KILLING DAD PRESENTS: THE MISCREANTS

KILLING DAD PRESENTS: THE MISCREANTS

Welcome to Killing Dad Presents: The Miscreants, season two of our series investigating family murders. In the shadows of the 1994 Northridge earthquake that devastated Los Angeles, there was a violent crime spree of sadistic killers who mimicked their violence from scenes straight out of their favorite movie; The Terminator. Two men wreaked havoc from Reno to Los Angeles in a matter of days. It involves two innocent victims tortured before they were murdered, a day-time robbery shootout at a gun store, a high-speed chase with guns blazing, a kidnapping, a 9-hour standoff with swat, the crumbling of buildings in southern California ending with a failed suicide pact, a prison execution, and a bizarre twist of fate for a local hero. It’s when truth is more compelling than fiction. Exclusive interviews including confessions from the killers.

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March 13, 2023 2 mins
At 17 Crystal Howell killed her father Michael in their mountaintop home in North Carolina. She then put his body in a storage bin, hid it in the shed, and moved in her friends before fleeing to Georgia where she was arrested. 
Crystal is now speaking for the first time. Hear why she killed her dad, along with new information and evidence in the case. It’s a new perspective that brings everything you’ve heard about this cas...
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Crystal meets her first love while confronting an alleged predator and starts fresh in the mountain community of Maggie Valley, North Carolina.

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April 5, 2023 30 mins
Crystal recounts her childhood of what was once a loving family of four, but an unexpected and hidden secret is revealed, resulting in a divorce sending dad Michael into a downward spiral. 

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April 11, 2023 24 mins
Crystal and her dad’s close relationship is tested, leading her to run away for relief, but a friend’s concerned parent calls the police to help bring her home. The incident would leave a permanent mark. 
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Michael Howell takes Crystal on a bizarre and disturbing shooting lesson in the woods, then another incident causes dad to send his daughter away. 

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April 25, 2023 27 mins
After a father-daughter bonding camping trip, an argument turns violent causing Crystal to turn to an Internet hook up for refuge; instead, she finds herself kidnapped. 

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May 2, 2023 39 mins
The Howell’s get a roommate, and the wrath of Michael leaves her fleeing in the middle of the night. 

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The shot that ended Michael Howells life and the unfathomable encounter with her secret accomplice is revealed for the first time. 

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Crystal is keeping a deadly secret when she moves her friends into the mountain house and the impact of her secret accomplice will spiral into headline making events. 

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Crystal is arrested and interrogated for hours resulting in questionable maneuvers by her court appointed attorney.

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May 30, 2023 53 mins
Crystal is given a polygraph regarding her claims, the District Attorney speaks on the case and Crystal has a message that will hopefully change everything. 

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Crucial new information and behind the scenes secrets. The shocking revelation that Crystal attempted suicide during the making of this show. Don't miss this exclusive, bonus episode. 
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A DSS report is revealed backing Crystal’s story of abuse and attempts to get help. Plus the roommate Holt returns to share text message exchanges between her, Crystal’s mom Kristina and Michael. Ending with an encore Crystal singing from Anson prison. 
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July 4, 2023 34 mins
Kelly’s recent visit to Anson prison to see Crystal, her personal message to listeners, plus we talk to Aunt Brenda to see how the Howell family is reacting to the series. The episode ends with a special announcement. 


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Welcome to Killing Dad Presents: The Miscreants, season two of our series investigating family murders. In the shadows of the 1994 Northridge earthquake that devastated Los Angeles, there was a violent crime spree of sadistic killers who mimicked their violence from scenes straight out of their favorite movie; The Terminator. Two men wreaked havoc from Reno to Los Angeles in a matter of days. It involves two innocent victims t...
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August 1, 2023 29 mins
Going down as the most heinous murders in Reno, Nevada history, a woman named Peggy Crawford who managed a local U-Haul store and her young trainee Keith Christopher, a new father, suffered sadistic torture and cruelty. After the murders a massive crime spree sets off. 

This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit now at BetterHelp.com/killingdad to get 10% off your first month. 
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August 1, 2023 19 mins
Alvaro Calambro and Duc Huynh were united by loving the same woman, Maria. Maria is the younger sister to Alvaro and would soon be in a controversial love affair with Duc, who was several years older. The trio lived together, as the two men teetered on legitimate work and criminal activities to pay the bills. 

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August 8, 2023 24 mins
As Reno Detectives hunt for Alvaro and Duc, they need cash and guns fast. What follows is a plot taken from a scene of their favorite movie “The Terminator” and a local hero is revealed. And afterwards a high-speed chase where the killers mimic violent acts from yet another scene in the movie.

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Alvaro and Duc create a movie made escape with a fierce gun battle in downtown Los Angeles that lead to the kidnapping of a female security guard and just as the two men are about to surrender Southern California is rocked to its core.  
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One of the deadliest earthquakes in Southern California history strikes, detectives are left stranded with two sadistic killers in their custody. And chilling confessions from the killers and what happens when they turn on each other. The family of Miscreants start to crumble. 

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