The Casual Criminalist
Kanaal Besonderhede
The Casual Criminalist
True crime... casually done. Fact boy gives you new episodes on Mondays and Fridays. Also available on YouTube!
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384 episodes
Jealousy, Drugs, and Murder: The Jean Harris Story
A respected headmistress, a powerful lover, and a shattered psyche collide—jealousy, manipulation, and drugs spiral into the shocking killing of Ameri...
The Girl in the Concrete Drum: The Heartbreaking Tragedy of Junko Furuta
A disturbing true-crime documentary recounting Junko Furuta’s abduction and murder, exposing shocking failures of justice, human cruelty, and the endu...
5 of America's Worst Miscarriages of Justice
From Emmett Till to the Central Park Five, explore America’s shocking miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, and system failures that destroye...
Flashback to The Real-Life Harley Quinn
In this flashback episode, we are in the late 1970s where the Hillside Strangler had been captured, and two men now awaited trail. But one of them, K...
Luka Magnotta: The Butcher of Montreal
The disturbing true story of Luka Magnotta—how internet fame, obsession, and ignored warnings led to one of Canada’s shocking crimes, told through the...
Peter Falconio: Mysterious Murder in the Outback
On a desolate Australian highway, a backpacker vanishes. A survivor escapes, suspicion erupts, and chilling evidence unfolds in the haunting Peter Fal...
Caroline Crouch: The Murder That Shook Greece
A staged home invasion, a nation transfixed, and a chilling betrayal. We unravel the lies behind Caroline Crouch’s murder—and how one man fooled Greec...
Velma Barfield: The Death-Row Granny
Behind the gentle grandmotherly smile lurked a chilling killer. Discover how Velma Barfield—America’s ‘Death-Row Granny’—used poison, manipulation, an...
The Monster of Florence: Italy’s Demented Slayer of Couples
Dive into Italy’s most terrifying true-crime mystery as we uncover the Monster of Florence—decades of murders, conspiracies, botched investigations, a...
The Richardson Family Murders
A chilling dive into Canada’s youngest triple-murderer. Grooming, rebellion, and a deadly pact unravel as Jasmine Richardson and Jeremy Steinke shock...
The Real-Life Scream Killers.
Dive into the chilling real stories that inspired Scream. Explore real-life killers, shocking crimes, and the dark truths behind one of horror’s most...
Richard Speck: The Self-Annointed Devil
Inside the chilling life of Richard Speck, the self-annointed devil whose brutal crimes shocked America. Explore his past, prison tape, and the night...
Flashback to The Amazon Review Killer
In this flashback episode, Simon delves into the chilling case of Todd Kohlhepp, infamously known as the Amazon Review Killer. Terrible grammar. Wrote...
Alias "Elaine Parent": The Chameleon Killer
Unmask the chilling story of Elaine Parent—the “Chameleon Killer.” From stolen identities to cold-blooded murder, uncover how the world’s most elusive...
5 More of the Weirdest Murders That Have Never Been Explained
Dive into five chilling, unsolved murder mysteries—Jennifer Servo, Keddie Cabin, Barry & Honey Sherman, Rey Rivera, and more. Twists, conspiracies, no...
Flashback to The Hammersmith Ghost Murder
The ghost might be fake, but the murder and legal precedents are both very real.
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The Kidnapping of Zephany Nurse
Abducted at birth, reunited by chance—Zephany Nurse’s true story unravels identity, justice, and two families at war. From hospital theft to courtroom...
David Milgaard and the Murder of Gail Miller
A brutal 1969 murder, a wrongful conviction, and a decades-long fight for justice. This is the tragic story of David Milgaard and the truth behind the...
The Keddie Cabin Murders: Who did it?
In 1981, Cabin 28 in Keddie, California, became the scene of a brutal unsolved quadruple murder. Decades later, theories, suspects, and conspiracy swi...
Flashback to: The Unsolved Mystery of the Black Dahlia Case
As seen in LA Noire.
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Flashback to: Glennon Engleman: Dentist by Day, Hitman by Night
DS. DDS. KILLER.
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Introducing: Crime House Daily
Crime doesn’t take a day off. And neither does Crime House Daily. Hosted by self-defense instructor and advocate for victims, Katie Ring, Crime House...
Flashback to Joseph James DeAngelo: The Golden State Killer
The Golden State Killer is one of the most prolific criminals in American history. Despite committing hundreds of known crimes and being suspected of...
DNA Frees UK Man After 38 Years in Maximum Security
Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in ‘Monster Mansion’ for a murder he didn’t commit. How did bite-mark forensics and coerced confessions ruin a life—and...
This Couple Never Made It Home. But Why Were They Murdered?
Content warning: Knoxville’s brutal 2007 torture slayings of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom—kidnapping, assault, murder, botched trials, a disbarr...
Fatal Decision Leaves Mary Steinhauser Dead (Inside Prison Walls)
In 1975, a Canadian prison standoff turned tragic when psychiatric nurse Mary Steinhauser was killed. Was it a chaotic mistake—or a deliberate cover-u...
Hannah Foster Took the Nightbus Home. She Was Never Seen Again.
Seventeen-year-old Hannah Foster vanished after a night out in Southampton. Her parents’ relentless pursuit of justice spanned continents, ending in a...
A Cigarette Stub Helped Solve a 35-Year Murder Mystery...
A 1984 Glasgow murder, a vanished killer, and a family torn by suspicion. Decades later, DNA on a lone cigarette stub exposed the truth—ending a 35-ye...
How a Tinder Predator Brutalised and Robbed his Victims...
Inside Glasgow’s Tinder Swindler: how Christopher Harkins charmed, stole, and abused—until victims and a relentless journalist brought him down. Fraud...
Dating App Monster Drugged and Killed 4 Men. And the Police Did Nothing About It.
Four men murdered after meeting a predator on a dating app. Drugged, robbed, and killed—yet police failed to act. This chilling true crime exposes sys...
Dennis Nilsen: The British Jeffrey Dahmer
Dennis Nilsen, dubbed the “British Jeffrey Dahmer,” lured young men to his home - only for them to vanish. Discover the chilling story of one of the U...
The Tragedy of Matthew Shepard: The Murder that Shook the Gay Community
Matthew Shepard’s brutal 1998 murder exposed the deadly consequences of homophobia in America. This heartbreaking case galvanized LGBTQ+ rights activi...
The Horrifying Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews
When 9-year-old Shannon Matthews vanished, a community united—only to discover a shocking betrayal. This bizarre kidnapping case gripped the UK and ex...
The Knutby Cult Murder...
A cult pastor. A murder disguised as divine prophecy. In a sleepy Swedish village, text messages from "God" led to bloodshed, betrayal, and the unmask...
The Jaipur Tinder Murder
Catfish meets catfish in this twisted tale of Tinder, scams, and cold-blooded murder. Discover how a double life, a fake identity, and a deadly plan c...
Kazuo Taoka: The Japanese Godfather
Once a street orphan, Kazuo Taoka rose to become Japan’s most feared yakuza boss—transforming the Yamaguchi-gumi into a criminal empire that blended b...
Flashback to the Duchess of Death: How One Billionaire Heiress Might Have Gotten Away With Murder
In this flashback episode, Simon delves into the intriguing story of Doris Duke - a beloved public figure who might also have been a murderer. Alleged...
The Greenbrier Ghost: The Woman Who Solved Her Own Murder
A ghostly wife returns from the grave to accuse her husband of murder—sparking the only U.S. case where a spirit helped convict a killer. Was justice...
Introducing: Almost Interesting by Simon Whistler
Welcome to Almost Interesting, the podcast designed to be just interesting enough - but not too interesting, obviously. In each episode, I'll dive ge...
The 5 Weirdest Murders That Have NEVER Been Explained...
Five gruesome cases, zero answers. From fitness instructor Missy Bevers to CIA whispers and missing hands—these baffling, unsolved murders defy logic,...