133: Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee
YOU GUYS, DO YOU HAVE A PC? I PROMISE I WON’T TELL GILLIAN? Gringo tells the story of John McAfee who invented anti-virus software, AND AS BORING AS THAT SOUNDS, I PROMISE THIS IS ANYTHING BUT! He owned that software company for, like, two weeks, got bought out, and relocated to Belize. There, he devolved into a SUPER-PARANOID, UBER-RICK lunatic. He gets mixed up in drug trafficking, sex offend...
53m May 19, 2020
53m
Oxygen's The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway
18 year old Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005. After 12 years of following every lead--each one ending in heartbreak and disappointment--Natalee's dad, Dave, gets a tip that could change everything. All 6 episodes of The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway are available ad-free on  our Patreon feed. That's where you'll find over 140 AD- FREE FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT ...
41m May 14, 2020
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132: Chris Watts: Family Man / Family Murderer
Chris Watts and his wife Shanann seemed to have it all: Thriving careers, wonderful friends, two beautiful kids with a third on the way. But then on August 13, 2018, Shanann’s best friend Nicole can’t get ahold of Shanann. She calls and calls,  and then goes to Shanann’s house. Shanann’s car, purse, phone, wallet, medication are all there, but Shanann and the kids are gone. The mystery of the d...
55m May 12, 2020
55m
131: TREAD
YOU GUYS WE REALLY LIKE THIS ONE!! WE ALMOST NEVER SAY THAT! Marvin Heemeyer was a beloved resident of Granby, Colorado. He was a welder by trade and he loved his work. But slowly he came to believe that the town was out to get him. And then, according to Marvin, God told him to “get” the town first. So he bought a bulldozer and secreted himself away. For months he worked on the “Dozer” turning...
50m May 05, 2020
50m
130: CBS's "The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey" Part 2
This is part 2 of our 2-part series. To hear episode 1, go here! (https://www.truecrimeobsessed.com/post/129-cbs-s-the-case-of-jonbenet-ramsey) On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The case quickly became one of the most famous murder mysteries in American history. 20 years after the murder, a team of famous investigators, inclu...
54m Apr 28, 2020
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129: CBS's "The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey" Part 1
On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The case quickly became one of the most famous murder mysteries in American history. 20 years after the murder, a team of famous investigators, including Dr. Werner Spitz (known for is work on the JFK assassination, The West Memphis Three, OJ Simpson, and the death of Caylee Anthony) and Dr. ...
56m Apr 21, 2020
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128: Shut Up and Sing
In 2003, The Dixie Chicks were on top of the world. They were the number 1 selling female band of all time, They were Grammy winners, and all around darlings of the country music scene. But then, at a club date in London, the band's lead singer, Natalie Manines, told the crowd that the band was "ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." The backlash from their American fan...
57m Apr 14, 2020
57m
127: Where Is Robert Fisher?
 In 2001, Robert Fisher murdered his wife and two young kids. And then vanished into thin air. Is he dead, or did he escape to a new life…THIS IS THE QUESTION POSED TO THE PSYCHIC WHO CLOSES OUT THIS….”DOCUMENTARY?” This film, amateur as it is…and we complain about it the whole time…tells the story of the events leading up to the murders and explores ALL the theories of where Robert Fisher coul...
59m Apr 07, 2020
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126: The Man Who Would Be Polka King
UMMMMMM, So we have a lot of questions. We can’t wait for you to meet Jan Lewan, the “Polka God” at the center of this thing. But we also can’t wait for you to meet his wife Rhonda, who definitely didn’t win the Mrs. Pennsylvania 1998 pageant, no matter what she tells you. And look, there’s no getting around it, there’s a lot of polka and super old people in this one. But also fraud and a SUPER...
57m Mar 31, 2020
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125: Dahmer on Dahmer: Part 2
Two-and-a-half decades ago, a man from Milwaukee named Jeffrey Dahmer was tried and convicted of 17 gruesome murders that occurred between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was convicted of luring young men into his home, where he then drugged, sexually violated, killed, and finally, consumed them. Investigative journalist Nancy Glass secured exclusive access and the first televised interview with the famo...
53m Mar 24, 2020
53m
124: Dahmer on Dahmer: Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE for one week at the $5 level on Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) It will be our regular episode (with ads) next week. Two-and-a-half decades ago, a man from Milwaukee named Jeffrey Dahmer was tried and convicted of 17 gruesome murders that occurred between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was convicted of luri...
55m Mar 17, 2020
55m
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez Part 1 (Patreon Bonus Episode)
Patrick may be from Massachusetts (and has the Dunkin Donuts loyalty card to prove it), but  he somehow missed out on Boston sports fever (feee-vah!). We have a lot of feelings about this one, but we're going to be SUPER careful because we don't want to get beat up at our Boston live show, kid! We all know what this one is about, so let's just dive in! YOU GUYS WE'RE GOING TO BROADWAY!!! (https...
49m Mar 10, 2020
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123: Oxygen's "Up and Vanished"
On October 21, 2005, local beauty queen, Tara Grinsted vanished from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. 12 years later, two men were arrested for her murder. This was thanks in part to Payne Lindsay's popular podcast by the same name. So Payne is here to take us through the events surrounding her disappearance and the arrests. He and his team are not convinced the police got it right. And the are goi...
49m Mar 03, 2020
49m
Obsessed With: Abducted in Plain Sight Ep 1: One Year Later (Our first-ever spinoff podcast!)
HERE'S EPISODE 1 OF OUR FIRST-EVER SPINOFF PODCAST! For Patrick, this new podcast has been year long labor of love! Please take a listen! It's been a year since the smash hit documentary Abducted in Plain Sight premiered on Netflix and set the internet ablaze with shock, fascination, disbelief, and rage over the story of 12 year-old Jan Broberg who was kidnapped TWICE by her neighbor and family...
23m Mar 02, 2020
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122: A Tale of Two Thieves
August 1963. Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, England. Fifteen men pull off "The Great Train Robbery," netting today's equivalent of almost $70 million. It’s one of the most famous crimes in the history of Great Britain. Movies have been made, books have been written, LOOSE LIPPED CRIMINALS INVOLVED PULLED A PATRICK—GOT HAMMERED AND BRAGGED TO ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN! But the true inside story ...
49m Feb 25, 2020
49m
121: Mary Kay Letourneau: Autobiography
Mary Kay Letourneau is garbage. What else is there to say? I mean for context, she was a 35 year old teacher who had an affair with her THIRTEEN YEAR OLD student....and had two babies with him. She served (not enough) jail time and then then, after years and years of grooming, convinced him to marry her. AND FOR SOME REASON A&E FELT THAT SHE SHOULD GET TO TELL HER OWN STORY IN HER OWN WORDS! OH...
54m Feb 18, 2020
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120: Without Charity
In the fall of 2000, three construction workers were brutally murdered on a job site in rural Indiana. A police investigation leads to three men. But digging a little deeper, investigators discover a young woman named Charity Payne. The police come to believe that 18-year-old Charity was the mastermind behind the murders. Charity claims she had nothing to do with it. Charity's friends seem to k...
49m Feb 11, 2020
49m
Don't F**K With Cats (Patreon Bonus Episode)
The internet is the wild west, you guys. But even the GD no-rules internet has one actual rule. SAY IT WITH ME: Don't fuck with cats. So when a weird looking sicko starts uploading cat-murder videos to the internet, a band of internet sleuths set out to identify him. AND. THEY. ARE. BAD. ASS. This is episode 1 of our 3-part coverage. The second two episodes are available RIGHT NOW AND AD-FREE o...
49m Feb 07, 2020
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119: The Source Family
TICK TOCK IT’S CULT O’CLOCK! What can we say, the 60s in Los Angels were ROUGH! Lots of drugs and crappy eating, not to mention the terrible music. So it just seemed fitting that when the 70s rolled around and a guy named Jim Baker opened a bunch of popular health food restaurants on the Sunset Strip that he should parlay that into a full on cult…WITH A ROCK BAND! Soon hundreds of members of “t...
56m Feb 04, 2020
56m
118: Natalie Wood: American Murder Mystery
At 43 years old, actress Natalie Wood had it all. She was an adored icon who'd been acting since before she could remember. She'd married the love of her life and had a thriving career and a loving family. But on Thanksgiving weekend in 1981, she disappeared from the yacht she was sharing with her husband Robert Wagner and actor CHRISTOPHER FREAKING WALKEN. Hours later, her body was recovered i...
49m Jan 28, 2020
49m
The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All: Part 1 (Patreon Bonus Episode)
In 1989, 21-year-old Lyle and 18-year-old Erik Menendez walked into their parents' den and killed them. In episode 1, Erik Menendez himself shares in stunning detail the events of the week leading up to the murders and the motive behind the crime that shocked America.  COME SEE US LIVE ON TOUR! We're coming to a city near you! CHECK OUT ALL THE DETAILS AND GET TICKETS HERE! (https://www.truecri...
40m Jan 23, 2020
40m
117: Oxygen's "Dirty John: The Dirty Truth" Part 2
When Debra Newell met John Meehan on dating site for the 50+ crowd, he seemed too good to be true. A handsome, fit, successful doctor? She was interested. But, beginning with their first date, there were warning signs...something wasn't quite right here. But she ignored her instincts and allowed him to move quickly. He moved in with her after a few weeks and convince her to marry him after just...
50m Jan 21, 2020
50m
116: Oxygen's "Dirty John: The Dirty Truth"
We are covering this documentary in two episodes. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free at the $5 level on Patreon. You can get it here (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) . It will be our regular episode (with ads)  next week. When Debra Newell met John Meehan on dating site for the 50+ crowd, he seemed too good to be true. A handsome, fit, successful doctor? She was interested....
49m Jan 14, 2020
49m
115: Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator
Who in gay hell exercises in a room heated to 105 degrees?!?! Sweating and stretching isn't our jam, but Bikram Chaudry (we have a request into Jesus to have his last name changed--WE WILL NOT HAVE RABIA'S LAST NAME BESMIRCHED!!!) recruited thousands of people to try his so-called "new" brand of yoga. He broke them down physically and mentally at his training workshops, which served as recruitm...
1hr 1m Jan 07, 2020
1hr 1m
114: Cocaine Cowboys
"THE GOLDEN GIRLS" THIS IS NOT, YOU GUYS! Miami in the early 80s was the wild west for the cocaine trade. Brutal drug lords reigned, mass killings were an every day occurrence, and you couldn't get a Ferrari to save your life!  We tear into this documentary full of egotistical drug runners, cocky killers, and one surprising cartel lady-boss.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed (https://w...
55m Dec 31, 2019
55m
113: Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Part 2
On Oct. 24, 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered in his home in Potsdam, a small town in upstate New York. Police quickly zeroed in on a suspect in this unthinkable crime: Oral “Nick” Hillary, a black man in the mostly white community, who was a soccer coach at Clarkson University and the ex-boyfriend of Garrett’s mother, Tandy Cyrus. Hillary insists that he is innocent. There is no ...
59m Dec 17, 2019
59m
112: Who Killed Garrett Phillips? Part 1
This is 2-Episode series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free at the $5 level on Patreon. Episode 2 will be our regular episode next week on the regular free feed and will haveads. On Oct. 24, 2011, 12-year-old Garrett Phillips was murdered in his home in Potsdam, a small town in upstate New York. Police quickly zeroed in on a suspect in this unthinkable crime: Oral “Nick” Hillary, a b...
51m Dec 10, 2019
51m
The Murder of Laci Peterson Episode 1: Missing in Modesto (Patreon Bonus Episode)
When Laci Peterson disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002, her husband, Scott Peterson, was almost instantly the prime suspect. When it came to light that he'd been having an affair AND had told his mistress that his wife had been dead for months, the press and the world turned against him. But is it possible that he's the world's biggest dirt bag BUT MAYBE DIDN'T DO IT? Patrick and Gillian come ...
47m Dec 05, 2019
47m
111: Tell Me Who I Am
18-year-old Alex Lewis wakes up from a coma after surviving a devastating motorcycle accident. He has forgotten everything. His home. His parents. He can't even remember his own name. The only thing he knows is that the person sitting next to him is his identical twin brother, Marcus. Alex relies on Marcus to give him his memory back; to tell him who he is. But the idyllic childhood Marcus pain...
55m Dec 03, 2019
55m
Grizzly Man
For 13 summers, Timothy Tredwell journeyed into the Alaskan wilderness to spend four months living among the grizzly bears. Though Treadwell believed that he and the bears had an understanding--he considered them his close friends--he and his girlfriend Amy Huguenard were eventually killed and devoured by one of the bears. For the five summers before his death, he took a video camera on his tri...
53m Nov 26, 2019
53m
110: Killing For Love
March 30, 1985: Derek and Nancy Haysom are discovered brutally murdered at their home in Lynchburg, Virginia. The arrest and conviction of the couple's daughter Elizabeth, a scholarship student at the University of Virginia, and her boyfriend Jens Söring, the brilliant son of a German diplomat, set off a media frenzy, becoming the first trial of its kind to be nationally televised. But what if ...
55m Nov 19, 2019
55m
109: Wrinkles The Clown
Wrinkles The Clown is a REAL-LIFE bogeyman. He’s here to haunt your nightmares. It started with a silent black and white surveillance video uploaded to YouTube which depicted a child sleeping peacefully. Suddenly, a hand appeared and deranged man disguised as a clown pulled himself out from beneath her bed. Afterward, similar videos started appearing online—a terrifying looking clown pushing a ...
50m Nov 12, 2019
50m
108: Screwball
THIS IS ABOUT THE SPORTS AND STILL SOMEHOW ONE OF OUR FAVORITE DOCS WE’VE EVER COVERED!  Welcome to Florida, land of swamp dinosaurs, tanning salons, and, like, humidity.  But did you also know it was ground zero for the high-profile doping scandal that rocked Major League Baseball? They say South Florida is a sunny place for shady people and this is certainly true of steroid peddler Anthony Bo...
59m Nov 05, 2019
59m
107: Jodi Arias: American Murder Mystery Part 2
SEX. LIES. MURDER. What happened to 30 year old Travis Alexander? His friends found him dead on his bathroom floor. He'd been stabbed, shot, and nearly decapitated. When police asked who in Travis's life would want him dead, everyone said the same person: his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias. But Jodi hadn't seen Travis in weeks and claimed to be thousands of miles away at the time of the murder. But ...
58m Oct 29, 2019
58m
106: Jodi Arias: American Murder Mystery Part 1
SEX. LIES. MURDER. What happened to 30 year old Travis Alexander? His friends found him dead on his bathroom floor. He'd been stabbed, shot, and nearly decapitated. When police asked who in Travis's life would want him dead, everyone said the same person: his ex-girlfriend, Jodi Arias. But Jodi hadn't seen Travis in weeks and claimed to be thousands of miles away at the time of the murder. But...
48m Oct 22, 2019
48m
OJ: Made In America (Patreon Bonus Episode)
FAM: We're THRILLED to share this episode from our Patreon feed! (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) You can get our complete 5-part coverage of OJ: Made In America on our Patreon Feed! There you can also get over 100 Full Bonus Episodes TO BINGE IMMEDIATELY! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "The Jinx," "Serial" season 1, "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Casey Anthony:...
59m Oct 18, 2019
59m
105: Israel Keyes: Method of a Serial Killer
Israel Keyes is the most terrifying serial killer you’ve maybe never heard of.  Here’s what we know about him: He was methodical—he left “kill kits” hidden all across the country. He hid them years before using them, so he was also patient and self controlled. He picked his victims at random to avoid detection and is believed to have murdered at least 11 people across the United States between ...
52m Oct 15, 2019
52m
104: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
FAM!! Lady RuPaul (Charles) herself narrates this one!! This episode is an affectionate look at everyone's favorite televangelist / Gay Icon / Face Tattoo-er, Tammy Faye Bakker. The eldest of eight children in rural Minnesota, Tammy Faye married Jim Bakker in 1960, and soon they found a following on the gospel circuit. Riding a tide of religious fundamentalism, the Bakkers reached their gaudy h...
54m Oct 08, 2019
54m
103: Roll Red Roll
In Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players are untouchable. So when two players are accused of assaulting an underage girl at a pre-season party, it seems almost impossible to get the real story. But when an amateur crime blogger uncovers disturbing evidence on the players’ social media accounts, the town—and quickly the country—are forced to face what these boys have done. With unprec...
1hr Oct 01, 2019
1hr
102: Oxygen's The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell: Part 2
This is part 2 of our 2 part coverage. For Part 1, click here. (https://www.truecrimeobsessed.com/post/101-oxygen-s-the-disappearance-of-susan-cox-powell) It's one of the most shocking disappearances in recent history. A young mother vanishes from her home in Utah. Her husband is the only suspect. His behavior is so bizarre that it has to be him, right? But there's no evidence. Then a second s...
57m Sep 24, 2019
57m
The Disappearance of Maura Murray: Part 2 (Rebroadcast!)
In perperation for our upcoming live show ALL ABOUT MAURA MURRAY (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/true-crime-obsessed-with-missing-maura-murray-tickets-64366112776) with Maggie Freleng and Tim Lance of the Missing Maura Murray podcast, we rebroadcasting these episodes! Come to the live show (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/true-crime-obsessed-with-missing-maura-murray-tickets-64366112776) at The Bell...
47m Sep 20, 2019
47m
The Disappearance of Maura Murray: Part 1 (Rebroadcast)
In perperation for our upcoming live show ALL ABOUT MAURA MURRAY (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/true-crime-obsessed-with-missing-maura-murray-tickets-64366112776) with Maggie Freleng and Tim Lance of the Missing Maura Murray podcast, we rebroadcasting these episodes! Come to the live show (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/true-crime-obsessed-with-missing-maura-murray-tickets-64366112776) at The Bell...
49m Sep 20, 2019
49m
101: Oxygen's The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell: Part 1
It's one of the most shocking disappearances in recent history. A young mother vanishes from her home in Utah. Her husband is the only suspect. His behavior is so bizarre that it has to be him, right? But there's no evidence. Then a second suspect emerges and things only get stranger. What happened to Susan Cox Powell? This is part 1 of our 2 episodes covering this series. Episode 2 will be ou...
58m Sep 17, 2019
58m
100: The Imposter: FOR OUR 100th EPISODE, WE'RE GIVING OUR 1st EPISODE A REDO!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! AND THIS IS NOT A RERUN! For our 100th episode, we're remaking our very first episode AND IT MIGHT BE OUR FUNNIEST, MOST PERFECT EPISODE YET! Nicholas Barclay was 13 years old on the day he disappeared—June 13, 1994. Three and a half years later he is found alive, thousands of miles away in a village in southern Spain. He says he was kidnapped and has suffered unimaginable...
1hr 7m Sep 10, 2019
1hr 7m
Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery Episode 1 (A Patreon Bonus Episode!)
2 year old Caylee Antony is missing. Her mother, Casey Anthony, insists she was abducted by the nanny. But investigators are soon to discover that Caylee has been missing for 31 days AND WAS NEVER REPORTED MISSING. Where is Caylee?? You guys, it's sort of how to express how completely bonkers-bananas-pants this one is. And Gillian gets MAAAAAAAAD! To hear the rest of this series and INSTANTLY g...
46m Sep 05, 2019
46m
The Seven Five
Meet the dirtiest cop in New York City history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of the toughest precincts in Brooklyn. He also headed a ruthless criminal network that stole money and drugs, ultimately resulting in the city's biggest ever corruption scandal. In this explosive true crime saga, Dowd tells all as he relives his days as a criminal with a badge. The story...
57m Sep 03, 2019
57m
99: Remastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke was one of the most famous singers of his time. He was an icon and a civil rights revolutionary. His power made him a target. So when he was murdered at age 33, conspiracy theories abounded. Was it the FBI? Was it the mob? Who else could have benefited from such a promising life cut so short? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam (https://www.patreon.com/Tru...
55m Aug 27, 2019
55m
98: Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Their crimes resemble high-octane Hollywood action movies: a sports car speeds through a Dubai shopping mall, crashing into the windows of a Graff jewelry store. Masked, gun-wielding men jump out of the car and stuff fistfuls of diamonds into their satchels before screeching off. In London, they took all of three minutes to make off with $30 million in diamonds. Dubbed the Pink Panthers, they'r...
51m Aug 20, 2019
51m
97: Betting On Zero
HERBA LIFE! Ever heard of it? For some, it's just a health food company. For others, it's a Pyramid scheme--a company that preys on the poor to keep it's investors rich. In "Betting on Zero," find out what happens when a Wall Street bro makes it his mission to expose Herba Life for the scam that it is. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam (https://www.patreon.com/Tru...
58m Aug 13, 2019
58m
Patreon Bonus Episode: The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann Episode 1
In May of 2007, Gerry and Kate McCann took their family on vacation to the resort town of Praia De Luz, Portugal.  On the evening of evening of May 3, their daughter, three-year-old Madeleine, was abducted out of her bed sometime around 10 pm while her parents and their friends dined at a restaurant about 55 meters (180 feet) away from the villa where she slept. Almost over night, Madeleine's d...
36m Aug 12, 2019
36m