In the heart of Nebraska, the serene town of Beatrice is shattered when Helen Wilson, a local wholly loved by her community, is brutally murdered in her own home, leaving the community in a state of terror. The suspect pool was very small and early leads lead to a promising arrest. However, DNA would prove the Beatrice Police Department had the wro…

The sterilization of Leilani Muir is a stark example of the human rights violations that can occur when governments adopt policies based on discriminatory ideologies. Muir's successful legal battle against the Alberta government not only brought her personal justice but also exposed the broader injustices of the eugenics movement in Canada. Her cas…

High school sweethearts Agneta and Ingemar Westlund decided to retire to a life of retirement piddling around the house, walking down to the lakes, and enjoying their dog Yocke in the town of Loftahammar, Sweden. Their two daughters were grown and living in Stockholm and the two were anticipating many more years together on their little farm. Howev…

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes content around the kidnapping and murder of a child. Listener discretion is advised. Brooklyn, 2011. Eight year old Yehudah “Leiby” Kletzky had begged his mother to let him walk the few city blocks to his Hasidic Jewish summer camp. He didn’t want to ride the bus and his mother agreed but only after they both …

What a Wildcide Special today! I guess the stars finally aligned for Bailey (one half of the magical Wildcide sister duo) to be in the hot seat today! We also have our wonderful OG Wildcide fangirl, future Wildcide Mascot and dear friend Melanie as our guest co-host today to interview Bailey. Talk about a special, am I right? We have a listener on …

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode includes content around child abuse, child endangerment and negligent homicide of a child. Listener discretion is advised. Candace Elizabeth Newmaker was born Candace Tiara Elmore on November 19, 1989 in rural North Carolina. She was born into poverty and her mother was a second-generation foster child. The same fate u…

By 2006, Gailen Eugene “Gene” Thurnau II was an accomplished man who had a successful stint in the Air Force and was in the midst of a successful career as an air traffic controller. He had just moved from Nebraska to St. Petersburg, FL to be closer to family. He was in a new, loving relationship with his co-worker Juanita “Jaye Jaye” Defrenze, and…

Meet the oz behind the curtains. Today, Bailey and Chelsea interview Mark Safarik Supervisory Special Agent, F.B.I. (Ret.). Not only is he awesome in every way, he’s also the GOAT when it comes to behavioral analysis. Listen in as Mark walks us through what criminal profiling actually is and his approach to getting inside criminal minds and catchin…

Lisa Carlson (nee Dahm) grew up in a military family and after moving around quite a bit throughout her childhood, Lisa and her family finally settled down in Tacoma, Washington. Not long after graduating high school and pursuing a career in the health field, Lisa ended up meeting and marrying a man named Daniel Carlson in 1994. By all accounts, Li…

Goidsargi Estibaliz Carranza Zabala, better known as Esti, wanted what most women want, a happy, married, successful life. Fleeing from her life in Spain after the heartbreaking end of a 5 year relationship, Esti found a new in Germany and then Austria working at an ice cream parlor and quickly finding love and then a marriage to Holgen Holz…then M…

Patricia Wenskunas is the Founder/CEO of Crime Survivors Inc. and has gained national renown for her tireless advocacy on behalf of the victims of violent crime. Crime Survivors is dedicated to the proposition that with community support, respectful advocacy and hopeful healing, one can survive a violent crime, and thrive in their personal lives. M…

In June of 2001, 32 yo Patricia Wenskunas was a single mother living in Irvine, CA struggling with body image issues and disordered eating due to an extensive history of trauma. So June of that year, Patricia decided to seek some help to finally get through the struggles she had for years. She found herself at 24 Hour Fitness near Irvine working wi…

In November of 1999, Zetta Camille Arfmann was a 14-year-old freshman at Oskaloosa High School in Oskaloosa, Kansas. She had recently moved in with her sister, Heidi Bledsoe, Heidi’s husband, Floyd and the couple’s children Cody and Christian. This move proved good for Camille, as she quickly began to succeed academically, becoming an honor roll st…

Y’all. Today is the day we’ve all waited for... We get to interview the real-life sorting hat himself, Dr. Joseph ‘Jay’ Toomey. Come hang with us as we discuss forensic evaluations, primarily criminal evaluations, and as we try to understand what a psychopath actually is. Is there a difference between a psychopath and a sociopath? And how does one …

Nathaniel Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah, born David Paul Brown, was born in 1957 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Beginning with many troubles in his early life, much of his upbringing remains shrouded in obscurity. What we do know is that it became evident early on in his life that there would be a pattern of violence that spanned a lifetime. With him colle…

Nathaniel Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah, born David Paul Brown, was born in 1957 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Beginning with many troubles in his early life, much of his upbringing remains shrouded in obscurity. What we do know is that it became evident early on in his life that there would be a pattern of violence that spanned a lifetime. With him colle…

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes content and discussions around child sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual offending behaviors, and child pornography. Listener discretion is advised. On June 2, 2019, Cynthia “Cece” Hoffman told her dad she was going hiking with her best friend Denali Brehmer, and she would see him later. Papa Hoffman …

We're just hanging with two retired FBI profilers. No Big. Tune in to listen to the wild stories from retired Profilers, James Fitzgerald and Raymond Carr. This is fun and fascinating. About Our Guests: James R. Fitzgerald is a retired FBI Supervisory Special Agent, Criminal Profiler, Forensic Linguist and former Member of the FBI’s Behavioral Anal…

Special Agent Everett Emerson Hatcher was one badass dude and accomplished a lot in his 46 years. Tragically, Special Agent Hatcher’s dedication to law enforcement ended on February 28, 1989, when he was murdered during an undercover operation on Staten Island. Special Agent Hatcher had been trying to infiltrate a cocaine trafficking ring run by as…

Clifford Palmer is buried next to his wife of over twenty years. He was known to his family as “Poppy Cliff”. Known to his second family that is. His first family knew him as Clifford Cecil Bartholomew; a man whose brutal past would evade family and friends for decades. Several decades before his death, in the early hours of the morning, September …

If you haven't listened to the previous episode 'A Fatal Love Triangle: The Case of Pamela Bulik', you may need to listen to that before this interview so you don't get any spoilers! Chelsea and Bailey interview Lynda Drews, author of Run at Destruction: A True Fatal Love Triangle about her book which centers around the suspicious death of her best…

In 1984, Pamela Bulik lived in Green Bay, WI with her husband Bob and their two children. Pam was an avid runner, a popular schoolteacher, and by April, Pam had been training months with her best friend Lynda Drews for the upcoming local marathon. Pam was excited for the race: she had lost weight, gained speed, and made new personal records on her …

On a warm August evening in 1995, the lives of two promising young women, Marsha and Tamara “Tami” Ottey, were tragically cut short in their Scarborough, Ontario home. The brutal murders of the 19-year-old Marsha and 16-year-old Tamara sent shockwaves through the community, shattering their family, and leaving a legacy of grief. Just two months lat…

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This interview contains discussions around child sexual abuse from a survivor. Listener discretion advised. There are some things in this world that must be brought to light. Clergy abuse, specifically sexual clergy abuse, is one of these horrible ugly things that must be brought to light. Interestingly, clergy abuse, altho…

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic content around sexual abuse of minors, substance abuse, suicide and homicide. Listener discretion advised. In June of 2000, Ryan Gene Erickson was ordained as a priest at St. Anne’s Church in Somerset, Wisconsin. Shortly thereafter, Father Ryan, a new priest with a long history of questionable …

In part 1, we covered the disappearance of Elisa Claps, the brutal murder of Heather Barnett and the cat-and-mouse chase of a weird dude named Danilo Restivo that had a gnarly hair fetish. In part 2, we finally get to put all the puzzle pieces together. Elisa Claps disappeared from The Most Holy Trinity church in the city center; she was seen going…

From 1992-1993, nine women and girls made complaints that someone in their town of Potenza, Italy was cutting off locks of their hair. The community only grew more tense as on September 12, 1993, 16 yo Elisa Claps went missing from The Most Holy Trinity church in Potenza's city center; she was seen going in but was never seen coming out. Danilo Res…

Is it possible for someone to confess to a crime that they didn't commit? Or is claiming 'false confessions' a little too much like the 'boy who cried wolf'? Well, stick around as Dr. Alceste and Lauren walk us through new research and the approaches to identifying and addressing false confessions within the legal system. This will BLOW YOUR MIND! …

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic content on child abduction and sexual assault. Listener discretion is advised. On Sunday June 6, 2004, Kevin Fox was awoken by his 6-year-old son Tyler saying 'Riley is gone.' Kevin immediately began searching the house, the neighborhood and checking with neighbors, but 3-year-old Riley Fox was…

Dr. Jeff Kukucka is a professor of psychology whose work aims to understand and prevent forensic science errors. He regularly testifies as an expert witness, trains various legal audiences, and works with forensic scientists to strengthen crime lab procedures. Make sure to tune in and listen to this episode of ‘How Dr. K Ruined Science For Us’. Jus…

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic content around child abuse and neglect. Listener discretion advised. The date is January 3, 2022. It had been almost 15 years since anyone had seen 36-year-old Lacey Ellen Fletcher outside of her house in her Slaughter, LA. Around 2am on the morning of January 3, Lacey’s mother Sheila Fletcher …

Buckle up, folks! We're diving headfirst into the whirlwind tragedy of the Choy Family, a real-life saga that's part mystery, part drama, and all jaw-dropping. The Choy family was a conservative, close-knit family living in a nice suburban neighborhood in Brockton, Massachusetts. Anne Trinh-Choy and her husband Ching “Jimmy” Choy did their best to …

In 2004, three generations of women lived together in a home in Altamonte Springs, Florida: 68-year-old Carol Bareis, her daughter 47-year-old Cheryl Williams and Cheryl’s daughter Samantha Williams. On the morning of June 17, 2004, the once quiet street of Vagabond Way was crawling with law enforcement and crime scene techs processing the double h…

In a two day span, from February 28th to March 1st 2021, officers from Mesa County Sheriff’s office in Grand Junction, CO would respond to four different calls in various parts of the city that were all linked in a horrific, gruesome tale of murder. They would soon identify that a recently-reported missing 69 year-old man by the name of Warren Barn…

Today’s interview explores everything Cannibalism. Yep, you heard that right. Tune in while Chelsea and Bailey interview author and zoologist Dr. Bill Schutt to discuss his surprising specialty of cannibalism. Although we don’t dive into the gory aspect of cannibalism, we do take a very cool dive into cannibalism from a zoological and human cultura…

February 1999 the country of Venezuela would have to decide how to navigate through their first serial killer case. This case would include a dozen male victims but also evidence of cannibalism. The media, judicial system, law enforcement staff, and thousands of citizens would be shaken to find that Jose Dorancel Vargas Gomez hunted, killed, prepar…

Effingham County sits on Georgia’s eastern border and is a located about 30 miles northwest of Savannah. Nestled within a small town in Effingham County lived the Heidt family who were very well-liked and a highly respected local family. The Heidt family’s patriarch was Philip Heidt who was a successful real estate developer. Philip and his wife Li…

Today’s interview explores the TAPS (Teen and Police Service) Academy focusing on prevention and teen and police relations. Can we really ‘back the blue’ AND stand up and advocate for at risk youth and minority populations? We believe we can. You don’t want to miss this educational dive into the world of law enforcement with a focus on finding solu…

The Los Angeles riots lasted six days, from April 29-May 4, 1992. During this time there were 63 deaths, 2300 injuries, 12,000 arrests and an estimated1,100 buildings were damaged resulting in 1 BILLION dollars in damages. The LA streets were rampaged with widespread arson, looting, assault, and vandalism by enraged members of LA’s South Central, P…

As this case evolves, it seems as if we are reading a work of fiction. Perjury, coercion, disregarded alibis, plea bargains, and life sentences without parole all play a role in these twisted, sensationalized murder trials. After 40 years, some of the police officials originally involved in the case aren’t quite convinced of the final verdicts. Ope…

The Satanic Ritual Abuse Scare, or Satanic Panic, began in the 1980’s in North America and lasted throughout much of the 1990’s. This widespread hysteria swept across the country alleging threats of child sexual abuse, human ritual sacrifice, teenage abductions, animal sacrifice, claims of Satanic Cults, and even went as far as claiming that heavy …

Today’s interview explores Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another (FDIA), better known as Munchausen by Proxy Abuse (or Medical Child Abuse), which is an often-lethal form of child abuse that is not as rare as you’d like to think. Expert Dr. Marc Feldman and Expert/Survivor Jordyn Hope walk us through this wildly sensationalized, yet highly misunde…

In 2001, Lisa Hayden-Johnson was a 31-year-old married mother of two. She and her husband were living in a small village in Brixham located in Devon County in Southwest England. She and her husband welcomed a daughter sometime in 1999 followed by a son that was born in 2001. Her son was born nine weeks prematurely, weighing just 3lb 6oz. Right from…

One afternoon in April of 1982, Margaret Barbera was leaving work when she was executed in a West Pier parking garage in the heart of Manhattan. Her death would trigger a tragic domino effect that took the lives of three other people within minutes: CBS Employees Leo Kuranuki, Robert Schulze, and Edward Benford. What investigators did not know, how…

Graphic Content Warning: This episode includes content on drowning, body decomposition and underwater body recovery. Welcome to the wild world of Underwater Criminal Investigation. Bet you didn’t know that was a thing, huh? Well, we didn’t either. Tag along with us while we get the amazing opportunity to interview a Certified Underwater Criminal In…

In 1989, Maryville was a small, quaint town in central Missouri with a major methamphetamine problem. One Maryville resident was a single mother by the name of Christine Elkins who was also struggling with a gnarly meth addiction. Due to some unfortunate series of events, and not wanting to go to prison for her own drug crimes, she agreed to become…

TRIGGER WARNING: this episode contains graphic content on sexual assault, torture, murder as well as discussions around addiction. The grisly murder of Junko Furuta has been referred to as the ‘most horrific true crime case’ of modern-day times. In 1988, Junko was a 17-year-old girl living in Japan looking forward to her upcoming graduation. She wa…

Rick Alan Ross is the founder and Executive Director of The Cult Education Institute. He is an internationally known expert regarding destructive cults, controversial groups and movements and author of the book "Cults Inside Out: How People Get In and Can Get Out." Ross is one of the most readily recognized experts offering analysis about destructi…

In a digital age it would make sense to have a digital cult. Rashad Jamal White uses multiple social media platforms to promote his school, The University of Cosmic Intelligence and enlighten his followers who he refers to as “gods and goddesses”. Rashad Jamal claims to have a deep understanding in subjects from metaphysics to marine biology to wor…

We are taking y’all through a journey of the world’s soft white underbelly: black market organ harvesting. Alongside exploring the macro component of organ trafficking in this episode, we will be focusing on the micro component of the case of model Ryan Singleton. In September of 2013, two months after seemingly vanishing into thin air, Ryan's body…