This is the tale of a woman who wanted nothing more than to be the center of everyone’s universe. In the process she would not only harm herself to various degrees in order to get it, but she would steal the lives of innocent children and forever damage the lives of many more.
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Driven to Murder: Why Ellen Pakkies Killed Her Own Son
In 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her drug-addicted son after six years of abuse, theft, and violence. Her trial revealed a childhood of neglect, institutional failures, and a community ravaged by tik. The judge gave her a suspended sentence. Today, she campaigns for Cape Town may ... Show More
1h 18m
Sep 28
Unsolved: The Servant Girl Annihilator
In 1880s Austin, Texas, a serial killer stalked domestic servants, brutally murdering eight people with axes before vanishing into history. The police failed spectacularly, private detectives proved useless, and two husbands faced murder trials. Was the killer a local man named N ... Show More
1h 22m
Sep 24
Unsolved: The Yoghurt Shop Murders
In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at an Austin yogurt shop. For decades, the case was plagued by wrongful arrests, coerced confessions, and constitutional violations. Finally, in 2025, advanced DNA testing identified serial killer Robert Brashers as the true perp ... Show More
2h 32m
Sep 2023
Magdalena Solís: The High Priestess of Blood
<p>This is the story of a child sex worker who, in her teens, convinced a small village that she was a reincarnated ancient Incan Goddess so that she could rule over them with blood.</p>
<p>Elissa Kerrill</p>
<p>Serial Killing : A Podcast</p>
<p>P.O. Box 760</p>
<p>Bolivar, MO 65 ... Show More
20m 56s
Sep 2022
EP. 80 ALABAMA - Wife, Mother, Killer: Audrey Marie Hilley, The Black Widow Of Anniston
Audrey Marie Hilley had the perfect life from the outside... loving husband, nice home, beautiful family... but deep inside, there was a darkness brewing that would eventually explode into a shower of lies, poison and murder. This is the story of Audrey Marie Hilley, the Black Wi ... Show More
1h 4m
Oct 2023
54: Serial Killer Fangirl Becomes a Murderer
Today's episode is on Shaye Groves - a woman whose obsession with true crime would turn deadly when she stabbed her boyfriend, Frankie Fitzgerald, in her home. Trigger Warning: physical and sexual abuse of a child, mental illness, self-harm, suicide, sexual assault, rape, drug ab ... Show More
51m 3s
May 2025
Italy’s Infamous Soap-Maker: The Woman Who Turned Her Victims into Teacakes
During World War II, a desperate woman seeking love went to a local fortune teller for help—and vanished. What no one knew was that Leonarda Cianciulli, a beloved soapmaker and grieving mother, was performing human sacrifices in a twisted attempt to save her son from the horrors ... Show More
44m 57s