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This is a podcast where I will bring you stories of true crime on murders, infamous cases and unsolved mysteries. True Crime weekly covers a new case each week bringing you real life horror stories. We will dig into murders, massacres, infamous cases, serial killers and unsolved mysteries. Stories of the most disturbing, controversial, and heartbreaking true crime cases told by your host Alina Trujillo. The storytelling is straightforward and to the point with no confusing sidebars.
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The Newport Bridge stands a majestic 219 feet above the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. But on the evening of November 10, 1993, shortly before 7:00 PM, a bridge supervisor and a state trooper investigated an empty car that was blocking one of the westbound lanes. The engine was running and the headlights were on. On the back seat were several ar…
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On August 12th 1993, John and Nancy Bosco were murdered in their home in Ferndale, Montana. The crime scene was bloody and confusing. John appeared to be more decomposed than Nancy and police initially thought this could be a murder suicide. When the murder weapon wasn't found, the police realized this was actually a double homicide, but there were…
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On July 15th, 1982, George Krise, a gravedigger for Cedar Ridge Cemetery, was walking through a wooded area towards the rear of the cemetery when he came across a horrific discovery. Lying face-up on the bank of a creek bed was the decomposing body of a young woman. Her face had been bludgeoned to the point that it was unrecognizable and a gold cro…
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On July 24, 1997 a young 24 year old left to run errands for the house that her and her husband had just purchased and were going to move into. She was seen at a local photo shop at approximately 2:30 p.m. that afternoon; employees at the store said she seemed to be in a hurry and looked at her watch several times. But she was never seen again, thi…
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In July 1984, the deceased body of 17 year old Gary Lauwers was discovered in a shallow grave in the Aztakea woods. A knife had been viciously plunged into his head, neck and chest 17 times. It is said that the devil, drugs and rock and roll led 17 year old Ricky Kasso to the ritual murder and eventually to his suicide. This is the story of Ricky K…
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On September 9, 2017, 4 friends were getting ready to go to a party at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Chicago. This was supposed to be a normal night out with friends but no one could have predicted that one of them was going to be found in the walk-in freezer of the hotel. This is the story of the mysterious death of Kenneka Jenkins.…
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In May of 1996, a young couple walked into the woods and never came out alive. Their double-murder sparked shock and fear within Shenandoah National Park, where they were murdered at their backcountry campsite, prompting a nation-wide search for their killer. This is the story of the murder of Julie Williams and Laura Winans.…
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On August 11, 2009, Kayla called her mother to tell her that she was spending the day at a friend's house. At around 8:45pm Kayla called a friend she had made plans with earlier that day and told him to pick her up at her fathers house. Kayla yells at her dad “Dad, I’m going out!” as she closes the door behind her. That would be the last time that …
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On January 15, 1979, Governor of Tennessee Ray Blanton issued pardons to Fifty-two prisoners, including 23 convicted murderers, who were released to the streets of Tennessee. With some only serving months in prison. The biggest concern was that these prisoners were corruptly sold their pardons by Governor Ray Blanton and his administration. Once un…
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The trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, also known as the "Devil Made Me Do It" case, is the first known court case in the United States in which the defense sought to prove innocence based upon the defendant's claim of demonic possession and denial of personal responsibility for the crime. This is the story of the demonic possession of Arne Johnson an…
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In May 1999, a police station in Hong Kong received a strange and gruesome report from a 13-year-old girl. The 13 year old girl claimed that she, her boyfriend and two of his friends had held a woman captive and tortured her for weeks, until she died of her injuries. The police doubted the girl’s story since she said she was reporting the crime bec…
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On May 26, 1990, Marlene Warren was at her home in the luxurious Aero Club community in Wellington, FL with her 22-year-old son, Joseph Ahrens, and several of his friends, when someone dressed as a clown came to the front door with flowers and balloons. Joseph hears his mother, Marlene say “oh how pretty” followed by two gunshots. This is the story…
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In 2004 Daniel Yuen was 16 years old when he was reported missing from CEDU High School, a behavioral modification institution for troubled teens in San Bernardino, California. A week prior to his disappearance Daniel’s parents received a phone call from their son who whispered “This is a bad school”. This is the story of the disappearance of Danie…
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In August of 1984, 14-year-old Claire Hough and her best friend Kim Jamer, went on a two week vacation to San Diego, California. They stayed at Claire Hough's grandparents' house. The girls spent their days hanging out on Torrey Pines Beach. One of the nights Kim and Claire snuck out of the house and headed down to the beach where groups of teenage…
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On April 6, 1997 the Lillelid Family, devout Jehovah’s Witnesses were headed home from a religious convention. They stopped at a rest area on Interstate 81 in Greenville, Tennessee where they unfortunately crossed paths with 6 sinister teenagers. Vidar Lillelid took his son Peter for a walk in the rest area when he encountered two members of the gr…
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On August 23, 1992, a 21-year-old Grinnell College student, departed Evanston, Illinois, to return to school in Grinnell, Iowa, where she planned to arrive that evening. Later that day, an Illinois State Trooper found a 1985 Pontiac T1000 with New Jersey license plates — and ticketed it as an abandoned vehicle. This is the story of Tammy Zywicki.…
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On December 18, 2011 a young girl was sitting in her car in the driveway when the young girl's father noticed that she started to pull out of the driveway at 2:20pm. By 5:30pm a black four-door 1998 Chevrolet Blazer with tinted windows was found abandoned at an intersection in the 900 block of St. Clair Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois. It was st…
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On January 11th, 1977 in Fairfax, California the police received an anonymous phone call: a body had been found, dumped near the side of the road. The woman had been buried, face down, underneath desert brush. She had pantyhose wrapped around her neck and stuffed down her throat and her feet were bound. Police determined she had only been there for…
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On November 16, 1971, a young girl with dark hair, naked from the waist down was seen by dozens of drivers and commuters on their way out of Rochester. She was running along the breakdown lane of the 1-490 W near the Chili-Riga exit desperately trying to get the attention of passers-by as she frantically waved her arms. A car backed slowly towards …
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This week I'm going to tell you about a crime that detectives testified was the worst they had ever worked and went unsolved. Then advances in DNA testing locked on a suspect, Scott Erskine, who was already serving a 70-year sentence for the brutal rape of a woman that took place later in 1993. This is the story of the tragic murders of Charlie Kee…
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Christmas Eve 2002 Laci was eight months pregnant when she disappeared from her Modesto home. Laci’s body was found in April 2003 in the San Francisco Bay. Scott Peterson claimed that Laci was killed as she walked their dog after he left to go on a solo fishing trip on the morning of Christmas Eve. This is the story of Laci Peterson.…
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Bobbie Jo Stinnett was 23 years old when she and her husband were expecting their first child. Unfortunately Bobbie Jo wouldn’t live to give birth, on December 16, 2004 Bobbie Jo invited 36 year old Lisa Marie Montgomery into her home where Lisa would then strangle Bobbie Jo and steal her unborn child from the womb. This is the story of the murder …
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Frank Goodish, was known and feared in the world of wrestling and throughout the 80’s. Frank cut through every major US territory and was a huge draw as a singles star and tag team attraction in Japan but all that came to an abrupt end when Frank was stabbed to death. This is the story of Frank Goodish aka Bruiser Brody.…
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On June 24, 1995 a 37-year-old nurse and mother of four, Christine Munro was attacked while jogging on the south side of the Sacramento River Trail. At that time, Redding Police Department investigators spent hundreds of hours collecting evidence and interviewing dozens upon dozens of witnesses and potential suspects, however, the case went cold. T…
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On April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Seven days of riots were spurred by shock and disbelief that the man who utilized non-violence to fight for justice had become a victim of violence himself. In those seven days more than 100 businesses had been vandalized or looted, demonstrators had set 505 arson fires, 36 people were i…
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Christy Martin is said to be “the most successful and prominent female boxer in the United States” and the person who “legitimized” women’s participation in the sport of boxing. She began her career fighting in “Toughwoman” contests and won three consecutive titles. She then began training with boxing coach, Jim Martin, who became her husband in 19…
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The day is Thanksgiving day, 2012 when 18 year old Haile Kifer, and her cousin, 17 year old, Nicholas Brady, broke into the home of 65 year old Byron David Smith, in Little Falls, Minnesota. Byron was armed and with a lightweight semi automatic rifle and shot the teens to death. This case caused several debates over the “castle doctrine”, this is t…
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This week I’m going to tell you the story of a serial killer that would abduct his victims, torture them, and then he would turn them loose in the woods so he could hunt them like animals. This Serial Killer gave a true meaning to the term “Hunting for Humans”, this is the story of Robert Hansen the “Butcher Baker”.…
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