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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199: Secret Identities: Hid...

09.23.2021

Fam! We're super excited to share this episode of "Strange and Unexplained" with the TCO fam. I (Patrick) helped research and write this episode and it tells two stories I've been OBSESSED with for decades. As the title says, these ...

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09.23.2021 199: Secret Identities: Hiding in Plain Sight (From Strange and Unexplained) Fam! We're super excited to share this episode of "Strange and Unexplained" with the TCO fam. I (Patrick) helped research and write this episode and it tells two stories I've been OBSESSED with for decades. As the title says, these ...
09.21.2021 198: Made You Look In 1994, a woman walked into one of New York City's most famous art galleries and told it's President that she had a cache of never-before-seen masterworks. And she was looking to sell to the gallery on the cheap. And ...
09.14.2021 197: The Zodiac Killer PART 2: Very Scary People This is part 2 of our coverage of The Zodiac Killer! If you're looking for part 1, go here! FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this time through the lens of... New Kids on the Block star Donnie Wahlburg?!?!? You know ...
09.07.2021 196: The Zodiac Killer: Very Scary People We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! FAM! It's Gillian's favorite case, this ...
08.31.2021 195: Escape To Alcatraz In the middle of the night on Nov. 20, 1969, a group of mostly young Native Americans escaped to Alcatraz, landing on the shores of Alcatraz Island, in the middle of San Francisco Bay. They occupied the former prison for ...
08.24.2021 194: Monster Preacher In 1986, self-proclaimed Pastor Gary Heidnik, kidnapped six women and held them prisoner in his basement. The women were tortured for months and two of them died. In this Oxygen special, two of the survivors tell their harrowing stories of ...
08.17.2021 Interview: Damien Echols of the "West Memphis Three" We're so excited to share our interview with Damien Echols, author, artist, husband, producer, and wrongfully convicted human. We talk all about West of Memphis, his journey being one of the West Memphis Three, his years on death row, his ...
08.17.2021 193: West of Memphis Part 2 This is part 2 of our 2 part coverage of West of Memphis. THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID WE'D NEVER DO! The film focuses on the 18-plus year plight of the “West Memphis Three”: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie ...
08.10.2021 192: West of Memphis FAM: We're covering this documentary over two episodes! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! THE DOCUMENTARY WE ALWAYS SAID ...
08.03.2021 191: When Phillip Met Missy YOU. SERIOUSLY. ARE. NOT. READY! When a woman goes missing on a trip to Graceland, all eyes are on her husband, Phillip. Police put him under surveillance hoping he'll slip up. And that's when a mysterious younger woman enters the ...
07.27.2021 190: Unraveled: The Long Island Serial Killer It’s been a decade since 11 bodies were found along the coastline of Long Island. The work of a probable serial killer, those homicides were never solved. But just last year, Investigative journalists Billy Jensen and Alexis Linkletter got a ...
07.26.2021 Live Show Update! Hey, Fam!! We wanted to pop into your feed with a quick message about the postponed live shows - in case you haven't heard, we have new dates! Here's all the info for you! And check out our website for ...
07.23.2021 Ad Free: The Disappearance of Maura Murray Part 2 FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come see us cover this case LIVE on Saturday night at the Wilbur Theater in Boston where we ...
07.23.2021 Ad Free: the Disappearance of Maura Murray Part 1 FAM!! In anticipation of our LIVE SHOW THIS SATURDAY (July 31st), we are rereleasing our episodes covering "The Disappearance of Maura Murray." Come see us cover this case LIVE on Saturday night at the Wilbur Theater in Boston where we ...
07.20.2021 189: Scott Peterson: One Last Chance (ABC's 20/20) It's been 18 years since Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci. In that time, some members of his family have been working tirelessly to prove his innocence--that he couldn't have killed Laci. Some of their evidence ...
07.13.2021 188: The Housewife and the Hustler THIS. ONE. IS. WILD. YOU. GUYS. Let us say right up front, Patrick and Gillian have never watched an episode of The Housewives, SO THIS WAS A REAL EDUCATION….And now Patrick identifies as Housewives Curious. OK, so Beverly Hills Housewife ...
07.08.2021 Murder Among the Mormons YOU GUYS WE ARE OBSESSED! Three separate explosions attempt to take out prominent members of the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City. The crimes expose the dark underbelly in the world of rare documents dealing within the church community. DID ...
07.06.2021 Class Action Park 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 by drunk teenage ...
06.29.2021 187: White Boy Fam, if you thought New York in the 70s, was bad, WELCOME TO DETROIT IN THE 80s. It’s the height of “the war on drugs” and, according to local law enforcement, it seems that a new drug gang is popping ...
06.22.2021 186: Searching for Sheela BUCKLE UP EVERYONE, GILLIAN IS REAL MAD THIS WEEK! So, Ok, remember Ma Anand Sheela from “Wild Wild Country?” She was Bagwan’s number 2, bus we all knew she was really the one running things in the Rajneesh Cult. Remember ...
06.15.2021 185: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel: Part 2 This is part 2 of our 2-part coverage. For episode 1, please see last week's episode! Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, IT’S JUST A BUILDING!”). Can web sleuths solve a truly bizarre death? (Patrick: “NO! GET OFF FACEBOOK ...
06.08.2021 184: Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel FAM: This is a two-part series. Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free for 1 week only on our Patreon at all levels. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week! Can a building be evil? (Gillian: “NO, ...
06.03.2021 Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults From the 1975 disappearance of 20 people in small-town Oregon to the 1997 mass suicide of 39 people all wearing the same pair of Nike Decades in San Diego, “Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults” sketches the evolution of the ...
06.01.2021 183: Why Did You Kill Me? In February 2006, 24-year-old Crystal Theobold was killed in a drive by shooting in front of her house in Riverside, California. Her mother Belinda became obsessed with tracking down her killer and took to social media, creating profiles she thought ...
05.25.2021 182: WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn TICK TOCK IT'S CULOT O'CLOCK....AGAIN! And Gwyneth Paltrow is here? WHAT? If you live in a city, there was a time you saw a WeWork on just about every corner. It was the co-working space where all the cook kids ...
05.18.2021 181: Sasquatch: Part 2 In 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, who lived in the dense forest near the farm. Investigative journalist David Holthouse ...
05.13.2021 Introducing "Murder in Alliance: Ep. 1 Dead in the Water" Hey, Fam! We're so excited to bring you the new show from the Obsessed Network, "Murder in Alliance." We've got the first episode here for you in this feed, and two more available right now wherever you get your podcasts. ...
05.11.2021 180: Sasquatch: Part 1 In 1993, three men were found dead--"torn limb from limb"--on a farm in northern California. It was said to be the work of a Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, who lived in the dense forest near the farm. Investigative journalist David Holthouse ...
05.04.2021 179: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst On February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patty Hearst, heiress to the Hearst Newspaper fortune, was kidnapped from her Berklee apartment. The kidnappers were a group of young Americans calling themselves The Symbionese Liberation Army--a group dedicated to the violent overthrow of ...
04.27.2021 178: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal Do you have an idiot kid you want to get into an Ivy League college? Are you super rich? Maybe you spent a couple seasons on "Full House?" Well have we got the scam for you! For over 10 years, ...
04.20.2021 177: The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne DORIS PAYINE IS THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS JEWEL THIEF...AND SHE REALLY LOVES HER JOB, YOU GUYS! This is one of the wildest rides we've gone on in a while! This documentary tells the tale of how a poor, single, black ...
04.13.2021 176: Serial Killer: "Sam Little: To Catch a Killer" Sam Little is America’s most prolific serial killer, murdering over 90 across 17 states over the course of 30 years. How is it possible that a man who was never particularly careful about his crimes could get away with a ...
04.06.2021 175: Serial Killer: Oxygen's "Kemper on Kemper" You guys, please don't let your Wikipedia page start the way this guy's does: "serial killer, serial rapist, cambial, and necrophile..." YIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKES. As a teenager, Kemper killed his grandparents, was sent to a mental hospital WHERE HE WAS RELEASED ON ...
04.02.2021 Introducing "Strange and Unexplained: Ep. 1 The Watcher House" Hey, Fam! We're so excited to bring you the new show from the Obsessed Network, "Strange and Unexplained with Daisy Eagan." We've got the first episode here for you in this feed, and two more available right now wherever you ...
03.30.2021 174: Who Killed the Coed? The murder was so brutal—so violent—that detectives on the scene remarked that they’d never seen anything like it. On the morning of September 7, 2012 Faith Hedgepeth’s roommate Karena Rosario found her dead in her bed in the apartment they ...
03.25.2021 True Crime Obsessed Feat. Chrissy Teigen EVERYONE BE COOL, CHRISSY TEIGEN IS HERE! After months of Instagram-DM-Friendship, Chrissy flew to New York for a (Covid-safe) in-person hangout with Patrick and Gillian! Nothing is off the table in this chat! We talk true crime, The Illuminati, Hooters, ...
03.23.2021 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 ...
03.16.2021 173: The Beatrice Six: Keith Morrison Investigates 1 murder. 6 convictions. But did any of them do it? Sometime after midnight on February 6, 1985, 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped and brutally murdered in her small apartment in downtown Beatrice, Nebraska. In an era before DNA testing, ...
03.09.2021 172: Framing Britney Spears Part 2 OOPS WE DID IT AGAIN! This is Part 2 of our 2-part series covering "Framing Britney Spears." How does a talented, productive, and financially successful pop star lose complete legal control of her life? Imagine, one minute you’re a singer ...
03.02.2021 171: Framing Britney Spears OOPS! We accidentally made this a two-part series! WE HAD SO MUCH TO SAY! Part 2 is available right now and ad free at the $5 level on Patreon. It will be our regular episode next week! How does a ...
02.23.2021 170: Southern Rites In 2010 in Montgomery, Georgia, journalist Gillian Laub uncovered a murder. An 62-year-old white man had shot an killed a 19-year-old black man, and had all but gotten away with it. The journalist, Gillian Laub, had fist come to the ...
02.16.2021 169: Murder on Middle Beach: Part 2 On March 3rd, 2010, 48 year old Barbara Beach-Hamburg was found murdered in the side yard of her house in the wealthy town of Madison, Connecticut. The murder had been brutal and personal, and it completely changed the lives of ...
02.09.2021 168: Murder on Middle Beach FAM! This is a two-part series! Episode 2 is available right now and ad-free on our Patreon. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week. On March 3rd, 2010, 48 year old Barbara Beach-Hamburg was found murdered in the ...
02.04.2021 "The Vow" Ep 1: The Science of Joy Say it with us: TICK TOCK, CULT O'CLOCK! In this bananas premiere, we meet Mark and Sarah, two former high ranking NXIVM members who tell us how they came to be devoted members of "the company" and it's founder Keith ...
02.02.2021 167: Untouchable Harvey Weinstein was one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. For decades, it was an open secret that he was also a sexual predator. Through interviews with the brave women who risked their very lives by speaking out, Untouchable ...
01.26.2021 166: Alabama Snake October 4, 1991, Scottsboro, Alabama. A woman calls for an ambulance in the middle of the night saying she’s been bitten by a poisonous rattle snake. When they get her into the ambulance, she tells them that her husband, a ...
01.19.2021 165: The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldonn Part 2: Where is She This is part 2 of our coverage. If you're looking for part 1, you can find it here. Shawndrea and Jo continue their search for 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon. In this episode, they track down a friend of Phoenix who is ...
01.12.2021 164: The Disappearance of Phoenix Coldon FAM! This is a two part series! Episode 2 is available ad-free right now at the $5 tier on our Patreon. Part 2 will be our regular episode next week. At 3pm on December 18, 2011, 23-year-old Phoenix Coldon got ...
01.05.2021 163: BTK: A Killer Among Us From 1974 – 1971, a serial killer tormented the people of Kansas. He called himself BTK, which stood for BIND, TORTURE, KILL. He wanted to incite fear and panic, and so his killings were especially brutal. He taunted police with ...
12.29.2020 162: Dead Man's Line On February 8, 1977, 43-year-old Tony Kiritsis walked into the office of mortgage broker Dick Hall and WIRED THE BARREL OF A SAWED OFF SHOT GUN TO HALL’S NECK. This "dead man's line" meant that if a policeman shot Kiritsis ...

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