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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In the spring of 2021, Dee Warner vanished from her farm in Franklin Township, Michigan. As investigators searched for answers, an unusual theory began to circulate about what might have happened to her. But as the years passed, that explanation became harder to believe, and a far darker truth slowly emerged from beneath the surface.
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A shepherd disappeared in a remote Colorado canyon, leaving behind more questions than answers. As investigators searched for the truth, they uncovered a family history filled with fear, strange rituals, and secrets that had been buried for years. The deeper they looked, the darker the story became.
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Today, we’re sharing a preview of The Final Hours, a true crime podcast from Crime House, powered by PAVE Studios.
Hosted by Sarah Turney and Kourtney Nichole, The Final Hours examines the moments just before a person disappears. The routines. The timelines. And the small details that often get overlooked, until it’s too late.
Sarah is an advocate for missing and murdered victims whose sister disappeared in 20...
In Albany, Georgia, the death of Army veteran Jake Embert was quickly ruled a suicide. But his family never believed it. What began as a heartbreaking loss turned into a twelve-year fight for answers, uncovering contradictions, hidden motives, and a trail of evidence that refused to stay buried.
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In February 2024, a late-night phone call sent one family into shock. A young mother was found dead inside an apartment in Berlin, New Hampshire, and the father of her two children was on the run.
What followed was a nationwide manhunt, a custody dispute filled with conflicting stories, and a courtroom battle over what really happened in the final moments.
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On New Year’s Eve 2020 in San Diego, California, a woman sent a series of disturbing text messages claiming her stepfather was “waking up” in the back of her SUV. Hours later, 64 year old Tom Merriman was found dead beneath a pile of debris at the end of his driveway.
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It began with an arrest at an airport. A pilot, still in uniform, was taken into custody without warning. But years earlier in Pembroke, Kentucky, Calvin Phillips, Pam Phillips, and their neighbor Ed Dansereau were found dead under circumstances that never quite made sense. As the investigation unfolded, the truth became harder to pin down, and even after the verdict, some questions refused to go away.
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A young law student is found murdered inside her home in Athens, Georgia. The scene is deliberately staged, the evidence nearly erased, and for more than twenty years, the case sits in silence with no clear suspect.
A case where everything seemed to lead nowhere until one discovery changed everything and raised a question that still lingers… when nothing else remains, is one truth enough?
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In the early morning hours of July 31st, 2022, an Ohio business park was rocked by the thunderous crash of a car slamming into a brick wall, taking the lives of two passengers.
Shockingly, the driver, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, somehow survived.
But as word of the wreck spread like wildfire over social media, people couldn't help but wonder: if it had really just been an accident or whether there’d been somethi...
On a quiet night in Las Vegas, Nevada, a frantic 911 call reported a home invasion that left a woman dead in her own hallway.
At first, it looked like a robbery gone wrong.
But as investigators began to examine the scene, small details started to surface… details that didn’t quite fit the story they had been given.
And as the truth slowly came into focus, it revealed something far more calculated and far more distur...
An aspiring actress. A family feud. And a gun that was never supposed to go off.
On a quiet property in Applegate, Oregon, a simple meeting turned into something irreversible. What followed was captured on video. Moments that would later be used to tell a very different story than the one first claimed.
Years later, as reality and performance began to blur, one question remained.
Where does the truth end… and the act begi...
A high speed chase through the California desert. A man who refused to stop. And a secret that should never have existed.
Scott Kimball was trusted. An informant working alongside the FBI. But as people around him began to disappear, the stories he told were just believable enough to keep suspicion away.
For years, it worked.
And by the time investigators began to see the pattern, the truth was already buried.
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A ten-hour drive through the night to American Fork, Utah. A message that sounded like forgiveness. An unlocked door waiting at the end of it.
Matthew Restelli believed he was going to bring his family home. Instead, he stepped into something already set in motion. Inside that home, nothing was as it seemed. Not the messages. Not the welcome. Not even the danger.
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On a quiet evening in Woodland Hills, California, a successful husband and father ran a simple errand and unknowingly walked straight into a murder plot already in motion.
What first appeared to be a violent home invasion would unravel into something far more calculated. A secret affair. A staged crime scene. And a conspiracy that would take years to fully expose. Because sometimes, the most dangerous threats aren’t outs...
On an October night in Aurora, Colorado, a young mother called 911 after finding something in her home that should not have been there. Her ex-boyfriend’s clothes. His keys. Signs that he may have come back.
What began as a desperate search through a dark house turned into something far worse. By the time police arrived, four people were dead, and the man they believed was responsible had vanished.
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On a summer morning in Henderson, Nevada, a mother woke to the sound of dogs barking in the backyard. At first, it seemed strange. By sunrise, it would become something far worse.
Inside the home, Jonathan Willette was found dead in his bed under circumstances so disturbing that even seasoned investigators were left searching for what was missing as much as what was there.
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On a quiet December night in Myrtle Beach, a first date ended with promise and a future that never came.
Hours later, a phone rang from a payphone in the dark.
A voice from the past.
A decision that would change everything.
By sunrise, Heather Elvis was gone.
What followed wasn’t just a missing person case but a tangled story of secrets, obsession, and control… leading to a place no one could have imagined.
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On a quiet summer afternoon in Inverness, Florida, a 911 call shattered the stillness of a lakeside home. Inside, Denise Hallowell was found barely alive in her bedroom, the victim of a brutal attack that made no immediate sense.
At first, the story pointed outward toward an unknown intruder. But as investigators began to piece together the timeline, the evidence started pointing somewhere far more unsettling.
Because sometimes...
On a quiet spring morning in Palm Coast, Florida, a young mother was making coffee while her son ate breakfast at the kitchen table. Hours later, her husband would call 911, claiming she had accidentally shot herself.
But from the very beginning, something about the story didn’t sit right.
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A former NBA star vanishes after a trip home to Memphis, and for days no one knows where he went. Then a missed 911 call, a body in a field, and a murder weapon recovered years later begin to expose a conspiracy no one saw coming.
A story of failed plans, shifting stories, and the long trail of evidence that finally brought the truth into focus. Beneath the headlines was a father of six, a hometown hero, and a family left wait...
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