Each week, Emily Compagno – Co-Host of Outnumbered on The FOX News Channel - will be joined by a team of FOX News Digital true crime reporters, legal and law enforcement experts, along with the latest insights from the FOX News Investigative Team. Emily will bring stories of survival, solved and unsolved murders, America's Most Wanted killers, missing persons, and celebrity crime trials. This podcast will bring the listener into the story, as told by the people involved and those reporting on the ground. New episodes available every Tuesday, along with bonus episodes every Thursday.Â
The FOX True Crime Podcast with Emily Compagno is an exceptional addition to the true crime podcast genre. Emily's insightful and articulate interview format sets this podcast apart from others in the field. Her intelligent and well-thought-out questions make for captivating conversations with guests, making it my favorite true crime podcast to date.
One of the best aspects of this podcast is Emily's ability to obtain a recap of the crime while still showing care and compassion for the victims and their families. She skillfully walks listeners through each case, demonstrating her inquisitiveness and adding grace and empathy throughout. It is evident that she is a natural at what she does, showcasing her gift for storytelling and her talent as a host. The stories and interviews are top-notch and keep listeners engaged from start to finish.
Another standout aspect of this podcast is Emily's interviewing style. Unlike some other podcasts where hosts interrupt their guests every few seconds, Emily allows her guests to fully speak without interruption, giving them the opportunity to share their stories uninterrupted. Her thoughtful questioning provides valuable insights into each person's experience, making for a truly insightful program that keeps listeners wanting more.
As much as it pains me to say anything nice about Fox, I must admit that this show is amazing. As a former attorney myself who listens to many true crime podcasts, I can confidently say that this one stands out from the rest. From Emily's excellent hosting skills to the incredibly interesting guests and well-produced content, everything about this podcast exceeds expectations. I eagerly await more episodes and hope for more content in the future.
In conclusion, The FOX True Crime Podcast with Emily Compagno is a must-listen for any true crime fan. With its comprehensive coverage, compassionate storytelling, and thoughtful interviewing style, it sets itself apart as one of the best podcasts in the genre. Whether you're captivated by Emily's intelligence, grace, charm or beauty (or all four), there is no denying that she embodies the feminine ideal. Don't miss out on this exceptional podcast experience.
Tennessee death row inmate 50-year-old Christa Pike survived an attempted lethal injection, prompting Gov. Bill Lee to pause executions through the end of the year and order a third-party review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chanley Painter and Court TV's Vinnie Politan unpack major developments in the Lindsay Clancy case and Caleb Flynn trial. Discover why Lindsay Clancy's defense is attempting a rare motion to dismiss after a mistrial, and how prosecutors used body-cam footage, affair evidence, and an AI-generated song to convict former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn for his wife's murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Driven by what prosecutors call a motiveless "compulsion to kill," a 28-year-old San Jose man voluntarily surrendered to police and led investigators to the hidden bodies of two murder victims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eighteen-year-old Anna Kepner set sail on a family vacation, but she never returned home. Found dead inside her cabin, what began as a mysterious death at sea quickly escalated into an active homicide investigation. Now, investigators are using shipboard surveillance, Wi-Fi activity, and digital trails to reconstruct her final hours. Maritime attorney Rod Sullivan joins Chanley to discuss the digital evidence, the unique challenges of cruise ship jurisdiction, and whether justice is on the horizon for Anna. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Florida jury has convicted self-proclaimed witch and Chakra Master Shannon Ryan of second-degree murder in the disappearance of 21-year-old Leila Cavett, whose body has never been found. Cavett vanished in July 2020, and her two-year-old son was later found wandering alone. Ryan is set to be sentenced October 23. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The woman who says she had an affair with former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn delivers dramatic testimony in his murder trial, claiming Flynn repeatedly talked about wanting his wife, Ashley, dead. Prosecutors also reveal messages they say Flynn sent before Ashley was fatally shot inside the couple's Ohio home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Seven missing women are now connected to a disturbing investigation centered on a Philadelphia home once owned by photographer and filmmaker Raymond "R.C." Horsch. FOX News Correspondent Alexis McAdams joins Chanley to discuss the massive collection of photos and videos recovered by investigators, the search for answers about the missing women, and the difficult task of determining what was staged and what could point to something more sinist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Richard Allen, convicted of killing Indiana teens Abigail Williams and Liberty German, is seeking a new trial, arguing his repeated confessions came while he was suffering severe psychosis in solitary confinement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In Part Two of their conversation, Chanley and veteran forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon discuss the overarching patterns of extreme violence between some of the world's most notorious killers. Drawing from five decades of experience and insights from his memoir, That Beast Was Not Me: One Forensic Psychologist, Five Decades of Conversations with Killers. Dr. Smalldon opens up about the most disturbing case of his career, the origin behind his book's title, and what it was really like to sit down with Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and John Wayne Gacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A massive police raid on a Philadelphia home uncovered more than a million digital files, images of five missing women and a basement filled with chemicals, raising new questions about a father-son duo and the late father's eerily specific serial-killer memoir. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Former American Idol contestant Caleb Flynn is on trial for allegedly killing his wife of nearly 16 years and staging the Ohio crime scene to make it appear she was shot by an intruder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Forensic psychologist Dr. Jeffrey Smalldon has spent decades studying the criminal mind, coming face-to-face with some of America's most notorious killers. In Part One of his conversation with Chanley, Dr. Smalldon reveals how an early fascination with crime led him to correspond with Charles Manson and Ted Bundy and recounts his chilling encounters with John Wayne Gacy and serial killer Donald Harvey. He shares what those interactions taught him about manipulation, violence, and the unsettling reality of the people behind some of the country's most infamous crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nearly four decades after a newborn baby was found dead in a Texas laundromat, genetic genealogy led investigators to his mother, Tammy Sue Kerns, who has now pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chanley Painter is back with former investigator and cult expert Mike King to discuss Samuel Bateman's psychological warfare. They dissect the stark difference between generational and convert cults, the strategic legal maneuvering behind Bateman's federal plea deal, and reveal the tragic cycle of young victims who are groomed to become the next generation of predators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has been disciplined after allegedly trying to smuggle a package into prison and later being caught with unspecified drugs, just months after being sentenced to multiple life terms for killing eight women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial has been moved to Sumter County, South Carolina, after a judge ruled he could not receive a fair trial in the county where he was originally convicted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How does a self-proclaimed prophet convince families to hand over their young daughters? Chanley Painter is joined by former law enforcement officer and "Profiling Evil" creator Mike King to expose the dark reality of Samuel Bateman. Together, they unpack how Bateman exploited a power vacuum within the FLDS empire, coerced entire families into absolute obedience, and hid young victims until a dramatic 2022 traffic stop blew his secret worldwide open. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez is calling for the death penalty after a Los Angeles judge ordered singer D4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, to stand trial in her killing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
17-year-old Michelle “Missy” Avila thought she was heading into the California mountains with friends. Instead, she was brutally murdered by the very people she trusted most. New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury joins the FOX True Crime Podcast to revisit the case she first covered as a young reporter, including her jailhouse interview with the killer and the chilling lack of remorse she witnessed firsthand. Kingsbury also shares how the case inspired her first book, Missy's Murder, launching a writing career that would eventually take her from true crime to bestselling fiction and film Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mexican musician Jonathan Meléndez, the keyboardist for the indie rock band Camilo Séptimo, his pregnant wife, their three-year-old daughter and nanny were found murdered inside their Mexico City home, with two suspects arrested in connection with the killings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Florida woman dubbed the “Black Widow” by police is accused of targeting men she met on dating apps for money and allegedly drugging a 69-year-old man, who later told investigators he believes she may have tried to poison him on multiple occasions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial remains deadlocked after five days of deliberations, twice telling the judge they cannot reach a unanimous verdict. Now, after Judge William Sullivan delivered a formal instruction urging jurors to keep trying, could the next note from the jury bring the trial to an end? Veteran true-crime journalist Ted Rowlands joins Chanley to discuss how close the case may be to a hung jury, what happens if a mistrial is declared, and whether prosecutors could try Clancy again. Plus, they examine the growing tension outside the courthouse after a woman was accused of filming jurors, and whether outside influences could become an issue for the defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been convicted in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, nearly 30 years after the rapper was killed in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How does a prosecutor turn real-life courtroom tragedy into bestselling crime fiction? Trey Gowdy, former federal prosecutor and host of The Trey Gowdy Podcast, joins Chanley to recount the investigation of Dana Satterfield, a South Carolina mother whose cold case was solved ten years later through a twist of fate and DNA evidence. Plus, Trey opens up about the weight of seeking justice for victims and how his decades in the courtroom shaped his latest novel, The Sound of Regret. Get your copy of The Sound of Regret available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Authorities have identified the final unknown victim of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, known as the Happy Face Killer, more than three decades after her body was found along a California highway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A former television news anchor has pleaded guilty to murdering her 80-year-old mother inside their Wichita, Kansas home on Halloween. Angeline Mock admitted to fatally stabbing Anita Avers after telling investigators she believed her mother was the devil and that she killed her to “save herself.” Mock now faces life in prison, with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Lindsay Clancy trial has put postpartum mental health at the center of a difficult legal question: What was happening in her mind when she killed her three children? As jurors weigh testimony about Clancy's mental health, psychosis and the medications she was prescribed in the months before the killings, board-certified psychiatrist and a leading expert in psychiatric drug side effects and withdrawal Dr. Josef Witt-Doerring joins Chanley to examine what those treatments may have meant for her mental state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thirty-four years after college student Tammy Zywicki was murdered, Illinois State Police are seeking information about a deceased hitchhiker who may have been with a key semi-truck driver near the crime scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Day 19 of the Lindsay Clancy trial is in the books, and Paul Mauro is joined by FOX News contributor and Courtroom Confidential podcast host Josh Ritter to discuss where this case actually stands. While the internet debates about postpartum psychosis and medication, Paul and Josh tackle the latest developments inside the Massachusetts courtroom. Plus, Josh steps into the shoes of both defense counsel and prosecution to deliver preview closing arguments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Massachusetts teenager is accused of killing his mother and younger brother after prosecutors say he used ChatGPT and the internet to create fictional scenarios detailing the murders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Erin Patterson is fighting her triple murder convictions over the deadly death cap mushroom meal as prosecutors appeal her 33-year minimum sentence and argue she should spend the rest of her life behind bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Reporting from outside the courthouse, host Chanley Painter is joined by legal analyst Josh Ritter and host of Courtroom Confidential podcast to analyze what may be the most crucial day yet in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. On day 16 of the trial, they examine the pivotal testimony of defense expert Dr. Zeizel on postpartum mental health and criminal responsibility, evaluate key jury reactions, and discuss the prosecution cross-examination tactics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fourteen people, including current and former Penn State students, are facing charges in an alleged cocaine trafficking operation that authorities say used fraternity houses to package and distribute drugs to students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can postpartum psychosis compel a loving mother to commit the unthinkable? Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy stands accused of murdering her three young children, but her defense argues that severe mental illness and a complex regimen of psychiatric medications rendered her legally insane. Chanley sits down with forensic psychologist Dr. John DeLaTorre to break down the highly publicized trial. They discuss the critical distinctions between common postpartum depression and the sudden, dangerous onset of postpartum psychosis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Florida woman accused in the murder of a 43-year-old father found buried in a shallow grave beneath concrete has been captured after seven weeks on the run, as authorities say more arrests could follow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nick Reiner has pleaded not guilty after a Los Angeles grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, director and actor Rob Reiner and Michele Singer-Reiner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chanley Painter speaks with author Christopher Morris about the controversial conviction of nurse Lucy Letby. As the public debate intensifies, Morris discusses his extensive research into the trial, pointing to what he describes as flawed medical evidence, misinterpreted statistics, and systemic failures at the Countess of Chester Hospital. From disputed insulin readings and air embolism theories, as well as the role of expert testimony and the ongoing review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Police are searching internationally for 27-year-old Matthew Flores, who is suspected in the deaths of his parents after their decomposing bodies were discovered buried in the backyard of their Litchfield Park, Arizona, home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Was Lucy Letby a calculating serial killer, or the scapegoat of a failing hospital system? The conviction of neonatal nurse Lucy Letby shocked the United Kingdom and dominated international headlines. Handed the stiffest sentence given to a woman in modern British legal history, Letby was condemned to die in prison with no possibility of parole. But years after the trial, the debate about her innocence continues. In Part One, Chanley Painter sits down with researcher and author Christopher Morris ‘Reasonable Doubt: Examining the Case of Lucy Letby', to discuss Letby's conviction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A federal judge dismissed Alex Murdaugh's $600,000 lawsuit against former court clerk Becky Hill, ruling he cannot recover legal fees tied to the murder trial that was overturned over Hill's jury interference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Suffolk County prosecutors collected 23 voluntary DNA samples in Manhattan's Chinatown as part of a new effort to identify “Asian Doe,” an unidentified murder victim whose remains were discovered near the Gilgo Beach killings in 2011 and whose death has not been charged to Rex Heuermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy continues, jurors are hearing emotional testimony and conflicting evidence about her mental state before the deaths of her three children. Chanley Painter is joined by legal analyst and host of "Lawyer Lee" on YouTube, Lee Wallace, to examine the latest testimony, the defense's postpartum psychosis argument, and the key questions jurors must answer before reaching a verdict. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After a deadly kidnapping and execution-style shooting rooted in an ongoing business dispute shocked Chino Hills, the sole surviving suspect faces capital murder charges under special circumstances that could carry the death penalty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From the emotional start of the Lindsay Clancy trial and Bryan Kohberger's controversial post-conviction play to the precedent-setting 15-year sentence of a school shooter's father, Chanley Painter and defense attorney Joshua Ritter tackle the biggest true crime cases in the news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Decades after police initially ruled her death accidental, Oregon authorities have reclassified Astrid Bridges' 1993 death as a homicide, launching a new investigation into her 86-year-old husband, whose first wife's death was also previously re-examined and ruled a murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A 27-year-old Long Island music teacher has pleaded not guilty to murder and rape charges after prosecutors allege he lured his sister-in-law to his home under the guise of moving a piano before sexually assaulting and strangling her while his wife was out of town. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The murder of Elizabeth Short has remained one of America's most infamous cold cases for nearly 80 years. Now, investigators Kimberly Lupini and Jeff Thomas say years of research, newly uncovered witnesses, and previously overlooked evidence have brought them closer than ever to identifying the person they believe was responsible. www.change.org/justiceforelizabeth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Now representing himself while serving four life sentences, Bryan Kohberger has filed a petition to withdraw his guilty plea in the 2022 University of Idaho murders, claiming his defense team misled him and coerced a false confession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Who was Elizabeth Short before she became known as the "Black Dahlia"? In Part One of this conversation, Chanley Painter is joined by the investigative team behind Deconstructing Dahlia, Jeff Thomas and Kimberley Lupini. They unpack the five-year journey that led them from a long-hidden police secret to a standing L.A. motel where forensic experts uncovered evidence of a major bloodshed event from 1947. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A major discrepancy comes to light in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. A newly revealed version of the ransom note includes a final warning omitted from earlier reporting: "Her life is in your hands." As local authorities and the FBI continue searching for answers, mystery surrounds the $4 million Bitcoin demand and the unauthenticated notes claiming Guthrie died shortly after her abduction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Pamela Smart—convicted in 1990 for masterminding the murder of her husband with her 15-year-old student—is petitioning a New Hampshire judge for a new trial. Her legal team argues that media frenzy, faulty jury instructions, and transcript errors tainted the original verdict, while state prosecutors insist the issues were already settled decades ago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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