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Two ladies, one full of true crime knowledge and one full of morbid curiosity, take you through their favorite crime stories and spooky tales every Monday!

Hannah Biddle


    • May 3, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 19m AVG DURATION
    • 30 EPISODES


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    Season 2 Episode 13: If He Wanted to, He Would

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 81:44


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In 1986 Sherri Rasmussen was the victim of what the LAPD assumed was a botched robbery attempt. When the case was reopened in 2009, investigators would come to find that the perpetrator was actually one of their own the entire time. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 12: "No Legs" is a Great Nickname

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 96:34


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. April's Monthly Mystery brings us back to Liz's hometown of Pittsburgh, PA to investigate a seemingly normal apartment building. However, in the 1960s people were going missing and being murdered at and around The Martinique at an alarming rate. Is this the work of a serial killer or something more supernatural? Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 11: #BringFawnMarieHome

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 92:38


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In 2012 Fawn Marie Mountain vanished from her Claysburg, PA home after years of abuse at the hands of her girlfriend. Now her friends and family want to know the truth about what happened. Join us for this special episode of Brief Case Crimes where we share Fawn's story. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com

    Season 2 Episode 10: Again With the Torsos?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 120:08


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. After being excommunicated from the Mormon church, Glenn Taylor Helzer decided to form his own "self-help group". With his younger brother, Justin, and their roommate/Justin's girlfriend, Dawn, Taylor started "The Children of Thunder". The only problem was they were broke. So Taylor came up with a plan to finance their new religion and his plan would ultimately cost the lives of five people. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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    Season 2 Episode 9: Boo Boats

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 94:11


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. March's Monthly Mystery takes us to Japan, where a series of boats have been washing up on the shores of the East Sea. Most times these boats are entirely abandoned, but sometimes their only passengers are corpses. Join us as we uncover where they are coming from and why. Relevant Links: https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-yeollie-with-his-bladder-infection?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR1UCwf-qWh10vVVfs7uMi6eP9LplqT1NAIM5XnavFrFJ7WKO-WOOmBK7kU Yeonmi Park: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQu57KgT7gOoLCAu3FFQsA Now, Action & Unity for Human Rights: https://nauh.or.kr/eng/ Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 8: Killed Them All, Of Course

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 106:57


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. When police in Galveston arrested New York real estate heir Robert Durst for the murder and dismemberment of Morris Black they had no idea that they were in the presence of a serial murderer who had been under suspicion since the 1980s. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 7: Hannah, What Are You About to Say?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 98:24


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. TW: this episode includes sensitive topics such as abortion, medical malpractice and infant death. After being a physician and serving his community for 40 years, Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Philadelphia clinic was raided by the FBI one day in May of 2010. What they found inside shocked investigators and left them wondering- how could this have been happening right under their noses and why didn't anyone do anything to stop Dr. Gosnell? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 6: Suspect Number 1- The Devil

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 75:10


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In this month's Monthly Mystery Liz takes us through the brutal, unsolved murder of Charles Walton in the sleepy hamlet of Lower Quinton, England. Was his death part of a bizarre pagan ritual, or simply the result of a disagreement over money? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 5: Do You Have Time to Talk About These Guns?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 109:05


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. One May night in 1983, the night staff at McKenzie-Willamette Hospital watched as a young woman drove into their emergency area shouting "Somebody just shot my kids!". Her seven-year-old daughter, Cheryl Ann, was dead upon arrival, and her eldest, Christie (age 8) and her youngest, Danny (age 3) were in critical condition. What led investigators to believe that Diane was responsible for this and more importantly, what could have driven her to kill and maim her young children? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes Intro and Outro Music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 4: That's the Great Thing About Head Wounds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 91:38


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In the Twin Cities in the early 1980s police began finding the dead bodies of women who had been stabbed with an ice pick. The only clue they had was a man with a distinct "weepy" voice who would call and confess to these murders. Who were these women? Who was the mysterious caller and why was he so eager to confess?  https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 3: The Enemas Are Going to Come Up Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 106:06


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Linda Hazzard was a "doctor" in the early 20th century who prescribed radical treatments to her patients that involved fasting, enemas, and violent massages. But was she just a quack, or a calculated murderer? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 2: My Literal Window

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 71:42


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In our third installment of Monthly Mysteries, Liz takes us to La Crosse, Wisconsin to investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Hartley. Join us, while we discuss the facts of the case and our own theories. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Season 2 Episode 1: I Asked For This

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2021 59:38


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In 2006 a man's body was found on the roof of the Omni Hotel parking garage in New Orleans, Louisiana. His suicide note led investigators to the Rampart Street apartment that Zack Bowen shared with his girlfriend, Addie Hall, and into one of the most gruesome crime screens the Big Easy has ever seen. Veteran's Crisis Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1) https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 17: Me, Myself, and Murderers

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2020 82:14


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. One evening in 1920s Chicago, the body of a young, rich boy was found in a culvert on the side of the road. Police quickly discovered the killers, but what would bring two bright, young men from a affluent families to kill a 14-year-old boy? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 16: Riggin' Big Logs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2020 74:09


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In our second installment of Monthly Mysteries, Liz takes us through the mystery of Rock Gate Park, and how one man claimed to have discovered the secrets of the Earth's magnetic fields to build an incredible monument to his lost love. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 15: You Gotta Spend Money to Make Money, Baby!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2020 83:35


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Michael Malloy was an Irish immigrant in 1930s New York. Out of work and homeless, he frequented a speakeasy in the Bronx owned by Tony Marino. Marino and his friends thought that Malloy would be the perfect target for an insurance scam, but boy, were they ever wrong. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 14: A Crime Against Me Personally

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 75:09


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In the early 40s in Key West, Florida, a woman forced her way inside an eccentric Count's home. There she found the corpse of her sister who had died 9 years prior. But how did she get there and more importantly, why was she there? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 13: Ricky The Alien Hunting Dog

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2020 47:05


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In the early 1950s people in Braxton County, West Virginia experienced strange encounters with a being that would come to be known as The Flatwoods Monster. Though these sightings only lasted one week, the legend of the Monster lives on. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 12: Janessa Hudson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2020 71:39


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In the early 80s in Anchorage, Alaska, woman were going missing and police were finding bodies that they believed were put there by a serial killer. With the help of FBI criminal profilers, state police were able to apprehend the person who was hunting women in the wilderness of Alaska. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 11: Your Hypothetical Stepdad

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 63:30


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. On Halloween night in 1957 a late night trick or treater rang the bell at the Fabiano house in Sun Valley California. Despite the late hour, Peter Fabiano took the bowl of candy and answered the door. When his wife and stepdaughter found him, he was bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest. With no enemies and no real criminal background, police were left to wonder, who shot Peter Fabiano? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 10: A Swedish Bank Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 79:12


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In 1973 a man walked into one of the largest banks in Stockholm, pulled out a submachine gun and screamed, "The party has just begun!" What happened over the next 6 days defied logic and spawned one of the most referenced psychological conditions. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 9: Your Cat is a Jerk and a Pervert

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 73:03


    This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. After a night spent in the ER for a migraine, Candy Mossler returned home to find her estranged husband dead in his Key Biscayne condo. She had an alibi. Her nephew Melvin Powers, however, didn't. But why would Mel Powers want to kill his uncle? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 8: Fresh Gin?! Incredible!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 75:09


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. In August of 1922 LAPD is called to the Oestrreich house after neighbors hear gunshots. They find Fred, the husband, dead on the floor and Dolly, the wife, locked in a closet. She claims that it was a case of a robbery gone wrong, and she obviously couldn't have shot Fred from inside the closet....could she? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 7: Tainted By the Saltlick

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 65:25


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Thora Chamberlain was ten days from her 15th birthday when she disappeared in 1945. Could a bus driver named Thomas Henry McMonigle have been responsible and what role does a modern day Dr. Frankenstein have to play in this week's tale? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 6: Missouri Changes People

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 59:17


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. Ann Woodward had everything that she desired- a rich, handsome husband, two sons, a socialite life and famous friends. But one night in 1955 tragedy struck the Woodwards....or did it? https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 5: Probably Crazy and Definitely Going to Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 64:46


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. The year is 1954 and in Christchurch, New Zealand two best friends, Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme, are planning to do something that they will never be able to take back. https://linktr.ee/briefcasecrimes music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 4: Human Blood I Draw the Line At

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 69:54


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. This episode details Leonarda Cianciulli, the Saponificatrice di Corregio. Active in the late 1930s, Leonarda would do anything to protect her eldest and favorite son. Visit our social media and follow along with the brief for this case for supplemental material, including photos, videos and links from the episode. Ko-Fi Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 3: Not My Fritters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 73:05


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. This episode details Cordelia Botkin and the first murder on record to have been committed via the USPS. (P.S. Here are ways to support the USPS!) Visit our social media and follow along with the brief for this case for supplemental material, including photos, videos and links from the episode. Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 2: You're in a House Coffin!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 60:54


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. This episode was recorded in October of 2019, during the ~spooky season. We think 2020 has been plenty ~spooky enough to warrant uploading it now. It covers the case of Theodore Edward Coneys AKA The Denver Spiderman, the 1941 murder of Phillip Peters, and the subsequent haunting of Peters' home. Visit our social media and follow along with the brief for this case for supplemental material, including photos, videos and links from the episode. Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

    Episode 1: It's Always a Junior

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 61:11


    Disclaimer: Brief Case Crimes contains graphic depictions of violent acts and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised. This first episode follows the crimes of Stanley B. Hoss Jr., beginning with his escape from Allegheny County Jail in 1969. Visit our social media and follow along with the brief for this case for supplemental material, including photos, videos and links from the episode. Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube music by audionautix.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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