Carman Carrion

DEADLY INTENT

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About the show

DEADLY INTENT: The Dark Side of HumanityHosted by Carman CarrionWhen the worst people in the world cross the line, what drives them to do it? Deadly Intent takes you inside real true crime stories with an emotional, human-centered approach that refuses to exploit victims — but never shies away from the disturbing reality of the crimes.Hosted by Carman Carrion, this weekly true crime podcast blends deep research, forensic detail, and psychological insight to reveal not just what happened… but why. Every episode explores criminal psychology, murder cases, disturbing confessions, and the dark motives behind real-world horrors.You’ll hear:Emotional, narrative true crime told with empathyDetailed timelines that pull you straight into the eventsForensic and psychological breakdowns of the criminal mindLesser-known cases and chilling crimes you’ve never heard ofHigh-profile murders examined through a victim-focused lensIf you love true crime deep dives, crime scene analysis, and raw, honest storytelling, this show is for you.New episodes every week.

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Graham Young - The Teacup Poisoner Who Was Released Too Soon

Nov 14, 2026 17 min

At fourteen, Graham Young was locked away for poisoning his family. At twenty-three, doctors said he was cured. Within months, the tea at a small factory in Hertfordshire was making people very sick. In this Saturday bonus episode of Brewed With Intent, we look at the schoolboy chemist, the hospital that let him go, the mystery illness nicknamed the Bovingdon Bug, and the question that still matters: what do we do with a person who is very good at looking better? Content note: This episode discusses poisoning, including the poisoning of a family and of coworkers. Nothing is graphic. If you or someone you know has been exposed to a poison, call Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222 in the United States. In an emergency, call 911. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent, with shorter stories and a little more coffee. New full-length episodes arrive every Wednesday. Keywords: Graham Young, Teacup Poisoner, Bovingdon Bug, thallium, Broadmoor, John Hadland Laboratories, St Albans poisoner, British true crime, poisoner, 1971 true crime, true crime podcast #GrahamYoung #TeacupPoisoner #BovingdonBug #Thallium #Broadmoor #BrewedWithIntent #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #BritishTrueCrime #PoisoningCase #TrueCrime Follow, rate, and share if you enjoyed it! EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW:Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN:Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrionYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX15...

Herb Baumeister - The Fox Hollow Farm Murders

Nov 11, 2026 41 min

In 1994, a boy found a human skull in the woods behind his family's Indiana estate. His father, businessman Herb Baumeister, told the family it was nothing, and then threw it away.Two years later, investigators dug up Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield and recovered roughly 10,000 bones and fragments. They believe the remains represent as many as 25 men, many of them last seen in Indianapolis gay bars. Baumeister was never charged. He died by suicide in Canada days after police moved in.This week on Deadly Intent, we look at the double life he built, the men who refused to stay forgotten, and the three decades it took for DNA to start giving the victims their names back. This is a case about intent, and about who gets looked for.Content warning: serial murder, strangulation, and violence against LGBTQ+ people.If a male relative went missing in the mid-1980s to mid-1990s, the Hamilton County Coroner's Office is still collecting DNA samples: 317-770-4415.#DeadlyIntent #HerbBaumeister #FoxHollowFarm #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #SerialKiller #IndianaTrueCrime #ColdCase #ForensicGenealogy #LGBTQHistory #CarmanCarrion #TrueCrimeCommunityEXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terrorSUPPORT THE SHOW:Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrionCONNECT WITH CARMAN:Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrionYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LklHsNIa8p0ZFOwKE1SLDYour support helps bring you more terrifying tales.DISCOVER MORE HORROR:http://eeriecast.com/https://www.carman-carrion.com/MUSIC CREDITS:Music and sound effect...

Jessica Wongso - The Cyanide Coffee Case That Divided Indonesia

Nov 7, 2026 14 min

In January 2016, a young woman took one sip of her iced coffee at a café in a Jakarta mall. Within minutes she was having seizures, and before the evening was over, she was gone. Nobody saw anything go into that cup.Wayan Mirna Salihin was 27 and had been married only weeks. Her friend Jessica Kumala Wongso, who had ordered the drinks, was later convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to 20 years. Jessica has always maintained her innocence.On this edition of Brewed With Intent, we pour a warm cup and walk through the cyanide coffee case: the café footage and the shopping bags, the autopsy that was never fully done, the live-broadcast trial, the experts who disagreed, and the Netflix documentary that reopened the debate years later. The evidence was largely circumstantial, so we lay out what the court found, what the defense argued, and what both sides point to.Because in this case, intent was never seen. It had to be inferred.Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent. Full episodes drop every Wednesday.Content note: This episode discusses a poisoning death and a criminal case that remains disputed. Nothing graphic.Keywords: Jessica Wongso, Mirna Salihin, cyanide coffee case, Ice Cold Netflix documentary, Olivier Café, Grand Indonesia, Jakarta true crime, Indonesian true crime, premeditated murder, circumstantial evidence, poisoning case, true crime podcast#JessicaWongso #MirnaSalihin #CyanideCoffee #IceCold #NetflixTrueCrime #BrewedWithIntent #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #IndonesiaTrueCrime #PoisoningCase #CircumstantialEvidenceEXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terrorSUPPORT THE SHOW:Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrionCONNECT WI...

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Graham Young - The Teacup Poisoner Who Was Released Too Soon

Nov 14, 2026 17 min

Herb Baumeister - The Fox Hollow Farm Murders

Nov 11, 2026 41 min

Jessica Wongso - The Cyanide Coffee Case That Divided Indonesia

Nov 7, 2026 14 min

Texarkana Moonlight Murders - Was Youell Swinney the Phantom Killer?

Nov 4, 2026 42 min

In 1946, a masked killer terrorized Texarkana, on the Texas and Arkansas line, and no one was ever convicted of the murders. Over ten weeks, five people were killed and three more were wounded. Couples were attacked on lovers' lanes, and a husband and wife were shot in their own farmhouse. The town nailed its windows shut and sold out of locks and guns, and the press gave the killer a name: the Phantom. This week on Deadly Intent, we walk through each attack and look at what the killer's choices reveal about intent. We also look at the one man most investigators believed was responsible, car thief Youell Swinney, and weigh the evidence for and against him. Why was he never tried for murder, and why does this case remain unsolved eighty years later? Content warning: this episode discusses shootings, assault, and the murders of teenagers and a married couple. Remembering Jimmy Hollis, Mary Jeanne Larey, Richard Griffin, Polly Ann Moore, Paul Martin, Betty Jo Booker, Virgil Starks, and Katie Starks. If you need support, call or text 988. #TexarkanaPhantom #TexarkanaMoonlightMurders #PhantomKiller #UnsolvedMurders #ColdCase #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #1946 #YouellSwinney #DeadlyIntent EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Yo...

The C**k Lane Ghost - The 1762 Haunting That Was Really a Revenge Plot

Oct 31, 2026 15 min

In 1762, thousands of Londoners, including lords, clergymen, and the famous dictionary writer Samuel Johnson, crowded into a narrow street to question a ghost. One knock meant yes. Two knocks meant no. And "Scratching Fanny" had a shocking answer: she said she had been poisoned. The man she accused was William Kent, a Norfolk moneylender whose late partner, Fanny Lynes, had died of smallpox. The man behind the haunting was Kent's landlord, parish clerk Richard Parsons, who owed him money. On this Halloween edition of Brewed With Intent, we pour a warm cup and unravel the C**k Lane Ghost: the knock code, the paying crowds, the committee that tested a child in a quiet house, the silent vault, and the courtroom that finally ended it. It's a ghost story with a real motive, and a reminder that intent was hiding behind the knocks the whole time. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent. Full episodes drop every Wednesday. Content note: This episode discusses a false accusation of murder, a death from illness, and a child being used to carry out a deception. Nothing graphic. Keywords: C**k Lane Ghost, Scratching Fanny, 1762 London haunting, Samuel Johnson ghost, Richard Parsons, William Kent, Fanny Lynes, historical hoax, fake haunting, true crime history, Georgian London, Halloween true crime #CockLaneGhost #ScratchingFanny #BrewedWithIntent #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeHistory #HalloweenPodcast #HistoricalHoax #GhostStory #GeorgianLondon #SamuelJohnson #TrueCrimeCommunity EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: http...

The Manson Family Murders – Helter Skelter and the Psychology Behind the Murders

Oct 28, 2026 42 min

Charles Manson never fired a shot at the Tate house, so how did he become the man behind the most notorious murders in American history? In this episode of Deadly Intent, we look at the Manson Family murders of 1969 through the lens of intent and psychology: how a drifter built a following out of lonely young people, how ordinary people were led to kill strangers, and who was truly responsible for the deaths of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Leno LaBianca, and Rosemary LaBianca. We also cover Gary Hinman and Donald "Shorty" Shea, the Helter Skelter motive and the competing theories, the trial, and where the surviving Family members stand today. Content warning: this episode discusses murder, violence, and the deaths of a pregnant woman and a teenager. Listener discretion is advised. If you are in a controlling relationship or group, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is at 1-800-799-7233. If you are struggling, call or text 988 in the U.S. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #CharlesManson #MansonFamily #TateLaBianca #SharonTate #HelterSkelter #CultPsychology #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimeHalloween #1969 EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring yo...

John Darwin - The Canoe Man Who Faked His Own Death

Oct 24, 2026 15 min

In 2002, John Darwin paddled a canoe out to sea off the coast of northeast England and was presumed drowned. Five years later he walked into a London police station claiming he couldn't remember who he was. In this Saturday bonus episode of Brewed With Intent, we look at the debts, the hidden doorway, the stolen name of a baby, the photograph from Panama, and the question at the center of every long lie: how many times can you choose to keep going? Content note: This episode discusses fraud, deception, and a family's false grief. Nothing is graphic. If someone you love is missing, NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, is a free national resource, and in an emergency, call 911. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent, with shorter stories and a little more coffee. New full-length episodes arrive every Wednesday. Keywords: John Darwin, canoe man, Anne Darwin, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, faked death, insurance fraud, Panama, The Thief His Wife and the Canoe, British true crime, 2002 true crime Follow, rate, and share if you enjoyed it! EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ http...

Ariel Castro and the Cleveland Kidnappings - Inside the House on Seymour Avenue

Oct 21, 2026 39 min

For about a decade, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight were missing posters on Cleveland's west side. All that time, they were inside a house on Seymour Avenue, held by a man who played bass in local bands, drove a school bus, and attended vigils in their names. This week on Deadly Intent, we look at the Ariel Castro case through the psychology behind it: the early pattern of control and domestic violence, the way he used familiarity to lure each woman, the system of captivity he ran for years, and the sentencing statement where he insisted "I am not a monster." We also look at how a normal life became his best cover, what the investigation did and missed, and the moment Amanda Berry found an open door and called 911. This episode centers the survivors and the families who never stopped looking, and it keeps the details clinical. Content warning: this episode discusses kidnapping, long-term captivity, sexual assault, forced pregnancy loss, domestic violence, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Resources are listed at the end of the episode. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988. For sexual assault support, RAINN's hotline is 1-800-656-4673. New episodes every Wednesday. If you enjoy the show, please rate, review, and share it with a friend who loves true crime psychology. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimePsychology #ClevelandKidnappings #ArielCastro #AmandaBerry #MichelleKnight #GinaDeJesus #SeymourAvenue #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrime #CrimePodcast #SurvivorStories #ForensicPsychology #Cleveland EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://w...

Amy Archer-Gilligan - The Real Arsenic and Old Lace Killer

Oct 17, 2026 16 min

Amy Archer-Gilligan, known as "Sister Amy," ran a Connecticut nursing home where residents kept dying, and her story is often linked to the dark comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. In this Saturday bonus episode of Brewed With Intent, we look at the lifetime-care contracts, the arsenic, the sister who refused to accept an easy explanation, and the question that still matters today: who benefits when someone doesn't live as long as expected? Content note: This episode discusses poisoning and the deaths of elderly people. Nothing is graphic. If you're concerned about an older person in your life, the Eldercare Locator can connect you with local services and Adult Protective Services at 1-800-677-1116. In an emergency, call 911. Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent, with shorter stories and a little more coffee. New full-length episodes arrive every Wednesday. Keywords: Amy Archer-Gilligan, Arsenic and Old Lace, nursing home murders, Connecticut true crime, Windsor Connecticut, poisoner, 1910s true crime Follow, rate, and share if you enjoyed it! EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LklHsNIa8p0ZFOwKE1SLD iTunes: [add Deadly Intent Apple Podcasts link] Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDI...

The Keddie Cabin Murders - Cabin 28

Oct 14, 2026 41 min

In April 1981, in the tiny railroad town of Keddie, California, three people were killed inside Cabin 28 and a 12-year-old girl was gone. Three years later, her remains were found about 60 miles away. More than forty years on, the Keddie Cabin Murders are still unsolved. This week on Deadly Intent, we walk through the night of April 11, 1981, and the case that followed: the crime scene, the surviving children, the two men long named as suspects, an anonymous tip that named the missing girl, and the new evidence investigators say could still crack the case. We look at what the evidence shows, what has only been alleged, and what the psychology of violence can and can't tell us. This episode contains descriptions of violence and the deaths of children, and it touches on domestic abuse. Listener discretion is advised. If you have information about this case, contact the Plumas County Sheriff's Office at (530) 283-6360. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DeadlyIntent #KeddieMurders #KeddieCabinMurders #Cabin28 #UnsolvedMurders #ColdCase #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimePsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #CaliforniaTrueCrime #PlumasCounty EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying...

Dennis Nilsen - The Muswell Hill Murderer Who Killed for Company

Oct 7, 2026 41 min

In 1983, a blocked drain in a quiet North London house exposed Dennis Nilsen, the MuswellHill Murderer, who confessed to killing as many as sixteen young men. Behind his dull civil-servant exterior was a man who said he killed because he couldnot bear to be alone. This week on Deadly Intent, we trace his life from a Scottish fishing harbor to the Old Bailey. We examine his childhood loss, his detachment, his ritual, and why the system failed the survivors who tried tospeak up. Then we ask the question at the heart of the case: was he insane, or simply evil? Content warning: this episode discusses murder, strangulation, necrophilia, and the disposal of human remains. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988 in the US, or contact Samaritans at116 123 in the UK. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DennisNilsen #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #SerialKiller #MuswellHillMurderer#TrueCrimePsychology #KillingForCompany #BritishTrueCrime #CriminalPsychology#TrueCrimeCommunity #ColdCase #OldBailey EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQYiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provid...

Christa Pike - The Job Corps Murder

Oct 1, 2026 44 min

In January 1995, four teenagers signed up for a Job Corps center in Knoxville, Tennessee. Three came back. Nineteen-year-old Colleen Slemmer did not. The crime became infamous for its brutality, the pentagram, and a piece of evidence that shocked the country. The woman convicted of it, Christa Pike, has spent nearly thirty years on Tennessee's death row, and her execution date this fall madenational headlines. This week on Deadly Intent, we look past the headlines and into the mind. We follow Christa from a childhood of abuse and a juvenile system that punished her instead ofhelping her, to a Job Corps dormitory where jealousy, a volatile boyfriend, and teenage chaos collided. We ask how the satanic panic rewrote the story, what her jury never heard, and why two people who committed the same crime receivedtwo very different sentences. We also taketime to remember Colleen, who deserves to be known for who she was. Content warning: This episode discusses murder, torture, child sexual abuse, and suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised. If you need support, call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline) or RAINN at 1-800-656-4673. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ChristaPike #ColleenSlemmer #JobCorpsMurder #DeathRow #TennesseeDeathRow #CriminalPsychology #SatanicPanic#TrueCrimeCommunity #PodcastEpisode EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twit...

The Villisca Axe Murders - 8 Killed, 1 Preacher Confessed, and the Case Still Isn't Solved

Sep 30, 2026 50 min

On the night of June 9, 1912, after a Children's Day program at their church, Josiah and Sarah Moore, their four children, and two young sisters staying over for the night went to sleep in a small house in Villisca, Iowa. By morning, all eight were dead. The murder weapon was Josiah's own axe. Every mirror in the house had been covered, every victim's face hidden under bedclothes, and a slab of raw bacon lay on the floor beside the axe. Before the day was over, hundreds of townspeople had walked through the crime scene. More than a century later, the case is still unsolved. This week, we go through the suspects one by one. Content warning: this episode discusses the violent deaths of children and adults, sexual suspicion involving a child victim, false confessions, and mental illness. If you've lost someone to violence and need support, the VictimConnect Resource Center isfree and confidential: 1-855-484-2846. If you're in crisis, call or text 988. #DeadlyIntent #VilliscaAxeMurders #Villisca #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrime #UnsolvedMysteries#ColdCase #HistoricalTrueCrime #Iowa #VilliscaIowa #AxeMurderHouse #TheManFromTheTrain #CrimePsychology #CriminalPsychology #FalseConfessions #TrueCrimeCommunity #UnsolvedMurders #1912 #TrueCrimeStories #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTu...

Constance Fisher - The Mother Who Drowned Her Children Twice

Sep 23, 2026 42 min

In 1954, a young Maine mother named Constance Fisher drowned her three children in a bathtub, then tried to take her own life. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity, spent five years in a state hospital, and was sent home "cured." Twelve years later, she did it again — three more children,the same method, the same house. This week, in the case that's been resurfacing everywhere since the Lindsay Clancy trial began dominating headlines, we go back to where this conversation actually started: postpartum psychosis, a legalsystem that didn't yet have the language for it, and a mental health system that mistook the absence of hallucinations for a cure. We trace what happened to Constance from her 1954 arrest through her 1966 re-arrest, her second insanity trial, and her death in 1973 — and we connect her case directly toAndrea Yates and Lindsay Clancy to show how much (and how little) has actually changed in seventy years. Content warning: this episode discusses the deaths of children, severe mental illness, and suicide in detail. If you or someone you know is struggling after birth, Postpartum Support International's helpline is free and confidential: 1-800-944-4773. If you're in crisis, call ortext 988. #DeadlyIntent #ConstanceFisher #LindsayClancy #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #CrimePsychology #InsanityDefense #TrueCrimeCommunity#WatervilleMaine #AndreaYates #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimeStories #PodcastRecommendations #MentalHealthAwareness #ForensicPsychology#NotGuiltyByReasonOfInsanity #CrimeHistory #TrueCrimeAddict #PsychologyPodcast EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee....

Mothers Who Kill - Three Cases of Love, Delusion, and Inten

Sep 16, 2026 1 hr 29 min

Intent doesn't lie. People do. Episode 60. This week: three mothers, three unraveling minds, and the same devastating question — where does love end and delusion begin? To mark 60 episodes, we revisit the cases of Diane Downs, Taylor Parker, and "The Doomsday Mom," three stories that circle the same haunting territory of maternal violence and psychological collapse. Consider this part one — Constance Fisher, a case that started this conversation decades before any of us were born, arrives next Wednesday. Diane Downs — The Mother Who Shot Her Own ChildrenTaylor Parker — Maternal Instinct: Fetal Abduction & the Benton County MurderThe Doomsday Mom — When Love Becomes Murder New episode every Wednesday. Follow Deadly Intent wherever you listen. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalPsychology #MothersWhoKill #PostpartumPsychosis #DianeDowns #TaylorParker #TheDoomsdayMom #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimePodcast #ForensicPsychology #Episode60 #TrueCrimeYouTube #CriminalMindsExplained #IntentDoesntLie EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolkloreTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQYiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you moreterrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/https://www.carman-carrion.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: ElevenLabs

Lindsay Clancy - The Mistrial, the Voice & Postpartum Psychosis

Sep 9, 2026 46 min

On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy — a labor and delivery nurse and mother of three — strangled her children in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts home,then tried to take her own life. Three and a half years later, her murder trial ended not in a conviction, not in an acquittal, but in a mistrial: eleven jurors on one side, a single holdout on the other, and a country still arguing over whether she's a victim or a killer. This week on Deadly Intent, we go inside the case that split the nation. What is postpartum psychosis, and was Lindsay inside it that night — or was she calculating? We break down the "voice" she says commanded her, the prosecution'sconcealment argument, the Massachusetts insanity standard almost every headline got wrong, and why twelve people couldn't agree. Because on this show, intent doesn't lie. People do. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the deaths of children, mental illness, and suicide. If you're struggling, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). For postpartum support, Postpartum Support International: 1-800-944-4773. You're not alone. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday. Subscribe for more true crime psychology and head to Patreon for the bonus case file on this one. #LindsayClancy #TrueCrime #PostpartumPsychosis #Mistrial #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #Duxbury #MaternalMentalHealth #CrimePsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #PostpartumSupport #DeadlockedJury #TrueCrimeYouTube #CarmanCarrion EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyF...

Fritz Haarmann — The Butcher of Hanover

Sep 2, 2026 42 min

In the ruins of post-war Germany, young men vanished from a Hanover train station for six years — and the man taking them wasn't hiding. He was a police informant, a familiar face, trusted by the very people meant to stop him. Fritz Haarmanncalled it a frenzy he couldn't control. But you don't build a life around a compulsion by accident. This week, we sit inside the hardest question there is: when a killer says he never meant it, do we believe him? For the boys the world had already decided not to look for, intent doesn't lie. People do. Content note: this episode covers crimes against young men and boys, handled without graphic detail. Listener discretion advised. #TrueCrime #DeadlyIntent #CarmanCarrion #FritzHaarmann #ButcherOfHanover #TrueCrimePodcast #SerialKiller #TrueCrimeCommunity #Criminology #Weimar #TrueCrimeHistory#Podcast EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound...

Sarah Grace Patrick - The Girl Who Grieved Her Parents on TikTok

Aug 26, 2026 38 min

In February 2025, in a quiet corner of west Georgia, a married couple was shot to death in their bed as they slept. There was no forced entry, and the killer took the weapon with them. For five months the case looked like an unsolved tragedy —and the grieving teenage daughter who called 911 became one of its most public mourners, posting tribute after tribute online and begging the internet to care. Then the sheriff’s office named her as the person accused of pulling thetrigger. This week on Deadly Intent, we sit with a case that is still unfolding — and one that could not be more suited to this show, because its entire weight rests on a single unanswered question: what was really happening inside the mind of the girl in those videos? Was that grief, or was it performance? We trace the case in order — from the family behind the door, through the morning everything shattered,into five strange months of public mourning, and on to an arrest, an indictment, and a trial that keeps slipping out of reach. Along the way we hold the hardest tension in true crime: that Sarah Grace Patrick has pleaded not guilty and has never been tried, and that everything the state alleges still has to be proven. We look at what the prosecution believes it canshow, at what the defense says is missing, and at what it means to judge the adult intent of someone who was sixteen years old. And before we close, we bring the story back to the people at its center — Kristin and James Brock — and to the youngest witness of all. This is the story of Sarah Grace Patrick, and of how hard it is to read a human heart through a screen. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the shooting deaths of two parents and a young child’s discovery oftheir bodies. Please take care of yourself while listening. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #SarahGracePatrick #BrockMurders #CarrollCountyGeorgia#TikTokTrueCrime #CrimePsychology #ForensicPsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #Murderino #GeorgiaTrueCrime #Psycho...

Karmelo Anthony — A Tent, a Shove, a Knife - The Frisco Track-Meet Killing and the Question of Intent

Aug 19, 2026 32 min

It was supposed to be one of the good days. A district track meet in Frisco, Texas. Hundreds of high schoolers. An ordinary spring Wednesday. Then a thunderstorm rolled in, and everyone scrambled for cover under the pop-up tents. Under one of them — a tent belonging to a school he didn't attend — seventeen-year-old Karmelo Anthony took shelter from the rain. Within about aminute, a dispute over who got to stand under that canopy ended with another seventeen-year-old, Austin Metcalf, bleeding to death in the arms of his twin brother. There was no whodunit. Anthony admitted from the very first that he used the knife. The question that consumed a courtroom — and a country — for the next fourteenmonths was something far harder: was this a frightened young man defending himself in a moment of chaos? Or was it murder? In this episode, we leave the national noise at the door and look at what the jury actually heard — the words spoken before anyone touched anyone, the order of events that may have decided everything, and the razor-thin legal line between fear and intent. Then we turn and examine the noise itself, because the way this case got swallowed by the internet is its own kind of psychology worth understanding. Same knife. Same wound. Same dead boy. And the entire spectrum from innocent to murderer turning on a state of mind no camera ever recorded. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the death of a teenager and graphic violence. Please take care whilelistening. 🎧 Deadly Intent — because the most important question is almost never what happened. It's why. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimePodcast #KarmeloAnthony#AustinMetcalf #FriscoTexas #Justice #Courtroom #TrueCrimeAddict #Podcast #CriminalPsychology #SelfDefense #MurderTrial #TrueCrimeJunkie #CaseFiles#Verdict #TeenViolence #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Or...

Leopold and Loeb: The "Perfect Crime" and the Murder of Bobby Franks

Aug 12, 2026 40 min

In May 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks got into a car with someone he knew and trusted. Minutes later he was dead — not for money, not out of hatred, but as anexperiment. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb had every advantage the world could offer: brilliant minds, immense wealth, futures wide open. And they spent nearly a year planning the murder of a child to prove a single idea they heldabout themselves — that they were exceptional enough to stand above the rules that bind everyone else. This week on Deadly Intent, we sit with the case that this whole show was built for: the one where ordinary motive nearly disappears. We trace the "perfect crime" from its cold conception through the pair of eyeglasses that unraveled it, into a courtroom where Clarence Darrow made one of the most famous pleas in American legal history — and asked a question we're still wrestling with a hundred yearslater. What kind of intent kills for the idea of it? How much can any of us be blamed for becoming what we were shaped to be? And what happens when two mindstalk each other into a monstrous lie? We follow the folie à deux at the heart of their bond, the confessions that turned them against each other the instant fear arrived, and the strange, diverging afterlives that followed. And before we close, we bring the story back to theboy at its center — because Bobby Franks was never the footnote. He was the whole moral weight of it. ⚠️ Content warning: This episode discusses the remeditated murder of a child. Please take care of yourself while listening. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #LeopoldAndLoeb #BobbyFranks #ClarenceDarrow#PerfectCrime #CrimePsychology #ForensicPsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #Murderino #1920s #ChicagoHistory #ColdCase #CriminalMinds #PsychologyPodcast#TrueCrimeAddict #HistoricalTrueCrime #FolieADeux #PodcastRecommendations EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Or...

"The Mission Was Death": The 100-MPH Crash, the Toxic Love, and the Question of Intent

Aug 5, 2026 39 min

At 5:30 on a July morning in Strongsville, Ohio, a silver Camry accelerated down an empty suburban road to nearly 100 miles an hour, held a dead-straight line for three-quarters of a mile, and drove head-on into a brick wall. Two young mendied. The seventeen-year-old girl behind the wheel survived — and what investigators pulled from the car's black box turned a tragedy into a homicide case. The accelerator was floored. The brake was never touched. And two weeks earlier, Mackenzie Shirilla had allegedly threatened to crash the car with her boyfriendinside it. This week, we walk the whole length of that road: the silent testimony of the event data recorder, the security footage a judge said she could never un-see, the toxic relationship the state built its motive on, and the medical defense thatcouldn't find its expert. A court called it murder — "the mission was death." But behind the verdict sits a locked room none of us can enter: what a teenage girl truly meant in the last few seconds before impact. A story where we know almost everything that happened, and still can't be certain why. Content warning: this episode discusses a fatal crash, intimate partner violence, and suicide. Crisis resources are shared at the end. In the US, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233, and the Suicide & CrisisLifeline is 988. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #MackenzieShirilla #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity#Strongsville #OhioCrime #CrimePodcast #TrueCrimeAddict #Murder #ForensicPsychology #CriminalIntent #TrueCrimeFans #PodcastCommunity #Justice EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancar...

Rex Andrew Heuermann - The Gilgo Beach Killer

Jul 29, 2026 44 min

Rex Heuermann didn't just kill eight women. He wrote down how to do it — and then revised the document between murders. For seventeen years, the Long Island Serial Killer left women along Ocean Parkway, fifteen minutes from his house in Massapequa Park. For thirteen more yearsafter their bodies were found, Suffolk County didn't catch him — despite a burner phone he bought with his own credit card. In April 2026, Heuermann pleaded guilty to seven murders and admitted to an eighth. In June, he was sentenced to life. This episode is about the piece of evidence that makes this case unlike almost any other: a deleted Word file recovered from a hard drive in his basement, written in all capitals, containing checklists, a disposal procedure, and a section of lessons learned for next time. On this show we usually have to infer intent. Here, he typed it. We cover the 911 call from Shannan Gilbert that cracked the case open, the discovery of the Gilgo Four, the taunting phone calls made to a fifteen-year-old girl, the police chief who kept the FBI out of the investigation and went to federalprison, and the eight women whose names deserve to be said: Melissa Barthelemy, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, Megan Waterman, Amber Lynn Costello, Jessica Taylor, Valerie Mack, Sandra Costilla, and Karen Vergata. Intent doesn't lie. People do. Content warning: serial murder, strangulation, sexual violence, and discussion of theexploitation of sex workers. #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #TrueCrime #RexHeuermann #GilgoBeach #LongIslandSerialKiller #LISK #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #SerialKiller#CriminalPsychology #ColdCase #ShannanGilbert #DeadlyIntent #CarmanCarrion #TrueCrimeTikTok #Massapequa EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcas...

The Killing of Jared Bridegan - A Tire, a Toddler, and Two Stories

Jul 22, 2026 41 min

On the night of February 16, 2022, Jared Bridegan stopped his car on a quiet road in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to move a tire out of the lane. His two-year-old daughter was in the back seat. He never got back in. Four shots were fired — two into Jared, two into the SUV where his toddler sat. Prosecutors say it wasn't a robbery or a road-rage killing. They say it was a planned, rehearsed ambush — and that the people behind it were Jared's ex-wife, Shanna Gardner, and her second husband, Mario Fernandez Saldana. Both have pleaded not guilty. As of this recording, their trials haven't begun. This episode is different. Instead of telling you what someone wanted and why, I lay out the two competing stories about what was inside a human mind — the state's and thedefense's — and I don't choose for you. Years of text messages. A nickname. "Funeral potatoes." A confessed triggerman who took the trigger back. A case that either proves premeditation or proves only that a woman was cruelto her best friend in the dark. The tire proves someone planned this. It does not prove whose. And in a Duval County courtroom this fall, twelve people are going to have to decide the hardestquestion in criminal law: did wanting become doing? I made this episode before the verdict, on purpose. Come sit in the gap with me. ⚠️ Content note: discusses gun violence, the killing of a parent in front of a child, and a contested legalprocess. Every charged individual is presumed innocent. Please take care of yourself while listening. 🎙️ Written, researched, and produced by Carman Carrion. #JaredBridegan #ShannaGardner #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #TrueCrimeCommunity #JacksonvilleBeach #MarioFernandezSaldana #HenryTenon #CrimeJunkie #MurderMystery #TrueCrimeYouTube #ColdCase #CriminalPsychology #Florida#TrueCrimeAddict #Podcast #CaseAnalysis #Justice #Courtroom EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Ori...

He Paid Her Own Brother to Kill Her — A Husband, a Cocaine Deal, and the Ultimate Betrayal

Jul 15, 2026 37 min

The murder of Tabatha Bryant (Penfield, New York, 2003) Listen at: https://carman-carrion.com #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TabathaBryant #MurderForHire #CoerciveControl #TrueCrimePodcast#Betrayal #DomesticAbuse #CriminalPsychology #Podcast #JusticeForTabatha A successful attorney nearly twice his wife’s age. A young woman he first noticed at church. A marriage that curdled into control, degradation, and exploitation — and endedwhen he hired the one person she trusted most, her own half-brother, to murder her in her sleep for $5,000 and an insurance payout. This episode traces the Tabatha Bryant case from the beginning: who she was, how a powerful older mantook hold of her life, why he forced her into the things he did, and how his need to own her curdled into a decision to erase her. This is a story about coercive control taken to its final conclusion, and about the coward’s calculus of a man who would end a life but never with his own hands. Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic abuse, coercive control, sexual exploitation and coercion, and graphic violence, including a fatal shooting andstabbing. Listener discretion is advised. If any of this is close to home for you, please take care of yourself while you listen. Resources mentioned: NationalDomestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233); RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline (1-800-656-4673). EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanC...

The Crime Japan Tried to Hide - The 44 Days of Junko Furuta

Jul 8, 2026 37 min

In November 1988, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was abducted on her way home from her part-time job. For 44 days, she endured unimaginable torture while multiple adults who could have saved her chose to look away. This is not just a story of four teenage criminals—it's the story of how an entire system failed one girl. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #JunkoFuruta #JapaneseCrime #SystemicFailure #CriminalPsychology #Podcast #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForJunko #CriminalIntent#SocietalResponsibility EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: Epidemic Sound

Christian Longo - The Man Who Was No One - The Father Who Murdered His Family to Hide a Lie

Jul 1, 2026 34 min

Christian Longo had the picture-perfect family — the boyish good looks, the devoted wife, three beautiful children, the boat in the driveway. Almost none of it was real. For years, Longo built an elaborate false self out of fraud, forged checks, stolen cars, and lies he told his own father, his church, and the wife who never stopped believing in him. And in December 2001, when the lie was finally about tocollapse — when eviction would have exposed exactly who he'd always been — he made a choice. He decided the people closest to him, the ones who could see the truth, were a problem to be solved. This week on Deadly Intent, Carman Carrion traces the Christian Longo case from the very beginning — a stolen wedding ring in Michigan, a construction business built ondeception, a cross-country flight from creditors, and finally a quiet condo on the Oregon coast where a husband and father murdered his family and then went to a Christmas party. We follow the fraud as it escalates into the unthinkable,the chilling performance of normalcy that followed, the flight to Mexico under the stolen name of a real New York Times journalist, and the bizarre courtroom lie Longo told to the very end. Told in chronological order, with Intent Segments throughout, this is the anatomy of a man who chose his image over the lives of his own children. Remembering Mary Jane, Zachary, Sadie, and Madison. Intent doesn't lie. People do. — RESOURCES If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, you are not alone: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (or text START to 88788) National Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474 StrongHearts Native Helpline: 1-844-762-8483 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://w...

Snowtown: The Bodies in the Barrels — Australia's Worst Serial Killers

Jun 24, 2026 46 min

In May 1999, police opened the vault of a disused bank in the tiny South Australian town of Snowtown and found barrels — and bodies dissolving in acid inside them. It wasthe end of the worst series of killings in Australian history: at least eleven people murdered over seven years. But almost nobody died in Snowtown. The town just owned the vault. The real horror happened in the suburbs of Adelaide, carried out by a group of men led by JohnBunting — a charismatic, certain man who believed he was a hero. He kept a wall of names. He told himself and his followers he was ridding the world of pedophiles. He wasn't. His victims were vulnerable friends, partners, and family — and the group quietly collected their welfare payments after they died. This episode unpackshow one dominant man built a worldview where murder felt righteous, recruited broken and dependent followers into it — including a groomed teenage stepsonwho became both killer and victim — and nearly got away with all of it. Plus where each of the men stands now, including the accomplice released into the community in 2024. The most dangerous intent in the world isn't the kind that knows it's evil. It's the kind that's certain it's good. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #TrueCrime #DeadlyIntent #Snowtown #SnowtownMurders #BodiesInBarrels #JohnBunting #TrueCrimePodcast #CrimePodcast #AustralianTrueCrime #TrueCrimeCommunity#SerialKiller #MurderPodcast #CriminalMinds #TrueCrimeJunkie #PodcastRecommendation If this episode brought up something heavy for you, please reach out to a trusted person or a local support line. You don't have to be in crisis to deserve support. 🎧 EXPLORE MORE: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent: https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror 💀 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion 🔗 CONNEC...

Maternal Instinct (Netflix): Taylor Parker, Fetal Abduction & the Benton County Murder

Jun 23, 2026 32 min

Content Warning: Before we begin, a warning that's heavierthan usual. This episode deals with the murder of pregnant women, the death of infants, and the loss of pregnancy. If you are pregnant, recently postpartum, or grieving a pregnancy loss, please take care of yourself. This one can wait. It'll be here when you're ready. Netflix's MATERNAL INSTINCT made Taylor Parker a namepeople can't stop searching. But the crime it shows isn't a one-off — and one nearly identical case happened 30 minutes from my front door. In this bonus episode of Deadly Intent, we go past thedocumentary. Fetal abduction is one of the rarest crimes on record — roughly 21 cases in 60 years in the entire United States — and yet the women who commit itfollow a pattern so consistent it's almost a script. The faked pregnancy. The deadline that can't be survived without a baby. The confidence trick. And the same lie, every time: "I just gave birth." To understand Taylor Parker, we go back to the case theexperts call the template — Lisa Montgomery and Bobbie Jo Stinnett — and then we come home, to Benton County, Arkansas, and the murder of Ashley Bush by Amber Waterman: a Facebook lure, a fake job offer, a public library used as a hunting blind. Three women who killed. Three women who died. One psychology running through all of it. This isn't a recap. It's the why — narcissism, the"elimination crime," and the warning signs worth knowing. And it's a promise this show always keeps: the victims get their names said out loud, and said with respect. Bobbie Jo Stinnett. Reagan Simmons-Hancock. Ashley Bush.Victoria Jo, who lived. Braxlynn and Valkyrie, who didn't. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #MaternalInstinct #TaylorParker #Netflix #TrueCrime#TrueCrimePodcast #FetalAbduction #LisaMontgomery #AmberWaterman #DeadlyIntent #ForensicPsychology #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimeCommunity #BentonCounty#Arkansas #CrimeDocumentary EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com...

Diane Downs - The Mother Who Shot Her Own Children

Jun 17, 2026 29 min

She arrived at the emergency room too calmly. A little blood on her arm, a story about a bushy-haired stranger on a dark Oregon road, and three shot children in the back seat. One of them — 7-year-old Cheryl — was already gone. The other twowould survive scarred: 8-year-old Christie fighting back from a stroke, 3-year-old Danny paralyzed for life. There was no stranger. Diane Downs shot her own children in May 1983 to clear the path to a man who'd told her he didn't want kids. Her motive wasn't madness or mercy — it was arithmetic. Herchildren were obstacles, and she decided to remove them. This episode traces how her story fell apart, how her own daughter relearned how to speak just to testify against her, and how, forty-two years and four parole denials later,Diane Downs still refuses to admit what she did. Some killers don't look like killers. That's exactly what they're counting on. Intent doesn't lie. People do. Next week, we're heading to Australia — to a quiet country town, an empty bank, and the worst series of killings the country has ever seen. The men who did it believed, all the way down, that they were the good guys. #TrueCrime #DeadlyIntent #DianeDowns #SmallSacrifices #Filicide #TrueCrimePodcast #CrimePodcast #ColdCase #TrueCrimeCommunity #MurderPodcast #CriminalMinds#TrueCrimeJunkie #PodcastRecommendation #OregonTrueCrime Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 🎧 EXPLORE MORE: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror 💀 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion 🔗 CONNECT: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrionTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/s...

Golden State Killer - The Psychology of a Predator Who Hid Behind a Badge

Jun 10, 2026 33 min

He was a police officer. A father. A neighbor who waved from his driveway and tended his yard like anyone else. For over a decade, Joseph James DeAngelo moved through California neighborhoods like a shadow — cutting phone lines, tying knots, and leaving behind a trail of trauma that spanned 11 counties, 13 murders, and more than 50 sexual assaults. He was the Visalia Ransacker. The East Area Rapist. The Original Night Stalker. The Golden State Killer. All the same man. All the same hands. For 44 years, he was nobody's suspect. In this episode of Deadly Intent, we trace the full arc of one of the most psychologically complex cases in American criminal history — from DeAngelo's calculated double life as a law enforcement officer to the revolutionary DNA genealogy technique that finally unmasked him. We'll examine the behavioral signature of a power-control predator, the decades of dead ends that frustrated investigators across California, the obsessive true crime writer who named him before she could see him caught, and the retired patent attorney who built his family tree from a crime scene DNA sample and changed forensic investigation forever. Justice took 44 years. It came anyway. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #GoldenStateKiller #JosephDeAngelo #EastAreaRapist #OriginalNightStalker #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #TrueCrimePodcast #ColdCase #ForensicGenealogy #DNAEvidence #MichelleMcNamara #IllBeGoneInTheDark #BarbaraRaeVenter #SerialKiller #CriminalPsychology #PodcastersOfInstagram #TrueCrimeCommunity #CarmanCarrion #PowerControlPredator #ColdCaseSolved EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.c...

The Doomsday Mom - When Love Becomes Murder

Jun 3, 2026 25 min

She was a devoted mother. A beauty queen. A woman who posted family vacations and birthday celebrations on social media. And then, somewhere along the way, she became something else entirely. Lori Vallow Daybell convinced herself — and those around her — that her own children were possessed by dark spirits. Zombies who needed to be eliminated. What followed was a calculated campaign of murder that claimed the lives of 7-year-old JJ Vallow, 16-year-old Tylee Ryan, and Tammy Daybell — all while Lori collected her children's Social Security benefits and honeymooned in Hawaii. This is the story of faith weaponized. Of maternal instinct turned inside out. Of a belief system so twisted that murder became mercy. And in 2026, Lori is still fighting her conviction — still insisting nobody was murdered. Intent doesn't lie. People do. #TrueCrime #DeadlyIntent #LoriVallow #DoomsdayMom #TyleeRyan #JJVallow #ChadDaybell #TrueCrimePodcast #CrimePodcast #ColdCase #TrueCrimeCommunity #MurderPodcast #CriminalMinds #TrueCrimeJunkie #PodcastRecommendation National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453 EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/po...

The Louisa Dunne Case - Britain's Oldest Cold Case Solved

May 27, 2026 30 min

In June 1967, 75-year-old widow Louisa Dunne was raped and murdered in her Bristol home. When her newspaper sat uncollected on her garden wall the next morning, neighbors knew something was terribly wrong. Police found a palm print on her window and biological evidence at the scene—but in 1967, forensic science couldn't identify the killer. The case went cold for fifty-eight years. Until 2024, when DNA technology finally caught up to a predator who thought he'd gotten away with murder. This is the story of Britain's longest-running cold case, the elderly women who were targeted by a serial offender, and the justice system that failed them catastrophically—giving a rapist and murderer decades of freedom he should never have had. #TrueCrime #ColdCase #LouisaDunne #BritishCrimeHistory #ForensicScience #DNAEvidence #JusticeDelayed #UnsolvedMurders #Bristol #TrueCrimePodcast #DeadlyIntent #ColdCaseSolved #SeniorSafety #ElderAbuse #SexualAssault #MurderMystery #CrimeHistory #1960sCrime #ForensicBreakthrough #TrueCrimeCommunity EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you...

BTK Part 2: The Fall of a Killer

May 20, 2026 37 min

After thirteen years of silence, the BTK Killer resurfaces in 2004—and his desperate need for recognition becomes his fatal mistake. In Part 2, we follow the investigation that finally brought Dennis Rader down: the taunting letters, the psychological chess match with police, and the floppy disk that ended a thirty-year reign of terror. From the metadata that exposed him to the shocking confession that revealed the true depths of his narcissism, this is the story of how intent—that core psychological drive—became both his motivation and his downfall. We also examine the devastating impact on his family, the victims' families who finally got answers, and what this case teaches us about the nature of evil hiding in plain sight. Content Warning: This episode contains graphic discussions of murder, sexual violence, and violence against children. Listener discretion is strongly advised. #BTKKiller #DennisRader #TrueCrime #SerialKiller #DeadlyIntent #CriminalPsychology #WichitaKansas #ColdCase #TrueCrimePodcast #Forensics #DNAEvidence #CriminalIntent #TrueCrimeCommunity #UnsolvedNoMore #JusticeServed #VictimsFirst #CrimeJunkie #MurderMystery #PsychologyOfCrime #TrueCrimeObsessed #PodcastersOfInstagram #CrimeStories #KillerNextDoor #IntentMatters #CarmanCarrion EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.co...

BTK Part 1: Dennis Rader - The Killer Next Door

May 13, 2026 41 min

January 15, 1974. Four members of the Otero family are found murdered in their Wichita, Kansas home. Three months later, police receive a letter from the killer, signing it "BTK" - Bind, Torture, Kill. For the next seventeen years, Dennis Rader will terrorize Wichita. He'll kill ten people, send taunting letters to police and media, and then simply... vanish. But he never really left. He was there the whole time - teaching Sunday school, coaching Little League, citing people for lawn violations, living the most ordinary life imaginable. This is Part 1 of the BTK story: the murders, the letters, the double life, and the long silence. A deep dive into one of the most disturbing examples of duality in true crime history - a man who lived two lives so completely separate that nobody suspected the compliance officer next door was one of America's most prolific serial killers. In Part 2, we'll cover his return in 2004 and the investigation that finally brought him down. Intent doesn't lie. People do. EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ THE CRYPT SHOP: https://the-crypt-shop-2.my...

What Makes Killers Different: 5 Case Studies in Criminal Psychology | Season Finale

May 6, 2026 3 hr 17 min

After 42 episodes exploring the darkest corners of criminal psychology, we're closing Season 1 with the five cases that haunted you the most. This isn't just a replay. I've revisited each case with fresh analysis, new research, and 2026 updates on where these investigations stand today. In this episode: The Walker Family Murders (1959) - An unsolved Christmas killing that baffles investigators 67 years laterThe Sodder Children - Five kids vanished on Christmas Eve 1945. Did they really die in that fire?In Cold Blood - The Clutter Family massacre that changed true crime foreverJack the Ripper - Is he finally identified? The Aaron Kosminski DNA evidence explainedRobert Pickton - How a pig farmer exploited society's blind spots to murder 49 womenFive cases. Five different expressions of intent. Five reminders that understanding why someone kills is just as important as knowing what they did. Season 2 starts next week with the most requested case of all time: Aileen Wuornos - victim or predator? Thank you for an incredible Season 1. Lock your doors, trust your instincts, and remember: Intent doesn't lie. People do. #DeadlyIntent #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #SerialKillers #JackTheRipper #InColdBlood #ColdCase #TrueCrimeJunkie #MurderMystery #CrimePsychology #PodcastRecommendations #TrueCrimeCommunity #UnsolvedMurders #CrimeAnalysis #ForensicPsychology #SeasonFinale #TrueCrime2026 #PsychologyOfMurder #CriminalIntent #TrueCrimeAddict #MurderPodcast #ColdCaseFiles #TrueCrimeObsessed

Gabby Petito Case - The Van Life Murder That Shocked America

Apr 29, 2026 39 min

In August 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito vanished during a cross-country van life trip with her fiancé Brian Laundrie. What started as an Instagram-perfect adventure ended in tragedy when her body was found in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. Two weeks before Gabby was murdered, police in Moab, Utah pulled the couple over after witnesses reported a domestic dispute. Body camera footage captured Gabby crying, apologizing, and taking all the blame while Brian stayed calm and collected. The officers let them go. It was a fatal mistake. This episode examines the warning signs everyone missed, the viral search that gripped the nation, and Brian Laundrie's cowardly escape—including the false "mercy killing" confession he left in a waterlogged notebook before taking his own life. We break down the Moab police stop, the text messages that weren't from Gabby, the manhunt across Florida swamps, and what this case reveals about domestic violence, Missing White Woman Syndrome, and a system that still fails too many victims. Gabby Petito should be alive today. This is her story. Resources: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 Text START to 88788 The Gabby Petito Foundation: gabbypetitofoundation.org #GabbyPetito #BrianLaundrie #TrueCrime #VanLife #DomesticViolence #MoabUtah #GrandTeton #MissingPerson #TrueCrimePodcast #DeadlyIntent #CarmanCarrion #ColdCase #Murder #Wyoming #DomesticAbuse #JusticeForGabby #TrueCrimeCommunity #PodcastRecommendations #CrimeJunkie #MurderMystery #IPV #IntimatePartnerViolence #DV #Strangulation #BodyCamFootage #FBIInvestigation EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://w...

Jodi Arias - The Murder of Travis Alexander

Apr 22, 2026 35 min

The photographs don't lie. On June 4, 2008, a camera accidentally captured a murder in progress—twenty-seven stab wounds, a slashed throat, and a final gunshot. Travis Alexander was killed by his ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias, a woman who couldn't accept that their relationship was over. She drove 1,000 miles with gas cans to avoid detection, changed her appearance, and turned off her phone. Then she spent hours with Travis—taking intimate photos, having sex—before brutally killing him in his own shower. When caught, she told three different stories: she wasn't there, intruders killed him, she acted in self-defense. The jury saw through every lie. This is the story of obsessive love turned lethal, overkill that revealed rage, and a woman who performed victimhood all the way to a life sentence. Because intent doesn't lie. People do. #JodiArias #TravisAlexander #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #PremeditatedMurder #ObsessiveLove #MesaArizona #TrueCrimePodcast #CriminalPsychology #ForensicEvidence #SelfDefenseLie #CrimePhotography #CourtroomDrama #LifeSentence #JuanMartinez #IntentDoesntLie #TrueCrimeCommunity #MurderTrial #ArizonaMurder #RelationshipViolence EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps b...

Scott Peterson Murder Case - Guilty or Wrongfully Convicted?

Apr 15, 2026 48 min

On Christmas Eve 2002, 27-year-old Laci Peterson—eight months pregnant—disappeared from her Modesto, California home. When her body and that of her unborn son washed ashore in San Francisco Bay months later, her husband Scott was arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death for their murders. The case seemed straightforward: Scott was having an affair, didn't want to be a father, and killed his family to start fresh. He acted guilty—emotionless at vigils, lying to his mistress, fleeing toward Mexico with dyed hair and cash. America watched and agreed: he did it. But twenty-two years later, the Los Angeles Innocence Project has taken on his case, presenting an 854-page petition filled with new evidence that challenges everything. New scientific analysis suggests Laci died days after Scott's alibi. Witnesses who saw her alive after he left were never heard. A burglary across the street—dismissed at trial—may be directly connected. A van with a bloody mattress was found burning nearby and never investigated. Physical evidence was destroyed. DNA was never tested. So did Scott Peterson murder his pregnant wife? Or is an innocent man serving life in prison while the real killer walks free? This episode examines how we read intent—and what happens when suspicious behavior, circumstantial evidence, and public pressure converge to convict someone who may or may not be guilty. Intent doesn't lie. But if Scott didn't kill Laci, then what was his intent for lying about the affair, for acting detached, for running? And can we trust our ability to read someone's mind from their actions? Some cases have clear answers. This isn't one of them. Content Warning: This episode discusses the murder of a pregnant woman and infant, infidelity, and the psychological complexities of grief, guilt, and deception. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org. If you're in imme...

They Looked Perfect… Until the Truth Came Out | Ken & Barbie Killers

Apr 8, 2026 41 min

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka looked like the perfect couple—young, attractive, successful. But behind closed doors, they were responsible for the kidnapping, sexual assault, and murder of at least three young women between 1990 and 1992, including Karla's own 15-year-old sister. When police finally caught them, Karla claimed she was a battered wife forced to help. Then the videotapes surfaced. Intent doesn't lie. People do. National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 | thehotline.org RAINN (Sexual Violence): 1-800-656-4673 | rainn.org 🎧 EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ 💀 SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ 🔗 CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ ⭐ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ 🌑 DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ 🛒 THE CRYPT SHOP: https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/ ________________________________________ 🎼 MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe.

Casey Anthony - The 31 Days That Shocked America

Apr 1, 2026 40 min

On July 15, 2008, Cindy Anthony called 911 to report her granddaughter missing. Two-year-old Caylee had been gone for thirty-one days—and her mother Casey hadn't said a word. What followed was a media firestorm, a controversial trial, and an acquittal that left the nation divided. But beyond the courtroom drama lies a darker psychological portrait: a young mother who constructed elaborate fictional realities, who partied while her daughter's body decomposed, and who has spent the years since her acquittal rewriting her own narrative. This is the story of thirty-one days that revealed intent in its rawest form—and a verdict that couldn't erase what those thirty-one days meant. Listen at: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folkloreCarman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrionBuy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrionTwitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQYiTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/https://www.carman-carrion.com/ THE CRYPT SHOP: https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/ MUSIC CREDITS: Music and sound effects provided by: CO.AG, Myuu, Jinglepunks, Epidemic Sound, Kevin MacLeod, Dark Music, and Soundstripe. CONTENT WARNING This episode contains discussions of child death, family violence, and detailed examination of maternal behavior during a missi...

Ronald Gene Simmons - The Devil of Pope County

Mar 25, 2026 51 min

In December 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons committed the deadliest family massacre in United States history, killing 16 people over the span of a week 14 of them his own family members. But this wasn't a crime of passion or a sudden snap. Simmons planned for two months, kept detailed lists, and lived with the bodies of his victims for four days before calmly going Christmas shopping at Sears. This episode of Deadly Intent examines not just what Simmons did, but why family annihilators kill and what made Simmons different from the typical profile. Unlike most family annihilators who die by suicide immediately after the murders, Simmons wanted to live. He had a second target list. And when he was finally caught, he demanded his own execution. Listen at: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ________________________________________ SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon (Ad-Free + Bonus Content): https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion ________________________________________ CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ ________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales. ________________________________________ DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ ________________________________________ THE CRYPT SHOP: https://the-crypt-shop-2.myshopify.com/ ____...

The Monster of Florence - Italy's Most Terrifying Unsolved Serial Killer Case

Mar 18, 2026 36 min

The Monster of Florence terrorized Italy for seventeen years, claiming sixteen lives in a series of ritualistic murders that remain partially unsolved to this day. Between 1968 and 1985, young couples seeking privacy in the Tuscan countryside became targets of a predator whose methodical precision, forensic awareness, and psychological compulsion make him one of the most organized serial offenders in European history. This episode examines the complete timeline of attacks, the psychological profile of a killer driven by profound paraphilia, and an investigation that spiraled into wrongful convictions, conspiracy theories, and prosecutorial overreach. We explore the intent behind the ritualistic mutilations, the seven-year gap that defies typical serial offender patterns, and why the actual Monster—if he was working alone—may have evaded justice entirely. From the 1968 murders that imprisoned an innocent man to the 1985 taunting letter sent with victim remains, this is the story of Il Mostro di Firenze—the Monster who looked like everyone else. carman-carrion.com #MonsterOfFlorence #IlMostro #ItalianTrueCrime #SerialKillers #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMysteries #TuscanMurders #ForensicPsychology #CriminalIntent #TrueCrimeAnalysis #ItalianHistory EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3a...

Israel Keyes: The Last Mistake (Part 2)

Mar 11, 2026 47 min

For years, Israel Keyes operated in the shadows. He was methodical, patient, and terrifyingly organized. He buried “kill caches” across the United States, filled with weapons and supplies. He traveled thousands of miles to commit murders far from home. And he studied law enforcement tactics so carefully that investigators later said he seemed to be following the FBI playbook better than the FBI itself. For more than a decade, the system worked. Then, in 2012, everything collapsed because of a single mistake. After murdering 18-year-old Samantha Koenig in Anchorage, Alaska, Keyes attempted something he had never done before. Instead of disappearing without a trace, he used his victim’s debit card. What followed was a trail of ATM withdrawals stretching across multiple states. And one of those ATMs had a camera. In Part 2 of the Israel Keyes story, we examine the moment the system broke. The surveillance footage, the arrest in Texas, the chilling FBI interrogations, and the disturbing truths Keyes revealed before his death in custody. This is the final chapter in the story of one of the most calculating serial killers in modern American history. One mistake was all it took. Hashtags #TrueCrime #IsraelKeyes #SerialKiller #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrimePodcast #CrimePsychology #CriminalMind #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimeStory #TrueCrimeAddict #DarkHistory #FBIInvestigation #UnsolvedCrimes #CrimeAnalysis EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Insta...

Israel Keyes: The Serial Killer Who Buried Murder Kits Across America

Mar 4, 2026 35 min

He wasn't supposed to be catchable. For more than a decade, Israel Keyes traveled the United States, killed people, and flew home. Thirty-five documented trips. No victim type. No geographic pattern. No behavioral signature any database could detect. The FBI didn't know he existed until he was already in handcuffs. This is Part One of a two-part deep dive into one of the most methodical, most studied, and most disturbing serial killers of the twenty-first century. A man who read the FBI's own manual on catching killers — and built a system designed to answer every page of it. In this episode, we go inside the architecture of Israel Keyes. The childhood in a white supremacist militia church in rural Washington State. The early warning signs that went unseen. The kill caches — weapons, restraints, and cash buried in watertight containers across the country, sometimes years before he used them. The murders in Vermont that investigators almost never connected to him. And the thirty-five trips that account for only three confirmed victims — which means there are gaps in this timeline that have never been filled. This is not a story about a monster who couldn't control himself. This is a story about a man who could — completely, deliberately, for years — and chose not to. #IsraelKeyes #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #SerialKiller #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimePodcast #FBI #ColdCase #UnsolvedMysteries #SerialKillerCase #TrueCrimeHistory #CriminalIntent #MurderInvestigation #FBIFiles #TrueCrimeCommunity #CrimeJunkie #SerialKillerPsychology #JusticeForVictims #ColdCaseFiles EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: http...

Stacey Castor - The Black Widow Who Poisoned Her Husbands

Feb 25, 2026 38 min

Stacey Castor: The Black Widow Who Poisoned Her Husbands She dialed 911 herself. That’s what makes the story of Stacey Castor so chilling. Every time someone in her life collapsed, convulsed, or stopped breathing, she was the one who called for help. Calm. Controlled. Convincing. First, her husband Michael Wallace died suddenly. The cause appeared to be antifreeze poisoning. Years later, her second husband, David Castor, was found dead under eerily similar circumstances. Again, antifreeze. Again, Stacey at the center of it. But this time, something didn’t sit right. When investigators began to pull at the loose threads, the carefully woven narrative started to unravel. A staged suicide scene. A forged will. A typed confession letter planted to frame her own daughter. And a turkey baster quietly discarded in the trash, mundane and ordinary, yet tied to something far more sinister. In this episode of Deadly Intent, we examine how manipulation can wear the mask of grief… how control can masquerade as chaos… and how one woman nearly got away with murder not once, but twice. We’ll break down: The timeline of both deathsThe antifreeze poisonings and forensic turning pointsThe staged suicide scene that exposed everythingThe psychological profile behind the “Black Widow” narrativeAnd the moment her plan collapsed under scrutinyThis is a case about calculation. About image management. About the terrifying power of someone who always seems helpful when tragedy strikes. Because sometimes the most dangerous person in the room… is the one dialing for help. 🎙️ Listen now to uncover the motive, the manipulation, and the mindset behind one of the most disturbing poison murder cases in recent history. #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #StaceyCastor #BlackWidow #TrueCrimePodcast #PoisonMurder #CriminalPsychology #AntifreezePoisoning #ForensicAnalysis #911Call #CrimePodcast #WomenWhoKill #MurderCase #DarkPsychology EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.c...

The Central Park Five - How False Confessions Destroyed Five Innocent Lives

Feb 18, 2026 30 min

On April 19, 1989, a 28-year-old investment banker was brutally attacked while jogging in Central Park. Within hours, five Black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were in police custody. Within days, they had confessed. Within months, they were convicted. And for thirteen years, everyone believed justice had been served. In this episode of Deadly Intent, we examine one of the most consequential wrongful conviction cases in American history—not through the lens of who committed the crime, but through the psychology of how five innocent children were made to confess to something they didn’t do. We explore the interrogation techniques that break the human mind, the cognitive biases that blinded investigators to the truth, and why this case fundamentally changed how we understand the vulnerability of the innocent in the face of institutional power. Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of sexual assault, violence, and the psychological trauma of wrongful imprisonment. Listener discretion is advised. carman-carrion.com EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your support helps bring you more terrifying tales! DISCOVER MORE HORROR: http://eeriecast.com/ https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Crypt Sh...

Katlyn Lyon Montgomery: When Stalking Turns to Murder

Feb 11, 2026 34 min

In the early morning hours of October 7, 2022, a four-year-old girl woke to find her mother unresponsive in their Forest, Virginia apartment. What first responders initially suspected was a drug overdose would soon reveal itself as something far more sinister: the murder of Katlyn Lyon Montgomery. In this episode of Deadly Intent, we examine the Katlyn Lyon Montgomery murder case and the ex-boyfriend who stalked, surveilled, and ultimately killed her just ten days after she uncovered the truth about his fabricated identity. Through the lens of criminal psychology, we explore how a shattered narcissistic fantasy can transform into lethal obsession, and why the period immediately following a breakup represents the most dangerous window for victims of intimate partner violence. Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of intimate partner violence, stalking, and strangulation. Listener discretion is advised. carman-carrion.com #DeadlyIntent #TrueCrime #KatlynLyonMontgomery #DomesticViolence #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimePodcast #JusticeForKatlyn #IPV #StalkerPsychology #DigitalForensics #TrentonFrye 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com 🔍 Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com 🏚️ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror ☕ **SUPPORT THE SHOW:** 🖤 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/CarmanCarrion ☕ Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion 📱 **CONNECT WITH CARMAN:** 🌐 Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ 🔔 **SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW:** 🎵 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX155WEJnN7QVRfo3aQY 🍎 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-folklore/id1550361184 Your...

When the Prime Suspect Was Right There: The Black Dahlia Murder of Elizabeth Short

Feb 4, 2026 44 min

January 15, 1947. A young mother walking with her child through a vacant lot in Los Angeles made a discovery that would haunt the city for decades—the severed, mutilated body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, later dubbed "The Black Dahlia" by the press. Within days, LAPD investigators had identified a prime suspect with means, motive, and opportunity. That suspect would later be secretly recorded admitting the possibility of the crime, yet he was never arrested. They had witness testimony placing him with the victim. They had evidence of his violent tendencies and history with women. They had everything they needed to solve one of the most brutal murders in LA history. Instead, they had too much of everything. Over 500 suspects. 60 confessions. Thousands of tips. The investigation became a circus of contradicting leads, media interference, and investigative overload. In the chaos, the real killer slipped away—perhaps right from under their noses. This episode examines how cognitive overload and information paralysis can sabotage even the most high-profile investigations. We'll explore the psychological phenomenon of "proximity blindness"—when investigators stare directly at the solution but can't see it through the noise. And we'll reveal why sometimes having too much evidence can be worse than having too little. Join me as we examine the deadly intent behind one of America's most infamous murders, and ask the haunting question: what happens when investigators are drowning in suspects while the killer hides in plain sight? Content Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of extreme violence, mutilation, and sexual assault. Follow Deadly Intent for more deep dives into the psychology behind the crime. carman-carrion.com #BlackDahlia #ElizabethShort #LANoir #UnsolvedMystery #TrueCrime #1940sMurder #LosAngeles #ColdCase #DeadlyIntent #PrimeSuspect #CrimePodcast #MurderMystery #ForensicEvidence #InvestigativeFailure #CriminalIntent 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CH...

The Setagaya Family Murders: Japan's Most Baffling Unsolved Case | Deadly Intent

Jan 28, 2026 36 min

In the affluent Tokyo suburb of Setagaya, the Miyazawa family was preparing for New Year's Eve 2000 when their home became the scene of one of Japan's most perplexing crimes. Mikio (44), Yasuko (41), eight-year-old Niina, and six-year-old Rei were brutally murdered by an unknown intruder who then did the unthinkable—he stayed. For up to 10 hours after the killings, the perpetrator made himself at home in their house. He ate four containers of ice cream, used their computer to browse the internet, attempted to buy theater tickets, and even took a nap on their sofa. He left behind a treasure trove of evidence: DNA, fingerprints, clothing, the murder weapons, and even unflushed feces containing traces of his last meal. Despite this overwhelming forensic evidence and one of the largest investigations in Japanese history involving over 280,000 officers, the killer has never been identified. The case challenges everything we think we know about criminal behavior and investigative capabilities. Join me as we examine the psychological profile of a killer whose intent extended far beyond murder—someone who wanted to violate every boundary of human decency and demonstrate his complete control over life, death, and the very concept of home as sanctuary. This episode explores the darkest possibilities of criminal intent and asks the haunting question: what drives someone to not just kill, but to make themselves comfortable in the aftermath of their own evil? Content Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of violence against children and families. Follow Deadly Intent for more deep dives into the psychology behind the crime. carman-carrion.com 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com 🔍 Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://carmancarrion.buzzsprout.com 🏚️ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-...

The Martha Moxley Murder: The Alibi That Convicted Michael Skakel

Jan 21, 2026 46 min

In 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was brutally murdered with a golf club in the exclusive Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich, Connecticut. When police questioned her neighbor, Michael Skakel, something chilling happened: he had a perfect alibi ready before anyone even asked for one. This episode examines the psychological evidence that may have been more damning than any physical proof—how an unnaturally detailed, confident explanation revealed deadly intent rather than innocence. We explore the disturbing psychology of over-preparation, the role of privilege in delayed justice, and how the most dangerous alibis aren't the ones that fall apart... but the ones that are too perfect to believe. From the insular world of America's wealthy elite to therapy recordings that shattered a decades-old lie, this is the story of how a "perfect" story became the most imperfect evidence of guilt. CASE DETAILS: Victim: Martha Moxley, 15 years oldSuspect: Michael Skakel (Kennedy family connection)Location: Belle Haven, Greenwich, ConnecticutDate: October 30, 1975Weapon: Golf club from Skakel householdCONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions of violent crime and murder. Listener discretion is advised. CONNECT WITH DEADLY INTENT: 🌐 Visit: carman-carrion.com 📧 Email your case suggestions and feedback 🎧 Subscribe for weekly episodes examining the criminal mind HASHTAGS: #TrueCrime #MarthaBoxley #MichaelSkakel #DeadlyIntent #Greenwich #Connecticut #KennedyFamily #TrueCrimePodcast #Murder #ColdCase #Psychology #CriminalMind #Justice #BelleHaven #1975 #UnsolvedMysteries #TrueCrimeStory #PodcastLife #CrimeJunkie #SerialKiller #Investigation #Forensics #CarmanCarrion #TrueCrimeCommunity #MurderMystery #DarkHistory #AmericanCrime #WealthAndPrivilege #CriminalPsychology #TrueCrimeAddict 🎙️ **EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT:** 🔮 Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore 💀 Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://carmanscrypt.buzzsprout.com 🔍...

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Created by: Carman Carrion
Status: Active
Latest episode: Nov 14, 2026
Episodes: 76
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Avg. episode length: 39 min
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Language: English

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