True Crime News: The Podcast

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases of the year. He gives his thoughts on the prosecution of Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed for the on-set shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins, Karen Read’s upcoming retrial in the death of her Boston Police officer boyfriend John O’Keefe (8:14), Ashley Benefield’s conviction for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her husband Doug Benefield (13:53), the conspiracy theories surrounding Richard Allen’s murder of Abigail Williams and Liberty German after the court proceedings were kept from the public (16:54), and the growing legal troubles for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs as the hip-hop mogul faces federal charges (22:21). Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: American serial killer Rodney Alcala, who was also known as the “Dating Game Killer,” weaponized his intelligence and charm to commit unspeakable acts on his victims. Years after his death, some investigators believe he may have been responsible for over 100 deaths. Matt Murphy joins host Ana Garcia. Check out Matt’s memoir, “The Book of Murder” here: https://a.co/d/1vAaP19 To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Jonna Spilbor joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the sex trafficking charges against luxury real estate star twins Alon and Oren Alexander, shop owner Taz Zarka fatally stabbing a customer he believed stole a beverage, and Nima Momeni’s conviction for the murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Police announced they arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, raising a slew of questions about the unlikely shooter’s motives. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Melanie Little joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the trial of Sheldon “Timothy” Herrington Jr. for allegedly killing Jimmy “Jay” Lee to hide their same-sex relationship, a lawsuit accusing Jay-Z of assaulting a teen with Sean “Diddy” Combs, and suspected shooter Luigi Mangione fighting extradition in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A man nearing trial for his wife’s poisoning death is now facing additional charges after disturbing allegations of his attempts to meddle in the case from behind bars. Joshua Ritter joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Lara Yeretsian joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Brittany Patterson’s arrest after her son took an unaccompanied walk, Karen Read’s retrial for the death of her police officer boyfriend, and the mother of the Oxford school shooter seeking to overturn her conviction, claiming she didn’t receive a fair trial. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A look inside the covert operations happening across the country to infiltrate criminal organizations and keep communities safe. Lou Valoze joins host Ana Garcia to discuss ID’s docuseries “Operation Undercover.” Check out all-new episodes of “Operation Undercover” on Tuesdays at 10/9C on ID and streaming on Max. https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/show/operation-undercover-investigation-discovery-atve-us To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter investigates the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez by breaking down the brothers’ first and second trials, appellate issues, and potential roadblocks to the pair gaining freedom. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Police have announced a suspect in Mercedes Vega’s death after her brutalized body was found in a burning car. Natalie Whittingham Burrell joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Chris Lomax joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the conviction of Jose Ibarra for the murder of Laken Riley, the trial of Marine veteran Daniel Penny in the subway death of Jordan Neely, and the arrest of Brad Simpson for allegedly killing his wife Suzanne Simpson after the mom of four went missing. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: New evidence reveals the plot behind PnB Rock’s murder and how his fiancée, who was escorted away from him in his final moments, got blamed by the public for his death. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Dave Aronberg joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Richard Allen’s conviction for the murder Abigail Williams and Liberty German, a babysitter on trial for allegedly giving an infant a lethal dose of Benadryl to make her go to sleep, and a judge denying Diddy’s gag order request as the rap mogul makes another attempt at gaining bond. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: An 11-year-old who survived the slayings of her parents and siblings claims her 15-year-old brother shot the Humiston family members to death. Tracy Tamborra joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Philip Dubé joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Young Thug’s plea deal in Georgia’s longest-running criminal trial, a pastor raided by the FBI months after he was cleared as a suspect in his wife’s death, and a father who allegedly poisoned his own daughter in a cover-up to conceal the fatal poisoning of the girl’s mother. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Owen Skyler Shover allegedly killed his classmate and former friend, Aranda Briones, and disposed of her body as payback for an incident that got them both expelled. Plus, a pet squirrel and media sensation seized and euthanized by New York state officials. Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: host Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses the self-defense strategy employed by a man charged with stabbing tech millionaire Bob Lee, Lori Vallow’s bid to act as her own lawyer for her upcoming trial, and the ongoing investigation after a professional hockey player’s neck was fatally cut with an ice skate. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A teenager murdered by her mother’s boyfriend after the high school cheerleader warned her mom and older sister about the man’s strange behavior. Dr. Nicky Jackson joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Rich Schoenstein joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Sarah Boone’s testimony in her suitcase murder trial, former Marine Daniel Penny charged with killing a Michael Jackson impersonator by putting him in a chokehold on the subway, and the father of alleged school shooter Colt Gray facing the most serious charges ever leveled against a parent for the alleged actions of their children. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A custody disagreement turns deadly when an estranged wife fatally poisons the father of her children with the help of her mother and the woman’s new lover. Rachel Fiset joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Matthew Tympanick joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the arrest of Torilena Fields for allegedly killing and dismembering her mother before cooking some of the body parts, Leilani Simon standing trial for the death of her son after the toddler’s body was found in the trash, and the two adult children of Melody Farris testifying against their mother as she faces charges for her husband’s murder. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gone South, the Edward R. Murrow award-winning podcast, is back. Unlike previous seasons, writer and host Jed Lipinski brings listeners new episodes every week with no end in sight. Each episode of Gone South Season 4 tells a different story about one of the South's most interesting crimes. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: How breakthrough DNA technology helped investigators identify a suspect in a decades-old baby Jane Doe case. Dr. David Mittelman joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He analyzes and discusses the details of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal indictment, as well as the new revelations that over 120 people have come forward with additional allegations against the rap star. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: How Alex Murdaugh’s egregious financial crimes and the murder of his wife and son revealed a dark family history of dishonesty and corruption. Valerie Bauerlein joins host Ana Garcia. Check out Valerie’s book “The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty” here: https://www.amazon.com/Devil-His-Elbow-Murdaugh-Southern/dp/059350058X To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Neama Rahmani joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss ongoing mishaps in the Young Thug RICO trial as the judge again blasts prosecutors for misconduct, Eric Adams’ indictment on bribery charges, and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed’s attempt to appeal her conviction for the on-set death of Halyna Hutchins. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A fitness instructor and mother of two survives a brutal attack from her estranged husband, who accidentally shot himself while trying to kill her. Tina Davis joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He examines the emotional outbursts of Toby Madden, who’s facing trial for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend 55 times, shocking testimony alleging that one of Young Dolph’s shooters was paid only $800 to execute the rising star, and a man accused of killing his romantic rival with a truck. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A father and au pair arrested in the double homicide that claimed the lives of his wife and a stranger who was allegedly lured to the house through a fetish dating website. Luis Bolaños joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Matt Murphy joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the latest charges facing Sean “Diddy” Combs, a suspect accused of stabbing a child in a supermarket parking lot deemed unfit for trial, and allegations of jury tampering in Ashley Benefield's trial. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Two journalists stumble into a dying town with a Smog Museum and a mayor named Piglet… and not a whole lot else. They have one burning question: What’s it like to live here, in a town left for dead? They buy a house and stay – for three years. They get caught up in an election cycle and a web of scandals. It’s democracy in action on the smallest scale. It’s Our Town for our time. And it’s all real. Cement City is an Audacy original in partnership with Cement City Productions. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: Ted Bundy’s cousin discusses the realization that her close family member was a serial killer. Edna Cowell Martin and Megan Atkinson join host Ana Garcia. Check out “Dark Tide: Growing Up With Ted Bundy” here: https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Tide-Growing-Ted-Bundy/dp/B0CTYHCX6T To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Bob Motta joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss charges facing Colin Gray, the father of school shooter Colt Gray, Laurie Shaver’s trial for her husband’s murder, and a claim of self-defense in the death of Kara Welsh. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: John Ramsey discusses new untested evidence, which could help authorities in the continued search for JonBenét Ramsey’s killer. Sign the petition to reanalyze DNA evidence in the case: https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-jonben%C3%A9t-ramsey To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: One of the most prolific con men in the Midwest is brought down by his victims. Nancy Moscatiello and Adam Albin join host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter to breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He dives into Robert Telles’ conviction for the murder of a journalist, attorney Tom Girardi swindling millions from his clients, and 15-year-old Carly Gregg heading to trial for the shooting death of her mother. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: An elderly couple attacked and stabbed in their RV at a rest stop.Sean & Kristy Michael of “Long Long Honeymoon” join Luis Bolaños and host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Lee Wallace joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a politician charged with murder potentially tanking his case while testifying at his trial, a change of venue request for Bryan Kohberger in the University of Idaho slayings, and five suspects facing charges in connection with Matthew Perry’s overdose death. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A woman accused of zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase and leaving him to suffocate must act as her own attorney after disputes with eight different defense lawyers. Will Sarah Boone be compelling enough to convince a jury she’s innocent? Or will she be convicted for the death of Jorge Torres Jr.? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Martin Radner joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the trial of a woman who shot her neighbor in front of the victim’s young child, the grandmother allegedly at the center of her son-in-law’s contract killing, and a group of teens who allegedly called themselves the “Gilbert Goons” charged in a fellow teen’s beating death. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A man facing charges in his wife’s poisoning death is behind bars after allegedly intimidating witnesses in the case and attempting to poison his 10-year-old daughter. Plus, a discussion on Scott Peterson’s potential appeal. Bobby Chacon joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this special episode of True Crime News The Podcast: The mother of slain “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor details her family’s quest for justice after Johnny was gunned down by thieves attempting to steal his catalytic converter. After months without answers, police have announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the shooting. Scarlett Wactor joins host Ana Garcia. For more crime coverage and interviews like this, make sure to tune in to “True Crime News,” premiering September 9. Find out where to watch here: truecrimenews.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Jay from “The Shaming of Jay” YouTube channel joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss prosecutors operating on thin ice in Young Thug’s ongoing RICO trial, an elected official facing murder charges in a journalist’s death, and a man accused of tricking his girlfriend into taking a medication that terminated her pregnancy. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A father sentenced to life in prison for the execution-style slayings of his three young sons. Rich McHale joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Mark Bederow joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a wife’s conviction for the murder of her firefighter husband, a man sentenced for stabbing several teens in a tubing incident, and a police officer charged after a tragic school shooting. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A wife who claimed her husband attacked her is convicted in his shooting death. Phillip Hamilton joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Joshua Ritter breaks down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. He discusses a former ballerina’s testimony in her ongoing murder trial, a mother charged with her husband’s stabbing death, and a 14-year-old accused of her mother’s slaying. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A wealthy developer worth over $150 million is accused of hiring multiple murder crews to kill his estranged wife before he was found dead in an FBI raid. Gerald Griggs joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Andrea Burkhart joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a former ballerina pleading self-defense in her husband’s death, a man convicted for the hatchet murders of his mother and the family dog, and a father charged in his daughter’s death after he allegedly left the child in a hot car while he played video games. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nursing student beaten to death after obsessive ex-boyfriend is released from jail This Week on True Crime News The Podcast: A nursing student beaten to death after her father pleaded with a judge to keep her abusive ex behind bars. Mike King joins host Ana Garcia. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices