True Crime News

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An 18-year-old girl vanishes after telling her mother she was going to a party. Her car is found abandoned in a park with her belongings still inside. For three years, her family searches for answers, while the police fail to find her body—even after a family friend reports smelling decomposition near a drainage pipe. Finally, a detective discovers her skeletal remains just 300 yards from where her car was parked. Her death is ruled a homicide, but no one has ever been charged. This is the story of Ebby Steppach, a young woman who was failed by the system meant to protect her. Listen if you dare.

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A Texas man is caught on camera shooting his girlfriend in the head at a gas station in broad daylight. Surveillance footage shows the couple arriving together at a Valero station in San Antonio. He pumps gas, returns to the driver's seat, and then Deanna Mason, 34, exits the passenger side and walks away. He follows her, raises his hand, and she collapses—shot in the chest and head. Witnesses see him flee in his car. He is later arrested and charged with first-degree murder. The argument that preceded the killing remains a mystery. This is the story of a public execution caught on tape. Listen if you dare.

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A beautiful young model and hairdresser is attacked just yards from her front door after a night out. She is stabbed seven times, sexually assaulted, and left for dead near a skip. The killer is a repeat sex offender with a history of violence across three countries. He claims he found her already dead and decided to have sex with the corpse. The jury sees through the lie. This is the story of Sally Anne Bowman, an 18-year-old who was tipped to be "the next Kate Moss" before her life was taken by a predator who should never have been free. Listen if you dare.

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Karl Denke was the most beloved man in Münsterberg. He carried the cross at church processions, played the organ, gave money to the poor, and offered food and shelter to homeless travelers. They called him "Papa Denke." He was also a cannibal who murdered at least 31 people over two decades and sold their flesh as pickled pork at the Breslau market. He kept a ledger recording each victim's name, date, and "slaughter weight." His crimes went undetected until December 1924, when a drifter named Vincenz Olivier survived an axe attack and alerted authorities. Denke hanged himself in his cell before interrogation. Police found jars of pickled human flesh, 351 human teeth, and belts and suspenders made from human skin. Listen if you dare.

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A woman is found chained by the neck inside a metal shipping container on a rural South Carolina property, bound "like a dog." She had been missing for two months. Her boyfriend was shot dead in front of her. Her captor was a local real estate agent who had confessed to seven murders. This is the story of Kala Brown's rescue from Todd Kohlhepp—a man who kept her in a "shark cage" in the dark, fed her once a day, and told her she would end up in a shallow grave if she tried to escape. She survived by making him believe she would one day love him. Listen if you dare.

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A beloved photographer and father vanishes on Labor Day weekend. His car, keys, and phone are left behind. Detectives soon uncover a trail of surveillance footage, license plate readers, and gas station cameras that lead them 200 miles away—to a man he had never met. What they find in the woods behind the suspect's home is a crime scene that defies belief. Joseph Shymanski was shot in his own driveway, his body dismembered with a power saw, burned in a metal barrel, and discarded like trash. The man convicted of the murder had a connection to Shymanski's ex-wife. But the family believes he didn't act alone. And the question remains: why would anyone want Joe Shymanski dead? Listen if you dare.

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A 16-year-old honor student snuck out of her bedroom window to meet her two best friends. She never came home. For six months, Skylar Neese's parents searched for their daughter while her closest friends—Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf—helped pass out flyers, offered support, and cried with the family. Then one of them broke down and confessed. They had driven Skylar to a remote spot, attacked her from behind, and stabbed her between 30 and 50 times. When asked why, Rachel Shoaf gave a chilling answer: "We just didn't like her." This is the story of a friendship that turned deadly and a betrayal no one saw coming.

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A jealous girlfriend's deadly plot leads to a fatal cartel catfish scheme, resulting in the death of a family and a fiery highway crash. In a separate case, a wrongful conviction sends Kimberly Long to prison for the death of her boyfriend, despite evidence that could have cleared her name. And Dr. Phil sits down with True Crime News to discuss his support for Robert Roberson, who was on death row for killing his daughter due to "shaken baby syndrome"—arguing there isn't enough evidence to convict him. These are true stories of love, lies, and blood. Listen if you dare.

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The hosts of the hit podcast *American Hustlers* sit down with a True Crime News contributor to discuss the case that still haunts them. Kaushal Niroula and Danny Garcia were two gay con artists who left a trail of destruction from San Francisco to Hawaii to Mexico. They posed as real estate moguls, art dealers, bankers, and even royalty, exploiting weaknesses in the American banking system, immigration laws, and the fine-art market. They even conned each other. Citizen detective Tyson Wrensch tracked them for years after they emptied his bank accounts. But law enforcement never pursued them—until they committed the one crime they couldn't con their way out of: murder. In this interview, the creators reveal the chilling truth about the men at the center of their story: "You can't tell that you're dealing with a sociopath." Listen if you dare.

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A Ripper named Jack invites you into the Infernal City for a lover's rendezvous with Death herself—where devotion is measured in blood, and every method of torture is a love letter. This is a horror fiction story from author Jake Bible, exploring dark themes of obsession, violence, and the macabre. Not for the faint of heart. Listen if you dare.