True Crime Brewery
True Crime Brewery is the true crime podcast that brings you deeply inside of a crime and its investigation. Hosts Jill and her pediatrician husband Dick use their medical knowledge and life experiences to share the stories behind some of the most compelling crimes from all over the world. And, just for fun, Dick uses his secondary expertise as a craft beer lover to review the best beers from the regions where each crime occurred. Meet this true crime obsessed couple at the quiet end of the bar to share a delicious craft beer and an immersive storytelling experience.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 89 minutes
- Episodes
- 414
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The 12 Beers of Christmas: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey?
JonBenet was born in 1990 in Atlanta, Georgia, the younger of the two children of Patsy and John Ramsey. At the time of her death, JonBenet was 6 years old and a student in kindergarten at High Peaks…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Covina Christmas Massacre
The Covina Christmas Massacre occurred on December 24, 2008, in Covina, a city in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. Nine people were killed, either by gunshot wounds or in an arson fire inside …
The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Carnation Murders
According to testimony, Joseph McEnroe and Michelle Anderson armed themselves and drove their pickup to the home of her parents, Wayne Anderson, 60, and Judy Anderson, 61, on the afternoon of Dec. 24…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: Mission Valley Christmas Killings
Ilona Flint and Salvatore Belvedere were shot while sitting inside a parked car outside the Macy’s in Mission Valley California in the early hours of Dec. 24, 2013. Flint died at the scene while Salv…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: Psychotic Dallas Dad in a Santa Suit
7 Family Members found dead on Christmas day 2011 appeared to be celebrating the holiday when they were shot dead. Who committed this horrible crime?
The answer will chill you to the bone.
Great Lake…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: Married to an Ax Murderer
Dustin Lee Klopp punched his wife Stephanie Kilhefner in the face, causing her to fall to the floor, and then cut her throat with a knife and struck her head with an ax multiple times on Christmas Ev…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Ashland Tragedy
The Ashland tragedy is the name given to the violent murder of three teenagers, Robert and Fannie Gibbons and Emma Carico in Ashland, Kentucky in 1881. Robert and Fannie Gibbons and Emma Carico, stay…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Christmas Day Murder of Aniarael Macias
Connie Villa forced her three youngest children to ingest an undisclosed amount of drugs at their apartment before she honed in on her eldest daughter, Aniarael Macias, on Christmas day 2013.
When Ma…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Italian Hall Massacre
The Italian Hall Disaster was a tragedy that occurred on December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan. Seventy-three men, women, and children, mostly striking mine workers and their families, were crushed…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: Domestic Violence During the Holidays
In our first installment in the 12 Beers of Christmas, we discuss trends in domestic violence over the holidays and how to help and support victims of domestic abuse.
Dick shares his thoughts on Anch…
The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Lawson Family Murders
In 1929, share-cropper Charles Lawson brutally murdered his wife and 6 of his children after buying them Christmas outfits and having a family photo taken.
Rumors of his motive range from financial s…
Lured: The Vanishing of Erin Corwin
Erin Corwin thought she was being taken into the desert for a marriage proposal. Excited, she texted a friend in Tennessee, eager to share the big news. And then she vanished without a trace. We wou…
Shaken Baby: The Murder of Matthew Eappen
When 8 month old Matthew Eappen died of severe head trauma, his 18 year old Au Pair was arrested for murder. What followed was a trial second only to the O.J. Simpson trial in media attention and co…
Munchausen by Proxy: The Lacey Spears Story
Lacey Spears’s struggle seemed to be every mother’s worst nightmare. From the day he was born, her son Garnett was afflicted with multiple illnesses. She shared all of his struggles on social media…
Buried Secrets: The Victims of Todd Kohlhepp
The recent news is shocking and we’re learning more each day. Todd Kohlhepp, successful real estate agent and convicted sex offender, has been arrested in 7 murders after his latest kidnapping victim…
Four Dead Girls: The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders
On December 6, 1991, Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomas, both 17, were scrubbing down counters and sweeping the floors at a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, anticipating going home and having a sleepove…
Sins of the Father: The Coleman Family Murders
Born again Christian Chris Coleman had a great life: an intelligent and loving wife, two healthy and robust young sons, and a six figure income from his job as televangelist Joyce Meyers’ chief of se…
A Mom on Death Row: The Murders of Damon & Devon Routier
On June 6th, 1996, Darlie Routier’s throat and arms were slashed. Her two oldest sons, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, were brutally stabbed to death in their suburban Texas home. By the time…
Justice Revisited: The Bill Macumber Story
After nearly four decades behind bars, an Arizona man who long maintained that his ex-wife had framed him for a double murder left prison as a free man. With the help of the Arizona Justice Project,…
Cruel Intentions: The Murders at Pinyon Pines
The Friedli family home in Pinyon Pines, California was burned to the ground in 2006. This was no accident. Inside, investigators found the charred remains of Vicki Friedli and her boyfriend, Jon H…