- 1 hour 6 minutesCreep: Serial Killer Wayne Nance Pt 2
When we left you at the end of part 1, Wayne Nance had begun his career as a serial killer with the murder of Donna Pounds. As much as he tried to blend into normal society—joining the Navy, working as a bouncer at a busy Western-themed bar—he could never completely hide the strangeness…and darkness brewing inside. Not everyone who saw it up close lived to tell about it, but as we’ll see in this episode, there were two who did. Join us for part 2 of this terrifying story.
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Sources:
John Coston, To Kill and Kill Again
https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/1980s-montana-shooting-victim-identified-through-dna/
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19 June 2026, 4:00 am - 44 minutes 29 secondsCreep: Serial Killer Wayne Nance Pt 1
In the 1970s in Missoula, Montana, there was a brief epidemic of unsolved violent murders that shocked the small city down to its roots. A dark rumor spread quickly—the deaths must be the work of some sinister Satanic cult, secret rituals performed in the service of demonic powers. This was not the case. The murders were unconnected, the motives behind them having nothing to do with the big bad devil… except for one, in which the killer proudly declared his occult allegiance to anyone who asked. But that was just a cover for overpowering violent fantasies that this weak, strange man would never try too hard to resist. After this first murder, he’d kill again and again.
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Sources:
John Coston, To Kill and Kill Again
https://archive.is/Yxz4J#selection-4661.90-4661.114
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults/richard-william-davis
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12 June 2026, 4:00 am - 55 minutes 43 secondsThe Gray Man: The Crimes of Russell Williams, Pt 2
Our homes are supposed to be where we’re the safest. It’s where we’re our most vulnerable. Last week, we told you about someone who would use that vulnerability to his advantage. This week, as the story continues, his monstrous intentions will focus on two women and destroy their families' senses of safety forever. Join us for part 2 (the final part) of the story of Russell Williams. Sources:
Appleby, Timothy. A New Kind of Monster: The Secret Life and Shocking True Crimes of an Officer . . . and a Murderer
The Fifth Estate, episode Above Suspicion
https://globalnews.ca/news/7411289/jessica-lloyd-russell-williams-sentenced-10-years/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-11801857
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/williams-military-uniform-burned-1.924008
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/col-russell-williams-timeline-1.913312
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5 June 2026, 6:31 am - 52 minutes 47 secondsThe Gray Man: The Crimes of Russell Williams Pt 1
In the military, a “gray man” refers to a service member who neither outperforms or underperforms his or her comrades. Someone who seamlessly fits into the group and gets the job done and doesn’t get unwanted attention while doing it. In that line of work, that can be a talent. In today’s story, we’re talking about a man who made a career out of being unnoticed, whose entire personality could be described as “gray,” and yet, had a violent and hateful nature resting just under the surface. When all was said and done, two women would be dead and countless others would never feel safe in their homes again.
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Sources:
Appleby, Timothy. A New Kind of Monster: The Secret Life and Shocking True Crimes of an Officer . . . and a Murderer (Function). Kindle Edition.
The Fifth Estate, Above Suspicion
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna39556963
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29 May 2026, 4:00 am - 38 minutes 59 secondsLabyrinth: The Murder of Re'mano Campbell
I don’t know about you, campers, but I like to have emergency plans for any eventuality. For example, what if I find myself in the center of a maze with only my wits to get out? What would I do? Of course, the secret to escape a maze is to keep your hand on one wall while you walk and eventually, you’ll find yourself at the exit. This case is a little bit like a maze. Every time the investigators thought they had a break in the case, they found themselves at yet another dead end, but luckily, they kept pushing forward and eventually found sunlight. This story is about betrayal and loss and family.
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Sources:
Military Justice For All: https://militaryjusticeforall.com/tag/remano-campbell/#:~:text=Remano%20served%20seven%20years%20in,after%20his%20home%20caught%20fire.
AL.com: https://www.al.com/live/2014/04/prosecutors_allege_boyfriend_o.html
https://www.al.com/live/2014/03/iraq_combat_veteran_killed_in.html
The Cinemaholic: https://thecinemaholic.com/remano-campbell-murder-where-are-eugenia-campbell-and-alexander-williams-now/
Investigation Discovery's "Diabolical," S2 E8
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22 May 2026, 4:00 am - 53 minutes 8 secondsTales of the Unexpected: A Grab Bag of Odd Stories
People can be pretty strange. And not just people—as we’ll see in one story of this week’s episode, you can add all our extended family of primates to that. If you have a big brain and opposable thumbs, there’s a good chance you’ll be getting up to shenanigans. But as we’ll see in our other story, human beings still wear the crown for weird, ridiculously confident nonsense.
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Sources, Monkey Invasion case:
Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-170-wild-monkeys-escaped-from-a-jungle-camp-and-terrorized-new-york-180985537/
Farmingdale Local History Blog: https://farmingdalelocalhistory.blogspot.com/2018/07/frank-bucks-jungle-campmassapequa-zoo.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/08/30/issue.html
https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-174-monkeys-skip-jail/159743530/
Sources, Alison Gu case:
U.S. Court of Appeals filings: https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-2nd-circuit/2140129.html
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/6943f1bbcfa51735e29ca3b7
Bennington Banner: https://www.benningtonbanner.com/local-news/former-winhall-woman-back-in-court-more-fraud-charges/article_f37d8ad2-dd24-11ec-94e0-4f8b05aedbae.html
"Lowering the Bar," Kevin Underhill: https://www.loweringthebar.net/2025/07/defendant-recruited-seven-actors-to-testify-in-fraud-trial.html
Manchester Journal: https://www.manchesterjournal.com/local-news/former-winhall-woman-headed-back-to-prison/article_63203790-1e66-11ed-ba8a-77d4d5eff5ee.html
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15 May 2026, 4:00 am - 27 minutes 40 secondsListen Now: Blood and Water
Today we’re sharing something a little different from our friends at ABC News and 20/20. It’s the first episode of a brand new original true crime series called "Blood and Water."
In 2001, Leslie Preer was found brutally murdered, her body left in the shower of her home in the wealthy suburbs of Washington, D.C. Investigators initially set their sights on Leslie’s husband as the prime suspect — until bombshell DNA evidence revealed the presence of an "unknown male" at the scene. With extensive access to the original police tapes and interviews with the cold case detectives who worked to solve the crime, Blood and Water tells an in-depth story of the decades-long wait for justice for Leslie’s daughter, and the cutting-edge investigative techniques that finally caught the killer.
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11 May 2026, 4:00 am - 55 minutes 15 secondsThe Sausage Kingdom: The Crimes of Stuart Alexander
I’m sure most of you have heard some variant of the phrase, “nobody wants to see how the sausage gets made,” which refers to the often messy procedures behind getting things done in, say, business or politics. But it’s also a literal truth that most of us don’t want to see how sausage gets made, and that goes double if the person making it cuts corners and develops a wildly aggressive attitude to any kind of government oversight.
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LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-18-mn-38382-story.html
SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/news/baycitynews/article/sausage-king-guilty-of-killing-3-meat-2641380.php
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/oakland-sausage-factory-secretary-tells-of-fear-2721223.php
East Bay Times: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/06/10/survivor-recalls-shooting-spree-in-sausage-factory/
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/04/29/ex-meat-inspector-describes-factory/
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2004/05/21/linguisa-not-safe-to-eat-expert-says/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160527100913/http://www.mindfully.org/Food/sausage-king.htm
KCBS Radio Podcast, “The Sausage King”
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8 May 2026, 4:00 am - 52 minutesTrue Lies: The Murder of Lori Hacking
Secrets can ruin everything. Not little ones, we’re talking big, looming secrets that might change your life forever if they were ever brought out into the light of day. Some people just can’t help themselves, stacking lie upon lie, hiding the secret truth behind an ever-growing wall of falsehood. And if that wall comes crashing down…well, some people will go to any lengths to keep their secrets safe.
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1 May 2026, 4:00 am - 58 minutesWhen Nerds Attack - Raging Fool: The Crimes of Charles Severance
Anger can be useful. If you need to defend yourself or those you love, or if you need to stand up against some outrage in your community, anger can give you the necessary fire to get things done. It can also be poisonous, eating away at a soul until there’s not much left but dense fury that constantly leaks out like oil from a ruptured tanker. This week’s story is about a man who let his anger consume not only himself, but the lives of three innocent people.
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Sources:
The Parable of the Knocker by Bryan Porter
ID's See No Evil, S9E6, “Shaken and Disturbed”
https://web.archive.org/web/20160215131616/http://mentaldisorder.com/
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24 April 2026, 4:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutesYou Belong to Me: The Murder of Robin Benedict
Love can be a pretty hard thing to define. It’s easier to say what it is not. Love is not secretly following someone and trying your best to keep her within sight every second of the day. Love is not trying to keep someone scared and uncertain so that they’ll rely on you more. And love is not thinking you own a person, and becoming furious when you find out that you do that. This is a story about someone who made all those mistakes, who mistook obsession for devotion, and whose towering sense of entitlement turned into awful violence.
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Sources:
Don Stradley, Boston Tabloid
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/03/Missing-Beauty-killer-released/1326739080000/ https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/19/us/killer-marries-in-prison.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/28/us/professor-about-to-go-on-trial-admits-killing-his-young-lover.html
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