The Lighter Side Of True Crime With Keith Rovere

The Lighter Side Of True Crime With Keith Rovere

Welcome to a True Crime podcast like never before. A show where serial killers and other famous incarcerated men and women call the show! Some of these men and women have never spoken publicly before. Also on the show you will hear from authors, detectives, criminologists and anyone who falls in the True Crime genre. Keith Rovere is an author and has been involved in prison outreach and aftercare for over 30 years. He promotes positive reinforcement in prisons like the Norway prison system that holds the lowest recidivism rate for violent offenders in the world.

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April 8, 2025 36 mins

Diane Schmid calls the show to talk about her marriage to serial killer Charles Smitty Schmid and her new book detailing all the events from their first meeting to his multiple escapes from prison. Could it be possible that she is still in love with him? Listen and find out!

Smitty: My Marriage to Serial Killer Charles Schmid, the Pied Piper of Tucson can me found here https://www.amazon.com/Smitty-Marriage-Serial-Killer-Charles/dp...

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The Selfie Killer Amanda Taylor joins me for this edition of The Lighter Side Of True Crime. Amanda took the life of her husband's father after he took his own life from a long battle with opioid addiction. His father was the one who supplied him with the pills and Amanda ended up taking his life.
There's been a few shows and documentaries made about Amanda but now we get to hear directly from her to find out what actual...

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After Kai's recent appearance on my podcast, I noticed a lot of comments regarding Theo Von and a lawsuit that Kai had against him. Se we deciding to have Kai's first public response on here. The Lighter Side Of True Crime

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February 21, 2025 78 mins

A judge sentenced Michael Whisenhunt to die in 1996 for torturing a "helpless, innocent victim" — a toddler he scalded with grease and kicked ferociously in the stomach.

Jurors convicted Whisenhunt in August 1996 for the Oct. 10, 1995, slaying of Kesha Gurke, the 20-month-old daughter of a woman he lived with in Paso Robles.


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Caleb Lawrence McGillvary aka Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker joins the podcast to talk about what really went down the night of the crime and everything leading up to it!

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January 29, 2025 71 mins
Hadden Clark was convicted of two murders and suspected of many more. He has been on my podcast a few times but has never spoken publicly about the murders until now. He was supposed to talk about the murders on the new Michael Bay series about him but Michael apparently did not honor the agreement he had with Hadden. I received a letter in my mail soon after the documentary was released saying he wanted to come onto my podcast to...
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January 28, 2025 48 mins
Shawna Forde calls the podcast from Arizona's death row to talk about a new curriculum she's working on to help teach all the women there life skills for when they return back to society. Most Arizona facilities offer no rehabilitation but only the threat of fear and punishment. She has taken it upon herself along with a few other women there to teach those in general population the life skills they need to be productive members of...
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December 15, 2024 52 mins
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December 15, 2024 28 mins
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December 15, 2024 63 mins
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December 15, 2024 27 mins
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December 15, 2024 54 mins
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December 15, 2024 33 mins
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December 15, 2024 48 mins
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