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True Crime Campfire

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About the show

Join hosts Katie and Whitney for a different kind of true crime podcast. You can start with season 1, The Puppet Master and the Prince of Darkness, a deep dive into the most bizarre murder case you've never heard of. Or start with season 2, which covers a different stranger-than-fiction story each week. This bingeworthy show combines meticulous research with a refreshing mix of comic relief and seamless storytelling. There's plenty of room around the campfire--come help us roast murderers and marshmallows!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support.

Latest episodes

  • The Misfit: Serial Husband John Smith, Pt 1

    October 2, 2026 · 43 min

    If there’s one old folktale that finds a frequent echo in true crime stories, it has to be ‘Bluebeard,’ about a man who marries and then murders a series of wives. It’s a pattern we’ve seen time and again, with both killer husbands and…

  • The Bad Son: The Charles Family Murders

    September 25, 2026 · 41 min

    All of us have some tensions and frustrations with our families, and that’s fine. It’s just normal human nature. But for some people, these rough edges to everyday family interactions become absolutely unbearable, an insult to their…

  • Ancient Evil: A Grab Bag of Real Life Monsters

    September 18, 2026 · 49 min

    Do you think people will still be talking about Scott Peterson or Chris Watts in a hundred years? How about five-hundred? Probably not, right? But there are some acts of cruelty and depravity that echo down the centuries, becoming entwined…

  • Respawn: A Grab Bag of Deaths That Weren't What They Seemed

    September 4, 2026 · 46 min

    Death is not always the end. We’re not stepping into any kind of spiritual territory here, though, we’re talking about the very earthly fact that just because someone appears to be dead, it doesn’t necessarily mean that that is the case…

  • Real People. Real Crimes. | Introducing CRIMES OF REDDIT

    August 31, 2026 · 8 min

    Reddit is an endless archive of humanity’s most disturbing, bizarre, and deeply human stories. If you love going down internet rabbit holes, you are going to love CRIMES OF REDDIT with Alexis Linkletter and Sabrina Deana-Roga.  Every…

  • Resistance: The Life of Spy Krystyna Skarbek Pt 2

    August 28, 2026 · 59 min

    Last week, we introduced you to Krystyna Skarbek, a daring resistance agent who smuggled valuable intelligence and thousands of refugees out of Nazi-occupied Poland. When we left off last week, she and her lover Andrzej had just fled…

  • Resistance: Spy Krystyna Skarbek Pt 1

    August 21, 2026 · 53 min

    James Belushi once wrote, “Heroes aren’t born, they’re cornered.” It’s often extraordinary, and sometimes horrifying, circumstance that compels a person into actions they’d never have imagined previously. This week’s story is about a woman…

  • Book Smart: The Crimes of William Coday

    August 14, 2026 · 51 min

    You can’t judge a book by its cover. There’s no shortage of gold-hearted biker dudes and wicked ministers—you can’t really know what someone’s like inside right away. Like that guy in the library over there, with the glasses and neat hair…