Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast

This is the Halloween Special: 2021  We are going to go over a bunch of Scary Movies that were either inspired by or based on true stories.  I'll give a brief synopsis of the movie in case you want to watch them this Halloween season, and then I'll give you the details of the true … Continue reading Halloween 2021 Special →

This one is way more interesting than I thought it would be.  And I don't usually inject too much of my opinion on this podcast, wanting you to just have the story and the facts as I have found them in my research…..but I have lots of thoughts on this, and I really want to … Continue reading Boston Stranglers: The Untold Story →

Gold Digger Killer Multimillionaire, Steven Beard fell for the younger, attractive waitress who worked at his country club.   Soon he and Celeste were married. When Steve calls 911 and is discovered in his bedroom shot in the stomach, suspicion falls on Celeste's friend, Tracey.  Months later Tracey implicates Celeste. We will be going over the … Continue reading Gold Digger Killer →

Today's episode is the story of Toni Jo Henry who had a horrible childhood, fought drug addiction, found true love and then was involved in a murder.  I am covering the movie made about her case and the True Story that the movie was based on. The Pardon is a 2013 movie.  Starring:  Jaime King, … Continue reading The Pardon →

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.  Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and the 30th of each month, with occasional bonus episodes thrown out there in between so please hit subscribe so you don't miss anything. I'll be the first to admit that when I hear that … Continue reading Trial By Fire →

The Last Hangman Today's case and movie is The Last Hangman which is based on the life and career of Albert Pierrepoint, who was one of the head executioners in the UK between 1931 and 1956.  It is estimated he executed between 435 and 600 people, 200 of these were war criminals right after WWII. … Continue reading The Last Hangman →

Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast! I have a bonus mini-episode for you today about the Blackout Killer. In my next upcoming episode:  The Last Hangman, I will be covering Albert Pierrepoint and the movie made about his career as executioner from 1931 to 1956. During his career he executed somewhere between 435 … Continue reading The Blackout Ripper (Bonus Epi) →

The Burning Bed (Based on a True Story) 800-799-SAFE (7233)  Domestic Violence Support | The National Domestic Violence Hotline (thehotline.org) Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.  Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with mini-episodes and the occasional bonus episodes in-between, so be … Continue reading The Burning Bed →

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast. Just a quick reminder that new episodes come out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with the occasional random bonus episode thrown out there, so please hit subscribe so you don't miss any episodes. At Close Range  is an incredibly good movie.  It's from 1986 … Continue reading At Close Range →

The Exception, Not the Rule Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast The Based on a True Story movie we are exploring today is In Plain Sight, and the case is the murders committed by the man said to be Scotland's first serial killer, Peter Manuel.  We also have a side case about the … Continue reading The Exception, Not the Rule →

Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast. Just a quick reminder that new episodes are out on the 15th and 30th of each month, with occasional bonus episodes, so be sure to hit subscribe so you don’t miss one. This continues our series of Based on a True Story movies and the true crime … Continue reading Executioner’s Song →

UK Killers.  Based on a True Story Movie Series. This podcast is currently covering the movies that are made about true crime cases and going over the real story and details behind it. Two new movies today:  The Pembrokshire Murders and London Road. .  Two serial killers from the UK.    Instagram:  @CherryAvenueTrueCrime Twitter: @AvenueCrime … Continue reading UK Killers →

Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.  I have two new movies for you, in this continued series, Based on a True Story; a true crime story that is.   Both are about black widows who chose poison.  Interestingly, they were both southern women and were operating around the same time period.  One in North … Continue reading Merry Black Widows →

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast.  We have two new true crime cases today that movies were made about, continuing with our Based on a True Story theme. Each episode stands on it’s own, so you don’t have to be caught up on episodes in the series or anything like that.  Each episode … Continue reading Rabbit Hole Two: More Movies →

Rabbit Hole:  Based on a True Story: Serial Killer Edition Welcome back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast! I am continuing here with our Based on a True Story series.  This is the first one on Serial Killers. There are a lot of movies made about serial killers.   For instance, there are at least four … Continue reading Rabbit Hole: Based on a True Story →

Brutal Obsession:  Based on a True Story series Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast On this episode we are continuing on with the Based on a True Story series where I am covering a movie that is based on a true crime story and we’ll go over the movie as well as what … Continue reading Brutal Obsession: Based on a True Story series →

Based on a True Story: This is the first episode in a series of episodes to feature cases that also have movies based on them.  Our own Based on a True Story series.  Some movies are much more obscure than others but with a little searching you can find them on your streaming services or possibly … Continue reading Based On A True Story →

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast Today’s episode is dedicated to Unsolved Jane Doe murder cases.  These victims have not yet been identified and their murders not yet solved.  For each one covered here I will post pictures of their sketches and any items recovered with them if they are available.  I’ll post … Continue reading More Unsolved Does →

All New Ad-Free Episode!  Three cases, Three Different sets of murders.  One from 1900, one from 1926, and one from 1978-1993.  Marty Bergen, George Jefferson Hassell, and Robert Spangler. cherryavenuetruecrime.com email: host@cherryavenuetruecrime.com Twitter: @avenuecrime     Marty Bergen – Society for American Baseball Research (sabr.org)    Written by Brian McKenna Marty Bergen (baseball) Wikipedia Marty Bergen, … Continue reading Different Degrees of Murder →

Cases where children go missing or are murdered really haunt me. It’s terrifying when they are missing.  So many horrible scenarios are considered as to how they are being treated or if they are still alive. When children are found dead after having gone missing, often the parents or other family members are looked into. … Continue reading Abducted From Home →

This is the annual Halloween special with a couple of bite size frights for you.  We have two short and sweet Halloween Treats that are True Stories of course! Happy Halloween everyone! CherryAvenueTrueCrime.com Email: host@cherryavenuetruecrime.com Patreon: Patreon.com/cherryavenuetruecrime  

  This is Part Two of a two part episode on Helter Skelter, The Manson Murders, the details on everyone involved, what led up to it and what happened afterward. If you haven’t listened to Part One go listen! Visit us at:  CherryAvenueTrueCrime.com E-mail: host@cherryavenuetruecrime.com Patreon:  Patreon.com/CherryAvenueTrueCrime       https://5dollarmealplan.com/join/?ap_id=CherryAvenue

This was a truly horrific murder spree.  Sometimes I think the humanity of the victims is really lost in all the Charles Manson craziness.  Humans are always looking to belong, looking for their “people”, looking for people like themselves, craving a connection of some kind.  Manson played into this at one of the easiest times … Continue reading Helter Skelter Special Part 1 →

Napa is located in Northern California and is known for it’s wine vineyards.    Halloween night in 2004 brought a horror movie scene to this picturesque town. Roommates’, Leslie, Lauren and Adriane had a fun night of handing out candy and had retired to their separate bedrooms. Lauren fell asleep but awoke to her dog growling.  … Continue reading No Good Reason →

A Heavy Equipment Operator was working on the property of an old yellow house that had been falling into disrepair.  It had been empty for quite a while and he was starting the steps of demolishing the old farm house, when up comes a ragged black trash bag with bones and fabric in it. Police … Continue reading Unearthed Bones →

This is a special episode about some unsolved murders involving Jane Does.  So not only have the murders never been caught, the victims identities are unknown.  If you are a regular listener, you know we usually go over solved cases, and discus the victim and perpetrator in detail. Today, I decided to dedicate this episode … Continue reading Unsolved Jane Doe Murders →

A business office in the front of a factory building, gets a phone call.  A man’s voice tells the receptionist, Rose, that there is a body behind their building. The caller tells the receptionist:  “There is a dead body in the back of your lot.” Now I have had to answer the phones working in … Continue reading The Caller →

Two Love Triangle Murders On this episode we have two love triangle murder cases for you. There is not much mystery as to Who perpetrated the murders, but there certainly is as to the Why? When was it that two people decided that the other person had to die? How did they decide that this … Continue reading Love Triangle Murders →

This is the true story of the murder of Roseann Quinn. It was the basis for the Novel, Looking For Mr. Goodbar,  written by Judith Rossner.  The novel was the basis for the 1977 movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar staring Dianne Keaton and Richard Gere.  Both the novel and movie were loosely based on Rosanne’s … Continue reading Looking for Mr. Goodbar Murder →

Vigilante Justice. There are cases of murder and assaults that are so horrendous that they can make us understand why people would want to exact their own justice. The cases we are talking about today are crimes just that bad. In each case the people who knew the victims or lived near them were outraged … Continue reading Murders So Heinous and the Vigilante Justice Afterwards →

Ginger Rios disappeared after going into a little shop in a strip mall in Las Vegas. Her husband was sitting in the car waiting for her, but she never returned. After waiting quite a while, he went into the store that he had seen her go into and asked if she was still there. The … Continue reading When You Least Expect It →

I have something a little bit different for you today. I have two true crime stories that go way, way back. One is about a supposed Sorceress from the 1300’s in Ireland, and another is an extremely cruel and evil noblewoman in 1700’s Russia. Catherine The Great makes an appearance today in one of these … Continue reading The Sorceress and the Noblewoman →

Welcome Back to Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast On this episode I have 3 Cold Cases that were solved in an unusual way. Please go to: https://www.patreon.com/CherryAvenueTrueCrime to see how you can support the show. Also please see us on Twitter @avenuecrime , on FB at Cherry Avenue True Crime Podcast, and on Istagram: Cherry … Continue reading Cold Cases Close →

May 28th,1998 a 911 call comes in that will shatter fans of the great comedian and actor, Phil Hartman.  

There are a lot of reasons people are interested in real true crime stories. For one thing, it’s been going on since the beginning of crime, which would be the beginning of time. And then there is the Knowledge that comes with all that. There are things that can be learned from it.  True Crime, … Continue reading True Crime Cautionaries →

Two people trying to make a go of it again, but there is a lot going on.  They have blended family part-time, and this as well as a mixture of increasing drug use and rage, combines to create an ending that just shouldn’t have happened.  It didn’t have to happen.  But it did.

Two stints in an insane asylum.  Let out twice when he shouldn’t have been.  Today’s subject went on to commit increasingly more serious and brutal crimes each time.  So many might have been prevented if his crimes and convictions had been handled correctly.  So many victims and so much pain.  Detroit’s lesser known serial killer, … Continue reading Erroneously and Reprehensibly Released (Twice) →

Halloween Special with some insane Halloween murders from present day, as well as a look back at some crazy scary holiday trends that got Halloween celebrators and Halloween pranksters shot. You’ll be glad to hear those things are generally a thing of the past.  No Tricks here, Just Sweet True Crime Treats. Happy Halloween! Sources … Continue reading HALLOWEEN SPECIAL →

Halloween Special with some insane Halloween murders from present day, and a look at some crazy scary holiday trends from way back that you will be glad are a thing of the past. No Tricks here.  Just sweet True Crime Treats.  Happy Halloween from my family to yours! Sources: WOMAN FOUND DEAD HAD HAMMER INJURY, … Continue reading HALLOWEEN SPECIAL →

Serious Stalkers.  This episode is about three different stalkers with three completely different types of stalking. www.cherryavenuetruecrimepodcast.com cherryavenuetruecrime.blubrry.net patreon.com/cherryavenuetruecrimepodcast Visit us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram  

This is Part 3 of the episode: 313 Carl Drive.  If you have not yet listened to Part One and Part Two please go back and listen to those. Part 3 will start right where we left off in Part 2.

If you have not yet listened to Part One yet, please go back and listen. This is Part 2 and we start where we left off in Part 1

313 CARL DRIVE was the home of the Hendricks family.  David, Susan, and their three beautiful children.  One horrible night in November 1983, the entire family was brutally slain with an ax and a knife.  All, except for the sole survivor, David.  There are some twists and turns in this case.

Desperate To Believe.  Richard sat at the table eating bacon and eggs.  Sally took a hammer and hit him, repeatedly, around 20 times. They had been married for 31 years.  No previous episodes of violence.  What happened?

No Option But Murder.  In the summer of 1998 a computer expert feels his marriage is not up to par and rather than getting a divorce, he dates women online.  In the meantime he does a little research to find other ways to get rid of her. But he is surprised when she comes to … Continue reading No Option But Murder →

This is Part 2 of the Texarkana Phantom episode. If you have not listened to Part 1 yet, go back and listen to that first. We continue in Part 2 with a quick recap and then full coverage of the main suspects and more about the investigation. You can contact me at CherryAvenueTrueCrimePodcast.com and click … Continue reading Tekarkana Phantom Part 2 →

We go on a deep dive into the case of the Texarkana Phantom who killed 5 people and seriously injured 3.  He was never caught.  There were suspects, but no one was brought to trial for it. He stalked couples on deserted lovers’ lanes and also at rural farmhouse.  This part 1 of 2.  Even … Continue reading Texarkana Phantom Part 1 →

The real story of the Mr. Goodbar Murder.  Rosann Quinn.  John Wayne Wilson.  There is so much more to the story.  The murder was the basis for the movie and book Looking for Mr. Goodbar.  Also for the book Closing Time.  The real story is very different from the movie. A Single Teacher in 1973 … Continue reading Real Story of Mr. Goodbar Murder →

Thanksgiving Special today:  First American Murder The Mayflower arrived and among them was the first person who would be convicted of murder and subsequently executed.  

Raynella Dossett Leath was accused of killing two husbands.  The first one was ruled an agricultural accident.  After the death of her second husband due to a gunshot wound to the head, they took a second look at the first husband’s death and she was eventually charged in that as well.  There are some fascinating … Continue reading Raynella Dossett Leath →

Two main features this week: Raymond Robert Richmond shot and killed his cousin Robert Stasiak in 1977.  It was ruled a suicide at the time of the death.  Nearly 40 years later the crime is solved and Raymond Richmond is arrested. Also, the mysterious case of a War Hero, Robert Nichols, who took the identity … Continue reading Raymond Richmond / Robert Nichols →