A Trial by Podcast
Askolta Media
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A true crime podcast that delves into unsettling stories and historical mysteries. Each episode examines evidence, scrutinizes suspects, and presents disturbing narratives with a touch of gallows humor. The show aims to make the macabre somewhat tolerable through evidence-driven storytelling.
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Ep. 123 | The Mysterious Death of Charles Morgan 28.07.2026 1h 30minIn March of 1977, Tucson escrow agent Charles Morgan dropped his daughters at school and vanished. Three days later he stumbled through his front door, hands zip-tied, unable to speak. He wrote to his wife that his throat had been doused with a hallucinogenic drug that would kill him if he talked, and begging her not to call police. Morgan ran Statewide Escrow Service, a business rumored to have ties to organized crime figures in Phoenix and the Bonanno crime family. Three months later, on June 18th, his body was found in the desert forty miles from home, shot once in the back of the head with his own revolver. He was wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a hidden knife and holster, with no fingerprints on the gun beside him. Gunshot residue was found on his left hand, but Morgan was right-handed.Despite the contradictions, authorities ruled it suicide. His family has never accepted that finding, and nearly fifty years later, Chuck Morgan's death remains a mystery.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 122 | The Murder of Konerak Sinthasomphone 21.07.2026 1h 14minOn the night of May 27th, 1991, a fourteen-year-old boy named Konerak Sinthasomphone stumbled out of the Oxford Apartments in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was naked, drugged, and bleeding. Three women found him on the sidewalk and called 911. When police arrived, they had everything they needed: a visibly injured victim, three eyewitnesses insisting he was a child, and the man who'd drugged him standing right there, calmly trying to explain it all away. Ten minutes later, officers carried Konerak back upstairs to the man’s apartment - the apartment of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer - where he was strangled to death within the hour.This isn't a story about whether police could have caught a killer sooner in some abstract sense. It's a story about ten specific minutes, on one specific night, when three private citizens did everything right to stop the murder of a 14-year-old boy, but three sworn officers simply handed him back to his killer. Konerak didn't die because no one noticed. He died because the people who noticed weren’t believed, and the people with the power to act chose not to.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 121 | Sherri Papini: 22 Days Missing [Part 2] 14.07.2026 1h 22minOn the afternoon of November 2nd, 2016, a thirty-four-year-old stay-at-home mother named Sherri Papini went for a jog near her home in Mountain Gate, a small community just outside of Redding, in Northern California’s Shasta County. She left her two young children at daycare, laced up her shoes, and headed out into a mild autumn afternoon. She did not come back.Her husband, Keith Papini, returned from work that evening to find an empty house. The children were still at daycare — uncharacteristically uncollected. He used the Find My iPhone app to trace Sherri’s phone and drove to the location it showed: a roadside near Sunrise Drive, about a mile from their home. What he found there was her cell phone and her earbuds, lying in the dirt on the side of the road. Wound around the earbuds were several strands of blonde hair.Sherri Papini was gone, and 22 days later she would reappear on the side of a road 150 miles from her home, looking gaunt, with a chain tied around her waist, and the word “exodus” branded into her back. It was a story that seemed to demand justice — and it would, eventually, get it, just not in the way anyone expected.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 120 | Sherri Papini: 22 Days Missing [Part 1] 07.07.2026 1h 4minOn the afternoon of November 2nd, 2016, a thirty-four-year-old stay-at-home mother named Sherri Papini went for a jog near her home in Mountain Gate, a small community just outside of Redding, in Northern California’s Shasta County. She left her two young children at daycare, laced up her shoes, and headed out into a mild autumn afternoon. She did not come back.Her husband, Keith Papini, returned from work that evening to find an empty house. The children were still at daycare — uncharacteristically uncollected. He used the Find My iPhone app to trace Sherri’s phone and drove to the location it showed: a roadside near Sunrise Drive, about a mile from their home. What he found there was her cell phone and her earbuds, lying in the dirt on the side of the road. Wound around the earbuds were several strands of blonde hair.Sherri Papini was gone, and 22 days later she would reappear on the side of a road 150 miles from her home, looking gaunt, with a chain tied around her waist, and the word “exodus” branded into her back. It was a story that seemed to demand justice — and it would, eventually, get it, just not in the way anyone expected. ⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 119 | The Murder of Helle Crafts 30.06.2026 1h 38minIn November 1986, Helle Crafts was reported missing. Danish flight attendant and mother of three, Helle had been planning to leave her husband after discovering he'd been having an affair. What followed was one of the most gruesome and forensically groundbreaking murder investigations in American history. Because there was no body. There was no crime scene. There was, however, a rented woodchipper, a freezer purchased just days before Helle vanished, and a witness who spotted a man feeding something into a chipper on the banks of the Housatonic River in the dead of a blizzard.Investigators ultimately recovered bone fragments, a fingernail, strands of blonde hair, and a single crown from Helle's tooth — enough to piece together what Richard Crafts had done to his wife, and enough to put him away. He became the first person in Connecticut history to be convicted of murder without a body.This is the story of Helle Crafts — and the case that changed forensic investigation forever.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 118 | The Vanishing of the Springfield Three [Part 2 of 2] 23.06.2026 53minOn June 6, 1992, 19-year-old Suzie Streeter and 18-year-old Stacy McCall proudly walked across the stage and received their diplomas from Springfield, Missouri’s Kickapoo high school. Like any other teen on graduation day, the girls had a long night of party hopping ahead of them before they ended up back at Suzie’s house to spend the night before going to a waterpark with friends the next morning.However, when friends Janelle Kirby and Mike Henson came to get them the next morning, they found the house empty. Stacy, Suzie, and Suzie’s mom, 47-year-old Sherill Levitt, were gone, all three of the women’s cars, keys, and purses were at the house.Even stranger, the phone rang while they were there. Janelle answered, and a man's voice on the other end immediately launched into sexual remarks. To this day, the man remains unidentified, and Suzie, Stacy, and Sherill have never been seen again. This is the story of the Springfield Three.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 117 | The Vanishing of the Springfield Three [Part 1 of 2] 16.06.2026 1h 24minOn June 6, 1992, 19-year-old Suzie Streeter and 18-year-old Stacy McCall proudly walked across the stage and received their diplomas from Springfield, Missouri’s Kickapoo high school. Like any other teen on graduation day, the girls had a long night of party hopping ahead of them before they ended up back at Suzie’s house to spend the night before going to a waterpark with friends the next morning.However, when friends Janelle Kirby and Mike Henson came to get them the next morning, they found the house empty. Stacy, Suzie, and Suzie’s mom, 47-year-old Sherill Levitt, were gone, all three of the women’s cars, keys, and purses were at the house.Even stranger, the phone rang while they were there. Janelle answered, and a man's voice on the other end immediately launched into sexual remarks. To this day, the man remains unidentified, and Suzie, Stacy, and Sherill have never been seen again. This is the story of the Springfield Three.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 116 | The Disappearance of Cindy Anderson 09.06.2026 47minOn August 4, 1981, twenty-year-old Cindy Anderson went to work as a legal secretary at a Toledo, Ohio law office. With just ten days left before she was set to leave for Bible college, vanished from work that day without a trace. When her bosses arrived that afternoon, her car was in the parking lot, but Cindy was gone. The romance novel Cindy had been reading was left open on her desk, as if she had been interrupted while reading it. The page it was open to was the only violent scene in the book, where the female protagonist is abducted and knifepoint.In the weeks prior, she had been receiving deeply disturbing phone calls at the office and suffering from recurring nightmares about being attacked, prompting her employers to install an emergency buzzer at her desk and leading her to keep the office doors locked at all times, yet Cindy did not ring the buzzer the day she disappeared. To this day, Cindy has never been found.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCAST🎙️Sponsors, special offers & discount codes: https://www.atrialbypodcast.com/sponsorsFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 115 | The Camm Family Murders [Part 2 of 2] 02.06.2026 1h 22minOn the night of September 28th, 2000, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm came home from a church basketball game to find his wife Kim and their two young children, Bradley and Jill, shot to death in the garage of their Georgetown, Indiana home. Some believed it was the husband — a serial cheater, with life insurance policies on his family and his daughter's blood on his shirt. Others believed it was a convicted predator who had walked out of prison three months before the murders, whose M.O. seemed to fit the crime.Prosecutors would eventually argue it was both men, working together — despite there not being a single piece of evidence proving they had ever met. There would be thirteen years of trials, convictions, appeals, and reversals. Alleged evidence suppression and fabricated expert credentials. Blood spatter evidence that experts would eventually call guesswork, used to convict a man twice. Jailhouse informants with violent criminal records of their own. A DNA database query that took two hours but wasn’t run for four years. A prosecutor who allegedly lied to the defense, pressured analysts to change their testimony, and threatened a witness with obstruction charges when she refused. Allegations of evidence tampering that reached into the police evidence room itself. And at the center of all of it, a man serving thirteen years in prison for murders the evidence had pointed away from him since the night they were committed. ⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCASTFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 114 | The Camm Family Murders [Part 1 of 2] 26.05.2026 1h 4minOn the night of September 28th, 2000, former Indiana State Police trooper David Camm came home from a church basketball game to find his wife Kim and their two young children, Bradley and Jill, shot to death in the garage of their Georgetown, Indiana home. Some believed it was the husband — a serial cheater, with life insurance policies on his family and his daughter's blood on his shirt. Others believed it was a convicted predator who had walked out of prison three months before the murders, whose M.O. seemed to fit the crime.Prosecutors would eventually argue it was both men, working together — despite there not being a single piece of evidence proving they had ever met. There would be thirteen years of trials, convictions, appeals, and reversals. Alleged evidence suppression and fabricated expert credentials. Blood spatter evidence that experts would eventually call guesswork, used to convict a man twice. Jailhouse informants with violent criminal records of their own. A DNA database query that took two hours but wasn’t run for four years. A prosecutor who allegedly lied to the defense, pressured analysts to change their testimony, and threatened a witness with obstruction charges when she refused. Allegations of evidence tampering that reached into the police evidence room itself. And at the center of all of it, a man serving thirteen years in prison for murders the evidence had pointed away from him since the night they were committed. ⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCASTFind us everywhere:🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 113 | The Murder of Missy Bevers: A Killer Caught on Camera Remains at Large 19.05.2026 1h 6minBefore sunrise on April 18th, 2016, Missy Bevers pulled into the parking lot of Creekside Church of Christ in Midlothian, Texas. She was early — she was always early. She had a 5 AM workout class to set up for, equipment to haul in, a room to arrange. What she didn't know was that someone was already inside the building. Someone who had been there for over an hour. Someone dressed head to toe in full tactical gear, wearing a helmet, gloves, and a vest with the word POLICE printed across the chest. Someone moving methodically through the empty church hallways, breaking glass, trying doors, and waiting. When Missy's students arrived for class at 5 AM, they found her bloodied body. Church surveillance cameras showed her killer moving throughout the building, yet more than ten years later, that person has never been identified. This is the unsolved murder of Missy Bevers.⭐ Support the show on Patreon for bonus content & ad-free listening! ⭐ https://www.patreon.com/c/ATRIALBYPODCASTFind us everywhere: 🔗 All links: https://linktr.ee/atrialbypodcast 🌐 Website: https://atrialbypodcast.com 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558845693491 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atrialbypodcast 🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@atrialbypodcast 📧 Contact: atrialbypodcast@gmail.comTheme Music: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischief License code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSSources for this episode will be posted at atrialbypodcast.com within 30 days of the publish date.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we research thoroughly and use credible, publicly available information, it should not be considered a legal or definitive authority. We cannot guarantee veracity or completeness. Neither host is a lawyer, journalist, or investigator — views expressed are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to do their own research. This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individual, group, or organization. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Questions or concerns? Reach us at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 112 | The Torture and Murder of Kelly Anne Bates 12.05.2026 1h 6minListen ad-free on PatreonOn April 16th, 1996, 48-year-old James Patterson Smith reported to his local police station that his 17-year-old girlfriend had drowned. Firmly maintaining that this was an accident, he admitted that he was the one who drowned her and, while he claimed that he attempted to resuscitate her, it had been too late. When the police arrived at the house, they were led to the nude body of Kelly Anne Bates lying on the bedroom floor. The police knew it was too late to save Kelly Anne, but the scene they were met with at the home told a much different story than what James reported. It was immediately clear to law enforcement that Kelly Anne’s death had not been an accident, but a cold, calculated end to a long period of brutal abuse. This is the horrific story behind the heartless murder of Kelly Anne Bates. *****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 111 | The Disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit 05.05.2026 1h 2minListen ad-free on PatreonJodi Huisentruit was a TV news anchor at KIMT-TV in Mason City, Iowa, who disappeared in the early morning hours of June 27, 1995, after failing to show up for her morning broadcast. Police responded to her apartment building and found signs of a struggle around her car, which was still in the parking lot, leading investigators to believe she was attacked as she headed to work. Despite extensive investigations involving thousands of tips and interviews with over a thousand people, no definitive clues to her whereabouts were ever found, and she was declared legally dead in 2001. Several persons of interest have been investigated over the years, most notably John Vansice, the last known person to see her alive, though no arrests have ever been made. Her body has never been recovered, and as of the 30th anniversary of her disappearance in 2025, a reward is still being offered for information, and the case remains an active investigation. Someone out there knows what happened to her. That's not speculation — that is statistically near-certain. And if you know something, or if you know someone who does, the Mason City Police Department's tip line is (641) 421-3001. FindJodi.com also accepts tips. Steve Ridge's reward is real and it is fifty thousand dollars.*****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 110 | Flordelis, 55 Kids, and the Husband Who Didn't Survive 28.04.2026 1h 18minListen ad-free on PatreonBrazil has a word for the kind of person Flordelis dos Santos de Souza appeared to be: milagre. A miracle. Born into poverty in one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous favelas, she clawed her way out not through luck or privilege, but through her faith in God — and she made it her mission to bring as many people with her as she could. By 2019, she was a celebrated gospel singer, a renowned evangelical pastor, a sitting member of Brazil's Congress, and the mother of fifty-five adopted children she had pulled off the streets and called her own. She was proof that God was real and that He showed up for the forgotten. She was, by every measure that mattered in evangelical Brazil, a living saint. But on the morning of June 16, 2019, her husband was found shot 18 times in their garage — and the story Flordelis told about what happened that night would begin to unravel almost immediately. Because the miracle, it turned out, had a very dark foundation. And the saint? She was anything but. This is the story of the murder of Anderson do Carmo. *****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 109 | The Murder of Jessica Lunsford 21.04.2026 1h 19minListen ad-free on PatreonOn the evening of February 23rd, 2005, a man named Mark Lunsford had a date with his girlfriend. Before leaving, he said goodnight to his 9-year-old daughter Jessie, and thanked his parents, Ruth and Archie for watching her that evening. The four lived together, but Mark planned to stay overnight at his girlfriend’s that evening. When he returned to the family’s mobile home the next morning around 6 AM to get ready for work, he headed to Jessie’s room to check on her, but she was nowhere to be found. Mark knew immediately that something horrible had happened. It would be nearly a month before the body of his 9-year-old daughter would be found in a shallow grave, where she had been buried alive just 100 yards from her own home. I’m warning you now, today’s story is a tough one. Not only was Jessica brutally murdered, but she was sexually abused beforehand. If you need to skip this one and come back next week, I forgive you, but I believe Jessica’s story is one that needs to be told. *****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 108 | The Murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan [Part 2] 14.04.2026 1h 29minListen ad-free on PatreonOn the morning of February 24, 2023, police responded to 911 calls from the Banfield residence in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, where they found Christine Banfield suffering from multiple stab wounds and Joseph Ryan dead from gunshot wounds inside an upstairs bedroom. Brendan Banfield — Christine's husband and a former IRS special agent — and the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, initially told police that Ryan had entered the house, attacked Christine with a knife, and was shot by both of them in self-defense, but investigators concluded this account was contradicted by physical and digital evidence.Prosecutors alleged that Brendan and Peres Magalhães were engaged in an extramarital affair and, rather than face divorce and a custody dispute, Brendan created a fake FetLife profile under Christine's name to lure Ryan — a complete stranger — to the home under false pretenses, intending to kill Christine and frame Ryan for her murder by staging it as a home invasion gone wrong. Peres Magalhães was arrested in October 2023, later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Ryan's death, and testified as the key prosecution witness against Brendan at trial, where she was ultimately sentenced to ten years in prison. In early 2026, a Fairfax County jury convicted Brendan Banfield of aggravated murder on all counts, with a mandatory life sentence to follow.*****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 107 | The Murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan [Part 1] 07.04.2026 1h 24minListen ad-free on PatreonOn the morning of February 24, 2023, police responded to 911 calls from the Banfield residence in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, where they found Christine Banfield suffering from multiple stab wounds and Joseph Ryan dead from gunshot wounds inside an upstairs bedroom. Brendan Banfield — Christine's husband and a former IRS special agent — and the family's Brazilian au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães, initially told police that Ryan had entered the house, attacked Christine with a knife, and was shot by both of them in self-defense, but investigators concluded this account was contradicted by physical and digital evidence.Prosecutors alleged that Brendan and Peres Magalhães were engaged in an extramarital affair and, rather than face divorce and a custody dispute, Brendan created a fake FetLife profile under Christine's name to lure Ryan — a complete stranger — to the home under false pretenses, intending to kill Christine and frame Ryan for her murder by staging it as a home invasion gone wrong. Peres Magalhães was arrested in October 2023, later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Ryan's death, and testified as the key prosecution witness against Brendan at trial, where she was ultimately sentenced to ten years in prison. In early 2026, a Fairfax County jury convicted Brendan Banfield of aggravated murder on all counts, with a mandatory life sentence to follow.*****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 106 | The Sonderkommando Revolt 31.03.2026 1h 18minListen ad-free on PatreonOn October 7, 1944, inside the walls of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a group of prisoners condemned to help carry out mass murder decided they would no longer go quietly. Known as the Sonderkommando, these men were forced to work in the crematoria—handling the bodies of victims and witnessing the full horror of the Nazi killing machine. But when they realized they were next to be executed, they made a choice: to fight back. Smuggling in explosives and risking certain death, they launched a revolt that would destroy part of the camp and kill several SS guards before being brutally crushed. It was a rebellion born out of desperation, but it became one of the most powerful acts of resistance during The Holocaust—and a story that forces us to ask what resistance really looks like in the face of unimaginable evil.*****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 105 | Dr. Schneeberger: The Lie Beneath the Lab Results 24.03.2026 1h 5minListen ad-free on PatreonIn 1992, a young woman named Candy arrived at a small-town hospital shaken after a fight with her boyfriend. Emotional and overwhelmed, she had hoped to find comfort from a close friend who worked there—but her friend wasn’t on shift. Concerned about her distress, hospital staff suggested she see a doctor to help calm her down before going home. Candy agreed. Soon, Dr. John Schneeberger — her longtime physician and the man who had delivered her baby — walked into the room.Candy expected something simple: perhaps a prescription or a mild sedative. Instead, the doctor administered an injection. Within moments, she says, darkness closed in. When Candy regained consciousness, something felt terribly wrong. She later told investigators she knew, almost immediately, that she had been sexually assaulted. The next morning, she drove two hours to a sexual assault center, where a forensic exam confirmed her fears: semen was found on her clothing and inside her body. Candy reported the assault to police, naming Dr. Schneeberger as the attacker.The case seemed straightforward — until science appeared to prove otherwise. Schneeberger willingly provided DNA samples again and again, and each test excluded him as the source. As doubt grew, whispers spread through the community that Candy had fabricated the accusation. Years passed, and the case went cold… until a shocking new allegation against the respected doctor forced investigators to take another look — and revealed a mystery that would leave forensic experts questioning how far someone could go to hide the truth.*****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. -
Ep. 104 | The Many Murders of Mighty Mike Malloy 17.03.2026 1h 21minListen ad-free on PatreonThis is the tale of “Mighty” Mike Malloy — a down-on-his-luck Bronx bar regular who became the world’s most inconvenient murder victim when a group of Prohibition-era "geniuses" formed what they proudly called… the Murder Trust. Their business plan? Take out a life insurance policy on Mike, get him blackout drunk, and quietly collect the payout. Easy. Efficient. Foolproof.Except Mike had other plans.Poisoned drinks? He chugged them. Rotten oysters soaked in methanol? Bon appétit. Sleeping on a park bench in freezing winter weather? Honestly kind of refreshing. Hit-and-runs, toxic sandwiches, industrial-strength alcoholism — at a certain point you have to wonder if Mike Malloy was powered entirely by spite and questionable whiskey.So how did one man survive multiple murder attempts by a team of increasingly desperate criminals… and how far would they ultimately go to finally finish the job?Grab a drink — preferably one that isn’t laced with wood alcohol — and join us for the ridiculous, chaotic, and very Irish-American legend of The Many Murders of Mighty Mike Malloy.*****Find all of A Trial by Podcast's links in our Linktree below:Click here for all of our links!Find us on socials:Facebook: A Trial by PodcastInstagram: @atrialbypodcastTikTok: @atrialbypodcastTheme Music:https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/mr-mischiefLicense code: MOYK9CTUWGH7BLCSDISCLAIMERThis podcast (and all related media*) is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information presented, we cannot guarantee its completeness or veracity. Our sources are thoroughly researched, and we strive to use credible, publicly available information. However, this podcast should not be considered a definitive or legal authority on the topics discussed.Much to their parents’ dismay, neither host is a lawyer, journalist, investigator, or any sort of authority figure. The views and opinions expressed by the hosts are personal and should not be taken as fact. Listeners are encouraged to conduct their own research and draw their own conclusions.This podcast is not intended to harm, slander, or defame any individuals, groups, or organizations. All individuals discussed are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. You can find the list of sources used for each episode on our website, atrialbypodcast.com, within 30 days of the episode publish date.If you have any questions or concerns about the content, feel free to reach out to our team at atrialbypodcast@gmail.com.*Related media may include website content, social media posts, TikTok videos (“Unsettling Story Time”), interviews, media appearances, and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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