Mysterious Doe Cases | The Somerton Man, Opelika Jane Doe & Artesia Jane Doe
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss three fascinating Doe cases. In October 2020, a quail hunter stumbled across human remains in a cattle float box in Artesia, AZ.  He assumed the remains belonged to a child as they were surrounded by toys.  When police investigated, further, they discovered the remains belonged to a female, likely aged between 13-22.  Thi...
57m Aug 11, 2022
57m
Vacation Nightmares 2 | Atsumi Yoshikubo, Christe Chen, David & Michelle Paul
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss Vacation Nightmares – Part Two. Japanese woman Atsumi Yoshikubo travelled alone to Yellowknife, Canada.  She wanted to see the Northern Lights.  Interestingly, Atsumi planned her trip for the off-season, when many of the tourist attractions were closed.  In eerie final footage, Atsumi was spotted on CCTV purchasing souven...
52m Aug 04, 2022
52m
Missing | Dylan Rounds & Chrissy Lee Powell
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we discuss the cases of two missing people – Dylan Rounds and Christina Lee Powell.     19 year-old farmer Dylan Rounds was last heard from in May 2022.  He told his grandmother he was going to move a grain truck out of the rain on his Utah farm. The truck was moved and Dylan has not been heard from again.   There are a lot of pl...
1hr 8m Jul 28, 2022
1hr 8m
Cults | Teal Swan & The Story of Baby Holly (TW: Suicide)
Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast as we delve again into the fascinating world of cults and followers.   TW for this episode – suicide discussion.   Have you heard of Teal Swan?  Teal claims she is part-human, part extra-terrestrial.  She has also said that she can hear tectonic plates moving and can inject herself into people’s brainstems.     Teal’s followers ar...
1hr 23m Jul 21, 2022
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Vacation Nightmares | The Korkki Sisters, Kristy Manzanares, Carla Valpeoz & David Sneddon
We hope that everyone (in the Northern Hemisphere!) is enjoying their summer vacation.  In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss Vacation Nightmares.  Things often go wrong following a combination of sun, alcohol and foreign countries.   American sisters Anne and Robin Korkki were on the trip of a lifetime. They were staying at an exclusive resort in Seychelles, when the ho...
48m Jul 07, 2022
48m
Mid-year Update | Part 2
It’s time for Part Two of our mid-year update episodes.  Be sure to listen to Part One first - we go through all the cases we have covered to date and we run through new developments. Can you believe we are halfway through 2022? After years of radio silence, it seems like there are new developments daily in the murders of teens Libby German and Abigail Williams.  We run through the latest news...
1hr Jun 30, 2022
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Mid-year Update | Part 1
Can you believe we are halfway through 2022?  Where does the time go?  It’s time for us to get up to date on all the cases we have covered to date.  We have a HUGE two-part update episode for you.  Make sure you are up to date on our previous episodes before you listen to this one! - Been wondering what’s happening in the Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie case? - Did you know that a 911 call has...
59m Jun 23, 2022
59m
Moms Who Murder II
A 2014 study found that around 500 times per year in the US, a parent kills their child/children.  A mother kills her child on average, every three days. Why?  There is never an easy answer - financial problems, single parenthood, multiple children, substance abuse and mental illness can all contribute to filicide.   In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss five recent cas...
1hr 2m Jun 16, 2022
1hr 2m
Love Triangles Gone Wrong | Kaitlin Armstrong, Moriah Wilson, & Colin Strickland
Anna Moriah Wilson (known as Mo) was considered to be one of the best competitive cyclists in the US, if not the world.  She had the world at her feet.  She was young and successful. She had recently quit her job and was going to focus on gravel racing full time.  Everyone who knew her said that she was kind, ambitious and compassionate.   Mo traveled to Austin on May 10, 2022.  She was plann...
1hr 1m Jun 09, 2022
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The Murder of Brittanee Drexel
Brittanee Drexel was 17 years old in 2009 when she left her home in Rochester, NY to go on a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, SC.  Her mother had forbade her to go, but in a decision that would alter the course of her life, she went anyway.   Brittanee’s eerie last movements in Myrtle Beach were caught on CCTV.  She had been texting with her boyfriend back home and was telling him that she ...
1hr 12m Jun 02, 2022
1hr 12m
Left to Die | Lacey Fletcher & Valerie Wallach
Lacey Fletcher’s childhood, growing up in Slaughter, Louisiana seemed to be fairly normal.  She played volleyball and had a close group of friends.  There are public photos of a smiling Lacey taken from her yearbook and neighbors recall interacting with her and seeing her regularly out exercising.   When Lacey reached the age of 14, something happened.  Her parents withdrew her from school an...
57m May 26, 2022
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Prison Escape | Vicky & Casey White
On April 29, 2022, Vicky White made a decision that would alter the course of her life.  Nothing would ever be the same.   Early that morning, Vicky put a long-thought out plan into motion.  She was ready.  She told her colleagues at the Lauderdale County Detention Center that she was transporting inmate Casey Cole White to a mental health evaluation.  She broke all protocol and escorted the ...
1hr 12m May 19, 2022
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Wrongful Conviction? | Melissa Lucio
  You may have seen media articles recently about Melissa Lucio – the first ever Hispanic woman to be sentenced to death in Texas.  Melissa was due to be executed in April 2022 and she was granted a stay of execution just days before her scheduled death.   Melissa is a mother of 14 children.  She was convicted of murdering her 2 year-old daughter Mariah in 2007.  Mariah was found unresponsiv...
1hr 5m May 12, 2022
1hr 5m
Ride-sharing Gone Wrong
According to an article by theverge.com, around 21 percent of Lyft drivers and 27 percent of Uber drivers in the US are women.  With the increase in rideshare options comes an increase in risk for female passengers and female drivers.   In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast we discuss the cases of four different women who have either been murdered or are missing.  The one commonal...
1hr 6m May 05, 2022
1hr 6m
Murder | Orsolya Gaal
On Friday, April 15, 2022, Orsolya Gaal (51) went to see a show with friends and she stopped a bar in her neighborhood before returning to her home in Queens, New York.     Orsolya would never be seen alive by her husband and two sons again.  Orsolya was stabbed around 60 times and her carotid artery and trachea were punctured.  Her body was shoved into a large bag by her murderer.  Police re...
1hr 6m Apr 28, 2022
1hr 6m
Murder or Self Defense? | Influencer Courtney Tailor & Christian Obumseli
  Police in Miami received a 911 call on April 3, 2022.  The female caller said there had been an altercation and that a man had been stabbed to death.   This is the story of influencer Courtney Tailor and her boyfriend Toby Obumseli.   Courtney has over 2 million Instagram followers and according to social media, she seemed to be living a high-flying life.  She lived with Toby in a luxury...
58m Apr 21, 2022
58m
Decades of Abuse | The Turpin Family
In this episode, we will be discussing horrific instances of child abuse.  Listener discretion is advised.   In 2018, a brave 17 year-old managed to escape the home where she had been held captive her entire life.  She found a deactivated cell-phone that she took with her on her escape, and she called 911.  She told police that she had been kept locked in a room for 20 hours a day and was all...
1hr 14m Apr 14, 2022
1hr 14m
Kidnapped & Murdered | Naomi Irion
Usually, we go about our daily routines without a care in the world.  Wake up, get ready and drive to work.  Naomi Irion (18) did exactly this on March 12, 2022 in Fernley, Nevada.  She got ready for work at Panasonic, stopped to buy a drink and drove her vehicle to the Walmart parking lot like she did daily.  She sat in her car and waited for the shuttle bus that would ferry her to work.   N...
1hr 8m Apr 07, 2022
1hr 8m
Cults | Love Has Won
On April 28, 2021, police entered a home in Moffatt, Colorado.   Their visit was caught on body cam – they can be seen entering a home filled with adults and children.  They made their way into a bedroom where they came across the unimaginable – a mummified body wrapped in a sleeping bag and enshrined in fairy lights.  This is the story of Amy Carlson and the Love Has Won cult.   In 2007, Amy...
1hr 7m Mar 31, 2022
1hr 7m
Missing | Kyron Horman
Kyron Horman was so excited to head to school on June 4, 2010.  He had prepared a project on Tree Frogs for the school science fair.  He got dressed in his favorite CSI t-shirt and headed off to school with his stepmother Terri and his sister Kiara.   When the trio arrived at Skyline Elementary, Kyron put his coat and his bag in his classroom.  Just a few minutes later, he disappeared.   Th...
1hr 7m Mar 24, 2022
1hr 7m
Fake Disappearances | Sherri Papini & Madison Bell
There are some cases that captivate the attention of the entire world – Elizabeth Smart and Gabby Petito are names that we would all recognize.   I am sure that most of us also know the name Sherri Papini.  Sherri’s case got worldwide attention back in 2016 when she was abducted.  Her husband Keith raised the alarm when Sherri was not home when he finished work for the day.  She had also fail...
1hr 27m Mar 17, 2022
1hr 27m
Missing | Orrin and Orson West
Orrin and Orson West had a sad start to life.  They were removed from their care of their biological mother when they were tiny and were placed in the care of their adoptive parents, Trezell and Jacqueline West.   The boys lived with four other siblings in California.  In December 2020, their ‘father’ Trezell claims they went outside to play and were never seen again.     The local communit...
1hr 8m Mar 10, 2022
1hr 8m
Social Scammers | Belle Gibson, Coco Berthmann and Brittany Dawn
The rise of social media has led to it being easier for us to make new friends, keep in touch with friends and family all over the world.  Technology has given us access to any information we could ever need, all within seconds.   With this increase in social media use comes some downsides too.  People are now more easily able to take advantage of others and money is able to change hands so e...
1hr 6m Mar 03, 2022
1hr 6m
The Disappearance of Susan Powell
 UPDATE - February 24, 2022.  The bones that were found in the search for Susan do not belong to her and have been determined to be animal bones. SUSAN’S STORY When Susan Cox met Josh Powell, she envisioned her own ‘happily ever after’.  They were both members of the LDS church and seemed to have similar values and goals in life.       The couple settled down and had two sons, Charlie and B...
1hr 9m Feb 24, 2022
1hr 9m
Missing | Heidi Planck & Beau Mann
Two people with two very different stories have vanished without a trace in Los Angeles. Heidi Planck seemed to be living the California dream – she drove a top of the line Range Rover, lived in a beautiful house and had a great co-parenting relationship with her ex-husband.  They worked together to raise their 11 year-old son. On October 17, 2021, Heidi loaded her labradoodle named Seven int...
1hr 8m Feb 17, 2022
1hr 8m
Dating App Deaths | Lauren Smith-Fields, Sydney Loofe & Warriena Wright
 Lauren Smith-Fields was a vibrant and ambitious 23 year old woman who loved matcha tea, working out and was studying to be a physical therapist.  In December 2021, she met a man off the dating app, Bumble.  Lauren invited the man to her apartment in Bridgeport, CT, where they had some tequila and watched a movie.  During the evening, Lauren left the apartment for 10-15 minutes to meet someone ...
1hr 12m Feb 10, 2022
1hr 12m
Kids Who Kill | The Bever, Porco, and Van Breda families
We hear almost daily about mothers and fathers killing their children, sometimes their entire family.  You would absolutely be familiar with Scott Peterson, Susan Smith and Chris Watts. What you hear less often is when children plot and scheme and murder their families. The term for this is either familicide if many family members are killed, or parricide if only parents are killed. Today on ...
1hr 18m Feb 03, 2022
1hr 18m
Were red flags ignored before Ethan Crumbley turned a gun on Oxford High School?
Ethan Crumbley was a troubled teen.  His parents were called to Oxford High School on November 30 to discuss some drawings that Ethan had made. He drew photos of guns and blood with the words ‘the thoughts won’t stop help me.’ His parents left Ethan at school following the meeting. A few hours later, Ethan went into the bathroom and emerged with a gun that his father had purchased in a Black F...
1hr 15m Jan 27, 2022
1hr 15m
How the system failed missing children Harmony Montgomery & Oakley Carlson
Harmony Montgomery and Oakley Carlson lived on opposite sides of the country. They never met each other and neither had the chance to even live their own lives. Both Harmony and Oakley vanished while in the care of their parents - the very people who were meant to nurture, care and protect them. Harmony was last known to be alive in 2019.  She would be 7 years old if she is alive today.  Harm...
1hr 22m Jan 20, 2022
1hr 22m
A Hollywood Tragedy – The deaths of Christy Giles and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola
TW - Drug and sexual abuse. On November 12, 2021, Christy Giles (24) and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola (26) made the fateful decision to spend a night out on the town together in LA.  The pair decided to go to a warehouse party and they carried on from there to an after party in the Hollywood Hills. Neither Christy or Hilda would make it home alive. The women would be dumped unco...
56m Jan 13, 2022
56m
Abducted by strangers? | Missing children Michael Vaughan & Dulce Alavez
You can probably make a list of high profile missing child cases that you’ve heard of over the years - Cleo Smith, Elizabeth Smart and even Caylee Anthony. But there are thousands of missing children that slip through the cracks of the system, every single day. In 2020 in the US, over 30,000 juveniles were reported missing.  In the first episode of the True Crime Society podcast for 2022, we ...
1hr 13m Jan 06, 2022
1hr 13m
2021 Case Updates & Recaps
The end is upon us! The end of 2021 I mean (thankfully???) Join us for this episode of the True Crime Society podcast as we give a wrap up of this crazy year in crime. In our final release for the year, we discuss updates to some of our biggest cases- - The murders of Kara Kopetsky and Jessica Runions as well as the conviction of Kylr Yust - An update on the Long Island Serial Killer - The br...
1hr 10m Dec 23, 2021
1hr 10m
The Delphi Murders of Libby and Abby - Who is Anthony_Shots?
On February 13, 2017, Liberty German (14) and her best friend Abigail Williams (13) had an extra day off school due to a snow day.  They had a sleepover and fatefully decided to go to the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana to hang out. They were dropped to the bridge at around 1.45pm on February 13 by Libby's sister.  This is the the last time the pair were seen alive. Libby and Abby were b...
1hr 41m Dec 16, 2021
1hr 41m
Missing | Summer Wells
Summer Wells vanished from her family home in Tennessee on June 15, 2021.  No trace of her has been found since that date. Summer had allegedly been planting flowers with her mother Candus and grandmother (also named Candus) on the day she disappeared.  She got bored, and her mother's story is that she went back inside.  Summer told her brothers that she was going to her basement bedroom to pl...
1hr 24m Dec 09, 2021
1hr 24m
The Smiley Face Killer - Fact or Fiction?
Between 2009 and March 2016, authorities searching Boston area waterways recovered the bodies of at least 11 people, mostly young men, who had previously been reported missing. This happens across the world - from small towns to huge cities.  In England, 61 bodies, mostly of young men, were recovered from the canals of Greater Manchester between 2008 and 2014. Could all these deaths really ju...
47m Dec 02, 2021
47m
Accident or Murder? Why do missing men keep turning up in rivers?
Almost daily we hear of a case of a different missing man that vanishes after a night out with friends.  It happens everywhere - Boston, Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota.  Even in England.  Big cities and small towns.  The stories of these men play out in the same way.   Family and friends conduct desperate searches  and make frenzied social media posts in an attempt to find him before time runs o...
1hr 20m Nov 25, 2021
1hr 20m
The Astroworld Tragedy & The Fall of Travis Scott
In this episode of the True Crime Society Podcast, we discuss the recent tragedy at the Astroworld Festival that was held in Houston, Texas. Since the event, over TWO HUNDRED lawsuits have been filed against Travis, the event promoters and other parties. For anyone who isn't familiar with Astroworld, it is/was an annual annual music festival that is run by Jacques Berman Webster II aka Travis...
1hr 37m Nov 18, 2021
1hr 37m
'My Name is Cleo' | The Abduction of 4-Year-Old Cleo Smith
Join Stephanie and Olivia this week as they cover the highly-requested, insane story of the abduction and safe (!) recovery of 4 y/o Cleo Smith in Western Australia. Cleo went on a camping trip with her Mum Ellie, Dad Jake and baby sister Isla on October 15.  The area where the family was camping was very beautiful but remote.  Cleo woke up at 1.30am on October 16 and asked her mum for a drink...
1hr 38m Nov 11, 2021
1hr 38m
"I'll either see you again or never see you again" | The Disappearance of Daniel Robinson
Daniel Robinson disappeared from the desert in Buckeye, Arizona in June 2021.  He remains missing to this day.  In the weeks leading up to his disappearance, Daniel had been acting unusually.  He visited his sister and didn't utter a word during the whole visit.  He spoke to his friends about wanting to rest and about miracles.  He met a woman named Katelyn (he was her instacart shopper) and b...
1hr 9m Nov 04, 2021
1hr 9m
Murder? Suicide? Accident? | The Inexplicable Death of Jelani Day
Join us for the next episode of the True Crime Society podcast where we talk about the disappearance and death of Jelani Day. TW - We discuss graphic autopsy results in this episode.  Jelani Day was a 25 y/o man who went missing in August this year from Bloomington, IL.  He was last seen on CCTV on August 24.   His car was found abandoned in an unusual spot on August 26 - the keys were missi...
1hr 24m Oct 28, 2021
1hr 24m
How to get away with Murdaugh | Part 2
THE TRUE CRIME SOCIETY PODCAST IS BACK, FEATURING PART TWO OF THE MURDAUGH SAGA We start this episode off by yelling at you because we said Alex Murdaugh's name wrong last episode. We have had some feedback that people want to hear the main content only – if this is you, please fast forward as per below to your desired start point. As of next week’s episode, we are going to make some changes ...
1hr Oct 21, 2021
1hr
How to get away with Murdaugh | Part 1
We start this episode discussing some of the non-update Gabby Petito & Brian Laundrie updates (specifically, Gabby's family's Dr. Phil appearance and how Brian is probably NOT living in a bunker in his yard) and the disappointing news regarding Alexis Sharkey's alleged killer. If you don't care about any of that and only want to hear about Murdaugh She Wrote (lol), fast forward approx 18 minut...
55m Oct 14, 2021
55m
Megan Wants a Millionaire - NOT a Murderer | Jasmine Fiore & Ryan Jenkins
In this episode we start off with a brief Brian Laundrie/ Gabby Petito update before talking about the recent murders of 19-year-old Miya Marcano and baby Neveah Allen. Miya was murdered by a maintenance worker at her apartment complex and Neveah was murdered by her mother and stepfather who tried to fake an abduction. Then, we talk about the murder that changed reality tv casting forever. Rya...
1hr 8m Oct 07, 2021
1hr 8m
Gabby Petito: The Story So Far (Emergency Episode)
On September 11th, 22-year-old Gabby Petito was reported missing by her family after not hearing from her since the end of August. Gabby was on a cross country road trip and vlogging living out of a van with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. It wasn't strange for her to be out of service for small stretches of time, but the silence had gone too long. After she was reported missing, investigators dis...
1hr 35m Sep 24, 2021
1hr 35m
NXIVM | Expensive Brainwashing
First, we go over the latest updates in regard to the murder of Gannon Stouch. New details were revealed during his step mother's preliminary hearing. Then we talk about NXIVM, an MLM turned full-blown cult that blackmailed their members into having sex with founder Keith Raniere. Some women were even BRANDED with his initials. In 2018, Keith and his associate, Smallville actress Allison Mack...
1hr 4m Sep 16, 2021
1hr 4m
Deadly Dads
In this episode we first talk about more updates from Barry Morphew's trial and the recent searches for Crystal Rogers, who went missing in 2015.  After hearing the horrific story of Matthew Coleman, who murdered his two children with a fishing spear gun after crossing the border into Mexico last month - we decided to do an episode on Deadly Dads. Join us as we jump into the mix of Australian...
1hr 8m Sep 02, 2021
1hr 8m
642 Miles Away | What Happened to Judy Smith?
In this episode we go over some updates in the case against Barry Morphew, the husband of Suzanne Morphew who has been missing from Colorado for over a year.  Then we talk about the mind-boggling unsolved murder of Judy Smith. Judy went missing from Philadelphia where she tagged along on her husband's worktrip. While he spoke at a conference, she went sightseeing around town but never turned u...
1hr 10m Aug 19, 2021
1hr 10m
John Does from the Box Labeled "Old Cases"
In this episode we cracked open the box of 'old cases' and pulled out a few John Does. First, we talk about the 4-6 year old Doe known as the "Boy in the Box." In 1957 this unidentified murder victim's battered body was found inside a bassinet box in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was determined the boy died of blunt force trauma. Investigators were puzzled because it ...
1hr 13m Jul 29, 2021
1hr 13m
A Tale of Two Spousal Murders | Kristie Evans & Caroline Crouch
Today we are going to talk about two different cases of spousal murder that will leave you feeling very differently.  The first is the murder of Pastor David Evans who's wife of 30 years, Kristie Evans, convinced their mutual lover to kill David. What was initially reported as a 'love triangle gone wrong' turned out to be something much darker. Kristie suffered years of abuse at the hands of h...
1hr 14m Jul 15, 2021
1hr 14m
A Very Duggar Federal Investigation | Josh Duggar
Do we even need an episode description for this one? In this episode, we talk about the biggest hypocrite and most disgusting human being ever - Josh Duggar. Known for his TLC fame, multiple molestations that were swept under the rug, an Ashley Madison scandal, and most recently child pornography charges.  Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TrueCrimeSociety) (https://www.paypal.c...
1hr 25m Jul 01, 2021
1hr 25m