On February 16 2003, $100 Million’s worth of diamonds were stolen from the impenetrable security vault in the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. This was the largest diamond heist in the world, ever. In a plot that seems more like a Hollywood movie, one smooth criminal and his gang of experts managed to pull off the job of the century. Everyone exce ...…

42-year-old Betsy Faria went for chemotherapy treatment on Tuesday afternoon of December 287h 2011. Her husband, Russ, had gone to a friend’s house, but when he arrived home later that night, he found Betsy dead in the living room. But it was not the cancer that had killed her. The scene in the living was a bloody one and Russ assumed that she ...…

On a cool December morning a man walking his dog on Prestwick Beach in Scotland saw someone laying on the beach and went closer to have a look. When he reached the figure, he could see it was the body of a young woman. Her blonde hair was full of sand and seaweed. She was no longer alive. The woman was 30-year-old Swedish national, Annie Börjes ...…

A close friendship between two teenage girls turns into a fatal obsession. When their parents take measures to separate them, they decided it was time to take revenge. Honora Rieper was brutally murdered at the hands of her daughter Pauline and her best friend Juliet. What made these seemingly innocent girls resort to such extreme violence? For ...…

11-year-old Nicky Verstappen went to Summer Camp with many kids from his hometown of Heibloem. At 5am one morning, Nicky was seen, still sleeping in his tent. By 6am he was gone. The next day, his body was found, not far from the campsite. This is a heart-wrenching case that took law enforcement 20 years to solve. It also made history as one of ...…

Carlos Monzón was Argentina’s golden son: a man with a humble background who managed to win the boxing World Middleweight Championship – a title he defended 14 times. But his violence did not stay inside the ring. On the morning of February 14th 1988, in a domestic dispute, he murdered his wife, then threw her half-naked body over the railing o ...…

In 1950, 25-year-old Timothy Evans was convicted of murdering his wife Beryl and their 1-year-old daughter, Jeraldine. He professed his innocence to the end, but was hanged later in the same year. Tim said that his neighbour, 51-year-old year-old John Reginald Christie was responsible for the murders, but nobody believed him. Two years later, w ...…

10 Rillington Place became one of the most notorious addresses in London. One of its occupants, Reg Christie, would lure women into his home with the promise of giving them medical procedures, like illegal abortions. By 1950, he had killed four people and kept the bodies at the property. Christie framed his neighbour for two of the murders and ...…

On a grey winter’s morning, the captain of a tugboat made a gory discovery in the Vistula River in the centre of Krakow. Stuck in the propeller of his boat, was the skin of missing student, Katarzyna Zowada. There was no body, it was just the skin, sliced off with surgical precision. This case became one of the biggest unsolved mysteries in Pol ...…

Zack Bowen and Addie Hall had an intense love that was sealed during the destructive landfall of Hurricane Katrina. Their volatile relationship led to many arguments and fights, until one day, things went too far. Zack strangled Addie and dismembered her body before jumping off the roof of a hotel in New Orleans. This is their tragic love story ...…

When a maintenance worker forced his way into a locked room in the cellar of a building in Vienna, he never thought he would find the remains of two men. Their body parts had been mixed with cement and stored in empty ice cream buckets. Other parts were kept in small freezers. It didn’t take long to figure out who the men were. They were Holger ...…

When British Businessman, Neil Heywood, is found dead in a hotel room in China’s megacity Chongqing, a series of events began that set in motion political change that would influence the next decade in Chinese politics. A flamboyant politician’s wife was tried for the murder of Neil Heywood, but was she framed by her husband’s political enemies ...…

As police investigate the murders of British backpackers Joanne Walters and Caroline Clarke, more bodies are discovered in the Belanglo State Forest. Investigators zone in on the large dysfunctional family, known to be gun-loving and violent: The Milats. The hard part was to narrow down which one of the ten brothers was the most likely suspect. ...…

Australian police received multiple missing person’s reports in the early 1990s. Young backpackers from the UK and Germany who were hitch hiking from Sydney to Melbourne disappeared without a trace. When the bodies of two young British women were discovered in the Belanglo State Forest, one of the largest manhunts in Australia’s history began. ...…

Norway in the 1990s was to Black Metal what Seattle was to Grunge. These guys took the fear a lack of respect for the dead (and the living for that matter) to the next level. Their concerts were frightening, but their fans loved it. To become recognised as a movement, the Norwegian ‘Black Circle’ decided it was time to take the terror off the s ...…

Jenelle Potter was socially awkward and sickly. At the age of 30, she was still living with her parents who controlled every aspect of her life. When she met a well-liked young man, called Bill Payne, she fell head over heels in love. But the feeling was not mutual. When Bill met Billie-Jean Hayworth, he realised that he was ready to settle dow ...…

At a New Year’s Eve party in Narsaq, Southern Greenland, local teen, Abel Klemmensen opened fire, killing seven people and injuring his own brother. It was the worst mass murder ever committed in Greenland. What possessed this seemingly laid-back young man to terrorize his hometown? For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to ...…

Every November and December, thousands of letters addressed to Santa are sent to North Pole, Alaska. Boxes full of letters are then sent to North Pole Middle School, where it is included in the 6th Grade curriculum: North Pole’s 11 and 12-year-olds are nominated as Santa’s little helpers and reply to all the letters on Santa’s behalf. But in Ap ...…

John Martin Scripps was a petty thief, turned drug smuggler, turned cold-blooded murder. He would befriend fellow passengers on long-haul flights, share a taxi and check into the same hotel at the destination. He then bludgeoned his travel acquaintances to death before expertly dismembering their bodies and disposing of the body parts. For pict ...…

For 18 years, Jean-Claude Romand pretended to be something he was not: a well-qualified doctor, a loving husband, a doting father. As things started to unravel, he could not bear the thought that everyone in his life would find out that he was a fraud. He took extreme measures in an attempt to keep his secret safe. For pictures and more informa ...…

He posted on an online forum called Cannibal Café to find someone to devour. And someone responded. After castrating his willing participant and eating his genitalia together, he killed him. But was it murder if the victim consented to the whole thing? For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Want to become a Patron of the podcast ...…

Rodney Marks was an Australian astrophysicist, who worked with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory at the South Pole. After a day’s work, he became violently ill. 24 hours later he would be dead. But due to the harsh weather conditions, it would be six months before his body could be transported to New Zealand for a post-mortem examinatio ...…

Church-going family man, Colin Howell, started an illicit affair with Hazel Buchanan, a married woman who attended the same church. In order to be together, they did the unthinkable. The secret of their crime remained between them for 17 years. If Colin Howell did not come forward, would they have gotten away with it? For pictures and more info ...…

Three women vanished from the Northern Italian town of Correggio within the space of a year. Locals looked at local shopkeeper and fortune teller Leonarda Cianciulli for answers. When they uncovered the truth behind the disappearances, the story caused a ripple throughout the world. Not only did this mother of four murder her friends, but she a ...…

Russian serial killer, Alexander Pichuskin killed 48, but possibly as many as 60 people between 1992 and 2006. He initially said that his aim was to kill 64 people, one for every square on a chessboard. Later he recanted his statement, saying that, had he not been caught, he would have carried on killing indefinitely. Had he filled all the squa ...…

In celebration of Halloween, this week’s episode is somewhat darker than our usual ones. Adolfo Constanzo, also known as El Padrino (or the Godfather), was the leader of a cult who believed that Black Magic would shield their drug cartel from being busted. Adolfo encouraged human sacrifice and countless people fell victim to the cult, later dub ...…

The story of Danny Lugo and his gang of greedy bodybuilders continues. We learn the fate of the man they kidnapped and extorted: Miami businessman, Marc Schiller. After taking over all of Marc’s assets, they set their sights on the super-wealthy Frank Griga. In a fumbled attempt to repeat what they had done to Marc Schiller, the gang’s plan bac ...…

Part 1. The story of Danny Lugo and his gang of bodybuilders was made famous by the movie Pain & Gain, starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson. The movie highlighted the absurdity of the gang’s kidnapping plot against Miami businessman, Marc Schiller. The movie was a comedy, but the true story behind it was far more sinister. For pictures and ...…

Parts of two dismembered bodies were found a day apart. The body parts of Antoinette Bont was found in Groningen, North Netherlands and body of Harry Roo, two hours to the west in a river in Bremen, Germany. Yet, despite all the similarities in the murders, authorities have not been able to link the two cases together. One has been solved, one ...…

She is known as the Coffee Killer. Jessica Wongso, is an Indonesian born Australian resident who poisoned her best friend by lacing her coffee with cyanide. All of this happened in broad daylight, in an upmarket café in Jakarta. The whole act was caught on CCTV camera, yet, Jessica denied guilt. How did their friendship turn so sour, that Jessi ...…

It was June the 2nd 1994, a summer’s evening in Kirkwall, Orkney. Waiter, 26-year-old Bangladeshi national, Shamol Mahmood, clocked in for his second shift that season. Little did he know, that this would be his last night alive. As Shamol was serving his customers, a masked gunman walked into the restaurant, pointed a pistol at his head and sh ...…

It was 1989 and the scenic area of New Brunswick’s Miramichi was under siege. Elderly people were brutalized, raped and murdered. Once buzzing with locals and holiday makers, the streets in The Miramichi were quiet. People were simply too scared to go out. They barricaded themselves into their homes. The quiet streets were dotted with police ch ...…

It was a cool Wednesday morning in the peaceful New Zealand city of Palmerston North in August 2000. Glen Weggery arrived at his sister’s house, but no one came to answer the door. As he walked inside, he saw his seven-year-old niece lying on the floor. Her blood-soaked hair covered her face and her head was in an unusual position. Glen immedia ...…

After vacationing with friends in the beach resort of Varna in Bulgaria, Lars Mittank arrived at the airport, ready to return home to Germany. CCTV cameras show that Lars walked around the check-in area aimlessly. He seemed calm and relaxed, just like any other traveller, waiting to board his flight. Hours later, Lars was seen running out of th ...…

Tokyo, 1992. The mysterious death of a young Australian woman working as a hostess in Japan goes unsolved. Eight years later, a young British woman disappears under similar mysterious circumstances. All eyes turn to wealthy Japanese playboy, Joji Obara – a man who had no known friends and refused to ever have his photo taken. He was eventually ...…

When police arrested 75-year-old Alice Uden at her home, nobody could believe that she was a criminal. There had to be a mistake… How could this grandmother be guilty of any crime other than overcooking a Sunday roast? Her husband, 71-year-old Gerald wasn't home at the time, but when he arrived, police arrested him too. And NOT for the same cri ...…

When father of two, 47-year-old Kevin Lee, did not come home for dinner on Good Friday, 29 March 2013, his wife Cristina knew that he was in trouble. Kevin was a creature of habit. Every night he would come home, have his dinner, watch television with his wife and kids. What she didn’t know, is that Kevin’s burnt-out, light blue Ford Mondeo was ...…

In March 2005, college student Inge Lotz was brutally murdered in her apartment in Stellenbosch, South Africa. When she was discovered, she was seated upright on her sofa where she had been paging through a magazine. There was a copious amount of blood covering her head and face and she was almost unrecognizable. At first, it looked as though s ...…

In the dead of night, husband and wife, Manfred and Marisia von Richthofen were beaten to death in their bed while they were sleeping. Their teenaged children, Andreas and Suzane von Richthofen discovered their parents’ bludgeoned bodies. What happened at this home on Rua Zacarias de Goís? In a single night, Suzane and Andreas von Richthofen we ...…

Also known as the Submarine Murder or Ubådssagen, this week’s episode tells the sordid details surrounding the murder of Swedish journalist by Danish inventor, Peter Madsen. For pictures and more information, join us on Facebook Kim Wall Memorial Fund Want to support the show? Visit our Patreon Page For a full list of resources and credits visi ...…

As first responders walked through the diabolical crime scene at Albion Park, Australia, they found David O’Hearn's body. A pentagram, an inverted cross and the word ‘SATAN’ were smeared onto the walls in the victim’s own blood. This murder was to become one of the most heinous killings ever committed in Australia. For pictures and more informa ...…

It was September 7th 1996 – a balmy night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Thousands of people flocked to the glitzy city to watch the Heavyweight Title boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Sheldon. It was the hottest ticket in town: celebrities and millionaires streamed into the MGM Grand to watch the fight. It only took Tyson 50 seconds to knock Sh ...…

28 July 1996, a fishing crew cast their nets off the south coast of Devon, England. As they hauled the nets up to the side of the boat, they were stunned. What they had pulled out of the English Channel was the body of a man. Little did they know that this discovery would launch an international investigation that would span through Europe and ...…

Despite its beaches and boardwalks, there was also a dark side to Southern California in the 1970’s: it wasn’t all roller skates and ice creams – it was a killing field. Some of the most heinous, sadistic crimes ever committed against young men aged 13 to 35 in Southern California in the 1970’s was committed by a man called Randy Steven Kraft O ...…

It was after 9 pm on Friday night the 13th of July 1984. A family of three from Gothenburg were travelling in the scenic Lapland mountains in the north of Sweden. In the arctic circle, July is time for The Midnight Sun, which means the sun doesn’t set at all. It is bright and light for 24 hours a day. It was late summer, and it had been raining ...…

Despite its beaches and boardwalks, there was also a dark side to Southern California in the 1970’s: it wasn’t all roller skates and ice creams – it was a killing field.

A fishing crew was fishing off the south coast of Devon, England. They weighted their nets down but found much more than they had bargained for. What they had pulled out of the English Channel was the body of a man. Little did they know that this discovery would launch an international investigation that would span through Europe and all the wa ...…

"It was after 9 pm on Friday night the 13th of July 1984. A family of three were traveling in the scenic Lapland mountains in the north of Sweden. When they drove down a side road to take in the scenery of Lake Appojaure, they could never have imagined what awaited them. A grisly discovery was about to change their holiday into a nightmare."…