DEADLY INTENT
DEADLY INTENT: The Dark Side of Humanity Hosted by Carman Carrion Welcome to the shadows, where monsters don't hide under beds—they walk among us wearing human faces. From the creator of Freaky Folklore, Destination Terror, and Carman's Crypt comes a chilling exploration into the darkest corners of criminal psychology. Deadly Intent isn't just another true crime podcast—it's a deep dive into the why behind history's most disturbing cases. "Intent. It's what separates accident from murder, passion from premeditation, justice from revenge." Each episode examines the twisted motivations that drive ordinary people to commit extraordinary evil. From century-old mysteries that still haunt small towns to modern tragedies that shatter our faith in humanity, we explore the deadly intent behind every crime—because understanding the why is the key to understanding the real monsters among us. Join host Carman Carrion as she unravels cases spanning over a century of human darkness: The Hinterkaifeck Murders: A killer who lived among the dead The "Hot Sauce Mom": When maternal love becomes torture The Idaho Student Murders: When academic brilliance turns deadly The Doomsday Mom: When faith becomes justification for filicide Historical mysteries like the Axeman of New Orleans and the Boy in the Box This isn't entertainment—this is education in the darkest classroom of all: the human heart. New episodes drop every Tuesday. Content warning: This podcast contains detailed discussions of violence, murder, and disturbing criminal behavior. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Subscribe now and remember: Every killer has a reason. But does reason ever justify murder? Available wherever you get your podcasts. Follow @CarmanCarrion for updates and additional content.
Episodes
🎧 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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In 1918-1919, a phantom killer s...
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...
Welcome to the darkness. This is Deadly Intent - a true crime documentary podcast that dives deep into the twisted psychology behind history's most disturbing cases.
Hosted by Carman Carrion (creator of Freaky Folklore, Destination Terror, and Carman's Crypt), each episode examines the deadly intent that transforms ordinary people into killers.
"Intent. It's what separates accident from murder, passi...
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