True Crime ABCs

By True Crime ABCs Podcast

Join Dani & Sarah each Sunday for True Crime ABCs podcast, where we take a journey through true crime, one letter at a time! Listen through the end of each episode for reading recommendations and ... more

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October 22, 2023S1E13: M is for...Mafia
Welcome back for another week of the True Crime ABCs podcast! It’s Dani’s birthday week, so be sure to send her some love on our social media! This week is lucky #13 and we are finally feeling ORGANIZED. Because M is for Mafia…organized crime…see what we did there?

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We are back in the Midwest this week. Dani tells the story of Chicago’s St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and Al Capone’s possible involvement. Sarah talks about Jimmy Hoffa and his still unsolved disappearance in 1975.

Book Recommendations:
⁠The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: The Untold Story of the Gangland Bloodbath That Brought Down Al Capone⁠ by William J. Helmer

⁠I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa⁠⁠ by Charles Brandt
Sources:
⁠Britannica: Al Capone⁠

⁠Britannica: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre⁠

⁠Chicago DeTours⁠

⁠FBI⁠

⁠All Things Interesting⁠

⁠FBI Vault: Jimmy Hoffa⁠

⁠Wikipedia⁠

Intro Music: RobHunnsMusic.com or @syndicatemusicUK
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October 15, 2023S1E12: L is for...Lady Killers
Welcome back for another week of the True Crime ABCs podcast! After a week off, we can’t wait to hear what you think of episode 12. This week, L is for Lady Killers!

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Both stories follow the twisted paths of charming, handsome, and deadly men. Dani tells the story of Argentinian native, Ricardo Caputo, a serial killer who murdered women in the United States, and possibly in Central and South America from 1971-1983. Sarah covers the ghastly 1940s murders of two British women by Neville Heath.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or abuse, help is available.
(USA) National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
(UK) National Centre for Domestic Violence: 0800 970 2070

Book Recommendations:
Handsome Brute: The True Story of a Ladykiller by Sean O’Connor

Love Me To Death: A Journalist's Memoir of the Hunt for her Friend's Killer by Linda Wolfe and Lynn Nesbit
Sources:
⁠⁠UN Women
NCDV UK
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Unsolved Mysteries Wiki
Find a Grave
NY Times Archive
True Crime Edition
Executed Today
Murderpedia
Intro Music: RobHunnsMusic.com or @syndicatemusicUK
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49min
October 01, 2023S1E11: K is for...Kidnapping
Welcome to another week of the True Crime ABCs podcast! This week, K is for Kidnapping.

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Dani tells the amazing survival stories of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus, after being held in captivity for years by Ariel Castro in the Cleveland area. Sarah covers the 1991 kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard. Jaycee was found alive after 18 years as Paul and Nancy Garrido’s captive in their Antioch, CA home.
Book Recommendations:
Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed: A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings by Michelle Knight

Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus

A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard

Sources:
The JAYC Foundation

CNN

Biography

KCRA

NCMEC

Biography 2

People

Crime Museum

News 5 Cleveland Interview (YouTube)

Phillip Garrido is not talented (YouTube)

Intro Music: RobHunnsMusic.com or @syndicatemusicUK
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September 24, 2023S1E10: J is for...Jersey Shore
This week, Dani & Sarah are gonna get crazy, get wild...on the Jersey Shore! Dani tells the story of serial Killer Richard Biegenwald, who murdered 5 people from 1958-1982. Sarah covers the 1984 murder of Maria Marshall, a murder-for-hire plot by her husband, Robert Marshall.

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Book Recommendations:
The Jersey Shore Thrill Killer: Richard Biegenwald by John E. O’Rourke

Blind Faith by Joe McGinniss

Sources:
Screen Rant

CBS News

App

NY TImes

NY Times 2

NY TImes Archive: The Region

IMDB

Inflation Calculator

Intro Music: RobHunnsMusic.com or @syndicatemusicUK
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38min
September 17, 2023 S1E9: I is for...Indigenous
This week's episode covers a topic that needs to be shared and talked about more. Indigenous women in North America are significantly more likely to be the victims of violent crimes than members of other racial or ethnic groups.
Please visit MMIWUSA.org to find out how we can stop the widespread violence against native women and people.
Dani tells the story of serial Killer John Martin Crawford, who targeted Indigenous women in Saskatchewan in the 1980s and 1990s. Sarah covers the murders of four indigenous women in 2022. These crimes were committed in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Jeremy Skibicki.
Book Recommendations:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada’s Indifference by Warren Goulding
Sources:
US Department of the Interior: Indian Affairs
CTV Winnipeg
CBC
ABC 7 News
NY TImes
All That’s Interesting
Murderpedia
The Star Phoenix
CKOM 650
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50min
September 10, 2023 S1E8: H is for Hijack
Please donate to the Never Forget Fund, which raises money for the 9/11 Memorial Museum and provides education on the history of 9/11.
Dani and Sarah are hijacking your hearts (see what we did there?) with a new episode of the True Crime ABCs podcast. This week, H is for Hijack! While we did not intend for this week to sync up with Patriot's Day, we decided to roll with it. Dani tells the story of the Brillante Virtuoso, a tanker ship in the Gulf of Aden, while Sarah discusses the only unsolved aviation hijacking case in U.S. history, that of Dan "DB" Cooper.
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Book Recommendations:
D. B. Cooper and Flight 305: Reexamining the Hijacking and Disappearance by Robert H Edwards
Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Maritime Conspiracy by Matthew Campbell and Kit Challal
Sources:
FBI
Oregon Live
Sam Chui
Smithsonian Mag
Aviation Safety Network
Bloomberg.com
ShipSpotting
CUSNC
Telegraph
Intro Music: Check out RobHunnsMusic.com or @SyndicateMusicUK
Stay tuned next week for the letter I!
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53min
September 03, 2023 S1E7: G is for...Guillotine
It's Episode 7 of the True Crime ABCs podcast and heads are ROLLING! Why? Because G is for GUILLOTINE!
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This week, Dani tells the story of French woman, Charlotte Corday, who was executed by guillotine for assassinating a political leader during the French revolution. Sarah Covers Johann Reichhart, the official executioner in Germany from 1924-1946, notably during World War II.
Reading Recommendations:
Hitler’s Henchman: Nazi Executioners and How They Escaped Justice After WWII by Helmut Ortner
Beware Madame la Guillotine: Travel to the French Revolution with Murderess Charlotte Corday by Sarah Towle
Sources:
NYPost
Mirror
WW2 Gravestone
NZHerald
AlphaHistory
Met Museum
University of Michigan Library
Murderpedia
Music: robhunnsmusic.com or @syndicatemusicUK
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40min
August 27, 2023S1E6: F is for...Faith
Welcome back to another week of the True Crime ABCs podcast! This episode is supported by the letter F and F is for...FAITH! We're talking cults this week, folks. Dani describes the church of the lamb of god, founded by Ervil LeBaron, a former LDS church member and polygamist. Sarah discusses the Rajneeshee community in 1980s oregon, started by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
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Book Recommendations:
Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia by Russel King
The Polygamists Daughter: A Memoir by Anna LeBaron
Sources:
The Oregon Encyclopedia

Wild Wild Country on Netflix

The Oregonian

Rajneesh and the Abuse of Power

Oxygen: The Crimes of Ervil LeBaron

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Intro Music: Rob Hunns Music or @syndicatemusicuk
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38min
August 20, 2023S1E5: E is for Escape
Welcome back to another week of the True Crime ABCs podcast! This episode is supported by the letter E and E is for ESCAPE! Dani shares the 1978 story of Gary Tison's escape from an Arizona prison with the help of his sons. Sarah tells the story of the Texas Seven: seven inmates who escaped a Texas prison and went on a crime spree in 2000.

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Book Recommendations:
The Texas Seven: A True Story of Murder and a Daring Escape by Gary C. King

Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison by James W. Clarke
Sources:
Police1

All That's Interesting

WFAA

AZCentral

Murderpedia

Tucson.com

Slate

Intro Music: Rob Hunns Music or @syndicatemusicuk
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32min
August 13, 2023S1E4: D is for...Drugs
Welcome back to another week of the True Crime ABCs podcast! This episode is supported by the letter D and D is for DRUGS! Run time is a bit shorter this week, due to some unforeseen audio issues and Sarah being back in the classroom!
Dani discusses the murders by Dr. Carl Coppolino, in a love-triangle–gone-wrong. Sarah covers the conspiracy theories surrounding the death of biochemist Frank Olson, and his involvement in the CIA’s MKUltra program.

SAMSHA Hotline for Substance Abuse and Mental Health (USA): 1-800-622-4357

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Book Recommendations:
The Judas Murders by Ken Oder

Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America by Annie Jacobsen
Sources:
CIA

CIA Document

Newspapers.com

NYTimes Magazine

Conspiracy Theories Podcast

Ken Oder

Gizmodo

Intro Music: Rob Hunns Music or @syndicatemusicuk
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32min

FAQs about True Crime ABCs:

How many episodes does True Crime ABCs have?

The podcast currently has 24 episodes available.