Grim Tales from the Garden State

The New Jersey true crime podcast that dives into the murders, scams, and scandals all in the confines of the Garden State

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Update frequency: every 6 days
Average duration: 20 minutes
Episodes: 23
Years Active: 2023 - 2024

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Ep 23: James Henry Hampton

James Henry Hampton led a life of crime from a very early age. From reform school to jail cells, Hampton wreaked havoc across the midwest and pacific northwest. That was until August 1992 when he was…

00:29:15 | Mon 12 Feb 2024

Ep 22: Howard Unruh

In 1949, Howard Unruh was a shy, quiet World War II veteran who had a serious chip on his shoulder. His insecurities, social awkwardness, and fear of being outed for his sexuality all coalesced into …

00:23:21 | Fri 15 Dec 2023

Ep 21: Kashif Parvaiz & Antoinette Stephen

Kashif Parvaiz and Antoinette Stephen were architecture students at Harvard in 2011. When their illicit affair begins, the two must devise a way to free Kashif from his wife's arms and allow him to t…

00:22:10 | Fri 11 Aug 2023

Ep 20: Danny Burroughs

In August of 2007, Danny Burroughs disappeared from his Mays Landing home without a trace. His second wife, Loretta Burroughs, claimed that he ran off with a much younger woman to Florida, but no one…

00:18:24 | Fri 28 Jul 2023

Ep 19: Charles Reddish

Dede Rosenthal was a teacher for disabled children, and Rebecca Wertz was a loving mother. In 1991 and 1995 across two counties in South Jersey, these two women lost their lives at the hands of Charl…

00:13:48 | Fri 21 Jul 2023

Ep 18: John List

John List was a devoted Lutheran, accountant, husband and father living in Westfield, New Jersey. In 1971, he decided to take the morality and trajectory of his family into his own hands and become o…

00:21:45 | Fri 14 Jul 2023

Ep 17: Carl Coppolino

Carl Coppolino and his wife, Carmela, lived in affluent Middletown in the 1960s with their children. After an obvious affair and the sudden death of a neighbor, the Coppolinos move down to Florida, w…

00:16:45 | Fri 07 Jul 2023

Ep 16: Patricia Monsell

Patricia Monsell was a wife and co-owner of a ski shop in Green Book, New Jersey. In 2004, she and her two children found her husband, James, dead in their bedroom. As the story unravels, the Monsell…

00:18:58 | Fri 30 Jun 2023

Ep 15: Mary Frances Creighton

Mary Frances Creighton was a hot-headed housewife from Rahway, Union County. She always had something mean to say about someone, and had no problem wiping her enemies off the face of this earth.

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00:31:58 | Fri 23 Jun 2023

Ep 14: Philip Seidle

Philip Seidle was a respected police officer and father in Neptune Township. He had a big house, big family, but also big problems with his wife, Tamara. In June of 2015, everything would change for …

00:23:12 | Fri 16 Jun 2023

Ep 13: Dr. Idella Kathleen Hagen

Dr. Kathleen Hagen was successful in her career as a urologist, even shattering the glass ceiling at the time for female medical students. But after a series of failed marriages, business ventures, a…

00:18:25 | Fri 09 Jun 2023

Ep 12: Khalil Wheeler-Weaver

Khalil Wheeler-Weaver was a nerdy teenager hailing from Orange, New Jersey. By fall 2016, his silver BMW would become one of his trademarks as he trolled around Essex County assaulting and killing en…

00:18:30 | Fri 02 Jun 2023

Ep 11: Cody MacPherson

Cody MacPherson was a 20-year-old father from Burlington County. He worked in construction to provide for his daughter back in Indiana. In 2017, Cody began a new relationship with a fellow young pare…

00:17:51 | Fri 26 May 2023

Ep 10: Tara Carter

Tara Carter was an 18-year-old Paterson native who was on the brink of starting her new career as a hairstylist in Georgia. In 1995, her close family friends welcomed her into their home as she trans…

00:20:33 | Fri 19 May 2023

Ep 9: Sean Lannon

Sean Lannon was a military veteran and a South Jersey native. After being relocated to Grants, New Mexico because of his job at an oil refinery, Sean and his wife Jennifer would spiral into a life of…

00:21:09 | Fri 12 May 2023

Ep 8: The Iceman (Richard Kuklinski)

Hitman, professional criminal, father. Richard Kuklinski, also known as the Iceman, terrorized North Jersey and New York City for nearly 40 years with various devious acts and overt carnage. Although…

00:30:02 | Fri 05 May 2023

Ep 7: Tina Lunney

Tina Lunney was just your regular wife, mother, and financial planner. When she and her husband, Chris, purchased their home in Fairfield, they let Tina’s mother, Marie, move in with them. When frequ…

00:19:56 | Fri 28 Apr 2023

Ep 6: Clark Fredericks

Clark Fredericks was a Stillwater Township man down on his luck and actively being consumed by his demons and trauma. In 2012 when an old friend offered to help Clark get back at someone who wronged …

00:18:50 | Fri 21 Apr 2023

Ep 5: Fred Neulander

Fred Neulander was a respected rabbi in the upscale South Jersey town of Cherry Hill. He had prestige, a prized family, and a lot of connections. But when Fred tried to switch up his life and incur n…

00:24:40 | Fri 14 Apr 2023

Ep 4: Suitcase Killer (Melanie McGuire)

Melanie McGuire was a beloved nurse, wife, and mother in Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. In 2004, she and her husband, Bill, were about to close on a new house in Warren County. However, that house …

00:14:17 | Fri 07 Apr 2023

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