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John Martin Scripps was a petty thief, turned drug smuggler, turned cold-blooded murder. He would befriend fellow passengers on long-haul flights, share a taxi and check into the same hotel at the destination. He then bludgeoned his travel acquaintances to death before expertly dismembering their bodies and disposing of the body parts.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page atPatreon For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

For 18 years, Jean-Claude Romand pretended to be something he was not: a well-qualified doctor, a loving husband, a doting father. As things started to unravel, he could not bear the thought that everyone in his life would find out that he was a fraud. He took extreme measures in an attempt to keep his secret safe.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at Patreon For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Armin Meiwes posted on an online forum called Cannibal Café to find someone to devour. And someone responded. After castrating his willing participant and eating his genitalia together, he killed him. But was it murder if the victim consented to the whole thing?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at Patreon For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website Special thanks: Viktor LarssonThis True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

After a day’s work, Rodney Marks was an Australian astrophysicist, Rodney Marks, became violently ill. 24 hours later he was dead. But due to the harsh weather conditions, it would be six months before his body could be transported to New Zealand for a post-mortem examination. Results showed that Rodney had died from methanol poisoning. On the base were 49 other people, trapped in the winter cold. Was Rodney killed by one of his co-workers, or was his death a tragic accident?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Promos: Murder in My Family @MurderInMyFam | Murder Mile @mmiletoursWant to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Church-going family man, Colin Howell, started an illicit affair with Hazel Buchanan, a married woman who attended the same church. In order to be together, they did the unthinkable. The secret of their crime remained between them for 17 years. If Colin Howell did not come forward, would they have gotten away with it?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Three women vanished from the Northern Italian town of Correggio within the space of a year. Locals looked at a local shopkeeper and fortune teller Leonarda Cianciulli for answers. When they uncovered the truth behind the disappearances, the story caused a ripple throughout the world. Not only did this mother of four murder her friends, but she also used their remains and made them into soap and cakes.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at Patreon For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Russian serial killer, Alexander Pichushkin killed 48, but possibly as many as 60 people between 1992 and 2006. He initially said that his aim was to kill 64 people, one for every square on a chessboard. Later he recanted his statement, saying that, had he not been caught, he would have carried on killing indefinitely. Had he filled all the squares on one board with victims, he would simply have gone out and bought another board to fill.Before he was caught, he was known as the Bitsevsky Park Maniac. After police found his marked chessboard, however, he was renamed: The Chessboard Killer.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at Patreon For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

In celebration of Halloween, this week’s episode is somewhat darker than our usual ones. Adolfo Constanzo, also known as El Padrino (or the Godfather), was the leader of a cult who believed that Black Magic would shield their drug cartel from being busted. Adolfo encouraged human sacrifice and countless people fell victim to the cult, later dubbed as Narcosatanists. When American medical student, Mark Kilroy, disappeared after a night out in Matamoros, the cult’s sadistic activities finally came to light. For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast? Visit our page at Patreon.com For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

The story of Danny Lugo and his gang of greedy bodybuilders continues. We learn the fate of the man they kidnapped and extorted: Miami businessman, Marc Schiller. After taking over all of Marc’s assets, they set their sights on the super-wealthy Frank Griga. In a fumbled attempt to repeat what they had done to Marc Schiller, the gang’s plan backfired and things went terribly wrong. Just when you thought things could not possibly get any darker…For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook If you'd like to become a Patron of our podcast, please visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Part 1. The story of Danny Lugo and his gang of bodybuilders was made famous by the movie Pain & Gain, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson. The movie highlighted the absurdity of the gang’s kidnapping plot against Miami businessman, Marc Schiller. The movie was a comedy, but the true story behind it was far more sinister.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website ThisTrue Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Despite multiple similarities in the murders of the two victims, authorities have not been able to link the two cases together. One has been solved, one remains unsolved.In this episode, we look at the murders of two Dutch citizens, Harry Ro and Antoinette Bont in 1995.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

She is known as the Coffee Killer. Jessica Wongso, is an Indonesian born Australian resident who poisoned her best friend by lacing her coffee with cyanide. All of this happened in broad daylight, in an upmarket café in Jakarta.The whole act was caught on CCTV camera, yet, Jessica denied guilt. How did their friendship turn so sour, that Jessica decided Mirna Salihin deserved to die?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

It was June the 2nd 1994, a summer’s evening in Kirkwall, Orkney.Waiter, 26-year-old Bangladeshi national, Shamol Mahmood, clocked in for his second shift that season. Little did he know, that this would be his last night alive.As Shamol was serving his customers, a masked gunman walked into the restaurant, pointed a pistol at his head and shot him point-blank.It would take more than a decade to solve this case, which police referred to as the 1000-piece puzzle.And even after they arrested a man for this senseless crime, the residents of Orkney were still divided: was he really the killer?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

It was 1989 and the scenic area of New Brunswick’s Miramichi was under siege. Elderly people were brutalized, raped and murdered.Once buzzing with locals and holiday makers, the streets in The Miramichi were quiet. People were simply too scared to go out. They barricaded themselves into their homes. The quiet streets were dotted with police checkpoints and black-suited members of the RCMP Emergency Response Team, patrolled the area with guns, large vans and helicopters.Would police catch the Monster of The Miramichi before he struck again?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

It was a cool Wednesday morning in the peaceful New Zealand city of Palmerston North in August 2000. Glen Weggery arrived at his sister’s house, but no one came to answer the door. As he walked inside, he saw his seven-year-old niece lying on the floor. Her blood-soaked hair covered her face and her head was in an unusual position. Glen immediately knew from the horrific scene that Amber was no longer alive. He made his way to the master bedroom and found his 38-year-old sister’s body on the bed in the master bedroom. She was naked, lying face-up, drenched with blood. What happened to this mother and daughter on the late-August night at number 30 Karamea Crescent in the quiet neighbourhood in Palmerston North? For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

After vacationing with friends in the beach resort of Varna in Bulgaria, Lars Mittank arrived at the airport, ready to return home to Germany.CCTV cameras show that Lars walked around the check-in area aimlessly. He seemed calm and relaxed, just like any other traveller, waiting to board his flight. Hours later, Lars was seen running out of the airport. He left all his things: his phone, his bags, his ID…Witnesses saw him climbing over an 8ft fence and running into a sunflower field. After that, he vanished into thin air and has not been seen since.Findet Lars MittankFor pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Tokyo, 1992. The mysterious death of a young Australian woman working as a hostess in Japan goes unsolved.Eight years later, a young British woman disappears under similarly mysterious circumstances.All eyes turn to wealthy Japanese playboy, Joji Obara – a man who had no known friends and refused to ever have his photo taken. He was eventually dubbed: The Beast with a Human Face.This is a sordid story about what happened to countless foreign women, working in Tokyo in the 1990s.Lucie Blackman Trust: http://www.lbtrust.org/ For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

When police arrested 75-year-old Alice Uden at her home, nobody could believe that she was a criminal. There had to be a mistake… How could this grandmother be guilty of any crime other than overcooking a Sunday roast?Her husband, 71-year-old Gerald wasn't home at the time, but when he arrived, police arrested him too. And NOT for the same crime.They were masters at keeping their darkest secrets under wraps – for more than 30 years.SHOUTOUT TO: True Crime Sisters. While you are waiting for our next episode, why not listen to one of theirs?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

When father of two, 47-year-old Kevin Lee, did not come home for dinner on Good Friday, 29 March 2013, his wife Cristina knew that he was in trouble. Kevin was a creature of habit. Every night he would come home, have his dinner, watch television with his wife and kids.What she didn’t know, is that Kevin’s burnt-out, light blue Ford Mondeo was about to be found. Passers-by reported the burning car to Triple Nine and fire crews arrived within minutes to extinguish the fire. They knew that this was no accident – the fire had been deliberately lit. The damage was extensive and ruined the entire car. In searching the car and the surrounding area, there was no sign of a body.Where was Kevin Lee?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon PageFor a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

In March 2005, college student Inge Lotz was brutally murdered in her apartment in Stellenbosch, South Africa.When she was discovered, she was seated upright on her sofa where she had been paging through a magazine. There was a copious amount of blood covering her head and face and she was almost unrecognizable. At first, it looked as though she had committed suicide. But Inge had been bludgeoned to death.Police arrived on the scene, and what followed ended up being one of South Africa’s most controversial cases ever.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

In the dead of night, husband and wife, Manfred and Marisia von Richthofen were beaten to death in their bed while they were sleeping.Their teenage children, Andreas and Suzane von Richthofen discovered their parents’ bludgeoned bodies.What happened at this home on Rua Zacarias de Goís? In a single night, Suzane and Andreas von Richthofen were orphaned. Who would want to hurt this family?For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

Also known as the Submarine Murder or Ubådssagen, this week’s episode tells the sordid details surrounding the murder of Swedish journalist, Kim Wall by Danish inventor, Peter Madsen. Kim Wall Memorial Fund For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

As police walked through the diabolical crime scene at Albion Park, Australia, they found David O’Hearn's body. A pentagram, an inverted cross and the word ‘SATAN’ were smeared onto the walls in the victim’s own blood. This murder was to become one of the most heinous killings ever committed in Australia.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

It was September 7th 1996 – a balmy night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thousands of people flocked to the glitzy city to watch the Heavyweight Title boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Sheldon. Tyson and Sheldon’s was not the only fight of the night. Around 8:30, an altercation had broken out in the main lobby of the MGM Grand. The man who threw the first punch was hip-hop sensation, Tupac Shakur. Security guards broke up the fight, but by the end of the night, the 25-year-old Tupac Shakur was dead.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

28 July 1996, a fishing crew cast their nets off the south coast of Devon, England. As they hauled the nets up to the side of the boat, they were stunned. What they had pulled out of the English Channel was the body of a man. Little did they know that this discovery would launch an international investigation that would span through Europe and all the way across the Atlantic to Canada. A case of lies, betrayal and greed. How one man, running from the law, killed his best friend so he could assume his identity. For more information and photos, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

When police arrested Kraft, they found a notebook with an encoded list. It appeared to be a list of Kraft’s victims. It was soon dubbed 'The Scorecard', which gave Kraft his nickname: The Scorecard Killer.For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.

It was after 9 pm on Friday night the 13th of July 1984. A family of three from Gothenburg were travelling in the scenic Lapland mountains in the north of Sweden. In the arctic circle, July is time for The Midnight Sun, which means the sun doesn’t set at all. It is bright and light for 24 hours a day. It was late summer, and it had been raining for a couple of days.When they drove down a side road to take in the scenery of Lake Appojaure, they could never have imagined what awaited them. A grisly discovery was about to change their holiday into a nightmare.For more information and photos, join us on Facebook Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visit Evidence Locker Website This True Crime Podcast was researched using open source or archive materials.