"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...

Dennis Rader looked like the last person you would ever suspect. A church leader. A husband. A father. A man trusted by his community. But behind that ordinary life was something far more calculated. Known as BTK, Bind, Torture, Kill, Rader terrorized Wichita, Kansas in the 1970s before disappearing for decades. He didn’t get caught because he slipped up during a crime. He got caught because he needed to be seen. In this episode, Brittany Ransom breaks down the psychology behind one of Ame...

Samuel Little is believed to be the most prolific serial killer in United States history, confessing to 93 murders across multiple states between the 1970s and early 2000s. For decades, many of his victims remained unidentified, their disappearances overlooked as Little traveled from city to city targeting vulnerable women. In this episode, we examine the disturbing case of Samuel Little and the women whose lives were taken during his forty-year killing spree. After his arrest in 2012, invest...

In the summer of 1976, New York City was gripped by fear. A serial killer known as “Son of Sam” began targeting young couples sitting in parked cars, using a .44 caliber Bulldog revolver in a series of sudden, execution-style shootings. Over the course of a year, David Berkowitz murdered six people and wounded seven others, sending shockwaves through the city. In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom examines the full story of the Son of Sam case, from the first shooti...

The True Crime Story of William Chester Minor and the Oxford English Dictionary In 1872, a former U.S. Army surgeon named William Chester Minor shot a stranger to death on a London street. Declared criminally insane, he was confined to Broadmoor Asylum where he would unexpectedly become one of the most significant contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. This true crime story explores murder, mental illness, and how one fractured mind helped define the English language. Follow & continue...

He stood at the altar as a man of God and lived in secret as a killer. In the early 1900s, Hans Schmidt became the only Catholic priest ever executed in the United States. Sworn to celibacy and spiritual authority, Schmidt instead lived a double life that ended in ritual murder. After illegally marrying a young immigrant woman and impregnating her, he brutally murdered and dismembered her when the truth threatened to surface. But Anna Aumuller’s death was only the beginning. As investigators ...

Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a verdict she’s been waiting for since she was a young girl and Brian discusses another Angel of death in the health Care system. Brittany’s deep dive is the 2nd half of the story of Joseph James Deangelo the Golden State Killer. Brittany spent week one discussing his life, his crimes and the duality of a killer. Week 2 cover sthe investigation and capture. Bri...

Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a cold case finally solved after 39 years and Brian discusses the update to the Only Fans model who killed her boyfriend Courtney Clenney. Brittany’s deep dive is the 1st half of the story of Joseph James Deangelo the Golden State Killer. Brittany spends week one discussing his life, his crimes and the duality. Week 2 will cover the investigation and capture. B...

Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a missing and found child and Brian discusses a case of animal cruelty that ended okay. Brittany’s deep dive is the 2nd half of Clifford Olsen Jr’s Crimes and what compelled the Canadian justice system to pay him 6 figures for a confession. Then Brian tells the tale of a Kentucky Cryptid and a train trellis still claiming lives. If you love True Crime documentaries Be sure to watch Britta...

Brians back! Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany discusses a scamming Bishop and Brian updates us on a prior case. Brittany’s deep dive is the first half of the life and crimes of The Beast of the Ukraine Clifford Olsen Jr and then Brian tells the tale of a Venezuelan bone man. If you love True Crime documentaries Be sure to watch Brittany in her film debut in Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer now streaming for free on Tubi!...

This week Brian takes a break so Brittany’s other podcast buddy Glitch steps in! (listen to her in Anchor.fm/roommatearena) there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany can’t believe the person responsible for this heinous crime wrote a memoir and Glitch discusses a w man. Brittany’s deep dive is into the mind of Judy Buenoano the Black Widow from Florida and Glitch loves talked about haunted NH! If you love True Crime documentaries Be sure to wa...

Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! Welcome to our new release time! Noon Saturday EST! This week in true crime Brittany gives an update to a murder trial she’s been following and Brian reports on some fast food shenanigans! Brittany’s super deep dive is into France’s first serial killer and killer couple Martin and Marie-Ann Dumollard. Brian is deep into ghost stories, this week a haunted mansion in York! If you love True Crime documentaries Be sure to watch Britta...

Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! This week in true crime Brittany is intrigued about all the unsolved remains found in Pennsylvania and Brian has found another Chupacabra! Brittany’s super deep dive is into One of the worst creepy killers of Philadelphia history Gary Heidnik and Brian is showing some love for the ghosts of Central Pennsylvania. If you love True Crime documentaries Be sure to watch Brittany in her feature film debut in Sins of the Father: The Gree...

This Weeks Sources Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn Family Man: The Unreal Story of Charles Manson's Right-hand Man by Chuck W. chapman Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill Charles Manson: Conversations with a Killer: Manson's Life Behind Bars by Edward George and Dary Matera The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder By Nikki Meredith Manson in His Own Words: The Shocking Confessions of 'The Most Dangerous Man Alive' by Charles Manson and Nuel Emmons Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl: The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family by Jeffrey Melnick Cease To Exist: The firsthand account of the journey to becoming a killer for Charles Manson by Charles "Tex" Watson and Chaplin Ray Hoekstra The Manson Family: More to the Story by H. Allegra Lansing Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter by Lis Wiehl Charles Manson: A Life…

This weeks sources: Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson by Jeff Guinn Family Man: The Unreal Story of Charles Manson's Right-hand Man by Chuck W. chapman Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill Charles Manson: Conversations with a Killer: Manson's Life Behind Bars by Edward George and Dary Matera The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder By Nikki Meredith Manson in His Own Words: The Shocking Confessions of 'The Most Dangerous Man Alive' by Charles Manson and Nuel Emmons Charles Manson's Creepy Crawl: The Many Lives of America's Most Infamous Family by Jeffrey Melnick Cease To Exist: The firsthand account of the journey to becoming a killer for Charles Manson by Charles "Tex" Watson and Chaplin Ray Hoekstra The Manson Family: More to the Story by H. Allegra Lansing Hunting Charles Manson: The Quest for Justice in the Days of Helter Skelter by Lis Wiehl Charles Manson: A Li…

Show Sources: Marcus Wesson: The Horrific True Story Behind Fresno’s Worst Mass Murderer by Nancy Veysey (Author), Ryan Becker (Author), True Crime Seven (Author) Deadly Devotion By Alysia Sofios and Caitlin Rother By Their Father's Hand: The True Story of the Wesson Family Massacre by Monte Francis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BciK2hPR1l4 ABC News interview

Sources: Dear Dawn: Aileen Wuornos in Her Own Words by Daphne Gottlieb , Lisa Kester, et al. Monster: My True Story by Aileen Wuornos & Christopher Berry-Dee Dead Ends: The Pursuit, Conviction, and Execution of Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos by Joseph Michael Reynolds WHAT AILEEN DID: The World's Most Evil Female Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos: True Crime Stories Paperback – March 12, 2017 by Frances J. Armstrong Women Who Kill: A Chilling Casebook of True-Life Murders By Al Cimino Deadlier Than the Male by Terry Manners Murder Most Rare by Michael & C.L. Kelleher Lethal Intent by Sue Russell Bad Girls Do It! by Michael Newton

Biblio: Final Truth : The Autobiography of a Serial Killer Hardcover – May 1, 1992 by Donald H. Gaskins (Author), Wilton Earle (Author) DONALD HENRY GASKINS: American Serial Killer Stories: The True Story of the Meanest Man in America Paperback – November 24, 2017 by Roger Harrington (Author) Pee Wee Gaskins America's No. 1 Serial Killer Paperback – July 28, 2010 by Dr. John Chandler Griffin Donald Gaskins: The Meanest Man In America: Historical Serial Killers and Murderers ( Jack Rosewood

Sources for this episode: https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/green-river-killer-childhood PUBLISHED: JUNE 14, 2021 UPDATED: AUGUST 17, 2021 The Childhood of the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway ADAM JANOS Ridgway gave no hint he was a killer, son said Dec 23, 2003 By Michael Ko Seattle Times Serial Sexual Murderers and Prostitutes as Their Victims: Difficulty Profiling Perpetrators and Victim Vulnerability as Illustrated by the Green River Case Micol Levi-Minzi, MA Maria Shields, MA From the Lynch School of Education, Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, Boston College https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/special-reports/article25855195.html SEAN ROBINSON UPDATED MAY 20, 2008 She Married the Green River Killer: The Story of an unsuspecting housewife by Pennie Wood Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer – America’s Deadliest Serial Murderer – Ann Rule The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America’s Mo…

Sources for this episode: https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/green-river-killer-childhood PUBLISHED: JUNE 14, 2021 UPDATED: AUGUST 17, 2021 The Childhood of the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway ADAM JANOS Ridgway gave no hint he was a killer, son said Dec 23, 2003 By Michael Ko Seattle Times Serial Sexual Murderers and Prostitutes as Their Victims: Difficulty Profiling Perpetrators and Victim Vulnerability as Illustrated by the Green River Case Micol Levi-Minzi, MA Maria Shields, MA From the Lynch School of Education, Graduate Program in Counseling Psychology, Boston College https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/special-reports/article25855195.html SEAN ROBINSON UPDATED MAY 20, 2008 She Married the Green River Killer: The Story of an unsuspecting housewife by Pennie Wood Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer – America’s Deadliest Serial Murderer – Ann Rule The Search for the Green River Killer: The True Story of America’s Mo…

Sources for this episode: The Panzram Papers by Carl Panzram and John Borowski Killer: A Journal of Murder Hardcover Thomas E. Gaddis and James O. Long Panzram : Butchering Humanity: An Autobiography Paperback – August 30, 2020 by Mr Carl Panzram and edited by Oleksi Granin The Butcher of Humanity: The True Story of Carl Panzram a Product of Hatred and Vengeance by Genoveva and True Crime Seven

Sources for this episode: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: Oil, Greed, and Murder on the Osage Reservation by Dennis McAuliffe Bill Burchardt, "Osage Oil," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 41 (Fall 1963). Kenny A. Franks, The Osage Oil Boom (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Heritage Association, 1989). Lawrence J. Hogan, The Osage Indian Murders (Frederick, Md.: Amlex, Inc., 1998). Andrew L. Warren, "Earning Their Spurs in the Oil Patch: The Cinematic FBI, the Osage Murders, and the Test of the American West," The Chronicles of Oklahoma 84 (Summer 2006). https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/murder-and-mayhem-in-the-osage-hills https://vault.fbi.gov/Osage%20Indian%20Murders

The Sources for this episode: The Butcher Baker: The True Story of Robert Hansen The Human Hunter by Genoveva Ortiz and True Crime Seven The Butcher Baker: The Search for Alaskan Serial Killer Robert Hansen by Reagan Martin Butcher, Baker: The True Account of an Alaskan Serial Killer by Walter Gilmour and Leland E. Hale The Butcher Baker: Life of Serial Killer Robert Christian by Jack Smith The Big Book of Serial Killers: 150 Serial Killer Files of the World's Worst Murderers by Jack Rosewood and Rebecca Lo American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

The Sources for this episode: Leonarda Cianciulli: The Soap-Maker of Correggio: Serial Killer Chronicles #1 by F. Amos Hurt The Curse: A Shocking True Story of Superstition, Human Sacrifice and Cannibalism by Ryan Green Killer Moms: 16 Bizarre True Crime Stories of Murderous Moms by Jack Rosewood Deadly Women by Serene Makepeace The Correggio Soap Maker Museom of Criminology Rome https://web.archive.org/web/20060912155116/http://www.museocriminologico.it/correggio_uk.htm