Dark Thirty

On a quiet stretch of Solway Road in Tennessee lived Raynella Leath-a nurse, a widow, and a woman linked to not one, but two mysterious deaths. Was she cursed by tragedy, or a calculating Black Widow…

When Mike Williams vanished on a Florida lake, it looked like a tragic hunting accident-until the truth revealed a chilling story of greed and murder. Tune in as Catherine and Jessica discuss this ca…

In 1880s Austin, Texas, a brutal serial killer known as the Servant Girl Annihilator murdered at least eight people—mostly servant women—dragging victims from their beds and mutilating them. Despite …

In this episode of Dark Thirty, we explore the chilling theory that renowned British painter Walter Sickert may have been the man behind the infamous Jack the Ripper murders. We dig into the circumst…

In the summer of 1992, fear gripped the streets of Knoxville, TN, as the bodies of young women began turning up. The city would come to know one man as the "Zoo Man", a shadowy figure who preyed on s…

In 2015 Irish businessman Jason Corbett was killed by his wife Molly and her father, former FBI agent Tom Martens. They claimed it was self defense. Catherine and Jessica will examine the complexitie…

In 2012, nursing student Megan Sharpton told relatives she was on her way to a family dinner. Hours later, her body was discovered on fire on the side of a road in rural Tennessee. Megan had big drea…

In this episode Catherine and Jessica will dive into some of the most chilling true crime updates making headlines. They discuss new developments surrounding Gary Hilton, the notorious serial killer …

It's hard to believe this little true crime podcast is two year old! Catherine and Jessica reminisce about all their cases and bring a new one from Yorktown, VA while they're on a grand historical to…

On a hot afternoon in August of 2014, James Chambers got a ride from a co-worker and was never seen again. This case takes some twists and turns. Tune in as Catherine and Jessica discuss. 

The Body Farm Continues...Catherine and Jessica discuss how Dr. Bass met the famous crime writer Patricia Cornwell. He never expected a brief interaction and a request for an experiment would cause t…

The history of "The Body Farm" continues and Catherine and Jessica finish up their discussion. Catherine says Part 2 is "SO MUCH BETTER" than Part 1. You be the judge!

In 1981 Dr. Bill Bass established the University of Tennessee's Anthropological Research Facility, AKA "The Body Farm". The research done here is used by law enforcement, forensic scientists, and med…

In this episode, Catherine and Jessica discuss the 2007 carjacking, abduction, rape and murder of Channon Christian and her boyfriend Chris Newsom. This horrific crime happened in Knoxville, TN, and …

Margo Bennett was an instructor at the FBI academy when she met and had an affair with best selling crime author Patricia Cornwell. This affair fueled an already explosive relationship between her an…

It's been over three decades since Rhonda Sue Coleman was murdered in Jeff Davis County. No one has ever been charged with the homicide of this high school senior, who was last seen leaving a party j…

On Saturday, July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, GA, a bomb blast killed two people and injured 110 others. This was just the first of four bombings perpetrated by a serial bomber w…

In 2015 in Pensacola, FL, Richard Smith, an employee of Homeland Security, didn't show up for work. Three days later he and his family are discovered murdered in their home. The crime scene was stran…

In 1997, Kim Medlin disappeared from the Old Charlotte Highway in Monroe, N.C. Her car was found, still running, on the side of the road. They say it's always the husband, but is there more going on …