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Episode Date: April 15, 2025When 27-year-old Jerry Dean and 32-year-old Deborah Thornton were found dead in Houston, Texas in 1983, police desperately searched for their killer....
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57 episodes transcribedWhen 27-year-old Jerry Dean and 32-year-old Deborah Thornton were found dead in Houston, Texas in 1983, police desperately searched for their killer....
In 1983, 27-year-old Jerry Dean was newly single and looking for a little fun. When he met 32-year-old Deborah Thornton at a pool party that summer, s...
After 43-year-old socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer was found dead near a canal in Washington, D.C., investigators narrowed in on a suspect. But after he w...
In the early 1960s, Washington, D.C. socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer seemed to have it all: a fabulous home, a successful CIA agent husband, and a close...
Join us for a special March Madness Murders episode of "Murder: True Crime Stories." In 2003, 21-year-old Patrick Dennehy’s basketball career was trag...
After Theora Hix was murdered, her paramour Dr. James Snook was quickly identified as the suspect. The ensuing trial became famous for its salacious d...
Theora Hix wasn't the type of woman to take no for an answer. Besides wanting to become a doctor in the 1920s, when there were few female physicians,...
Join "Up and Vanished" creator Payne Lindsey and host Maggie Freleng ("Wrongful Conviction") on Up and Vanished Weekly. Each week, Payne and Maggie, a...
In 1955, Ruth Ellis murdered David Blakely in a crime of passion that dominated British headlines. The dramatic trial that followed shocked the public...
In 1953, 27-year-old nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis began a tempestuous romance with 24-year-old race car driver David Blakely. Two years later, their p...
After 22-year-old Betsy Aardsma was murdered in Penn State’s Pattee Library in 1969, the police scoured the campus for her killer. After interviewing...
In 1969, 22-year-old Betsy Aardsma was studying at the library when she got up to find a book. Minutes later, Betsy was found stabbed to death — and h...
When serial killer John George Haigh killed Olive Durand-Deacon in 1949, he thought nobody would notice. But his sixth murder victim turned out to be...
In the mid-20th century, serial killer John George Haigh charmed his way into the lives of wealthy people across England -- then murdered them in cold...
Join us for the second of two special episodes on the murder of Laci Peterson, featuring Dr. Tristin Engels of the Crime House Original "Mind of a Ser...
Join us for the first of two special episodes on the murder of Laci Peterson, featuring Dr. Tristin Engels of the Crime House Original Podcast Mind of...
As the end of the year approaches, we're revisiting the best episodes of 2024 from Crime House. On Murder: True Crime Stories, Carter Roy examined the...
In the aftermath of Sister Cathy Cesnik's murder in the fall of 1969, a former student believed she knew the killer's identity—a priest from Sister Ca...
In the late 1960s, Sister Cathy Cesnik was a force of good for the communities around Baltimore. The young nun was excited to educate a new generation...
As the end of the year approaches, we're revisiting the best episodes of 2024 from Crime House. On Money Crimes, Nicole Lapin broke down the story of...