Advertise on podcast: The FOX True Crime Podcast w/ Emily Compagno

A house of horrors in 1957 Wisconsin gave birth to Hollywood’s deadliest killers. When police raided Ed Gein’s farmhouse, they uncovered gruesome human skin garments that changed cinema forever. True crime historian Harold Schechter reveals the real human nightmare that spawned Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. In this episode, we explore: How Ed Gein's morbid fixation on his mother created Norman Bates. The macabre house of horrors that inspired Leatherface. How one criminal single-handedly birthed modern horror cinema. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A California man has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife after allegedly telling investigators she was taken by federal immigration authorities. Thirty-year-old Jasmine Gill was reported missing from her Sacramento home before her burned remains were discovered in El Dorado County. Authorities say her husband, Gurinder, initially claimed ICE had detained her, but investigators uncovered inconsistencies in his story amid an ongoing divorce and child custody dispute. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A retired NYPD detective is charged with murder after allegedly chasing down and shooting a Con Edison worker during a road rage confrontation on the George Washington Bridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a naked, dazed man was discovered behind a Georgia Burger King in 2004 with no memory of his past, the nation was captivated by the heartbreaking mystery of "Benjaman Kyle." He went on national television, gained public sympathy, and claimed a medical anomaly had erased his identity, but what if losing his memory is actually a carefully constructed lie to bury a dark history?  Former FBI Special Agent Ken Maxwell joins to discuss the alleged "charade." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Louisiana couple who got engaged earlier this year and planned to marry in 2028 were killed near LSU after an alleged impaired driver struck them and fled the scene, according to police. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 2004, a man was found naked, beaten, and barely conscious behind a Georgia Burger King. He had no ID, no wallet, and absolutely no memory of who he was. For more than a decade, the man who came to be known as "Benjaman Kyle" lived as a living ghost...the only known amnesia case of its kind in the United States. Chanley Painter sits down with Shannon and Eric Evangelista, the investigative team and co-executive producers behind Hot Snakes Media. They dive into their groundbreaking documentary, The Many Lives of Benjaman Kyle, to explore the mind-bending twists of a decade-long search for identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ahead of his murder retrial, Alex Murdaugh is wagering his remaining appeal rights on an all-or-nothing bid to test unknown male DNA found on his wife's body, a high-risk move that will permanently destroy the final physical sample. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Florida man has been charged with second-degree murder in the 2011 disappearance of his ex-fiancée, Michelle Parker, whose final hours included a televised appearance on The People’s Court, as renewed investigative work leads to an arrest more than a decade later. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A former Massachusetts police officer is on trial for the alleged murder of 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, whose death was initially ruled a suicide. Federal prosecutors accuse Matthew Farwell of strangling Birchmore, who was pregnant at the time, and staging the scene to cover up years of alleged grooming and sexual exploitation. Law & Crime reporter and Scandal host Sierra Gillespie joins to discuss the evidence, conflicting medical findings, allegations of police misconduct, and what could determine the outcome of Farwell's trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lansing police warn of a potential serial killer targeting homeless men along the river trail near Michigan State University. Five men were killed while sleeping overnight, four suffering severe head trauma. A suspect was arrested for one stabbing, but police say they don't fit the overall pattern and urge residents to avoid the trail at night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For decades, Joseph DeAngelo terrorized California while hiding in plain sight as the notorious Golden State Killer. But could his violent crimes have started earlier than investigators originally believed? Former FBI profiler and criminologist Dr. Bryanna Fox joins Chanley to examine DeAngelo's disturbing criminal history, the warning signs that may have been missed, and the psychology behind one of America's most infamous serial killers.  Plus, a closer look at the FOX Nation documentary Golden State Killer: Unmasking a Monster, which raises new questions about the true extent of his crimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After becoming the first U.S. death row inmate to survive lethal injection—enduring two doses during her scheduled execution—convicted killer Christa Pike has secured a major legal victory as a judge reopens her challenge against Tennessee's execution protocol. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fourteen years after UNC student Faith Hedgepeth was found brutally murdered in her Chapel Hill apartment, Miguel Salguero Olivares has gone on trial for first-degree murder after genetic genealogy and a routine traffic stop linked his DNA directly to the 2012 crime scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Over 130 years after Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally killed in their Fall River home, questions still surround America's most famous unsolved double murder. Veteran criminal investigator Mike King joins Chanley in-studio to examine the timeline, key evidence, and critical police mistakes that shaped the infamous trial. Together, they explore Lizzie’s suspicious behavior, barred prosecution evidence, and how an all-male jury brought about one of history’s most shocking acquittals Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former American Idol contestant and Ohio music pastor Caleb Flynn has been sentenced to life without parole for murdering his defenseless wife, Ashley, in their home before attempting to cover up the crime with a staged break-in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices