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True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers

Dan Zupansky -

Every week host Dan Zupansky will interview the true crime authors that have written about the most shocking killers of all time.

Episode list

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  • July 28, 2025

    1 hr 8 min

    THE RENT COLLECTORS-—Jesse Katz

    Baby-faced teen Giovanni Macedo is desperate to find belonging in one of LA’s most predatory gangs, the Columbia Lil Cycos—so desperate that he agrees to kill an undocumented Mexic...

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  • July 21, 2025

    56 min

    HITMAN-Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman

    For Yves Trudeau, the blood was all business. An assassin for the Hells Angels in the ’70s and ’80s, Trudeau was known as Apache, the Mad Bumper, and the Mad Bomber. As a contract ...

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  • July 14, 2025

    58 min

    SOMETHING BIG- Patrick Wohl

    Something Big tells the story of the infamous Brown’s Chicken massacre, a brutal case that captivated Chicagoland after remaining unsolved for nearly a decade.Customers know Brown'...

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  • July 7, 2025

    57 min

    SHALLOW GRAVES-Michael Benson

    The latest collection from true crime master Michael Benson looks at some of the ghastliest murders in Rochester, N.Y., history. One of them takes place in Genesee County, but it's...

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  • June 30, 2025

    58 min

    MURDERLAND-Caroline Fraser

    Caroline Fraser grew up in the shadow of Ted Bundy, the most notorious serial murderer of women in American history, surrounded by his hunting grounds and mountain body dumps, in t...

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  • June 23, 2025

    57 min

    DOWN TO THE BONE—Caitlin Rother

    A twisting, deeply engrossing investigation into the many lingering questions surrounding the sudden disappearance of the McStays, a family of four who vanished from their suburban...

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