Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast
Murders, mysteries and laughter. Wicked and Grim is a podcast created and hosted by a husband and wife duo with an affinity for true crime. We tell the stories of victims and explore the world of sinister tales, all while keeping things light hearted to take away the power and fear mongering from the perpetrators.This is Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast.
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June 23, 2026 • 68 mins
Forty eight hours after stealing more than a million dollars in drugs, cash, jewelry, and firearms from a powerful Los Angeles drug kingpin, members of the Wonderland Gang were attacked inside their own home.
And by the time police arrived, four people had been beaten to death,one had been left permanently disabled, and the trail of evidence led through the criminal underworld of Hollywood, straight to porn legend John Holmes. ...
And by the time police arrived, four people had been beaten to death,one had been left permanently disabled, and the trail of evidence led through the criminal underworld of Hollywood, straight to porn legend John Holmes. ...
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June 19, 2026 • 63 mins
A 54 year old retired Navy intelligence officer meets a 24 year old ballerina at a political fundraiser. Then thirteen days later, they got married.
What follows is a story filled with allegations of abuse, claims of poisoning, a failed ballet company, years of bitter custody litigation, psychological evaluations, restraining orders, and a marriage that seemed to be unraveling from the very beginning.
Then, while preparing fo...
What follows is a story filled with allegations of abuse, claims of poisoning, a failed ballet company, years of bitter custody litigation, psychological evaluations, restraining orders, and a marriage that seemed to be unraveling from the very beginning.
Then, while preparing fo...
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June 16, 2026 • 45 mins
For more than twenty years, Joachim Kroll operated undetected across western Germany, murdering women and children while investigators struggled to connect the crimes.
During that time, multiple innocent people were accused, several took their own lives under the weight of suspicion, and dozens of detectives unknowingly searched for the wrong man.In this episode, we examine the full story of Joachim Kroll, known as the Ruhr Can...
During that time, multiple innocent people were accused, several took their own lives under the weight of suspicion, and dozens of detectives unknowingly searched for the wrong man.In this episode, we examine the full story of Joachim Kroll, known as the Ruhr Can...
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June 12, 2026 • 51 mins
For more than twenty years, Joachim Kroll operated undetected across western Germany, murdering women and children while investigators struggled to connect the crimes.
During that time, multiple innocent people were accused, several took their own lives under the weight of suspicion, and dozens of detectives unknowingly searched for the wrong man.In this episode, we examine the full story of Joachim Kroll, known as the Ruhr Can...
During that time, multiple innocent people were accused, several took their own lives under the weight of suspicion, and dozens of detectives unknowingly searched for the wrong man.In this episode, we examine the full story of Joachim Kroll, known as the Ruhr Can...
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June 9, 2026 • 65 mins
For nearly two hours on June 4, 2004, police officers, state troopers, and emergency responders watched helplessly as an armored bulldozer tore through the small mountain town of Granby, Colorado.
Inside the machine was 52 year old Marvin Heemeyer, a welder and muffler shop owner who had spent years feuding with local officials, business owners, and members of the community before transforming a 49 ton Komatsu bulldozer into an...
Inside the machine was 52 year old Marvin Heemeyer, a welder and muffler shop owner who had spent years feuding with local officials, business owners, and members of the community before transforming a 49 ton Komatsu bulldozer into an...
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June 5, 2026 • 54 mins
In October 1974, nineteen year old Arlis Perry walked into Stanford Memorial Church and never came home.
What investigators discovered the following morning would become one of California's most infamous unsolved murders, spawning decades of theories, false leads, and speculation while the killer remained hidden in plain sight.
For forty four years the case sat cold, until a breakthrough in DNA technology finally revealed t...
What investigators discovered the following morning would become one of California's most infamous unsolved murders, spawning decades of theories, false leads, and speculation while the killer remained hidden in plain sight.
For forty four years the case sat cold, until a breakthrough in DNA technology finally revealed t...
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June 2, 2026 • 51 mins
In June 2004, a routine school day in Sasebo, Japan, ended in tragedy when 12 year old Satomi Mitarai was lured from her classroom and murdered by her classmate with a box cutter.
As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a friendship that had quietly fallen apart and evidence suggesting the attack had been building beneath the surface for days.
What began as a shocking murder inside an elementary school would soon become...
As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered a friendship that had quietly fallen apart and evidence suggesting the attack had been building beneath the surface for days.
What began as a shocking murder inside an elementary school would soon become...
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May 29, 2026 • 76 mins
In March 1998, a respected Brisbane veterinarian was found brutally murdered inside the veterinary clinic beneath her home, launching an investigation that would expose bitter feuds within an animal welfare organization, a mysterious appointment involving a missing Siamese cat, and a trail of forensic evidence unlike anything Australian courts had seen before.
As detectives worked to identify Kathleen Marshall's killer, the cas...
As detectives worked to identify Kathleen Marshall's killer, the cas...
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May 26, 2026 • 57 mins
In April 2009, a young woman named Julissa Brisman was found bleeding in the doorway of a luxury Boston hotel room after a violent struggle with a client she met through Craigslist. Just four days earlier, another woman had been tied up and robbed inside a nearby hotel by a man matching the exact same description.
As investigators raced to stop what appeared to be an escalating pattern of violence, they uncovered a trail of bur...
As investigators raced to stop what appeared to be an escalating pattern of violence, they uncovered a trail of bur...
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May 22, 2026 • 60 mins
Hidden deep in the mountains of Chattooga County, Georgia, there once stood a bizarre handmade castle known as Corpsewood Manor, it was a candlelit home filled with occult artwork, gargoyles, rumors of Satanism, and stories that spread through the surrounding towns for years.
The men living there had abandoned modern society to build an isolated life deep in the woods, but by December of 1982, the property would become the cent...
The men living there had abandoned modern society to build an isolated life deep in the woods, but by December of 1982, the property would become the cent...
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May 19, 2026 • 54 mins
Hidden deep in the mountains of Chattooga County, Georgia, there once stood a bizarre handmade castle known as Corpsewood Manor, it was a candlelit home filled with occult artwork, gargoyles, rumors of Satanism, and stories that spread through the surrounding towns for years.
The men living there had abandoned modern society to build an isolated life deep in the woods, but by December of 1982, the property would become the cent...
The men living there had abandoned modern society to build an isolated life deep in the woods, but by December of 1982, the property would become the cent...
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May 15, 2026 • 59 mins
In November of 1987, a young family living in a trailer outside Ina, Illinois was preparing to move away from the growing violence spreading through their community.
Keith and Elaine Dardeen were raising their three year old son Peter and expecting another baby within weeks when something unimaginable happened inside their home.
Police discovered Elaine, Peter, and the newborn infant beaten to death and arranged together be...
Keith and Elaine Dardeen were raising their three year old son Peter and expecting another baby within weeks when something unimaginable happened inside their home.
Police discovered Elaine, Peter, and the newborn infant beaten to death and arranged together be...
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May 12, 2026 • 66 mins
In June 1998, eight year old Robbie Middleton was attacked in the woods behind his Texas neighborhood,. He was then doused in gasoline, and set on fire in what investigators would later describe as one of the most horrifying attacks they had ever seen.
Burned over nearly 99 percent of his body, Robbie somehow survived and spent the next thirteen years enduring more than 150 surgeries while the person accused of attacking him re...
Burned over nearly 99 percent of his body, Robbie somehow survived and spent the next thirteen years enduring more than 150 surgeries while the person accused of attacking him re...
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May 8, 2026 • 63 mins
Seven year old Athena Strand disappeared from outside her family’s home in Paradise, Texas on November 30, 2022, only minutes after a FedEx driver delivered a package containing her Christmas present.
Within hours, investigators uncovered a disturbing trail involving truck recordings, GPS data, conflicting statements, and evidence that suggested Athena had been abducted alive. The investigation quickly led authorities to ...
Within hours, investigators uncovered a disturbing trail involving truck recordings, GPS data, conflicting statements, and evidence that suggested Athena had been abducted alive. The investigation quickly led authorities to ...
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May 5, 2026 • 66 mins
Between January 1969 and January 1971, three women were murdered inside their own homes across Southwestern Ontario Canada, with their cases unfolding with no clear connection at the time. Each scene pointed to the same kind of controlled, violent attack.
However without shared systems or forensic tools, investigators were left working each case in isolation as leads quickly dried up.
It would ultimatley take decades, a fami...
However without shared systems or forensic tools, investigators were left working each case in isolation as leads quickly dried up.
It would ultimatley take decades, a fami...
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May 1, 2026 • 65 mins
On June 20, 1994, emergency services in Dunedin New Zealand received a call from 22 year old David Bain reporting that his entire family had been shot dead inside their home.
Within days, he went from the sole survivor to being charged with five counts of murder, setting off a case built on conflicting timelines, contested forensic evidence, and two completely different explanations of what happened.
What unfolded next woul...
Within days, he went from the sole survivor to being charged with five counts of murder, setting off a case built on conflicting timelines, contested forensic evidence, and two completely different explanations of what happened.
What unfolded next woul...
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April 28, 2026 • 80 mins
In March 1989, 21 year old pre-med student Mark Kilroy disappeared during a spring break trip to Matamoros, Mexico after being separated from his friends for just a few minutes.
But what initially operated as a standard missing person case quickly escalated into an international investigation involving U.S. and Mexican authorities.
As the search intensified, it led to the discovery of a place called Rancho Santa Elena, ...
But what initially operated as a standard missing person case quickly escalated into an international investigation involving U.S. and Mexican authorities.
As the search intensified, it led to the discovery of a place called Rancho Santa Elena, ...
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April 24, 2026 • 74 mins
She looked like a harmless little old lady. She was a soft spoken landlady in Sacramento who took in elderly, disabled, and mentally ill tenants who had nowhere else to go. But inside her home, she controlled their money, intercepted their mail, and in many cases, they quietly disappeared while their Social Security checks continued to be cashed.
Then when a missing person report led police to dig in her backyard in November 19...
Then when a missing person report led police to dig in her backyard in November 19...
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April 21, 2026 • 60 mins
In July 2016, 17 year old Mike Mansholt arrived in Malta for a solo trip after deciding to extend his stay beyond an initial visit with his girlfriend.
Over the following days, he explored the island independently, keeping in contact with his family as he moved from place to place. Then on the morning of July 18, he left his hotel, rented a mountain bike, and sent a final message home describing the steep roads ahead. After tha...
Over the following days, he explored the island independently, keeping in contact with his family as he moved from place to place. Then on the morning of July 18, he left his hotel, rented a mountain bike, and sent a final message home describing the steep roads ahead. After tha...
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April 17, 2026 • 50 mins
In 1971, 16 year old Stephen Spahalski killed a man in Elmira, New York and was sent to prison, in a case that seemed shocking but contained.
But nearly two decades later, in Rochester, a different story was quietly unfolding. Between 1990 and 2005, four people would be murdered in separate incidents, each one investigated on its own, each one going unsolved, and none of them connected at the time.
For years, the truth rema...
But nearly two decades later, in Rochester, a different story was quietly unfolding. Between 1990 and 2005, four people would be murdered in separate incidents, each one investigated on its own, each one going unsolved, and none of them connected at the time.
For years, the truth rema...
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