The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

Ordinary people who do unthinkable things...The Minds of Madness is a True Crime Podcast that examines the most disturbing criminal minds and the impact violent crimes have on survivors of homicide.

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October 26, 2025 56 mins
Join us, as we explore the bizarre and tragic case of the Amato family, where love turned lethal and fantasy became fatal. 

You'll hear how Grant Amato's obsession with an online model escalated from stolen credit cards to something darker and how his fixation, even behind bars didn’t stop, finding a new target in a reality TV star who investigates the paranormal.

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Join us, as we examine the murder of Genai Coleman, a teacher and mother who was gunned down in a shopping mall parking lot.

You’ll hear how detectives spent two years chasing a case that always seemed just out of reach.

And how one piece of DNA gave them what looked like an ironclad case… until a twist so strange, it felt more like a dream than real life.

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The Airbnb in Savannah, Georgia was just one more stop in a long line of temporary homes. Their 50th rental since they’d started running, maybe their 60th. By then, Nicholas Kassotis had stopped keeping count.

What mattered wasn’t the number. It was survival. Staying a step ahead of whoever was hunting them.

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Join us, as we look into the murder of Christine Holloway and the disappearance of her 14-month old daughter, Vanessa Morales.

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Join us, as we take a closer look at the death of Cathy Griffith – a 39-year-old teacher and mother, stabbed to death by her own teenage son.

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Join us, as we unravel the events that led to a fatal ambush, orchestrated not by hardened criminals… but by a young TikTok influencer Mahek Bukhari and her mother. A story of obsession, betrayal and a decision that turned a social media dream into a real-life nightmare.

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A silver body transport van — the kind used by coroners to collect the deceased — moved quietly through suburban streets in the dead of night.

No one looked twice.

Why would they? People die every day, and someone has to move the bodies.

The van, the late hour, even the body inside…all seemed perfectly ordinary in the business of death.

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Quincy, Illinois, isn’t the kind of place that usually makes national headlines.

But in 2020, the town cheered as local dad Tim Bliefnick stepped onto Family Feud with a bowtie and a quick joke.

Just a few years later, Quincy would see his name again. But this time, no one was laughing.

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Join us, as we examine the senseless murder of Jamie Hahn. A rising political strategist, with a sharp mind, a giving heart, and a future full of promise.

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Join us, as we examine the horrifying murder of Sade Robinson, a 19-year-old student just weeks from graduating college.

You’ll hear how what started as a missing persons report soon became a gruesome puzzle. One that stretched across Milwaukee.

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From Jonestown to Heaven’s Gate, to the Octopus Murders and the Waco Siege, the world is full of deception, manipulation, and destruction. Listen to Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes every Wednesday as we explore the real people at the center of the world’s most shocking secrets and nefarious organizations. 

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Join us, as we examine the murder of Gary Farris, a respected real estate lawyer from Cherokee County, Georgia.

You’ll hear how a picture-perfect Southern estate became the backdrop for a brutal crime.

And how investigation uncovered a web of betrayal—hidden affairs, missing money, and a marriage held together by image… long after the love was gone.

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Join us, as we unravel the chilling events that followed an ordinary night in Greeley and the tragic murder of Christopher Dickerson.

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Join us, as we examine the tragic and controversial death of Katie McClean, a mother of three and wellness practitioner.

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Before she died, Julie Jensen gave a sealed letter to a neighbor. Days later, she was gone — and her warning would change everything.

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Join us, as we examine the infamous cold case of Tara Grinstead – a beloved high school teacher who disappeared in 2005. 

We’ll take you inside the largest police casefile in Georgia history—a mystery that gripped a community for over a decade.

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On June 28th, 1992, Doug Guyatt stepped outside his home in Colwood, British Columbia, to tidy up the yard.

The house was up for sale, and it needed to look presentable.

But that wasn’t the only weight hanging over Doug that day.

His wife, 34-year-old Shannon Guyatt, had been missing for nearly two weeks.

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In 2023, a man and woman in their early thirties met at a treatment center in Iowa.
Both were working to overcome alcohol addiction.

Inside the structure of recovery, their connection grew quickly and deeply.
But when they moved in together after the program ended, they found themselves at a crossroads.

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At 4:32 p.m., 911 dispatchers in Gulf Breeze Florida, took a call from a quiet suburban home and then another. 

Minutes later… they got a third call, but this time, gunshots could be heard in the background.

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Join us, as we uncover a case that led to FBI intervention, a search through thousands of tons of landfill waste, and a defense built on cocaine, forged checks, and claims of brain damage.

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