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Panic True Queer Crime

Panic: Queer True Crime, a podcast, and youtube channel featuring stories about the life and death of queer folks. To watch any of the true-crime episodes, join me at Panic on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw A little bit about Panic. I created this true-crime channel to focus on the life and death of queer folk. I called the channel Panic because, for much more of the recorded history of LGBTQ+ people, there’s always been a panic. The primary focus of the

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11:49

PRIDE. BABY!

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/07/18

To belatedly celebrate Pride, this special month-long podcast series highlights four extraordinary figures—some queer, some allied—whose lives and work shaped LGBTQ+ history in ways both bold and quietly revolutionary. We begin with the mysterious, evocative collaboration between African American model Thomas McKeller and famed artist John Singer Sargent. Their decade-long connection, hidden in Sargent’s private collection, speaks volumes about art, desire, and survival in the shadows. Next, we

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11:42

Murder and Hatred in the UK and Across The USA

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/05/29

Several of these stories and their victims are part of the anti-queer wave of legislation put in place by the UK conservative government seeking to outlaw homosexuality. As the anti-queer rhetoric rose, so did the violence against the LGBTQ+ community. The de Gruchy case was the first time the mainstream press began to use the term “queer-bashing” to describe the murderous level of hate crimes. Before this, the tone was unmistakably mock and/or cruel, but the standard would not hold. In 1969,

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13:20

The Chicken and The Bull: Extortion on an Industrial...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/04/29

When I started telling these stories, I understood the organized efforts to shame homosexuality out of existence. What I didn't expect was the level of criminality that would grow out of the demonizing of LGBTQ+ people. In the 1960s, Chicago police officer John J. Pyne began to organize a group of criminals and con men in an extortion ring that would go on to scam more than 1,000 men out of a million dollars across the United States, Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The FBI called the

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17:43

A Spree Killer, A Drifter, A Lover, Stranger Danger,...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/03/31

In my ongoing exploration of the history of homophobia in life and the law, I've been researching the trends, and I do mean trends, of attacks fueled by the targeting of mostly gay men. From the late 1950s through the 1970s in the United States, "Rolling a Queer" became such an epidemic that both Democrats and Republicans came together to introduce legislation that would create some minor protections for gays and lesbians. It failed, of course, and the attacks continued at pace. This crime wave

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07:13

The Spree Killer, the Drifter, the Lover, and...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/03/12

The Spree Killer, the Drifter, the Lover, and Stranger DangerThe Spree Killer, the Drifter, the Lover, and Stranger Danger In my ongoing exploration of the history of homophobia in life and the law, I've been researching the trends, and I do mean trends, of attacks fueled by the targeting of LGBTQ+ folks. one of the things that's begun surface is how an aspect of the use of the homosexual panic defense that's not written about very often. From the late 1950s through the 1970s in the United States

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16:53

Fires, Sudden Violence, White Supremacies, Murder in...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/02/14

In this episode, five cases of homophobic rage, mental illness, alcohol abuse, and murder. Dream City Fire: One of the worst fires in modern London that you've probably never heard of. A combination of alcohol and anger sparked a series of events that ended in the death of 11 men in an unlicensed and uninspected second and third-floor cinema. Ashia Davis: On June 01, 2023, Carlos Scotland and Ashia Davis met at the Woodward Inn in Highland Park, Michigan. By the end of the evening, Ashia Davis

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09:18

A Question of Honor?

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2025/01/21

In the television show The Sopranos, the character of "Big P*ssy" was based on a New York or New Jersey mobster targeted because of his sexual antics, but in Italy, there was a similar situation involving a highly respected hitman who stepped out of line by loving and wanting to make a life with the man he loved. Anthony “Bubbles” Torres was a character, a creation. He tended to amuse and sometimes irritate people. On the night he was killed, witnesses saw the beginnings of a confrontation and

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19:39

Molotov Cocktails of Hate and Murder

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/12/08

Molotov Cocktail of Hate Pamela Cobbas, Mercedes Roxana Figueroa, Andrea Amarante, Sofía Castro Riglos Intimate Partner Violence The Murder of Chen Chen Fei The Murder of Quanesha Shantel The Murder of William Nicholas Abraham Disappearance The Murder of Levi Davis? Ex Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Michael Jeffries Charged: Human Trafficking and Assault The Shocking Murder Of Eduardo Xol Ex-Partners, a Mysterious Friend, and Two Bodies Found in Suitcases on Bristol's Clifton Bridge Kasim

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07:20

Jealousy, Hate Crimes, Transgender Murders, and...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/09/23

This collection of cases includes the murder of three trans women of color, the most at-risk group in the LGBTQ+ community. Two cases of intimate partner violence, please see this description for help. The murder of a 19-year-old murder in prison because he was gay and black. A gay man was murdered in his home by a jealous boyfriend and the victim's friend, and two gay men were murdered by a group of friends led by a homophobic leader. Intimate Partner Help: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTIMATE PARTNER

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08:54

Intimate Partner Violence, Strangers, Lovers, and a...

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2024/08/06

Anna Flores Pauly Likens Alex Rodda Liara Tsai Bruce Becker Curtis Marsh Kevin Clewer Charles Gibson Brad Nelson Winters Here is a collection of murders some of them due to intimate partner violence and some hate crimes. The thing they have in common is the loss and heartache of family and friends. While might surprise some that young men, mostly, still struggling with their sexual identity resort to murder when threatened, ongoing scholarship suggests that the causes might be complicated, a

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04:28

Murder and Madness

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/06/16

In this episode four stories of murder, homophobia, and mental health in crisis. Isaac Herrera Jordan Taylor Terrance Brown Reginald Folks To watch any of these stories you can find them on the Queer True Crime YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw For Help National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Online live chat: thehotline.org If you or someone you know is in danger call 9-1-1 immediately. The International Domestic Violence Resource Guide

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0:53

Be Proud

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/06/01

Happy Pride and welcome to season four of Panic. This is the second season of Panic and the fourth for the podcast as a whole. In the second season, I want to continue to explore the themes of the podcast and YouTube channel, and how homophobia in all of its permutations plays itself out in the lives of queer folks and the people who love them. I'll continue to explore intimate partner violence while providing resources for help and healing. I want to explore more stories of murdered trans people

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04:40

A Dublin Bashing, The Death of a Teen, Five Murders...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/06/01

Gary Gleeson Alex Rodda Raymond Kindred John McGrail Leonard Riendeau Charles Kimball John Fuoroli Brandi Mells, Shanta Myers, Jeremiah, and Shaniese Myers To watch any of these stories you can find them on the Queer True Crime YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw For Help National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) Online live chat: thehotline.org If you or someone you know is in danger call 9-1-1 immediately. The International Domestic Violence

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05:30

Intimate Partners, Stranger Danger, and The Betrayal...

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/05/13

George Webber In this episode, A closeted man's search to fulfill his fetish leads him to hire a 16-year-old from a Craigslist ad. Charlie Howard Two gay men are attacked by a group of teens ending in murder. Carlos Collins A former police officer's inability to let go ends in murder. James Sheehan Suffering from stage 4 cancer, an elderly man leans on a friend whose only interest is his money. Darrin Thorpe His death has been called a drug overdose but his husband suspects it might be a murder.

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14:17

The Murder of Professor Howard Appledorf

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/05/06

On September 7, 1982, the Gainesville, Florida Labor Day Weekend was disrupted when University of Florida's Professor Howard Appledorf's neighbors spotted his condo had been broken into. Inside police found a highly staged scene and the professor asphyxiated on his sofa, as the three young suspects fled they left behind a frenzy of fears about cults and witchcraft. The tale that would unravel would be far sadder, exposing the life of a victim lived in the closet and three young perpetrators

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05:10

Partners, Lovers, and Strangers

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/04/21

Podcast Notes: Akira Ross Allan Lanteigne/Demitry Papasotiriou Summit Kumar Raymond Scotter Shawndell McCloud Dr. Louis Chen/Eric Cooper/Cooper Chen Warning this case involves the death of a child. Starts at 3:20. To watch any of these episodes you can find them at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK4r13FF8ExLGbhfSH6i4hw This episode has a case of homophobic murder by a stranger, the murderous obsession of a former lover, the corruption and greed of love gone wrong, a son killing a father to

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08:36

Being Queer Doesn't Kill, Homophobia Does 05

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/04/08

Here are seven cases of stalking, and homophobia in the United States and Sweden, a case of a stepfather's homophobic rage, and an unresolved case of a body in a fish tank. These shorts are taken from the Panic YouTube channel. If you’d like to see any of these shorts please join me at the Panic channel using the link below. Brittany Cosby and Crystal Jackson Brain Eggs Josef ben Meddour Marcus Volk Lawrence Wong and Thomas Whitney Zachary Kennedy Steen Fenrich To watch these episodes:

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12:01

The Handcuff Man

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/03/24

Robert Bennett Jr. was a smart guy from a wealthy family he was also a violent sadist who liked to inflict pain on unwitting strangers. Though this is not a murder case it illustrates what happens when you mix a homophobic cultural attitude filtered down to law enforcement mixes with the influence of a predator from a wealthy family who'd go to any length to protect their son.

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18:54

Cunanan: The Murders of Jeffrey Trail And David Madson

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/03/17

Note: I've only just realized that the audio for the previous upload of this episode was icky and is only a few minutes long. Here is the episode in its entirety. I have also wanted to delve into the lives of Jeffrey Trail and David Madson and Andrew Cunanan's relationship with them both. In part, because as tragic as Gianni Versace's murder was, not to mention the murders of Lee Miglin and poor Andrew Reese who was just doing his job, Trail and Madson's murders seem particularly devasting.

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07:14

Being Queer can be Murder 01

Panic True Queer Crime ·

2024/03/04

Peeble LaDime Doe Wendy Thorpe Gordon Church Luke Davies and Jesse Baird Ranjith Kankanamalage Zach Kennedy August Provost Seven cases of intimate partner violence and hate crime murders. The case of Peeble LaDime Doe, a transgender woman who was murdered by her former lover. This is the first case in the nation to use federal protections to prosecute a hate crime based on gender identity even though South Carolina remains one of the two states with no hate crime protections for queer people.

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