DEADLY INTENT
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.
Episodes
BREAKING: Jack the Ripper SOLVED? New DNA Evidence Points to Aaron Kosminski After 137 Years
For over a century, Jack the Ripper's identity remained one of history's greatest mysteries. Five women brutally murdered in Victorian London's Whitechapel district. A killer who vanished into the fog. Countless suspects, endless theories, but no definitive answers.
Until now.
In this explosive episode of Deadly Intent, we dive deep into the g...
On December 19, 1959, Christine's brother Daniel made a horrifying discovery that would haunt him forever—his sister, her husband Cliff, and their two young children had been brutally murdered in their rural Florida farmhouse. Christmas presents lay wrapped in the attic, never to be opened. Holiday carols the children had been learning would never be sung.
The Walker family murders shocked the peaceful community of Osprey, Florida, ...
In November 1959, the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas was shattered when four members of the respected Clutter family were brutally murdered in their own home. Herbert Clutter, a prosperous wheat farmer, his wife Bonnie, and their teenage children Nancy and Kenyon became victims of two ex-convicts chasing a prison rumor about a safe full of cash that never existed.
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DEADLY INTENT - Season 1, Episode 16 "The Perfect Family Lie - Chris Watts"
In August 2018, a security camera captured the last moments of what appeared to be the perfect American family. Chris Watts—devoted father, loving husband, the man neighbors trusted—walked calmly to his truck carrying a red gas can. Behind him, his pregnant wife Shanann and daughters Bella and CeCe slept peacefully, unaware these woul...
If you’ve just discovered Deadly Intent… welcome.
I'm Carman Carrion — a researcher, writer, and the creator of podcasts like Freaky Folklore and Destination Terror.
But here — on Deadly Intent — we explore a different kind of darkness.
Not the monsters of myth… but the real ones.
The ones that walk among us.
This show is about why people kill.
Not just what they did — but what led them to do it...
This episode examines the systematic torture and murder of at least 17 women by Robert Hansen, a mild-mannered baker who transformed into one of Alaska's most notorious serial killers between 1973-1983. Hansen hunted women like wild game in the Alaskan wilderness, combining his skills as a pilot and hunter with a deep psychological need for control and revenge against those he perceived had rejected him.
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In 1991, police discovered seventeen dismembered bodies in Jeffrey Dahmer's Milwaukee apartment. But the murders were just the beginning of a psychological horror that defied comprehension. For thirteen years, Dahmer had been pursuing something far more disturbing than killing - he was trying to build a world where no one could ever leave him again.
Join host Carman Carrion as she dissects the twisted psychology b...
On Halloween night 1974, eight-year-old Timothy O'Bryan died from cyanide-laced candy given to him by the one person who should have protected him—his own father. This wasn't a random act of violence or an urban legend come to life. It was calculated murder dressed up as Halloween tragedy, and it changed how America celebrates October 31st forever.
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🎧 An Entire Town Knows What Happened to Crystal Rogers — But Won’t Say. Here’s Why.
When 35-year-old mother of five Crystal Rogers vanished from Bardstown, Kentucky, her disappearance seemed like a tragic mystery. But what followed exposed something far darker: a chilling pattern of unsolved murders, corruption, and silence in a town of just 13,000 people.
Her car was found abandoned on the Bluegrass Parkway—keys in th...
Season 1, Episode 11 – Deadly Intent
This episode examines Albert Fish, a serial killer whose intent went beyond murder—he weaponized his victims' suffering through calculated psychological torture, sending horrific confession letters to families and fundamentally changing how America thinks about child safety and stranger danger. Through the lens of criminal intent, host Carman Carrion explores how Fish's sy...
Deadly Intent – Season 1, Episode 10
Imagine dying of tuberculosis at 22, your body laid to rest in a mausoleum by your grieving family. Now imagine that your death wasn't the end---that a man who claimed to love you stole your body, took it home, and spent seven years replacing your decomposing flesh with wire, wax, and silk, dressing you in your wedding gown, and sleeping beside your preserved corpse. This is t...
Deadly Intent, Season 1, Episode 9
Imagine searching desperately for your missing daughter while your neighbor—someone you've known for years—offers sympathy and support. Now imagine discovering that same neighbor murdered your child and watched you grieve. This is exactly what happened to the Reade family in 1963, when their 16-year-old daughter Pauline disappeared after accepting a ride from their neighbor, Myra...
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of domestic violence, mental health crises, bizarre murder methods, and detailed descriptions of crime scenes involving gaming equipment. The case also involves discussions of delusion and psychological breaks from reality. Listener discretion is advised.
Season 1, Episode 8: “Game Over”
In April 2013, Fort Lauderdale police responded to what they initially thought...
DEADLY INTENT: The Boy in the Box
Season 1, Episode 7
In this haunting episode, host Carman Carrion delves into the tragic and enduring mystery of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, known for over 65 years as "America's Unknown Child" or "The Boy in the Box."
The case began in 1957 with the discovery of a small boy's body in a cardboard box in Philadelphia's Fox Chase neighborhood. Despite a mass...
DEADLY INTENT, Season 1, Episode 6: When Control Becomes Murder
On Easter Sunday 1990, what should have been a routine custody visit in Coldwater, Michigan turned into a nightmare that would haunt multiple families forever. Dennis DePue, a seemingly ordinary property assessor, brutally murdered his ex-wife Marilynn—a beloved high school guidance counselor—in front of their three children after she dared to divorce him ...
Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was everything a Victorian gentleman should be—soft-spoken, well-dressed, impeccably polite. His neighbors in Camden Road, North London, knew him as a devoted husband who doted on his flamboyant wife Cora. So when he appeared wearing her diamond brooch and giving away her expensive furs after claiming she'd died suddenly in America, suspicions began to mount.
Host Carman Carrion explores ...
Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of home invasion murders, violence against families, and detailed descriptions of crime scenes. The case also involves ethnic targeting and historical prejudice. Listener discretion is advised.
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Deadly Intent Episode 3: The Criminology Student - When Theory Becomes Practice
In November 2022, four University of Idaho students were brutally murdered in their off-campus home in what prosecutors called a "fifteen-minute blitz." The killer wasn't a stranger lurking in the shadows—he was Bryan Kohberger, a PhD criminology student who had spent months studying his victims and using his academic knowled...
Content Warning: This episode contains detailed discussions of child abuse, torture, and murder. The case involves extreme physical and psychological abuse of a disabled child, including descriptions of starvation, hypothermia, and torture methods. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
"For months, fifteen-year-old Timothy Ferguson lived in a basement closet that reeked of urine and feces. His mother had ...
DEADLY INTENT Episode 1: The Hinterkaifeck Killings - The Watcher in the Attic
For weeks, Andreas Gruber heard footsteps in his attic. Footsteps that shouldn't have been there. He found mysterious tracks in the snow leading TO his farmhouse—but none leading away. On March 31st, 1922, someone had been living in their house. Someone had been watching them. And that someone was still there.
What happened at the remote...
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