In this episode, we delve into the chilling case of Jeffrey Zizz, a convicted child molester and former pastor, who stands accused of the brutal murder of 82-year-old Marcia Norman in Olympia, Washington. Zizz, who had been hired as Norman's handyman, allegedly bound her, tortured her with a nail gun, and buried her remains beneath a shed he constructed. We ... Show More
May 31
The Nightmare Upstairs: When Abuse Allegations Collide with Custody Battles | Psychologist Reacts
Lauren Matthias and forensic psychologist Dr. John Matthias react to the new documentary The Nightmare Upstairs and explore the difficult questions at the center of the case. Beyond the documentary itself, we discuss family abuse, child disclosures, parental alienation, custody b ... Show More
1h 25m
May 27
Utah Father Goes on the Run With 2 Babies After Alleged Escape Plan | Dane Richman
Today on Hidden True Crime, Lauren Matthias covers the urgent and actively unfolding disappearance of two young brothers — Will Richman and Wesley Richman — who authorities believe were abducted by their father, Dane Richman, during a bitter custody dispute. Investigators say the ... Show More
36m 58s
May 22
Mackenzie Shirilla Unmasked | The DARK Psychology Behind Netflix’s ‘The Crash’
Dr. John, a forensic psychologist, reacts to The Crash and breaks down the disturbing psychology behind Mackenzie Shirilla — the Ohio teen convicted after driving her car into a wall at 100 mph, killing her boyfriend and another friend. While Netflix explores the case itself, thi ... Show More
1h 39m
Apr 2022
Episode 59 | KARLA AND PAUL - THE BEAUTIFUL SERIAL KILLER COUPLE
Send us Fan MailIn this podcast we're going to dig in to the disturbing story of Karla Homolka and her then husband Paul Bernardo. Back in the early '90s the two met, married and then went on a spree of abduction, rape and murder of teenage girls, one of whom was Homolka's own si ... Show More
30m 21s
Oct 2025
Talking Dateline: Deadly Mischief
<p>Blayne Alexander talks with Dennis Murphy and Dateline producer Brad Davis about their episode, “Deadly Mischief.” In 2014, after esteemed FSU law professor Dan Markel was fatally shot, investigators uncovered a murder-for-hire plot orchestrated, according to prosecutors, by M ... Show More
27m 54s
Sep 2021
Episode 34 | Keeping up with the Murdaughs | Murder, Fraud and Mayhem!
Send us Fan MailFor more than 100 years of South Carolina low country history, the Murdaugh name came to represent a legal dynasty, where three successive generations controlled the local prosecutor's office. The Murdaugh family quietly enjoyed their wealth, privilege, sprawling ... Show More
28m 52s
Jun 2022
#384: The Staircase Revisited - Part 1
<p>On December 9, 2001, Kathleen Peterson died a terrible death, suffering for over 2 hours, bleeding from scalp lacerations and blunt force trauma while she lay in the stairwell of her North Carolina home. Her husband Michael Peterson was convicted of her murder after a contenti ... Show More
46m 39s