True Crimecast
True Crimecast is a podcast that adds a unique perspective to the true crime genre. John and Jamie dig into new cases and revisit old ones to try to get to the truth. Each episode takes on a different case and the hosts share both details and theories about what really happened.
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This episode explores the tragic death and complex legal aftermath of Mica Miller, a story that has ignited a national conversation on coercive control, pastoral power, and the gaps in our legal system. In this Patreon exclusive, John and Jamie interview LUNASHARK's Beth Braden to talk about the new indictments for John Paul Miller and how they relate to the bigger story.
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In mid-October 2025, 13-year-old Wynter Wagoner vanished from her home in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, sparking a desperate, two-month search that crossed state lines and involved the FBI and U.S. Marshals. Just after Christmas, a tip led investigators 500 miles away to a residence in Silver Spring, Maryland, where Wynter was found alive and safe.
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For over four decades, the 1983 KFC Murders stood as one of the most haunting and brutal cold cases in East Texas history. Five people were abducted from a Kilgore restaurant and executed in a remote field, leaving a community shattered and investigators with a puzzle that was only partially solved—until now.
In this episode, we dive into the 2025 breakthrough that finally identified the third and final participant in the crime. We ...
In this episode, we dive into one of the most creative—and ill-fated—contraband plots in recent history. In February 2025, two Colorado teenagers were caught outside USP Pollock in Louisiana with an industrial-grade compressed-air cannon and nearly $200,000 worth of methamphetamine and tobacco.
Their plan, dubbed "Operation Up & Over," was to launch the massive haul over the prison’s high-security perimeter. We discuss the "arms ra...
The Oklahoma State Fair is a beloved tradition, but for some families, it’s the place where everything went wrong. In this episode, we examine two chilling cases that began at the fairgrounds. In 1981, 13-year-old friends Charlotte Kinsey and Cinda Pallett disappeared after being lured away by a man offering a carnival job.
Six years later, sisters Cheryl Genzer and Lisa Pennington vanished after a night at the fair. Their murders ...
The episode covers the incident in Atlanta on December 11, 2025, where a 34-year-old homeowner allegedly shot and wounded two teenagers he believed were stealing a package from his front porch. The victims, a 15-year-old and a second teen, were shot in the foot and arm, respectively. The homeowner later surrendered to police but now faces two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm during the commissio...
In Richmond, Kentucky, an Uber driver was recently arrested and charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy after a passenger accused him of sexual assault. The victim claims to have gotten into the vehicle and fallen asleep before waking up in the suspect's parked vehicle in a secluded lot, not at her residence. Investigators used Uber GPS data and surveillance footage—which showed the vehicle stationary for roughly 25 ...
The episode explores the famous 1973 case of serial killer Robert Garrow and the unprecedented ethical firestorm that consumed his defense lawyers. After Garrow confessed to the murder and location of two missing teenage girls, his attorneys secretly found and photographed the bodies but, bound by attorney-client privilege, refused to tell police or the victims' families for six months. Discover how this decision made them social p...
Within minutes of his release from the San Bernardino County Central Detention Center on May 9, 2025, Manuel Nunez-Palomino was quickly re-arrested and taken back into custody. This second arrest was not about an outstanding warrant or a previous charge. Nunez-Palomino, who had been booked the previous day on a misdemeanor traffic warrant, was caught on a surveillance camera committing a new crime right there in the parking lot.
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In November 2025, someone broke into a Virginia ABC liquor store in Ashland, Virginia, by falling through a ceiling tile. The intruder proceeded to ransack shelves, smash bottles, and consume spirits (reportedly whiskey and scotch). Who/what was this intruder? And exactly what does a drunken raccoon do to cool off?
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The episode investigates the devastating 2009 Taconic State Parkway crash where Diane Schuler drove erratically, killing eight people, including herself and four children in her minivan. Despite a damning toxology report, many witnesses claim that Diane was just fine throughout the morning. Schuler's husband and family denied substance use, claiming a medical emergency was to blame. What was really long with Diane and what caused t...
On July 25, 2025, three Knoxville Fire Department responders mistakenly pronounced a woman dead at a home. Minutes later, the death investigator arrived, noticed signs of life, and intervened by administering Narcan and providing first aid, successfully reviving the individual. How did this happen? And how could it be prevented in the future?
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The episode details the bizarre "Mrs. Doubtfire scam" in Borgo Virgilio, Italy, where a 56-year-old former nurse allegedly impersonated his deceased mother, Graziella Dall’Oglio, for approximately three years to collect her survivor’s pension payments (totaling around €53,000, or US $60,000).
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The disappearance of 21-year-old Jason Landry in December 2020 remains an unsolved mystery. While driving home to Houston from Texas State University, Jason vanished after his car was found wrecked in Luling, Texas. The scene was highly unusual: his vehicle was crashed, but his clothes were found neatly stripped and dropped along the road nearby, along with his backpack and phone.
The Office of the Attorney General continues to enco...
Imagine taking a peaceful walk along the Chesapeake Bay. You can hear the waves crashing nearby, birds whistling above you as you catch a glimpse of something that catches your eye ahead of you. As you get closer, you see an abandoned suitcase on the shore. You unzip it slowly, hoping to find something valuable or perhaps even bundles of cash, but to your surprise and horror, what you find isn't something. No, what you find is some...
In 2014, 24-year-old Anthony Stallard was fined by a UK court for pretending to be a ghost in Kingston Cemetery, shouting "woooooo" and acting erratically. He pleaded guilty to using abusive behavior likely to cause distress, which is apparently a law in the UK.
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Former GOP staffer Natalie Greene was charged after allegedly staging a politically motivated hoax on July 23, 2025, in New Jersey. Greene was found zip-tied with political slurs written on her body and cuts she claimed came from an ambush. Investigators found the wounds were possibly self-inflicted scarification performed by a paid artist, leading to charges of conspiracy and making false statements to federal law enforcement.
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NFL player Rae Carruth was accused of conspiring to murder his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams, to avoid child support payments. The critical evidence used in the trial included Cherica's 911 call and handwritten notes, which was met with objections due to Carruth not being able to question his accuser. Would this be a landmark case for the rights of the accused? And, as always, would justice be served?
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Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, is reeling from an unsettling case of grave desecration after remains belonging to two individuals were stolen from crypts in a mausoleum at Good Shepherd Memorial Park between November 1 and November 6, 2025. Authorities are treating the incident as a burglary and desecration. But the mystery remains...who did it?
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