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Weird True Crime
by Gina Nichols and Amber Paul
Weird True Crime is the ultimate podcast for fans of bizarre, lesser-known, and jaw-dropping true crime stories. Hosted by Gina Nichols and Amber Paul, these lifelong besties explore strange crimes that will leave you stunned. They dive into ethical, victim-focused storytelling with family interviews that bring humanity to the forefront of the narrative. Every episode of Weird True Crime unravels mysterious cases, unsolved crimes, and shocking events you won’t believe are real. Need a lighter take? Tune in biweekly for WTF Wednesday, where Gina and Amber share hilarious stories of dumb criminals, true crime history, and other oddball crime tales guaranteed to make you laugh. As part of the Weird True Crime family, you’ll join a growing community of "little skeletons" led by our quirky mascot, Billy the Skelly, who guides you through these wild and fascinating tales. Whether searching for podcasts about true crime, stra
Episodes
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Bonus: Advocacy Con with Eric Carter-Landin & Whitney St. Andre
In this special edition of Weird True Crime, Gina sits down with Whitney St. Andre (co-host of *Navigating Advocacy*) and Eric Carter Landin (host of *True Consequences*) to talk about AdvocacyCon — a one-of-a-kind conference built for families of the missing and murdered, happening September…
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What Melissa Left | Episode 6: Undetermined
Melissa Casias's long awaited autopsy report is finally in, and in this episode, Gina and Amber break down exactly what it says, including new context from the Mondragon family about the remote stone basin where Melissa was found, and why it doesn't match what NMSP originally told them. They walk...
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UNSOLVED SKYJACKING || D.B. Cooper | Your Host Jules (guest episode)
As the rest of the country was settling in and finalizing holiday meals, a man in his mid forties with unremarkable features, yet a quiet and steady demeanor walks through the Portland International Airport. It’s Thanksgiving Eve, Nov 24th, 1971. He approaches the ticket agent at Northwest Orient...
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WTF Wednesday || Reddit AITA Ridiculousness
Your weekly dumpster fire just got an upgrade. This week, Amber and Gina are diving headfirst into Reddit's AITA (Am I The Asshole?) forum — and they pulled 10 of the most unhinged, hilarious, and genuinely jaw-dropping threads they could find. From a lactose-intolerant food thief who gets the...
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'Heavenly Creatures' || The Murder of Honora Parker
Join the Facebook Group and join the conversation: https://www.facebook.com/groups/weirdtruecrime In 1954, two teenage best friends in Christchurch, New Zealand, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, murdered Pauline's mother, Honora Parker, in Victoria Park, staging her death to look like an…
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The Prince of Fraud: The Many Lives of Anthony Gignac | WTF Wednesday
For nearly thirty years, Anthony Gignac, born Jose Enrique Moreno on the streets of Colombia, posed as Saudi royalty to con hotels, department stores, a university, and eventually a group of ultra wealthy international investors out of millions of dollars. From a sixth grade Mercedes scam to a…
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Letecia Stauch & Gannon Stauch || The Case Revisited: Part 3 of 3
In the final episode of this series, Gina and Amber cover Leticia Stauch's murder trial, three years after Gannon's death. Leticia pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, with her defense arguing she suffered from dissociative identity disorder as a result of childhood trauma. Prosecutors…
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Letecia Stauch & Gannon Stauch || The Case Revisited: Part 2 of 3
In part two, Gina and Amber cover the break that changed everything: the discovery of a piece of blood-stained particle board near the Stauch home, and the trail of evidence that led investigators over a thousand miles away to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where Leticia Stauch was ultimately...
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Letecia Stauch & Gannon Stauch || The Case Revisited: Part 1 of 3
On January 27, 2020, 11-year-old Gannon Stauch vanished from his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, sparking one of the most closely watched missing child cases in the state's history. His stepmother, Leticia Stauch, told police he had been picked up by a friend's family and never returned.…
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Murdered || The Harper Brothers & the Alabama Axe Murderess
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What Melissa Left || Episode 5: May 28th
In Episode 5, Amber and Gina cover the discovery of Melissa Casias's remains in McGaffy Ridge, Carson National Forest on May 28th, 2026 — eleven months after she disappeared. They walk through what was found at the scene, the evidence concerns raised by the family's attorney, the forensic…
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What Melissa Left || Episode 4: The Call
In June 2025, Melissa Casias — a devoted mother, daughter, and sister — vanished from Taos, New Mexico, leaving everything she owned behind. Eleven months later, in May 2026, her remains were found in Carson National Forest. In this episode of Weird True Crime, hosts Amber and Gina reveal the new...
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WTF Wednesday: True Crime Chat with Dani After Dark
We’re mixing things up this week! Join us as we chat with Dani After Dark about all things true crime - what got us into podcasting, ethical storytelling, the cases that stick with us, and the most important question - what kind of pets do we have?! Gina and Amber talk about the importance of...
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The Robert Fisher Case: A Family Murdered, A Father Gone
On the morning of April 10, 2001, a home in Scottsdale, Arizona exploded. Inside, investigators found the bodies of Mary Fisher, 38, and her two children — Brittney, 12, and Bobby, 10 — still in their beds. All three had been killed before the fire started. The father, Robert Fisher, was nowhere…
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WTF Wednesday: Florida Man Round Two!
Florida Man is back, and he brought friends. After our first Florida Man episode had you absolutely losing it, we knew it was only a matter of time before we had to revisit the Sunshine State's most unhinged residents. This week on WTF Wednesdays, Gina and Amber are bringing you ten brand new...
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The Little Girl Who Vanished: HaLeigh Cummings || Part 2
Disclaimer: Gina tried to do something new with her audio set up and failed miserably. Please forgive her underwater sound this week. Part two of our deep dive into the HaLeigh Cummings case picks up where the investigation gets darker — and more complicated. Within days of HaLeigh's…
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The Little Girl Who Vanished: HaLeigh Cummings || Part 1
Disclaimer: Gina tried to do something new with her audio set up and failed miserably. Please forgive her underwater sound this week. On February 10, 2009, five-year-old HaLeigh Ann-Marie Cummings vanished from her home in Satsuma, Florida — a small rural community along the St. Johns River in...
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What Melissa Left || UPDATE & Family Statement
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WTF Wednesday: Weird Facts!
What happens when two true crime podcasters dig through the random facts they've been mentally collecting for months? You get one of the most fascinating, surprising, and downright bizarre episodes we've ever recorded. This week on WTF Wednesdays, Gina and Amber are pulling ten wild true crime...
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What Melissa Left: The Disappearance of Melissa Casias | Episode 3: Missing Pieces
Melissa Casias has been missing since June 26, 2025. In the final episode of this series, Gina and Amber pull back the lens — examining the full scope of the investigation failures, the documented patterns of abuse and financial control inside the Casias marriage, and the three possible scenarios...
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What Melissa Left: The Disappearance of Melissa Casias | Episode 2: 40 Minutes
Melissa Casias dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m. on June 26, 2025. She sent her last text at 1:33 p.m. At 1:38 p.m., her phone was reset. At 2:18 p.m., surveillance footage from a home on Highway 518 captured a woman with a black backpack walking eastbound. That's 40 minutes…
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What Melissa Left: The Disappearance of Melissa Casias | Episode 1: June 26th
On Thursday, June 26, 2025, Melissa Shirley Casias — a 53-year-old mother, avid hunter, devoted reader, thyroid cancer survivor, and administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory — vanished from Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. She dropped lunch off to her daughter Sierra at 12:57 p.m.…
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NEW SERIES: What Melissa Left // The Disappearance of Melissa Casias
Join hosts Gina and Amber as they deep dive into this compelling case and unleash new and never before shared exclusive case updates. Working with the family, your Weird True Crime team presents this 3 part limited series on their Weird True Crime feed. All 3 episodes drop May 20, 2026 On…
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WTF Wednesday: The 1927 Crime Skeleton Patent That Almost Changed Police Interrogations Forever
What if the key to getting a criminal to confess was... a glowing, blinking skeleton in a dark room? Welcome back to WTF Wednesday, little skeletons! This week we're digging up one of our favorite weird-but-true stories that deserves a second listen. We kick things off in the roaring 1920s — a...
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Calista Springer: The True Story of a Child Failed by the System
Calista Springer was a 16-year-old girl from Centreville, Michigan, who loved to draw, paint, and color — and who spent most of her short life being abused, starved, and chained to a bed by the people who were supposed to protect her. For over a decade, teachers, neighbors, and social workers…
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WTF Wednesday: Criminal Cosplay: Real Crimes Committed in Ridiculous Disguises
What's scarier than a criminal? A criminal in costume. This week on Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina are back with another roundup of dumb criminals — and this time, every single one of them decided that committing a crime in a costume was a great idea. Spoiler: it was not. From a Chuck E. Cheese...
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Weird True Crime Headlines | Letecia Stauch Retrial, David Burke Arrest, Rex Heuermann Guilty Plea, Joseph Duggar Charged, & More
Weird True Crime Headlines: Letecia Stauch Retrial, David Burke Arrest, Rex Heuermann Guilty Plea, Joseph Duggar Charged, and Utah “Family Trap” Murder Trial In this week’s true crime headlines episode, Amber and Gina cover major cases making news right now: In Colorado, Letecia Stauch’s…
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Introducing: Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River
Introducing the new long form investigative podcast from the team behind Missing in Hush Town, Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River. Subscribe now wherever you get podcasts and catch new episodes each Monday. Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link Episode 1: Send Recovery On September 9th, 2023…
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David Carter: A Father Murdered || A Killer Still Free
In October 2018, David Carter — a devoted father, hard worker, and beloved son from Melvindale, Michigan — was reported missing by his family. Days later, his dismembered remains were found scattered along I-75 in Ohio, 100 miles from home. Police believe his girlfriend, Tamera "Tammy" Williams,...
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April Fools WTF
What happens when the people sworn to uphold the law decide to... totally lose it on April Fools' Day? In this episode of Weird True Crime, hosts Amber and Gina dive into the lighter — and absolutely chaotic — side of law enforcement with a roundup of the funniest police pranks on the internet....
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New Podcast: Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River
Secrets Beyond the Sacramento River The first episode drops March 30th! Each new episode will drop the following Monday. We're seeking the answer to the question, "What happened to Jeff Anderson?" Jeff Anderson was just 40 years old when his car rolled into the Sacramento River the evening of...
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True Crime Headlines | Weird Edition | Week of March 23
In this week's true crime headlines episode, we're covering five major cases making news right now. Utah mom Kouri Richins has been found guilty of murdering her husband Eric with fentanyl — while simultaneously promoting a children's book about grief she wrote after his death. In an ongoing...
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WTF Wednesday: The Most Shocking Celebrity Deaths Ever
In this episode of Weird True Crime, hosts Gina and Amber dive into some of the most shocking and heartbreaking celebrity deaths in modern history — not from illness or overdose, but from homicides, freak accidents, and unthinkable tragedies that no amount of fame could prevent. We're talking…
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Rachel Cooke: Still Missing After 24 Years
On January 10, 2002, 19-year-old Rachel Cooke laced up her Asics, grabbed her yellow Walkman, and headed out for a morning run near her family's home in Georgetown, Texas. She never came home. Twenty-four years later, no one has been charged, no physical evidence has been found, and the Rachel...
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WTF WEDNESDAY # 35 || Dumb(er) Criminals
What’s the dumbest way a criminal has ever tried to escape police? This week on Weird True Crime, Amber and Gina dive into a viral Reddit thread titled: “Policemen of Reddit, what’s the dumbest way a criminal tried to get away from you?” And let’s just say… evolution may be working overtime. From…
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True Crime Headlines || Weird Edition! || Week of Feb 23
This week’s True Crime Headlines episode covers five developing stories — from a highly anticipated trial start, to a new murder charge, to a devastating multi-victim murder/suicide, plus a decades-old cold case conviction tied to forensic evidence, and an update in a missing person…
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WTF Wednesday #34 || The Return of Dumb Criminals
Listener requests? We deliver. For our first WTF episode of 2026, we’re answering Oliver’s call for more dumb criminals, bizarre crimes, and “how did anyone think this would work?” moments — and wow… people really tested the limits of common sense last year. In this episode of Weird True Crime,...
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The Suspicious Death of Megan Trussell // Part Two
Megan's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-megan-trussell Have A Tip? Email [email protected] 🎧 Subscribe & follow Weird True Crime for more real stories, real people, and cases that refuse to be forgotten. 📩 Have a case you want us to cover? Email us at...
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The Suspicious Death of Megan Trussell | Part One
The Suspicious Death of Megan Trussell // Part One On February 9, 2025, 18-year-old University of Colorado Boulder freshman Megan Trussell vanished after leaving her dorm following a tense argument with her roommate on Super Bowl Sunday, wearing only a light jacket as temperatures dropped into…
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INTRODUCING: NOLA '93 The Journal and the Murder
A new investigative podcast on the unsolved murder of Morris Smith and the wrongful arrest of an innocent man. Morris death was the 112th homicide in New Orleans and it was only three months into the year. The police were overrun with murders and the detectives were reeling. His mum was a popular...
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Preview | Missing in Hush Town Season 2: Bethany Markowski || The Prologue
Preview | Missing in Hush Town Season 2: Bethany Markowski || The Prologue Listen to the first six episodes to the second season of the award-nominated podcast, Missing in Hush Town, now wherever you get podcasts. Bethany Markowski allegedly went missing from a Jackson, TN shopping mall on March...
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WTF Wednesday #33 - AITA Halloween Edition
We’re keeping spooky season alive with a Reddit AITA: Halloween Edition. Amber and Gina weigh in on 10 delightfully messy moral dilemmas: scaring kids in full clown cosplay, spider décor vs. arachnophobic neighbors, gated candy drama, baby trick-or-treat etiquette, a gothic castle wedding, a dog...
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Unsolved: The Disappearance and Murder of Felicia Johnson
You won’t believe how many red flags police missed in this case. When 24-year-old Felicia Johnson traveled to Houston for her birthday, she never made it home. Her bloodied phone was found in a park, and the man police say is responsible vanished without a trace. Gina and Amber dig into Felicia’s...
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Wicked Wednesday Presents Urban Legends: Slenderman
He’s tall. He’s faceless. He lurks in the woods, on playgrounds, and in the corners of blurry photographs. Slenderman isn’t just another urban legend—he’s the internet’s first viral monster. In this episode, Amber and Gina uncover the eerie origins of Slenderman. From his 2009 birth on the...
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Wicked Wednesday Presents Urban Legends: Humans Can Lick, Too
It’s one of the simplest but most unsettling urban legends ever told: a girl comforts herself at night by letting her dog lick her hand—only to find out in the morning that her dog is dead, and the intruder has left a message scrawled on the mirror: “Humans can lick too.” In this episode, Amber…
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Wicked Wednesday Presents Urban Legends: The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs
“Have you checked the children?” That single question has haunted sleepovers, campfires, and horror movies for decades. On this Wicked Wednesday, Amber and Gina unravel the terrifying urban legend of The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs. You know the story: a teenage babysitter alone in a house,...
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Wicked Wednesday Presents Urban Legends: The Hookman
What happens when teenage love, late-night parking, and a hook-handed killer collide? Today, Amber and Gina dive into one of the most chilling urban legends of all time—The Hookman. You’ve probably heard the story whispered around a campfire: a couple parked at Lover’s Lane, a news bulletin about...
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Wicked Wednesday Presents Urban Legends: The Texarkana Moonlight Murders
To kick off Wicked Wednesday Urban Legends series, we're throwing it back to our coverage of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders. This horrific, unsolved case is the inspiration for the infamous legend of The Hookman. Come back next week to hear all about it! Between February and May 1946, three…
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Breaking: Yogurt Shop Murders Update
After 34 years, Austin Police have finally identified a suspect in the Yogurt Shop Murders. On December 6, 1991, sisters Jennifer and Sarah Harbison, Eliza Thomas, and Amy Ayers were found murdered inside “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt” on Anderson Lane, a case that shocked the city and haunted...
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The Last Trip
The Last Trip is a true crime podcast exclusively investigating missing and murdered victims that were living their best lives… on vacation. Jaimie Beebe, co-host of the popular True Crime podcast “Strictly Stalking”, brings together the two things she’s most passionate about: True Crime &…
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Weird True Crime is the ultimate podcast for fans of bizarre, lesser-known, and jaw-dropping true crime stories. Hosted by Gina Nichols and Amber Paul, these lifelong besties explore strange crimes that will leave you stunned. They dive into ethical, victim-focused storytelling with family interviews that bring humanity to the forefront of the narrative.
Every episode of Weird True Crime unravels mysterious cases, unsolved crimes, and shocking events you won’t believe are real. Need a lighter take? Tune in biweekly for WTF Wednesday, where Gina and Amber share hilarious stories of dumb criminals, true crime history, and other oddball crime tales guaranteed to make you laugh.
As part of the Weird True Crime family, you’ll join a growing community of "little skeletons" led by our quirky mascot, Billy the Skelly, who guides you through these wild and fascinating tales.
Whether searching for podcasts about true crime, stra
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