Hitched 2 Homicide
Southern girl and suspense author, Kris Calvert teams up with her husband, Emmy® -nominated composer Rob Pottorf to delve into true crime around the globe. She gives it a southern twist. He supplies the unique wit and background music, so you always know what’s going on. For better or worse. Til death do us part.
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Before online dating was common, before “catfishing” had a name—there was John Edward Robinson. A father. A conman. And the first known serial killer to use the internet to lure, torture, and murder his victims. In this episode, we break down the chilling timeline, the fake job offers, the BDSM chat rooms, and the terrifying true story of how one man turned the web into a trap… and bodies into secre...
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On a warm summer night in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park, Katie Janness and her beloved dog, Bowie, were savagely murdered just steps from their home. Four years later, the case remains unsolved. Who carved letters into Katie’s body? Why weren’t the park’s cameras working? And how does a killer vanish from one of the busiest corners of the city? In this episode, we walk you through that haunting night, the...
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In this disturbing episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we uncover the bizarre and brutal case of Suzan and Michael Bear—known to the media as The San Francisco Witch Killers. What began as a psychedelic love story quickly unraveled into a delusional crusade against so-called “witches.” From the murder of aspiring actress Keryn Barnes in San Francisco to the shocking roadside stabbing of Jon Charles Helly...
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On December 28, 1964, 16-year-old Beverly Jarosz was found bound and lifeless in her bedroom in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Her ankles were tied. A rope was wrapped around her neck. Her room showed signs of a violent struggle – but there was no forced entry, no murder weapon, and no clear suspect.
In this episode, we unravel the chilling details of Beverly’s final hours, the evidence left behind, and the...
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In this episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we unravel the scandalous true crime story of Candy Mossler and her nephew-lover, Mel Powers, accused of brutally murdering Candy’s millionaire husband, Jacques Mossler, in 1964.
Candy was a glamorous Texas socialite. Mel was her much younger nephew by marriage. Together, they stood trial for a crime that rocked Miami’s elite to its core—bludgeoning and stabbing...
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In Part Two of The Scarsdale Diet Murder, we pick up where the gunshots left off. Dr. Herman Tarnower—the cardiologist behind The Scarsdale Diet—was dead, and his longtime lover Jean Harris was in handcuffs. But the real battle had just begun.
What followed was a 14-week media-frenzied trial, filled with courtroom theatrics, handwritten, ten page love letters, prescription drugs, and a defense that t...
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When Dr. Herman Tarnower—celebrity cardiologist and author of The Scarsdale Diet—was found shot dead in his Scarsdale mansion, suspicion quickly fell on his longtime lover, Jean Harris. She was a respected headmistress. He was a womanizing doctor with a younger mistress. What happened the night Jean drove 300 miles with a revolver in her purse? Was it a suicide attempt gone wrong—or a calculated mur...
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In this episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we head to Clear Lake, Texas, where four teenagers were murdered execution-style in 2003. The shock? The killer was their former friend, Christine Paolilla, alongside her boyfriend Chris Snider.
Christine had once been the outcast—bullied, broken, and alone. Her friends gave her beauty and belonging. What she gave in return was betrayal and bullets.
We’ll examine...
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Germany’s Most Chilling Cold Case | The Hinterkaifeck Murders
In 1922, six people were brutally murdered on a remote Bavarian farm. The killer was never caught. The chilling details—including mysterious footsteps in the attic, a killer who may have lived in the house before and after the crime, and theories ranging from jealous lovers to ghostly revenge—have haunted investigators and true crime...
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The Cigar Girl: The Unsolved Death of Mary Rogers
In 1841, Mary Rogers was the most admired woman in Manhattan—a stunning young clerk in a bustling cigar shop who caught the eye of politicians, poets, and even Edgar Allan Poe. But when she vanished one summer Sunday, and her body was found floating in the Hudson near Hoboken days later, her fame turned into infamy. Was it murder? A botched abortion? ...
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In 1986, Marine David Cox helped carry out a Code Red at Guantanamo Bay on a Private who fully recovered from his injuries. When David and nine others were faced with a court-martial and an Other Than Honorable Discharge, he refused a plea deal, stood trial, and walked free; his attorney arguing that he was following orders. That courtroom drama would go on to inspire Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men. ...
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FROM THE VAULT: Christian Gerhartsreiter. Or was it Clark Rockefeller: The Con Man Who Killed
He said he was a Rockefeller…
He said he was a Yale grad, a Wall Street genius…
But what Christian Gerhartsreiter really was… was a killer.
In this shocking episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we pull back the curtain on one of the most outrageous imposters in modern American history. From his small-town ...
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FROM THE HITCHED 2 HOMICIDE VAULT: DOLLY OESTERREICH
*this episode previously aired on 2.15.2023
Love, Lies, and a Man in the Walls
At first glance, Walburga “Dolly” Oesterreich was the picture of a perfect 1920s housewife—elegant, sociable, and impeccably dressed. Married to Fred Oesterreich, a wealthy apron manufacturer in Milwaukee and later Los Angeles, she seemed to have it all. But beneath the sa...
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Lt. Ray Richard “Joe” Clark was shot through the kitchen window and killed in his Marietta, Ohio home in 1981. It would take a cold case team, the Ohio BCI, and a canary-singing getaway driver to finally bring his killer, Mitch Ruble, to justice thirty-three years later.\
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A Body in a Field. A Code No One Can Crack.
On June 30, 1999, the decomposing body of Ricky McCormick was discovered in a rural cornfield just west of St. Louis, Missouri. At first glance, it was a tragic—yet seemingly simple—case: a 41-year-old man found dead in the elements.
But what police found inside Ricky’s pants pocket would turn a suspicious death into one of the most puzzling unsolved cases i...
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Three Jolts to Justice: The Shocking Case of Michael G. Schiller
A brutal backyard murder. A courtroom drama. And an electric chair that just wouldn’t finish the job.
Michael G. Schiller was convicted not once—but twice—for the brutal and unthinkable murder of his wife, Mary. After disemboweling her in their Youngstown, Ohio home, Schiller maintained his innocence through years of legal maneuvering, a...
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He was a husband, a father, and one of the most cold-blooded killers the mob ever hired. In this episode of Hitched 2 Homicide, we dive into the deadly double life of Richard Kuklinski, aka The Iceman. From mafia hits to frozen bodies and chilling confessions, join Kris and Rob as they unravel how one man fooled his family, outwitted the feds, and left behind a trail of death over decades.
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Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murder That Still Haunts Fall River
On the morning of August 4, 1892, the quiet town of Fall River, Massachusetts, became the backdrop for one of the most infamous unsolved murders in American history. Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally hacked to death in their own home, their skulls shattered by multiple blows from a hatchet. Suspicion quickly fell on Andrew’s youngest...
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Lizzie Borden: The Axe Murder That Still Haunts Fall River
On the morning of August 4, 1892, the quiet town of Fall River, Massachusetts, became the backdrop for one of the most infamous unsolved murders in American history. Andrew and Abby Borden were found brutally hacked to death in their own home, their skulls shattered by multiple blows from a hatchet. Suspicion quickly fell on Andrew’s youngest...
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The Mysterious Disappearance and Death of Tom Brown: A Texas Mystery That Won’t Rest. Part 2
On the night of November 23, 2016, in the small town of Canadian, Texas, 18-year-old Thomas Brown vanished without a trace. What should have been a quiet Thanksgiving Eve quickly spiraled into one of the most confounding mysteries in Texas true crime history.
Now that his remains have been recovered, there a...
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