Crimehub: A True Crime Podcast

In 1974, 19-year-old newlywed Arlis Perry was found brutally murdered in Stanford Memorial Church—ritually posed with candles, sexually violated, and pierced with an ice pick—sparking wild theories of satanic cults, the Son of Sam, and a coast-to-coast conspiracy. But after 44 years of mystery and misdirection, DNA evidence revealed the killer wasn’t a satanist or serial predator from afar, but the church's own security guard—Stephen Crawford—who had locked her inside and kept his secret until the day he took his own life.Author: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deranged killer stalked the streets of Sacramento in 1978, drinking blood, devouring organs, and leaving corpses torn open like crime scene autopsies—his name was Richard Chase, and he would become known as the Vampire of Sacramento.Author: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A teenage girl’s late-night walk home turns into a nightmare when she crosses paths with Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka—Canada’s notorious “Ken and Barbie Killers”—in a horrifying true crime saga of rape, torture, and murder that shocked the nation.Author: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rodney Alcala was a charming photographer and game show contestant—while secretly living as a sadistic serial killer. Known as the “Dating Game Killer,” he left behind a trail of victims, haunting photographs, and unanswered questions. Authorities fear the true death toll could be far higher than anyone imagined.Huge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders were a series of brutal attacks in 1946, where an unidentified assailant, dubbed the “Phantom Killer,” stalked and murdered young couples in secluded areas around Texarkana, Texas, and Arkansas. The killer, known for wearing a white sack mask, claimed five lives and seriously injured three others, instilling terror throughout the region and sparking one of the largest manhunts in the area’s history. Despite numerous suspects and investigations, the case remains unsolved, inspiring books, films, and a lasting urban legend of a faceless killer who vanished without a trace.Author: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Lundgren, a self-proclaimed prophet and former RLDS preacher, led a cult in Kirtland, Ohio, where he manipulated his followers through religious extremism and violence. In April 1989, he orchestrated the brutal murders of Dennis and Cheryl Avery and their three daughters, believing their deaths were a necessary sacrifice for divine favor. After fleeing to West Virginia and later California, Lundgren was eventually captured, convicted, and executed in 2006, while several of his followers received lengthy prison sentences.Author: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the summer of 1985, eleven-year-old Jesse Morgan stumbled upon a 55-gallon barrel in Bear Brook State Park while playing hide-and-seek, unaware that it contained the remains of a woman and child. This grim discovery would unravel a decades-long mystery involving four victims and a serial killer known as “The Chameleon,” who lived under multiple aliases to evade capture. Through breakthroughs in DNA technology and the determination of internet sleuths, police finally connected the dots, revealing a chilling tale of deception, murder, and lost identities.Tune in to Crime After Dark here: SpotifyApple PodcastsAuthor: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between 1990 and 2002, ambulance workers in Łódź, Poland, conspired with local funeral homes in a gruesome scheme known as the "Skin Hunters" scandal, selling dead bodies for profit. When natural deaths were insufficient, paramedics and doctors began killing patients, often using the muscle relaxant Pavulon, which induced a torturous, silent death by suffocation. Although some perpetrators were convicted, authorities fear that hundreds more victims remain unidentified, and the full extent of the conspiracy is still shrouded in mystery.Tune in to Crime After Dark here: SpotifyApple PodcastsAuthor: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fritz Haarmann, the infamous "Butcher of Hanover," was one of Germany’s most prolific serial killers, luring young men and boys to their deaths between 1918 and 1924. His gruesome method of murder—biting through his victims’ throats—earned him the nickname "The Vampire of Hanover," while rumors swirled that he sold human meat on the black market. Protected for years by his status as a police informant, Haarmann was finally exposed after human bones flooded the Leine River, leading to his arrest, trial, and execution, but his crimes left a lasting stain on German history, particularly for the gay community, which faced intensified persecution in the years that followed.Tune in to Crime After Dark here: SpotifyApple PodcastsAuthor: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1985, a simple shoplifting incident led San Francisco police to uncover one of the most sadistic serial killing duos in American history—Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. Obsessed with survivalism and torture, they built a hidden bunker in Wilseyville, California, where they abducted, raped, and murdered victims, often entire families. Their depravity was documented on chilling video tapes, many of which were destroyed by Lake’s ex-wife, who was granted immunity. When police closed in, Lake took a cyanide pill, leaving Ng to face trial years later. With over 25 victims, their crimes remain among the darkest in true crime history.Tune in to Crime After Dark here: SpotifyApple PodcastsAuthor: Mike ColucciHuge thanks to our sponsors:Acorns Early: Head to acornsearly.com/crimehub or download the Acorns Early app to get started. Sign up now and your first month is on us!Acorns: Head to acorns.com/crimehub or download the Acorns app to start saving and investing for your future today!SelectQuote: Go to SelectQuote.com/crimehub today to find the right life insurance for you.Shopify: Go to shopify.com/crimehub to take your retail business to the next level today.AquaTru: Get 20% off any AquaTru water purifier by going to AquaTru.com and using promo code CRIMEHUB at checkout.June's Journey: Download June’s Journey for free on iOS and Android today!* * *DISCLAIMER: This episode contains explicit content. Parental guidance is advised for children under the age of 18. Listen at your own discretion.#crimehub #truecrime #truecrimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices