New True Crime Podcasts To Check Out This July
This real life Murder Mystery is one of the most iconic “whodunnit” cases of the 20th century that will leave you guessing and second guessing who killed William Desmond Taylor for weeks to come. Murder in Hollywoodland premieres June 17th.
Hope in the Darkness: The Josh Holt Story
American Josh Holt and his Venezuelan wife-to-be Thamy fell in love from three thousand miles apart. Just two weeks after their wedding, there was a knock at their door. In the middle of the night, police from the government of Nicolás Maduro burst into their home and took them captive. Their dream relationship turned into a nightmare.
It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Story
Even people who weren’t alive 30 years ago know and care about the case of Betty Broderick, the La Jolla, Calif., woman who seemed to have everything in the world going for her, until her husband decided to leave. Even though Betty and Dan Broderick split up, they stayed locked together in a way, pushing each other’s buttons, until there were two bodies and one killer.
Hosted by journalist Josh Bloch (“Uncover: Escaping NXIVM” podcast), “ The Lost Kids ” begins with the story of missing teen Daniel Yuen , whose behavioral problems led his parents to seek out psychiatrists, then enroll him in a CEDU school, according to ABC News. That therapeutic boarding school and behavior modification program in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California was the last place Yuen, who vanished in 2004 when he was 16, was seen. But what begins as an investigation into one missing teen soon expands into an expose of the profitable “troubled teen” industry, which received a considerable boost from endorsements by politicians and features on daytime talk shows.
Mobbed Up: The Fight For Las Vegas
Selena: A Star Dies in Texas
SELENA: A STAR DIES IN TEXAS chronicles the incredible life, senseless murder, and enduring legacy of Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. Known to the world as “Selena”, the Tejano superstar’s meteoric rise and tragic death left millions of fans heartbroken. With access to an extraordinary archive of rare and never-before-heard audio from TEGNA’s network of TV newsrooms across Texas, VAULT Studios, the network behind Bardstown and The Officer’s Wife captures the entire story of a superstar, a superfan, and the shocking murder that ended the life of a bright young star.
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