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True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard

Steve Rhode | Host of the True Crime Podcast

True Crime podcast hosted by Steve Rhode, exploring untold true crime stories and the complexities behind true crime cases. Each episode honors victims while discussing justice and accidentally teaching new information you don"t know. To join the exclusive email notification list go to https://truecrimeunheard.com/subscribe

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00:44:49

He Kidnapped His Own Attorney: The Story of Putt

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2026/01/28

Putnam Richardson's kidnapping of attorney Mel Shelander is one of the most ironic true crime cases we've covered. At 79 years old, Richardson abducted his own former defense lawyer—the man who represented him on kidnapping charges 40 years earlier—and held him chained in a shed for 55 hours demanding $1 million ransom.Built from 65 pages of federal court documents including the factual basis, plea agreement, and sentencing memorandum, this episode traces Richardson's 61-year criminal

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00:55:25

Bodies Falling from the Sky: John Walker's Deadly...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2026/01/21

John Walker's aviation fraud is one of the deadliest true crime cases we've covered. He built "Frankenstein helicopters" from crashed remains, bribed an FAA inspector, and ran 48 shell companies from Guam—while pilots kept dying. Built from 3,070 pages of federal court documents, this episode reveals how Walker's scheme killed 10 pilots, including one who died during his own trial. He's now serving 405 months in federal prison. Court

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00:41:12

The SWIPE GOD Rapper Who Convicted Himself: Check...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2026/01/14

Hunter Hudson Jr.'s check fraud case is one of the most self-incriminating true crime cases we've covered. The Montgomery rapper named his album "SWIPE GOD," gave a 27-minute interview titled "What You Know About Swiping," and coordinated his crimes through a Telegram group chat called "Fraud Academy"—while the FBI was already watching.Built from 294 pages of federal court documents, this crime case reveals how corrupt postal workers and a bank teller enabled over $2 million in fraudulent check

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01:36:52

The Whistleblower Who Had 48 Hours to Live: True...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2026/01/07

Eliud Montoya's murder is one of the fastest whistleblower retaliation true crime cases ever documented. He filed a federal complaint on Thursday exposing his supervisor's $3.5 million labor trafficking scheme—and was shot six times by Saturday afternoon.Built from 3,090 pages of federal court records including trial transcripts, the getaway driver's 141-page confession, and the civil verdict that held Wolf Tree's parent company 90% responsible for his death, this episode reveals how

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00:53:55

Brandy Odom's Killer Studied Dexter: A True Crime Case

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/12/31

Cory Martin's murder of Brandy Odom is one of the most calculated true crime cases we've covered. He spent a year planning—taking out $200,000 in life insurance and studying Dexter daily to learn how to kill.Built from 2,977 pages of federal court documents and trial testimony, this episode reveals how digital forensics and a co-conspirator's confession finally brought justice after the case went cold for two years.Martin is now serving life in federal prison. Court documents are sent

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01:21:08

Field of Schemes: Everyone Loved Him. Nobody Knew Him.

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/12/17

True Crime Cases You Haven't Heard investigates the double life of Randy Constant, a Missouri farmer who committed the largest organic fraud in American history—$142 million.He packed bags for hungry children. He led church mission trips. He also spent $360,000 on Las Vegas escorts and hid three secret relationships from his wife of 39 years. She learned everything when prosecutors read his bank statements in open court.Three days after sentencing, he was dead.All details from court documents,

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00:49:51

They Were Hiking Friends. Then She Ordered the Hit.

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/12/10

The prosecutor reviewed everything and said something haunting: "I don't think Sasser knows why she wanted her dead either."In 2023, Melody Sasser—a 47-year-old environmental compliance specialist from Knoxville, Tennessee—paid nearly $10,000 in Bitcoin to have a woman murdered. The target wasn't an ex-lover. Wasn't a rival. She was the fiancée of a man Sasser had hiked with a few times.This episode traces how a Match.com connection turned into a dark web murder plot, the

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02:16:45

Inside a Serial Fraudster's Playbook: Clemency for a...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/12/03

Eli Weinstein defrauded investors of $275 million across three separate Ponzi schemes spanning two decades. He went to federal prison. He received presidential clemency. Within months, he was running another scheme.This episode goes deep inside the mechanics of serial financial fraud—how these criminals build trust, move money, hide assets, and exploit the very systems designed to stop them. From Weinstein's origins as a used car salesman in New Jersey to his prosecution in 2025, this is a case

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00:44:58

The Wrong Target Again and Again – How a...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/11/26

Between September and December 2022, a murder-for-hire conspiracy in Mobile, Alabama produced one of the most spectacular criminal failures in recent memory. John McCarroll recruited shooters, provided illegal weapons including machineguns, and directed attack after attack against his target: Milton Carter.The result? Two innocent people murdered. One permanently paralyzed. Six others wounded. Nine victims who had nothing to do with McCarroll's vendetta.Milton Carter? Never got a scratch.Even

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00:22:14

What You Don't Hear on Wednesday Morning | Behind the...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/11/19

It was about 2 AM when I realized the Lobster Trap Murder case wasn't what I thought it was. I'd been reading court documents for hours—the victim, the violence, the assumptions. But then I got to the transcripts about the accomplice who got dragged in. She wasn't a criminal. She was trying to help someone she thought cared about her. Bad choices in a moment of misplaced loyalty destroyed her life.That's what you don't hear on Wednesday mornings.This week, instead of a case,

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01:01:40

The Designer Who Went to Prison - Part 2: The Reckoning

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2025/11/12

After 14 brutal months in a Colombian maximum-security prison, 71-year-old fashion designer Nancy Gonzalez stood before a federal judge in Miami for sentencing. Her crime? Smuggling handbag samples made from exotic leather to meet Fashion Week deadlines.In this conclusion to Nancy's story, prosecutors compared her to a "cocaine kingpin" and argued she deserved years in federal prison. Her defense attorneys called it selective prosecution—pointing out that the luxury retailers who sold

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00:54:39

The Designer Who Went to Prison - Part 1

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/11/05

July 2022. Colombian federal agents arrest Nancy Gonzalez—a luxury fashion designer whose handbags were sold at Bergdorf Goodman, Saks, and Neiman Marcus. The charge: wildlife smuggling. But here's what makes this case unforgettable: Nancy went to federal prison while the retailers who sold her bags faced zero consequences. This is True Crime Cases You Haven't Heard—and Part 1 reveals how an empire was built on endangered reptile skins, who knew what was happening, and why only one person

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01:41:43

The Instagram and TikTok Murder Plot: Ashley Grayson...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/10/29

Ashley Grayson Murder-for-Hire Case Summary:Social media influencer Ashley Grayson was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in commission of murder-for-hire. The 2022 case involved three targets: business rival Derricka Harwell, ex-boyfriend Patrick Tate, and TikTok critic Sherell Hodge. Olivia Johnson recorded the plot on FaceTime, leading to Grayson's arrest and conviction in Memphis federal court.Key Facts:Federal murder-for-hire

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00:34:03

THE CELL: Episode 3 - The Reckoning | True Crime...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/10/22

When Adult Victim 1 punched through a metal door with her bare hands and climbed a fence to freedom, she set in motion a reckoning that would expose a decade-long pattern of violence.In this final episode of our three-part series on Negasi Zuberi, we take you inside the federal courtroom where justice was finally delivered. But what the jury never heard during trial—and what prosecutors revealed at sentencing—changed everything.Court documents show that Zuberi's 2023 kidnappings in Klamath Falls,

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00:25:20

THE CELL: Inside Negasi Zuberi's Concrete Prison |...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/10/15

On May 11, 2023, Adult Victim 2 walked into the Klamath Falls Police Department with bloodied clothes and a detailed account of her assault by Negasi Zuberi. Officers were reluctant to follow up. They didn't collect the evidence. For the next two months, Zuberi made documented trips to Home Depot, purchasing concrete blocks, lumber, insulation, and deadbolts. His own security cameras captured him building. Amazon records show leg irons and handcuffs. GPS data placed him surveilling potential

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00:21:43

THE CELL: Inside Negasi Zuberi's Concrete Prison |...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/10/08

On July 15, 2023, a woman escaped from a five-ton concrete cell in Klamath Falls, Oregon—punching through metal doors until her hands were bloody. This is Episode 1: The Escape. All details from court documents and official records. Full case files at TrueCrimeUnheard.com.

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00:24:40

The Elvis Presley Scam That Almost Worked | True...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/10/01

In May 2024, Graceland was 24 hours from foreclosure—all because of a forged signature from a woman who'd been dead for 18 months.Lisa Jeanine Findley, a 54-year-old con artist from Missouri, nearly stole Elvis Presley's mansion using fake companies, burner phones, and Microsoft Word in a $2.85M extortion attempt that shocked Memphis.Host Steve Rhode shares his personal connection to Elvis's death, then unravels how Findley impersonated three different people in panicked emails to CBS

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00:51:35

Godson to a Trafficker: Why a Decorated Federal Agent...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/09/24

In this gripping episode of our True Crime podcast, we delve into the untold true crime story of federal agent Alberico Crespo, who knelt at a Santería altar—was he seeking spiritual guidance or protecting a drug empire? This shocking true crime case reveals how a decorated fraud investigator used his badge to shield the very crimes he swore to stop, including connections to drug trafficker Jorge Diaz. Based on court records, FBI wiretaps, and sworn testimony from his 2023 trial, we explore the

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00:40:25

Overlooked in Plain Sight: The Green River Killer |...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/09/17

He confessed to killing 48 women, but the real story is darker. In this episode, we strip away the myths and expose the realities of Gary Ridgway — the so-called Green River Killer. Discover why he wasn’t caught for nearly 20 years, how he hid in plain sight as a father and factory worker, and the systemic failures that allowed him to keep killing. Built entirely from court records, sworn testimony, and prosecutorial files, this episode reveals lessons law enforcement — and society — still struggle

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00:40:07

When You Kidnap the Wrong Person | Untold True Crime...

True Crime Cases You Haven"t Heard ·

2025/09/10

In this episode of True Crime Cases You Haven't Heard, explore the untold true crime story of a woman who became a victim after trying to help during a Detroit carjacking. Hours later, the very man she assisted, Cortez Blake, led her abduction, mistakenly convinced she had set him up. This episode recounts how one night of bad decisions, arrogance, and ignorance turned suspicion into violence, destroying lives on all sides. Join us as we analyze true crime through court documents, sworn

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