You’ve probably heard of the term “the butterfly effect.” It comes from chaos theory, the idea that something as small and seemingly insignificant as a butterfly flapping its wings could influence the path of a tornado that forms weeks later. Today, an appeal in Arkansas could have led to a retrial for a man who had been given a death sentence in Idaho a year earlier – after over 20 years of robberies, rapes, and murders.

Note: This episode discusses sensitive topics such as sexual assault, murder, sexual abuse, and the killing of minors. Please seek appropriate support if you are affected by these issues.

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EVENTS:Are you a true crime advocate? Are you passionate about uncovering the truth and bringing justice to victims? Do you love the paranormal and spooky tales? Then you won’t want to miss the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival taking place in Austin, Texas, from August 25th to 27th, 2023. This festival features panel discussions, workshops, and live podcasts, with a special focus on ethics and advocacy in the true crime sphere. Get your tickets now at http://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/tickets and join us in Austin for an unforgettable experience. Don’t miss out on the chance to connect with other advocates and take your passion for true crime & the paranormal to the next level.

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Credits:Follow my socials: https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbsThank you for listening – if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a positive review and rating on Apple podcast or your podcast player of choice; it really does help.You can find us on most social media channels, Twitter is @TrueCrime_Cases, Facebook at facebook.com/tcfcpodcast, and Instagram @truecrimecaseswithlanie & of course, our website is www.truecrimecasespodcast.comIf you have an episode suggestion, send us an email at tc*****@gm***.com

This episode was written & had production assistance by Jesse Hawke. Content editing by your host, Lanie.Produced by Neeks at WeTalkofDreams – check him out on Twitter @WeTalkofDreams or wetalkofdreams.com.

Step into the complex and contentious world of the death penalty in the United States – a topic that has haunted the country’s history for centuries. From the early days of the colonies to the present, the practice of sentencing criminals to death has been a hotly debated issue, one that has polarized even the most seasoned legal professionals and human rights advocates. 

Content Warnings: murder, sexual assault, mentions of suicide, death penalty cases, insensitive discussions of mental illness

EVENTS:Are you a true crime advocate? Are you passionate about uncovering the truth and bringing justice to victims? Do you love the paranormal and spooky tales? Then you won’t want to miss the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival taking place in Austin, Texas, from August 25th to 27th, 2023. This festival features panel discussions, workshops, and live podcasts, with a special focus on ethics and advocacy in the true crime sphere. Get your tickets now at http://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/tickets and join us in Austin for an unforgettable experience. Don’t miss out on the chance to connect with other advocates and take your passion for true crime & the paranormal to the next level. Use code LANIE for 15% off

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Thank you for listening – if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a positive review and rating on apple podcast or your podcast player of choice; it really does help.

You can find us on most social media channels, Twitter is @TrueCrime_Cases, Facebook at facebook.com/tcfcpodcast, and Instagram @truecrimecaseswithlanie & of course, our website is www.truecrimecasespodcast.com

If you have an episode suggestion, send us an email at tc*****@gm***.com

This episode was written & had production assistance by Jesse Hawke. Content editing by your host, Lanie. 

Produced by Neeks at WeTalkofDreams – check him out on Twitter @WeTalkofDreams or wetalkofdreams.com 

Wichita, Kansas, was a glorious snowy sight on the night of December 14th, 2000. The snow muffled all sound, and Christmas decorations twinkled warmly through the gloom… something that gave a faint glimmer of hope to a 25-year-old woman. The decorations shone as a light to guide her as she stumbled for nearly a mile across snowy grounds and over a barbed wire fence, freezing and severely injured, to seek help from anywhere and anyone who would offer it.

Content Warnings: sexual assault, domestic abuse, child abuse, mentions of substance abuse and attempted suicide

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EVENTS:Are you a true crime advocate? Are you passionate about uncovering the truth and bringing justice to victims? Do you love the paranormal and spooky tales? Then you won’t want to miss the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival taking place in Austin, Texas from August 25th to 27th, 2023. This festival features panel discussions, workshops, and live podcasts, with a special focus on ethics and advocacy in the true crime sphere. Get your tickets now at http://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/tickets and join us in Austin for an unforgettable experience. Don’t miss out on the chance to connect with other advocates and take your passion for true crime & the paranormal to the next level. 

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Follow my socials: https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbs 

Thank you for listening – if you enjoyed this episode please leave a positive review and rating on apple podcast or your podcast player of choice, it really does help.

You can find us on most social media channels, Twitter is @TrueCrime_Cases, Facebook at facebook.com/tcfcpodcast, and Instagram @truecrimecaseswithlanie & of course, our website is www.truecrimecasespodcast.com

If you have an episode suggestion, send us an email at tc*****@gm***.com

This episode was written & had production assistance by Jesse Hawke. Content editing by your host, Lanie. 

Produced by Neeks at WeTalkofDreams – check him out on Twitter @WeTalkofDreams or wetalkofdreams.com 

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It’s an almost laughable headline – “woman googles how to murder her husband.” Though the truth may be stranger than fiction, clickbait is precisely that – bait to get you to look at the story, a hook to spread it as far as possible so that news sites get as much traffic and, therefore, ad revenue as they can. But behind these humorous clickbait headlines are always stories of lives cut short and tragedies befalling people who just wanted to love and care for their spouses, only for them to turn around and commit the most permanent of all betrayals against them.

Content Warnings: This episode discusses mental health issues, manipulation, mentions of suicide 

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EVENTS:Are you a true crime advocate? Are you passionate about uncovering the truth and bringing justice to victims? Do you love the paranormal and spooky tales? Then you won’t want to miss the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival in Austin, Texas, from August 25th to 27th, 2023.

This festival features panel discussions, workshops, and live podcasts, focusing on ethics and advocacy in the true crime sphere. Get your tickets now at http://www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/tickets and join us in Austin for an unforgettable experience.

Don’t miss out on the chance to connect with other advocates and take your passion for true crime & the paranormal to the next level. Use code: LANIE to save 15%

On 3/5/23, I’ll be in ABQ, NM – joined by my friends Josh from True Crime Bulls**t, Charlie from Crimelines, Nina from Already Gone, and Eric from True Consequences for an evening of great beer, food, and true crime cases. The show will be from 4 pm-7 pm, with two hours of true crime stories and Q&A followed by a meet and greet! Click here to purchase tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/true-crime-live-albuquerque-tickets-525277939457 

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Thank you for listening – if you enjoyed this episode please leave a positive review and rating on apple podcast or your podcast player of choice, it really does help.

You can find us on most social media channels, Twitter is @TrueCrime_Cases, Facebook at facebook.com/tcfcpodcast, and Instagram @truecrimecaseswithlanie & of course, our website is www.truecrimecasespodcast.com

If you have an episode suggestion, send us an email at tc*****@gm***.com

This episode was written & had production assistance by Jesse Hawke. Content editing by your host, Lanie. 

Produced by Neeks at WeTalkofDreams – check him out on Twitter @WeTalkofDreams or wetalkofdreams.com 

Sheree Warren left her job in Salt Lake City on a mild October evening in 1985.She told a coworker she was headed to meet her estranged husband, CharlesWarren, at a car dealership. But she never made it, Sheree vanished. When her car mysteriously surfaced weeks later, hundreds of miles away in Las Vegas, noone could say how it got there. When a young mother disappears under unexplained circumstances, policealways turn suspicious eyes towards the husband. And although there wasdistrust around Charles Warren, he wasn’t the only suspect when Sheree wentmissing. She also had a boyfriend, a former cop named Cary Hartmann, wholived a sinister double life. Season three follows two suspects– men who both raised suspicion forinvestigators. But with two strong persons of interest with competing facts andevidence, it muddied the murder investigation. This season, host Dave Cawley,digs into the lives of these two men, the details of the case and examines theintersections between domestic abuse and sexual violence. The COLD teamseeks to answer the question: what really happened to Sheree Warren?Hey Prime Members, you can binge all 10 episodes of COLD: The Search for Sheree ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the Amazon Music app today:Wondery.fm/TCC_ColdS3

…12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts, including True Crime Cases. Each host brings a new, love gone wrong true story to mix. It’s an extra special, two-part, more than two-hour, Valentine’s event.  Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance: In this Part 2 Episode:  1. Sirens [https://tinyurl.com/2p8avykh] 2. The Trail Went Cold [https://tinyurl.com/2zydj3y] 3. Method and Madness [https://tinyurl.com/yc6ept53] 4. True Crime Cases with Lanie [https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbs] 5. Crimelines [https://linktr.ee/crimelines] 6. Love Murder [https://tinyurl.com/39c3fzeb] 7. Foul Play: Crime Series [https://itsfoulplay.com] In the Part 1 Episode:  1. Murder She Told [https://murdershetold.com/connect] 2. True Crime Island [https://tinyurl.com/y6kk2npj] 3. Hillbilly Horror Stories [https://tinyurl.com/567vxrkz]  4. Tapes from the Darkside [https://tinyurl.com/3pnff3fe] 5. Coffee and Cases [https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases] 6. Gone Cold – Texas True Crime [https://tinyurl.com/ytzxudt8] 7. Live, Laugh, Larceny [https://linktr.ee/Live.Laugh.Larceny.Podcast]

…12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts, including True Crime Cases w/ Lanie. Each host brings a new, love gone wrong true story to mix. It’s an extra special, two-part, more than two-hour, Valentine’s event.  Part 1 of 2. Podcasts are listed here in order of appearance: In this Part 1 Episode:  1. Murder She Told [https://murdershetold.com/connect] 2. True Crime Island [https://tinyurl.com/y6kk2npj] 3. Hillbilly Horror Stories [https://tinyurl.com/567vxrkz]  4. Tapes from the Darkside [https://tinyurl.com/3pnff3fe] 5. Coffee and Cases [https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases] 6. Gone Cold – Texas True Crime [https://tinyurl.com/ytzxudt8] 7. Live, Laugh, Larceny [https://linktr.ee/Live.Laugh.Larceny.Podcast] In the next Part 2 Episode:  1. Sirens [https://tinyurl.com/2p8avykh] 2. The Trail Went Cold [https://tinyurl.com/2zydj3y] 3. Method and Madness [https://tinyurl.com/yc6ept53] 4. True Crime Cases with Lanie [https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbs] 5. Crimelines [https://linktr.ee/crimelines] 6. Love Murder [https://tinyurl.com/39c3fzeb] 7. Foul Play: Crime Series [https://itsfoulplay.com]

Sergeant Jill Evans is a small-town cop in Wales with an impressive record in her job, and a less-than-impressive record in her love life. After three engagements, two divorces, and one affair, she’s beginning to worry that love is only true in fairy tales. That is until she meets: Dean. He’s a wealthy beauty entrepreneur with his own range of toiletries. Girl meets boy. Boy meets girl. They kiss and fall in love. Roll credits. But that would be boring, wouldn’t it? Instead, this is a love story like no other. It’s all going so well for Jill and Dean, until Halloween night when Dean disappears. And Sgt. Jill is left to pick up the pieces. From Wondery and Novel, comes a new series. Hosted by Kerry Godliman. Follow Stolen Hearts on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. You can listen early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App. Listen to Stolen Hearts: Wondery.fm/SH_TCC

Forensic science is always expanding and because of its complicated nature, scientists cannot get it right every time – no matter how hard they try, or how diligently they work. However, that isn’t to say there are no cases of intentional gross negligence and misconduct. Today, we look at a case that threatens the integrity of a prominent forensic scientist, and the ground-breaking case that helped cement that same scientist’s career.

Content Warnings: this episode contains a discussion of murder, assault on a pregnant woman, discrediting of an individual with mental illnesses, and investigative negligence/corruption.

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EVENTS:The True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival will be held on August 25 – 27, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Join other ethical true crime podcasters, victim advocates, and paranormal creators for a weekend full of panels, round tables, and live shows. Head to www.truecrimepodcastfestival.com/tickets to purchase your early bird tickets.

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Follow my socials: https://linktr.ee/LanieHobbs

Thank you for listening – if you enjoyed this episode please leave a positive review and rating on apple podcast or your podcast player of choice, it really does help.

You can find us on most social media channels, Twitter is @TrueCrime_Cases, Facebook at facebook.com/tcfcpodcast, and Instagram @truecrimecaseswithlanie & of course, our website is www.truecrimecasespodcast.com

If you have an episode suggestion, send us an email at tc*****@gm***.com

This episode was researched by Haley Gray and written by  Suzy St John.

Content editing & production assistance by Jesse Hawke.

Produced by Neeks at WeTalkofDreams – check him out on Twitter @WeTalkofDreams or wetalkofdreams.com

Hosted by Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart from the hit show Morbid. When 90-year-old Laurence Pilgeram drops dead on the sidewalk outside his condo, you might think that’s the end of his story. But, really, it’s just the beginning. Because Laurence and others like him have signed up to be frozen and brought back to life in the future. And that belief will pull multiple generations of the Pilgeram family into a cryonics soap opera filled with dead pets, gold coins, grenades, fist fights, mysterious packages, family feuds, Hall of Fame baseball legends, and frozen heads — lots of frozen heads. From Wondery, comes a story about life, death, and what comes next. Follow Frozen Head on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. Binge early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in Apple Podcasts or the Wondery App.  Listen to Frozen Head: Wondery.fm/FH_TCCases