Épisodes

  • S03E18: A Bed, a Meal, and a Shallow Grave: The Landlady of Death

    S03E18: A Bed, a Meal, and a Shallow Grave: The Landlady of Death
    Dec 14 2025
    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 of deceit and fraud.This episode delves into the chilling story of the "Death House Landlady." Tracing Dorothea's decades-long criminal history—from check forgery and running a brothel to eventually targeting her own tenants: the elderly, the disabled, and those with no one to look after them.The motive was not pleasure, but profit. She would drug her boarders, steal their government benefit and Social Security checks, and when they disappeared, she would simply tell concerned parties that they had moved on. Her deadly operation only came to light when an investigation into a missing tenant led police to an unthinkable discovery: seven bodies buried in shallow graves right in the backyard.

    Sources
    Worst Roomate Ever Season 1: Call Me Grandma
    ID Crimefeed
    Sactown Magazine (2009)
    OAC (1982-1992)
    All that's Interesting (2024)
    Los Angeles Times (2011)

    Audio
    Mass Murderabilia YouTube- Police interview with Dorothea Puente (Part 01)
    Mass Murderabilia YouTube- Police Interview with Dorothea Puente (Part 02)


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    32 min
  • S03E17: Recent Evils: The Murder of Rebecca Park and Crimes of Oninda Romelus

    S03E17: Recent Evils: The Murder of Rebecca Park and Crimes of Oninda Romelus
    Dec 7 2025
    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 for her, but they threw her in a car where they took her to the Manistee National Forest in Michigan. It is here that they brutally tortured and stabbed Rebecca, even cutting her baby from her womb. Rebecca was considered a missing person until November 25, when her body was found. Her baby has still yet to be found, and this case is still ongoing.

    Oninda Romelus
    Oninda Romelus, a 31-year-old mother of 4 living in the Porter area of Texas put her 4 children into her vehicle on the early morning hours of October 4, 2025 and took them to a location near a gas station in Angleton, Brazoria County where she then pulled a weapon and shot all of them. She then drove to the gas station and called 911, stating that her children were going to kill her so she had to "do it to them" first. She told police at the scene that her children were "dead to her" and "with the devil." Two of her children passed away and two of them were flown by helicopter and are still recovering. This case is currently still ongoing.
    O'Karreo Covington: A 13-year-old boy who died from a gunshot wound to the head.
    Amourra Chapell: A 3-year-old girl who died in the backseat of the car.
    Kylee Romelus: A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the side and arm and survived.
    Traviel Downer: An 8-year-old boy who was shot in the arm and survived

    Sources
    People (2025)
    Fox 26 Houston (2025)
    ABC 13 (2025)
    Click2Houston (2025)
    Michigan Department of Attorney General (2025)
    9 & 10 News (2025)
    News Nation (2025)

    Audio
    UpNorthLive YouTube: Court hears details in murder and torture of pregnant Rebecca Park in Wexford County (2025)

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    18 min
  • S03E16: Blonde Fury: The Tormented Life of Ruth Ellis

    S03E16: Blonde Fury: The Tormented Life of Ruth Ellis
    Nov 30 2025
    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 racing driver David Blakely.
    On Easter Sunday, 1955, Ruth stalked Blakely to a Hampstead pub and shot him. Her immediate, chilling confession—"It is obvious when I shot him I intended to kill him"—sealed her fate. Ruth was the last woman to be hanged in the UK, and it sparked much controversy as her severe abuse at the hands of David Blakley was not thoroughly taken into account. Now, 70 years later, her grandchildren have applied to have her posthumously conditionally pardoned for her crimes. While it will not completely quash her record as she had admitted to killing David, it will show that her being hanged was a gross miscarriage of justice.

    Sources
    Mishcon De Reya (2025)
    Luxury London (2025)
    The Guardian (2025)
    Wikapedia
    Real Crime YouTube- The Last Woman to be Executed in Britain (2022)
    BBC (2025)

    Audio
    This Morning YouTube- "I'm Finally Proud to be Ruth Ellis' Grandaughter (2025)

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    20 min
  • S03E15: The Parasocial Paradox: Sana Yousaf and Bianca Devins

    S03E15: The Parasocial Paradox: Sana Yousaf and Bianca Devins
    Nov 23 2025
    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 dangerously thin. On this episode, I use three cases to pull back the curtain on the chilling reality of the parasocial paradox- where a one sided relationship blooms into toxic fixation that ultimately culminates into unimaginable violence. Sana Yousaf, a Pakistani social media influencer with over a million combined followers on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, known for content promoting cultural pride and girls' education was fatally shot in her home after an obsessed follower, 22-year-old Umar Hayat who had been attempting to message her and meet up for months, broke into her home on June 2, 2025.This sparked an outcry in Pakistan to change the way women who are independent and have their voices heard are treated. Bianca Michelle Devins, a 17-year-old girl who was active in online communities such as 4Chan met 21-year-old Brandon Clark online. The two began a friendship, and Bianca was clear to Brandon that she did not want a relationship with him, as she was about to start college. On the night of July 13, 2019, Brandon and Bianca attended a Nicole Dollanganger concert. A third person attended with them, a creator named Ouipo. Brandon left to get something, and when he returned, he allegedly spotted Bianca kissing Ouipo. The next morning around 6:03 AM, an image was posted to Bianca's discord server. The image featured Bianca with blood on her face and her throat slashed as well as a chilling message. Brandon later called 9-1-1 discussing what he had done. He attempted to commit suicide and laid on a tarp that was covering Bianca's body. He ultimately survived and was charged with her murder. SourcesGirlsNotBrides (2025)Dunya News (2025)The Current (2025)Aljazeera (2025)CNN (2025)CBS News (2021)BBC (2019)Rolling Stone (2019)Law and Crime (2019)Huffington Post (2019)Dark Case Documentaries-YouTube- GRAPHIC:17yo Vlogger Finds Stalker in Her Bedroom-True Crime Documentary (2025) AudioSyracuse.com YouTube- Bianca Devins' mother remembers the night of her daughter's murder (2020)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dark-deeds--6216218/support.
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    32 min
  • S03E14: No Light on Light Street: The Jessica Rae Sacco Story

    S03E14: No Light on Light Street: The Jessica Rae Sacco Story
    Nov 16 2025
    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 someone and it was here that she met 25-year-old fellow Juggalo, Matthew Puccio. In the Fall of 2011, Matthew came from Texas to Ohio to meet Jessica and ultimately moved into her small apartment with her against her mother's wishes. It didn't stop here, however, as Matt moved in two friends, Andrew and Candace Forney. Tensions rose in such a small toxic space with Jessica feeling as though she was a stranger in her own home having everyone against her. Two more people who the group met at the local library came to the apartment to stay, Chris Wright and Sharon Cook. This only worsened the tension, and the group decided they needed to get rid of Jessica, even though it was her home.
    On the morning of March 30, 2012, Jessica's landlord made entry into the apartment to check on her, as her mom, Sue, had not been able to make contact with her for 8 days. Jessica's decomposing, partially dismembered body was located in the bathtub of the apartment. Her limbs had been scattered in various areas around Southern Ohio and Northern Kentucky. Matthew and his four accomplices had fled to a city 85 miles away.


    Sources
    Springfield News Sun (2013)
    supremecourt.ohio.gov
    ABC7 (2012)
    Fox8 (2012)
    Oxygen (2017)

    Documentaries
    Web of Lies S02E4: Crowded House (documentary)
    Misery Machine- Online Juggalo BF Brings All His Squatter Friends to Rip Her Limbs Off-YouTube (2025)
    Sword and Scale Episode 257

    Audio
    #killerpost: Episode 9 Bonus Clip - Interview with Sue Taynor | Oxygen



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    28 min
  • S03E13: The Unsolved Horror in Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders

    S03E13: The Unsolved Horror in Cabin 28: The Keddie Murders
    Nov 9 2025
    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, John, his friend, Dana Wingate, and her mother, Sue Sharp all murdered. Sue had been beaten and stabbed in the neck and chest, John had been beaten and his throat was slashed, and Dana was strangled. The other three boys at the home, Greg, Ricky, and their friend, Justin Eason had all been unharmed. Tina Sharp had been missing from the home. Tina's remains were found three years later in Feather Falls, a two a hour trip from Keddie.
    While there have been some developments, suspects, and many theories over the years, these murders still remain unsolved, 44 years later.

    Sources
    r/UnresolvedMysteries- Uistreel(2021)
    ThoughtCo (2025)
    ABC10 (2021)
    allthatsinteresting (2021)
    CBS News (2016)
    Keddie Truth
    Keddie28 (D. McNarie, 2022)
    ABC10 YouTube: Murder in Cabin 28: A look back on the Keddie Murders | Unsolved California (2021)
    Feather River Bulletin (1981)
    Feather River Bulletin (1981)


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    33 min
  • S03E12: A Life Lost in the Margins: The Murder of Martha Freitag

    S03E12: A Life Lost in the Margins: The Murder of Martha Freitag
    Oct 26 2025
    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 with paranoid Schizophrenia and often called police on her boyfriend. Little did police know, this would be the last time Martha was heard from or seen alive again. Later that year in September, Martha's daughter Kim pressured police to investigate her disappearance. Police did not take her calls seriously, leaving Kim to do her own investigation until one day when the family recieved a strange text message explaining that David would bury someone in the fire pit in the back yard. Upon investigating, the body of Martha Freitag was uncovered in the fire pit, wrapped in plastic, bedding, burnt, and showing signs of blunt force trauma with a rope still tied around her neck.


    Sources
    Summit County Prosecutor (2019)
    Akron Beacon Journal (2019)
    Akron Beacon Journal (2018)
    Fox 19 (2018)
    Fox 8 CLE+ (2018, 2019)

    Some information and body cam footage obtained from:

    Dr. Insanity- Daughter Finds Mother's Decapitated Body in Backyard (2025)




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    22 min
  • S03E11: The Photograph on the Billboard: Searching for the Sodder Five

    S03E11: The Photograph on the Billboard: Searching for the Sodder Five
    Oct 19 2025
    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 five children did not. After an investigation, it was determined that the other five children must have perished in the fire, despite their remains not being uncovered. For the next 20+ years for George and 40+ years for Jennie, the family frantically chased every lead believing their children were kidnapped and may still be alive. To this day, no trace of the five missing children has ever been found. Was it grief that led the Sodders to exhaust themselves, never putting the case to rest, or were they onto something and the children were truly kidnapped?

    Sources
    Smithsonian Magazine (2012)
    Legends of America
    r/UnsolvedMysteries
    The Encylopedia of Unsolved Crimes

    Documentaries
    Nexpo- What Happened to the Sodder Children? (2025)
    MysteriousWV- Sodder Family: CASE STUDY (2022)



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    42 min