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
WAGES OF SIN-Suzy Spencer
On January 11, 1995, deputies outside Austin, Texas, found a mutilated body laid across a cold campfire—head destroyed, hands cut off, skin singed by fire. In less than three days, they had the kill …
01:02:31 |
Thu 03 Mar 2011
THE LAST MEAL-Dennis Shere
It took almost 10 years for investigators to arrest two men for the brutal murders of seven workers in a fast-food restaurant in suburban Chicago. The tragic events captured headlines nationwide. Whe…
01:08:52 |
Thu 24 Feb 2011
CHARLES MANSON NOW-Marlin Marynick
In November 1970, Charles Manson was sentenced to death for the horrifying and cold-blooded murders of seven people near Los Angeles. His sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment after Califor…
01:08:19 |
Tue 15 Feb 2011
COLUMBINE- Dave Cullen
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold left an indelible stamp on the American psyche. Their plan was staggering: to blow up their school, surpass Oklahoma City in horror, and leave "a last…
01:35:05 |
Thu 03 Feb 2011
THE KILLING OF LITTLE SHEPHERDS-Douglas Starr
A True Crime Story and The Birth of Forensic Science.
Starr eloquently juxtaposes the crimes of French serial killer Joseph Vacher and the achievements of famed criminologist Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne…
Starr eloquently juxtaposes the crimes of French serial killer Joseph Vacher and the achievements of famed criminologist Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne…
01:04:54 |
Thu 27 Jan 2011
THE LAST SIX MINUTES-Sandra Martins-Toner
The Last Six Minutes is the true account of the random and violent murder of 16 year-old Matthew Martins, and his family's journey through the Canadian Criminal Justice System. On July 2, 2005 Matthe…
01:04:52 |
Thu 20 Jan 2011
THE FRAMING OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL and CRIME MAGAZINE-J. Patrick O'Conner
In this account of the trial of controversial death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, O'Connor, editor and publisher of crimemagazine.com, clearly lays out his case that Abu-Jamal should receive at least a…
01:08:31 |
Thu 13 Jan 2011
EVIL NEXT DOOR-Amanda Lamb
On May 21, 2002, twenty-three-year-old Raleigh, North Carolina resident Stephanie Bennett was found murdered in her apartment. Despite ample DNA evidence at the scene, investigators could find no mat…
01:01:44 |
Thu 06 Jan 2011
TRUE MURDER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!?!
It's Christmas time and the perfect opportunity to recap the first year almost of True Murder and great interviews with great authors discussing their fine books. I'll be speaking about a few things …
01:02:35 |
Thu 23 Dec 2010
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT -Brian McDonald
The affluent suburb of Cheshire, Connecticut, seemed like the perfect place for Dr. William Petit and his wife Jennifer-Hawke-Petit to raise their two lovely daughters...Until July 23, 2007, when acc…
01:17:18 |
Thu 09 Dec 2010
THE PROFILER-MY LIFE HUNTING SERIAL KILLERS AND PSYCHOPATHS-Pat Brown
In 1990, a young woman was strangled on a jogging path near the home of Pat Brown and her family. Brown suspected the young man who was renting a room in her house and quickly uncovered strong eviden…
01:20:40 |
Sat 04 Dec 2010
BONE CRUSHER-Linda Rosencrance
When the urge took hold, serial killer Larry Bright brought women back to his home. After raping and murdering his victims, he brutally disposed of their bodies. Sometimes he built a white-hot fire a…
01:02:04 |
Thu 25 Nov 2010
FREE JUAN RIVERA-Rob Warden
On Aug. 17, 1992, 11 year-old Holly Staker was baby-sitting a 5-year-old boy and his 2 1/2-year-old sister. After eating pizza, the boy went out to play. At 8 p.m., when a neighbor noticed he was sti…
01:03:40 |
Thu 18 Nov 2010
SHATTERED-Kathryn Casey
In Creekstone, Texas, a small, quiet suburb of Houston, football was king...and David Temple was a prince. A former high school and college gridiron star-turned-coach, he had a fairy-tale marriage to…
01:02:13 |
Thu 11 Nov 2010
MURDER IN THE HIGH HIMALAYA-Jonathan Green
Cho Oyu Mountain lies 19 miles east of Mount Everest on the border between Tibet and Nepal. To the elite mountaineering community, it's known as the sixth highest mountain in the world. To Tibetans, …
01:07:20 |
Thu 04 Nov 2010
BLOOD AMBUSH-Sheila Johnson
For Darlene Roberts, a quiet drive home from work turned out to be the end of the road when a stranded motorist flagged her down. As soon as she stopped, Darlene was forcibly dragged from her car and…
01:04:09 |
Thu 28 Oct 2010
ON THE FARM-ROBERT WILLIAM PICKTON-Stevie Cameron
Covering the case of one of the most prolific serial killers for 8 years gave Stevie Cameron unmatched access to the entire shocking story as it unfolded. In ON THE FARM, you will read of Pickton's e…
01:05:54 |
Fri 22 Oct 2010
MURDER OF A MAFIA DAUGHTER-Cathy Scott
Susan Berman was reared in the lap of Las Vegas luxury as the daughter of Davie Berman, a notorious casino mogul and mafia leader. It wasn't until college, well after her father's death that she lear…
01:04:43 |
Fri 15 Oct 2010
LUGGAGE-BY KROGER-Gary Taylor
Grab a seat on the wild side of an obsessive relationship, from its erotic beginning to its violent end and the trials required to clean up the mess. Gary Taylor, a former Houston Post reporter recou…
01:09:58 |
Thu 07 Oct 2010
MOMMY'S LITTLE GIRL-Diane Fanning
The Caylee Anthony Case:
When news broke of 3-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across America. The search for Cay…
When news broke of 3-year-old Caylee Anthony's disappearance from her home in Florida in July 2008, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy across America. The search for Cay…
01:05:26 |
Thu 30 Sep 2010
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