True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers
Every week host Dan Zupansky will interview the true crime authors that have written about the most shocking killers of all time.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 71 minutes
- Episodes
- 863
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
THE KILLING SEASON-Alex French
THE KILLING SEASON is a true crime saga, the story of a double murder that went unsolved for more than 35 years, and a chilling portrait of a small town upended by unimaginable violence.
In the summer…
In the summer…
01:24:33 |
Thu 17 Mar 2016
A TASTE FOR MURDER-Burl Barer and Frank C. Girardot
Frank Rodriguez, a much-loved counselor of troubled teens, lies dead on the bedroom floor. His wife and step-daughter are in shock, and so is the medical examiner when he performs the autopsy. Aside …
01:34:58 |
Thu 10 Mar 2016
THE ROAD OUT OF HELL-Anthony Flacco
From 1926 to 1928, Gordon Stewart Northcott committed at least 20 murders on a chicken ranch outside of Los Angeles. His thirteen- year-old nephew, Sanford Clark, was the sole surviving victim of the…
01:26:48 |
Thu 03 Mar 2016
LETHAL INTENT-Aileen Wournos-60th-Sue Russell
Special Rebroadcast of Lethal Intent-Aileen Wournos-60th Birthday-Sue Russell-Audible Audiobook giveaway.
On November 30, 1989, in a lonely place off Florida's Interstate 95, 51-year-old Richard Mallo…
On November 30, 1989, in a lonely place off Florida's Interstate 95, 51-year-old Richard Mallo…
01:04:48 |
Tue 01 Mar 2016
SKETCHCOP-Michael W. Streed
Orange Police Sergeant (Ret.) Michael W. Streed is "The SketchCop." He's a one-of-a-kind crime fighter who's frequently called into action by police departments seeking help solving their most diffic…
01:25:58 |
Thu 25 Feb 2016
TOO PRETTY TO LIVE-Dennis Brooks
In this stunning true crime thriller of Facebook, catfishing, and jealousy, a double-murder begins with the click of a button.
When Bill Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth began their romance, they unknow…
When Bill Payne and Billie Jean Hayworth began their romance, they unknow…
01:12:51 |
Thu 18 Feb 2016
MAKING A MURDERER-Michael Griesbach
Netflix's documentary series Making a Murderer has captivated audiences everywhere, igniting controversy and fiery debate-especailly among true crime fans.
Michael Griesbach, a Wisconsin D.A. helped h…
Michael Griesbach, a Wisconsin D.A. helped h…
01:47:00 |
Thu 11 Feb 2016
BITTER REMAINS-Diane Fanning
The bestselling author of Under Cover of the Night recounts Laura Ackerson’s disappearance and murder in North Carolina, the discovery of her remains in Texas, and the aftermath…
On July 13, 2011, La…
On July 13, 2011, La…
01:30:24 |
Thu 04 Feb 2016
THE DEATH SHIFT-Peter Elkind
The case of San Antonio nurse Genene Jones, convicted in 1984 of murdering children in her care, and now suspected of having killed as many as 16 infants, made national headlines. A horrifying true-l…
01:30:22 |
Thu 28 Jan 2016
BLACK NIGHT, GOLD COAST-Gray George
Ventura County is famous for its beautiful weather and its pristine coastline, not its grisly murders. That all changed on the night of May 20, 2009, when three members of a wealthy Ventura County fa…
01:39:30 |
Thu 21 Jan 2016
MURDER IN GROSSE POINTE PARK-Steve Miller
Investigative reporter, and author of Nobody's Women, Steve Miller makes a thoroughly researched inquiry into a murder that rocked the privileged world of Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Bob Bashara: husband…
Bob Bashara: husband…
01:22:04 |
Thu 14 Jan 2016
A CHECKLIST FOR MURDER-Anthony Flacco
Robert Peernock appeared to have the ideal life; working as a pyrotechnics engineer and computer expert and coming home to his wife and daughter, Peernock projected the American dream. Even when he a…
01:09:57 |
Thu 07 Jan 2016
DEATHBEDSIDE MANNER-Dan Zupansky
DEATHBEDSIDE MANNER-A doctor stabbed his 2 small children 46 times to punish his cheating wife. At trial he was found Not Criminally Responsible because he was depressed and suicidal. After 6 months…
01:15:41 |
Thu 31 Dec 2015
JACK THE RIPPER AND THE CASE FOR SCOTLAND YARD'S PRIME SUSPECT-Robert House
An investigation into the man Scotland Yard thought (but couldn't prove) was Jack the Ripper. Dozens of theories have attempted to resolve the mystery of the identity of Jack the Ripper, the world's …
01:07:44 |
Thu 10 Dec 2015
THE FORTUNE HUNTER-Suzy Spencer
Multimillionaire Steven Beard, Jr. fell hard for Celeste Martinez, a shapely, blonde waitress who served him his nightly cocktail at the local country club…as well as sexual favors. In 1995, the 70-y…
01:26:28 |
Fri 04 Dec 2015
GUILT BY MATRIMONY-Daleen Berry
In February 2014, Aspen socialite Nancy Pfister was murdered in her own home—brutally bludgeoned, wrapped in a sheet, and stuffed inside a locked closet.
Fewer than twelve hours after her body was fo…
Fewer than twelve hours after her body was fo…
01:27:32 |
Thu 26 Nov 2015
THEN NO ONE CAN HAVE HER-Caitlin Rother
She thought she had married her soulmate. But when Carol Kennedy could no longer tolerate her husband's reckless womanizing and out-of-control spending, the artist, therapist and mother of two had to…
01:13:14 |
Thu 19 Nov 2015
DEVIL AT GENESEE JUNCTION-Michael Benson
Today you’d call Ballantyne suburban, but back then, at the start of the summer of 1966, it was country — just a cluster of houses, some of them shacks, on or near Ballantyne Road, in the Town of Chi…
01:06:46 |
Thu 12 Nov 2015
RAMPAGE-Lee Mellor
Rampage: a state of anger or agitation resulting in violent, reckless, and destructive behaviour. In 1989, Marc Lépine mercilessly executed 14 female students at Montreal’s École Polytechnique to bec…
01:29:57 |
Thu 05 Nov 2015
MOTHER'S DAY-Dennis McDougall
In June of 1985, while her teenage sons held their half-sister down, Theresa Cross beat her nineteen-year-old daughter Sheila unconscious and then stuffed her into a 2´ x 2´ storage locker. After thr…
01:39:00 |
Thu 29 Oct 2015
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