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Crime House 24/7

Crime House 24/7 is the home for all things Crime House. Hosted by Vanessa Richardson, this is your around-the-clock destination for true crime. From current cases, classic mysteries, in-depth investigations, and limited-run series you won"t find anywhere else. With two new full-length episodes dropping every day, plus curated specials and seasonal events, Crime House 24/7 is a community built for people who can"t stop asking what really happened. Follow now and never miss an episode.

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19:27

Honors Student Killed While Waiting for His Mom — 3...

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2026/07/13

On a Friday afternoon in March 2023, 17-year-old Xavier Chavarin — a straight-A honors student months from graduating — was stabbed to death while waiting for his mom to pick him up from school in Los Angeles. His attacker was a stranger. Hours later, that same man stabbed a father of three about a mile away. Last week, more than three years after the attacks, David Anthony Zapata was sentenced to 24 years to life. Vanessa walks you through Xavier's story, the investigation, and a case with no

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11:31

The Real Kitty Genovese, Pt. 1 | Murder: True Crime...

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2026/07/10

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another Crime House show: Murder: True Crime Stories, hosted by Carter Roy. In this episode, Carter introduces the real Kitty Genovese — a 28-year-old Queens bar manager who dreamed of opening an Italian restaurant and quietly loved a woman named Mary Ann — and the brutal 1964 attack outside her apartment that became one of the most infamous crimes in American history. This is Part 1. For Part 2, follow Murder: True Crime Stories on Apple

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20:05

Scuba Instructor Charged in Death of Student on...

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2026/07/10

In February, 23-year-old Sofía Devries traveled to Patagonia with her boyfriend to earn her scuba diving certification. On a dive to a sunken ship in near-zero visibility, she panicked, pulled out her regulator, and drowned. Five months later, an Argentine court formally charged her instructor with negligent homicide — arguing that the conditions never should have matched two divers who had earned their entry-level certification just the day before. Vanessa walks you through the dive, the

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17:27

The Midnight Assassin Pt. 1 | Serial Killers &...

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2026/07/09

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another one of her shows: Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, co-hosted with forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels. In this episode, they turn to Austin, Texas in 1884 — where an unknown killer began targeting Black female domestic servants in a case that remains unsolved to this day. This is Part 1. For Part 2, follow Serial Killers & Murderous Minds on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.If you’re new here,

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19:16

Chicago Couple Found in Mexico Mass Grave; Former...

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2026/07/09

Last October, Chicago couple Zafar Mawani and Guillermo Ortiz moved to Mexico City to care for Zafar's mother as she struggled with Alzheimer's. On a Wednesday in May, they set out to buy a chairlift for her home. Their phones went dark that evening — at the exact same moment. Weeks later, they were found in a mass grave outside Mexico City. Seven people are now in custody, including a former police officer investigators say ran the robbery crew that targeted them. Vanessa walks you through the case

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12:04

The 1770 Boston Massacre | Conspiracy Theories,...

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2026/07/08

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you an episode from another one of her shows: Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes, where she unpacks stories of murderous cults, criminal cover-ups, mass manipulation, and twisted conspiracies. In this episode: the 1770 Boston Massacre, when British soldiers opened fire on a crowd of colonists — and how figures like Paul Revere turned a chaotic street confrontation into a rallying cry that helped spark the American Revolution. To hear more, follow Conspiracy

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20:25

Ex-College Basketball Star Kerr Kriisa Indicted in...

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2026/07/08

Federal prosecutors say former college basketball star Kerr Kriisa spent four years running a $2.2 million wire fraud scheme — inventing personas, faking emergencies, and even impersonating his own mother in emails claiming she had cancer. The FBI arrested Kriisa in Lexington last Friday, and his indictment was unsealed Monday, charging him with five counts of wire fraud against two victims who prosecutors say believed they were helping a friend through the worst moments of his life. Vanessa walks

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8:59

The Disappearance of Tammy Lynn Leppert | The Final...

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2026/07/07

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you an episode from another Crime House show: The Final Hours, hosted by Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole. Each week, they cover a different missing persons case, tracing the final moments before the disappearance. In this episode: the 1983 case of Tammy Lynn Leppert — an aspiring actress who called goodbye to her mother, got into a car with a friend, and was never seen again. To hear more, follow The Final Hours on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen

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21:20

Netflix "Skywalkers" Couple Charged with Felonies...

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2026/07/07

Two of the world's most famous daredevils — Netflix's "Skywalkers" Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus — snuck into the Empire State Building last Tuesday, hid overnight, and climbed the antenna 1,454 feet above Manhattan. At the top, Beerkus got down on one knee. Now the couple is facing eight criminal counts in Manhattan — including two felonies. Vanessa walks you through how they pulled it off, the charges they're facing, and the wrinkles that complicate the fairy tale.If you’re new here, don’t

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19:39

Boyfriend Convicted in Murder of Oakland Artist Zoe...

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2026/07/06

Zoe Reidy Watts was 25 — a poet, ceramic artist, and Bay Area presence who had once made work about gender-based violence. In February 2024, after a date night, she was killed inside her boyfriend's Oakland apartment. Surveillance footage caught her escaping to the sidewalk — and her boyfriend, Victor Frieson, dragging her back inside. This past week, more than two years later, a jury found Frieson guilty of second-degree murder, torture, and corporal injury. Vanessa walks you through the case, the

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14:10

The Wonderland Gang & the Laurel Canyon Murders, Pt....

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2026/07/03

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another Crime House show: Murder: True Crime Stories, hosted by Carter Roy. In this episode, Carter unpacks the Wonderland Gang — a crew of drug dealers and thieves who robbed feared LA nightclub owner Eddie Nash in 1981. The retaliation that followed left four people bludgeoned to death inside a Laurel Canyon townhouse in one of the most notorious unsolved murder cases in Los Angeles history. This is Part 1. For Part 2, follow Murder: True

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22:06

Chris Brown Hit with $13M Verdict in Housekeeper Dog...

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2026/07/03

In December 2020, a 200-pound guard dog attacked housekeeper Maria Avila at singer Chris Brown's Los Angeles home, leaving her permanently disfigured and unable to return to work. This week, more than five years later, a Los Angeles jury ordered Brown to pay her and her family more than $13 million in a civil verdict — after hearing that when Maria lay bleeding on the ground, Brown left the scene without calling 911. Vanessa walks you through the attack, the trial, and where this fits into a legal

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15:13

The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, Pt. 1 | Serial...

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2026/07/02

This afternoon, Vanessa is bringing you a preview from another one of her shows: Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, co-hosted with forensic psychologist Dr. Tristin Engels. In this episode, they dive into the case of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run — a 1930s serial killer whose crimes gave rise to one of the first modern criminal profiles, decades ahead of its time. This is Part 1. For Part 2, follow Serial Killers & Murderous Minds on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to

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19:26

Bride-to-Be Charged in Fiancé's Fatal 400-Foot Fall...

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2026/07/02

In India, a 26-year-old businessman fell 400 feet to his death while trekking with his fiancée at Lohagad Fort — just weeks before their palace wedding. What was first ruled an accident is now something else entirely. His fiancée and a man police say was her secret lover have been arrested and charged with murder and conspiracy in a plan investigators allege was months in the making. Vanessa walks you through the case: the alleged practice run, the signal to push, the financial trail, and the viral

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19:50

Marly Kinney Found Dead in Kentucky Lake; Boat...

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2026/07/01

On June 24th, 19-year-old Marly Kinney went out on a rented pontoon boat on Kentucky's Grayson Lake with a group of friends. By the end of the afternoon, she was gone. For five days, hundreds of searchers — divers, helicopters, drones, cadaver dogs, and volunteers — combed the lake. On Sunday, the search ended in tragedy. The man driving the boat has been charged with boating under the influence after registering nearly twice the legal limit. Vanessa walks you through the case so far — what's known,

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22:54

The Milk Carton Kid: SCOTUS Reinstates Etan Patz...

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2026/06/30

In 1979, six-year-old Etan Patz vanished walking to his school bus stop alone for the first time, a case that put his face on the side of milk cartons and sparked the modern missing-children movement. Forty-seven years later, the U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the murder conviction of Pedro Hernandez in a 6-to-3 ruling. Vanessa walks you through the case from that spring morning in SoHo to the Court's decision, and what it really decides for confessions, federal authority, and a family still

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21:02

Former Pastor Charged With Pushing Wife Off Angel's...

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2026/06/29

In Utah, David Vander Meer was charged with the 2006 murder of his wife Bernadette, who fell 1,200 feet from Angel's Landing at Zion National Park in what was ruled an accident at the time; a reinvestigation revealed he had allegedly told a teenage girl from his church youth group that his wife would need to die for them to be together, and had quadrupled her life insurance policy before the trip. He was arrested in Las Vegas last week and died from self-inflicted injuries in custody four days

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19:10

Palisades Fire Arson Trial Ends in Mistrial, Retrial...

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2026/06/29

In Los Angeles, a federal jury deadlocked ten to two in favor of acquittal in the arson trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the former Uber driver accused of setting the brush fire that prosecutors say became the catastrophic Palisades Fire, which killed twelve people and destroyed more than 6,800 structures; a mistrial was declared Friday after jurors said they were unwilling to change their positions. The government announced it will retry the case in October, while the neighborhood of Pacific

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18:52

Stephen Bouchard Charged With 1987 Murder of...

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2026/06/26

In Maine, Stephen Bouchard, 63, has been charged with the 1987 murder of his then-girlfriend Alice Hawkes, who was found with her throat slit in their Westbrook apartment; a judge denied bail this week after prosecutors presented evidence including an alleged statement by Bouchard that he had committed the perfect crime. The case was cracked open by a 2025 reinvestigation by the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit-Unsolved, nearly four decades after Alice's family first began pushing for answers.If

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24:00

AI-Obsessed Vegan Cult Linked to Six Deaths as Member...

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2026/06/26

In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Michelle Zajko has been indicted for the 2022 murders of her parents, shot to death in their Chester Heights home on New Year's Eve; charges came after shell casings from her Vermont property matched the murder weapon and investigators found a note on her phone titled "There are so many things we f---ed up." The case is the last unsolved chapter in a string of six deaths linked to the Zizians, a cultlike group of highly educated tech workers connected to violence

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