Deathcast

Deathcast

Join bestselling author Ian Totten each week as he descends into the crypt to unearth another case of real life murder. Sometimes disturbing, at others famous, but all equally fascinating, each episode delves deep into the victims, the crimes, where they took place, and the individuals responsible. So grab something to drink, kick off your shoes, close your eyes and let’s go into the darkness together to discover the monsters that lie therein.

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October 26, 2025 64 mins

In the spring of 1987, Adolfo Constanzo sets his sights on the boarder town of Matamoros and its burgeoning drug trade. Along the way, he meets a 22 year old college student who is destined to become as important a part of the cult as he himself is.

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In September of 1986 Adolfo Constanzo is introduce to members of the Calzada family who operate a fairly successful drug smuggling operation in Mexico City. Constanzo, working as the family’s palero, soon sees his financial power skyrocket and dreams of still greater power.

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September 30, 2025 57 mins

In 1984 a 21 year old Cuban-America man named Adolfo de Jesús Constanzo immigrated from Miami, Florida to Mexico City. At first it appeared that he was a simple card reader, divining people’s fortunes from a deck of Spanish cards and the toss of some shells. Claiming to be an adherent of the Santeria religion, Adolfo began to attract a devoted following, drawing the attention of powerful cartels who he was eager to share his true r...

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September 23, 2025 57 mins

After the brutal series of murders in 1997 it appeared that the fields were sated, with only a few more names being added to the list over the next decade. But those who survived still needed answers. They may have found them in the words of 3 separate men….

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On April 4, 1997, a 12 year old ballerina named Laura Smither went out for a run around her neighborhood. She never came home. Less then two months later a young woman, went missing. Police had a suspect, but no evidence linking him to the crimes or the others that were to come afterwards.
 

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As the 90s dawn, more young women are found dead, yet only one of them will be solved: Krystal Jean Baker’s. It will lead to still more unanswered questions, ones that may never have an answer.


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September 1, 2025 52 mins

The string of disappeared and murdered girls continues although the modus operandi changes. No longer are young women vanishing without a trace, their fates unknown due to a lack of witnesses. But are they all connected to the same killer or killers?

 

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August 26, 2025 58 mins

With one final murder linked to I45 during the 1970s, the spate of killings seems to end. This changes as the decade of excess progresses and a convenience store pay phone becomes a focal point for more tragedies.

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As 1971 came to a close police had few leads and many missing girls. When the new year dawned however, one of these things would change, leading to more questions and possible resolutions for the grieving families.

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August 12, 2025 59 mins

The first documented disappearance happened in June when 13 year old Colette Anise Wilson went missing while waiting for her mother in Alvin, Texas. The police paid her family little mind, insisting she has simply run away. The next few cases drew a similar response, with no one wanting to look at what was happening around the Houston/Galveston area. It soon became apparent however, that the fields around the I45 corridor were a pl...

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July 30, 2025 55 mins

Jeffery Dahmer’s killing spree continues unabated as his life slowly begins to spiral out of control. By the spring of 1991 the free fall will reach a point of no return.

 

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July 23, 2025 44 mins

Jeffery Dahmer was convicted of various sexual offenses in 1989. After spending 10 months in prison he is released and the true horror of his crimes commences as Dahmer moves into the Oxford Apartments and lives unsupervised for the first time.

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July 14, 2025 61 mins

Following his first murder, Jeffery Dahmer finds himself drifting through life, eventually ending up in Wisconsin where his dark urges assert themselves once again.

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Episode 200!!!!

One of the most infamous serial killers of the last half century, Jeffery Dahmer’s name has become synonymous with death, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism. In this episode we take our first dive into the darkness of his mind for a case voted on by my Patreon subscribers.

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June 30, 2025 62 mins

Beginning in 1978, Ronald Jeremy Hyatt embarked on a film career few could rival in any industry. Dropping his last name, Jeremy would go onto become the “king of porn,” appearing in over 2000 films. Along the way, this unlikeliest of stars gained a level of mainstream recognition few others in the sex industry have ever achieved. But was the humor and pudgy body hiding a sexual predator of Savile like proportions? In 2020 the LA D...

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June 23, 2025 64 mins

After the arrested of John Norman Collin’s, police in two states work to prove that he is responsible for at least 7 murders
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After stumbling upon college student John Norman Collins, police begin the task of gathering evidence against him for arrest.

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After the disappearance of 18 year old EMU freshman Karen Sue Beineman on July 23, 1969 the task force does their best to keep the story out of the press while searching for a mysterious man on a motorcycle that was seen with her by multiple witnesses.


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After the discovery of the farm, officers plan to keep it under surveillance , until the media unintentionally spills the beans. With little else to go on, they continue to search for the elusive killer, unaware he is following their movements and taunting them with his actions.

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May 19, 2025 53 mins

Eight months after the murder of Joan Schell, the body of a 23 year old law student is discovered in a graveyard. Police are baffled, but their horror that month is only just beginning.

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