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True Crime Recaps

Amy Townsend, Chris Nathan

All the crime in half the time!® Because you"ve got a lot of mysteries to solve. Subscribe so you never miss a recap with Chris Nathan and Amy Townsend. Watch video episodes three times a week @truecrimerecaps on YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Snapchat.

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00:18:16

They Called It Random Recreational Violence. Phoenix...

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2025/12/25

In 2005, Phoenix, Arizona was gripped by fear as two shooters roamed the city at night, firing at anyone they came across. Cyclists, pedestrians, people sitting in cars, even animals were targeted. There was no pattern, no warning, and no way to predict who would be next. The killers gave their spree a chilling name. Random Recreational Violence.As weeks turned into months, panic spread across neighborhoods. Police chased thousands of tips with little progress. The shooters seemed to vanish into the

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00:11:27

Bodies in the Backyard: The Family of Killers No One...

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2025/12/23

In 1981, police in California uncovered a horrifying crime. The body of 23-year-old Barbara Levoy was found buried in the backyard of long-haul truck driver Ward Francis Weaver Jr. She had been kidnapped and murdered after Weaver offered roadside help. At the time, investigators believed it was an isolated crime. They were wrong.Two decades later, history repeated itself in Oregon City. In 2002, twelve-year-old Ashley Pond vanished on her walk to school. Two months later, her best friend Miranda

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00:07:29

Trinity Poague Killed 18-Month-Old Romeo ‘J.D.’...

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2025/12/20

Trinity Poague appeared to be the perfect college student. A beauty pageant winner, nursing major, and leadership scholar with a bright future ahead of her. But behind the polished image, people close to her noticed growing tension when she was left alone with her boyfriend’s 18-month-old son, Romeo “J.D.” Angeles.On the morning J.D. died, everything seemed normal. Trinity, Julian Angeles, and the toddler spent the morning together, talking about lunch and playing. When Julian stepped out to pick up

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00:11:39

Abandoned at Christmas: The Real Life Home Alone Case...

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2025/12/18

Four days before Christmas in 1992, two sisters, nine-year-old Nicole Schoo and four-year-old Diana, knocked on a neighbor’s door in Chicago. They were freezing, frightened, and completely alone. Their parents had boarded a plane to Acapulco for a nine-day vacation, leaving the girls behind with frozen meals, written instructions, and no adult supervision.As days passed, the situation inside the house spiraled. A blaring fire alarm and an overflowing bathtub finally forced the children to call 911

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00:08:09

The Skelton Brothers Case: Father Long Suspected Is...

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2025/12/16

On Thanksgiving weekend in 2010, three brothers Andrew, Alexander, and Tanner Skelton vanished during a court ordered holiday visit with their father, John Skelton. What was supposed to be a routine custody exchange became one of the most haunting child disappearance cases in the Midwest.John claimed he handed the boys to a woman named Joann Taylor to keep them safe while he attempted suicide. Investigators later proved Joann Taylor did not exist. Neither did the underground foster network John

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00:08:26

She Vanished Overnight and the Person of Interest Was...

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2025/12/13

Jamie Fraley was just twenty-two when she stepped out for a late-night hospital trip and vanished without a trace. Her purse, wallet, keys, and dog were left untouched in her locked apartment, but her phone was later found abandoned a mile away.Detectives quickly focused on one man Ricky Simonds Sr, Jamie’s neighbor and future father-in-law. A convicted strangler fresh out of prison, he was the last person known to have seen her. But before investigators could question him further, Ricky was found

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00:07:15

A Murderer Claimed He Was Sleepwalking and the Jury...

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2025/12/11

Kenneth Parks committed one of the strangest and most controversial crimes in modern history. In 1987, he drove fourteen miles in the middle of the night to his in-laws home and attacked them, leaving his mother-in-law dead and his father-in-law severely injured. Then, covered in blood, he walked into a police station and confessed.But Parks insisted he had been asleep the entire time. Doctors found no signs of psychosis, only a lifelong pattern of sleepwalking and night terrors. His defense argued

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00:14:17

The Slavemaster Killer: The Businessman Who Hunted...

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2025/12/09

John Robinson was the last person anyone expected to become one of America's most disturbing killers. A churchgoing father, Scoutmaster, and respected Kansas City businessman, he hid a second life built on manipulation, fraud, and murder. Under his online persona, the Slavemaster, Robinson lured vulnerable women with promises of work, housing, and love, only for them to disappear without a trace.When investigators finally closed in on him in 2000, they uncovered a nightmare across two states

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00:10:07

The 1958 Killing Spree That Put an Entire State on...

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2025/12/06

In January 1958, nineteen-year-old Charles Starkweather and his fourteen-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, launched one of the most terrifying killing sprees in American history. Over eight days across Nebraska and Wyoming, ten people were murdered in shootings, stabbings, and home invasions that blindsided communities and left entire towns sheltering indoors.Their victims ranged from Caril’s family to strangers who simply crossed their path. As police scrambled to make sense of the violence,

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00:15:29

The Friend Who Turned Out to Be the Killer.

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2025/12/04

Nineteen-year-old music student Jessie Blodgett returned home from a cast party, went to sleep in her childhood bedroom, and never woke up. By morning, her mother found a scene that shattered the quiet town of Hartford, Wisconsin. There was no forced entry and no clear motive, leaving investigators with more questions than answers.Then, in a nearby town, a young woman survived a violent attack in a park. Her detailed account pointed police toward someone no one expected. Jessie’s close friend,

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00:17:30

He Kept a Murder Scoreboard for 50 Years.

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2025/12/02

Joseph Naso spent more than fifty years living a quiet life as a photographer, drifting from California to Nevada and blending into every neighborhood he entered. But behind the camera, he was documenting something far darker. Hidden in his home were thousands of photographs of women, mannequins posed like victims, and a handwritten “top 10” list that pointed investigators toward cold cases stretching back decades.A routine probation check in 2010 blew his secrets open. Detectives discovered

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00:13:13

Franklin Floyd Turned His Kidnapped “Daughter” Into...

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2025/11/29

For more than forty years, Franklin Delano Floyd hid behind fake identities, forged documents, and stolen children. His crimes began in the 1970s when he kidnapped five-year-old Suzanne Sevakis from her mother and raised her under a series of false names. As the years passed, Suzanne was forced into new identities, new locations, and a life built entirely on Floyd’s control. By the time she died in 1990, no one even knew who she really was.The case exploded years later when investigators uncovered

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00:07:51

The Cruise Ship Horror No One Saw Coming: Anna Kepner...

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2025/11/27

Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner boarded the Carnival Horizon with her father, stepmother, and two stepbrothers for a Caribbean family vacation. It was supposed to be a week of sunshine and easy memories. But on the final morning of the trip, a housekeeper entered the teens’ cabin and made a horrifying discovery. Anna was found dead under the bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered with life jackets.Investigators immediately began examining every detail of the family’s final hours on board. Public

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00:09:47

He Called Himself the Cremation King. The Truth Was...

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2025/11/25

David Sconce was not just a mortician. He was the self-proclaimed "Cremation King of California," running what looked like a booming funeral business. In reality, he operated a cremation cartel built on greed, intimidation, and shocking abuse of the dead.Investigators uncovered mass cremations, stolen prosthetics, and allegations that Sconce’s crew pulled gold teeth, sold body parts, and trafficked organs on the black market. The truth unraveled inside his desert crematory, where

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00:09:16

He Killed Across Two States. She Lived to Tell the...

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2025/11/22

In the middle of the night, ten-year-old Robin Doan woke to the sound of gunfire. Within minutes, her mother, stepfather, and the family dog were dead. Robin survived only by playing dead and hiding under her blankets while the killer walked through her home. That killer was Levi King, a man already on a violent spree that began in Missouri before ending in a Texas farmhouse.From Pineville to Pampa, King’s murders showed no motive beyond the thrill of killing. After leaving two men dead in Missouri,

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00:07:57

She Said She Loved Them. Then She Poisoned Them.

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2025/11/20

Rhonda Belle Martin looked like a loving wife, a devoted mother, and a kind small-town waitress. But behind that gentle exterior was a deadly secret. Over nearly two decades, she poisoned the people closest to her. Husbands. Children. Even her own mother. Each death was slow, deliberate, and wrapped in the disguise of grief.When investigators finally connected the pattern, the truth shocked Alabama and the entire country. Why did she do it? Money was scarce, sympathy was plentiful, and Rhonda

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00:08:25

He Picked His Victims by Their Initials. He Was Never...

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2025/11/18

In 1971, ten-year-old Carmen Colon was seen running half-dressed down Interstate 490 in Rochester, New York, desperately waving for help as cars drove past. Two days later, she was found murdered. Her death marked the beginning of one of America’s most chilling unsolved cases, later known as the Alphabet Murders.Over the next two years, two more girls disappeared and were found dead: 11-year-old Wanda Walkowicz and 11-year-old Michelle Maenza. All three victims had first and last names with matching

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00:08:37

He Killed Two People and Then Took a Bow.

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2025/11/15

Actor Daniel Wozniak had no money, a wedding he could not afford, and a plan that would shock California. Instead of working to fix his problems, he chose murder. His first victim was 26-year-old Army veteran Sam Herr, a friend who trusted him and had more than $60,000 in savings. Wozniak lured Sam to a theater, shot him twice, and began staging a twisted cover-up.To make Sam look like a killer on the run, Wozniak tricked 23-year-old Julie Kibuishi into visiting Sam’s apartment. He murdered her and

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00:13:35

The Murder of Megan McDonald: 20 Years, No Justice.

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2025/11/13

Megan McDonald was just 20 years old when she was found brutally beaten to death on a quiet road in Wallkill, New York. The daughter of a retired NYPD detective, Megan’s murder shocked her community and left investigators searching for answers. Her car was found abandoned. There was no robbery, no sexual assault, and no arrests for more than two decades.Behind the scenes, detectives focused on one man: her ex-boyfriend, Edward Holley. He owed Megan thousands of dollars and was reportedly angry after

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00:11:03

She Walked Out of Her Kitchen and Was Never Seen Again.

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2025/11/11

On an October afternoon in 1961, 31-year-old Joan Risch vanished from her home in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Her kitchen was smeared with blood. The phone cord was ripped. An open phone book was turned to emergency numbers. But there was no body, no struggle, and no witnesses. Her two small children were left unharmed.Investigators chased every lead. A strange car parked in the driveway. Sightings of a woman, bleeding, walking along Route 128. A taxi driver who claimed he dropped Joan off at a Boston

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