True Crime podcast transcripts

Serial Killers

A 1892 double hatchet murder in Fall River, a rhyme that gets the facts wrong, and a trial that never named the killer.

Oct 12, 2026 45:31 28 min read 2 views

Serial Killers

A 1993 Virginia crime became a national punchline, but the trials and media frenzy reveal a far darker story.

Nov 2, 2026 34:44 21 min read 2 views

Serial Killers

Serial fires near arson investigators' conferences lead to a shocking discovery about one of their own.

Oct 19, 2026 30:03 19 min read 2 views

Serial Killers

Teens who believed they were vampires turned a role-playing game into a 1996 Florida killing spree.

Oct 26, 2026 26:41 16 min read 2 views

Serial Killers

A couple's escalating abductions and murders unfold as police close in, and a plea deal shapes how justice is seen.

Sep 17, 2020 36:53 24 min read 86K views

Serial Killers

A rapist's childhood, a whirlwind romance, and a plan to drug a teenager: how one couple's control game unfolded.

Sep 14, 2020 33:12 22 min read 25K views

Serial Killers

A London street encounter in 1973 ends in murder, and a childhood of abuse and neglect helps explain how it came to that.

Sep 7, 2020 35:30 22 min read 18K views

Where the Bodies Are Buried

Clyde Gibson’s killing spree finally ended in 2012, after his sister found the mutilated body of a family friend in Gibson’s garage. According to Gibson, he killed at least 33 people beginning at the age of 25 and up until his capture at the age of 54. Gibson frequented seedy southern Indiana bars and lured female victims into stolen vehicles, killed them by strangulation or stabbing, sexually assaulted each victim post-mortem, then mutilated and dumped their bodies into the Ohio River. Gibson kept sexual body parts as souvenirs and for continued use for sexual gratification, and even had a severed breast in the glove compartment of a victim’s van when he was arrested. Gibson has been convicted of 3 murders and is serving two life sentences, plus 65 years on Indiana’s death row. In this episode, Phil accomplishes his goal and extracts a confession from Clyde Gibson of a cold case murder. After the victim's sister is informed, she confronts Clyde in an emotional phone call.

Aug 19, 2020 44:36 29 min read 11K views

Criminal

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Jun 19, 2020 33:20 17 min read 11K views