True Crime Garage

True Crime Garage

Join True Crime Garage: Your Weekly Dive into True Crime Mysteries Grab a chair, crack open a beer, and join hosts Nic and the Captain for an immersive journey into the world of true crime. True Crime Garage isn’t just a podcast—it’s a rabbit hole of gripping stories, fueled by lively banter and a cold drink to keep things light. Each week, explore a new case, from notorious international crimes to chilling mysteries on American soil. Why True Crime Garage? Perfect for armchair detectives and mystery enthusiasts, True Crime Garage delivers in-depth explorations of missing persons, unsolved mysteries, cold cases, infamous serial killers, and shocking solved cases. With a massive archive, there’s something for every true crime fan. The only rule? Don’t litter—and don’t take yourself too seriously, because Nic and the Captain sure don’t. Explore Gripping True Crime Cases Dive into our extensive catalog, including: • Missing Persons Cases: • Maura Murray • Brandon Lawson • Asha Degree • William Tyrrell • Emma Fillipoff • Brian Shaffer • Jaliek Rainwalker • Madeleine McCann • Jennifer Kesse • Unsolved Mysteries: • Mitrice Richardson • Kendrick Johnson • JonBenét Ramsey • The Delphi Murders • O.J. Simpson • The Tylenol Murders • Elisa Lam • Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon • The West Memphis Three • Amy Mihaljevic • Infamous Serial Killers: • The Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) • Zodiac Killer • Ted Bundy • Ivan Milat (The Backpacker Killer) • BTK (Dennis Rader) • John Wayne Gacy • Jeffrey Dahmer • Edmund Kemper • Ed Gein • Solved Cases: • Chris Watts • The Unabomber • John Lennon • Scott Peterson • Son of Sam • Columbine • Sidney Teerhuis-Moar (Room 309) • Kenneka Jenkins • Rae Carruth

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July 30, 2025 67 mins

Shannon Paulk ////// 780
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One week before the start of the school year a little girl was taken from her Candlestick Park neighborhood.  The entire city of Prattville, Alabama was looking for this little girl.  Eleven year old Shannon Paulk was missing for about two months when rabbit hunters found her remains in a remote hunting area.  This is the crime that forever changed Prattville.  The murdere...

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Heaven LaShae Ross ////// 859

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Heaven LaShae Ross was 11 years old. On Tuesday, August 19, 2003 Heaven LaShae Ross set out walking to the morning bus stop that was only a short distance from her families’ home. She never made it. Something happened to the little girl somewhere between home and the bus stop. Her family and the community of Northport, Alabama are still searching for the person who too...

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Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders /// Part 2 /// 858

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The “Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders, Kentucky Fried Chicken Massacre, the KFC murders, the Texas KFC murders” all typically refer to the 1983 Kilgore, Texas, Kentucky Fried Chicken massacre, a brutal armed robbery and mass murder that occurred at a KFC restaurant on a football Friday night. It’s a case with many names, that lives in infamy in the g...

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The “Kentucky Fried Chicken Murders, Kentucky Fried Chicken Massacre, the KFC murders, the Texas KFC murders” all typically refer to the 1983 Kilgore, Texas, Kentucky Fried Chicken massacre, a brutal armed robbery and mass murder that occurred at a KFC restaurant on a football Friday night. It’s a case with many names, that lives in infamy in the g...

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July 15, 2025 71 mins

Park Bench Murders ////// 856

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On June 4, 2019, a little after 5 P.M., longtime friends Carnell “Nell” Sledge and Katherine “Kate” Brown arrived at the Rocky River Reservation which is a section of the Cleveland MetroParks.  Both met at a pull-off gravel parking lot near the Lorain Road Bridge.  Carnell and Katherine were shot and killed near a park bench shortly after arriving.  Carnell was only 4...

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Stolen: The Angie Housman Story  /// Part 3 /// 855

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November 18, 1993 in a quiet suburb of St. Louis, a 4th grader disappears on her way home from school. 9 year old Angie Housman was last seen departing the school bus after arriving at her normal stop. Something happened between the bus stop and home and she vanished. There were similar cases and victims nearby at the time which complicated the ...

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Stolen: The Angie Housman Story  /// Part 2 /// 854

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November 18, 1993 in a quiet suburb of St. Louis, a 4th grader disappears on her way home from school. 9 year old Angie Housman was last seen departing the school bus after arriving at her normal stop. Something happened between the bus stop and home and she vanished. There were similar cases and victims nearby at the time which complicated the ...

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November 18, 1993 in a quiet suburb of St. Louis, a 4th grader disappears on her way home from school. 9 year old Angie Housman was last seen departing the school bus after arriving at her normal stop. Something happened between the bus stop and home and she vanished. There were similar cases and victims nearby at the time which complicated the ...

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July 2, 2025 54 mins

The Skelton Brothers /// Part 2

Episode: 281

Original Release: 2-19-2019

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Andrew age 9, Alexander age 7, and Tanner age 5 were taken by the father from his Morenci, Michigan home during the Thanksgiving holiday visitation back in 2010. Their father John, claims the boys were abused by their mother and he was getting them out of a bad situation. However John’s story does not add up. Law Enforcement does...

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July 1, 2025 62 mins

The Skelton Brothers /// Part 1 

Episode: 280 

Original Release: 2-19-2019

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Andrew age 9, Alexander age 7, and Tanner age 5 were taken by the father from his Morenci, Michigan home during the Thanksgiving holiday visitation back in 2010. Their father John, claims the boys were abused by their mother and he was getting them out of a bad situation. However John’s story does not add up. Law Enforcement do...

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June 24, 2025 61 mins

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 24, 1975 - 15 year old Edna Christine Thorne went missing after visiting the horse stables near her home. That day she asked her sister is she wanted to go visit the horse with her, but she declined. Edna was last seen leaving the Tioga Street horse stables. Like so many cases in the 70s, the police initially treated Edna’s case as a runaway c...

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Travis Decker - Manhunt  /// Part 2 /// 851 

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Washington state - 32 year old Travis Decker is believed to be on the run and may have made his way into Canada. The 32 year old former military father is accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters. Decker had limited visitation rights to see his three daughters every other weekend. On Friday, May 30th he never returned them to their m...

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Washington state - 32 year old Travis Decker is believed to be on the run and may have made his way into Canada. The 32 year old former military father is accused of kidnapping and murdering his three young daughters. Decker had limited visitation rights to see his three daughters every other weekend. On Friday, May 30th he never returned them to their m...

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Amber Spradlin, Aliza Sherman, & Amy Hooper  ////// Updates

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This week from the Garage, we are very happy to be bringing to you major updates in three cases that we have covered. 38 year old Amber Spradlin was killed at an after work party sometime in the night of June 18, 2023. True Crime Garage covered this case in July of 2023 with episode #687. Since, arrests have been made and trial dates have...

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June 8, 2025 66 mins

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Northwest Arkansas 2017 - a former Police Chief murders a man in cold blood then takes his family out for a nice dinner. Grant Hardin, a man who was relieved of his duties as Police Chief for harassing and threatening the civilians of Gateway, Arkansas was arrested for the murder of James Appleton. Later and to everyone’s surprise, Grant Hardin was charged with anoth...

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June 3, 2025 65 mins

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July 20, 2020: 23 year old Zachariah Juwaun Shorty went missing from a motel room at the Journey Inn, located at 317 N. Airport Drive in Farmington, New Mexico.  According to Zach’s mother, there were four individuals staying there in addition to her son.  This was two men and two women.  The room number was 129. The F.B.I. has announced an $10,000 reward for inf...

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May 27, 2025 65 mins

Unsolved Mystery of McCoy  ////// 846

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68 year old Terry Lee McCoy lived alone in a nice ranch style home on 38 acres of land. Few several months he had been working to sell the home and property to downsize but mysteriously he vanished. At his home there were obvious signs of foul play. Terry didn’t just disappear he was murdered and likely by someone who knew him. His body was found 19 days later....

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Killing was Purposeful Interviews /// Off The Record 

As a follow up to our “Killing was Purposeful” 4 part series we offer this episode of Off the Record to the masses. Nic talks with Officer Simon from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office regarding the disappearance of 20 year old college student Sierah Joughin. Also, joining the show is Bob & Nikki Kolasinski founding members of Keeping Our Girls Safe, an Ohio non-profit working ha...

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Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reaso...

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Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reaso...

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