By 1920, 39-year-old Jacques Villard was a successful, albeit legless man who epitomized the American Dream. He arrived in New York from France in 1913,…
Teresa Fay Hammon was eighteen for less than a month when she disappeared from Sacramento on May 8, 1981. After an argument, she left the house she shared with her boyfriend and his mother. Teresa failed to appear at her early morning shift at Burger King the following morning. Articles of Teresa’s belongs were found scattered throughout Sacramento dumpsters, but 38 years later, her case remains cold.
Three-year-old Raimonde “Sonny” Von Maluski III was entranced by the Salvation Army parade that passed through Washington Heights, Manhattan on Sunday, March 29, 1925. His…
Sometimes I wish I wasn’t so afraid of being doxxed, if only so I could more specifically complain about the, um, challenges of working in the criminal…
Last month, I posted a work-in-progress true crime list that’s admittedly limited. I am a self-confessed slave to the spreadsheet (Three cheers for conditional formatting!),…
You don’t know how many times I’ve Googled “list of true crime podcasts” and been frustrated with the search results. Maybe this genre is still to niche to warrant a comprehensive list of most—if not all—true crime podcasts. But, how useful would that be for obsessive-types like myself?
I have so many opinions about true crime podcasts, but no one with whom to share them in real life! I mean, I spend most of the work day with headphones on, listening to podcasts about fucked up shit. And because I’m a DIY-type person, I decided to make that list myself.
The rising popularity of true crime and podcasts gives us a virtual all-you-can-eat buffet of options. But, this makes it harder to wade through the shit and find something good. Avoid the crap and find out which eight true crime podcasts episodes are worth your time.