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True Crime This Week
by James Renner
Dive deep into the shadows of the crime world with "True Crime This Week," your essential half-hour rendezvous into the intriguing, the unresolved, and the downright chilling facets of criminal endeavors. Spearheaded by acclaimed journalist and true crime author, James Renner, this weekly podcast peels back the layers of the latest crime stories you've likely overlooked. James doesn't just rehash the headlines; he gives them a fresh spin, with updates on cold cases that have been left in the dark, insights into true crime pop culture that’s shaping our obsession, and his top true crime book picks to keep your library as captivating as his storytelling. Whether it's a notorious saga drawing to a close or a forgotten mystery stepping back into the limelight, "True Crime This Week" is your gateway to becoming a true crime aficionado. Tune in, get hooked, and stay informed with the most riveting stories and updates in the world of true crime. New episodes drop weekly, but the intrigue l
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True Crime This Week - August 21, 2026
This week: Penn State frats know how to party, karma catches up to Eric Swalwell, Hayden Panettiere's boyfriend was on scene, the country's oldest prisoner dies at 101, the latest in the Lindsay Clancy case, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - August 14, 2026
This week: Everything you need to know about the Lindsay Clancy case, Luigi Mangione may plead guilty, what's in a psychopath's poop, Chris Watts finds love behind bars, students identify dead man, Elizabeth Smart's new podcast, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - August 7, 2026
This week: Wyoming says stand your ground if you have the right pronouns, David Vander Meer was a real creep, Bryan Kohberger says jk, vigilantes arrested for threatening witness in Nolan Wells' case, what went wrong with the Rocky Horror Pictures show, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - July 17, 2026
This week: What happened to Nolan Wells?, more info about the House of Horrors, the murder of Joan Guerrero, Trump pays rape victim, strange cases from the UK, a real cat burglar, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - June 12, 2026
This week: FBI testimony reveals evidence in Anna Kepner's murder, Belfast stabbing leads to week of riots, never go to prison in Oklahoma, Boelter pleads guilty, 88-yearold serial killer gets life, someone stole all the bourbon, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - June 5, 2026
This week: Murderer uses Grand Theft Auto for an alibi, Karen Read is back for revenge, it's now legal to shoot teenagers in South Carolina, man pulls gun on coworker for microwaving fish, new true crime, and more! Further Reading: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c893zygkvy8o...
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True Crime This Week - Interview with Steve Shirilla
An interview with Steve Shirilla, the father of Mackenzie Shirilla, about his experience working with Netflix on his daughter's story and the clues they left out of the documentary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - May 8, 2026
This week: police search for Kristin Smart's remains, inside the Jeffrey Epstein library, Russian university trains hackers, professor finds man living in his closet, manhunt ends in Tennessee, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - May 1, 2026
This week: A monk goes missing in Scotland, Comey indicted again, Cole Allen conspiracies, Clavicular gets sued, police use facial recognition to find killer, shootout at Taco Bell, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - April 24, 2026
This week: D4vd is never getting out of prison, Memphis mystery, Trump loves pot, fertility clinic switches embryos, two cold cases solved, and a beekeeper goes wild. Further Reading: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-20/d4vd-murder-charge-slaying-celeste-rivas-hernandez...
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True Crime This Week - Deep Dive: 11 Scientists Missing or Murdered
A deep dive into the conspiracy behind the vanishing and deaths of 11 prominent scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - April 17, 2026
This week: Anna Kepner's stepbrother charged with murder, Eric Swalwell had a bad week, Oklahoma grandmother mistaken for bank robber, Katy Perry is nasty (allegedly), FBI tests DNA from Guthrie home, RFK Jr. is obsessed with racoon penises, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - Deep Dive: Mackenzie Shirilla
A deep dive into the story of Mackenzie Shirilla, who was charged with two counts of murder after a strange crash in Ohio. She is the subject of a new Netflix documentary, The Crash, which premiers May 15th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - April 10, 2026
This week: Rex Heuermann admits he's a serial killer, what happened to Lynette Hooker, Australia's super soldier charged with war crimes, Hawaii doctor did it, the one about the Ketamine Queen, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - April 3, 2026
This week: Defense says bullet in Charlie Kirk's killing does not match weapon, Tiger Woods in the rough, police make arrest in Laura Miller cold case, 13 year old girl found alive and well 32 years after she disappeared, orgasm cult leader gets prison, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - March 27, 2026
This week: Arielle Konig testifies, Savannah Guthrie calls out Internet sleuths, Bill Cosby did it again, shots fired at Rhianna's house, quadruple amputee cornhole champion throws is all away, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - March 20, 2026
This week: Mat Becker is not a funny comedian, Crime Stoppers gets hacked, Afroman wins!, an arrest in the Ashley Okland case, Sheriff Nanos may be recalled, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - October 3, 2025
This week: Police solve the Yogurt Shop Murders, terrorist attack in Manchester, more details on the Mormon church mass shooting, man confesses to murder on TV, police reopen Hunter S. Thompson's death, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - September 26, 2025
This week: Shooter targets ICE in Dallas, Trump takes revenge on James Comey, Season 3 of the Karen Read drama premieres, Australia's Night Stalker pleads guilty, South Carolina teacher arrested for destroying A/C unit with poop spray, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - September 19, 2025
This week: Who's to blame for Charlie Kirk; Why did D4vd have a dead body in his trunk; Fox host calls for killing of homeless, Minneapolis says okay; Madeleine McCann suspect goes free; new Beyonce songs stolen, and more! Further Reading…
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True Crime This Week - Violet Eyes
This week: A special presentation of my new serialized audiobook, Violet Eyes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - August 29, 2025
This week: Tragedy in Minneapolis, Donna Adelson is the worst mother-in-law, Australian police hunt fugitive down under, Lil Nas X likes to party hard, man who faked death sent to prison, the cast of the Karen Read tv show, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - August 15, 2025
This week: International Wisconsin hitwoman goes to prison, think twice about taking Uber, South Carolina candidate for governor knows how to party, a dog comes home with a human bone, Australian police solve 30 year old cold case murder, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - August 8, 2025
This week: Did Bryan Kohberger break into a sorority house before the murders, Department of Justice official caught on tape telling rioters to kill cops, Australia pardons a serial killer, Woody Allen's letter to Jeffrey Epstein, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week Investigates - Secrets from Inside the Cruise Ship Industry
In this special report in my ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley, we hear from a Royal Caribbean staff member who explains how drugs are taken on and off the ship at Curacao. He also speaks about corruption on the island and what he believes may have happened to Amy...
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True Crime This Week Investigates - Interview with Kat Lovelace, Amy Bradley's girlfriend.
An exclusive interview with Kat Lovelace, Amy Lynn Bradley's college girlfriend. Kat shares memories of Amy Bradley and responds to the documentary and recent comments on social media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week Investigates - Amy Lynn Bradley, Who is Jas?
One of the more interesting pieces of evidence in the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley is a photograph of a woman named "Jas" which was found on the website of an escort service operating on Margarita Island. Many believe Jas is Amy Bradley. But that might not be the case. In this exclusive...
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True Crime This Week - Steffen Baldwin Jailhouse Calls
Here's a short update on Steffen Baldwin, whose fingerprints were found inside the car of Maura Murray who vanished in the White Mountains in 2004. Steffen speaks briefly about Maura Murray in a couple calls recorded from jail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - July 18, 2025
This week: Woman charged with leaking grand jury testimony related to Karen Read case, law student under investigation for making sexy A.I. videos of his professors, did the Annabelle doll kill a man, what's the story with Brigitte Macron, death by chocolate, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week Investigates - Amy Lynn Bradley, New Interview
James Renner interviews Sarah Luck, a friend of Amy Lynn Bradley. Amy went missing from The Rhapsody of the Seas in 1998. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - July 11, 2025
This week: Why Sarah Grace Patrick will be the next big true crime case, Epstein's client list vanishes, Terry Perry is a creep (allegedly), murder by beef wellington, Michael Jackson's friend threatens to tell all, Grok goes crazy, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - July 4, 2025
This week: Bryan Kohberger cheats death, Abrego Garcia speaks, Wess Roley's troubled past, Diddy gets off without baby oil, a woman solves her twin sister's case, how ChatGPT killed a guy, and more! Further Reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/idaho-murders-kohberger-plea.html...
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True Crime This Week - June 20, 2025
This week: Massholes unite for Karen Read, Vance Boelter is a nutjob, the murder of a social media influencer, missing detective found in Connecticut, the largest jewel heist in U.S. history comes to an end, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - June 13, 2025
This week: Closing arguments in the Karen Read trial, military murder shines light on broken system, the feds close in on Travis Decker, runaway juror in the Harvey Weinstein trial, a man and a racoon walk into a bar, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - May 30, 2025
This week: the Devil of the Ozarks escapes, Vigilante justice in Cleveland, sex cult goes to court, fugitive turns up dead in detective's pool, Trump and Musk get it on, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - May 23, 2025
This week: the Prosecution Strikes Back in the Karen Read case, 10 inmates escape in Louisiana, man avoids cops by jumping on his submarine, Diddy likes something gross, update in the disappearance of Jennifer Kesse, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - May 16, 2025
This week: Diddy has a tootsie roll, the Karen Read case is still a dumpster fire, Judge Dugan fights back, the Menendez brothers are one step closer to freedom, Chris Brown can't keep his hands to himself, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - May 2, 2025
This week: Twins found dead on remote mountain top, the Vancouver attacker may have gone crazy from grief, a UK porn star keeps more than hot pockets in his freezer, missing 16 year old found alive in Colorado, a best-selling author is murdered in Germany, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - What the UMass Amherst police records reveal about Maura Murray
The UMass Amherst police department released their records on the investigation into the disappearance of Maura Murray. This episode looks into what the documents reveal, including motives for her disappearance, more information about the mysterious party on campus, and the story of how her ID…
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True Crime This Week - April 25, 2025
This week: Season Two of the Karen Read trial begins, mass shooting in Kashmir, man who claimed to cure HIV caught up in murder-for-hire plot, Lori Daybell is guilty again, a California judge breaks bad, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week
A special report on the Maura Murray case. In March, we learned that a fingerprint found in Maura Murray's car was linked to former West Point cadet Steffen Baldwin, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Ohio on unrelated charges. I recently obtained a copy of his autobiography and it…
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True Crime This Week - April 11, 2025
This week: Richard Allen confesses again and again, Bestselling author gets shot by police in LA, Robot lawyers invade New York, Hollywood director ordered to pay $1.7 billion to his victims, Lori Daybell is still crazy, a snooker champion takes his dead brother out for beer, and more! Hosted on...
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True Crime This Week - April 4, 2025
This week: Jean-Claude Van Damme is a hard target, prosecutors seek death penalty for Mangioni, Toledo Jane Doe identified, defense tries for new trial in Lucy Letby case, a New Jersey police chief likes Viagra in his coffee, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - March 28, 2025
This week: A DNA database goes bankrupt, Who let Andrew Tate back into the U.S.?, Big Brother comes to London, Selena's killer denied parole, a real life monster under the bed, and more! Further Reading: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/23andme-bankruptcy-genetic-data-delete...
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True Crime This Week - March 21, 2025
This week: Police release 911 call in Idaho murders, someone took out a hit on a ghost hunter, JFK files released, update in the Maura Murray case, Michael Proctor is fired, and more! Further Reading: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/audio-of-911-call-released-in-idaho-college-student-murders-case/#...
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True Crime This Week - March 15, 2025
A deeper dive into Steffen Baldwin and his connections to Maura Murray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - March 14, 2025
This week, a special episode about new information in the unsolved disappearance of Maura Murray. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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True Crime This Week - Feb 21, 2025
This week: New clues in the disappearance of Asha Degree, Karen Read's new trial is already crazy, New Zealand fugitive is keeping his children in the woods, 7 arrested in Travis Kelce heist, the leader of the Zizian cult is caught, an entire police department is arrested, and more! Further...
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True Crime This Week - Feb 14, 2025
This week: Bryan Kohberger's attorney plays games, a reporter's death uncovers a female serial predator, Salmon Rushdie testifies, Toronto police solve cold case, nobody cuts in line at the prime rib station, and more! Further Reading:...
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True Crime This Week - Feb 7, 2025
This week: The Ellen Greenberg case heats up, Sweden suffers worst mass shooting in history, why is the U.K. paying incels?, Sister takes the fall for her identical twin, Hollywood producer faces 148 years in prison, Derek Chauvin returns, and more! Further Reading:...
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Dive deep into the shadows of the crime world with "True Crime This Week," your essential half-hour rendezvous into the intriguing, the unresolved, and the downright chilling facets of criminal endeavors. Spearheaded by acclaimed journalist and true crime author, James Renner, this weekly podcast peels back the layers of the latest crime stories you've likely overlooked. James doesn't just rehash the headlines; he gives them a fresh spin, with updates on cold cases that have been left in the dark, insights into true crime pop culture that’s shaping our obsession, and his top true crime book picks to keep your library as captivating as his storytelling. Whether it's a notorious saga drawing to a close or a forgotten mystery stepping back into the limelight, "True Crime This Week" is your gateway to becoming a true crime aficionado. Tune in, get hooked, and stay informed with the most riveting stories and updates in the world of true crime. New episodes drop weekly, but the intrigue l
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