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…

Bailey and Chelsea interview Alix Lambert and David McMahon, the directors behind documentary Bayou Blue. For almost ten years, serial killer Ronald Dominique (AKA the Bayou Strangler) raped and murdered twenty-three men in poverty-stricken Southeastern Louisiana. Despite the number of victims, this case was not deemed worthy of national coverage b…

Chelsea is bringing y’all a newly identified and ever evolving case of a potential Femme Fatale. America’s newest possible female serial killer Rebecca Auborn operated around the Columbus, Ohio region. Chelsea is reporting on this case now with the little information available as it is still an ongoing investigation. What is known thus far, is that…

Lori Kennedy Ruff’s life was shrouded by secrecy and mystery. Lori was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and she lived there until she was 17 years old. Then she left everyone and everything she ever knew and never looked back. She bounced all over creating her identity: Pennsylvania, California, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and Texas. She spent th…

This story begins on Monday September 20, 2021 when the Van Buren’s Sheriff’s Department in Three Rivers, Michigan got a call from a man named Richard Rohrer. Richard had called to report his wife Melody Rohrer missing. Earlier that morning, Melody had headed out on her daily powerwalk that was a part of her normal routine. In just 24 hours’ time, …

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We’re going way down to Bayou Country, baby! Arguably Louisiana’s most prolific serial killer in history, Ronald Dominique was a true monster. He targeted vulnerability and used rouses to lure victims to their tragic deaths. After this case, you’ll never think of Louisiana and Patti LaBelle the same again. Thanks for listening! If you want to suppo…

We’re going way down to Bayou Country, baby! Arguably Louisiana’s most prolific serial killer in history, Ronald Dominique was a true monster. He targeted vulnerability and used rouses to lure victims to their tragic deaths. After this case, you’ll never think of Louisiana and Patti LaBelle the same again. Thanks for listening! If you want to suppo…

This is our HOLIDAY BONUS EPISODE Christmas Gift to our Wildcide listeners! Christmas season is one of the happiest times of year; it’s filled with family, friends, presents and hot apple cider. But for one couple, Ryan Waller and Heather Quan, Christmas in 2006 was filled with death and trauma. On Christmas Day 2006, Ryan and Heather failed to sho…

How do three girls disappear in broad daylight while Christmas shopping during the busiest holiday season of the year? We’re taking you down a 49-year-old missing person’s case that just gets more bizarre the deeper into it you dive. Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, you can follow “WILDCIDE” on your favorite podcast listening app. W…

Duck hunting, alligators and betrayal, OH MY! This is a true Amicicide if we’ve ever heard of one (don’t google it just yet- you don’t want to ruin the ending, do you?). This case is as twisty as the Devil’s Tail. Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, you can follow “WILDCIDE” on your favorite podcast listening app. While you’re there, p…

We’re taking a fun trip through Iceland’s Pagan Past to share about NECROPANTS. No homicides in this story but what can get more wild and weirder than dead skin pants? Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, you can follow “WILDCIDE” on your favorite podcast listening app. While you’re there, please leave us a review – we would really appr…

Welcome to our podcast, Wildcide listeners! We are so excited to start this journey with you. Chelsea and Bailey are your hosts for this podcast and we wanted to share a little bit about who we are, what we bring to the table and what to expect regarding the dynamics of this podcast. Please make sure to listen to this introduction to us so you have…

This case is like the trifecta: you’ve got childhood trauma, cannibalism and questions regarding consent to murder. Make sure to buckle up for this wild ride. This is the case of Armin Miewes, AKA The Cannibal of Rotenburg. Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, you can follow “WILDCIDE” on your favorite podcast listening app. While you’r…