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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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00:13:35

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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00:19:37

Aileen Wuornos: Monster, Victim, or Both?

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2025/11/08

Aileen Wuornos is remembered as one of the most infamous serial killers in American history. A sex worker who murdered seven men along Florida highways, she became the subject of headlines, documentaries, and the film Monster. But behind the sensational coverage was a life marked by trauma, instability, and survival at any cost.Before the murders, Aileen experienced abandonment, sexual abuse, homelessness, and years of violence. When she was finally arrested in 1991, police used the one person she

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00:07:11

They Stole $100 Million in Diamonds in 7 Minutes.

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2025/11/06

In under seven minutes, a team of thieves walked into one of the most secure museums in the world and stole nearly $100 million in diamonds and royal jewelry from the Louvre in Paris. Wearing construction uniforms and using a stolen truck and crane, they took France’s crown jewels, including a diamond necklace once gifted by Napoleon.But the flawless heist was not as perfect as it seemed. A jewel fell during the getaway, security systems were mysteriously ignored, and investigators soon uncovered

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00:10:09

He Escaped Prison and Lived in a Toys “R” Us Ceiling.

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2025/11/04

Jeffrey Manchester, known as “The Roofman,” wasn’t your typical criminal. A former Army Reservist, he used military precision to rob nearly forty fast-food restaurants across nine states, always polite and disciplined. But his boldest move came after his arrest.Serving a forty-five-year sentence, Manchester escaped prison by hiding under a delivery truck. For months, he vanished. Then police uncovered the unbelievable truth: he had been secretly living inside the ceiling of a North Carolina Toys “R”

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00:09:50

She Went Trick-or-Treating. She Never Came Home.

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2025/11/01

It was Halloween night, 1973, when 9-year-old Lisa Ann French left her home in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, dressed as a little hobo and carrying a paper sack. She was only three houses away when she disappeared.Three days later, her body was found in a rural field. The killer wasn’t a stranger. It was her neighbor, Gerald Turner, the man everyone thought they could trust. The crime horrified the nation and changed how parents let their children trick-or-treat forever.The murder of Lisa French didn’t

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00:22:37

Halloween Special: The Real Killers Who Inspired...

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2025/10/31

Sometimes truth is far scarier than fiction. In this episode, we uncover the real killers whose crimes inspired some of the most terrifying horror films ever made, proving that true fear often begins long before the opening credits.In Gainesville, Florida, Danny Rolling, the “Gainesville Ripper,” murdered five college students in 1990, leaving behind a trail of brutality and fear. His crimes became the blueprint for a new era of slasher films.Across the Atlantic, Robert Maudsley, dubbed “Hannibal

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00:20:04

Murder on the Menu: Inside the Twisted Minds of...

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2025/10/30

Tonight, we step inside the minds of killers who crossed the final line—turning murder into a meal. These aren’t movie plots or campfire stories. They are real crimes that shocked the world.Kevin Bacon, a 25-year-old hairstylist from Michigan, trusted someone he met on a dating app and vanished on Christmas Day 2019. What police found in the basement of Mark Latunski’s home was horrifying.In California, rapper Antron “Big Lurch” Singleton’s drug-fueled psychosis led to one of the most disturbing

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00:07:37

A Smoothie Straw Solved a 40-Year Murder Mystery.

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2025/10/29

In 1984, 16-year-old Theresa Fusco was fired from her job at a Long Island roller rink and vanished while walking home. Weeks later, her body was found brutally murdered. Police arrested three local men—John Kogut, Dennis Halstead, and John Restivo—and despite a lack of physical evidence, all three were convicted. They spent nearly twenty years behind bars for a crime they didn’t commit.Decades later, advances in DNA technology uncovered the truth. Evidence from the crime scene matched Richard

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00:28:30

Inside the Minds of Monsters: Ed Gein, Jeffrey...

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2025/10/28

They are three of the most infamous names in true crime history: Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Menendez Brothers. From Gein’s grave robberies and macabre trophies to Dahmer’s horrific apartment crimes and the Menendez brothers’ shocking family murder, these cases shattered any sense of normalcy and redefined what horror means in real life.Ed Gein’s crimes inspired Hollywood’s darkest creations, from Psycho to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and now he is the subject of a new Netflix series. Jeffrey

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00:11:23

The Night Stalker: Inside Richard Ramirez’s Killing...

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2025/10/27

Before he became the “Night Stalker,” Richard Ramirez was already showing signs of the evil that would define his name.While working at a Holiday Inn, he used a master key to sneak into guests’ rooms and was caught attempting to assault a woman before her husband intervened. That early crime was ignored, but it revealed what was coming.In 1984, Ramirez began his first known murder, killing 79-year-old Jennie Vincow in her own home. Over the next year, he unleashed a reign of terror across Los

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00:19:25

The Yogurt Shop Murders That Still Haunt Texas.

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2025/10/25

On December 6, 1991, four teenage girls—Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Amy Ayers—were closing up a North Austin yogurt shop when a horrific crime unfolded.Just before midnight, firefighters arrived to find smoke pouring from the store. Inside, they discovered a nightmare: three of the girls were bound, gagged, stripped, and shot execution-style.The case quickly became one of Texas’s most infamous investigations. Police chased dozens of suspects, from local teens to a serial killer on

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00:08:17

He Was Beheaded. She Was Found in the Lake.

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2025/10/23

In 2014, Russell and Shirley Dermond seemed to have the perfect retirement life in a quiet Georgia lake community. But when neighbors stopped by one morning, they found Russell decapitated in his garage. Shirley was gone.Ten days later, her body surfaced in Lake Oconee, weighed down with concrete blocks. There was no forced entry, no robbery, and no clear motive. Russell’s wallet and Shirley’s jewelry were still in the house. But investigators found gunshot residue on Russell’s collar and signs of a

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00:09:44

He Built a Masterpiece. Then It Became a Massacre.

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2025/10/21

It was supposed to be his masterpiece. A sanctuary where art and love could thrive. But on a summer afternoon in 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, became the scene of one of the most shocking massacres in American history.The cook, Julian Carlton, turned on everyone in the house. Armed with an axe and a can of gasoline, he killed seven people, including Wright’s lover, Mamah Borthwick, and her two children. What followed was fire, panic, and questions that have haunted

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00:15:09

The Mistress Who Murdered and Then Raised the...

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2025/10/18

Sherri Dally was a wife, a mother, and a devoted friend. On a Monday morning, she stopped at a Target in Ventura, California, to run errands. But in the parking lot, someone was waiting with handcuffs and a plan.She thought she was being arrested. In reality, it was an abduction. Behind the plot was her husband’s mistress, Diana Haun, and together with Sherri’s husband, Michael Dally, they conspired to make Sherri disappear.The most haunting part? The woman who murdered Sherri went on to raise her

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00:09:41

The DMV Leak That Got a Hollywood Star Killed.

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2025/10/16

Rebecca Schaeffer was just 21 years old and on the brink of Hollywood stardom when a deadly obsession found its way to her doorstep.Her killer, 19-year-old Robert John Bardo, had stalked her for years. He wrote letters, showed up at studios, and finally hired a private investigator to track her down. That investigator obtained Rebecca’s unlisted address from the California DMV for just $250.On July 18, 1989, Bardo rang her doorbell and shot her point-blank in the chest. Her final word was “Why?” The

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00:04:54

She Married Her Sister’s Murderer.

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2025/10/14

In Argentina, 19-year-old model Johana Casas was shot dead just days before her 20th birthday. Witnesses said her ex-boyfriend, Victor Cingolani, was the shooter. He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in prison.But behind bars, Victor planned a wedding. His bride? Johana’s identical twin sister, Edith. Their mother begged her to stop, even took her to court, but Edith passed a psych evaluation and married Victor on Valentine’s Day 2013 as protesters threw eggs outside the prison.Then came

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00:10:21

They Killed 15-Year-Old Elyse Pahler in a Satanic...

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2025/10/11

In July 1995, 15-year-old Elyse Pahler left home in Arroyo Grande, California, thinking she was meeting friends for a late-night hangout. Instead, she walked into a planned murder.Three teenage boys obsessed with heavy metal and satanic sacrifice believed that killing a virgin would make their band famous. Joseph Fiorella, Jacob Delashmutt, and Royce Casey lured Elyse to a secluded clearing, where they held her down and stabbed her repeatedly as she begged for her life.For eight months, her body lay

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00:08:46

He Promised Forever. She Got a Bullet.

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2025/10/09

Molly Watson thought she was marrying the love of her life. Days before her wedding, she was found shot in the head on a rural Missouri road.Her fiancé, James Addie, had been living a double life. Molly thought he was a widower. In reality, his fourth wife was still alive, and he had been hiding the truth from everyone.What began as a love story turned into a web of lies, betrayal, and murder. Addie was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. But how did no one see the truth until it was too

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00:13:19

Former MLB Pitcher Daniel Serafini Murdered His...

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2025/10/07

In 2021, Gary and Wendy Spore were ambushed inside their Lake Tahoe home. Investigators say the shooter was their own son-in-law, former MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini. What began as a family feud ended in a calculated double shooting that shocked the quiet community. In 2025, Serafini was found guilty of murder.Follow True Crime Recaps for more real stories that uncover the dark side of greed and revenge.

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