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Criminal Mischief

The Murder Chronicles is now CRIMINAL MISCHIEF with Carolyn and Branden. From the creative team that brought you The Shadow Girls and The Devil Within, hosts Carolyn Ossorio and Branden Morgan team up to give you a double dose of true crime each and every week. First, Carolyn trains her investigative eye on the darkest corners of the human condition to bring you a weekly story that is terrifying and intriguing with the type of access that only a veteran journalist could achieve. Then Carolyn is

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53:38

E | 159 The Vanishing: REDUX

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/11/18

🔎 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — “THEVANISHING: THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF LINDSEY BAUM” Carolyn Ossorio revisits one of the cases that haunts her the most: the disappearance and murder of 10-year-old Lindsey Baum from McCleary, Washington. Her remains were found years later — but the case is still unsolved. This week’s episode revisits: • The original search effort • Interviews that still gnaw at investigators • The emotional temperature of the town as the years dragged on • The evidence that should

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31:50

E|159 The Vanishing: REDUX (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/11/18

🔎 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF — “THE VANISHING: THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF LINDSEY BAUM” Carolyn Ossorio revisits one of the cases that haunts her the most: the disappearance and murder of 10-year-old Lindsey Baum from McCleary, Washington. Her remains were found years later — but the case is still unsolved. This week’s episode revisits: • The original search effort • Interviews that still gnaw at investigators • The emotional temperature of the town as the years dragged on • The evidence that should

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32:00

E | 158 At Last... (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/11/12

🔥 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 🕵️‍♂️ AT LAST... The Arrest of Mark Anthony Russ: Justice for Tanya Frazier 🎙️ Guest: Retired Homicide Detective Cloyd Steiger Twenty-six years ago, thirteen-year-old Tanya Frazier vanished on her walk home in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded ravine, and the case quickly became one of the region’s most agonizing unsolved murders. Leads failed, suspects drifted into dead ends, and the investigation went cold while the community

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E | 158 At Last...

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/11/12

🔥 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 🕵️‍♂️ AT LAST... The Arrest of Mark Anthony Russ: Justice for Tanya Frazier 🎙️ Guest: Retired Homicide Detective Cloyd Steiger Twenty-six years ago, thirteen-year-old Tanya Frazier vanished on her walk home in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded ravine, and the case quickly became one of the region’s most agonizing unsolved murders. Leads failed, suspects drifted into dead ends, and the investigation went cold while the community

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35:18

E | 157 FEAR (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/11/04

🔪 Criminal Mischief“Fear & Fire: The Byron Smith Case” Home is supposed to be the one place where the world can’t reach us — where we sleep, breathe, and live without fear. But what happens when that sanctuary is violated? And what happens after the fear curdles into something else? This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio breaks down the chilling case of Byron Smith, a Minnesota homeowner who claimed his house had become a hunting ground for burglars… and that he was simply defending

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44:56

EP | 157 FEAR

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/11/04

🔪 Criminal Mischief “Fear & Fire: The Byron Smith Case” Home is supposed to be the one place where the world can’t reach us — where we sleep, breathe, and live without fear. But what happens when that sanctuary is violated? And what happens after the fear curdles into something else? This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio breaks down the chilling case of Byron Smith, a Minnesota homeowner who claimed his house had become a hunting ground for burglars… and that he was simply defending

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35:22

E | 156 Amityville Horror - The Demon Spawn (BONUS)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/28

🔪 Criminal Mischief — Amityville Horror - The Demon SpawnPresented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network It began with a scream in the dark — and ended as one of the most infamous legends in American true crime. This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio takes listeners back to Amityville, Long Island, 1974 — where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept: his parents, two brothers, and two sisters. The killings shocked the nation. DeFeo claimed he heard

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26:09

E | 156 Amityville Horror - The Demon Spawn

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/28

🔪 Criminal Mischief — Amityville Horror - The Demon Spawn Presented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network It began with a scream in the dark — and ended as one of the most infamous legends in American true crime. This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio takes listeners back to Amityville, Long Island, 1974 — where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept: his parents, two brothers, and two sisters. The killings shocked the nation. DeFeo claimed he heard

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32:59

E | 155 The Devil's Checkmate (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/21

🔪 E | 155 — The Devil's Checkmate ( BONUS) In this bonus episode of Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio and Branden Morgan sit down to unpack the disturbing, decades-long mystery behind the disappearance and murder of Mike Williams. They revisit the original episode and go deeper into the investigation — how a simple duck-hunting trip turned into one of Florida’s most confounding cold cases. Carolyn reveals what shocked her most about the confession that finally broke the case open, and Branden

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E | 155 The Devil's Checkmate

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/21

The Devil's Checkmate On December 16, 2000, 31-year-old Mike Williams vanished while duck hunting on Florida’s Lake Seminole. His truck was found. His boat was found. But Mike… was gone. For years, authorities believed he’d drowned—dragged beneath the surface by alligators. But there was no body. No blood. No real evidence of a struggle. What emerged instead was a story of greed, betrayal, and a staged disappearance that unraveled into one of Florida’s strangest and most calculated murders

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38:16

E | 154 The Back Staircase (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/15

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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36:15

E|154 The Back Staircase

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/14

🎙️ Criminal Mischief The Back Staircase: The Death of Kathleen Peterson A fall, a secret, and a story that refused to stay buried. In this episode of Criminal Mischief, host Carolyn Ossorio revisits one of the most haunting and polarizing cases in modern true crime — the death of Kathleen Peterson, and the man who claimed it was an accident: her husband, Michael Peterson. When Kathleen’s body was found at the bottom of a staircase in their North Carolina mansion in December of 2001, the scene

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31:24

E|153 A Conversation with Bobby Chacon (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/07

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E|153 A Conversation with Bobby Chacon

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/10/07

🎙️ CRIMINAL MISCHIEF“Race, Media, and Missing Persons” — with Retired FBI Special Agent Bobby Chacon In this week’s episode of Criminal Mischief, host Carolyn Ossorio sits down with retired FBI Special Agent Bobby Chacon — a veteran investigator whose decades of experience span organized crime, counterterrorism, and some of the Bureau’s most challenging missing-persons cases. Together, they revisit two haunting investigations: the disappearances of Joyce Chiang and Chandra Levy — two young women

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35:25

E | 152 A Conversation with Jerri Williams (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/09/30

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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56:55

E | 152 A Conversation with Jerri Williams

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/09/30

Interview with Former FBI Agent Jerri Williams On this episode of Criminal Mischief, host Carolyn Ossorio sits down with Jerri Williams, a former FBI Special Agent, author, and fellow podcaster whose career focused on financial crimes and scams. As one of the few minority women in the Bureau during her tenure, Jerri broke barriers while navigating a world that wasn’t always welcoming. She shares how she investigated complex white-collar cases, exposed elaborate frauds, and what those experiences

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28:02

E151 | Things That Go Bump in the Night (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/09/23

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode.Follow & Connect • Follow us on Instagram: @eviocreative (https://instagram.com/eviocreative) • For press & inquiries: info@eviocreative.com • Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Criminal Mischief wherever you get your podcasts. 💥 Go to http://www.quince.com/mischief for FREE shipping and 365-day returns! 🔥 Criminal Mischief. Where the darkest crimes meet the coldest truths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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29:56

E151 | Things That Go Bump in the Night

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/09/23

In September 2006, 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was housesitting for relatives in Bannock County, Idaho, when what should have been an ordinary weekend turned into a nightmare. She was brutally murdered by two classmates who had carefully planned the attack, filming themselves before and after the crime in what would later be known as the “Scream murder.” In this episode of Criminal Mischief, we unravel the shocking details of Cassie’s murder, the disturbing psychology of her killers, and the

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34:58

E|150 The Manhunt (Bonus)

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/09/16

Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode.Follow & Connect • Follow us on Instagram: @eviocreative (https://instagram.com/eviocreative) • For press & inquiries: info@eviocreative.com • Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Criminal Mischief wherever you get your podcasts. 🔥 Criminal Mischief. Where the darkest crimes meet the coldest truths. 💥 Go to http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF for FREE shipping and 365-day returns! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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68:23

E|150 The Manhunt

Criminal Mischief ·

2025/09/16

The Manhunt It began with a series of brutal murders that left a small community in shock and investigators scrambling for answers. At the center of it all was Travis Decker—a man whose descent into violence sparked one of the most relentless manhunts in recent memory. In this episode of Criminal Mischief, we follow the trail of Decker’s crimes: the chilling details of the murders, the chaos that followed, and the nationwide search that gripped law enforcement and the public alike. From the first

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