Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast

Celeste Manno was stalked for over a year, begged police for help, and had a protection order in place. But none of it stopped her killer. On November 16, 2020, he broke into her bedroom and murdered…

Three women vanished from their home in the dead of night, no screams, no struggle, no sign of how they were taken or where they went. Their purses were left behind, the beds appeared slept in, and t…

In 1993, fear took hold of Frankston Australia after three women were murdered within just seven weeks. The community was left reeling as police searched for answers, unaware the killer was a 21-year…

They met online, bonded over horrorcore music, and after nearly a year of talking, 20-year-old Richard McCroskey flew from California to meet 16-year-old Emma Niederbrock in Farmville, Virginia. Just…

In 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was picked up from school by his mother, and he hasn’t been seen since.
What followed was a three-day road trip across the Midwest, ending with Amy Fry-Pitzen’s …

Shaye Groves was known for her fascination with serial killers, her bedroom lined with mugshots and shelves stacked with true crime books. But when her obsession turned deadly, her boyfriend Frankie …

They were childhood sweethearts who spent over fifty years building a life side by side, only to have it end with the pull of a trigger in a quiet hospital room. Ellen Gilland says she took her husba…

Under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, two men stepped into the boxing ring, but only one would ever walk out alive. What started as a championship fight fueled by rivalry and pride would …

They vanished without a trace. Three young women, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus, were taken from the streets of Cleveland, their families left searching for answers that never seeme…

For years, Ken McElroy ruled the small town of Skidmore, Missouri, through fear, intimidation, and violence, terrorizing anyone who stood in his way. Despite countless arrests, he always managed to e…

For nearly seven years, Cindy James lived in fear, shadowed by a relentless stalker who tormented her with chilling phone calls, break-ins, and brutal attacks. No matter how many times she moved, cha…

For nearly seven years, Cindy James lived in fear, shadowed by a relentless stalker who tormented her with chilling phone calls, break-ins, and brutal attacks. No matter how many times she moved, cha…

In 2013, a Florida man named Derek Medina shocked the world when he murdered his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, and then posted photos of her lifeless body directly to Facebook. What followed was a bizarre …

In December 2017, authorities in Japan responded to a distress call from a couple reporting the death of their 33-year-old daughter, Airi Kakimoto. What they discovered was far more disturbing than e…

Richard Chase, infamously known as the "Vampire of Sacramento," was a serial killer who terrorized California in the late 1970s. Suffering from severe schizophrenia and delusions, he believed he need…

In 1878, 18-year-old Esther Cox of Amherst, Nova Scotia, became the center of a chilling mystery when she claimed to be tormented by a violent poltergeist. Witnesses reported terrifying phenomena, in…

In 2000, Polish businessman Dariusz Janiszewski was found murdered under brutal and mysterious circumstances, his bound body floating in the Oder River. For years, the case went cold—until police dis…

When 27-year-old Lori Hacking failed to return from her early morning jog in Salt Lake City, concern quickly turned to panic. Friends and family launched a frantic search, but as investigators dug de…

In the mid-1970s, a shadowy predator stalked San Francisco’s gay community, earning the nickname The Doodler for his habit of sketching his victims before luring them to secluded areas and stabbing t…

Of all the horrors to unfold in Yosemite National Park, few were as shocking as the 1999 murders committed by Cary Stayner, a handyman whose unassuming demeanor masked a deadly obsession. His crimes …