Synopsis
Have you listened to "Serial" Season One more than once? Do you have notes in the margins of your copy of "Zodiac?" Could you have watched seven MORE episodes of "The Jinx?" Us Too! Each week hosts Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle break down one of these true crime classics in the funny, engaging, and interesting way that only two gorgeous theater nerds can.
Episodes
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Mr. and Mrs. Murder Episode 1 (from the Patreon)
23/12/2025 Duration: 01h06minFAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Mr. and Mrs. Murder with you! ALL 4 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! FAM - we're heading down to Florida for this new series, and starting off with a bang in alligator territory. We meet two couples, Mike and Denise Williams and their friends Kathy and Brian Winchester, whose lives intertwine in ways beyond simple friendship. When Mike disappears on a duck hunting trip - but seriously, what did those cute little duckies do to you? - suspicions arise that perhaps foul play was involved, and maybe he wasn't just eaten by the alligators. Join the TCO Community! Follow True Crime Obsessed on Instagram and TikTok, and join us on Facebook at the True Crime Obsessed Podcast Discussion Group! AND INTRODUCING THE NEW TCO DISCORD CHANNEL AS WELL!!!
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True Crime Conversations: Gillian Pensavalle, Alvin Williams, and Lanie Hobbs
21/12/2025 Duration: 01h05minHey Fam! We're back as promised with the second true crime conversations episode. This time it's Gillian's turn, Chatting with Lanie Hobbs from True Crime Cases with Lanie and Alvin Williams of Affirmative Murder. They chat about their origin stories with true crime, their recording processes, and the importance of getting all kinds of different perspectives out in the world when telling these true crime stories. Check out Alvin and Lanie's Stuff: True Crime Cases with Lanie: Welcome to True Crime Cases with Lanie, a podcast dedicated to examining the most compelling true crime cases. Join your host Lanie as she delves deep into the details of each case, providing insight into the motives and actions of both the victims and perpetrators. But True Crime Cases with Lanie is not just another true crime podcast. Lanie brings a unique perspective to each case, highlighting the ethical implications of each crime and the ways in which our justice system. Affirmative Murder: Affirmative Murder is the true crime
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477: Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery
18/12/2025 Duration: 01h12minBE STILL OUR LESBIAN HEARTS, FAM!! For our final bonus episode of the year, we're breaking out our Birkenstocks, pausing the canning of vegetables, getting off our Harley Davidsons, and HOLDING PATRICK VERY TIGHTLY WHILE WE SCREAM FOR THE NEXT HOUR ABOUT THE AMAZING DOCUMENTARY "Lilith Fair: Building A Mystery, The Untold Story." The real true crime here is that it took 25 years for this doc to happen BUT IT WAS SO WORTH THE WAIT! THE PAULACOLESARAHACLAGHLANTRACYCHAPMANBONNIERAITSHERYLCROWERICADADU OF IT ALLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Also, if you haven't checked out our YouTube channel yet GO WATCH THIS ONE! Patrick is literally levitating 4 feet off his chair the entire time. Find and watch "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery" on Hulu WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! OUR MERCH STORE IS BACK - AND ON SALE! Missed out on the merch drops earlier this year? From now until the end of the
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476: Love Con Revenge: Selfie Scammer
16/12/2025 Duration: 01h04minFAM - one of our favorites returns! Cecilie from "Tinder Swindler" is back (surely fresh from Pernilla's yacht), and now she's on a mission to help other women who have fallen prey to dirtbags scamming them with fake romance. She teams up with private investigator Brianne to help Jill take down the jerk who took her for thousands and thousands of dollars. Find and watch "Love Con Revenge: Selfie Scammer" on Netflix WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! OUR MERCH STORE IS BACK - AND ON SALE! Missed out on the merch drops earlier this year? From now until the end of the year, you can grab all of our remaining stock of merchandise for 30% off! Shop now!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother G
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True Crime Conversations: Patrick Hinds, Josh Hallmark, and Eric Carter-Landin
13/12/2025 Duration: 48minHey Fam! We’re so excited to share this conversation between Patrick, Josh Hallmark, host of the podcasts True Crime Bullshit and Unsafe Spaces, and Eric Carter-Landin, co-founder of AdvocacyCon and host of the podcast True Consequences.. In this conversation, Patrick, Josh, and Eric chat about why they podcast, how they go into it, the distinct perspectives of being gay men covering true crime, and they share the true crime podcasts they’ve loved over the past few years. This is a great opportunity to learn about podcasts you may not have heard of and, as Patrick says, to hear three queens flame out over the existence of an America’s Next Top model tell all podcast. It’s…sassy. Check out Josh and Eric's Stuff: True Crime Bullshit: True Crime Bullsh** is a serialized, investigative podcast that aims to identify the missing victims of serial killer Israel Keyes. Host Josh Hallmark has spent close to a decade combing through FBI files, analyzing interrogation videos, and working with experts in the field in
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475: In Ice Cold Blood: Miss Fortune
11/12/2025 Duration: 48minIn April 2005, Ha Smith, a prominent Vietnamese-American fortune teller, and her adult daughter, Anita Vo, were found brutally murdered in Smith's home. They had been beaten and stabbed. The killer had stolen cash, jewelry, and credit cards, and poured white paint over the victims' heads and hands, a detail that initially led police to consider that it had been a ritualistic killing. It would take weeks and a cross country manhunt to uncover the truth. Fam, THIS. ONE. IS. WILD. Find and watch "In Ice Cold Blood: Miss Fortune" on Peacock WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! OUR MERCH STORE IS BACK - AND ON SALE! Missed out on the merch drops earlier this year? From now until the end of the year, you can grab all of our remaining stock of merchandise for 30% off! Shop now!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE
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474: Vanished in Paradise: The Untold Story
09/12/2025 Duration: 57minIn the chaos surrounding the back-to-back hurricanes Irma and Maria that hit the Caribbean in 2017, schoolteacher Hannah Upp disappears from the US Virgin Islands. Even more mysteriously, this is the third time she has disappeared. Is it possible that she is in fugue state, and doesn't even know who she is? Find and watch "Vanished in Paradise: The Untold Story" on Hulu WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! OUR MERCH STORE IS BACK - AND ON SALE! Missed out on the merch drops earlier this year? From now until the end of the year, you can grab all of our remaining stock of merchandise for 30% off! Shop now!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia
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473: The Untraceable Scent: New York Homicide (S1E11)
04/12/2025 Duration: 48minDaycare owner Anndrea Caruth was a pillar of her community in the Bronx, dedicated to improving the lives of the children in her community. When she disappears without a trace - leaving behind her keys, wallet, and phone like she would return any second - her friends jump into action to call in the investigators. Eventually the solution to her disappearance would be uncovered closer to home than anyone thought. Find and watch "The Untraceable Scent: New York Homicide" on Peacock WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! OUR MERCH STORE IS BACK - AND ON SALE! Missed out on the merch drops earlier this year? From now until the end of the year, you can grab all of our remaining stock of merchandise for 30% off! Shop now!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of p
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472: Trainwreck: PI Moms
02/12/2025 Duration: 01h01minIT WAS GONNA BE A REALLY GOOD REALITY SHOW, FAM, WE SWEAR TO GODDESS! Ugh, in 2010, Lifetime TV ordered 8 episodes of a show called PI Moms. And it was supposed to be just as badass as it sounds: A group of women kicking ass, taking names, and solving crimes. The only problem is that WE CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING GOOD, and so it turns out, the whole enterprise was being run by a guy who not only didn't actually care about the show, but was also BUYING AND THEN SELLING DRUGS FROM A DIRTY COP, annnnnnnnd a completely different egomaniac dude was trying to derail the whole thing because the producers wouldn't make a show called PI MOMS ABOUT HIM. Like, you really can't make this stuff up. And there's a reason this (amazing) series is called Trainwreck. Ugh. ANYWAY GET READY TO HEAR US SCREAM FOR AN HOUR (sorry for yelling). Find and watch "Trainwreck: PI Moms" on Netflix WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO
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471: Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout
25/11/2025 Duration: 01h14minRIP the internet, Fam. Date of death: Sometime in January 2020 when William White joined up! It started out innocent enough: some cute guy making lip-sync videos to 80s songs that made the ladies of a certain age swoon. But because we can't have anything nice, it all quickly went to hell. Fan groups formed, the bullying started, and the doxing, of course. And thennnnnnn William made a bunch of questionable choices. And we're gonna scream about it all. Join us, won't you? Find and watch "Thirst Trap: The Fame. The Fantasy. The Fallout" on Paramount+ WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The J
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470: What Happened to Karen Silkwood? The Lost Tapes
18/11/2025 Duration: 01h07minOn November 28, 1974, 28-year-old Karen Silkwood was killed in a car wreck on Highway 74 near Crescent, Oklahoma. Her death was officially ruled an accident. But her friends, family, and co-workers knew the real story: she had been killed for what she knew - and what she was about to do about it. In her car was a folder full of evidence that she was about to turn over to the New York Times detailing the plutonium contamination of herself and her fellow workers at the local nuclear energy plant, and, crucially, evidence that the plant and THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, was complicit in nuclear proliferation - AKA GIVING FOREIGN POWERS THE TOOLS TO MAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Gird your loins, Fam, because we are not having it! Find and watch "What Happened to Karen Silkwood? The Lost Tapes" on Hulu WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll
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469: Sin City Murders: Vanishing of a Showgirl (S1E1)
13/11/2025 Duration: 50minIt was the night of rehearsal for one of the biggest shows in Las Vegas, and dancer Debbie Flores-Narvaez was on the verge of a major performance at the Luxor stage show "Fantasy." But when Debbie didn't show up for rehearsal, the discovery of her abandoned car was the first clue that soon led investigators to her murderer. Find and watch "Sin City Murders: Vanishing of a Showgirl" on Peacock WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and well-known cases like The Menendez Murders, Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery, and The Disappearance of Mad
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468: The Perfect Neighbor
11/11/2025 Duration: 01h29minIt's a totally new kind of documentary film, fam, AND WE ARE HERE FOR IT! In 2021, Susan Lorincz moved in to an established family neighborhood in Ocala, Florida. She was a problem from day one. She hated the neighborhood kids who ran around, played football in the filed, and made noise AS KIDS ARE WONT TO DO. She called the police repeatedly, she made up stories, she called the kids horrific names, she threw things at them. And then on June 2, 2023, she committed murder. All the while thinking Florida's "stand your ground law" would protect her. She had another think coming. Find and watch "The Perfect Neighbor" on Netflix WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Moth
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467: Naming the Dead: The Hitchhiker (S1E1)
06/11/2025 Duration: 50minGive it up for forensic genealogists, Fam!!! We're getting into the science today, but also getting into all the feels as the DNA Doe Project brings answers to a cold case from the 1980s. When these investigators start looking into a pair of unidentified remains from coroner Scott McCord's office, they not only connect them to a serial killer but also find and bring peace to relatives who lost track of their loved ones decades ago. Find and watch "Naming the Dead: The Hitchhiker" on Hulu or Disney+ WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and wel
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466: Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem
04/11/2025 Duration: 01h15minPull over, Fam, because we're covering a brash politician whose divisive style led him to victory. But wait - in Canada? That's right: Rob Ford would rise to become the mayor of Toronto, but no amount of bravado could prevent his downfall after an infamous video of him was leaked to the press. Find and watch "Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem" on Netflix WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and well-known cases like The Menendez Murders, Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery, and The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and so many more! Episode Sp
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465: Killer Relationship: Forbidden Love, Brutal Death (S1E5)
30/10/2025 Duration: 57minAfter being manipulated into a secret bigamous marriage with her youth pastor, Joy Risker is on the verge of leaving when the worst happens. Her group of old friends and a team of dogged investigators finally uncover what happened to her. Find and watch "Killer Relationship: Forbidden Love, Brutal Death" on Peacock WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and well-known cases like The Menendez Murders, Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery, and The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and so many more! Episode Sponsors: Quince - Upgrade your cl
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464: Blood and Myth
28/10/2025 Duration: 01h23minFAM! We loved this documentary! In the Indigenous communities of northern Alaska, filmmaker and host James Dommer Jr. investigates the case of Teddy Kyle Smith, who claimed to have mysterious interactions with the mythical people known as the Inukuns and was convicted of attempted murder following a 2012 shooting incident. What happened that night that led up to Teddy shooting a pair of brothers? Find and watch "Blood and Myth" on Hulu WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and well-known cases like The Menendez Murders, Casey Anthony: American
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Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam Ep 1 (from the Patreon)
23/10/2025 Duration: 54minFAM! We are so excited to share episode 1 of our coverage of Hey Beautiful: Anatomy of a Romance Scam. ALL 3 EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE ON PATREON! WELP, BUCKLE UP FAM BECAUSE HERE WE GO AGAIN! Meet Roxy, Annette, and Gabby, each one of them a powerful badass woman in their own way. But for each of them, something is missing. And wouldn't you know it, just when they're at their lowest, a handsome man on the internet appears to turn their frowns upside down. But of course, this man is not who or what he seems. The question is, how long will it these women to figure it out? And how much will they lose in the process? LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series like Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God, LulaRich, and The Curious Case of Natalia Grace; classics like The Jinx, Making A Murderer, and The Staircase; and well-known cases like The Menendez Mur
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463: Untold: The Fall of Favre
21/10/2025 Duration: 01h29minGIRD YOUR LOINS FAM, WE'RE DOING A SPORTS! Kind of.... Ugh, Brett Favre. What is there to say? He's great at the football, but he sucks as a person. He won some games, got some rings or whatever, BUT THEN COMPLETELY RUINED THE LIVES OF SOME AMAZING BADASS WOMEN. Jen Steger is here and she's amazing. She was the world's first know female sports influencer and she was JUST. TRYING. TO. DO. HER. DAMN. JOB when she started getting sexual texts, messages, and emails from Brett Favre. She wanted nothing to do with him - and she paid the price. And we spend seventy minutes screaming about it. Join us, won't you? Find and watch "Untold: The Fall of Favre" on Netflix WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 400 FULL AD-FREE BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW, including our episode-by-episode coverage of popular documentary series
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462: Dateline: The Betrayal of Sandra Birchmore (S33E87)
16/10/2025 Duration: 01h19minORDER YOUR DUNKIN' AND HIRE A TRANSLATOR, WE'RE GOING BACK TO CANTON, MASS! For today's episode, we're talking about the tragic murder of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, who was found dead in her apartment on February 4, 2021. The death was initially ruled a suicide by the town's CORRUPT medical examiner. It took Sandra's badass cousins and the incredible WOMAN chief to dig deeper and expose the years of abuse and exploitation that Sandra had suffered at the hands of a few local cops to get to the truth. And GP came to work today with ALL of the parallels to the Karen Read case that, incredibly, was being prosecuted in the same town at the same time and involving many of the same people. Honestly, can we get all the good people out of this town, fence it off, and start over? Ugh. Find and watch "Dateline" on Hulu or Peacock WE'RE ON YOUTUBE - Want to view the episodes and not just listen? Check our new video feed to see full video episodes starting today. CLICK HERE TO WATCH AND SUBSCRIBE! LOOKING FOR MOR