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True Crime Obsessed

True Crime Obsessed

The true crime podcast YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. We recap your favorite true crime documentaries with humor, sass, and heart. FROM VULTURE: "It’s not wrong to laugh when you’re listening to a true-crime podcast. Or at least I hope it isn’t, because if almost crashing my car while listening to True Crime Obsessed is wrong, I don’t want to be right." Hear our take on "Abducted in Plain Sight," "The Ted Bundy Tapes,"Dirty John: The Dirty Truth" and so many more.

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61:20

206: Dateline: Night of the Summer Solstice

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/11/04

June 22, 1990. 2:00 am. The phone rings at Gayle and Kay Baker's house in the San Fernando Valley. "We have your son. Unless you give us $100,000 by 5pm, he will die." At first they thought it was a joke. But when the man called back in the morning with the same demand, they knew 21-year-old son was in trouble. Later that day, the police would call the Bakers to tell them their son had been found. Dead. Murdered in the infamous "Manson Tunnel" outside of LA. But who could have done this? And

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52:14

BTK: A Killer Among Us

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/11/02

FAM!! We're doing that thing we do, like, twice a year, and giving ourselves a Tuesday "off" (read: not off, ever off, always working, lol), so we're replaying a favorite episode. BUT DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE GETTING AN ALL NEW DATELINE EPISODE ON THURSDAY!! From 1974 – 1991, a serial killer tormented the people of Kansas. He called himself BTK, which stood for BIND, TORTURE, KILL. He wanted to incite fear and panic, and so his killings were especially brutal. He taunted police with postcards, letters,

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52:54

205: Dateline: "Mommy Doomsday"

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/28

Lori Vallow was devoted wife and mother, but then people around her started dying. And THEN her children vanished. Lori insisted to the police that the children were fine and being cared for by friends in other states, but that story quickly fell apart. And THEEEEENNNN Lori and her new husband, Chad Daybell (whose first wife ALSO died under mysterious circumstances) fled to Hawaii. And if you don't know the insane thing that happened next, "Well, you're gonna want to give this episode a listen"

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55:02

204: Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal, and Greed

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/26

YOU GUYS, BOB ROSS WAS TOTALLY A SEX SYMBOL...WHAT?? Anyway, not the point. Who knew that the world's most beloved painter--the guy who could paint entire landscapes in 28 minutes--had a life and legacy completely shrouded in DRAMA? Also, who knew that Gillian had a Regis ANNNNNND Kathy Lee impression? We're all going to learn a lot today. Anyway, Bob Ross was a genius who didn't deserve what happened to him. And that hair. OH. MY. GOD. That hair. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll

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55:16

203: Dateline: "Lori Vallow: What Happened to the...

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/21

HAPPY DATELINE THURSDAY! For the next 10 Thursdays, we're giving you a bonus episode covering A KEITH MORRISON DATELINE EPISODE! This week we're diving into the case of Lori Vallow who was charged with deserting her children Tylee and JJ who, at the time the episode aired, had not been seen in months. This episode gives the backstory of the case and is the precursor to "Mommy Doomsday" (next Thursday's episode) in which we get the gripping conclusion to the story. FIRE UP YOUR GARBAGE BELLS....WE

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56:47

202: Malice At The Palace

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/19

YOU GUYS ARE NOT READY TO HEAR PATRICK AND GILLIAN TALK ABOUT THE SPORTS! At a 2004 Sportsgitball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pacers (oh my god, listen to me knowing the NAMES!) all hell breaks loose when a fan (who we MEET and who Gillian has WORDS for) throws a beer at one of the players. Suddenly we're in the middle of the biggest brawl in sports history. It's 20,000 IDIOT fans throwing bottles, ripping chairs out of concrete, and TRYING TO FIGHT BASKETBALL players. Patrick

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52:51

201: The Delphi Murders (HLN"s "Down The Hill)

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/12

On February 14, 2017, the bodies of 14 year old Abigail Williams and 13 year old Liberty German were found near the Manon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana. The girls had disappeared from the trail the day before. Soon it was revealed that one of the girls, Libby, had captured audio and video of their presumed killer on her smart phone. But even with a mountain of evidence including audio of the killer's voice and a composite sketch, the girls' murder remains at large. Is he hiding in plain

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42:58

AD FREE: John Wayne Gacy: Devil In Disguise

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/07

One of the most brutal and prolific serial killers of all time: John Wayne Gacy is known to have murdered at least 32 people during his reign of terror in a suburb of Chicago. AND. MOST. WERE. BURRIED. UNDER. HIS. HOUSE. This story is told by Gacy himself and the investigators and family members who were forever changed by the horror he brought into their lives. You can hear all six of our episodes on this case RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON. That's where you'll also find over 200 ad free bonus

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72:05

200: OUR 200TH EPISODE! Our Most Hilarious Clips and...

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/10/05

FAM!! To celebrate this HUGE milestone, we're doing something we've never done before! Patrick and Gillian are surprising each other with their favorite clips TCO's funniest moments! From Patti Peterson to bears pooping in the woods and all the New Jersey-iest theme parks and serial killers in between, get ready to pull your automobile over, bash your garbage bell, and pull out your chloroform, because today's show is going to be like nothing you've ever heard. AND DON'T WORRY, WE'RE BACK TO THE

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56:07

199: A Fatal Confession: Keith Morrison Investigates

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/09/28

In 1993, 16-year-old Daniel Villegas was convicted of a double murder he couldn't have committed. He was railroaded into confessing and spent decades in prison--hope of ever getting out was all but lost. But then a remarkable turn of events occurred when a local El Paso contractor became convinced of Daniel's innocence AND embarked on an obsessive mission to prove it. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our

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32:11

Secret Identities: Hiding in Plain Sight (From...

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/09/23

Fam! We're super excited to share this episode of "Strange and Unexplained" with the TCO fam. I (Patrick) helped research and write this episode and it tells two stories I've been OBSESSED with for decades. As the title says, these two stories are about two really important people who were hiding in plain sight. Amazingly, they lived about a hundred years apart in time, but only a few blocks apart in geography. One was a prominent member of society, the other a marginalized group. And they both had

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57:17

198: Made You Look

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/09/21

In 1994, a woman walked into one of New York City's most famous art galleries and told it's President that she had a cache of never-before-seen masterworks. And she was looking to sell to the gallery on the cheap. And so began the largest art fraud in US history. The gallery sold the worthless works to unsuspecting collectors for over $80 million. But who knew what? And when? PATRICK IS OBSESSED....And Gillian couldn't really care less. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over

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50:44

197: The Zodiac Killer PART 2: Very Scary People

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/09/14

This is part 2 of our coverage of The Zodiac Killer! If you're looking for part 1, go here! FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the lens of... New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlburg?!?!? You know Gillian has THOUGHTS on this case - meanwhile, Patrick is obsessed with yet another boyband dreamboat. The Zodiac Killer: He terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s. He also taunted the public with cryptic clues, threats of violence and most famously, ciphers that were

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51:14

196: The Zodiac Killer: Very Scary People

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/09/07

We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the lens of... New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlburg?!?!? You know Gillian has THOUGHTS on this case - meanwhile, Patrick is obsessed with yet another boyband dreamboat. The Zodiac Killer: He terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s. He also

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53:18

195: Escape To Alcatraz

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/08/31

In the middle of the night on Nov. 20, 1969, a group of mostly young Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz, landing on the shores of Alcatraz Island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay. They occupied the former prison for 19 months, demanding that the federal government turn over the island to Indigenous Americans. The self-proclaimed Tribe of All Nations ignited a national movement and with the support of Americans from all walks of life, thrived as they prepared for a showdown with the American

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55:44

194: Monster Preacher

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/08/24

In 1986, self-proclaimed Pastor Gary Heidnik, kidnapped six women and held them prisoner in his basement. The women were tortured for months and two of them died. In this Oxygen special, two of the survivors tell their harrowing stories of how the wound up in Heidnik's basement and what it took to survive. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A

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53:28

Interview: Damien Echols of the "West Memphis Three"

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/08/17

We're so excited to share our interview with Damien Echols, author, artist, husband, producer, and wrongfully convicted human. We talk all about West of Memphis, his journey being one of the West Memphis Three, his years on death row, his ongoing fight for exoneration, forgiveness, and so much more! You can learn more about Damien and his art at patreon.com/damienechols

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54:49

193: West of Memphis Part 2

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/08/17

This is part 2 of our 2 part coverage of West of Memphis. THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID WE'D NEVER DO! The film focuses on the 18-plus year plight of the “West Memphis Three”: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley who, in 1993, were convicted of the murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Jason and Jessie each got life, Damien was sentenced to death. The film brilliantly chronicles the movement that fought for their release, shows the evidence that can prove their

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59:47

192: West of Memphis

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/08/10

FAM: We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID WE'D NEVER DO! The film focuses on the 18-plus year plight of the “West Memphis Three”: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley who, in 1993, were convicted of the murders of three young boys in West Memphis, Arkansas. Jason and Jessie each got life, Damien was

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56:07

191: When Phillip Met Missy

True Crime Obsessed ·

2021/08/03

YOU. SERIOUSLY. ARE. NOT. READY! When a woman goes missing on a trip to Graceland, all eyes are on her husband, Phillip. Police put him under surveillance hoping he'll slip up. And that's when a mysterious younger woman enters the scene. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of

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