True Crime Obsessed

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Have you listened to "Serial" Season One more than once? Do you have notes in the margins of your copy of "Zodiac?" Could you have watched seven MORE episodes of "The Jinx?" Us Too! Each week hosts Patrick Hinds and Gillian Pensavalle break down one of these true crime classics in the funny, engaging, and interesting way that only two gorgeous theater nerds can.

Episodes

  • 240: Vanished in New Canaan: The Murder of Jennifer Dulos

    31/05/2022 Duration: 58min

    Jennifer Dulos seems to have a picture perfect life in affluent New Canaan, Connecticut. So when she fails to pick her kids up from school one afternoon, her friends and family know something is terribly wrong. And as the police investigation digs into her life, it becomes clear that Jennifer had been in danger for a long time. HERE ARE OUR ADDED TOUR DATES!!--PATRICK IS HITTING THE ROAD WITH  MAGGIE, AND LANCE & TIM TO DO THE LIVE SHOW COVERING "THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MAURA MURRAY." Gillian will not be joining us BUT SHE LOVES YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT OBSESSED FEST! Wednesday, August 3: Orlando, FL Thursday, August 4: West Palm Beach, FL Saturday, August 6: Atlanta, Georgia Friday, August 19: St. Paul, MN Saturday, August 20: Dallas, TX Sunday, August 21: Houston TX LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making

  • Let The Women: Anna Vasquez on the San Antonio Four

    26/05/2022 Duration: 53min

    In the late ‘90s, Anna Vasquez, Cassandra Rivera, Elizabeth Ramirez, and Kristie Mayhugh all received phone calls accusing their lesbian friend group of a crime that never actually happened. What followed was a modern-day witch trial, landing the San Antonio Four –as they’d come to be called– in prison for over a decade. When Anna unexpectedly got out on parole ahead of the others, she had no choice but to lead the fight for their innocence. Now, she’s dedicated her life to preventing similar stories from happening. This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: Billion Dollar Box - Go to billiondollarbeauty.com and receive 20% off your entire purchase when you entire code “WORK” at checkout. BetterHelp - Let The Women Do The Work listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/dothework. Athletic Greens - Visit athleticgreens.com/WOM

  • The Delphi Murders

    24/05/2022 Duration: 52min

    On February 14, 2017, the bodies of 14 year old Abigail Williams and 13 year old Liberty German were found near the Manon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana. The girls had disappeared from the trail the day before. Soon it was revealed that one of the girls, Libby, had captured audio and video of their presumed killer on her smart phone. But even with a mountain of evidence including audio of the killer's voice and a composite sketch, the girls' murder remains at large. Is he hiding in plain sight? HERE ARE OUR ADDED TOUR DATES!!--PATRICK IS HITTING THE ROAD WITH  MAGGIE, AND LANCE & TIM TO DO THE LIVE SHOW COVERING "THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MAURA MURRAY." Gillian will not be joining us BUT SHE LOVES YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT OBSESSED FEST! Wednesday, August 3: Orlando, FL Thursday, August 4: West Palm Beach, FL Saturday, August 6: Atlanta, Georgia Friday, August 19: St. Paul, MN Saturday, August 20: Dallas, TX Sunday, August 21: Houston TX LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find ove

  • Let The Women: Gemma Hoskins on the Murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik

    19/05/2022 Duration: 46min

    Gemma Hoskins remembers high school fondly, thanks in large part to her favorite teacher Sister Cathy Cesnik. So, when the beloved nun disappeared one November night in 1969 only to eventually be discovered dead in the woods, grief took hold over this ambiguous story for decades. And then, truth-telling around abuse in those hallowed halls merged with Gemma’s outstanding questions. 40 years after the murder, she got to work with the help of a former classmate of hers, and together they’d uncover more about the past than anyone expected. To donate to the Sister Cathy Cesnik Fund for Survivors, visit srcathyfundforsurvivors.org. This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: Liquid IV - Grab Liquid IV in bulk nationwide at Costco, or you can get 25% off when you go to LiquidIV.com and use the code "Work" at checkout. Billion Dollar Box - Build yo

  • 239: Pharma Bro

    17/05/2022 Duration: 51min

    Martin Shkreli IS THE FREAKING WORST! The 38-year-old financial entrepreneur and pharmaceutical tycoon from Brooklyn was dubbed "the most hated man in America"  in 2015 for price gouging the prescription drug Daraprim by 5500% overnight depriving AIDS patients, people with cancer, and pregnant people of the life-saving medication. That same year, Shkreli purchased the Wu-Tang Clan's single copy of "Once Upon a Time in Shaolin" for 2 million dollars, AND THEN TALKED TRASH ABOUT WU -TANG EVERY CHANCE HE GOT. Prepare to get fired up, Fam! HERE ARE OUR ADDED TOUR DATES!!--PATRICK IS HITTING THE ROAD WITH  MAGGIE, AND LANCE & TIM TO DO THE LIVE SHOW COVERING "THE DISAPPEARANCE OF MAURA MURRAY." Gillian will not be joining us BUT SHE LOVES YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AT OBSESSED FEST! Wednesday, August 3: Orlando, FL Thursday, August 4: West Palm Beach, FL Saturday, August 6: Atlanta, Georgia Friday, August 19: St. Paul, MN Saturday, August 20: Dallas, TX Sunday, August 21: Houston TX LOOKING FOR MORE TCO?

  • Let The Women: Rabia Chaudry on the Case Against Adnan Syed

    12/05/2022 Duration: 53min

    Long before the hit podcast Serial spurred the world into podcast-listening, Rabia Chaudry was on a mission. The 1999 murder of a high school student named Hae Min Lee left a community grieving and a family friend of Rabia’s, 17-year-old Adnan Syed, in the crosshairs. He was sentenced to life in prison, where he still is to this day. In this episode, we’ll trace Rabia’s decades-long fight to free Adnan, find Hae’s killer and champion the truths of so many others along the way. This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: Babbel - Save up to 60% off your subscription when you go to babbel.com/women. Credit Karma - Go to creditkarma.com or the Credit Karma app to find the card for you. Apostrophe - Go to apostrophe.com/work and click "begin visit." Then, use our code WORK at sign up and you'll get your first visit for only 5 dollars. Prose - g

  • 238: Tinder Swindler: Part 2

    10/05/2022 Duration: 52min

    It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Leviev, and you pause. He's handsome enough, seems like he has a full life, and he is RICH RICH RICH. You think, 'what the hell' and you swipe right. And wouldn't you know it, it's a match! Within minutes, he's messaging you asking to meet him for coffee. Now. And you go, because you only  live once, right? Little do you know that you're making the worst mistake of your life. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting   Seattle: Sunday, May 15. 7pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Los Angeles: Tuesday, May 17. 8pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS LONDON! Friday, July 22. 8pm. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Da

  • Let The Women: Connie Walker on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

    05/05/2022 Duration: 48min

    Connie Walker is a journalist on a mission to tell the stories of missing & murdered indigenous women in Canada. So, when a band of fellow Cree siblings reached out to her asking if she’d find out what happened to their long-lost sister, Connie went searching. And the resulting journey of producing the podcast Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo would prove to be about so much more than one family’s fate. This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: Apostrophe - Save fifteen dollars off your first visit with an Apostrophe provider at Apostrophe.com/WORK when you use our code WORK. BetterHelp - Let The Women Do The Work listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/dothework. Liquid IV - Grab Liquid IV in bulk nationwide at Costco or you can get 25% off when you go to Liquid-IV.com and use code Work at checkout. Daily Harvest

  • 237: Tinder Swindler

    03/05/2022 Duration: 54min

    It's late. You've had a glass of wine. You're young and hopeful and looking for love. So you start swiping through Tinder. You come across Simon Leviev, and you pause. He's handsome enough, seems like he has a full life, and he is RICH RICH RICH. You think, 'what the hell' and you swipe right. And wouldn't you know it, it's a match! Within minutes, he's messaging you asking to meet him for coffee. Now. And you go, because you only  live once, right? Little do you know that you're making the worst mistake of your life. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! AND IN JULY WE'RE COMIGN TO LONDON!  GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**

  • Let The Women: Lorri Davis on The West Memphis Three

    28/04/2022 Duration: 46min

    One rainy New York night in 1996, Lorri Davis went to see a movie. It was a documentary about the murder of three cub scouts found in the woods and the three outcasts who were blamed for the crime. From there, her life changed forever. Here’s the story of how a young landscape architect, fell in love and into the fight to free the West Memphis Three.  This episode is part of a ten-part series called Let The Women Do The Work. Join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime. This week's sponsors: BetterHelp - Let the Women listeners get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/dothework. Apostrophe - Go to Apostrophe.com/WORK and click 'begin visit.' Then, use code WORK at sign up to get your first visit for only $5. Green Chef: Go to greenchef.com/work130 and use code work130 to get $130 off, plus free shipping. Modern Fertility - Modern Fertility is offering our listeners $20 off the test when you go to modernfertility.com/WORK. 

  • 236: Memories of A Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes

    26/04/2022 Duration: 56min

    On a cold day in 1983, a plumber was called to an apartment building in the Cranley Gardens neighborhood of North London. The building drains were clogged. And when he climbed down into plumbing "man hole" he saw what was causing the blockage: human flesh and bone. What followed was essentially an elaborate confession by one of the building's tenants: Dennis Nilsen who explained to the police that he had murdered and dismembered at least 12 men and boys and disposed of them both UNDER HIS FLOORBOARDS AND DOWN THE DRAINS. How is it possible that at least 12 people could vanish and be murdered and nobody noticed? COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise"

  • Introducing: Let The Women Do The Work with Gillian Pensavalle

    22/04/2022 Duration: 02min

    This show has a bone to pick true crime podcasts. Where are all the women’s perspectives? The detectives, the witnesses, the movers and shakers of any case are not always dudes. So let’s widen our framework, shall we? On Let The Women Do The Work, join host Gillian Pensavalle as she follows the stories of ten dynamic, inspiring, badass women in true crime, one episode at a time. Let The Women Do The Work is a 10-part series premiering weekly in the True Crime Obsessed feed starting April 28th, 2022.

  • The Curse of the Chippendales

    21/04/2022 Duration: 41min

    LET'S OBJECTIFY SOME MEN FOR A CHANGE! The Chippendale all-male review (read STRIP SHOW) was the hottest shows in Los Angeles in the early 1980s. And it was all fun and games UNTILL THE MURDERS STARTED HAPPENING. First a Playboy playmate who frequented the club where the men stripped is killed. And then someone much closer to the show is murdered in his office in the middle of the day. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS JUST LET THE NAKED MEN DANNNNNNNNNNCE. The rest of this series is available RIGHT NOW AND AD FREE on Patreon! Click Here to get them instantly! Patreon is where you'll also find OVER 350 FULL AD-FREE EPISODES  TO DOWNLOAD AND BINGE RIGHT NOW Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of Laci Peterson," "Casey Anthony: American Murder Mystery,

  • 235: Murdered and Missing in Montana

    19/04/2022 Duration: 56min

    Three young women vanish months apart from each other. Massive searches ensue for each. Days or weeks later, each one is found dead in the location they were last seen. In each case, their deaths are ruled hypothermia even though there's evidence of foul play. How could they have been missed by searchers? Were they abducted, murdered, and then brought back to the place they vanished? Loni Coombs investigates. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? On our Patreon feed, you'll find over 300 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "LuLaRich" "John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise" "Night Stalker" "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "I'll Be Gone in the Dark," "A Wilderness of Error" "The Vow"  "Tiger King" "Don't F**K With Cats," "The Menendez Murders," "The Murder of

  • 234: The Murder of Gabby Petito: Truth, Lies, and Social Media

    12/04/2022 Duration: 01h07min

    On July 2, 2021, 22-year-old Gabby Petito and her fiance, 23-year-old Briann Laundrie took off on the adventure of a lifetime. Driving cross country on a "vanlife" adventure that Gabby shared with the world via her instagram account. By late August, Gabby stopped communicating with her family. And then on September 2, Brian returned home without Gabby. AND HE REFUSED TO SPEAK WITH AUTHORITIES OR HELP IN THE SEARH EVEN AFTER GABBY WAS REPORTED MISSING. It would take weeks to find Gabby's body. And then Brian disappeared and is found dead, having taken his own life. So what on Earth happened? Investigators and Gabby's family unlock the mystery. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (a

  • 233: The Murdaugh Murders

    05/04/2022 Duration: 48min

    On the evening of June 7, 2021, Alex Murdaugh, a member of one of the most powerful families in South Carolina, came home to a brutal scene: The bodies of his 21 year old son, Paul, and 52 year old wife, Maggie. Both of whom had been shot multiple times. Could this be connected to the death of Paul's friend Mallory, who had been thrown from a boat Paul had been driving while drunk? And as the authorities dig deeper, they find TWO OTHER murders connected to the family that remain unsolved. What is going on here? Why do people connected to this rich and powerful family keep dying? COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greet

  • 232: The Abduction and Murder of Kristin Smart (From Dateline)

    29/03/2022 Duration: 56min

    On May 25, 1996, 19-year-old college student Kristin Smart went to an off-campus party. Around 2 am, she was last seen being helped back to her dorm by another student named Paul Flores. No one ever saw Kristin again. It would take over 25 years to unravel the mystery of what happened that night and to be able to prove what happened to Kristin Smart. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets, KARAOKE!, meetups, panel chats AND. ONE. INSANE. DRAG. BRUNCH!!! It's all happening at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio from September 30 - October 2nd. TICKETS ARE ALMOST GONE!! GET YOUR TICKET HERE!! LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? O

  • 231: Keep Sweet (The Cult of the FLDS and Warren Jeffs)

    22/03/2022 Duration: 53min

    DON’T WORRY, YOU ONLY HAVE TO HEAR WARREN JEFFS SING ONCE. Look, tick tock, it’s cult o’clock. We’re back with the FLDS (the culty fundementialist sect of the Mormon faith) and it’s ten years after that piece of s**t pedophile Warren Jeffs went to prison FOR LIFE. The devoted followers he left behind are suffering and trying to pick up the pieces of their broken lives, all while trying to keep their faith.  COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets, KARAOKE!, meetups, panel chats AND. ONE. INSANE. DRAG. BRUNCH!!! It's all happening at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio from September 30 - October 2nd. TICKETS ARE ALM

  • 230: Adrienne (The Murder of Adrienne Shelly)

    15/03/2022 Duration: 55min

    Adrienne Shelly was a writer and actress best known for writing and co-starring the film Waitress, which was later turned into a Broadway musical. But on the evening of November 1st, 2006 she was fond dead--hanging in the bathroom of her West Village, NYC office. The initial assumption by investigators was suicide, but her husband Andy didn't believe it and pushed the cops to work the case like a murder. Ultimately Andy was right, and the killer was found. But why did he do it? This documentary examines both the murder and the extraordinary life of the woman who was killed. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!! COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets,

  • 229: BEANIE MANIA!

    08/03/2022 Duration: 54min

    THERE'S NO MURDER! NOBODY DIES! AND A BUNCH OF RICH CHARDONNAY (PROBABLY, RIGHT?) CHUGGING CUL-DE-SAC MOMS LOSE A BUNCH OF MONEY. THIS CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING: IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT BEANIE MANIA! Also, we beg you, please don't throw your kids OUT OF THE CAR onto A FIVE LANE HIGHWAY when a DELIVERY TRUCK OVERTURNS just to snag a handful of McDonalds-bound Teenie Beanies. Just please don't. COME SEE US ON TOUR!! In May we're hitting Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles! We're covering "CLASS ACTION PARK." You know you want to see us do that one LIVE AND IN-PERSON! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!!!   COME TO OBSESSED FEST!! It's the first-ever OBSESSED NETWORK FAMILY WEEKEND! It's going to be a weekend full of live shows--OWD Friday night, TCO Saturday night (and two non-Obsessed Network live shows as well!), meet & greets, KARAOKE!, meetups, panel chats AND. ONE. INSANE. DRAG. BRUNCH!!! It's all happening at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio from September 30 - October 2nd. TICKETS ARE ALMOST GONE!! GET

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