace and an indoor outhouse. Yes, you read that right. Also, John cries because a brass dog was assaulted.
- Manholes on Fire - The Insanity Defense · 23 min · Episode 994A man loses his mind when he emerges from the sewer (or before he goes in?), and another tries to burn down his house and his roommates. Which one is insane? And John has a hot…
- Stand Your Ground - Brittany Smith · 47 min · Episode 993On January 16, 2018, Brittany Smith shot and killed 38-year-old Todd Smith inside her Stevenson, Alabama home. What followed was a complex legal battle that brought national…
- Call Me Maybe - Failing in Tennessee · 21 min · Episode 992We have to talk about the failed executions of Christa Pike (and others) in Tennessee. And to lighten things up, we talk about one of the dumbest criminals of all time.
- October at Last - Peppers and Football · 18 min · Episode 991It's a scandal when sriracha producers gets greedy and sue the pepper-growers. And stealing trade secrets is apparently a lot easier than I expected.
- The Sister’s Passport - Moriah Wilson · 60 min · Episode 987On May 11, 2022, 25-year-old Moriah "Mo" Wilson, one of America's brightest rising stars in off-road cycling, was shot to death inside an Austin, Texas home just days before a…
- Wrong Turn - Kidnappings and Old DNA · 16 min · Episode 988A cold case is FINALLY solved, and a live is potentially saved by confusing traffic patterns.
- Up the Creek - Jonathan Luna (Patreon Exclusive Preview) · 6 min · Episode 990On a freezing December morning in 2003, the body of Federal Prosecutor Jonathan Luna was discovered face down in a shallow stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania—90 miles away…
- Horrifying - Missing the Super Bowl · 22 min · Episode 989Genuinely maybe the most disturbing story we have ever told. And we may have found a secret agent man.
- Behind the Filters - Gabby Petito · 37 min · Episode 986To millions scrolling social media in the summer of 2021, Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie were living the American dream by converting a Ford Transit van to travel across…
- Royal Bidet - Chicken Fighting Ring · 18 min · Episode 985Kentucky uses 12 agencies to track down and indict five chicken fighters, and a crew steals a toilet made of solid gold.
- MurderGPT - Knives Down Under · 21 min · Episode 984A former NFL player consults ChatGPT when trying to cover up a murder, and a recent machete ban in Australia leads to the most dangerous geocaching event ever.
- The Retrial - John O'Keefe and Karen Read (Part Two) · 51 min · Episode 980In April 2025, Karen Read returned to Norfolk Superior Court facing a second murder trial for the death of Boston Police Officer John O'Keefe. With lead investigator Michael…
- Criminal Defense Investigations - Interview with Amber Kaset · 38 min · Episode 983Amber Kaset is a criminal defense investigator and mitigation specialist with more than 20 years of experience and over 1,000 cases. She spent seven years as an investigator with…
- The Construction Site - Lingerie and Cucumbers · 17 min · Episode 982A (Florida, of course) man is caught at a construction site hiding a weapon in his unmentionables, and a would-be robber in Scotland gets himself in a pickle.
- Get the Bucket - Grab the Vest · 16 min · Episode 981Can one person give consent to another person to shoot them? If not, what would justify throwing a bucket of feces on another human?
- 34 Fairview - John O'Keefe and Karen Read (Part One) · 57 min · Episode 979Did Karen Read strike her boyfriend with her vehicle, or was she framed by a tight-knit circle of local law enforcement? The death of John O'Keefe sparked one of the most…
- Cargo Largo - Dangers of the Swamp · 19 min · Episode 978When cornered by the police, you have a few options: drive away, turn yourself in, or...swamp. What would you choose? And a girl finds an extra special gift in her Barbie box.
- All You Can Eat Fraud - The Governer and the Receiver · 16 min · Episode 977What is worse: Pretending to be an NFL player to defraud women of over $1 million? Or being a former govorner charged with not supporting your adoption son?
- Postpartum Psychosis - Andrea Yates · 55 min · Episode 976How does the legal system weigh moral awareness against severe psychiatric delusion? The tragedy of the Yates family forced a national reckoning on the M'Naghten legal standard…
- Locked In - Streaking Success Stories · 20 min · Episode 975A man gets locked in a car (that he's trying to steal), and we find out what happens when you streak on a sports field/court/pitch.
- Rolls on the Run - Sunrise, Florida Heist · 15 min · Episode 974A truckload (literally) of cinnamon rolls go missing, and a college football locker room turns into a crime scene.
- 44 Pounds of Plutonium - Karen Silkwood · 41 min · Episode 971Karen Silkwood was a mother, a union activist, and a whistleblower who sacrificed everything to expose corporate negligence and protect her fellow workers. Whether her fatal…
- The Accused - Cheryl Ann Araujo (Patreon Exclusive Preview) · 15 min · Episode 973On March 6, 1983, 21-year-old Cheryl Ann Araujo walked into Big Dan’s Tavern in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to buy cigarettes. What followed was a nightmare: a two-hour assault…
- A Double Life - Interview with Author Dr. Mikita Brottman · 32 min · Episode 972Mikita Brottman is an acclaimed nonfiction author, psychoanalyst, and professor whose work explores the darker and more complicated corners of human behavior. Her books include A…
- Universally Loved - Dolly Parton · 18 min · Episode 970The entire country mourns as we lost Dolly Parton this week. So we found a few stories about crimes commited against her. You know she never committed a crime. Dolly never did…
- House Bill 4 - Legislation in Action · 22 min · Episode 968Kentucky has passed a new bill against grooming, and it’s already making a difference. Plus, there’s a story about a ninja burglar. #PowerRangers
- DNA on Trial - Juliana Redding · 50 min · Episode 969When 21-year-old aspiring model Juliana Redding was found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment, police uncovered a bizarre crime scene: a lit candle left in a gas-filled room…
- Wait...That's Weird - Interview with Anna Sonoda · 39 min · Episode 967Anna Sonoda, LCSW is a graduate of Emory University, where she double-majored in Anthropology and French Studies, and earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of…
- Undercover Shrubbery - The Wrong Number · 19 min · Episode 965What if the best way to deter texting and driving was to dress up like a bush? And if you got a murder for hire call on your voicemail, what would you do?
- Cocaine Pledges - Penn State Fraternity Drug Ring (Alleged) · 21 min · Episode 964A fraternity at Penn State gets cause selling cocaine, and a murder for hire plot does not go as planned.
- One DNA Profile - Tina Heins · 39 min · Episode 963On April 17, 1994, 20-year-old expectant mother Tina Heins was brutally murdered in her Jacksonville, Florida apartment. Police quickly set their sights on her 19-year-old…
- Criminal Tool - A Forklift on the Run · 17 min · Episode 962In an attempt to save the world, a man recycles himself. And when you steal a forklift, you'd better have a good reason.
- Operation Mincemeat - The Body That Fooled the Nazis · 17 min · Episode 961How do you invent a human being from scratch to fool an enemy's intelligence apparatus? Operation Mincemeat wasn't just a military distraction, it was a masterclass in…
- False Witness - Retha Welch and William Virgil · 32 min · Episode 960On April 13, 1987, 54-year-old psychiatric nurse and prison minister Retha Welch was found brutally murdered in her Newport, Kentucky home. Police quickly set their sights on…
- What Happened to Liam Tomen? - Interview with Nikki Young from Serial Napper · 34 min · Episode 957In this episode, we sit down with Nikki Young, host of the Serial Napper podcast, to take a deep dive into the disturbing and unsolved disappearance of 22-year-old Liam Tomen…
- Gas Station Confessions - The Corporate Takeover · 16 min · Episode 959A major corporation tries to push a local company out of business, and a deathbed confession is not always a get out of jail free card.
