91: Fatty Arbuckle & Strangers with Candy
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Fatty Arbuckle was a star. He could act. He could sing. He could make an audience roar with laughter. By the 1910s, he was one of the highest paid actors, and among the most popular stars of silent films. It seemed like nothing could stop his shine. But then, following a weekend of partyi...
2hr 5m Oct 16, 2019
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90: The Assassination of William McKinley & a Disturbed Young Gamer
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) United States President William McKinley was on top of the world. For the most part, the American people loved him — and he loved them. In fact, shaking hands and meeting new people was one of his favorite parts of the job. But it was also one of the most dangerous. Despite the fact that...
2hr 15m Oct 09, 2019
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89: The Divorces of Kim Kardashian & Susan Kuhnhausen
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It’s divorce week! In this episode, we’ll talk about Kim Kardashian’s two divorces and we’ll hear about a guy who *really* didn’t want a divorce. It was 1988 and Susan Walters was ready for love. So she placed a personal ad in the Willamette Week. Her ad read, in part, “SWF, 33, overweig...
2hr 8m Oct 02, 2019
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88: The Durable Michael Malloy & A Mother Who Took Justice Into Her Own Hands
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Michael Malloy was one tough dude. He was also an out-of-work alcoholic who didn’t have many friends or family. But his apparent poor health and social isolation made him the ideal target for a murderous scheme. A group of sketchy men, later dubbed the “Murder Trust,” took out life insura...
1hr 48m Sep 25, 2019
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87: A Brutal Attack on a Lawyer & Olestra
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Jennifer Morey Caldwell was a cautious person. So when she picked out her apartment complex, she chose the Bayou Park Apartments. She was a young lawyer living alone in Houston, Texas, so she was drawn to the complex’s 24-hour security. The apartment complex was protected by Pinkerton Sec...
1hr 26m Sep 18, 2019
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86: The Suicide of Tyler Clementi & a Discovery in a Cooler
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Tyler Clementi was a smart, talented young man with a promising future. But shortly before his freshman year at Rutgers University, Tyler’s randomly assigned roommate, Dharun Ravi, discovered that Tyler was gay. Dharun he tweeted about it. He IM’ed his friends about it. He seemed obsessed...
2hr 9m Sep 11, 2019
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85: The Dartmouth Murders and an Evil Phlebotomist
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Dartmouth College professors Half Zantop and Susanne Zantop were hanging out at home, waiting for their friend to arrive for dinner, when two boys showed up at their door. The boys said they were working on a school project. Could they ask Half a few questions? Half obliged. He’d devoted ...
2hr 2m Sep 04, 2019
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84: A Big Hug & An Incredible Story of Survival
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was Sean Tarala’s eighth birthday party, and man was he excited. He’d just gotten a new red bike! He was gonna eat cake! And then, just when life couldn’t get any better, his aunt, Jennifer Connell, showed up. “Auntie Jen! Auntie Jen!” he shouted. He ran to her. He lept into her arms. ...
1hr 16m Aug 28, 2019
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83: Bad Dads! (Featuring DP)
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Guess who’s baaaack? It’s none other than Daryl Pitts, a.k.a. DP. For some reason, you people just can’t get enough DP. We don’t judge. We just indulge your every whim. For this episode, we let the judges on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/lgtcpodcast) pick our theme. We asked them to c...
2hr 29m Aug 21, 2019
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82: Holding your wee for a Wii & the Disappearance of a Troubled Teen
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) In the winter of 2007, the Nintendo Wii reigned supreme. It was cool, new, and impossible to get ahold of. So when the California radio station KDND-FM 107.9 The End announced their “hold your wee for a Wii” contest, 28-year-old mother of three Jennifer Strange signed up. She and 17 other...
2hr 14m Aug 14, 2019
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81: The Kidnapping Of Edward Cudahy & A Baker Who Refused To Make A Cake
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with the old timey-est kidnapping of them all! It was the winter of 1900 in Omaha, Nebraska, and 16-year-old Edward Cudahy was walking home from a neighbor’s house. Two men pulled up beside him and lured him into their carriage. They’d chosen their target wisely. Edwa...
2hr 9m Aug 07, 2019
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80: A Swig of Mountain Dew & the Phony Pony Bandit
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Ronald Ball was thirsty. So he walked over to the vending machine, got himself a Mountain Dew and cracked it open. He took a swig. Right away, he became violently ill. As soon as he recovered, he turned his attention to the Mountain Dew. What the hell was wrong with it? As he poured the r...
1hr 12m Jul 31, 2019
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79: Cruel Teenage Girls & the Snake House
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with a story so upsetting that she’s put off telling it for weeks. In the winter of 1992, two hunters discovered a body that was so badly abused it initially didn’t look real. The body was charred. It had been beaten and stabbed. Law enforcement officers were stunned....
2hr 5m Jul 24, 2019
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78: Dating Naked & the Abduction of Amber Hagerman
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Jessie Nizewitz agreed to be on VH1’s reality dating show “Dating Naked,” she knew one thing for certain — she’d be filmed naked. When Jessie arrived on set, she says producers encouraged her to wrestle naked with her date. They urged her to playfully slam him into the sand. Jessie w...
1hr 46m Jul 17, 2019
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77: A Home Invasion & Pepsi Points
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was the winter of 2014, and Sue Duncan and her husband Leo Fisher were settling in for a quiet night at home. Sue had a chicken roasting in the oven, and Leo was reading on his recliner. Then, the doorbell rang. Leo opened the door to find a man in a long black jacket at his doorstep. ...
2hr 16m Jul 10, 2019
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76: A Shopaholic & the Glensheen Mansion Murder Mystery
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It’s October of 2014, and the people of Duncan, Oklahoma, are concerned. They haven’t seen the Hruby family all weekend. The Hruby’s are usually everywhere. They own the local newspaper. They’re actively involved in the community. But on Monday morning, their longtime housekeeper made a g...
1hr 57m Jul 03, 2019
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75: The Jenny Jones Show & Brandi’s Most Horrifying Case
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with a story that makes her skin crawl. Seriously. She dry heaved like five times telling this story. It starts innocently enough. In late 2007, Brian and Susan Trost bought their dream home. Their 2,400-square-foot house had gorgeous views of the Whitmoor Country Clu...
2hr 5m Jun 26, 2019
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74: A Killer Party & An Upsetting Discovery
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Amy Anderton was concerned. Her boyfriend, Logan Storm, *seemed* like a good guy. He was a middle school math teacher. He talked a lot about trust and positivity. But something seemed off. So one day, when Logan left for work, Amy snooped through Logan’s stuff. That’s when she came across...
2hr 20m Jun 19, 2019
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73: Brock Turner & The Boy Who Thought He Pulled Off the Perfect Murder
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Shirley Kopitske was concerned. It had been days since she’d heard from her adult son, Glenn. When she drove to his house to check on him, she discovered a horrifying scene. Glenn was dead, and had been for some time. An investigation would reveal that he’d been shot and stabbed. Initiall...
2hr 35m Jun 12, 2019
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72: The Assassination Attempt on Ronald Reagan & Bite Mark Analysis
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Ione Cychosz’s life ended in the worst possible way. Her body was discovered in a vacant lot. She’d been beaten, stabbed, and bitten. There were no witnesses. And since it was the 80’s, investigators didn’t test for DNA. So they turned to a relatively new form of science — bite mark analy...
1hr 54m Jun 05, 2019
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71: A Murder Mystery & Nazi Saboteurs
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was early in the morning on March 7, 1986. Joyce Cohen called 911 in a panic. Her husband, Stan, had just been shot. Police rushed to the couple’s lavish mansion in Miami’s exclusive Coconut Grove neighborhood. Joyce told police that she hadn’t witnessed her husband’s murder. She’d bee...
1hr 56m May 29, 2019
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70: Dr. Kevorkian & IHOP
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Dr. Jack Kevorkian is a polarizing figure. Some call him a murderer. They think he earned the nickname “Dr. Death.” But to others, Dr. Kevorkian was a compassionate man who performed a necessary service. Over his lifetime, Kevorkian assisted in the suicides of more than 100 terminally ill...
1hr 57m May 22, 2019
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69: A Terrible Commute & The Dark Web
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was a hot day in the summer of 2014. Justin Ross Harris was driving down the road with his toddler, Cooper, when the pair stopped at Chick-fil-A for breakfast. Justin was supposed to drop Cooper off at daycare afterward, but instead, he drove straight to his office. Justin got out of h...
1hr 38m May 15, 2019
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68: The Day Care Shooter & Misery at Taco Bell
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was a typical Thursday morning for Rusty Sneiderman. He woke up, had breakfast with his son Ian, and then dropped his son off at Dunwoody Day Care. But as Rusty left the day care, a man approached him. With chilling resolve, the man shot Rusty four times. Witnesses couldn’t believe wha...
1hr 18m May 08, 2019
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67: Fraud, Embezzlement, and the Vatican & Road Rage
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) If Martin Frankel had one thing, it was confidence. Confidence in his own intelligence. As a young adult, Martin wanted to get ahead in life. He figured the easiest way to do that was to get involved in a brokerage business. He studied as hard as he could. He amassed an impressive amount ...
1hr 50m May 01, 2019
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66: The Man in the Attic & an Unsolved Mystery
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich was unhappy in her marriage. She and her husband, Fred, were financially successful, but Dolly was bored. One day, Dolly told Fred that her sewing machine was broken. She asked him to send one of his repairmen to fix it. Fred sent 17-year-old Otto Sanhuber. W...
1hr 50m Apr 24, 2019
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65: Cyberbullying & the Hot Cup of Coffee
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Thirteen-year-old Megan Meier was thrilled. She’d just logged onto MySpace, and found a message from a hot 16-year-old boy named Josh. Megan wasn’t allowed to spend much time online, but she and Josh quickly became friends. The pair bonded, but one day, Josh’s messages went from sweet to ...
1hr 40m Apr 17, 2019
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64: Trapped in a Burger King & Eccentric Millionaire John du Pont
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Curtis Brooner loved Burger King. In fact, he ate there almost every day. So it’s no surprise that on December 15, 2018, Curtis popped into Burger King for a quick bite. But before he left the restaurant, he went to the bathroom. Big mistake. Then Brandi tells us about John du Pont. John...
1hr 19m Apr 10, 2019
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63: Too Much Betrayal & the Reluctant Lottery Winner
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Steven Beard woke up on October 2, 1999, in horrible pain. His stomach was split open. His intestines were exposed. When he called 911, he couldn’t tell the dispatcher what had happened — he could only say that he desperately needed help. It didn’t take investigators long to discover that...
1hr 59m Apr 03, 2019
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62: April Fools: The Exercise Guru & the Innocent New Yorkers
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brooke Taylor was the head of a fitness empire. She was completely gifted. She could make you lose three pounds in one class. But her perfect world shattered when she found her beloved husband Hayworth Windham shot dead. Everyone thought Brooke was guilty — everyone except a bright eyed f...
1hr 14m Apr 01, 2019
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61: The Ha Ha Tonka Castle and the Acid Doctor
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Kansas City businessman Robert McClure Snyder ordered the construction of Ha Ha Tonka Castle, he thought he was building the ultimate vacation home. In a way, he was. Robert spared no expense for his massive home. Construction began in the early 1900s, and at one time, boasted a cons...
1hr 40m Mar 27, 2019
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60: The Chipotle Lawsuit & Infidelity
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Jeanette Ortiz was a model Chipotle employee. She’d worked there for 14 years. She had excellent performance reviews. But in early 2015, things got weird. Hundreds of dollars went missing from the restaurant’s safe. A manager came in to review the restaurant’s surveillance footage and cla...
1hr 15m Mar 20, 2019
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59: The Milkshake Murder & Blood Spatter Analysis
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Robert Kissel appeared to have it all. He was a high-powered investment banker living in Hong Kong with his wife and children, making millions of dollars a year. Then, in late 2003, he did something out of character. The reliable workaholic missed an important conference call. His coworke...
1hr 39m Mar 13, 2019
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58: The Sleepwalker & the McDonald’s Strip Search
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Scott Falater killed his wife — that much we know is true. He stabbed Yarmila dozens of times, then held her underwater. Afterward, he hid the murder weapon and his bloody clothes. When police arrived on the scene, Scott was dazed. He said he wasn’t sure what had happened. He didn’t remem...
1hr 52m Mar 06, 2019
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57: The Seaman Family & Elizabeth Freeman’s Quest for Freedom
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Nancy and Bob Seaman had a long and unhappy marriage. They got married in 1973, and by 2004, they were sleeping in different areas of the house and communicating exclusively through angry post-it notes. It looked like they were heading for divorce. But then Bob went missing. It didn’t tak...
1hr 28m Feb 27, 2019
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56: Fugitive Slave Anthony Burns & the Power of Suggestion (Part 2)
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Anthony Burns was born into slavery in Stafford County, Virginia. Despite laws that forbade him to do so, he learned to write and read. He became a preacher. As he got older, there was one thing he wanted more than anything: Freedom. So he boarded a ship to Boston and escaped. For a while...
1hr 43m Feb 20, 2019
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55: The Power of Suggestion & Con Man Clark Rockefeller
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) In this episode, Brandi gives us part one of a two-part series that begins with the rape and murder of 68-year-old widow Helen Wilson. When investigators discovered Helen’s body, they were baffled. She had no enemies. Who in the tight-knit city of Beatrice, Nebraska, could have killed her...
2hr 26m Feb 13, 2019
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54: The So-Called Kayak Killer & the Girl Scout Camp Murders
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Angelika Graswald and her fiance, Vincent Viafore, loved going on adventures. On a Sunday in April of 2015, they strapped two kayaks to the top of Vincent’s Jeep and headed for the Hudson River. They planned to kayak over to Pollepel Island, where they’d see the Bannerman Castle ruins. Bu...
1hr 49m Feb 06, 2019
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53: Drug Dealer Jesse James Hollywood & Andrea Yates
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Jesse James Hollywood was a suburban Los Angeles pot dealer. At just 20 years old, he owned his own home, pulled in a grand a week, and had a couple of his old little league friends to sell his drugs and do his bidding. Jesse thought he was hot shit. So when one of his henchmen refused to...
2hr 14m Jan 30, 2019
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52: A Celebrity Stalker & the Blended Family
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Rebecca Schaeffer was at the beginning of a promising acting career. She was gorgeous, talented, and dedicated. She landed the cover of Seventeen magazine, nabbed several movie roles, a recurring role on a soap opera, and most notably, a role on the CBS sitcom, “My Sister Sam.” But as Reb...
2hr 21m Jan 23, 2019
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51: Johnson County’s Other Serial Killer & the Graduate
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Brandi starts us off with the story of Johnson County’s other serial killer. That’s right, folks. There’s more than one. In the late 80’s, young women in Johnson County apartment complexes had a good reason to be afraid. Three twenty-something’s vanished without a trace. Their apartments...
1hr 50m Jan 16, 2019
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50: The Wood Chipper Murder & a Robbery Gone Wrong
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) If there was one thing Helle Crafts’ friends knew for certain, it was that Helle’s husband Richard was a violent sketch ball. So when she didn’t show up for work one day, they got suspicious. Richard’s explanations were less than reassuring. Was she visiting her mother in Denmark? Or was ...
1hr 54m Jan 09, 2019
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49: Cheaters… with Daryl Pitts!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) The day has arrived. Kristin’s dad Daryl Pitts, a.k.a. DP, *cringe* is on the podcast! Our theme this week is cheaters, because what could be more fun to discuss with your father? Brandi starts us off with yet another brutal attack in Olathe, Kansas. Late at night on February 28, 1982, M...
2hr 35m Jan 02, 2019
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48: Holiday Crimes!
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Around the holidays, a lot of people bake cookies for their neighbors. It’s supposed to be a nice, friendly gesture. But boy, can it backfire! Teenagers Taylor Ostergaard and Lindsey Zellitti learned that lesson the hard way when they anonymously left a plate of cookies at Wanita Young’s ...
1hr 26m Dec 25, 2018
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47: Subway Spokesman Jared Fogle & a Brutal Attack on a Midwestern Family
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) John Duffield woke to a horrifying sound. It was his 15 year old son, Paul, calling out for help. John sprang out of bed to find Paul lying on the couch, bleeding from a massive head wound. But Paul’s injuries were just the start of the horror. John’s 12-year-old daughter Janelle was dead...
1hr 41m Dec 19, 2018
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46: The Great Brink’s Robbery & the Murder of Kelsey Smith
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) It was the late 1940s in Boston, Massachusetts, and a group of career criminals had a crazy idea. They wanted to rob the Brinks’ armored car depot. If they could pull it off, it would be the biggest robbery in United States history. For two years, they planned and plotted. They broke into...
1hr 52m Dec 12, 2018
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45: The “Other” Craigslist killer & the Watts Family Murders
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Nicole Atkinson dropped her friend Shanann Watts off at home early one morning, everything seemed fine. But the next day, Shanann didn’t answer any of Nicole’s texts. Then Shanann missed her 10 a.m. doctor’s appointment. Nicole called Shanann’s husband, Chris, but he seemed kind of d...
1hr 46m Dec 05, 2018
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44: That’s My Foot & The Tyneside Strangler
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) When Shannon Whisnant bought a storage unit at auction, he got a whole lot more than he bargained for. He discovered a severed human foot tucked inside the unit’s BBQ grill. Turns out, the owner of the foot was alive and well, and he wanted it back. But Shannon wasn’t willing to let it go...
1hr 34m Nov 28, 2018
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43: Deadly Love & The Unbelievable Kidnapping
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Randy Stone played a big role in his community. He owned an insurance business, was a former marine, and was an active member of New Hope Baptist church. But seemingly out of nowhere, after years of loyal church attendance, Randy cut ties with the church. A short time later, he was murder...
1hr 36m Nov 21, 2018
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42: Spree Killer Charles Starkweather & the Pricey Murder for Hire Plot
Hate ads? The entire LGTC catalog is available ad-free on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/c/lgtcpodcast) Nancy Howard just wanted a quiet night at home. She pulled into the garage of her upscale home, got out of her car, and was about to head inside for dinner when an armed gunman grabbed her by the neck. The pair struggled. He shot her and left her for dead. But Nancy survived. Investigator...
2hr Nov 14, 2018
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