In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled from Chicago to Mississippi and never came home. In this Black History Month episode of When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom examines the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, the trial that followed, and the decision that forced America to confront the brutal reality of racial violence under Jim Crow. This case was legally “solved.” Arrests were made. A trial was held. But justice was never truly served. Emmett Till’s death became a catalys...

In January 1923, the Black town of Rosewood, Florida was surrounded, burned, and erased after a white woman accused a Black man of assault—an accusation never proven and never investigated. Over the course of several days, white mobs hunted residents, destroyed homes and churches, and forced families to flee into swamps and forests to survive. When it was over, Rosewood no longer existed—and no one was held accountable. In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom examines the ...

In this episode, Brittany Ransom investigates the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, one of the deadliest and most deliberately obscured acts of racial violence in American history. What happened in Greenwood, often called Black Wall Street, was not a riot, it was a coordinated assault that left as many as 300 Black residents dead, more than 35 city blocks destroyed, and over 10,000 people homeless. Early reports falsely minimized the devastation. Decades later, survivor testimony and official inve...

Every time a Black person is killed, the lie arrives faster than the facts. He had a gun. He was high. She was threatening. In this alternative episode of When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom steps away from a traditional case to examine a pattern that stretches from Emmett Till to the present day and why the phrase “they’re killing Americans now” is landing as confirmation, not concern, for Black Americans and other marginalized communities. This episode explores how state violence has h...

In 1981, during the height of the War on Drugs, police raided a San Francisco apartment expecting a major drug dealer. Instead, they found a grandmother in an apron baking brownies. Her name was Mary Jane Rathbun, later known as Brownie Mary, a woman whose arrest would help change how America viewed medical marijuana, the AIDS crisis, and compassion under the law. As young men died alone in hospital wards during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Mary broke the law to feed, comfort, and care for patient...

This episode contains in depth discussion of infanticide, postpartum psychosis, suicide, and severe mental illness. Listener discretion is advised. In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a case that shocked the nation and was quickly labeled as one of the most horrific crimes in American history. But what if the story most people remember is incomplete? In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom revisits the Andrea Yates case with updated medical, legal, a...

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 everyone in Serial Killer country! In seeking people connected to justice to speak with in Season 3, Neama Rahmani is the perfect person for the podcast. One of the youngest graduates of Harvard Law, recruited by a massive corporate law firm, then a transition into prosecuting America's most wanted and finally landing on trial law protecting people from unscrupulous bosses and celebrity divas. Neama and I discuss the trajectory of his life, his current cases against some of the biggest na...

Hey everyone in Serial Killer country! This weeks podcast is a little different. We are talking to Nika Nikoubin, a young woman who attacked a man unprovoked last year and then blamed it on a US drone strike. An interesting podcast for sure as we learn about Nika's upbringing and how she ended up in a hotel room in Las Vegas stabbing her date and unaware of ever doing it? Want to learn more about Nika's story? She wrote a book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGSYD3CC Nika's Tiktok: https://www.t...

Hey all my True Crime Friends, Todays podcast is a doozy. If you haven't seen Sadie on tiktok @lilmiss80 then this episode will be new to you. Sadie is currently 25 years old from Denver, Colorado but when she was 18 years old her boyfriend tried to kill her and her unborn child and almost succeeded. Today, Sadie and I have a frank discussion about her assault and also about the effects of bullying on victims, recovery from Domestic Violence and a future after experiencing it. Episode Trigger...

Hey and thanks for listening! This weeks podcast is an interview with 1st time true crime author Kelli Martin. While there are many true crime writers across the world Kelli's connection to crime dates back to her childhood in Hood County Texas. I talk to Kelli about her history in law enforcement and the crimes that compelled her to write a book in 2023. If you want to follow Kelli on social media and keep up with the release of Homicide in the Hood, you can find her on Instagram @KelliTomlin...

For her first guest in season 3 Brittany speaks with an author who was haunted by a crime committed 10 days before her wedding and the murder investigation inspired by her fictional retelling of the crime.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany is celebrating the arrest of the man responsible for the Delphi murders and Brian’s mad about a group of daycare workers who traumatized children. Brittany’s deep dive is another episode about poison but this time related to Halloween. Brian brings us more Halloween mythology with the discussion of Soul Cakes and a cryptid celebrated in the month of October in Penn...

Hey there and thanks for listening to When Killers Get Caught! We’re so excited to be back! This week in true crime Brittany has feelings about the new crop of fictional horror that uses true crime as it’s inspiration and Brian’s hopeful that perhaps we can close the chapter on the Moors Murders once and for all. Brittany’s deep dive is into the bizarre life of one of America’s most infamous poisoners, Jane Toppan. Brian is ready for Spooky Season with festive mythology and a cryptid . If you...

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 is furious about the murder of Riley Whitelaw and Brian is perplexed by a drug selling grandma’s priorities ! Brittany’s deep dive is into the mind of University of Texas shooter Charles Whitman Jr. and Brian discusses the Enfield Horror We apologize for any inconsistencies in recording. There was a family emergency midway through and parts had to...

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...

Source List for todays podcast: Mass Murder in the United States: A History by Grant Duwe Mass Murders: A Brief History of Mass Murder in America by Daniel Brand The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic by Jillian Peterson Ph.D Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder by James Alan Fox, Jack Levin , et al. https://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1120/p1s2-ussc.html https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-GUNS/MASS-SHOOTING/nmovardgrpa/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/811487/number-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us/