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June 29, 2025 The Balcony Murder: When a Tinder Date Turned Deadly
On August 7, 2014, Warriena Wright met her Tinder date 28-year-old Gable Tostee later that night she plunged fourteen stories to her death from the balcony of his high-rise apartment. Gable claimed she’d been so drunk she’d attempted to climb over and fell. Police would disagree and, several days later, charge Gable Tostee with her murder.

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34 min
June 28, 2025 The Bad Girl Who Killed: Victoria Mendoza's Deadly Charade
Victoria Mendoza was the female equivalent of a ‘bad boy’. Tattooed. Rebellious. Wild and willing to break the rules. But while her tough-girl persona held a certain appeal to peers, it masked a much, much darker reality. When 17-year-old Tawnee Baird fell for her in 2004, the warning signs were there from the start. But like so many abusive relationships, by the time Tawnee wanted out – it was too late. This case examines the shocking chain of events that led to the brutal murder of 21-year-old Tawnee Baird and the twisted mind of the girl who, after committing the crime, turned to TikTok to build her social media following.

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32 min
June 27, 2025 Final Meeting: How a Routine Divorce Appointment Became a Murder Scene
39-year-old Jacque Sue Waller was reported missing on June 1, 2011, after her sister Cheryl Brenneke grew concerned over her whereabouts. Jacque was last seen by her estranged husband, Clay Waller, they met at an attorney’s office in Cape Girardeau to finalize paperwork for divorce proceedings. The couple had separated months prior and Jacque maintained primary custody over their three children. Clay later confessed to her murder.

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34 min
June 26, 2025 Murder at Noon: The Unsolved Killing of Casey Payne
The 4th of December 2020 began as a quiet morning at the Payne family home in Columbus, Ohio. The calm of the household was interrupted when 23 year-old Casey returned home from his dentist appointment. Casey was shot to death just inside the doorway of his grandmother’s house; crashing onto the kitchen floor, the sandwiches he purchased for lunch falling to the ground next to him.

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46 min
June 25, 2025 Did the Church Cover Up a Murder? The Fight for Mica’s Truth
Mica Miller was 30 years old when she died on 27 April, 2024. She had been married to John Paul Miller, a pastor at Solid Rock Church in South Carolina for seven years. When the pastor’s wife was found dead from a single gunshot to the head, all signs pointed towards a conclusion that no one wanted to accept. As the secrets of her past and marriage came to light, a growing chorus of family members, friends, neighbours, online commentators and the broader media joined the speculation.

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41 min
June 24, 2025 His Night Out Sparked Killer Conspiracies: The Strange Case of Riley Strain
In March 2024, Riley Strain was on a pub crawl with friends on Broadway in Nashville. The 22 year-old left his last bar of the night at just past 9:30 PM. He seemed to vanish only minutes later. Even with cameras retracing his steps through the city, there were gaps in his movements. Witnesses coming forward that could not always be trusted and clues being uncovered that raised more questions than answers. Amateur sleuths online began helping and hurting the investigation.

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32 min
June 23, 2025 He Wanted to be More Than Cousins: The Murder of Zion Foster
The last message that Zion Foster sent before she disappeared said that she was on her way home. The teenager told her mother and boyfriend that she was going out that night with her favourite cousin, Jaylin Brazier; something that she did at least twice a month.

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41 min
June 22, 2025 The Sick Plan to Cover-Up Her Murder: The Heart-Breaking Case of Madeline Soto
The day following her 13th birthday party, Madeline Soto, went missing. The Orange County Sheriff's Office in Florida proceeded on the best and only information they had: the story offered by Maddy’s mother, Jennifer, and her partner, Stephan.

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35 min
June 21, 2025 Devastated Husband Believes He’s Fooling Everyone: The Murder of Kendy Howard
Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the home of Daniel and Kendy Howard around 11PM on February 2, 2021. Dan Howard, a marine and former state trooper was inconsolable. He had just discovered his 48 year-old wife, Kendy, dead in the bathtub.

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41 min
June 20, 2025 She Laughed in His Face on Valentine's Day: The Murder of Anitra Gunn
In the winter of 2020 in Fort Valley Georgia, university senior Anitra Gunn was looking forward to graduating. While studying and working part-time, the thoughtful and hardworking 23 year-old was lining-up job interviews and celebrating milestones with friends.

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34 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…