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Dark Deeds
by Dark Deeds
A short true crime podcast detailing the stories of solved and unsolved cases for the true crime enthusiast to get a quick fix of true crime! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.
Episodes
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S03E31: The Price of Greed- The Cruel Death of Margaret Craig
44-year old Candace Craig, her 19-year-old daughter Salia Hardy, and Candace's boyfriend, Benny lived with Candace's mother, 71-year-old Margaret Craig in a Prince George's County Maryland home. Candace was unemployed and her mother's primary caregiver. While Candace was to be helping her mother…
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S03E30: No Mercy in Madison: The Brutal Torture and Murder of Shanda Sharer
n January 1992, the small town of Madison, Indiana, was rocked by a crime so brutal, so unfathomable, it grabbed headlines across the globe. Shanda Sharer was only 12 years old—a bright, vibrant girl with her whole life ahead of her—when she became the target of a horrific plot orchestrated not…
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S03E29: Broken Bloodlines: The Holston Family Massacre
In 2017, the Holston family who consisted of 25-year-old Stacey Holston, her husband Todd Holston, and their two sons, 8 year-old Devon and 2 year-old Braxton lived in a home on State route 93 in Pedro, Ohio. The family moved to this neighborhood to be closer to Stacey's family since most of them...
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S03E28: The Secret Cooler-The Suffering of Kelly-Jien Warner
On the night of May 22, 2019, police were alerted to an apartment lived in by 35-year-old Wade Allen on North Maple Street in Sturgis, Michigan. A report came in about Wade storing his girlfriend's body in his apartment. As police searched the apartment, Wade grew increasingly uncooperative,...
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S03E27: Vanished in Midland: The 2018 Disappearance of Caitlin Denison
In January 2018, 19-year-old Caitlin Denison boarded a plane from Reno, Nevada, to Midland, Texas, accompanying a man she had only recently met. She was bright, tattooed, and full of life—but within 24 hours of landing in the Permian Basin, that life was shrouded in a terrifying mystery. Before…
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S03E26: Bound by Blood: Kenneth and Kari Allen
Most of us have a sibling we’d do anything for. We grow up sharing toys, secrets, and eventually, the stresses of adulthood, but for Ken and Kari Allen, that bond took a sharp, lethal turn. It wasn't just 'us against the world'—it was 'us against anyone in our way.' Kenneth Allen, Jr. had spent...
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S03E25: Cruelty in Numbers: The Greensburg Six Crimes Against Jennifer Daugherty
In February 2010, the quiet town of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was shaken by a crime so senseless it defied logic. Jennifer Daugherty, a 30-year-old woman known for her kind heart and trusting nature, thought she was spending time with friends. Instead, she walked into a trap that would lead to…
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S03E24: Stealing a Life: The Betrayal of Stevie Allman
In 1997, a house fire in Oakland, California, captured the hearts of the community. Emerging from the smoke was Stevie Allman, a beloved alleged anti-drug activist who claimed local dealers had firebombed her home in retaliation for her neighborhood watch efforts. As she lay in the hospital with...
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S03E23: Ritual of Rumors: The Corpsewood Manor Slayings
Deep in the woods of North Georgia, Dr. Charles Scudder and his partner, Joseph "Joey" Odom sought a peaceful, off-grid life in a hand-built brick mansion they called Corpsewood Manor. Rumors always swirled about the lovers and their quaint handbuilt home in the woods. The fact that they were...
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S03E22: Bad Medicine: Dirk Greineder's Double Life
On a crisp Halloween morning in 1999, Dr. Dirk Greineder—a world-renowned allergist and pillar of the elite Wellesley community in Massachusetts—placed a frantic 911 call from the banks of Morses Pond. His wife of 31 years, Mabel "May" Greineder, had been brutally beaten, stabbed, and almost...
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S03E21: The Ruhr Hunter: The Decades of Joachim Kroll
For over two decades, a shadow loomed over West Germany, Joachim Kroll, from 1955 to 1976, children and young women vanished without a trace, leaving a trail of terror that spanned cities, but the monster wasn’t hiding in the woods—he was living in a cramped apartment in Duisburg, working as a...
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S03E20: The Inside Job: Money, Malice, and the Murder of Gail Spencer
In October 2012, 58-year-old Gail Spencer arrived at her office in Macon, Gerogia expecting another routine day as a legal secretary and office manager at Calder Pinkston & Associates Law Firm. At this time, she had no idea that a coworker had already set a lethal plan in motion to embezzle funds...
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S03E19: ‘Twas the Lie Before Christmas: The Lisa Solomon Story
Lisa Solomon,a 22-year-old newlywed living in Huntington, New York had a beautiful dinner planned for her and her husband, Matthew Solomon on Christmas Eve 1987, but the dinner did not go according to plan. After dinner, the two got into an argument ending with Lisa being murdered. The next...
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S03E18: A Bed, a Meal, and a Shallow Grave: The Landlady of Death
From the outside, 1426 F Street in Sacramento, California, looked like a respectable Victorian boarding house run by a kind, grandmotherly woman with a reputation for helping the community's most vulnerable. But beneath Dorothea Puente's sweet facade lay a cold, calculating killer with a lifetime...
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S03E17: Recent Evils: The Murder of Rebecca Park and Crimes of Oninda Romelus
Rebecca Park On the night of November 3, 2025, 22-year-old Rebecca Park's biological mother, Cortney Bartholomew, and her step-father, Bradley Bartholomew lured her to their home. Since Rebecca was due to give birth soon, it was assumed they lured her there on the premise of having a baby shower...
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S03E16: Blonde Fury: The Tormented Life of Ruth Ellis
In the glamorous, smoky underworld of 1950s London, Ruth Ellis was a platinum-blonde trailblazer: a young, ambitious nightclub manager who quickly became the star of her own complicated life. But her world of glitz and aspiration was violently shattered by a toxic, abusive affair with wealthy...
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S03E15: The Parasocial Paradox: Sana Yousaf and Bianca Devins
For millions, the screen is a window into a world of connection, entertainment, and shared experiences. These people are the content creators; artists, comedians, gamers, storytellers. But in today’s hyperconnected world of modern media, the line between admiration and obsession is becoming...
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S03E14: No Light on Light Street: The Jessica Rae Sacco Story
After returning to Urbana, Ohio, attempting to repair her relationship with her mother, and getting a small apartment on Light Street, 21-year-old Jessica Rae Sacco felt as though things may be looking up in her life, but she was missing one thing, companionship. She took to the internet to meet...
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S03E13: The Unsolved Horror in Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders
Glenna Susan "Sue" Sharp and her five children, Sheila, Greg, Richard, Tina, and John lived in Cabin 28 at the Keddie Resort in Keddie, California. On the morning of April 12, 1981, Sheila Sharp (who was staying with a nearby family, The Seabolts) returned home at 7:45 AM to find her brother…
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S03E12: A Life Lost in the Margins: The Murder of Martha Freitag
In late July of 2018, a 54-year-old Akron, Ohio woman named Martha Freitag called police to see if the restraining order she previously had on her on-again-off-again, live-in boyfriend, 53-year-old David Callaghan could be reinstated. Her pleas for help went ignored, as she had been struggling…
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S03E11: The Photographs on the Billboard: Searching for the Sodder Five
In the early morning hours of December 25, 1945, the Sodder family which included George and Jennie Sodder along with their 10 children (one of which was away in war) awoke to a house fire in their Fayetteville, West Virginia home. George, Jennie, and four of their children escaped. The other…
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S03E10: Buried Truths: Justice for Crystal McCrory Jones
On February 9, 2023, 43-year-old mother of 2, Crystal McCrory Jones was found deceased inside her Louisiana home with a pillow over her face and a gunshot wound to the head. Less than 2 hours later, her death was ruled a suicide even though circumstances were very shady and almost no…
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S03E09: Flesh for Sale- A Look into the Body Trade
Many people are aware how organ transplantation is handled in the United States, but what most people aren't aware of is just how flawed the system is for handling body donation and brokerage. In this episode, a dive is taken into some of the commonly known and lesser known cases involving…
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S03E08: Love, Lies, and Cyanide: The Death of Angela Craig
When Angela Craig, a devoted mother of six and wife to Colorado dentist James Craig, began experiencing mysterious symptoms after drinking her morning protein shakes, no one suspected the true horror unfolding behind closed doors. In a matter of 10 days in March of 2023, Angela had been...
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S03E07: The "Honor Killings" of Amina and Sarah Said
Yaser Abdel Said, who was born in Egypt, ruled his family with an iron fist due to his extreme religious and cultural beliefs. His family, who lived in Texas, consisted of his wife, Patricia Owens, 17-year-old daughter Sarah Said, 18-year-old daughter Amina Said, and 19-year-old son, Islam Said....
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S03E06: Taken Two Soon; The Tragic Cases of Marilyn Ginel and Lisa Velasquez
In March 2006 in the Bronx, New York, three children watched in horror as their pregnant mother, 37-year-old Marilyn Ginel was brutally beaten and stabbed to death by her ex boyfriend, Robert Coakley and his wife, Maria Coakley. 12 years later in 2018, Marilyn's eldest daughter, 25-year-old Lisa...
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S03E05: The Cruel Chemistry of Revenge: The Case of Mark Van Dongen
In the early morning hours of September 22, 2015 in Bristol, UK, a man could be heard shouting through the streets. Neighbors thought this was some sort of prank or the sounds of animals, but when they exited their flats, they realized this was no joke. 27-year-old Mark Van Dongen wearing only...
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S03E04: Voices That Echo: The Tragedy and Triumph of Judy Malinowski
This episode honors the life and legacy of Judy Malinowski, a courageous woman whose voice transcended unimaginable pain to ignite change. After surviving a horrific act of domestic violence that left her with life-threatening burns, on June 2, 2015 by her estranged boyfriend, Michael Slager…
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S03E03: Recent Crime Cases
This episode features four stories that occurred in recent years, some of which are still ongoing. #1 Rachel HenryOn January 20, 2020, members of 22-year-old Rachel Henry's family were present at their Prague, Oklahoma home when all three of Rachel's children were discovered deceased on the…
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S03E02: The Fisher Family Murders
On the night of April 9, 2001, a loud argument could be heard coming from the Fisher family home in Scottsdale, Arizona between Robert Fisher and his wife, Mary Fisher. The next morning at around 8:42 AM, an explosion could be heard coming from the home which then erupted into flames. Upon...
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S03E01: McKamey Manor: America's most "Extreme Haunted House"
McKamey Manor, an extreme haunted house attraction that features survival horror-style events was founded by Russell McKamey and ran on his property in San Diego until it was moved to Tennessee in 2017. McKamey Manor has been the center of much controversy over the years due to how extreme the...
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S02E31: Fed to the Pigs--The Susan Monica Story
On January 20, 2014, Police brought 65-year-old pig farmer Susan Monica from Wimer, Oregon in for questioning after 56-year-old Robert Haney's family reported him missing. Police had discovered that Susan used Robert's EBT card in December at a local Walmart. Robert's family had not heard from…
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S02E30: The Case of Gwen Amber Rose Araujo
On the night of October 3, 2002, Gwen Amber Rose Araujo, a transgender teen from California attended a party at a home rented by Jose and Paul Merel. Michael Magidson, Jason Nabors, Jason Cazares, Emmanuel Merel, and Nicole Brown were all present at the party. Upon learning that Gwen was...
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S02E29: A Woman Scorned- The Case of Al Benitez and Elizabeth Reynolds
Just before 7 AM on August 9, 2003, the Kleberg County Sheriff's office in Texas received a 9-1-1 from a man saying he had been shot. When police arrived at the scene of the man's home, they realized the victim was one of their own, Albert Benitez, a former police officer and border patrol…
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S02E28: The Disappearance and Murder of Evelyn Boswell
15-month-old Evelyn Boswell was reported missing by her maternal grandfather, Tommy Boswell, Sr. in February of 2020. He stated he had not seen Evelyn since November of 2019. An Amber alert was issued on February 19, 2020. Other accounts say she had been missing since December 10-11 of 2019 which...
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S02E27: Marlene Warren and the Florida Killer Clown
On the morning of May 26, 1990, 40-year-old Marlene Warren was preparing breakfast for her son and his friends when she heard the door bell ring. Upon answering the door, she was greeted by a person dressed in a clown costume holding two foil balloons and a basket of carnations for her. When she...
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S02E26: The Mysterious Disappearances of Andre Bryant, Christopher Dansby, and Shane Walker
During 1989, three unrelated African American baby boys went missing under mysterious circumstances from New York. Andre Bryant, a one month old baby boy disappeared from Brooklyn, and his mother, Monique Rivera was found murdered the next day. He has never been located. Christopher Dansby, a...
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S02E25: The Crimes of the Knights of the Crystal Blade-Doomsday Cult
In 2016, John Coltharp and his best friend founded a doomsday cult loosely based on the teachings of the FLDS. It is important to note that the FLDS had no idea about this cult nor did it condone their behavior. In September of 2017, John’s estranged wife, Micha Coltharp went to the Utah police...
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S2E24: The Betrayal of Skylar Neese
Drama is a normal part of the teenage years, but sometimes, this drama is taken too far. On July 5, 2012, 16-year-old Skylar Neese snuck out of her Morgantown, West Virginia home to go joyriding with her two "best friends", Shelia Eddy and Rachel Shoaf, but these two girls had other plans for how...
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S02E23: The Gruesome Murder of Shad Thyrion by Taylor Schabusiness
On February 23, 2022 dispatchers in Green Bay Wisconsin received a 911 call at 3:28 AM from a woman and her boyfriend who had just discovered her 24-year-old son, Shad Thyrion’s severed head in a bucket at the bottom of their basement stairs. The woman was awakened by noises of her front door...
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S02E22: The Gruesome Murders of Joel and Lisa Guy
In November of 2016, the Guy parents had announced they sold their home in Knoxville, Tennessee to retire and move to Joel Sr.'s late mother's home in Surgoinsville, TN. They were holding their last family dinner at their home on Thanksgiving where the entire family would be attending before they...
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S02E21: The Solved Cold Case of Gretchen Harrington
On August 15, 1975, 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington set out alone to walk to the Trinity Christian Reformed Church for vacation bible school which was only 3/4 of a mile from her home in the suburb of Broomall in Pennsylvania when she was kidnapped. 2 months later, her body was found in Ridley…
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S02E20: The Mysterious Murders of Susan, Karen, and Michael Reinert
On June 22, 1979, English teacher, Susan Reinert and her two children, 11-year-old Karen and 10-year-old Michael set out to brave a hailstorm to take a trip for the weekend to Allentown, Pennsylvania where she would be holding a presentation for a group she was a member of. Her battered and naked...
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S02E19: Miranda and Elytte Barbour: " It’s dark. It’s violent. It’s like another person.”
19-year-old Miranda Barbour was a troubled girl who had a dark past including abuse as a toddler, drug abuse, and satanic cult involvement who seemingly had turned her life around when she moved to North Carolina with her uncle in 2012. She gave birth to a baby girl, got a job, and even began...
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S02E18: Carlee Russell's Kidnapping Hoax
On July 13, 2023, 25-year-old Carlethia Nicole Russell, or simply, Carlee Russell was driving on Interstate 459 when she stopped her red Mercedes Benz along the highway to phone 9-1-1 to report a toddler walking along the highway with only a white t-shirt and diaper on. She placed the call around...
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S02E17: The Gruesome Murder of Nicole "Niki" Perry
In November of 2020, 31-year-old Nicole "Niki" Perry and her fiance, Randall Fulghum were living in a small, crowded, garage on the 300 block of West Harlan Avenue in San Antonio, Texas that had been turned into a makeshift home for transients owned by "Gizmo" and his girlfriend, Vanessa Vargas....
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S2E16: The Apartment of Horrors: Kendrick, Jordan, Trevon, and Ja'Veon Lee
On October 24, 2021, 15-year-old Jordan Lee called 9-1-1 to report that he and his two brothers had been abandoned in an apartment in Green Crest, Harris County, Texas by their mother and her boyfriend, being left to fend for themselves and live with the decomposing body of their brother for…
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S02E15: Coercive Control: The Devastating Murders of Hannah Clarke and Her Three Children
A kind and beautiful, Hannah Clarke, met former New Zealand Rugby player, Rowan Baxter, in 2008 when she was just 19-years-old and he, 30-years old. The pair fell in love and were married in 2012, and then came the arrival of their three beautiful children, Aaliyah, Laianah, and Trey Baxter.…
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S02E14: The Independence Day Murders of Sue and Melinda Marshel
On July 5, 1995, a citizen of Wayne City, Illinois called to report a mid 1980s, green Oldsmobile had been submerged nose-deep in a local pond. Police went to investigate and discovered a bloody scene. Blood had been smeared on one of the car's tail lights and filled the floor pans. A piece of...
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S02E13: The Troubled Friendship of Two Davids- The Body in the Bag Killer
On July 3, 2012, a group of students vacationing on Portsmouth Beach in Southsea, England discovered something wrapped in a pink shower curtain and trash bags on the rocks of the beach. It was determined that the item in question was the dismembered torso of 30-year-old David Guy. Three days…
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A short true crime podcast detailing the stories of solved and unsolved cases for the true crime enthusiast to get a quick fix of true crime!
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