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True Crimecast

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True Crimecast is a podcast that adds a unique perspective to the true crime genre. John and Jamie dig into new cases and revisit old ones to try to get to the truth. Each episode takes on a different case and the hosts share both details and theories about what really happened.

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#976
September 8 · 55 min
Postpartum Psychosis - Andrea Yates
How does the legal system weigh moral awareness against severe psychiatric delusion? The tragedy of the Yates family forced a national reckoning on the M'Naghten legal standard, the vital distinction between postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, and medical accountability. In this episode of True Crimecast, Jamie and John examine the years of psychiatric breakdown leading to June 20, 2001, the coercive religious teachings of street preacher Michael Woroniecki, the commonalities with th
#975
September 4 · 19 min
Locked In - Streaking Success Stories
A man gets locked in a car (that he's trying to steal), and we find out what happens when you streak on a sports field/court/pitch.
#974
September 2 · 15 min
Rolls on the Run - Sunrise, Florida Heist
A truckload (literally) of cinnamon rolls go missing, and a college football locker room turns into a crime scene.
#971
September 1 · 40 min
44 Pounds of Plutonium - Karen Silkwood
Karen Silkwood was a mother, a union activist, and a whistleblower who sacrificed everything to expose corporate negligence and protect her fellow workers. Whether her fatal crash was a tragic accident or a targeted hit, the disappearance of her binder of evidence and the tens of pounds of unaccounted plutonium remain two of the biggest unanswered mysteries in American industrial history.
#973
September 1 · 15 min
The Accused - Cheryl Ann Araujo (Patreon Exclusive Preview)
On March 6, 1983, 21-year-old Cheryl Ann Araujo walked into Big Dan’s Tavern in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to buy cigarettes. What followed was a nightmare: a two-hour assault on a pool table while a room of bystanders watched, cheered, and did nothing. When Cheryl chose to report the crime, she became the central figure in the first televised rape trial in American history, where her name and address were broadcast nationwide and defense attorneys subjected her to brutal victim-blaming cross-e
#972
August 31 · 32 min
A Double Life - Interview with Author Dr. Mikita Brottman
Mikita Brottman is an acclaimed nonfiction author, psychoanalyst, and professor whose work explores the darker and more complicated corners of human behavior. Her books include A Double Life, Guilty Creatures, Couple Found Slain, and An Unexplained Death, a Gold Dagger Award finalist. With professional experience in forensic psychiatric facilities and the Maryland prison system, Brottman brings a unique psychological perspective to true crime. Rather than simply asking who committed a crime and
#970
August 28 · 17 min
Universally Loved - Dolly Parton
The entire country mourns as we lost Dolly Parton this week. So we found a few stories about crimes commited against her. You know she never committed a crime. Dolly never did anything wrong.
#968
August 26 · 21 min
House Bill 4 - Legislation in Action
Kentucky has passed a new bill against grooming, and it’s already making a difference. Plus, there’s a story about a ninja burglar. #PowerRangers
#969
August 25 · 50 min
DNA on Trial - Juliana Redding
When 21-year-old aspiring model Juliana Redding was found strangled in her Santa Monica apartment, police uncovered a bizarre crime scene: a lit candle left in a gas-filled room intended to trigger a lethal explosion. Investigators recovered an unprecedented amount of foreign DNA...on the stove, the front door, the victim’s phone, and even her throat. Would they be able to find the source of that DNA. And if they did, would it even matter?
#967
August 24 · 39 min
Wait...That's Weird - Interview with Anna Sonoda
Anna Sonoda, LCSW is a graduate of Emory University, where she double-majored in Anthropology and French Studies, and earned her Master’s in Social Work from the University of Georgia in 2006. She became a licensed clinical social worker in 2009. With a career spanning counseling convicted sexual offenders, working in residential mental health, leading anger management and domestic violence programs, and supporting individuals with dual diagnoses, Anna brings rare, front-line expertise into th
#965
August 21 · 19 min
Undercover Shrubbery - The Wrong Number
What if the best way to deter texting and driving was to dress up like a bush? And if you got a murder for hire call on your voicemail, what would you do?
#964
August 19 · 21 min
Cocaine Pledges - Penn State Fraternity Drug Ring (Alleged)
A fraternity at Penn State gets cause selling cocaine, and a murder for hire plot does not go as planned.
#963
August 18 · 39 min
One DNA Profile - Tina Heins
On April 17, 1994, 20-year-old expectant mother Tina Heins was brutally murdered in her Jacksonville, Florida apartment. Police quickly set their sights on her 19-year-old brother-in-law, Chad Heins, who had been sleeping on the living room couch after a night out. Did police have the right guy in Chad? Or did tunnel vision allow the actual killer to slip through their fingers?
#962
August 14 · 17 min
Criminal Tool - A Forklift on the Run
In an attempt to save the world, a man recycles himself. And when you steal a forklift, you'd better have a good reason.
#961
August 12 · 17 min
Operation Mincemeat - The Body That Fooled the Nazis
How do you invent a human being from scratch to fool an enemy's intelligence apparatus? Operation Mincemeat wasn't just a military distraction, it was a masterclass in psychological manipulation. MI5 and Naval Intelligence meticulously crafted "Major William Martin," creating a paper trail of love letters, theater stubs, overdue bills, and fabricated top-secret memos attached to a dead man's wrist.
#960
August 11 · 31 min
False Witness - Retha Welch and William Virgil
On April 13, 1987, 54-year-old psychiatric nurse and prison minister Retha Welch was found brutally murdered in her Newport, Kentucky home. Police quickly set their sights on William Virgil, a recently released inmate who admitted to a prior relationship with her. A jury convicted him in 1988, but decades later, the conviction unravelled amidst recanted snitch testimonies, missing rape kits, and DNA from three unknown men on preserved slides. Was William Virgil the victim of systemic police misc
#957
August 10 · 33 min
What Happened to Liam Tomen? - Interview with Nikki Young from Serial Napper
In this episode, we sit down with Nikki Young, host of the Serial Napper podcast, to take a deep dive into the disturbing and unsolved disappearance of 22-year-old Liam Tomen. On the weekend of January 31, 2025, Liam and two friends traveled from Whitby, Ontario, to the resort village of Mont Tremblant, Quebec, for a ski trip. After spending the evening at local village spots—ending at Le P'tit Caribou—Liam got separated from his friends. Surveillance footage captures him walking directly towar
#959
August 7 · 15 min
Gas Station Confessions - The Corporate Takeover
A major corporation tries to push a local company out of business, and a deathbed confession is not always a get out of jail free card.
#958
August 5 · 17 min
Where's the Beef - Missing Cattle and Frozen Meat
What do a frozen meat heist and a cattle ponzi scheme have in common? Pretty much only the beef. And the crime.
#956
August 4 · 40 min
Under the Bed - Richard Speck
Eight student nurses killed. One survivor under a bed. A country horrified. Jamie and John cover the brutal 1966 Chicago mass murder by Richard Speck, the dramatic trial featuring Corazon Amurao’s courageous testimony, and the scandalous Stateville prison tapes leaked years after his conviction.

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