True Crime Obsessed

By Obsessed Network

Society & Culture Comedy

What's True Crime Obsessed about?

The true crime / comedy podcast YOU NEED IN YOUR LIFE. We recap your favorite true crime documentaries with humor, sass, and a well timed garbage bell. Hear our take on "Wild Wild Country," "There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane," "Jesus Camp" and many more. So many garbage people, so little time.

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151: Class Action Park

09.22.2020

Here's the gist: During its 1980s and 1990s heyday, New Jersey’s Action Park earned a reputation as the most insane — and possibly the most dangerous — amusement park that ever existed. It was known as a lawless land, ruled ...

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09.22.2020 151: Class Action Park Here's the gist: During its 1980s and 1990s heyday, New Jersey’s Action Park earned a reputation as the most insane — and possibly the most dangerous — amusement park that ever existed. It was known as a lawless land, ruled ...
09.17.2020 150: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: Episode 1: Murder Habit FAM!! We're SO excited to share episode 1 of our Patreon coverage of "I'll Be Gone in the Dark." It is truly one of the best series we've ever covered and we think it's some of our best work!! You ...
09.14.2020 149: Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam Of Crystal SEX! DRUGS! EXOTIC BIRDS? You all know Heidi Fleiss, right? The 'madam' of the 90s with the infamous black book who got busted for selling sex but never, like, named names, so took the fall for all the people who ...
09.10.2020 Introducing: Unjust & Unsolved FAM!! We are so excited to introduce Obsessed Network's newest podcast, "Unjust & Unsolved" with Maggie Freleng! Each week, Maggie tells the story of a person who, the evidence shows, was wrongfully convicted of a crime they didn't commit. You ...
09.08.2020 148: Atlanta Child Murders: Part 2 It's been two and a half years of terror. 28 young black children have vanished and later been found dead in and Around Atlanta. When a man is pulled over at 3 am, after tossing something that sounded like a ...
09.01.2020 147: Atlanta Child Murders: Part 1 FAM! This is Part 1 of our 2 part coverage of this series! Part 2 is available right now and ad-free at the $5 level on Patreon! (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! From 1979 - ...
08.25.2020 146: Drew Peterson: American Murder Mystery When Stacy Peterson, a 23-year-old mother of 4, vanishes without a trace, authorities look to her husband Drew, a man 30 YEARS HER SENIOR! Peterson, a cop, claims--we swear to Goddess, you guys--that Stacy grabbed $25,000, the deed to the ...
08.20.2020 The Jinx FAM!!! We are SO excited to share episode 1 of our Patreon coverage of "The Jinx." This might be our most beloved of ALL the Patreon episodes! You can get our other 5 episodes covering "The Jinx" plus over 140 ...
08.18.2020 145: Blago: The Rise and Fall of Rod Blagojevich Rod "Blago" Blagojevich had a charmed path to the Governor's Mansion in Illinois: He married Patty Mell, the daughter of a powerful Democratic Alderman who helped him jump from state legislator to Governor in just 10 years. And then he ...
08.11.2020 144: Big Dan's: The Nation's First Televised Rape Case In 1983, a 21 year-old woman walked into a bar in New Bedford, Massachusetts. When she tried to leave a little later, the door was locked and 4 men raped her over the course of 2 hours on the bar's ...
08.04.2020 143: King Richard (Trial By Media Episode 4) THIS ONE IS ALL ABOUT THE PIZZAZZ FACTOR, YOU GUY! CUE. THOSE. JAZZ. HANDS. Richard Scrushy (a name you can't say without sounding hammered) is a mediocre, yet very rich, white dude. He runs a huge company! AND GUESS WHAT? ...
07.28.2020 142: 41 Shots: The Killing of Amadou Diallo (Trial By Media Episode 3) In the early hours of February 4, 1999, 23-year-old Amadou Dialo, an unarmed black man standing on the steps of his apartment building, was fatally shot by four plain clothes New York City police officers. The officers shot 41 times ...
07.21.2020 141: The Subway Vigilante (Trial By Media Ep. 2) On December 22, 1984, a white man named Bernhard Goetz shot 4 black teenagers on the New York City subway. He claimed self defense--that the 4 boys were in the process of robbing him. But eye witness accounts and crime ...
07.20.2020 McMillions Fam! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of HBO's "McMillions." It's perfect for week 729 of quarantine because there's no murder! It's mostly just Mafia idiot (come for us Frank Colombo!) and hot FBI guys ...
07.14.2020 140: Talk Show Murder (Trial By Media Ep. 1) Two words: Jenny Jones. On March 6, 1995, Scott Amadure and Jonathan Schmitz went on the Jenny Jones show. On the show, Scott revealed to Jonathan that he had a crush on him. Jonathan, seemed to take it in stride. ...
07.07.2020 139: 13th The title of Ava DuVernay's extraordinary and galvanizing documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted freedom to enslaved people. Except, it didn’t really. The drafters of the amendment included a loophole that allowed for the re-enslavement ...
06.30.2020 138: Killing Versace: The Hunt for A Serial Killer A little after 8:45 am on the morning of July, 15, 1997, famed fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot execution-style on the front steps of his Miami Beach mansion. The assassin was 28 year old Andrew Cunanan--a hanger on who ...
06.23.2020 137: The Zodiac Killer: The Most Dangerous Animal of All (Part 2) Based on The New York Times best-selling book of the same name, The Most Dangerous Animal of All is a documentary series that explores one man's search for the father who abandoned him, only to uncover the worst: he believes ...
06.18.2020 Tiger King: Episode 1: Not Your Average Joe Hey Fam! We're so excited to share with you episode one of our Patreon coverage of Netflix's Tiger King. This is BY FAR our most requested series to cover, so buckle up! All 7 episodes are available RIGHT NOW AND ...
06.16.2020 136: The Zodiac Killer: The Most Dangerous Animal of All (Part 1) Based on The New York Times best-selling book of the same name, The Most Dangerous Animal of All is a documentary series that explores one man's search for the father who abandoned him, only to uncover the worst: he believes ...
06.09.2020 135: Unseen In 2009, Cleveland police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in the house and yard of known sex offender Anthony Sowell. With unprecedented access to the surviving victims, UNSEEN tells a chilling story about the invisibility of women on ...
06.06.2020 Rebroadcast: Say Her Name: The Life and Death Of Sandra Bland. On July 10, 2015, a 28 year-old black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over in a small Texas town for failing to use a turn signal when she changed lanes. She was ultimately arrested and taken to the county ...
06.03.2020 Israel Keyes: Method of a Serial Killer Israel Keyes is the most terrifying serial killer you’ve maybe never heard of. Here’s what we know about him: He was methodical—he left “kill kits” hidden all across the country. He hid them years before using them, so he was ...
05.27.2020 Introducing: Obsessed With: Disappeared FAM!! We are SO excited for you to FINALLY hear episode 1 of the newest podcast from the Obsessed Network: Obsessed With: Disappeared. Episode 2 is available RIGHT NOW wherever you get your podcasts, so go subscribe and binge! Obsessed ...
05.26.2020 134: Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery Brittany Murphy was a rising star who had it all, beauty, fame, and success … but she also had secrets. When she was found dead in her Los Angeles home at just 32 years old, Hollywood and legions of fans ...
05.19.2020 133: Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee YOU GUYS, DO YOU HAVE A PC? I PROMISE I WON’T TELL GILLIAN? Gringo tells the story of John McAfee who invented anti-virus software, AND AS BORING AS THAT SOUNDS, I PROMISE THIS IS ANYTHING BUT! He owned that software ...
05.14.2020 Oxygen's The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway 18 year old Natalee Holloway disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005. After 12 years of following every lead--each one ending in heartbreak and disappointment--Natalee's dad, Dave, gets a tip that could change everything. All 6 episodes of The Disappearance ...
05.12.2020 132: Chris Watts: Family Man / Family Murderer Chris Watts and his wife Shanann seemed to have it all: Thriving careers, wonderful friends, two beautiful kids with a third on the way. But then on August 13, 2018, Shanann’s best friend Nicole can’t get ahold of Shanann. She ...
05.05.2020 131: TREAD YOU GUYS WE REALLY LIKE THIS ONE!! WE ALMOST NEVER SAY THAT! Marvin Heemeyer was a beloved resident of Granby, Colorado. He was a welder by trade and he loved his work. But slowly he came to believe that the ...
04.28.2020 130: CBS's "The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey" Part 2 This is part 2 of our 2-part series. To hear episode 1, go here! (https://www.truecrimeobsessed.com/post/129-cbs-s-the-case-of-jonbenet-ramsey) On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The case quickly became one of the most ...
04.21.2020 129: CBS's "The Case of: JonBenet Ramsey" Part 1 On December 26, 1996, 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of her family home. The case quickly became one of the most famous murder mysteries in American history. 20 years after the murder, a team of famous ...
04.14.2020 128: Shut Up and Sing In 2003, The Dixie Chicks were on top of the world. They were the number 1 selling female band of all time, They were Grammy winners, and all around darlings of the country music scene. But then, at a club ...
04.07.2020 127: Where Is Robert Fisher? In 2001, Robert Fisher murdered his wife and two young kids. And then vanished into thin air. Is he dead, or did he escape to a new life…THIS IS THE QUESTION POSED TO THE PSYCHIC WHO CLOSES OUT THIS….”DOCUMENTARY?” This ...
03.31.2020 126: The Man Who Would Be Polka King UMMMMMM, So we have a lot of questions. We can’t wait for you to meet Jan Lewan, the “Polka God” at the center of this thing. But we also can’t wait for you to meet his wife Rhonda, who definitely ...
03.24.2020 125: Dahmer on Dahmer: Part 2 Two-and-a-half decades ago, a man from Milwaukee named Jeffrey Dahmer was tried and convicted of 17 gruesome murders that occurred between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer was convicted of luring young men into his home, where he then drugged, sexually violated, ...
03.17.2020 124: Dahmer on Dahmer: Part 1 This is part 1 of a 2 part series. Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE for one week at the $5 level on Patreon. (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) It will be our regular episode (with ads) next week. Two-and-a-half decades ...
03.10.2020 Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez Part 1 (Patreon Bonus Episode) Patrick may be from Massachusetts (and has the Dunkin Donuts loyalty card to prove it), but he somehow missed out on Boston sports fever (feee-vah!). We have a lot of feelings about this one, but we're going to be SUPER ...
03.03.2020 123: Oxygen's "Up and Vanished" On October 21, 2005, local beauty queen, Tara Grinsted vanished from her home in Ocilla, Georgia. 12 years later, two men were arrested for her murder. This was thanks in part to Payne Lindsay's popular podcast by the same name. ...
03.02.2020 Obsessed With: Abducted in Plain Sight Ep 1: One Year Later (Our first-ever spinoff podcast!) HERE'S EPISODE 1 OF OUR FIRST-EVER SPINOFF PODCAST! For Patrick, this new podcast has been year long labor of love! Please take a listen! It's been a year since the smash hit documentary Abducted in Plain Sight premiered on Netflix ...
02.25.2020 122: A Tale of Two Thieves August 1963. Sears Crossing, Buckinghamshire, England. Fifteen men pull off "The Great Train Robbery," netting today's equivalent of almost $70 million. It’s one of the most famous crimes in the history of Great Britain. Movies have been made, books have ...
02.18.2020 121: Mary Kay Letourneau: Autobiography Mary Kay Letourneau is garbage. What else is there to say? I mean for context, she was a 35 year old teacher who had an affair with her THIRTEEN YEAR OLD student....and had two babies with him. She served (not ...
02.11.2020 120: Without Charity In the fall of 2000, three construction workers were brutally murdered on a job site in rural Indiana. A police investigation leads to three men. But digging a little deeper, investigators discover a young woman named Charity Payne. The police ...
02.07.2020 Don't F**K With Cats (Patreon Bonus Episode) The internet is the wild west, you guys. But even the GD no-rules internet has one actual rule. SAY IT WITH ME: Don't fuck with cats. So when a weird looking sicko starts uploading cat-murder videos to the internet, a ...
02.04.2020 119: The Source Family TICK TOCK IT’S CULT O’CLOCK! What can we say, the 60s in Los Angels were ROUGH! Lots of drugs and crappy eating, not to mention the terrible music. So it just seemed fitting that when the 70s rolled around and ...
01.28.2020 118: Natalie Wood: American Murder Mystery At 43 years old, actress Natalie Wood had it all. She was an adored icon who'd been acting since before she could remember. She'd married the love of her life and had a thriving career and a loving family. But ...
01.23.2020 The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All: Part 1 (Patreon Bonus Episode) In 1989, 21-year-old Lyle and 18-year-old Erik Menendez walked into their parents' den and killed them. In episode 1, Erik Menendez himself shares in stunning detail the events of the week leading up to the murders and the motive behind ...
01.21.2020 117: Oxygen's "Dirty John: The Dirty Truth" Part 2 When Debra Newell met John Meehan on dating site for the 50+ crowd, he seemed too good to be true. A handsome, fit, successful doctor? She was interested. But, beginning with their first date, there were warning signs...something wasn't quite ...
01.14.2020 116: Oxygen's "Dirty John: The Dirty Truth" We are covering this documentary in two episodes. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free at the $5 level on Patreon. You can get it here (https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed) . It will be our regular episode (with ads) next week. When ...
01.07.2020 115: Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator Who in gay hell exercises in a room heated to 105 degrees?!?! Sweating and stretching isn't our jam, but Bikram Chaudry (we have a request into Jesus to have his last name changed--WE WILL NOT HAVE RABIA'S LAST NAME BESMIRCHED!!!) ...
12.31.2019 114: Cocaine Cowboys "THE GOLDEN GIRLS" THIS IS NOT, YOU GUYS! Miami in the early 80s was the wild west for the cocaine trade. Brutal drug lords reigned, mass killings were an every day occurrence, and you couldn't get a Ferrari to save ...

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