In 1928, a remote California chicken ranch became the center of one of the most horrifying murder investigations in early 20th century American history, exposing the sadistic crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott, the unimaginable ordeal of his teenage nephew, Sanford Clark, and a string of missing boys whose fates would shock the nation. From brutal murders and bizarre confessions to a police cover-up so outrageous it inspired a huge hit movie, this is the disturbing true story of the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders.
Nov 2
2 hr 43 min
In 1992, rising Brazilian television star Daniella Perez was brutally murdered by the very actor playing her romantic interest on one of the country's most popular telenovelas, in a shocking crime that captivated an entire nation. What drove her co-star and his wife to commit such a horrific act, and how would Daniella's devastated mother transform her grief into a relentless fight for justice that would change Brazilian law?
Oct 26
2 hr 19 min
In October of 2011, the quiet Ohio town of Zanesville descended into chaos when dozens of lions, tigers, bears, and other dangerous exotic animals were suddenly unleashed upon the surrounding countryside, plunging law enforcement into a desperate and deadly situation. How did one man's obsession with collecting dangerous animals spiral so spectacularly out of control, and what drove him to unleash a nightmare that would leave so much death behind?
Oct 23
1 hr 5 min
Lou Pearlman helped launch two of the biggest boy bands of the 1990s, the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, while secretly building a massive empire of lies, exploitation, and financial fraud. This story is crazy. From his bizarre obsession with blimps to his outrageous spending, allegations of sexual misconduct, and a Ponzi scheme that literally stole hundreds of millions of dollars, discover how one of pop music’s most influential kingmakers became one of world's biggest con men.
Oct 19
2 hr 50 min
As the Atlanta Child Murders continue, investigators finally begin uncovering physical evidence that could lead them to the person responsible—and a mysterious splash beneath a bridge puts a young Atlanta man named directly in their sights. But will he ultimately prove to be the monster who had been hunting Atlanta’s children, or will his arrest leave some of the case’s biggest questions unanswered?
Oct 12
2 hr 28 min
Just last week, on September 30th, 2026, Tennessee tried to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike—twice—and somehow, she survived. This Short Suck, before deciding whether Pike deserves sympathy for what happened inside that execution chamber, we’re going back to 1995 to examine the extraordinarily brutal murder of nineteen-year-old Colleen Slemmer that put her there.
Oct 9
1 hr 12 min
Between 1979 and 1981, thirty Black children, teenagers, and young adults all disappeared from the streets of Atlanta, triggering one of the largest and most terrifying serial murder investigations in American history. Sadly, nearly everyone who had went missing would be found, but not found alive. In this first of two episodes, we explore the killings that shocked not just the city of Atlanta, but the nation.
Oct 5
2 hr 13 min
Anthony Bourdain went from a heroin-addicted line cook bouncing between chaotic New York kitchens to a bestselling author and beloved world traveler who changed the way millions of people thought about food, culture, and the people who connect the two. Today, we explore the wild, restless life of a man who seemed hungry for everything—adventure, knowledge, danger, love, connection, and whatever might be waiting around the next corner—and the complicated final years that ended with his shocking death.
Sep 28
2 hr 40 min
Long before forensic science could expose a killer, poison was one of ancient Rome’s deadliest—and hardest to detect—weapons, and few were said to wield it better than the mysterious Locusta of Gaul. Was this infamous poisoner truly the world’s first documented serial killer, or was she something else entirely: an assassin, weapons maker, and deadly tool of some of Rome’s most ruthless rulers?
Sep 25
47 min
When a massive financial scandal erupted in Omaha in the late 1980s, allegations soon followed that politically connected power players were involved in something far darker: an interstate child sex-trafficking ring filled with ritual abuse, blackmail, and murder. Were the most horrifying claims surrounding the Franklin scandal products of Satanic Panic—or did investigators stumble onto a very real conspiracy that powerful people desperately wanted buried?
Sep 21
3 hr 18 min
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