True Crime Brewery

True Crime Brewery

True Crime Brewery is the true crime podcast that brings you deeply inside of a crime and its investigation. Hosts Jill and her pediatrician husband Dick use their medical knowledge and life experiences to share the stories behind some of the most compelling crimes from all over the world. And, just for fun, Dick uses his secondary expertise as a craft beer lover to review the best beers from the regions where each crime occurred. Meet this true crime obsessed couple at the quiet end of the bar to share a delicious craft beer and an immersive storytelling experience. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-brewery--4126935/support.

Episodes

June 16, 2025 100 mins
On December 16, 2004, Becky Harper made a call to 911 after checking in on her 23-year-old daughter, Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo, who was 8 months pregnant, was lying on the floor in her home and something was horribly wrong. Paramedics raced to the scene, where they found Bobbie Jo dead with devastating injuries to her abdomen. Bobbie Jo had been brutally killed and her unborn baby was missing.

In today's episode, A Life for a Life, we wi...
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One April evening in 1991, Ann Racz’s three children waited for her to pick them up some burgers and fries at the local McDonalds, which was less than a mile away. But instead of seeing Ann’s white minivan pull into the driveway, their father showed up hours later with a small bag of cold French fries. He said that their mother had gone away on a trip to think things over. This was so unlike Ann, who planned everything and put her ...
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May 19, 2025 78 mins
When Monica Dunn, a beautiful mother of three, was shot to death in her home, her husband was with her. But he claimed she had done it to herself. The couple had become estranged after months of infidelity and vicious arguments, so Monica’s police officer husband Paul Dunn was the logical suspect in her death. Paul maintained that he was innocent, but no one believed him. He was ostracized by his fellow law enforcement officers and...
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May 14, 2025 74 mins
Please enjoy this public release of a members-only episode from October 2023. For more of these bonus episodes and to get all of your TCB episodes ad-free, pop on over to tiegrabber.com/subscribe!

On the morning of October 24, 1961, Martin Risch left for Logan Airport to catch an early flight for an overnight business trip in Manhattan. Later that afternoon, the police were called out to his family home in Lincoln, Massachusetts.  A...
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May 5, 2025 92 mins
Susan Woods’ naked body was found with her head in a bathtub full of black water in 1987. In her small town of Stephenville, Texas, her murder was especially shocking and unimaginable. Susan was a softspoken and beautiful young woman, living alone since her biker husband had left her and fled the state. When she missed her shift at the local sandpaper factory, her father was notified.  Sadly, he would be the one to find her body.

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We hope you enjoy this re-release from 2024. It's one of Jill's favorites!

Jill and Dick rewatch and recap the HBO 2-part docuseries I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders. This is a shocking case of a mother and grandmother who kills her husband, then goes on the run and commits another cold-blooded murder in Florida. We discuss the unexpected twists, the mental health history of Lois and her family, and the unsatisfying interv...
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April 21, 2025 72 mins
One day in January 2009, 91-year-old Selma “Sally” Hill was not answering her phone calls, which was very unusual for her. Sally’s life partner, Lester, had a daily habit of speaking with Sally at 4:00 pm each day. When Sally didn’t answer Lester’s calls on January 7, 2009, Lester became concerned. He called Sally’s grandson Eric, who later showed up at Sally’s house to find Lester’s family waiting and worrying outside. While they ...
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April 7, 2025 93 mins
Raised in Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Jason Bautista and his fifteen-year-old brother Matthew were living roller coaster lives with their mentally ill and abusive mother, Jane. Jane Bautista’s mood swings and unpredictable behavior effected the two young men in ways not understood at the time. Then, one January night, the family’s dysfunction led to unfathomable decisions and a shocking crime.

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When Ernest Brendel, his wife Alice, and their 8-year-old daughter Emily disappeared from their Barrington Rhode Island home, the FBI and state police suspected that they were victims of foul play. The family of three had just moved to Barrington from Providence about three years earlier, believing they had found a safe and happy place for Emily to grow up.

Join us at the quiet end for Trading in Murder. When Ernest Brendel filed a ...
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March 16, 2025 70 mins
We hope you enjoy this re-release of a members-only episode from 2023!

It was the 1970s, a time of freedom and adventure for 16-year-old Jim Boucher and 19-year-old Daryl Barber, when they headed out from their Michigan homes to Daytona Beach Florida for a week of fun and sunshine. The two young men had saved for this trip, their first trip to Florida, having no idea that it would be their last.

Join us at the quiet end for Road Trip...
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March 10, 2025 74 mins
One January night in 1997, Scott Falater’s next door neighbor looked on in horror as Scott dragged his screaming wife into the family pool and proceeded to hold her head under the water. When the police arrived, they found Yarmila Falater floating in blood filled water with forty-four stab wounds to her body.

Join us at the quiet end for While He Was Sleeping? Scott told the police that he had no memory of hurting his wife, but they...
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February 24, 2025 94 mins
One Christmas morning in Madison, Wisconsin, a young man named Gerald Davies led the police to a dead body lying in a snowbank. Gerald was insistent that he did not kill the man. He explained that he and his fiancée, Barbara, had simply found the body in her apartment and buried it in the snow.

Join us for No Happy Endings. The circumstances of this situation were challenging to believe, but Gerald appeared genuine. It was then lear...
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This is a re-release of a members-only episode released back in 2023. Jill & Dick remember being riveted by this series and had to talk about it! Enjoy! 

A Recap of the Three-Part Series
Jill and Dick recap and discuss this docuseries about an alleged child sex ring in Mineola, Texas.  Spoilers abound so you may want to watch first!

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February 10, 2025 76 mins
Brenda and Dennis Bowman last saw their daughter Aundria on March 11, 1989. Dennis was the one who called the police when Aundria went missing that afternoon. He told them that he had come home from work and found Aundria missing, along with some of her things and some cash. He said that Aundria, 14-years old and adopted as an infant, was a troubled teen who fought with her mother and had run away before. When Brenda came home, she...
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Welcome to a public rerelease of a premium episode from 2023. If you'd like to get all of our bonus shows and get our regular shows without ads, check out tiegrabber.com/subscribe for more information!

On the evening of September 25, 1966, Jerry Bricca, a 28-year-old chemical engineer, got home from work and took his trash cans out to the curb. Joan Janszen, who lived across the street, said hello to him and they exchanged some frie...
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The Jamison Family lived in Eufaula, Oklahoma back in 2009 when they mysteriously disappeared. 44-year-old Bobby and his wife Sherilyn, along with their 6-year-old daughter Madyson, were considering moving into the remote San Bois Mountains when their truck was found abandoned in the area that October.

Join us at the quiet end for The Strange Disappearance of the Jamison Family. Because the Jamisons were a private family who rarely ...
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January 13, 2025 97 mins
George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to New York City, where he became a successful antiques and art dealer. In 1990, at age 49, George was happy. He was planning a new life with his former publicist and current girlfriend, Mary-Louise Hawkins, after years in an unhappy marriage. But George’s newfound happiness was short-lived. One morning, while he was walking to his girlfriend’s apartment, he was approached on the st...
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Here is a blast from the past---a members-only episode of a Dateline rewatch and recap! Happy New Year and we hope you enjoy our recap of a crazy episode of Dateline Unforgettable hosted by Andrea Canning. 

In this case, an Alabama husband, Michael Reese, is murdered in his own home. His wife Cindy seems beyond reproach. That is, until she doesn’t eat her french fries before they get cold.  Then, all eyes turn to her with suspicions...
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December 30, 2024 115 mins
On the morning of December 30, 1978, the bodies of 45-year-old Nancy Spangler and her two teenage children were found in their home in Littleton, Colorado. All three had been shot to death with a handgun. The children were found in their bedrooms and Nancy was slumped in a chair in the basement, a bullet wound visible on her forehead. A typewritten suicide note was found nearby, signed with her initial.

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We're back with another premium episode rerelease for the public, this time a rewatch and recap of a Dateline episode with our favorite reporter, Keith Morrison. If you haven't subscribed for TCB premium ad-free and bonus episodes, maybe you should? Just something to consider! Happy Holidays!

Larry Isenberg disappeared on Feb. 13, 2018 while out on his boat on Lake Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho with his wife Lori. Lori claimed tha...
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