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January 17 The Vanishing Guard: An Armored Car Mystery in the Arizona Desert
In the heart of Arizona, an armored truck carrying a fortune simply vanished, along with the two guards entrusted to protect it. The vehicle was eventually found, emptied of its millions, but the men were gone. With no clear signs of a struggle, the FBI faced a critical mystery: were the guards the victims of a sophisticated ambush, or the architects of a brazen inside job? This is the story of how agents pieced together the final hours of the shipment, using forensic analysis of the truck, financial records, and witness testimony to unravel a complex web of deception. The investigation would lead them down a twisting path where loyalty and greed collided, forcing them to question whether they were hunting for kidnap victims or fugitive thieves.

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50 min
January 16 The Blue Wall Breached: Ambush and Betrayal in Prince George's County
In 1995, the call that a fellow officer was down sent shockwaves through the Prince George's County Police and the FBI. The scene revealed a devastating truth: Officer John Novabilski and FBI Special Agent William H. Christian Jr. were dead, shot in what appeared to be a brutal ambush. The initial story pointed to an unknown assailant, but the investigation would take a sinister turn. This is the story of how the FBI's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists turned their scrutiny inward, meticulously piecing together ballistic evidence and dissecting a web of lies to uncover an unthinkable betrayal from within their own ranks, proving that the killer was a man who had worn the same uniform as his victims.

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50 min
January 15 Son Appears to Kill Mother on Camera. Family Say He’s Innocent: The Murder of Irina Garcia
In October 2023, 39 year-old mother of two, Irina Garcia, was brutally stabbed to death in her bed. It was an attack so malicious that it was assumed to be an act of passion. The only suspect in the case, Irina’s 13 year-old son, Derek, had no motive. No one could point to any sign that the teen was aggressive or capable of violence.

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37 min
January 14 He Thought No One Would Find Her: The Murder of Dee Warner
Dee Ann Warner went missing in April, 2021. For years her disappearance was a source of mystery and heartache for the community she had been a part of her whole life. Dee’s last sighting had been at the farmhouse where she and her family lived and worked. It was there that search efforts focused. Just as authorities began to accept that they must seek justice without all of the answers … they made, a shocking discovery.

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42 min
January 13 Young Love Turned to Obsession: The Murder of Kaylie Juga
On an otherwise uneventful Thursday afternoon in May, 2019, 15 year-old Kaylie Juga returned home from school with her mother. They turned on some music, joked around and relaxed. Minutes later, a hooded figure dressed all in black entered the house undetected through the open garage door. A doorbell camera across the street recorded the sound of gunfire. Seven shots rang out across the usually quiet and peaceful neighbourhood. Moments later, the hooded figure ran from the scene; mother and daughter still inside, fighting for their lives.

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42 min
January 12 The Neighbors Are Hiding Something: The Murder of Philip "Buckie" Barlow
In the Spring of 2019 a well-liked and respected trucker in a small town in West Virginia went missing. In the days that followed it seemed that everyone in the community had a theory. Rumours, speculation and accusations were rampant. The investigation navigated a maze of strange clues, finger-pointing, and colorful characters. Until one, small and seemingly innocuous lie, unravelled the mystery of this small-town murder.

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38 min
January 11 Cops Discover Teen’s Gruesome Secret: The Murder of Grace Jennings
On a Saturday afternoon in October 2022, officers from the the Santa Fe Police Department found 21 year-old Grace Jennings stabbed to death by a large sword in the garage of a house on Jaguar Drive. Grace did not live in the home where she was found. She had only arrived the night before; offered an ostensibly safe place to stay the night by someone claiming to be her friend.

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42 min
January 10 The Phantom Intruder: A Florida Family's Nightmare
On a November night in 2016, a peaceful Loxahatchee home became a chamber of horror. A young man was dead, and the three people found with him—his mother, her boyfriend, and his best friend—told a chillingly simple story: a phantom intruder had somehow slipped inside their locked house, committed the murder, and vanished without a trace. With no forced entry and no evidence of this mysterious fourth person, detectives faced a seemingly impossible crime. This is the story of how investigators pieced together the truth from the inconsistencies in the survivors' accounts, using forensic evidence to expose a web of deception and prove that the killer wasn't a stranger in the night, but was already inside the house all along.

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36 min
January 09 Bad Acting & Lies Leads Police to the Killer: The Murder of Barry Schmalbach
On the night of July 19, 2023 desperate cries were heard emanating from Barry Schmalbach’s condo in Cape Coral. Florida. In the days that followed, no one saw Barry. Messages sent from his cellphone were at first odd, then they ceased entirely. Barry’s boyfriend, his closest friends and his family spoke with police. Though by the time investigators began retracing his steps, it seemed is was too late

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37 min
January 08 Mother & Son Accuse Each Other of Brutal Killing:The Murder of Lanny Horwitz
A security guard in the wealthy, gated community of Admiral's Cove responded to a home security alarm early one Autumn morning, arriving within three minutes of dispatch. Inside, the patriarch of the family lie dead in the bathroom; not one, but two possible murder weapons found nearby. Emerging from the house were two suspects: a mother and son, each with motive, and each pointing the finger at the other.

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42 min

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True Crime is a compelling podcast dedicated to unraveling the mysteries, motives, and mayhem behind the world’s most fascinating and chilling real-life cases. With a deep dive into crimes that have…