Crime Alert 02.29.24

Billy Schmidt, a 22-year-old Penn State student, ambushed as he headed home from a local bar after watching the NBA finals. Two individuals allegedly stole his phone, Surveillance footage shows Schmidt confronting the men, saying, “Give me back my phone.” One of the men shot him ... Show More

Retired Pastor John Bridges has been married 5 times. His first four wives all died, and police are now investigating the deaths of his first two wives, Joyce Bridges and Astrid Bridges, who died 21 years apart. Joseph Scott Morgan and Dave Mack discuss the cases and how after de ... Show More

Authorities in Minneapolis are investigating a baffling series of unexplained deaths after multiple bodies were discovered along local waterways and shorelines within days of each other. In Massachusetts, a multi-agency manhunt is underway for an award-winning first responder adv ... Show More

On Real Life Real Crime Daily's Thirsty Thursday, we dig into intriguing crime news from the past few days including:- In Melbourne, a man extorts over $80,000 from his wife by falsely claiming cartel involvement.- In Queens, gang members sell fake green cards and social security ... Show More

First: Police in Louisville say a shooter killed at least four people and sent at least eight more to the hospital -- including two police officers -- after a morning assault at a downtown bank. The shooter, believed to be an ex-bank employee, was killed.  Plus: A federal judge ... Show More

An Illinois mother and her two young children are brutally murdered in their beds. Lurid threats are spray painted all over the walls of the crime scene. Detectives discover death threats sent to the family, exposing an unlikely killer.To learn more about how HLN protects listene ... Show More

Michigan mother sentenced for horrific abuse and murder of her son, Panty Thief steals $30,000 in undergarments, and circus animals rescued by Indiana police. https://linktr.ee/risencrime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

A frantic 911 call captures the sound of a gunshot as a couple reports a break-in. How did the intruder disappear? Jamie Yuccas reports. 

A woman's live-in boyfriend shoots her kids dead after an argument about smoking in the house, the same house where their father committed suicide years earlier. A South Carolina man is sentenced to prison for killing his mother's boyfriend, dismembering him and hiding the body p ... Show More

This Week on True Crime Daily The Podcast: Fathers acting like children leave two children with gunshot wounds in a road rage incident. Plus, a mother found dismembered in a burn pile on her ex-husband’s property after filing a domestic abuse injunction against him. Alexandra Gui ... Show More

In this episode of Real Life Real Crime Daily, we cover a range of crime news stories. We discuss the escape of two children from a kidnapping suspect in Oregon, the FBI's report on online sextortion, and the tragic shooting spree in Joliet, Illinois as well as much more!Chapters ... Show More