True Crime Obsessed

Long before the hit podcast Serial spurred the world into podcast-listening, Rabia Chaudry was on a mission. The 1999 murder of a high school student named Hae Min Lee left a community grieving and a family friend of Rabia’s, 17-year-old Adnan Syed, in the crosshairs. He was sentenced to life in prison, where he still is to this day. In this episode, we’ll trace Rabia’s decades-long fight to free Adnan, find Hae’s killer and champion the truths of so many others along the way. This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: Babbel - Save up to 60% off your subscription when you go to babbel.com/women. Credit Karma - Go to creditkarma.com or the Credit Karma app to find the card for you. Apostrophe - Go to apostrophe.com/work and click "begin visit." Then, use our code WORK at sign up and you'll get your first visit for only 5 dollars. Prose - g

It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Leviev, and you pause. He's handsome enough, seems like he has a full life, and he is RICH RICH RICH. You think, 'what the hell' and you swipe right. And wouldn't you know it, it's a match! Within minutes, he's messaging you asking to meet him for coffee. Now. And you go, because you only  live once, right? Little do you know that you're making the worst mistake of your life. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting   Seattle: Sunday, May 15. 7pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Los Angeles: Tuesday, May 17. 8pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS LONDON! Friday, July 22. 8pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Da

Connie Walker is a journalist on a mission to tell the stories of missing & murdered indigenous women in Canada. So, when a band of fellow Cree siblings reached out to her asking if she’d find out what happened to their long-lost sister, Connie went searching. And the resulting journey of producing the podcast Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo would prove to be about so much more than one family’s fate. This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: Apostrophe - Save fifteen dollars off your first visit with an Apostrophe provider at Apostrophe.com/WORK when you use our code WORK. BetterHelp - Let The Women Do The Work listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/dothework. Liquid IV - Grab Liquid IV in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 25% off when you go to Liquid-IV.com and use code Work at checkout. Daily Harvest

It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Leviev, and you pause. He's handsome enough, seems like he has a full life, and he is RICH RICH RICH. You think, 'what the hell' and you swipe right. And wouldn't you know it, it's a match! Within minutes, he's messaging you asking to meet him for coffee. Now. And you go, because you only  live once, right? Little do you know that you're making the worst mistake of your life. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! AND IN JULY WE'RE COMIGN TO LONDON!  GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**

One rainy New York night in 1996, Lorri Davis went to see a movie. It was a documentary about the murder of three cub scouts found in the woods and the three outcasts who were blamed for the crime. From there, her life changed forever. Here’s the story of how a young landscape architect, fell in love and into the fight to free the West Memphis Three.  This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: BetterHelp - Let the Women listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/dothework. Apostrophe - Go to Apostrophe.com/WORK and click 'begin visit.' Then, use code WORK at sign up to get your first visit for only $5. Green Chef: Go to greenchef.com/work130 and use code work130 to get $130 off, plus free shipping. Modern Fertility - Modern Fertility is offering our listeners $20 off the test when you go to modernfertility.com/WORK. 

On a cold day in 1983, a plumber was called to an apartment building in the Cranley Gardens neighborhood of North London. The building drains were clogged. And when he climbed down into plumbing "man hole" he saw what was causing the blockage: human flesh and bone. What followed was essentially an elaborate confession by one of the building's tenants: Dennis Nilsen who explained to the police that he had murdered and dismembered at least 12 men and boys and disposed of them both UNDER HIS FLOORBOARDS AND DOWN THE DRAINS. How is it possible that at least 12 people could vanish and be murdered and nobody noticed? COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise"

This show has a bone to pick true crime podcasts. Where are all the women’s perspectives? The detectives, the witnesses, the movers and shakers of any case are not always dudes. So let’s widen our framework, shall we? On Let The Women Do The Work, join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime, one episode at a time. Let The Women Do The Work is a 10-part series premiering weekly in the True Crime Obsessed feed starting April 28th, 2022.

LET'S OBJECTIFY SOME MEN FOR A CHANGE! The Chippendale all-male review (read STRIP SHOW) was the hottest shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. And it was all fun and games UNTILL THE MURDERS STARTED HAPPENING. First a Playboy playmate who frequented the club where the men stripped is killed. And then someone much closer to the show is murdered in his office in the middle of the day. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS JUST LET THE NAKED MEN DANNNNNNNNNNCE. The rest of this series is available RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE on Patreon! Click Here to get them instantly! Patreon is where you'll also find OVER 350 FULL AD-FREE EPISODES  TO DOWNLOAD AND BINGE RIGHT NOW Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery,

Three young women vanish months apart from each other. Massive searches ensue for each. Days or weeks later, each one is found dead in the location they were last seen. In each case, their deaths are ruled hypothermia even though there's evidence of foul play. How could they have been missed by searchers? Were they abducted, murdered, and then brought back to the place they vanished? Loni Coombs investigates. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of

On July 2, 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito and her fiance, 23-year-old Briann Laundrie took off on the adventure of a lifetime. Driving cross country on a "vanlife" adventure that Gabby shared with the world via her instagram account. By late August, Gabby stopped communicating with her family. And then on September 2, Brian returned home without Gabby. AND HE REFUSED TO SPEAK WITH AUTHORITIES OR HELP IN THE SEARH EVEN AFTER GABBY WAS REPORTED MISSING. It would take weeks to find Gabby's body. And then Brian disappeared and is found dead, having taken his own life. So what on Earth happened? Investigators and Gabby's family unlock the mystery. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (a

On the evening of June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh, a member of one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, came home to a brutal scene: The bodies of his 21 year old son, Paul, and 52 year old wife, Maggie. Both of whom had been shot multiple times. Could this be connected to the death of Paul's friend Mallory, who had been thrown from a boat Paul had been driving while drunk? And as the authorities dig deeper, they find TWO OTHER murders connected to the family that remain unsolved. What is going on here? Why do people connected to this rich and powerful family keep dying? COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greet

On May 25, 1996, 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart went to an off-campus party. Around 2 am, she was last seen being helped back to her dorm by another student named Paul Flores. No one ever saw Kristin again. It would take over 25 years to unravel the mystery of what happened that night and to be able to prove what happened to Kristin Smart. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets, KARAOKE!, meetups, panel chats AND. ONE. INSANE. DRAG. BRUNCH!!! It's all happening at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio from September 30 - October 2nd. TICKETS ARE ALMOST GONE!! GET YOUR TICKET HERE!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? O

DON’T WORRY, YOU ONLY HAVE TO HEAR WARREN JEFFS SING ONCE. Look, tick tock, it’s cult o’clock. We’re back with the FLDS (the culty fundementialist sect of the Mormon faith) and it’s ten years after that piece of s**t pedophile Warren Jeffs went to prison FOR LIFE. The devoted followers he left behind are suffering and trying to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, all while trying to keep their faith.  COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets, KARAOKE!, meetups, panel chats AND. ONE. INSANE. DRAG. BRUNCH!!! It's all happening at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio from September 30 - October 2nd. TICKETS ARE ALM

Adrienne Shelly was a writer and actress best known for writing and co-starring the film Waitress, which was later turned into a Broadway musical. But on the evening of November 1st, 2006 she was fond dead--hanging in the bathroom of her West Village, NYC office. The initial assumption by investigators was suicide, but her husband Andy didn't believe it and pushed the cops to work the case like a murder. Ultimately Andy was right, and the killer was found. But why did he do it? This documentary examines both the murder and the extraordinary life of the woman who was killed. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets,

THERE'S NO MURDER! NOBODY DIES! AND A BUNCH OF RICH CHARDONNAY (PROBABLY, RIGHT?) CHUGGING CUL-DE-SAC MOMS LOSE A BUNCH OF MONEY. THIS CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING: IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT BEANIE MANIA! Also, we beg you, please don't throw your kids OUT OF THE CAR onto A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY when a DELIVERY TRUCK OVERTURNS just to snag a handful of McDonalds-bound Teenie Beanies. Just please don't. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!!   COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets, KARAOKE!, meetups, panel chats AND. ONE. INSANE. DRAG. BRUNCH!!! It's all happening at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio from September 30 - October 2nd. TICKETS ARE ALMOST GONE!! GET

A madman is on the loose. The press is calling him The Torso Killer because of the gruesome headless and handless bodies he leaves behind. And while investigators search for him in New York City, similar murders are discovered across the river in New Jersey. After one woman narrowly escapes, a suspect is identified. Now they have to find him before he kills again. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many more! JOIN HERE!  

FAM!!! We're hitting the road with a brand new show covering the TCO classic "Class Action Park"!!! The Patreon pre-sale is on right now! Tickets go on sale for everyone tomorrow! If you're on the Patreon, check your email, you have all the links and codes you need! If you're NOT on the Patreon and you want to get in on this presale, GO HERE TO JOIN PATREON RIGHT NOW AND YOU'LL GET INSTANT ACCESS! HERE'S THE SCHEDULE: CHICAGO: Tuesday, May 3rd BOSTON: Friday, May 6 SEATTLE: Sunday, May 15 LOS ANGELES: Tuesday, May 17 COLUMBUS: September 2022 (As part of Obsessed Fest, the first ever Obsessed Network Family weekend! More details coming next week! Follow @ObsessedFest on Instagram!) Tickets go on sale for everyone tomorrow (2/23/22) at noon!

FAM! THIS IS A TWO-PARTER! Part 2 is available RIGHT NOW AND AD-FREE at the $5 level on Patreon as a special bonus. Part 2 will be our regular episode next.   Times Square, 1979: fire fighters and police are called to a low budget motel where a room is on fire. What they find is "the motel room from hell"--where two headless and handless torsos have been set ablaze. Investigators begin a frantic search for the killer, Little do they know that his killing spree has just begun and nobody is safe from this madman who is hunting women in America's seediest neighborhood.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murd

Between 1971 and 1983, meek and mild Robert Hansen seemed to have it all; a loving wife and children, a successful bakery business, and world-record hunting trophies bringing him respect from his peers. But behind this carefully cultivated exterior lurked a cold-blooded serial murderer who confessed to killing 21 women, 17 of which were recovered. It was only due to the actions of a few dedicated Anchorage, Alaska detectives (one of whom is the literal embodiment of LET THE WOMEN DO THE WORK!)  that "The Butcher Baker" was finally brought to justice. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Seria

6 years ago, Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins were woken in the middle of the night. It was a male voice who said, "wake up, this is a robbery." They were both drugged and bound, and Denise was kidnapped and heled for 48 hours before being released. The ordeal was horrific, but even more terrifying: Nobody believed them. The cops insisted the whole thing was a hoax, even as the kidnapper made it clear that he was still out there, and could come back at any time.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 200 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery," "Serial," "Lorena," "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann," "OJ: Made in America" and so many mo