Crime of a Lifetime

After 57 episodes, the team at Crime of a Lifetime is saying goodbye. It has been such a joy bringing to life stories of death, survival, villains, and heroes. We’re so grateful to all of our listeners and to the team who made it possible: Kerry and Quin (hosts), Tanner Robbins (producer), Hazel May (researcher), Julie McGruder and John Thrasher (senior producers), Arlen Ginsburg and Hansdale Hsu(sound designers), McCamey Lynn (supervising producer), and Jessie Katz (executive producer). But never fear; Quin and Kerry have another podcast! Find more terrifying and scintillating true crime stories on their other show ‘Truly Darkly Creeply’ wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2016, Sarah Butler goes on a first date with a guy she met online. When she doesn’t come home her girlfriends panic, but instead of hand-wringing, they fly into action. They use every method at their disposal to track down the mysterious man and they won’t be stopped until he is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Working in the restaurant industry is notoriously difficult–the hours are long and the work demanding. And for David Viens, managing the stress gets a whole lot harder when he takes on another full-time gig–covering up the murder of his wife. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alaska is known for months without sunshine, but for sex workers in the 1970s… things feel even darker. Women are going missing at an alarming pace and the police have no leads. Ultimately it won’t be a man with a badge who cracks the case, but a young girl without shoes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1982, Melinda and David Harmon seem like the perfect Christian couple. They’re active in the church and they live by their values. But when David is brutally murdered, the local police wonder if Melinda may have committed one or two of the seven deadly sins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When a studio audience is seated on the set of the Jenny Jones daytime talk show in 1995, they’re expecting to see a show about secret crushes. But as the segment plays out in front of them, it’s clear that this is no love story… it’s a horror movie waiting to happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kerry tells the shocking story of the murder of Ari Gershman. Quinlan gets dangerous with Arno Funke aka Dagobert. Find all our episodes at www.trulydarklycreeply.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When Kala Brown is found chained up inside a storage container in 2016, South Carolina police are desperate to catch the monster who put her there. But when they look into a prime suspect, fresh new horrors soon reveal themselves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charming, handsome, and wealthy - Jim Williams is a fixture of Savannah society. So when a young man is found shot to death in his mansion, all of Savannah is desperate to know how it happened and who is involved. Much to everyone’s dismay, it will take nearly a decade to get to the truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1970s, a young college student is galvanized by her political convictions. She becomes so radical that her actions put her on the FBI’s most wanted list for years to come. But will she stand by her actions? Or will they eat her up inside? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the late 70s, Charles Scudder and Joey Odom relocate from Chicago to the base of Appalachia. Brick by brick, they build themselves a sanctuary filled with Satan iconography–just the way they like it. But in the end - the devil won’t be in the details… he’ll be above the chicken coop with a gun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Subscribe to I Survived wherever you get your podcasts. In November of 1984, 17-year-old Lisa McVey Noland was biking home from her job working the night shift at a local Tampa doughnut shop, when she was suddenly snatched off her bike and abducted. Being abducted was one of the worst things that happened to her but also saved her life.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ruth Finley has lived half her life in fear. She has a stalker who sends her poems like it’s his full-time job. The local police do everything they can to catch ‘the poet’ to no avail. But when the ink dries on the story of the stalker, the ending will shock everyone involved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1980s, Candy Montgomery is living in Texas and bored with her marriage. She wants a little affair to spice things up. But when she goes looking for fireworks, she gets badly burned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vicki Morgan has spent her whole adult life as a mistress to rich old men, but when she suddenly finds herself cut off from their fortunes, all hell breaks loose. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the heir to a media empire is kidnapped, it shocks everyone in the small community of Kankakee, Illinois. But how exactly he’s held for ransom is even more disturbing than anyone can imagine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When @Talhotblond and @Marinesniper1000 meet on an internet chatroom in 2005, it’s love at first click. But like wifi in the early 2000s, their connection could sometimes be spotty. And when a new man enters the chat, suddenly the digital affair becomes all too real. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When the thunderous cracks of gunfire ring out in an Alabama church in June of 1977, hundreds of funeral-goers flee in panic. But once it becomes clear that it was the Reverend who was shot to death… some are actually relieved. Nearly a decade of living in fear of the ungodly minister might finally be over. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Something’s wrong with Netty Nance’s birth certificate. Government officials are saying it was forged and her mom can’t seem to explain why. When Netty goes searching for answers, she finds a lot more than she bargained for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Finally, a federal investigation has begun in Osage County, Oklahoma. As agent Tom White begins to unravel the atrocities of the last few years, he realizes there’s a conspiracy at play. And it’s more insidious than anyone could ever imagine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.