The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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Ordinary people who do unthinkable things...The Minds of Madness is a True Crime Podcast that examines the most disturbing criminal minds and the impact violent crimes have on survivors of homicide.

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Episode 166 - Persecution C...

06.04.2023

A grim monument stands in Renfrew County by the banks of Ontario’s Petawawa River, where three steel sculptures bend gracefully towards a stone inscribed, with the names of over two dozen murdered women. The Women’s Monument commemorates lives lost at ...

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06.04.2023 Episode 166 - Persecution Complex - The Renfrew County Murders A grim monument stands in Renfrew County by the banks of Ontario’s Petawawa River, where three steel sculptures bend gracefully towards a stone inscribed, with the names of over two dozen murdered women. The Women’s Monument commemorates lives lost at ...
05.28.2023 Episode 165 - The Ohio Strangler - Part 2 of 2 Previously in Part 1 of the Ohio Strangler case, you heard the harrowing story of Jane. A woman who barely escaped being kidnapped, raped, and tortured at the hands of a local drifter named Shawn Grate in Ashland, Ohio. In ...
05.21.2023 Episode 164 - The Ohio Strangler - Part 1 of 2 It’s no secret, that one of the most common fears among women is the possibility of being randomly attacked by a complete stranger. And sadly, it's a fear all too often based in reality. But what happens when a dangerous ...
05.14.2023 Episode 163 - Uncovering The Murder Of Dr. Sutorius - With Aphrodite Jones Join us on a captivating journey with the highly esteemed true crime writer, investigative journalist, and TV personality Aphrodite Jones - as we unveil the riveting saga of Dr. Darryl Sutorius. Renowned as a brilliant heart surgeon in Cincinnati, his ...
05.07.2023 Episode 162 - Murder On The Farm - Uncovering The Dark Secrets Of An Oregon Pig Farmer Join us as we take a look into the twisted tale of Susan Monica. You’ll hear a case so bizarre and heinous, that it might make you cancel that side order of bacon. How to support: For extra perks including ...
04.30.2023 Episode 161 - Deadly Secrets - The Murder Of Brad McGarry There are just some things in life - we simply can’t live without: such as Food, water, shelter… and perhaps the occasional podcast… These things keep us alive, but what about the things that make life really worth living? Goals ...
04.23.2023 Episode 160 - Lethal Love Triangle - The Disappearance Of Heather Strong In the quiet little town of Reddick, Florida, things had taken a sinister turn when a dedicated mother of two, failed to show up for her shift at the local Iron Skillet. It was the day after Valentine's Day, and ...
04.16.2023 Episode 159 - The Final Sacrifice - The Solar Temple Suicides On an autumn day back in 1994, authorities from a tiny ski village in Canada’s Laurentian Mountains responded to reports of a house fire. What they discovered inside was chilling: two bodies, at first believed to be suicides. But the ...
04.09.2023 Episode 158 - The Aftermath - A Tale Of Two Brothers And The Burden Of Grief Join us as we embark on a gripping journey and explore the disturbing case of a son's deadly rampage and another son's daunting task of piecing together the shattered remnants of his brother's violence. It’s a story that will take ...
04.02.2023 Episode 157 - Sinister Snapchats - The Murder Of Tyrone Hassel III New Year's Eve is a time for reflection and hope. A moment to bid farewell to the past and embrace the future. But for one family in St. Joseph Township Michigan, the festivities in 2018 would be cut short in ...
03.26.2023 Episode 156 - Operation Miranda - The Untold Story Of Sheryl Okoro In 1985, Cheryl Gyant was 10 years old, when she learned she’d been adopted. What she didn’t realize, was that very same year, her biological mother was experiencing a living nightmare, after being abducted by one of the most notorious ...
03.19.2023 Episode 155 - Deadly Shame - In A Not So Perfect World July 28th, 2019, was the day Menhaz Zaman was supposed to be graduating from Canada’s York University. Instead police were on their way to his parents home for a welfare check. The call had been made by members of an ...
03.12.2023 Episode 154 - Trouble With The Pipes - The Disappearance Of Rori Hache & Kandis Fitzpatrick In Ontario, Canada, September marks one of the last months of the year to get out and enjoy the great outdoors before packing it in for the season. In 2017, one fisherman in Oshawa, Ontario, was out on the pier ...
03.06.2023 Episode 153 - Nowhere For The Devil To Hide - The Crimes Of David Snow Join us as we examine one of Canada’s most twisted and notorious criminals. Some called him the House Hermit. Others called him the Cottage Killer. You’ll hear the story of a sadistic murderer and serial rapist who terrorized Ontario’s cottage ...
02.27.2023 Episode 152 - Voodoo Divorce - The Mysterious Deaths Of Scott Dell & Nancy Fillmore A bottle of wine, nostalgic love songs and a late night phone call with an ex. It’s a relatable scene for many and one that Scott Dell found himself in, on a wintery night, in Killaloe, Ontario back in 1995. ...
02.20.2023 Episode 151 - Jacob Kinn - Every Parent's Worst Nightmare In the early morning hours of June 23rd, 2016, special agents followed a set of tire tracks in a rural field in Bigfork, Minnesota. In the distance, a camper squatted ominously against the treeline. The agents had no idea what ...
02.13.2023 Episode 150 - Deadly Deception - The Crimes of Brett Ryan In the spring of 2016, Brett Ryan’s future looked promising. He was living in a waterfront condo, had a job at a Toronto tech firm, and was just days away from his big bachelor party weekend. In a few weeks' ...
02.06.2023 Episode 149 - Stranger In The Night - The Case Of John Stevens & Michelle Mishcon August 15th, 2016 was a warm night in Tequesta, Florida. The perfect night to relax and enjoy some fresh air. For a couple living on Southeast Kokomo Lane, their garage was the ideal spot to hang out on a couch ...
01.29.2023 Episode 148 - A Mother Unravelled - The Crimes of Jody Herring In a small town in Vermont, workers at the Department for Children and Families ended their work day and started thinking about what the weekend would hold for them. Lara Sobel had plans to go home to her two spirited ...
01.24.2023 Wondery Presents: Frozen Head Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because ...
01.16.2023 Episode 147 - The Disappearance of Brittany Tavar It was a date Brittany Tavar had been preparing for, for over a year, July 7th, 2010. The day she planned to stand before a judge at the St. Augustine, Florida courthouse, to present evidence that would hopefully grant her ...
01.11.2023 Episode 146 - Special Announcement! & Something From The Vault Please join us for a 2022 recap, some teasers of what 2023 will bring, an exciting special announcement, and something fun from the vault! How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, and ad-free episodes - Go ...
01.09.2023 Introducing SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow For more than three and a half decades, the disappearance of 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews was a mystery – a riddle neither authorities nor her family members could solve. The residents of her cloistered Colorado hometown had scoured every inch of ...
12.19.2022 Episode 145 - The Nashville Bombing Join us as we take a look at a terrifying event that shook the downtown core of Nashville Tennessee. You’ll hear how what was supposed to be a peaceful and joyful day was interrupted by one of the most bizarre ...
12.05.2022 Episode 144 - Murder At The St. Regis - The Death of Sheila Mack On August 12th, 2014 at a luxurious resort in Bali, Heather Mack and her boyfriend Tommy Shaefer loaded a suitcase into the back of a waiting taxi. They told the driver they’d be back shortly. They just needed to finish ...
11.21.2022 Episode 143 - The Disappearance of Jacob Millison If you’ve ever watched shows like Yellowstone - you know that sometimes out west on a Ranch, there are secrets: secrets never supposed to leave the corral. This was something a ranch hand would discover firsthand, in Gunnison, Colorado in ...
11.07.2022 Episode 142 - 7 Minutes Monday, April 23rd, 2018 was a surprisingly warm day in Toronto, Ontario, causing residents to be out in droves, ditching their winter coats, eager to enjoy the sunshine. Among those taking advantage of the warmer weather, was 68 year old ...
10.23.2022 Episode 141 - Ironclad Alibi On the night of December 3rd, 1997 Frank Dosso was supposed to be home from work by 5:30 pm, just in time to celebrate his twin daughters’ 10th birthday. But when he never showed up, his family drove out to ...
10.09.2022 Episode 140 - Abduction At Big Sky In the early 1980s, many of the staff at Lone Mountain Ranch in Big Sky Montana were like a close-knit family, both working and living together on the property. Not only did the Lone Mountain actually function as a working ...
09.25.2022 Episode 139 - Urge To Kill Join us, as we take a look at the case of the Frankston Serial Killer. You’ll hear how three young women became victims of a remorseless murderer who chose his victims at random, striking whenever he felt the urge to ...
09.11.2022 Episode 138 - Partners In Crime What if I told you that the boogeyman was real? That there really was a dark figure running around out there waiting to strike, where exactly, nobody knows. Maybe hiding out in the woods, the toolshed, or somewhere even closer....like ...
08.27.2022 Episode 137 - The Brass Ring In 1989, Collier Landry was 11 years old, living with his parents in Mansfield, Ohio. His father was a highly respected physician, his mother Noreen Boyle was a full-time caregiver, raising and doting on her son and his adopted sister ...
08.14.2022 Episode 136 - Plenty Of Catfish A Scottish mother and daughter uncovered a horrifying conspiracy within the pharmaceutical industry A drug company literally being paid to kill the participants in a clinical stem cell trial and the government was in on the cover-up. But because of ...
07.31.2022 Episode 135 - Framed: The Story Of Russ Faria - Part 2/2 Join us for the conclusion of our 2-part series on the false conviction of Russ Faria. You’ll learn how Pam Hupp’s greed eventually opened the door for the justice system to right a wrong that should’ve never happened in the ...
07.17.2022 Episode 134 - Framed: The Story Of Russ Faria - Part 1/2 We take a look into a case with so many twists and turns, that it’s made its way into a dramatized series “The thing about Pam” starring Rene Zellweger. However, in this version of events, Pam Hupp takes a backseat ...
07.03.2022 Episode 133 - Blue Moon Murders On August 4th, 2015 in Pensacola, Florida. Escambia County Sheriff, David Morgan delivered a disturbing press conference, giving insight into a recent triple homicide that had taken place inside a quiet suburban home. The grizzly crime scene he described and ...
06.19.2022 Episode 132 - The Birdhouse It was undeniable, that Eudy Simelane was born to play soccer. From an early age, she gravitated to the sport and by the time she was an adult, was being recognized as one of South Africa's star players. But while ...
06.05.2022 Episode 131 - Stranger Than Fiction “Who are you and what have you done with my wife?” It's the kind of rhetorical question asked in jest, expressing pleasant surprise when someone has a change in behavior or attitude. But what if this wasn’t a rhetorical question? ...
05.22.2022 Episode 130 - Hiding In Plain Sight Watch enough crime shows and it doesn’t take long to figure out the steps a killer will take to get away with murder. They stage the crime scene, they ditch the murder weapon, they fabricate an alibi, and at all ...
05.08.2022 Episode 129 - Redhead Murders In the mid-1980s, numerous bodies were discovered along the highways of the American South over the course of several years. They were all women. They all had red hair. And all of them had been murdered. This is a unique ...
04.24.2022 Episode 128 - The Black Widow The courtyard of an elementary school is probably the last place on earth you'd expect someone to attempt hiring a hitman. Not for a mom in Southern Australia in 2001. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early ...
04.10.2022 Episode 127 - Lundy Family Murders On the morning of August 30th, 2000 - Mark Lundy left a series of messages on his wife’s phone, sounding increasingly irritated that she hadn’t called him back. When he finally did receive a callback, it wasn’t from his wife, ...
03.27.2022 Episode 126 - Disappearing Act 40-year-old mother Carole Packman had been living in a toxic household - with a husband who physically abused her, and was openly having an affair with another woman he’d invited to live with them. Carole had the means, motive, and ...
03.13.2022 Episode 125 - Gorgeous Grey-Haired Widower In June 2011, UK author Helen Bailey began writing a blog after the death of her husband as a way to deal with her grief and to provide comfort and a voice to the bereaved. She openly chronicled her journey ...
02.28.2022 Episode 124 - Deadly Path To Enlightenment Charlotte and Brent Springford Sr. were well-respected, successful, progressive-minded pillars of their community in Montgomery, Alabama. Everything in their lives seemed perfect, but that was all about to change. How to support: For extra perks including extra content, early release, ...
02.14.2022 Episode 123 - Operation Tangled Web Valentine’s Day 2010 was supposed to be the perfect day for Richard and Stacey Schoeck to re-stoke old fires of desire. Like many couples, work, kids, and other commitments had meant little time for passion. But they were about to ...
01.30.2022 Episode 122 - Last Family Vacation Jo Rogers and her two daughters disappeared after taking their first vacation together.. Tragically it would be their last. Their bodies were later discovered floating in Tampa Bay with all signs horrifically pointing to the probability they’d been thrown overboard ...
01.24.2022 Episode 121 - Part 2/2 - Alive But Still Not Free After Nicole Addimando fatally shot her partner in what she claimed was self-defense, she was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. At her trial the details surrounding her history of abuse were excluded, essentially removing the context for what happened ...
01.17.2022 Episode 120 - Part 1/2 - Alive But Still Not Free To many residents in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, Nicole Addimando and Christopher Grover appeared to be an ideal couple raising two young children. So how did Chris wind up dead, and Nikki behind bars? When the truth behind ...
01.03.2022 Episode 119 - Two Worlds Apart Imagine TLC's 90 Day Fiancé meets the hit series Breaking Bad in an all-new twisted case of online romance. In 2006, an unlikely couple living two worlds apart found love over the internet and ventured into a marriage together that ...

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