Gruesome: Horrific True Crime
After years of trying to hide their deranged sense of curiosity, hosts Coni and Meg have decided to give up on normalcy in order to give you the horrific details of gruesome true crime stories that you probably didn't need to know. On Wednesdays, we're Gruesome.
Episodes
May 13, 2024 • 54 mins
When Jesse Pomeroy was 14, he became the youngest person to be convicted of first-degree murder in the history of Massachusetts. Meg takes you through the case of this boy monster who terrorized his town in between 1871 and 1874.
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May 8, 2024 • 50 mins
Dubbed "The Speed Freak Killers", Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog committed numerous murders throughout the 80's and 90's in the San Joaquin area. Coni takes you through the case this week.
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May 7, 2024 • 43 mins
Andrew Kehoe was a Michigan farmer with a pessimistic outlook who thought everyone was out to get him. This mindset led him to commit one of the worst mass murders in the United States. Meg takes you through this case from almost a century ago.
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May 7, 2024 • 56 mins
Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme were best friends turned murderers. Coni takes you through one of the most heinous cases in New Zealand's history.
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May 7, 2024 • 38 mins
All Joanne Witt wanted was to keep her 14 year old daughter, Tylar Witt, from dating 19 year old Steven "Boston" Colver. Unfortunately, Tylar and Steven were going to stop at nothing to be together. Meg takes you through the murder of Joanne Witt this week.
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May 7, 2024 • 57 mins
Bart Whitaker grew up in a loving family with loving parents who made sure he never had to want for a single thing. When his family was ambushed on the night of December 10, 2003 everyone who knew the Whitaker's was shocked to discover Bart was behind the whole thing and had been planning his family's murders for years.
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May 7, 2024 • 39 mins
When three women were abducted and murdered from the relatively safe suburb in Perth, Australia the entire country was put on high alert. This week, Meg takes you through what is described as Australia's "biggest, longest running, and most expensive investigation".
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May 7, 2024 • 59 mins
Christian Longo had one thing on his mind, money. When his world started to unravel, he did the unthinkable. Coni takes you through this case and explains how a former New York Times journalist was roped into Longo's story.
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May 7, 2024 • 47 mins
Michele Anderson and Joseph McEnroe met in an AOL Chatroom and it was all downhill from there. Meg takes you through the case this week.
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May 7, 2024 • 40 mins
Lucille Rinaldi had her whole life ahead of her when she was murdered on Christmas Eve in 1963. Coni takes you through this cold case this week.
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May 7, 2024 • 47 mins
What do you call a serial killer and rapist who was never tried or convicted of murder? John Brennan Crutchley. Meg takes you through a case that is really going to piss you off.
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May 7, 2024 • 45 mins
Dorothy Donovan was brutally murdered in her home in June of 1991. Coni takes you through the bizarre event that led up to her murder and the pursuit for justice that followed.
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May 7, 2024 • 96 mins
Kicking off three years of Gruesome with the case of Richard Chase Jr. Richard Chase Jr is one of the most brutal murderers that we have ever covered. Coni and Meg both take you through The Vampire of Sacramento and his heinous crimes.
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May 7, 2024 • 45 mins
After a failed career in acting, Andrea Claire made ends meet working in brothels. It was here that the 39-year-old met Robert Sand, a retired lumber tycoon three decades her senior. Meg tells the bizarre story of Andrea Claire and how she found herself at the center of abduction, torture, and murder.
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May 7, 2024 • 45 mins
The Nebraska Fiend, Kearney County Murderer, and The Ohio Monster are all names that have been used to describe Stephen D. Richards. Coni takes you through the escalation of his crimes this week.
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May 7, 2024 • 48 mins
A dark web murder-for-hire plot. Ethical hackers. A possible suicide. Meg takes you through the twists and turns of the death of Amy Allwine, a woman who was nothing but a devoted wife, mother, friend and business owner.
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May 7, 2024 • 50 mins
Coni takes you through the unsolved case of Heather Walker, an 18 year old girl who never made it home from a party she attended.
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May 7, 2024 • 59 mins
Jeffery Lynn Hand was only 28 when he was shot to death in 1978 after a botched attempt at abducting a woman from a local mall. Meg discusses how Jeffery’s arrest and release following the abduction of a hitchhiking couple eventually linked him to the killing of 19-year-old Indiana State University student Pam Hilam in Terre Haute, Indiana. Was he also responsible for the murder of Indiana University student Ann Harmeier?
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May 7, 2024 • 66 mins
Jeanna North was just 11 years old when she disappeared while rollerblading. Coni takes you through this listener requested case.
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May 7, 2024 • 57 mins
What could have caused a wife, mother of 3, and grandmother to poison every member of her household? Meg discusses serial killer Janie Lou Gibbs and how she used her status within her church and community to avoid being linked to the deaths of her husband, sons, and grandson.
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