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
- 864
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
THE JFK ASSASSINATION DISSECTED-Cyril Wecht and Dawna Kaufmann
Since President John F. Kennedy's 1963 murder in Dallas, medical examiner and lawyer Dr. Cyril Wecht was initially inclined to accept the official theory that one person alone was responsible for the…
00:50:14 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
THE SHRINK NEXT DOOR
Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacat…
00:08:29 |
Mon 22 Nov 2021
THE WOLFPACK-Peter Edwards
A man watching the Cup on a restaurant patio is shot dead on a busy Sunday afternoon in Toronto. Another dies in a sidewalk ambush just outside a bus-tling college campus. Two men in a Vancouver h…
01:04:29 |
Sat 20 Nov 2021
KLAN OF DEVILS-Stanley Nelson
In the summer of 1965, several Ku Klux Klan members riding in a pickup truck shot two Black deputies on patrol in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Deputy Oneal Moore, the driver of the patrol car and fa…
01:20:06 |
Tue 16 Nov 2021
EYES OF A MONSTER-Ron Peterson Jr.
Schoolteacher Olivia Dare Christian was murdered in her Hampton, Virginia apartment in 1981. Her killer left few clues and the murder went unsolved. Three decades later, in 2011, next-generation dete…
01:13:01 |
Tue 09 Nov 2021
THE KILLER PSYCHE
Killer Psyche is a new weekly true crime podcast from Wondery that explores the minds behind infamous killers and criminals. They cover high-profile cases that have shocked the world, and host Candic…
00:08:22 |
Mon 08 Nov 2021
MONSTER-David McGrath
In an incredible 6-year investigation, True crime writer and investigative journalist David McGrath tells the unbelievable story of one of the most prolific predators in American history. Wayne Chapm…
01:35:21 |
Sat 06 Nov 2021
WHAT EVIL LURKS-Donna Fielder
Laura Smither, twelve, was taken from the road in front of her home in the small suburban Texas town of Friendswood. Sandra Sappaugh barely escaped with her life when she was abducted from a Waffle H…
01:05:05 |
Thu 28 Oct 2021
JANE DOE # 9-HOW I SURVIVED R. KELLY-Lizzette Martinez
In January of 1995, 17-year-old Lizzette Martinez met Grammy-winning musician and record producer R. KELLY at Aventura Mall in Florida where he was performing. At first, it seemed that her hopes of b…
01:13:04 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Introducing: SHADOW OF TRUTH
It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel. Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a locked bathroom stall…
00:05:59 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
SERIAL SLAUGHTER ZODIAC KILLER-Anne Penn
Serial Slaughter is the story of the infamous Zodiac Killer. The killer roamed California, especially Northern California for decades. He announced himself with dramatic flair corresponding with Law …
00:58:54 |
Thu 21 Oct 2021
THE FLAT TIRE MURDERS-Michael P. Burns
South Florida in the 1970s was one of the nation's most dangerous locations. Behind the image of sun and surf, young women were the victims of a brutal killer. In the mid-1970s, over a dozen young wo…
01:01:25 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
IF YOU CAN'T QUIT CRYIN', YOU CAN'T COME HERE NO MORE-Betty Frizzell
On May 12, 2013, 48-year-old Vicky Isaac of rural Puxico, Missouri―a woman with a history of learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and drug addiction― loaded a .22 caliber handgun and shot…
01:11:21 |
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Introducing: Over My Dead Body: Season 3-Fox Lake
A small town cop known as “GI Joe” is gunned down in a swamp in the summer of 2015 and quickly becomes a martyr in the national media. But when a dogged investigator and his team set out to get justi…
00:06:08 |
Mon 11 Oct 2021
MYSTERY AT THE BLUE SEA COTTAGE-James Stewart
Set in Jazz Age San Diego against the backdrop of yellow journalism, notorious Hollywood scandals, Prohibition corruption and a lively culture war, Mystery At The Blue Sea Cottage tells the intriguin…
01:19:44 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
BRINGING DOWN CULLOTTA-David Bowman
In October of 1977, David Bowman moved to Las Vegas as a 16 year old kid with his parents and older brother. Bowman chronicles his journey through the streets of Las Vegas for the next 3 years. Bring…
01:36:48 |
Tue 05 Oct 2021
TED BUNDY: Examining The Unconfirmed Survivor Stories-Erin Banks
“Ted Bundy: Examining The Unconfirmed Survivor Stories,” is the first publication to collate the known and frequently discussed stories of those individuals who shared their encounters with Ted Bundy…
01:04:27 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
INTRODUCING THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
What would you do if a singular moment changed your life forever? This is Actually Happening is a weekly podcast from Wondery that features extraordinary life-changing stories told by the people who …
00:09:05 |
Tue 28 Sep 2021
WATCH ME DIE-Bill Kimberlin
Bill Kimberlin, Psy.D, invites the reader on an extensive and unbiased journey inside Ohio’s death row in WATCH ME DIE: Last Words From Death Row.
You will see how these inmates think as Kimberlin not…
You will see how these inmates think as Kimberlin not…
01:01:39 |
Thu 23 Sep 2021
DEEP IN THE WOODS-Bryan Johnston
In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home. The boy is kept manacled in a pit, chained to a tr…
01:01:30 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
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