DEADLY INTENT

Carman Carrion

DEADLY INTENT: The Dark Side of HumanityHosted by Carman CarrionWhen the worst people in the world cross the line, what drives them to do it? Deadly Intent takes you inside real true crime stories with an emotional, human-centered approach that refuses to exploit victims — but never shies away from the disturbing reality of the crimes.Hosted by Carman Carrion, this weekly true crime podcast blends deep research, forensic detail, and psychological insight to reveal not just what happened… but why. Every episode explores criminal psychology, murder cases, disturbing confessions, and the dark motives behind real-world horrors.You’ll hear:Emotional, narrative true crime told with empathyDetailed timelines that pull you straight into the eventsForensic and psychological breakdowns of the criminal mindLesser-known cases and chilling crimes you’ve never heard ofHigh-profile murders examined through a victim-focused lensIf you love true crime deep dives, crime scene analysis, and raw, honest storytelling, this show is for you.New episodes every week.

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Yesterday · 42 min
Texarkana Moonlight Murders - Was Youell Swinney the Phantom Killer?
In 1946, a masked killer terrorized Texarkana, on the Texas and Arkansas line, and no one was ever convicted of the murders. Over ten weeks, five people were killed and three more were wounded. Couples were attacked on lovers' lanes, and a husband and wife were shot in their own farmhouse. The town nailed its windows shut and sold out of locks and guns, and the press gave the killer a name: the Phantom. This week on Deadly Intent, we walk through each attack and look at what the killer's choices reveal about intent. We also look at the one man most investigators believed was responsible, car thief Youell Swinney, and weigh the evidence for and against him. Why was he never tried for murder, and why does this case remain unsolved eighty years later? Content warning: this episode discusses shootings, assault, and the murders of teenagers and a married couple. Remembering Jimmy Hollis, Mary Jeanne Larey, Richard Griffin, Polly Ann Moore, Paul Martin, Betty Jo Booker, Virgil Starks, and Katie Starks. If you need support, call or text 988. #TexarkanaPhantom #TexarkanaMoonlightMurders #PhantomKiller #UnsolvedMurders #ColdCase #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #1946 #YouellSwinney #DeadlyIntent EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
Saturday · 15 min
The Cock Lane Ghost - The 1762 Haunting That Was Really a Revenge Plot
In 1762, thousands of Londoners, including lords, clergymen, and the famous dictionary writer Samuel Johnson, crowded into a narrow street to question a ghost. One knock meant yes. Two knocks meant no. And "Scratching Fanny" had a shocking answer: she said she had been poisoned. The man she accused was William Kent, a Norfolk moneylender whose late partner, Fanny Lynes, had died of smallpox. The man behind the haunting was Kent's landlord, parish clerk Richard Parsons, who owed him money. On this Halloween edition of Brewed With Intent, we pour a warm cup and unravel the Cock Lane Ghost: the knock code, the paying crowds, the committee that tested a child in a quiet house, the silent vault, and the courtroom that finally ended it. It's a ghost story with a real motive, and a reminder that intent was hiding behind the knocks the whole time. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent. Full episodes drop every Wednesday. Content note: This episode discusses a false accusation of murder, a death from illness, and a child being used to carry out a deception. Nothing graphic. Keywords: Cock Lane Ghost, Scratching Fanny, 1762 London haunting, Samuel Johnson ghost, Richard Parsons, William Kent, Fanny Lynes, historical hoax, fake haunting, true crime history, Georgian London, Halloween true crime #CockLaneGhost #ScratchingFanny #BrewedWithIntent #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeHistory #HalloweenPodcast #HistoricalHoax #GhostStory #GeorgianLondon #SamuelJohnson #TrueCrimeCommunity EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LklHsNIa8p0ZFOwKE1SLD iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deadly-intent/id1857241419 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 28 · 42 min
The Manson Family Murders – Helter Skelter and the Psychology Behind the Murders
Charles Manson never fired a shot at the Tate house, so how did he become the man behind the most notorious murders in American history? In this episode of Deadly Intent, we look at the Manson Family murders of 1969 through the lens of intent and psychology: how a drifter built a following out of lonely young people, how ordinary people were led to kill strangers, and who was truly responsible for the deaths of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Leno LaBianca, and Rosemary LaBianca. We also cover Gary Hinman and Donald "Shorty" Shea, the Helter Skelter motive and the competing theories, the trial, and where the surviving Family members stand today. Content warning: this episode discusses murder, violence, and the deaths of a pregnant woman and a teenager. Listener discretion is advised. If you are in a controlling relationship or group, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is at 1-800-799-7233. If you are struggling, call or text 988 in the U.S. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #CharlesManson #MansonFamily #TateLaBianca #SharonTate #HelterSkelter #CultPsychology #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimeHalloween #1969 EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 24 · 15 min
John Darwin - The Canoe Man Who Faked His Own Death
In 2002, John Darwin paddled a canoe out to sea off the coast of northeast England and was presumed drowned. Five years later he walked into a London police station claiming he couldn't remember who he was. In this Saturday bonus episode of Brewed With Intent, we look at the debts, the hidden doorway, the stolen name of a baby, the photograph from Panama, and the question at the center of every long lie: how many times can you choose to keep going? Content note: This episode discusses fraud, deception, and a family's false grief. Nothing is graphic. If someone you love is missing, NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, is a free national resource, and in an emergency, call 911. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent, with shorter stories and a little more coffee. New full-length episodes arrive every Wednesday. Keywords: John Darwin, canoe man, Anne Darwin, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, faked death, insurance fraud, Panama, The Thief His Wife and the Canoe, British true crime, 2002 true crime Follow, rate, and share if you enjoyed it! EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 21 · 39 min
Ariel Castro and the Cleveland Kidnappings - Inside the House on Seymour Avenue
For about a decade, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were missing posters on Cleveland's west side. All that time, they were inside a house on Seymour Avenue, held by a man who played bass in local bands, drove a school bus, and attended vigils in their names. This week on Deadly Intent, we look at the Ariel Castro case through the psychology behind it: the early pattern of control and domestic violence, the way he used familiarity to lure each woman, the system of captivity he ran for years, and the sentencing statement where he insisted "I am not a monster." We also look at how a normal life became his best cover, what the investigation did and missed, and the moment Amanda Berry found an open door and called 911. This episode centers the survivors and the families who never stopped looking, and it keeps the details clinical. Content warning: this episode discusses kidnapping, long-term captivity, sexual assault, forced pregnancy loss, domestic violence, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Resources are listed at the end of the episode. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988. For sexual assault support, RAINN's hotline is 1-800-656-4673. New episodes every Wednesday. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, and share it with a friend who loves true crime psychology. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimePsychology #ClevelandKidnappings #ArielCastro #AmandaBerry #MichelleKnight #GinaDeJesus #SeymourAvenue #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrime #CrimePodcast #SurvivorStories #ForensicPsychology #Cleveland EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LklHsNIa8p0ZFOwKE1SLD Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1857241419 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 17 · 16 min
Amy Archer-Gilligan - The Real Arsenic and Old Lace Killer
Amy Archer-Gilligan, known as "Sister Amy," ran a Connecticut nursing home where residents kept dying, and her story is often linked to the dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. In this Saturday bonus episode of Brewed With Intent, we look at the lifetime-care contracts, the arsenic, the sister who refused to accept an easy explanation, and the question that still matters today: who benefits when someone doesn't live as long as expected? Content note: This episode discusses poisoning and the deaths of elderly people. Nothing is graphic. If you're concerned about an older person in your life, the Eldercare Locator can connect you with local services and Adult Protective Services at 1-800-677-1116. In an emergency, call 911. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent, with shorter stories and a little more coffee. New full-length episodes arrive every Wednesday. Keywords: Amy Archer-Gilligan, Arsenic and Old Lace, nursing home murders, Connecticut true crime, Windsor Connecticut, poisoner, 1910s true crime Follow, rate, and share if you enjoyed it! EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LklHsNIa8p0ZFOwKE1SLD iTunes: [add Deadly Intent Apple Podcasts link] Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 14 · 41 min
The Keddie Cabin Murders - Cabin 28
In April 1981, in the tiny railroad town of Keddie, California, three people were killed inside Cabin 28 and a 12-year-old girl was gone. Three years later, her remains were found about 60 miles away. More than forty years on, the Keddie Cabin Murders are still unsolved. This week on Deadly Intent, we walk through the night of April 11, 1981, and the case that followed: the crime scene, the surviving children, the two men long named as suspects, an anonymous tip that named the missing girl, and the new evidence investigators say could still crack the case. We look at what the evidence shows, what has only been alleged, and what the psychology of violence can and can't tell us. This episode contains descriptions of violence and the deaths of children, and it touches on domestic abuse. Listener discretion is advised. If you have information about this case, contact the Plumas County Sheriff's Office at (530) 283-6360. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DeadlyIntent #KeddieMurders #KeddieCabinMurders #Cabin28 #UnsolvedMurders #ColdCase #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimePsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #CaliforniaTrueCrime #PlumasCounty EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 7 · 41 min
Dennis Nilsen - The Muswell Hill Murderer Who Killed for Company
In 1983, a blocked drain in a quiet North London house exposed Dennis Nilsen, the MuswellHill Murderer, who confessed to killing as many as sixteen young men. Behind his dull civil-servant exterior was a man who said he killed because he couldnot bear to be alone. This week on Deadly Intent, we trace his life from a Scottish fishing harbor to the Old Bailey. We examine his childhood loss, his detachment, his ritual, and why the system failed the survivors who tried tospeak up. Then we ask the question at the heart of the case: was he insane, or simply evil? Content warning: this episode discusses murder, strangulation, necrophilia, and the disposal of human remains. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 in the US, or contact Samaritans at116 123 in the UK. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DennisNilsen #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #SerialKiller #MuswellHillMurderer#TrueCrimePsychology #KillingForCompany #BritishTrueCrime #CriminalPsychology#TrueCrimeCommunity #ColdCase #OldBailey EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQYiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
October 1 · 44 min
Christa Pike - The Job Corps Murder
In January 1995, four teenagers signed up for a Job Corps center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Three came back. Nineteen-year-old Colleen Slemmer did not. The crime became infamous for its brutality, the pentagram, and a piece of evidence that shocked the country. The woman convicted of it, Christa Pike, has spent nearly thirty years on Tennessee's death row, and her execution date this fall madenational headlines. This week on Deadly Intent, we look past the headlines and into the mind. We follow Christa from a childhood of abuse and a juvenile system that punished her instead ofhelping her, to a Job Corps dormitory where jealousy, a volatile boyfriend, and teenage chaos collided. We ask how the satanic panic rewrote the story, what her jury never heard, and why two people who committed the same crime receivedtwo very different sentences. We also taketime to remember Colleen, who deserves to be known for who she was. Content warning: This episode discusses murder, torture, child sexual abuse, and suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised. If you need support, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or RAINN at 1-800-656-4673. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ChristaPike #ColleenSlemmer #JobCorpsMurder #DeathRow #TennesseeDeathRow #CriminalPsychology #SatanicPanic#TrueCrimeCommunity #PodcastEpisode EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
September 30 · 50 min
The Villisca Axe Murders - 8 Killed, 1 Preacher Confessed, and the Case Still Isn't Solved
On the night of June 9, 1912, after a Children's Day program at their church, Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and two young sisters staying over for the night went to sleep in a small house in Villisca, Iowa. By morning, all eight were dead. The murder weapon was Josiah's own axe. Every mirror in the house had been covered, every victim's face hidden under bedclothes, and a slab of raw bacon lay on the floor beside the axe. Before the day was over, hundreds of townspeople had walked through the crime scene. More than a century later, the case is still unsolved. This week, we go through the suspects one by one. Content warning: this episode discusses the violent deaths of children and adults, sexual suspicion involving a child victim, false confessions, and mental illness. If you've lost someone to violence and need support, the VictimConnect Resource Center isfree and confidential: 1-855-484-2846. If you're in crisis, call or text 988. #DeadlyIntent #VilliscaAxeMurders #Villisca #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrime #UnsolvedMysteries#ColdCase #HistoricalTrueCrime #Iowa #VilliscaIowa #AxeMurderHouse #TheManFromTheTrain #CrimePsychology #CriminalPsychology #FalseConfessions #TrueCrimeCommunity #UnsolvedMurders #1912 #TrueCrimeStories #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
September 23 · 42 min
Constance Fisher - The Mother Who Drowned Her Children Twice
In 1954, a young Maine mother named Constance Fisher drowned her three children in a bathtub, then tried to take her own life. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity, spent five years in a state hospital, and was sent home "cured." Twelve years later, she did it again — three more children,the same method, the same house. This week, in the case that's been resurfacing everywhere since the Lindsay Clancy trial began dominating headlines, we go back to where this conversation actually started: postpartum psychosis, a legalsystem that didn't yet have the language for it, and a mental health system that mistook the absence of hallucinations for a cure. We trace what happened to Constance from her 1954 arrest through her 1966 re-arrest, her second insanity trial, and her death in 1973 — and we connect her case directly toAndrea Yates and Lindsay Clancy to show how much (and how little) has actually changed in seventy years. Content warning: this episode discusses the deaths of children, severe mental illness, and suicide in detail. If you or someone you know is struggling after birth, Postpartum Support International's helpline is free and confidential: 1-800-944-4773. If you're in crisis, call ortext 988. #DeadlyIntent #ConstanceFisher #LindsayClancy #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #CrimePsychology #InsanityDefense #TrueCrimeCommunity#WatervilleMaine #AndreaYates #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimeStories #PodcastRecommendations #MentalHealthAwareness #ForensicPsychology#NotGuiltyByReasonOfInsanity #CrimeHistory #TrueCrimeAddict #PsychologyPodcast EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
September 16 · 1 hr 29 min
Mothers Who Kill - Three Cases of Love, Delusion, and Inten
Intent doesn't lie. People do. Episode 60. This week: three mothers, three unraveling minds, and the same devastating question — where does love end and delusion begin? To mark 60 episodes, we revisit the cases of Diane Downs, Taylor Parker, and "The Doomsday Mom," three stories that circle the same haunting territory of maternal violence and psychological collapse. Consider this part one — Constance Fisher, a case that started this conversation decades before any of us were born, arrives next Wednesday. Diane Downs — The Mother Who Shot Her Own Children Taylor Parker — Maternal Instinct: Fetal Abduction & the Benton County Murder The Doomsday Mom — When Love Becomes Murder New episode every Wednesday. Follow Deadly Intent wherever you listen. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalPsychology #MothersWhoKill #PostpartumPsychosis #DianeDowns #TaylorParker #TheDoomsdayMom #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimePodcast #ForensicPsychology #Episode60 #TrueCrimeYouTube #CriminalMindsExplained #IntentDoesntLie EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you moreterrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
September 9 · 46 min
Lindsay Clancy - The Mistrial, the Voice & Postpartum Psychosis
On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy — a labor and delivery nurse and mother of three — strangled her children in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts home,then tried to take her own life. Three and a half years later, her murder trial ended not in a conviction, not in an acquittal, but in a mistrial: eleven jurors on one side, a single holdout on the other, and a country still arguing over whether she's a victim or a killer. This week on Deadly Intent, we go inside the case that split the nation. What is postpartum psychosis, and was Lindsay inside it that night — or was she calculating? We break down the "voice" she says commanded her, the prosecution'sconcealment argument, the Massachusetts insanity standard almost every headline got wrong, and why twelve people couldn't agree. Because on this show, intent doesn't lie. People do. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the deaths of children, mental illness, and suicide. If you're struggling, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). For postpartum support, Postpartum Support International: 1-800-944-4773. You're not alone. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe for more true crime psychology and head to Patreon for the bonus case file on this one. #LindsayClancy #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #Mistrial #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #Duxbury #MaternalMentalHealth #CrimePsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #PostpartumSupport #DeadlockedJury #TrueCrimeYouTube #CarmanCarrion EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you moreterrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
September 2 · 42 min
Fritz Haarmann — The Butcher of Hanover
In the ruins of post-war Germany, young men vanished from a Hanover train station for six years — and the man taking them wasn't hiding. He was a police informant, a familiar face, trusted by the very people meant to stop him. Fritz Haarmanncalled it a frenzy he couldn't control. But you don't build a life around a compulsion by accident. This week, we sit inside the hardest question there is: when a killer says he never meant it, do we believe him? For the boys the world had already decided not to look for, intent doesn't lie. People do. Content note: this episode covers crimes against young men and boys, handled without graphic detail. Listener discretion advised. #TrueCrime #DeadlyIntent #CarmanCarrion #FritzHaarmann #ButcherOfHanover #TrueCrimePodcast #SerialKiller #TrueCrimeCommunity #Criminology #Weimar #TrueCrimeHistory#Podcast EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
August 26 · 38 min
Sarah Grace Patrick - The Girl Who Grieved Her Parents on TikTok
In February 2025, in a quiet corner of west Georgia, a married couple was shot to death in their bed as they slept. There was no forced entry, and the killer took the weapon with them. For five months the case looked like an unsolved tragedy —and the grieving teenage daughter who called 911 became one of its most public mourners, posting tribute after tribute online and begging the internet to care. Then the sheriff’s office named her as the person accused of pulling thetrigger. This week on Deadly Intent, we sit with a case that is still unfolding — and one that could not be more suited to this show, because its entire weight rests on a single unanswered question: what was really happening inside the mind of the girl in those videos? Was that grief, or was it performance? We trace the case in order — from the family behind the door, through the morning everything shattered,into five strange months of public mourning, and on to an arrest, an indictment, and a trial that keeps slipping out of reach. Along the way we hold the hardest tension in true crime: that Sarah Grace Patrick has pleaded not guilty and has never been tried, and that everything the state alleges still has to be proven. We look at what the prosecution believes it canshow, at what the defense says is missing, and at what it means to judge the adult intent of someone who was sixteen years old. And before we close, we bring the story back to the people at its center — Kristin and James Brock — and to the youngest witness of all. This is the story of Sarah Grace Patrick, and of how hard it is to read a human heart through a screen. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the shooting deaths of two parents and a young child’s discovery oftheir bodies. Please take care of yourself while listening. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #SarahGracePatrick #BrockMurders #CarrollCountyGeorgia#TikTokTrueCrime #CrimePsychology #ForensicPsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #Murderino #GeorgiaTrueCrime #PsychologyPodcast #TrueCrimeAddict #CourtTV #PresumptionOfInnocence #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
August 19 · 32 min
Karmelo Anthony — A Tent, a Shove, a Knife - The Frisco Track-Meet Killing and the Question of Intent
It was supposed to be one of the good days. A district track meet in Frisco, Texas. Hundreds of high schoolers. An ordinary spring Wednesday. Then a thunderstorm rolled in, and everyone scrambled for cover under the pop-up tents. Under one of them — a tent belonging to a school he didn't attend — seventeen-year-old Karmelo Anthony took shelter from the rain. Within about aminute, a dispute over who got to stand under that canopy ended with another seventeen-year-old, Austin Metcalf, bleeding to death in the arms of his twin brother. There was no whodunit. Anthony admitted from the very first that he used the knife. The question that consumed a courtroom — and a country — for the next fourteenmonths was something far harder: was this a frightened young man defending himself in a moment of chaos? Or was it murder? In this episode, we leave the national noise at the door and look at what the jury actually heard — the words spoken before anyone touched anyone, the order of events that may have decided everything, and the razor-thin legal line between fear and intent. Then we turn and examine the noise itself, because the way this case got swallowed by the internet is its own kind of psychology worth understanding. Same knife. Same wound. Same dead boy. And the entire spectrum from innocent to murderer turning on a state of mind no camera ever recorded. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the death of a teenager and graphic violence. Please take care whilelistening. 🎧 Deadly Intent — because the most important question is almost never what happened. It's why. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimePodcast #KarmeloAnthony#AustinMetcalf #FriscoTexas #Justice #Courtroom #TrueCrimeAddict #Podcast #CriminalPsychology #SelfDefense #MurderTrial #TrueCrimeJunkie #CaseFiles#Verdict #TeenViolence #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
August 12 · 40 min
Leopold and Loeb: The "Perfect Crime" and the Murder of Bobby Franks
In May 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks got into a car with someone he knew and trusted. Minutes later he was dead — not for money, not out of hatred, but as anexperiment. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb had every advantage the world could offer: brilliant minds, immense wealth, futures wide open. And they spent nearly a year planning the murder of a child to prove a single idea they heldabout themselves — that they were exceptional enough to stand above the rules that bind everyone else. This week on Deadly Intent, we sit with the case that this whole show was built for: the one where ordinary motive nearly disappears. We trace the "perfect crime" from its cold conception through the pair of eyeglasses that unraveled it, into a courtroom where Clarence Darrow made one of the most famous pleas in American legal history — and asked a question we're still wrestling with a hundred yearslater. What kind of intent kills for the idea of it? How much can any of us be blamed for becoming what we were shaped to be? And what happens when two mindstalk each other into a monstrous lie? We follow the folie à deux at the heart of their bond, the confessions that turned them against each other the instant fear arrived, and the strange, diverging afterlives that followed. And before we close, we bring the story back to theboy at its center — because Bobby Franks was never the footnote. He was the whole moral weight of it. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the remeditated murder of a child. Please take care of yourself while listening. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #LeopoldAndLoeb #BobbyFranks #ClarenceDarrow#PerfectCrime #CrimePsychology #ForensicPsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #Murderino #1920s #ChicagoHistory #ColdCase #CriminalMinds #PsychologyPodcast#TrueCrimeAddict #HistoricalTrueCrime #FolieADeux #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
August 5 · 39 min
"The Mission Was Death": The 100-MPH Crash, the Toxic Love, and the Question of Intent
At 5:30 on a July morning in Strongsville, Ohio, a silver Camry accelerated down an empty suburban road to nearly 100 miles an hour, held a dead-straight line for three-quarters of a mile, and drove head-on into a brick wall. Two young mendied. The seventeen-year-old girl behind the wheel survived — and what investigators pulled from the car's black box turned a tragedy into a homicide case. The accelerator was floored. The brake was never touched. And two weeks earlier, Mackenzie Shirilla had allegedly threatened to crash the car with her boyfriendinside it. This week, we walk the whole length of that road: the silent testimony of the event data recorder, the security footage a judge said she could never un-see, the toxic relationship the state built its motive on, and the medical defense thatcouldn't find its expert. A court called it murder — "the mission was death." But behind the verdict sits a locked room none of us can enter: what a teenage girl truly meant in the last few seconds before impact. A story where we know almost everything that happened, and still can't be certain why. Content warning: this episode discusses a fatal crash, intimate partner violence, and suicide. Crisis resources are shared at the end. In the US, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233, and the Suicide & CrisisLifeline is 988. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #MackenzieShirilla #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity#Strongsville #OhioCrime #CrimePodcast #TrueCrimeAddict #Murder #ForensicPsychology #CriminalIntent #TrueCrimeFans #PodcastCommunity #Justice EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
July 29 · 44 min
Rex Andrew Heuermann - The Gilgo Beach Killer
Rex Heuermann didn't just kill eight women. He wrote down how to do it — and then revised the document between murders. For seventeen years, the Long Island Serial Killer left women along Ocean Parkway, fifteen minutes from his house in Massapequa Park. For thirteen more yearsafter their bodies were found, Suffolk County didn't catch him — despite a burner phone he bought with his own credit card. In April 2026, Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders and admitted to an eighth. In June, he was sentenced to life. This episode is about the piece of evidence that makes this case unlike almost any other: a deleted Word file recovered from a hard drive in his basement, written in all capitals, containing checklists, a disposal procedure, and a section of lessons learned for next time. On this show we usually have to infer intent. Here, he typed it. We cover the 911 call from Shannan Gilbert that cracked the case open, the discovery of the Gilgo Four, the taunting phone calls made to a fifteen-year-old girl, the police chief who kept the FBI out of the investigation and went to federalprison, and the eight women whose names deserve to be said: Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack, Sandra Costilla, and Karen Vergata. Intent doesn't lie. People do. Content warning: serial murder, strangulation, sexual violence, and discussion of theexploitation of sex workers. #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #TrueCrime #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #LongIslandSerialKiller #LISK #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #SerialKiller#CriminalPsychology #ColdCase #ShannanGilbert #DeadlyIntent #CarmanCarrion #TrueCrimeTikTok #Massapequa EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs
July 22 · 41 min
The Killing of Jared Bridegan - A Tire, a Toddler, and Two Stories
On the night of February 16, 2022, Jared Bridegan stopped his car on a quiet road in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to move a tire out of the lane. His two-year-old daughter was in the back seat. He never got back in. Four shots were fired — two into Jared, two into the SUV where his toddler sat. Prosecutors say it wasn't a robbery or a road-rage killing. They say it was a planned, rehearsed ambush — and that the people behind it were Jared's ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and her second husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana. Both have pleaded not guilty. As of this recording, their trials haven't begun. This episode is different. Instead of telling you what someone wanted and why, I lay out the two competing stories about what was inside a human mind — the state's and thedefense's — and I don't choose for you. Years of text messages. A nickname. "Funeral potatoes." A confessed triggerman who took the trigger back. A case that either proves premeditation or proves only that a woman was cruelto her best friend in the dark. The tire proves someone planned this. It does not prove whose. And in a Duval County courtroom this fall, twelve people are going to have to decide the hardestquestion in criminal law: did wanting become doing? I made this episode before the verdict, on purpose. Come sit in the gap with me. ⚠️ Content note: discusses gun violence, the killing of a parent in front of a child, and a contested legalprocess. Every charged individual is presumed innocent. Please take care of yourself while listening. 🎙️ Written, researched, and produced by Carman Carrion. #JaredBridegan #ShannaGardner #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #JacksonvilleBeach #MarioFernandezSaldana #HenryTenon #CrimeJunkie #MurderMystery #TrueCrimeYouTube #ColdCase #CriminalPsychology #Florida#TrueCrimeAddict #Podcast #CaseAnalysis #Justice #Courtroom EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs

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