The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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An investigative discovery, uncovering the series of events, circumstances, and state of mind which cause ordinary people to do unthinkable things….

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Episode 56 - The Benoit Family

08.18.2019

Chris Benoit was an international superstar, an elite athlete, and one of the most inspiring performers in the world of professional wrestling. However, following a weekend in June 2007, Chris Benoit's reputation as a hero was stripped away, leaving behind ...

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08.18.2019 Episode 56 - The Benoit Family Chris Benoit was an international superstar, an elite athlete, and one of the most inspiring performers in the world of professional wrestling. However, following a weekend in June 2007, Chris Benoit's reputation as a hero was stripped away, leaving behind ...
08.04.2019 Episode 55 - Ronald Platt 51-year-old Ronald Platt was thrilled to be invited boating with his dear friend David Davis. Davis was a semi-retired Canadian businessman who lived in Woodham Walter, a village about 80 kilometers northeast of London in the English county of Essex, ...
07.21.2019 Episode 54 - Heather DeWild In July of 2003, 30-year-old Heather DeWild was a loving mother to two beautiful children: Jacob, five, and Hannah, three. Heather and her husband Daniel had been married for six years and had created a good life for themselves in ...
07.08.2019 Episode 53 - Quee Choo Chadwick On Wednesday October 10, 2012 Peter Chadwick and his wife Quee Choo disappeared from their Newport Beach home in California. The following day, Peter made a call to 911 from a gas station close to the Mexican border. Music Credits: ...
06.23.2019 Episode 52 - Helle Crafts On November 18th, 1986, thirty-nine-year-old Helle Crafts was dropped off at her house in Newtown, Connecticut by her co-workers. She was exhausted after fulfilling her flight attendant duties on a long haul from Frankfurt to New York. Helle was happy ...
06.11.2019 Introducing: Man in the Window From the partnership that brought you Dirty John, comes Man in the Window. Pulitzer prize winning reporter Paige St. John investigates The Golden State Killer, and traces his path of devastation through the eyes of his victims. Listen now at ...
06.10.2019 Episode 51 - Lauren Phelps (Hugelmaier) In 2017, twenty-nine-year-old Lauren Ashley-Nicole Phelps appeared to have her whole life ahead of her. The newlywed lived in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband Matthew Phelps, where she taught Sunday school, owned her own business, and was busy mapping ...
05.26.2019 Episode 50 - Candace Rough Surface On August 2nd, 1980, eighteen-year-old Candace “Candi” Rough Surface vanished while out for the evening in Mobridge, South Dakota. Nine months passed before the young mother was found. Music Credits: The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster The ...
05.21.2019 Introducing: The Shrink Next Door Marty Markowitz had his share of problems. His parents had recently died. He had troubles at work. A failing relationship. He needed someone to help him through this rough patch in his life. So he decided to get some professional ...
05.15.2019 Episode 49 - Ardeth Wood On a hot, humid afternoon in August 2003, Ardeth Wood borrowed her brother’s bike and ventured out along the wooded bicycle trails in Ottawa, Ontario. Ardeth was enjoying time with her family, unwinding, and reconnecting with her friends back home ...
04.28.2019 Episode 48 - Taylor Powell On the evening of March 21st, 2010 in University Place, Washington, a mother named Kathy Powell was in the middle of preparing Sunday dinner when she suddenly got a phone call. The caller ID showed that it was coming from ...
04.14.2019 Episode 47 - Aaron Pajich Sweetman Please join us as we take a look into the sudden disappearance of Aaron Pajich Sweetman. A kind and trusting 18-year-old young man who was known to be in daily communication with his family. An unsuspecting victim who unknowingly walked ...
04.09.2019 Introducing: Over My Dead Body A seemingly-perfect marriage, a nasty divorce, and then...a murder. The first season of Over My Dead Body, "Tally" is available to binge now. Subscribe to listen at wondery.fm/madness
03.31.2019 Episode 46 - Shannon Madill - Part 2 PART #2 of 2 - Join us, as we take a look into the investigation of Shannon Madill’s sudden disappearance, and how her family agonized for seven long months as they tried to find her. You’ll hear about the intense ...
03.17.2019 Episode 45 - Shannon Madill - Part 1 PART #1 of 2 - For Lisa and Dave Madill, December 1st, 2014 marked the beginning of a never-ending nightmare. Their 25-year-old daughter was missing. Shannon who was the youngest of their four children had failed to show up for ...
03.04.2019 Episode 44 – Christy Mirack On December 21st, 1992, just 4 days before Christmas, students at Roherstown Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania were excited to attend their morning holiday school assembly. Ms. Christy Mirack the school's 6th-grade science teacher was always punctual and arrived by ...
02.26.2019 Introducing: One Plus One From Wondery, the company behind the hit podcasts "Dr. Death" and "American Scandal," comes One Plus One, a series that brings you the brilliant highs and feud-filled lows behind the world's greatest collaborations. What can we learn from pairs like ...
02.18.2019 Episode 43 – Mary Hepburn & Helen Dorrington On the afternoon of May 2nd, 2012 paramedics were called to check on 3 occupants who had rented a room at a Travelodge Motel in Barrie, Ontario Canada. Staff became alarmed after noticing that water was pouring out from under ...
02.03.2019 Episode 42 – Dr. Autumn Klein On the evening of April 17th, 2013, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a man by the name of Dr. Robert Ferrante, dialed 911 after his wife Dr. Autumn Klein suddenly collapsed on their kitchen floor. She appeared to be having a stroke. ...
01.20.2019 Episode 41 – Jerry Michael Williams On December 16th, 2000 in Tallahassee Florida, a woman by the name of Denise Williams made a call to the Jackson County police to report that her husband Michael Williams was missing. Earlier that morning, Mike had headed out to ...
12.11.2018 Episode 40 – Tara Grant – Part 2 PART # 2 of 2 - Previously in Part 1 of the Tara Grant episode. You heard how Stephen and Tara Grant met and fell in love and were living what appeared to be the all American dream. That is, ...
12.10.2018 Episode 39 – Tara Grant – Part 1 PART # 1 of 2 - On February 9th, 2007, Tara Grant was traveling home from a business trip in Puerto Rico. Tara had worked her way up the corporate ladder to an executive position with her company. The position ...
12.04.2018 Introducing: Generation Why The Generation Why Podcast released its first episode in 2012 and pioneered the true crime genre in the podcasting world. Sit down with two friends, Aaron and Justin, who break down theories and give their opinions on unsolved murders, controversies, ...
11.26.2018 Episode 38 – Marty Duram Connie and Keith Ream were used to seeing their neighbors Marty and Glenna Duram puttering around their country home on a regular basis. Living in a rural area of Michigan, the Ream’s and Duram’s had gotten to know each other ...
11.13.2018 Episode 37 – The Yosemite Murders And FBI Agent Jeffrey Rinek – Part 2 PART 2 OF 2 - Previously in Part 1 of the Yosemite Murders and the FBI agent who helped solved them. In 1999, a total of 4 women had mysteriously vanished near Yosemite National Park in California. Their bodies were ...
11.12.2018 Episode 36 – The Yosemite Murders & FBI Agent Jeffrey Rinek – Part 1 PART 1 OF 2 - Yosemite is a National Park stretching over nearly 1,200 square miles of rugged terrain in northern California. Each year the park draws millions of tourists from all over the world, who visit to take in ...
10.28.2018 Episode 35 – The Devil Made Me Do It Case Can you remember back to a time when you were afraid to go to sleep at night as a child because of a game you played with friends, like Bloody Mary or maybe with a Ouija board? Or how about ...
10.16.2018 Episode 34 – Gregory De Villers – Part 2 In this episode, we are joined by Steve, Devin, and Joe from Thinking Sideways! PART #2 When we last left off in part one, Kristin’s double life of drug use and extra marital affairs had finally caught up with her. ...
10.15.2018 Episode 33 – Gregory De Villers – Part 1 In this episode, we are joined by Steve, Devin, and Joe from Thinking Sideways! PART #1 - On the evening of November 6, 2000, in La Jolla California, a distraught 24-year-old woman by the name of Kristin Rossum made a ...
09.30.2018 Episode 32 - Sierah Joughin Join me now as we shine a light into the darkness, unearthing a history of twisted obsessions nurtured by a man who hid behind an ordinary façade. We’ll explore how he progressed from fantasizing about hurting women, to eventually actualizing ...
09.13.2018 Episode 31 - Dianne Lake It was fifty years ago, that Charles Manson assembled a group of young followers and set up a commune in Southern California. Mirroring the energy of the era, Manson an ex-convict became an aspiring musician who began preaching messages of ...
09.02.2018 Episode 30 - The Trolley Square Mall Shooting The evening of February 12, 2007, the Trolley Square Mall located in Salt Lake City Utah, was busy with shoppers and diners alike. The mall features an eclectic mix of restaurants and stores including Cabin Fever, a card and gift ...
08.20.2018 Episode 29 - Melvyn John Otterstrom & Michael Burdell In April 1985, a man named Ronnie Lee Gardner who was facing numerous felony charges and the possibility of a death sentence was meeting his lawyers downtown Salt Lake City at the Metropolitan Hall of Justice. Having escaped prison before, ...
08.05.2018 Episode 28 - Bocas del Toro Murders Between 2007 and 2010, the Bocas del Toro province of Panama seemed to have become somewhat of a Bermuda Triangle for American ex-pats who had decided to take root in the Caribbean Coastal area. Within those 3 years, 5 Americans ...
07.22.2018 Episode 27 – The Railroad Killer – Part 2 PART #2 of 2 - In part 1 we last left off with the mysterious murder of Jesse Howell and the disappearance of Wendy Von Huben. You heard about Angel Mataurino Resendiz childhood and details about his lengthy history using ...
07.08.2018 Episode 26 – The Railroad Killer – Part 1 PART #1 of 2 - On August 1st, 1960, Angel Maturino Resendiz was born in Puebla, Mexico. His mother, Virginia de Maturino, could never have imagined that the baby she held in her arms that day would grow up to ...
06.24.2018 Episode 25 – Lyle Kopenkoskey Just after 5am on October 2nd, 2012, in Petoskey Michigan, 911 dispatchers received a call from a man by the name of Carl Kopenkoskey. Standing on a remote country side road beside his brother Lyle’s red pickup truck, Carl had ...
06.08.2018 Episode 24 – Theresa Allore – Part 3 PART #3 - In episode 8 and 9 we covered the cold case of Theresa Allore. A 19-year-old young woman, who completely vanished from her college campus in 1978. She had only attended 8 weeks at Champlain College, a school ...
05.25.2018 Episode 23 – The McCools & The Conrads In the fall of 2005, Levi King went on a rampage that left 5 people dead in 2 different states. A ten-year-old girl was the soul survivor of his second attack that left her entire family dead as they slept ...
05.09.2018 Episode 22 - Bruce McArthur We recently attended CrimeCon in Nashville, Tennessee. We wanted to take advantage of having some of our favorite podcast hosts all in one place and brought along our portable recorder. We wanted to capture an informal conversation about the on-going ...
04.19.2018 Episode 21 – Angie Yarnell Join me now, as we take a look into the suspicious disappearance of Angie Yarnell, the husband who fled with a very dark secret and the Missouri reporter who helped track him down. Music Credits: Kai Engel - Written in ...
03.27.2018 Episode 20 – Jennifer Long On January 22, 1998, in Kansas City Missouri, a young teenage girl by the name of Jennifer Long suddenly vanished. After 9 painstaking months of her family desperately scouring the area in search of her, the grisly truth about what ...
03.08.2018 Episode 19 – The Las Vegas Shooting On October 1, 2017, a man named Stephen Paddock began to open fire on a crowd of people attending the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. He fired over 1100 rounds from his his Mandalay Bay hotel room, ...
12.21.2017 Episode 18 – A Christmas Miracle In the spirit of giving we wanted to do something really special for you all for the holidays. We decided to contact some of the incredible hosts of some of the podcasts that inspired me as a listener to start ...
12.04.2017 Introducing Young Charlie While we're busy working on our next episode I wanted to introduce you to a podcast that I've been listening to and have been finding quite fascinating. Its called "Young Charlie". With the recent passing of Charles Manson, I found ...
11.22.2017 Episode 17 – The Town That Got Away With Murder This is the story about a small town in rural Missouri, that’s been hiding a very big secret…for close to 40 years. A small town that bound themselves tightly together in solidarity in order to eliminate a monstrous problem. Music ...
10.31.2017 Episode 16 - 2017 Halloween MEGA-sode!! Welcome to the 2017 Halloween MEGA-sode!!! I'll be taking you through a guided tour of Funhouse terror. Haunting tales brought to you by some of the most twisted minds in podcast-land. So close your curtains and lock your doors, and ...
10.17.2017 Episode 15 - The Cumbria Massacre - Part 2 PART #2 – Previously in Episode 17, Part 1…on June 2nd, 2010 the UK experienced one the worst gun massacres in history. Within an eight-hour period, a 52 year old taxi driver by the name of Derrick Bird executed a ...
09.25.2017 Episode 14 - The Cumbria Massacre - Part 1 PART #1 – On June 2nd 2010 one of the worst ever gun massacres in UK history occurred. In the space of an eight hour period, a 52 year old taxi driver named Derrick Bird went on a 25 mile ...
09.09.2017 Episode 13 - Marcus Feisel - Part 2 PART #2 - Previously in Part #1, of the Marcus Fiesel story, you heard about a little boys life, before entering into the foster care system. You also heard about how he was then placed into the home of a ...

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