Cold Case Murder Mysteries

Oct 19 2024 203 ep. 98 mins 1k
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A Weekly True Crime Podcast Exploring the Unknown

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LONGLEGS

Oct 19 2024 230 mins  
When FBI Special Agent Lee Harker agrees to take on a baffling cold case involving an elusive and unknown serial killer called Longlegs, she soon learns that the man has a terrifying personal connection to her past... Join host Ryan Kraus for a deep dive into this fascinating psychological horror/thriller film, which was written and directed by Osgood Perkins, the son of Psycho st

Tora Tora Tora Over Sodom & Gomorrah: MH370

Mar 20 2023 147 mins  
March 8, 2014. Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 departs Kuala Lumpur in the darkness of night, heading for Beijing. It suddenly disappears from radar, and is never seen or heard from again. Nearly a decade later, the mystery of where it went and what happened next to the 227 passengers and 12 crew members onboard remains a mystery. Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange journey through t

Myriad Ways for Digging Up Graves: Ed Gein in a Daze

Mar 06 2023 75 mins  
It's the night of November 16, 1957. In the aftermath of Bernice Worden's murder, law enforcement enters the home of suspect Ed Gein to search the premises for evidence related to the local businesswoman's disappearance. What they discovered inside the reclusive bachelor's dilapidated farmhouse, however, was nearly unspeakable, a sight so terrifying and disturbing that it changed t

The Cacophonous Thud of Falling Rose Buds: Ed Gein in Love

Feb 25 2023 56 mins  
In the aftermath of Ed Gein's mother dying, his loneliness drives him into a psychosis in which he is going to try to satisfy both his need to be with another woman and her demand that he never does such a thing, leading to a horrific abomination of romantic love between a man and a woman.

Pork & Beans Will Get Us Clean: Growing Up Gein

Feb 17 2023 49 mins  
Join host Ryan Kraus for the third installment in the Ed Gein series as we delve into the fascinating, yet disturbing psychology inherent within his adolescent upbringing in which Ed's unrequited childhood affections for Mother suddenly boil over into a sexually charged adulthood that leaves him desperate and alone without her, inspiring the legendary character Norman Bates from th

The Slaughter I Seen: Little Eddie Gein

Feb 09 2023 48 mins  
Haunted by troubled pasts, young married couple George and Augusta unleash their demons upon each other and their sons, Henry and Eddie, foreshadowing the house of horrors their infamous home would one day become. Join me as we examine the formation of the devastating emotional wounds that led to the creation of a child destined to commit unspeakable acts.

The Silence of Screams in Frequency Dreams: Introducing Ed Gein

Feb 02 2023 59 mins  
Join host Ryan Kraus for the introductory episode in a series examining the harrowing psychology lurking behind the life and crimes of the Butcher of Plainfield, Ed Gein. In preparation for examining the events to come, we'll first break down Gein's disturbing and irrational logic that led him to inspiring a number of legendary horror film villains, from Norman Bates to Leatherface

Light as a Feather in Wintry Weather: Ellen Greenberg

Jan 25 2023 96 mins  
Join host Ryan Kraus for a strange psychological journey into the circumstances surrounding the stabbing death of 27-year-old school teacher Ellen Greenberg as we endeavor to answer one pertinent question: suicide or murder?

A Pharaoh Entombed in Emotional Wounds

Jan 17 2023 111 mins  
The most difficult part of examining true crime is often the gruesome, fatal injuries associated with extreme physical violence, but beneath those gratuitous offerings of gore lies a deeply enlightening and fascinating emotional context that tells us everything we need to know about the pain the killer felt inside psychologically, and why he transferred that horrific and prolonged

A Universal Plane Called Lovers' Lane: Patricia Mann & Jesse McBane

Dec 22 2022 76 mins  
On the evening of February 12, 1971, in Durham, NC, young lovers Jesse McBane and Pat Mann left a Valentine's dance and parked at a local "lovers' lane" spot called the Croasdaile Hotel, but never arrived home later that night. The next day, Jesse's car was found abandoned, and soon after a local worker discovered their bodies when he saw Pat's leg sticking out from a pile of leave