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True Crime Sucks
by True Crime Sucks
You know what sucks about true crime documentaries? Almost everything! As fun to watch as they may be, the subject matter is a huge bummer more often than not. That sure does make producing a comedy podcast out of breaking down, reviewing, and analyzing the latest and most talked-about true crime documentaries, docuseries, and crime specials a tough task. But on True Crime Sucks, hosts Adam Tod Brown and Kari Martin (previously hosts of the Pretty Scary podcast) do their very best to make it happen. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support.
Episodes
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Stupid Flanders - Fear Thy Neighbor S1E3: Final Notice
Adam and Jawn recap S1E3 of the Investigation Discovery series Fear Thy Neighbor. The episode covers the case of insane neighbor Irsie Henry, a former LAPD cop who provided the real life inspiration for the 2008 Samuel L. Jackson film Lakeview Terrace. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Stupid Flanders - Fear Thy Neighbor S1E2: Red Picket Fences
Adam and Jawn recap the second episode of the Investigation Discovery true crime series Fear Thy Neighbor. This installment covers a 1989 feud between two families in Maine that ends in the worst way possible, exactly as you'd expect it would. Episode:...
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Stupid Flanders - Fear Thy Neighbor S1E1: Lies, Lawns, and Murder
Adam and co-host Jawn Louis are powering their way through the Investigation Discovery series Fear Thy Neighbor from start to finish. And this is the first episode! It's about the series premiere "Lies, Lawns and Murder" which covers the story of Roland Younce, a North Carolina man whose dispute...
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Toxic Love Story
Adam and Kari discuss a recent Netflix documentary about a dirty US Marshall, his equally shady girlfriend, and the woman they framed and almost sent to prison for life. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening…
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Shipwrecked: Nightmare At Sea
Adam and Kari discuss the Netflix documentary Shipwrecked: Nightmare At Sea, which covers the 2012 sinking of the Costa Concordia cruise ship in Italy. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access…
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You Don't Even Like Documentaries - Trainwreck: Poop Cruise
Free bonus episode! Adam and co-host Kym Kral discuss the Netflix documentary Trainwreck: Poop Cruise. It tells the tale of a cruise that went awry in one of the worst way imaginable. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get…
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Fatal Distraction
Adam and Kari discuss the Amazon Prime documentary Fatal Distraction, which covers the murder trial of Georgia's Justin Ross Harris, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole after leaving his son in the back seat of his car while he was at work. Trigger warning: Nancy Grace and lazy,...
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Handsome Devil: Charming Killer
Adam and Kari discuss the (for some reason) three-part Paramount+ documentary Handsome Devil: Charming Killer, which covers the crimes of Wade Wilson aka "The Deadpool Killer", a real scumbag who murdered a couple of women mostly because he wanted to murder and then got a huge online following of...
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Phrogging: Hider In My House - Bump In the Night
Adam and Kari recap the first episode of the Lifetime documentary series Phrogging: Hider In My House. Just as the title implies, it's a series about people who found strangers living in their home while they were also living there. This episode covers a couple who discovered a strange man who...
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Maternal Instinct
Welcome back to True Crime Sucks! On this episode, Adam and new permanent co-host Kari Martin discuss the new Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct, which covers the absurdly shocking crimes of Texas woman Taylor Parker. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Tickled
Adam welcomes Jack Kelly and Danger Van Gorder to discuss the highly bizarre 2016 David Farrier documentary Tickled Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you subscribe on Spreaker:...
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American Nightmare
Adam and guest co-host Kym Kral discuss a Netflix documentary about a couple who were victimized by a brutal kidnapping ring and then victimized further by the police when they tried to report what happened. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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The Confession Tapes: Down River
Adam and guest co-host Jenn Scott discuss a true crime documentary about a guy who went to prison for killing his kids even though he's almost certainly innocent. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and…
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Mister Organ
Adam and guest co-host Andy Sell discuss the highly weird Netflix documentary Mister Organ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you subscribe on Spreaker:...
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Escaping Twin Flames
Adam and guest co-host Heather Marulli discuss the Netflix documentary Escaping Twin Flames Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you subscribe on Spreaker:...
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The Curious Case of Natalia Grace Pt. 2
Adam and guest co-host Kym Kral discuss the second installment of The Curious Case of Natalia Grace! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you subscribe on Spreaker:...
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The Murder of Laci Peterson
Adam and guest co-hosts Samantha Jane and Jack Kelly discuss an A&E documentary that suggests that trial-by-media sensation Scott Peterson might be innocent Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early…
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The Devil On Trial
Adam and guest co-host Elise Golgowski discuss a Netflix documentary that covers the crime that forms the basis of the horror movie The Conjuring 3. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when...
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Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case
Adam and guest co-host Jessica Singer discuss the recent Netflix documentary Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you subscribe on Spreaker:...
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American Murder: The Family Next Door
Adam and guest co-hosts Tom Reimann and Heather Marulli discuss the Netflix documentary American Murder: The Family Next Door, which covers the brutal murder of Shannan Watts and her two kids at the hands of her husband, Chris Watts. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Take Care of Maya
Adam and guest co-host Kym Kral discuss a documentary about what happens when the people who are supposed to protect kids from child abuse turn into the child abusers. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and...
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The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley
Adam welcomes Danger Van Gorder and Hana Michels to talk about the HBO/Max/Discovery/WhateverItIsNow documentary The Inventor: Out For Blood In Silicon Valley. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early...
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Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America
Adam and guest co-host Cindy Aravena discuss a new Netflix documentary about the Boy Scouts of America and the organization's failed efforts to cover up and escape accountability for decades of abuse perpetrated by Scout leaders. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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Telemarketers
Adam and guest co-host Jack Kelly discuss the insane Max documentary Telemarketers Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you subscribe on Spreaker:...
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Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist
Adam and guest co-host Jenn Scott discuss a documentary about a professional athlete who got catfished in the most extreme manner possible. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you...
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Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse
Adam and guest co-host Olivia Haidar discuss the 2013 documentary Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse, which covers the murder of a mentally ill man at the hands of the Portland PD. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support.…
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The Curious Case of Natalia Grace
Adam and guest co-host Kym Kral discuss the highly weird six-part Investigation Discovery documentary series The Curious Case of Natalia Grace. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and early access when you...
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The Jewel Thief
Adam welcomes his Trendpony co-hosts Jenn Scott and Jessica Singer to discuss the fantastic Hulu documentary The Jewel Thief, which covers the life and crimes of master criminal Gerald Daniel Blanchard. Become a supporter of this podcast:...
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The Thin Blue Line
Adam and guest co-host Andy Sell discuss a stone cold classic true crime documentary from legendary filmmaker Errol Morris that succeeded in getting an innocent man freed from prison. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get…
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The Tinder Swindler
Adam and guest co-host Kym Kral discuss a wild documentary about a creep who talked a bunch of women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars all in the name of keeping his enemies at bay. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get...
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The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
Adam and guest co-host Jenn Scott discuss a Netflix documentary about a guy who went from viral internet sensation to convicted murderer in the span of three months. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support. Get ad-free listening and...
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How To Fix A Drug Scandal
Adam welcomes Jack Kelly and Jeff May to discuss the four-part Netflix series How To Fix a Drug Scandal, which covers two early-2010s drug lab scandals that happened at the same time and resulted in tens of thousands of wrongful convictions. Become a member at...
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The Pez Outlaw
Adam and guest co-host Andy Sell discuss a relatively lighthearted documentary about a man who briefly struck it rich by sneaking rare and ill-gotten Pez dispensers into the United States from Europe. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/true-crime-sucks. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Jared From Subway: Catching A Monster
Adam and guest co-host Kym Kral discuss the horrifying Investigation Discovery documentary about former Subway spokesperson and forever sex criminal Jared Fogle Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/true-crime-sucks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Become a...
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My Brother's Keeper
Adam and guest co-host Jack Kelly dive into the foundational 1992 true crime documentary My Brother's Keeper, which covers the trial of Delbert Ward, a man who was accused of murdering his own brother in an act of mercy and/or sex gone wrong. Become a member at...
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The Act of Killing
Adam and guest co-host Katrina Davis discuss the fantastic 2012 documentary The Act of Killing, which follows a group of genocide perpetrators as they attempt to recreate their atrocities for the big screen. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/true-crime-sucks. Hosted on Acast. See...
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There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane
Adam welcomes his Pretty Scary co-host Cindy Aravena to kick off an all-new podcast in the absolute heaviest and most emotionally devastating way possible...by covering the 2011 HBO documentary There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/true-crime-sucks....
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Trailer: What's the Deal With the Name of the Show?
Announcing a new true crime podcast from the makers of Pretty Scary! In this trailer, host Adam Tod Brown explains why the podcast is called True Crime Sucks (sorta) and lets you know when to expect the first official episode! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/true-crime-sucks. Hosted…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
You know what sucks about true crime documentaries? Almost everything! As fun to watch as they may be, the subject matter is a huge bummer more often than not. That sure does make producing a comedy podcast out of breaking down, reviewing, and analyzing the latest and most talked-about true crime documentaries, docuseries, and crime specials a tough task. But on True Crime Sucks, hosts Adam Tod Brown and Kari Martin (previously hosts of the Pretty Scary podcast) do their very best to make it happen.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-sucks--7047536/support.
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You know what sucks about true crime documentaries? Almost everything! As fun to watch as they may be, the subject matter is a huge bummer more often than not. That sure does make producing a comedy podcast out of breaking down, reviewing, and analyzing the latest and most talked-about true crime...
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