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Join us in discussing the kind of unsolved murders of the Robison family. During the Summer of 1968 this family of six is brutally murdered in their northern Michigan Summer home. Patreon.com/truecrimecoupleGreat title Rebecca!

In today's episode we are going to discuss violence against children so we do want to give that disclaimer before we begin. We have a very sad story for you today, A terrible series of tragic events are going to bring a young girls life to an end. This story is sad because it could have been prevented in many ways. It’s a story of the cycles of abuse and neglect that travel through generations of families but it is also the story of failure. Every adult that the young girl this story centers around came into contact with failed her. This is the story of Candace Newmaker .

Here is a short episode to tide you over until we release episode 43 in a few short days!The murder of Arlis Perry Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

On Christmas Eve of 2007 the ten members of the Anderson family were to gather in Carnation, Washington. Only four would survive. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

Kim Proctor was an impressionable teen, like most. However, this is going to leave her vulnerable when exposed to two interdependent sexual sadist...that she sits next to in math class. patreon.com/trucrimecouplepaypal: [email protected] code: TCC to get $10 off your first foxTCCouple.robinhood.comVistaprint.com code: TCCHoliday

In the early 1970's a protective initiative was put in place to protect children from predators, it was called 'Stranger Danger'. This was constructed to make the public aware that there are people who only want to hurt your children and you need to be constantly aware of those around you. However, this did not work. At all. It actually caused mass panic, creating a climate of fear and suspicion. It also averted parents eyes away from those who are most likely to be hurting their children, those that they trust most. Unfortunately, the family in this story is going to fall victim to one of the biggest manipulators we have ever seen. Once he is let into this loving family he is going to begin spinning his predatory web of deceit, blackmail, intimidation, and fear. This is a story of a loving family, who despite being infiltrated by a monster, survived to tell the tale as an unbroken unit.

In episode 38 we cover the horrific events that became known as the Hi-Fi Murders. We will discuss the torture five individuals had to endure at the hands of the sadistic captures as well as the strength some had to survive. This is a story of the other side of murder, the story of the victims, one, that in the 1970s and 80s was not often told. Thank you to the book Victim: The Other Side of Murder by Gary KinderPatreon.com/truecrimecouple

In this episode we discuss a tale involving ghosts, obsession, vengeance, loss, love, jealously, and as always...murder. This case is too good to even give the smallest detail away. patreon.com/truecrimecouple

Join us for your second annual listener and personal story episode!

In the town of Piehl, Wisconsin three siblings ages 9, 8 and 2 slowly finally opened their bedroom doors. They had been locked in by a plastic zip tie that was wrapped around the final staircase wrung and then their door knob. The oldest of the three girls told the others it was safe to leave. They slowly walked around their house, and saw again the reason why they had been locked in their room. The blood was everywhere and the house was so quiet. They saw the body of their mother lying on the floor stabbed to death. The girls quickly ran upstairs and it was there that the saw for the first time the body of their father, shot twice with a 12 gauge shotgun. At too young of an age the eldest girl was given the protection role over her two younger sisters and she was scared. She was nervous that the killer was still in the house. At the sight of her father she told all of her siblings to run back downstairs into the bedroom. All the girls ran. The went back into their bedroom and closed the door. She told them they would wait until the morning that it should be fine by then.

There are some tropes that commonly exist in horror movies, blown out tires, no coverage, the abandoned house, death by sex, vengeful spirits. But there is one old faithful that will reign true until the end of time. Sinning teenagers being killed off each meeting a fate more brutal than the last...all except for one. We call her the final girl. But what if we told you there is a true story behind this one. Not an urban legend that really actually happened to that one girl’s cousin’s best friend but really happened. Only in this case there wasn’t a final girl but a final boy. A boy who can’t remember what happened that night in the scary woods surrounding a peaceful lake, a boy who also can’t explain why his injuries don’t compare to the ruthless slaughter his friends endured. So what happened at Lake Bodom on June 4, 1960?

If I were to ask you to tell me the craziest cult you’d ever heard of you would probably tell me the Manson Family, Aum Shinrikyo, Children of God, or maybe Heaven’s Gate. But there is always a cult that is kept out of the conversation surrounding the damaging effects and dangers that these deadly cults pose. That would be the Ant Hill Kids. However, the members of this cult would not do harm unto others, harm would be done unto them at the hands of their charismatic leader. patreon.com/truecrimecouple

Deep in the heartlands of the United States just on the outskirts of the bible belt lies Jefferson County, Illinois and by 1987 the county was in crisis mode. For the passed two years, despite having a small rural population, there have been 15 murders- 3 of them remaining unsolved. The people of the county think they have seen and heard it all. Everyone is on high alert and not a soul can be seen on the streets after dark. But the cautiousness does not prevent more murders from taking place because on November 18, 1987 a family is brutally and senselessly slaughtered. So just what exactly is going on Jefferson County?WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENTFabfitfun.com | Use code TCC at check out!Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

Today we will be covering a case that broke the hearts of a North Carolina county in November of last year. A three year old beautiful girl was taken from her home despite the fact that her mother, her mother's boyfriend and her two older brothers were home. There were not signs of forced entry- just an empty pink bed and a frantic couple. So who took Mariah Woods?patreon.com/truecrimecoupleSponsors:truecrimemag.comsongfinch.com (promo code TCC)

Unfortunately history repeats itself. I could say the words to you racism, violence, torture, and lynching and you wouldn’t know if you were going to hear a case from colonial times, pre-civil war or post. Or maybe it could be during the second revival of the klan post WWI. Or the civil rights movement of the 50s or 60s. But this case isn’t that. It is does involve the things I mention above but today we are going to talk about what became known as the Massie Affair. In 1931 the young beautiful wife of a naval officer, stationed at Pearl harbor in Hawaii was raped. It still remains a mystery as to what happened to her. But what happened afterwards is quite clear. Racism, violence, torture, and a lynching. The Massie Affair brought to life the pent up aggression of the native hawaiians as well as the aggression of those who believed that they were entitled to the island.

The rampage of Gordon Stewart Northcott continues. However, sometimes boys don't need to read about heros, they become them.

This case involves a cruel and brutal family, isolation, psychopathy, kidnapping, torture, murder, duress. It is everything that nightmares are made of. It’s one of those stories that torments you, makes your stomach hurt and you never truly forget the first time you hear about it. But it’s also a story of bravery, justice, perseverance, and survival. Today we are going to talk about a man who is evil in every sense of the word and of a boy who is equally as brave. Both men coming from the same family, which helps us discuss the ultimate true crime debate of nature of nurture .

In today's episode we go back to 2004 in a small TN town where a neighborly dispute ends in murder. What was it over? What happened? Could it have been avoided?

In today's episode we will tell the heart breaking story behind Megan's Law which require sex offenders to register their personal information and for communities to be notified when they move into their area. Listener discretion is advised.

Here is part II of our White House Farm murder case! In this episode we delve into the trial and theories that surround just what happened on the night of August 7, 1985 when five members of the Bamber family were brutally murdered.

A family is murders in the early morning hours of August 7th 1985. A man was put away for this heinous crime, but could it have been him?

In today's episode we will cover a mystery in every sense of the term. A man dies in a hotel in 1935. No one knows who he is, who killed him, or why he was acting so strangely. Patreon.com/truecrimecoupleSponsors:forhims.commodcloth.comtakecareof.com

This story’s backdrop is the horrors of stalking and the dangers of obsessions. We will go over what our victim went through and the effect it had on her life. However, we will also talk about her stalker, how he tormented her before her death. And how that just wasn’t enough. This man, who is still unknown to this day, tormented the victims family for four years after their daughter was murdered.Patreon.com/truecrimecoupleOur sponsor:Hellofresh.com enter prome code TCC30 for $30 off your first week!

In today’s episode we are going to discuss the ruthless and heartless murders that plagued eastern Alabama in 2002. We are also going to tell you about some of the strongest people in this country, those that survived acts of brutality, both Katrina Ryan and Butch Bowyer. A group of killers were working their way down a list of families that were to be targeted. But why these families? And how far down their list would these men get before they were stopped?If you would like to support us join our patreon!patreon.com/truecrimecoupleThanks to our sponsors!forhims.com/tcczola.com/tcc

Everyone who has had a missing loved one has said the worst thing is not knowing, not knowing where they are, how they are, or if they will ever come how. But what would it feel like to think your daughter is alive but know you can not hear from her or see her because she is being held against her will. That was the reality for a mother Desiree Baldwin from South Wales in 2002. Her 15 year old daughter Jenna was missing and had been at that point for three months when she receives a text message from a number she does not know claiming to be her daughter. Jenna tells her mother she can not call or see her. She was abducted and can only check in once in awhile. Desiree is devastated and desperate for police to search harder for her teenage daughter. Little does she know that she is not talking to her daughter. She is communicating with her murderer. Today's sponsors:mylola.com promotion code TCC for 40% off!Casper.com/TCC promotion code TCCPatreon.com/Truecrimecouple

The case we are covering today takes us all the way back to 1962 in Stroudsburg, PA on the night of January 21st. There is a fire blazing at the house of the Maps family at 510 Sarah Street. In the wreckage of the fire two people were found. First, was 22 year old Christine. She was bludgeoned, bruised and unconscious and rushed immediately to the hospital. Next was the body of Christine’s four month old baby daughter, Julia Louise. She was covered in blankets and was deceased before emergency responders reached her in her crib, her cause of death being smoke inhalation. However, there was someone missing from the scene. Christine’s husband and the father of Julia Louise, the eccentric Edward Maps was nowhere to be found. In fact Edward Maps would never be seen again. Because he was a prime suspect in the murders of his family he landed himself a spot next to the most notorious criminals in the United States on the FBI’s Most Wanted list from 1967 until 1971. But is it possible that Edward was not responsible for the fire that night and the tragedy that would follow? Was he a victim himself? Tonight we will go over the details of the Maps case and the mysteries surrounding it. Thank you to our sponsors: Zola, Hello Fresh, and Casper Mattressespatreon.com/truecrimecouple http://www.poconorecord.com/article/20080121/NEWS/801210331

The case we will be covering today is a highly controversial one. Those that believe in the subjects innocence and those that believe in their guilt are very steadfast in their beliefs.We want to be clear that we will try to lay out the arguments of both sides. Of course, at the end, we will explain our beliefs and feelings, and, as always, we would love to hear what you think. Our case today brings us back to Rowlett, Texas, a suburb of Dallas in 1996. Someone as killed the family’s two eldest sons and slashed their mother’s throat. Who would want to hurt this family? Was it a intruder, or someone within the family wallsPlease don’t forget to subscribe and listen to the new podcast Empty Frames !From the creators of Missing Maura Murray and Crawlspace comes Empty Frames, a new investigative podcast aiming to find answers to one of the biggest mysteries the world has ever seen. In the early morning hours of March 18th, 1990, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts fell victim to the most audacious art heist in modern history. In eighty-one minutes, two thieves dressed as policemen, made off with 13 pieces of artwork; with an estimated value of half a billion dollars. Works by Vermeer, Degas and Rembrandt were stripped from their frames never to be seen by the public again. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

A family getaway is going to turn into a forever nightmare for one Idaho family in July of 2015. In today's case we discuss what could have happened to baby DeOrr.patreon.com/truecrimecouple

When you send your children to high school you expect them to be inspired and guided towards the right path in life. These formative years that people tend to reflect on for the rest of the lives is where personalities are shaped and characters are forged. And that is what we expect of our high school teachers right? To be role models for our children. But sometimes that isn’t the case. Sometimes those that are suppose to set societal examples are as depraved and twisted as the monsters they are supposed to shield our children from. That is the case here in what became known as the Main Line murders. A quiet English teacher, a mother of two will end up wrapped in chains dead in the trunk of a car, her two children never seen again. And the parties responsible for the murder will reveal a world of deception, betrayal, obsession, guns, drugs, pornography, and more often than not, money. Echoes in the Darkness by Joseph Wanbaugh ISBN 0-688-06889-8Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

We continue our conversation about the mysterious circumstances involving the two deaths in a famous mansion over the course of two days. patreon.com/truecrimecouple

Join us in the first part of episode 17 covering the mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of Max Shacknai and Rebecca Zahau. www.patreon.com/truecrimecouple

In the 1990s the Club Kids ruled the scene in New York City, that is until their world of decadence was brought to an abrupt end.

When we look back at a crime in retrospect it is easy to say that the entire situation could have been avoided. That the brewing storm should have been so obvious for it’s participants to see. However what if I told you the people in this crime knew exactly what was happening, and what could happen but they were unable to do anything about it because of the subculture they belong to? And to make matters worse even years after one of the most brutal domestic crimes in this country’s history the same denial of the group involved would cause yet another death. During this case we will discuss with you the power of societal subcultures, religion, mental illness, ignorance, and forgiveness. Join us in discussing the story of Edward Gingerich the first Amish man in the United States to be tried for murder. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple Twitter and Instagram: Truecrimecouple

In 1985 Secret Service agents are going to find more than they bargained for in a storage unit of a notorious counterfeiter. Not only had he been printing fake money for years accumulating more than $500,000 he had been abducting and torturing women across the country. In his storage unit his devices, notes, pictures, and audio recordings had been found. From there the search was on to find out who these 46 women were. This also left everyone asking, who could be capable of committing such heinous crimes? Patreon.com/truecrimecoupleThank you goes out to our donors!!! Lisa Pincher Valerie Castro Angela Stiles Melanie Link Justin Tinkham Steve Meyerson Cathy Rodnite

This week will definitely NOT disappoint. We received great stories from our listeners and threw in a few of our own. Get prepared to not sleep tonight! patreon.com/truecrimecouple

On July 5, 2012 Skylar Neese was murdered by those she thought closest to her. In this case you will hear about the search of Skylar, the heartache of her parents, investigation, and and a trial by Twitter of her killers.Remember to visit us on social media @truecrime coupleBe sure to send us your paranormal or true crime stories to our email address: [email protected]

From 1972 to 1973 five boys were attacked all between the ages of 8 and 10. Four were murdered, one survived. Four of the victims were sodomized by their attacker and had their genitals mutilated or removed, they were all stabbed in frenzying patterns, one even had an X carved on his chest. The murders remain unsolved. Now I know if you're listening true crime has got to be your thing but this case may not seem familiar to you at all. And that adds to the tragedy of these attacks. The boys that were killed were from Harlem, four of the victims were African American and one boy was of Puerto Rican descent. In this case we are, of course, going to go over the heinous crimes, the suspects, and the theories but we are also going to cover the idea of the “less dead” and what happens when a community and its police force are not on the same page.

In this episode we will try and recount the events of a triple homicide that occurred on the night of April 11, 1981 at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in a California town. A mother, her 15 year old son, and his friend were bound, bludgeoned, and stabbed to death all while two siblings and the son of a family friend slept quietly in the house. When a neighbor is sent to check out the scene he peers through a bedroom window and finds three unharmed adolescent boys. He ushers them through a window sparing them from the grotesque scene beyond the bedroom. Upon further inspection of the scene investigators will find that there is someone missing from the house, the fifth child of the murdered woman, a 12 year old girl. She is nowhere to be found. The slaying of the family members in cabin #28 comes to be known as the Keddie Murders and remains unsolved to this day. With its various twists and turns it has gained a following within the true crime community and, like most unsolved crimes, each suspect or possible scenario has its following of armchair sleuths confirming this is what happened on that Spring night. So like always let’s lay out the facts and talk about possible scenarios and theories. truecrimecouple.com patreon.com/truecrimecouple#truecrime #trimecrimecommunity #podernfamily #audioboom #podbean #googleplay #keddieCA #keddiemurders #cabin28

Due to matters beyond Josephine County, Oregon’s control extreme budget cuts had to be made. First up on the chopping block was the sheriff’s department. When the citizens of the town were asked to vote yes on a tax levy which would keep the sheriff's department operating at the same level it had before they voted no, for years. They did this despite being broadcasted on national television due to infuriating 911 calls and a dramatic increase in criminal activity. Patreon.com/truecrimecouple truecrimecouple.com [email protected]

In the early morning hours of June 10, 1912 the six members of the Moore family were slaughtered in their beds along with the family's two guest, the Stillinger sisters. In total two adults and six children between ages 5-12 were murdered with an axe. This crime shook the small town of Villisca to its core. We still do not know who was responsible for these murders, why they did it, or how they went undected through a house killing everyone as they slept in their beds. Support us! Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

The Jamison family went out on October 8, 2009 to look at a 40 acre plot of land they were thinking about purchasing. They were never seen alive again. The mysterious and bizarre disappearance of the Jamison family seems like it will never be solved. Was it an enraged grandfather? A dangerous cult? Malevolent spirits? Drug deal gone wrong? Please enjoy episode 6! Twitter: @truecrimecouple Instagram: truecrimecouplePlease donate to our Patreon and get some amazing rewards! Every little bit helps! Patreon.com/truecrimecouple

In this episode we cover the 13-month reign of terror this serial had over southeastern Michigan in the late 1970s. We will also discuss the various suspects and their sickly ties to each other. Will we ever know what happened to these four innocent children?#truecrime #OCCK

A special mini episode to celebrate all the new exciting things happening with our podcast! Thank you for all your support. Tonight we are bringing you two unsolved stalker cases that continue to terrify the communities they happened in. We bring you the phantom whistler of LA and 'the Watcher'. Enjoy! #truecrime #unsolved #truecrimecommunity

In 1966 Judith Kavanaugh was murdered. What follows after her murder is nothing short of a Hollywood movie plot. Is a corrupt police force trying to distract the media with salacious subplots? Or are the Kavanaughs really involved in wife swapping, counterfeiting, and pornography? #truecrime #truecrimecomunity #podcasts #newjersey #itunes

Today we are bringing you real life horror movies ripped from the headlines. The first case involves a murder in the Denver death metal scene. The second takes us to the Czech Republic in 2007 where a mother allows the influences of a cult to affect her parenting. There are a few other twists in there...but we'll let you find them out for yourselves. #truecrime #truecrimecouple #truecrimecommunity #murder #denver #nightmareonelmstreet #cults #czechrepublic

In 1922 a family of five along with their maid is systematically lured out to the family's barn where they will all meet their fate. Days later members of the town will find the bodies of the family. Unfortunately, these are not the most disturbing details of the case. The killer lived in the family's house for days after the murders. Why would someone do this and what would their motives be? #truecrime #hinterkaifeck #murders #itunes #podcast #kaywantsittobeastalker #johnwantsittobekarl