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What makes someone take another life? That’s the question Brittany Ransom and her guests aim to answer every week. Now in its 3rd year When Killers Get Caught digs deep into killers big and small, obscure supernatural stories and modern true crime mysteries.

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Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker Case): The Untold Cost of Investigative Failure
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June 24, 2026

Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker Case): The Untold Cost of Investigative Failure

"How many lives could have been saved if the warning signs had been connected sooner?" In the mid-1980s, a wave of unprecedented terror gripped Southern California. Windows were nailed shut, lights were on throughout the night, and ordinary communities found themselves at the mercy of a predatory phantom. The media gave him a moniker that froze the blood of millions: "The Night Stalker." But away from the sensational headlines, a devastating reality was unfolding; one marked by fragmented police
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Beneath the Sequins: The Hidden Body of Dorian Corey
June 17, 2026

Beneath the Sequins: The Hidden Body of Dorian Corey

When ballroom icon Dorian Corey died in 1993, friends packing her closet made a horrifying discovery: a mummified body hidden inside a vintage trunk. For 25 years, a secret had been sitting just feet from where she slept. Who was the man in the dark? This week on When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom pulls back the heavy layers of sequins, fabric, and history to dissect one of the strangest and most claustrophobic hidden-body cases in modern true-crime history. When investigators opened
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Inside the Mind of Ted Kaczynski: The 17-Year Unabomber Hunt
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June 10, 2026

Inside the Mind of Ted Kaczynski: The 17-Year Unabomber Hunt

How does a child genius who enters Harvard at sixteen end up becoming one of the most notorious domestic terrorists in American history? In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom examines the life of Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber. From his childhood as a gifted student in Chicago to his years at Harvard, his isolation in a remote Montana cabin, and the anti-technology ideology that fueled a seventeen-year bombing campaign, we explore the events that shaped one o
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The Price of the Pyramid: Wanda Holloway and the Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot
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June 3, 2026

The Price of the Pyramid: Wanda Holloway and the Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot

In 1991, a suburban Texas mother was arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hitman over a middle school cheerleading competition. This week on When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom examines the shocking case of Wanda Holloway, better known as the "Texas Cheerleader Mom." What began as a disappointing cheerleading tryout in Channelview, Texas spiraled into one of the most bizarre murder-for-hire plots in American true crime history. Through recorded wiretap conversations, courtroom drama, m
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John List & The Calculated Disappearance of a Family Annihilator
May 27, 2026

John List & The Calculated Disappearance of a Family Annihilator

In 1971, a quiet suburban home in Westfield became the center of one of the most chilling family annihilation cases in American history. This is the story of John List, a deeply religious, seemingly respectable accountant, husband, and father who methodically murdered his entire family inside their mansion, then disappeared without a trace. For nearly 18 years, he lived under a new identity while authorities had no clear idea what he looked like, where he went, or how he managed to evade capture
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What Happened to Natalee Holloway? The Aruba Case, Confession & Years of Lies
May 19, 2026

What Happened to Natalee Holloway? The Aruba Case, Confession & Years of Lies

In May 2005, eighteen-year-old Natalee Holloway vanished during a graduation trip to Aruba — a disappearance that would become one of the most infamous true crime cases in modern history. What began as a carefree senior trip quickly spiraled into an international media frenzy involving shifting stories, failed investigations, public obsession, and nearly two decades of unanswered questions surrounding Joran van der Sloot. But beneath the headlines and speculation was a real young woman whose l
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Recent Blog Posts

End of year posting schedule
Nov. 14, 2021

End of year posting schedule

Podcast schedule for both PATREON and the regular podcast is: The Nov 18 podcast will be the last for November. THis is for the US holiday but also because Brittany is moving and need the week to get into the new place and set up the new studio. Al…
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The Full Bibliography for the Yoo Yoeng-Chul podcast (Episode 10)
Aug. 17, 2021

The Full Bibliography for the Yoo Yoeng-Chul podcast (Episode 10)

This was one of the hardest podcasts to research because there's only 1 book about Yoo. So I had to do a lot of searching and google translating articles about him from South Korea. The whole list is so long it wouldn't fit on the Source box on the …
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About the Host

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Brittany Ransom

Podcast Owner, Co-host and Content Creator

Adopted by an Aunt and Uncle who were attorneys, crime and justice were a normal part of growing up in the Ransom/Lewis household. She picked up her first books on True Crime at the tender age of 12 and never looked back. Now 22 years later, Brittany is co-host to the When Killers Get Caught True Crime Podcast with 200,000 gross listeners in it's inaugural year. Her lively tiktok videos have attracted 850,000 devoted followers, 127 million views, 18 million likes, and an invitation to discuss crime on ABC's prime time crime broadcast 20/20 and as a commentator on the Fox-Tubi Documentary Sins Of the Father: The Green River Killer(2022). 2022 is shaping up to be an incredible year and Brittany is just getting started.

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