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May 13, 2025

51. The 4 Day Meth Induced Crime Spree of David Cunningham

Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS51. The 4 Day Meth Induced Crime Spree of David Cunningham David Cunningham was a drug addled career criminal who left a trail of […]

May 6, 2025

43. Women Who Love Serial Killers

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS43. Women Who Love Serial Killers Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez, and Wade Wilson. The list goes on and on. They each had […]

May 6, 2025

50. A Case of Fatal Attraction

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS50. A Case of Fatal Attraction Rebecca Schaeffer was a 23-year-old actress at the beginning of what promised to be a great acting career. […]

April 29, 2025

49. A Murder on Songbird Road

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS49. A Murder on Songbird Road Someone stabbed 11-year-old Jade Beasley to death in her home in a rural area of southern Illinois in […]

April 22, 2025

48. A Case of Self Defense

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 48. A Case of Self Defense Did George Zimmerman have a reasonable fear of imminent harm when he confronted Trayvon Martin? What about […]

April 15, 2025

47. The Louder Prison Redemption

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 47. The Louder Prison Redemption Portia was indicted for mortgage fraud and sent to federal prison for seven years. Few places are more […]

April 8, 2025

46. The Human Lie Detector

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 46. The Human Lie Detector The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was caught by forensic linguistics. What if you could tell whether or not someone […]

April 1, 2025

45. The Crack City Strangler

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 45. The Crack City Strangler The collapse of the Detroit auto industry had unintended consequences. Unemployment soared, businesses closed, and people moved to […]

March 25, 2025

44. The Adventures of Special Agent Strange

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 44. The Adventures of Special Agent Strange Ken has served as an FBI Special Agent, a DOJ Special Agent in Charge, and an […]

March 11, 2025

42. A Study in School Shootings

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 42. A Study in School Shootings Why do school shootings happen, and can anything be done to prevent them? Will trying to understand […]

March 4, 2025

41. The Red Collar Crime League

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 41. The Red Collar Crime League White-collar crime is financially motivated and almost always non-violent. Nobody gets hurt. At least not physically. However, […]

February 25, 2025

40. The Problem of Human Trafficking

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 40. The Problem of Human Trafficking Human trafficking, forced labor, forced marriages, and sex trafficking exist all over the world. Even here in […]

February 18, 2025

39. The Robbery Crew of Gotham City

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 39. The Robbery Crew of Gotham City A violent, organized home invasion robbery crew was on the loose in New York City. They impersonated […]

February 11, 2025

38. Your Nurse is a Serial Killer

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 38. Your Nurse is a Serial Killer Charles was a skilled nurse. He was also a serial killer. In over 16 years as […]

February 4, 2025

37. Murder in the Emerald Triangle

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 37. Murder in the Emerald Triangle Aaron Bassler was a 36-year-old loner with a troubled past and a history of drug and alcohol […]

January 14, 2025

36. Bonus Episode: Murder of the Bank President’s Wife

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 36. Bonus Episode: Murder of the Bank President’s Wife On September 18th, 1985, Frank Patton received a phone call at work. He was […]

January 1, 2025

35. Bonus Episode: Q&A with Host Scott Fulmer

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 35. Bonus Episode: Q&A with Host Scott Fulmer And now for something completely different. Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode of […]

December 10, 2024

34. Bonus Episode: Mystery of the Vanishing Blonde

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS 34. Bonus Episode: Mystery of the Vanishing Blonde On a cold morning in February, on the outskirts of Miami, a utility worker found […]

November 26, 2024

33. Undercover in an Outlaw Motorcycle Club

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Special Agent Jim Weber of the US Department of Homeland Security had a 30-year career in law enforcement. He spent two of those […]

November 19, 2024

32. The Murders of Phillip Black and Donald Irwin

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS On Friday, February 20th, 1976, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Phillip Black saw a green Camaro at a rest stop on I-95. Black’s friend […]

November 12, 2024

31. US v. David Grosky

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Efoora was a Chicago-based medical diagnostic company that produced an HIV rapid test. In the process of awaiting FDA approval, Company CEO David […]

November 5, 2024

30. The Girl in the Cage

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS James “JP” Cargle took what he wanted from others. He was a drug dealer, a pimp, and a rotten excuse for a human being. I […]

October 29, 2024

29. Mr. Tolbert Goes to Prison for Embezzlement

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Bill Tolbert was a successful businessman who donated thousands of dollars to charity and political campaigns. He was also involved in the community—a […]

October 22, 2024

28. The Great Prison Contraband Adventure

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Paul John was a federal correctional officer two years away from retirement. But he had some secrets. For starters, he had a steady […]

October 15, 2024

27. A Scandal in Atlanta at The Gold Club

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS It started one morning when a man woke up hungover from a night of debauchery at a strip club. The previous night, he […]

October 8, 2024

26. A Death at Calumet Farms

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS The story I have for you today is about a famous horse. A Thoroughbred named Alydar. It‘s also a story of murder, of […]

October 1, 2024

25. A Study in Securities Fraud

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS After 20 years in the hedge fund and private equity industry, Mark was sent to federal prison for securities fraud. Lost Generation writer F. […]

September 24, 2024

24. The Drug Cartel Kidnapping of Mauricio Gonzalez

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Mauricio Gonzalez was selling eggs in Jalisco, Mexico when Francisco “El Blanco” Rivera arrived. He put a gun to Mauricio’s head and told […]

September 17, 2024

23. The Case of the Idaho Student Murders

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Much has been written about the tragic murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin in November of 2022. Investigative journalist […]

September 10, 2024

22. The Red-Hot Lovers Rob a Bank

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS FBI Special Agent Frank Montoya, Jr. had only been on the job a few months when a masked gunman dressed as a janitor […]

September 3, 2024

21. A Home Invasion in Mexico City

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS On a cool October evening in Mexico City, not far from the central plaza, a respected Spanish merchant and all ten of his […]

August 27, 2024

20. Arsenic and Old Midwives

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Sophocles wrote: “Trust dies, but mistrust blossoms.” In 1920, in the village of Nagyrév, husbands trusted wives. Children trusted mothers. And everyone trusted […]

August 20, 2024

19. The Arsonist of River Park Lane

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS The home at 151 River Park Lane in Great Falls, Virginia, was owned by a retired doctor and had a state-of-the-art security system. […]

August 13, 2024

18. The Curious Death of Charles Morgan

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Charles Morgan was an escrow agent whose body was found June 18th, 1977, about 40 miles southwest of Tucson. He was dead from a single gunshot […]

August 6, 2024

Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Dr. Ann Burgess

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS In the mid-1970s, Robert Ressler and John Douglas of the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit (BSU) began interviewing serial offenders. However, it wasn’t until […]

August 6, 2024

17. Deviant Podcast with Andrew and Dan

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS This week, I have a crossover episode for you. From Cold Open Media, the folks that brought you the award-winning podcast Down the Hill: […]

July 30, 2024

16. The Wrongful Conviction of Clarence Elkins

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS Clarence Elkins was serving life in prison for murder and sexual assault. He claimed he was innocent. DNA at the crime scene was […]

March 2, 2024

Introducing A Study in Crime

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Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSSI’m Scott Fulmer. I’m a private investigator and author of Confessions of a Private Eye. Every Tuesday I talk with investigators, journalists, authors, and […]