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Culprit

Calista and Theresa Whitney

* Rebranded! * We admit it. We’re fascinated by true crime. And if you’re reading this, we bet you are too. Join mother-and-daughter hosts Theresa and Calista for a new intriguing/upsetting case every other week!

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00:41:58

Episode 45 - Graham Young: Part Two: A Teacup Full of...

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2026/03/15

Now that Graham Young was working at John Hadland Laboratories, his victim pool had expanded. Out of the nearly 70 members of staff to catch the so-called “Bovingdon Bug,” two would never recover: Bob Egle and Fred Biggs. Even after Graham had been arrested, an event he hastened along in once again showing off his troubling toxicological expertise, he was sure he’d be acquitted, but that was before the jury heard that traces of thallium had been found in both sets of remains, not to mention Graham’s

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00:44:10

Episode 44 - Graham Young: Part One: A Predilection...

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2026/03/01

Graham Young had always been a strange child whose fascination with poisons saw him employing his extensive expertise to procure lethal quantities of various toxic substances with which to experiment. When he missed out on observing their full effects on his schoolmate, Graham decided to use the chemistry set his father had given him to target his entire family. After causing one death and numerous illnesses, the teenager was sent to Broadmoor, but not even this maximum-security mental hospital

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00:51:21

Episode 43 - Walter Leroy Moody Jr.: Explosive Rage

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2026/02/15

Imagine committing a crime and then being so angry at having been convicted that you spend more than 20 years after your release trying to get your conviction overturned. This is Walter Leroy Moody Jr. in a nutshell. When false narratives and unfounded appeals didn’t produce the result he had hoped for, he channeled his anger into murder by sending bombs to innocent people. If he couldn’t have his way, he would direct all his rage at the court responsible for denying his appeals.Sources:

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01:05:57

Episode 42 - Richard Rogers: When You Let a Murderer...

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2026/02/01

By the time investigators connected 50-year-old Richard Rogers to the murders of four middle-aged gay and bisexual men whose remains were discovered in garbage bags between 1991 and 1993, it had been nearly three decades since Richard had first been acquitted of murder after claiming self-defense. Richard had come a long way from hiding corpses in tents. He’d realized dismemberment was a much better method of body disposal. Richard may have evolved, but so too had fingerprinting technology, and the

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00:39:46

Episode 41 - Gary Ray Bowles: A Murderous Motorway

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2026/01/18

Using the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. as his murderous roadmap, Gary Ray Bowles left innocent men dead from Florida to Maine in 1994, killing six men before being apprehended at a Florida employment office. Gary thought of himself as a hustler, someone who exploited the benevolence of others, then turned on them in the cruelest way possible bymurdering them, violently stuffing something in their mouth, stealing from them, and then moving on to the next unsuspecting victim.Sources:

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00:56:50

Episode 40 - Colin Ireland: A New Year, A New Level...

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2026/01/04

Having made a murderous New Year's resolution, Colin Ireland studied serial killers before putting his own plan into action. Then, in the spring of 1993, he tortured and killed five gay men: Peter Walker, Christopher Dunn, Perry Bradley III, Andrew Collier, and Emanuel Spiteri. Posing as a BDSM practitioner at the Coleherne Arms pub in West London, Colin preyed on a vulnerable community who was often targeted rather than protected by the police. His need for recognition manifested in staged

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00:39:35

Episode 39 - Stephanie Kilhefner and Za’Zell Preston:...

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2025/12/21

Because it’s that time of year again, in this episode, we’re covering two cases that happened on Christmas Eve:On December 24, 2014, Dustin Lee Klopp and Stephanie Kilhefner Klopp’s two children would be made orphans, just not all at once. Having driven them to his parents’ house for the usual festivities the following day, Dustin called the police to confess to his wife’s murder and turned himself in. Years after making it, he had finally followed through on his threat to kill her. Exactly three

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00:45:00

Episode 38 - Herb Baumeister: Morbid Mannequin Pool...

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2025/12/07

Being gay in conventional Indianapolis in the ‘90s wasn’t easy. When members of the small gay community started disappearing and police chose to look the other way, one brave man would put himself in harm’s way to uncover the truth. It would take years, but when the horrifying truth of what transpired at Fox Hollow Farm came to light, no one could ignore that Herb Baumeister, the respectable, wealthy, family man, was hiding a secret so big he chose to end his life rather than face the consequences

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00:28:02

Episode 37 - Jay Thomas Johnson: There’s No “Aids...

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2025/11/23

21-year-old Joel Larson was walking through a popular gay cruising spot in Minneapolis, Minnesota around 11:30 in the evening on July 31, 1991, when he was killed by a bullet to the back. Only ten days later, 19-year-old Cord Draszt and 48-year-old former Minnesota State Senator John Chenoweth were shot at another gay hangout spot. After a six-page letter from the fictitious AIDS Commission claimed responsibility for the hate crimes, authorities realized they had the wrong suspect and raced to track

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00:31:04

Episode 36 - Alison Firth: Empty of Empathy

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2025/11/16

Alice Grant lived at Aidan House, a care home in Gateshead in Northeastern England. Due to her dementia and past strokes, she was dependent on the nursing staff for all her needs and could become frustrated with her predicament. Enter Alison Firth, a nurse with 16 years’ experience and a less than stellar job history. Alison didn’t like Alice; she required a lot of care and, frankly, Alison couldn’t be bothered, so she did the unthinkable: She gave Alice an overdose of Heminevrin and was confident

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00:49:29

Episode 35 - Vickie Dawn Jackson: Nursing a Grudge

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2025/11/09

For almost twenty years, Vickie Dawn Jackson had been caring for the residents in the two-stoplight town of Nocona, Texas. But on December 11, 2000, 34-year-old Nurse Vickie filled a syringe with mivacurium chloride and picked the first of the many patients she would go on to kill. In a little over two months, Vickie administered fatal injections to at least 10 patients. Her classic small-town motive? Revenge. Vickie had had enough of difficult patients and their self-absorbed families, and she was

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00:29:13

Episode 34 - Megan Jean Haines: When It’s Never Your...

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2025/11/02

Megan Jean Haines moved to Australia from her native South Africa searching for a better life, but instead of working hard to achieve that life, her bad attitude, unwillingness to do the required work, and contempt for her patients resulted in numerous misconduct charges and a license suspension. After her license was reinstated, her conduct didn’t change. When she was told that several patients had complained about herbehavior, she made the decision to use what she thought of as the “perfect

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00:51:28

Episode 33 - Ronald O'Bryan & Gerald Turner: The Real...

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2025/10/26

In our Halloween Special, we’re covering two chilling cases:The community of Pasadena, Texas was shocked when news of 8-year-old Timothy O’Bryan’s death broke late on the evening of October 31, 1974. Rumors ran rampant that a madman was poisoning children. What evil lurked behind closed doors? Shock turned to disbelief when the person arrested wasn’t a stranger, but someone close to Timothy. When 9-year-old Lisa Ann French’s best friend was grounded at the last minute, Lisa was left

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00:58:47

Episode 32 - Amelia Dyer Part 2: The River Reveals All

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2025/10/19

In the final part of our series on Amelia Dyer, we’ll see how the infamous baby farmer changed her business practices bytaking in both unwanted babies and older children, killing them via strangulation, and disposing of their bodies herself. Using a variety of aliases, Amelia may have killed hundreds of young victims. Although it was the discovery of Helena Fry’s body in 1896 that led to the police investigation that would finally bring Amelia to justice and end her decades-long career, it was the

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00:50:03

Episode 31 - Amelia Dyer Part One: The Barbaric,...

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2025/10/12

With the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 having essentially lifted any financial obligation from the father, single mothers in Victorian England often turned to baby farmers. These agents would put their babies up for fostering or adoption for a fee. While some truly helped the children that came into their care, others realized that murder was the best way to maximize their profits. One such baby farmer was a nurse named Amelia Dyer. In part one, we’ll see how despite her short stints in prison and

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Episode 30 - Kristen Gilbert: If He Dies, Can I Leave...

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2025/10/05

Nurse Kristen Gilbert was smart. After all, she graduated high school at 16. Kristen also liked control and being the center of attention. She liked the praise she received from co-workers. She really was the best nurse, just ask her. When Kristen started an affair with a co-worker, telling him how good she was at her job wasn’t enough, she needed to show him. This need would lead to at least four deaths, several attemptedmurders, and possibly, even more undetected crimes.Sources:

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00:42:54

Episode 29 - Jeanine Hannah: Caring Is Conning

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2025/09/21

We’re back with part two of our theme on female killer nurses with Jeanine Hannah, a.k.a. Jeannie Miata and Julie Kocian. With her many names, Jeanine managed to continue caring for elderly patients in spite of a restriction and a prior conviction of theft in the first degree. However, stealing from patients was far from her worst crime. After she absconded from Oregon, Jeanine faced charges of theft once more in Texas. This time, while she was awaiting a court appearance, Jeanine was arrested and

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00:36:48

Episode 28 - Christopher Gattis: Text Me Lies

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2025/09/14

* We’re back with improved audio quality! *After a burglar alarm was activated at the Gattis home around 11:30 PM on November 23, 2017, police found the bodies of two women inside the kitchen along with the body of a man in the front yard. All three had been shot to death by the sole person still alive on the property: Christopher Gattis. Christopher had just gunned down his wife, Jeanett Gattis, his stepdaughter, Candice Kunze, and her boyfriend, Andrew Buthorn. With a strange series of text

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00:52:03

Episode 27 - Stephen Allwine: Scammer Hitman vs....

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2025/09/07

* Just a note that the audio quality isn’t ideal in certain sections. We’re hoping to get a new piece of equipment for our next episode to fix the issue. Thanks for your understanding! *What do a church elder, Ashley Madison, and the dark web have to do with the murder of Amy Allwine, a well-loved dog trainer, active church member, and wife and mother in Cottage Grove, Minnesota? Well, it’s always the husband, and Stephen Allwine wanted his wife of nearly two decades dead. When hiring a hitman was a

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01:22:19

Episode 26 - Nick Hacheney: The Pastor and the...

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2025/08/31

On the morning of December 26, 1997, Nick Hacheney left his home in Bremerton, Washington, to go on a duck hunting trip. Just after 7:00 that morning, one of the neighbors noticed smoke billowing from the nearby home. After firefighters made quick work of the blaze, the severely burned body of Nick’s wife, 28-year-old Dawn Hacheney, was discovered. The newly widowed Nick was the youth pastor of Christ Community Church, a congregation that believed in prophecies and messages from the man above, and

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