In this special bonus episode of Once Upon a Crime, Esther sits down with journalist and investigator Crystal Gutierrez to discuss the missing persons case she and her team are actively investigating. The disappearance of 9-year-old Anthonette Cayedito, who vanished from her home in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1986.
Crystal shares what it’s like to reinvestigate ... Show More
Jan 13
Ted Bundy for the Defense - The Myth on Trial
Ted Bundy is often remembered as charming, intelligent, and dangerously persuasive—a serial killer who outsmarted investigators and manipulated everyone around him. But how much of that story is myth?In this introductory episode of Ted Bundy for the Defense, we set the stage for ... Show More
13m 59s
Dec 16
Bonus: John Wayne Gacy: A Case Review & Peacock’s “Devil in Disguise”
In this bonus episode of Once Upon a Crime, Esther revisits the horrific crimes of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, often referred to as “The Killer Clown,” and reviews the 2025 Peacock docu-drama Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. The episode explores Gacy’s background, his crime ... Show More
19m 16s
Dec 8
Broken: The Black Dahlia Murder — Bonus Episode: Series Wrap-Up + Q&A
In this special bonus episode, Esther and producer Lorena answer listener questions and share their own reflections after a six-week deep dive into the life, death, and murder of Elizabeth Short.Topics include: • Who the real Elizabeth Short was versus the myth of “The Black Dahl ... Show More
1h 17m
Jan 2021
Betty Lou Beets & Her Husbands’ Buried Bodies
<p>A good looking, fun loving, hard-living mother of six is accused of murdering not one, but two husbands and attempting to murder a couple more for good measure. Was she a cold-blooded, money hungry black widow? Or an abused woman responding to a lifetime of trauma? Find out to ... Show More
1h 48m
Sep 2021
Profiling Joe DeAngelo, Part 2
Known as the East Area Rapist, Original Night Stalker, and Golden State Killer, Joseph James DeAngelo terrorized California from 1974 – 1986. He was infamous for breaking into homes, ransacking them, and sexually assaulting female victims when their male companions were also home ... Show More
43m 56s
Jul 2024
The Murder of Julia Martha Thomas
<p>In early March 1879, fifty-five-year-old widow Julia Martha Thomas disappeared from her home in southwest London. Julia often travelled by herself on moment’s notice, so neighbors thought nothing of her absence; however, when several female body parts were discovered in the Th ... Show More
1h 5m
Jul 2022
La veuve noire de l’Isère - Episode 3/3
<p>En 25 ans, Manuela Gonzalez Cano voit trois de ses compagnons décéder dans d’étranges circonstances. Immolé dans un placard en feu, asphyxié par les gaz d’échappement d’un garage, ou brûlé vif dans une voiture, ils ont tous connu une mort violente, avec en toile de fond, une p ... Show More
22m 8s