The Casual Criminalist

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October 23 Sherri Rasmussen: The Murder the LAPD Didn't Want to Solve
In 1986, Sherri Rasmussen was brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home. Police dismissed it as a botched burglary for twenty-three years. DNA evidence finally revealed the killer was an LAPD detective and her husband's obsessive ex-girlfriend. This chilling case exposes stunning police failures and raises troubling questions about justice.

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1 hr 39 min
October 19 Courtroom Justice: The Lynching of Akku Yadav
For fifteen years, Akku Yadav terrorised the slum of Kasturba Nagar through extortion, murder, and sexual assault while police turned a blind eye. When he threatened the wrong woman in 2004, the entire community finally fought back, cornering him inside a courtroom and delivering their own brutal form of justice.

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1 hr 17 min
October 17 Sonia Exelby: She Paid a Stranger $4,000 to Kill Her
Sonia Exelby was a kind, talented music tutor from England who struggled privately with severe mental health issues. Through dark online communities, she connected with Dwain Hall, a Florida man now charged with her murder. Evidence suggests that despite earlier discussions, Sonia changed her mind and desperately wanted to escape.

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1 hr 49 min
October 16 The Beltway Snipers: Washington's 3 Weeks of Pure Terror
For three weeks in October 2002, snipers terrorised Washington DC, killing randomly at petrol stations and car parks. Behind the attacks were John Allen Muhammad, a Gulf War veteran with a troubled past, and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo, whom he had groomed into a killer. This is their chilling story.

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1 hr 29 min
October 09 Driven to Murder: Why Ellen Pakkies Killed Her Own Son
In 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her drug-addicted son after six years of abuse, theft, and violence. Her trial revealed a childhood of neglect, institutional failures, and a community ravaged by tik. The judge gave her a suspended sentence. Today, she campaigns for Cape Town mayor, fighting addiction and demanding accountability.

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1 hr 19 min
September 28 Unsolved: The Servant Girl Annihilator
In 1880s Austin, Texas, a serial killer stalked domestic servants, brutally murdering eight people with axes before vanishing into history. The police failed spectacularly, private detectives proved useless, and two husbands faced murder trials. Was the killer a local man named Nathan Elgin, or did he become Jack the Ripper?

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1 hr 23 min
September 24 Unsolved: The Yoghurt Shop Murders
In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at an Austin yogurt shop. For decades, the case was plagued by wrongful arrests, coerced confessions, and constitutional violations. Finally, in 2025, advanced DNA testing identified serial killer Robert Brashers as the true perpetrator. Four wrongly accused men were declared factually innocent.

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2 hr 32 min
September 18 William Bonin: The Forgotten Serial Killer
William Bonin became one of Southern California’s most notorious serial killers. Explore his disturbing crimes, accomplices, victims, failed releases, investigation, confessions, and eventual death-row fate.

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1 hr 48 min
September 17 'Dirty John': She Married a Psychopath and Chose Him Over Her Kids
Debra Newell was a successful interior designer who fell for charming doctor John Meehan online. Her daughters sensed something was wrong immediately. What they uncovered was terrifying: a convicted felon, drug addict, and serial con artist who stalked women. When Debra finally tried to escape, John came for her family.

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2 hr 19 min
September 09 The Murder of Rob and Michele Reiner
Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his wife Michele seemed to have a life defined by love, family, and activism—until their shocking murders exposed a devastating familial tragedy.

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1 hr 36 min