Criminal Mischief

Criminal Mischief

The Murder Chronicles is now CRIMINAL MISCHIEF with Carolyn and Branden. From the creative team that brought you The Shadow Girls and The Devil Within, hosts Carolyn Ossorio and Branden Morgan team up to give you a double dose of true crime each and every week. First, Carolyn trains her investigative eye on the darkest corners of the human condition to bring you a weekly story that is terrifying and intriguing with the type of access that only a veteran journalist could achieve. Then Carolyn is joined by Branden for a weekly bonus episode to have a lively (and less professional…) discussion about the case. Criminal Mischief is sure to be your new true crime obsession. Go ahead… scratch the itch.

Episodes

November 12, 2025 32 mins
🔥 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 🕵️‍♂️ AT LAST... The Arrest of Mark Anthony Russ: Justice for Tanya Frazier 🎙️ Guest: Retired Homicide Detective Cloyd Steiger Twenty-six years ago, thirteen-year-old Tanya Frazier vanished on her walk home in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded ravine, and the case quickly became one of the region’s most agonizing unsolved murders. Leads failed, suspects drifte...
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🔥 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 🕵️‍♂️ AT LAST... The Arrest of Mark Anthony Russ: Justice for Tanya Frazier 🎙️ Guest: Retired Homicide Detective Cloyd Steiger Twenty-six years ago, thirteen-year-old Tanya Frazier vanished on her walk home in Seattle’s Rainier Valley. The next morning, her body was discovered in a wooded ravine, and the case quickly became one of the region’s most agonizing unsolved murders. Leads failed, suspects drifte...
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November 4, 2025 35 mins
🔪 Criminal Mischief “Fear & Fire: The Byron Smith Case” Home is supposed to be the one place where the world can’t reach us — where we sleep, breathe, and live without fear. But what happens when that sanctuary is violated? And what happens after the fear curdles into something else? This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio breaks down the chilling case of Byron Smith, a Minnesota homeowner who claimed his house had b...
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November 4, 2025 44 mins
🔪 Criminal Mischief “Fear & Fire: The Byron Smith Case” Home is supposed to be the one place where the world can’t reach us — where we sleep, breathe, and live without fear. But what happens when that sanctuary is violated? And what happens after the fear curdles into something else? This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio breaks down the chilling case of Byron Smith, a Minnesota homeowner who claimed his house had b...
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🔪 Criminal Mischief — Amityville Horror - The Demon Spawn Presented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network It began with a scream in the dark — and ended as one of the most infamous legends in American true crime. This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio takes listeners back to Amityville, Long Island, 1974 — where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept: his parents, two brothers, and two si...
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🔪 Criminal Mischief — Amityville Horror - The Demon Spawn Presented by the Evio Creative Podcast Network It began with a scream in the dark — and ended as one of the most infamous legends in American true crime. This week on Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio takes listeners back to Amityville, Long Island, 1974 — where 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family as they slept: his parents, two brothers, and two si...
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October 21, 2025 33 mins
🔪 E | 155 — The Devil's Checkmate ( BONUS) In this bonus episode of Criminal Mischief, Carolyn Ossorio and Branden Morgan sit down to unpack the disturbing, decades-long mystery behind the disappearance and murder of Mike Williams. They revisit the original episode and go deeper into the investigation — how a simple duck-hunting trip turned into one of Florida’s most confounding cold cases. Carolyn reveals what shocked her mo...
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October 21, 2025 50 mins
The Devil's Checkmate On December 16, 2000, 31-year-old Mike Williams vanished while duck hunting on Florida’s Lake Seminole. His truck was found. His boat was found. But Mike… was gone. For years, authorities believed he’d drowned—dragged beneath the surface by alligators. But there was no body. No blood. No real evidence of a struggle. What emerged instead was a story of greed, betrayal, and a staged disappearance that unravel...
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October 15, 2025 38 mins
Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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October 14, 2025 36 mins
🎙️ Criminal Mischief The Back Staircase: The Death of Kathleen Peterson A fall, a secret, and a story that refused to stay buried. In this episode of Criminal Mischief, host Carolyn Ossorio revisits one of the most haunting and polarizing cases in modern true crime — the death of Kathleen Peterson, and the man who claimed it was an accident: her husband, Michael Peterson. When Kathleen’s body was found at the bottom of a stair...
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October 7, 2025 44 mins
🎙️ CRIMINAL MISCHIEF“Race, Media, and Missing Persons” — with Retired FBI Special Agent Bobby Chacon In this week’s episode of Criminal Mischief, host Carolyn Ossorio sits down with retired FBI Special Agent Bobby Chacon — a veteran investigator whose decades of experience span organized crime, counterterrorism, and some of the Bureau’s most challenging missing-persons cases. Together, they revisit two haunting investigations: t...
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September 30, 2025 56 mins
Interview with Former FBI Agent Jerri Williams On this episode of Criminal Mischief, host Carolyn Ossorio sits down with Jerri Williams, a former FBI Special Agent, author, and fellow podcaster whose career focused on financial crimes and scams. As one of the few minority women in the Bureau during her tenure, Jerri broke barriers while navigating a world that wasn’t always welcoming. She shares how she investigated complex white...
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September 23, 2025 29 mins
In September 2006, 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart was housesitting for relatives in Bannock County, Idaho, when what should have been an ordinary weekend turned into a nightmare. She was brutally murdered by two classmates who had carefully planned the attack, filming themselves before and after the crime in what would later be known as the “Scream murder.” In this episode of Criminal Mischief, we unravel the shocking details of C...
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September 16, 2025 34 mins
Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode. Follow & Connect     •    Follow us on Instagram: @eviocreative (https://instagram.com/eviocreative)     •    For press & inquiries: info@eviocreative.com     •    Don’t forget to rate, review, and follow Criminal Mischief wherever you get your podcasts. 🔥 Criminal Mischief. Where the darkest crimes meet the coldest truths. 💥 Go to http://www.quince.com/MISCHIEF for FREE shipping...
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September 16, 2025 68 mins
The Manhunt It began with a series of brutal murders that left a small community in shock and investigators scrambling for answers. At the center of it all was Travis Decker—a man whose descent into violence sparked one of the most relentless manhunts in recent memory. In this episode of Criminal Mischief, we follow the trail of Decker’s crimes: the chilling details of the murders, the chaos that followed, and the nationwide sea...
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September 9, 2025 40 mins
Carolyn and Branden discuss the episode. 🔥 Murder for Hire: REDUX. A case that refuses to stay buried. 💥 Go to http://www.quince.com/mischief for FREE shipping and 365-day returns! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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September 9, 2025 43 mins
MURDER FOR HIRE: REDUX In 2014, the shocking murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel stunned the Tallahassee community and sparked one of the most complex criminal investigations in recent memory. At the center of the case: the Adelson family, whose bitter custody battle with Markel became the backdrop for an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Last year, we brought you Murder for Hire, an in-depth look at the Donna Adelson ca...
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