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America's Most Infamous Crimes with Katie Ring
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Serial killers. Unsolved murders. Investigations that gripped America. If you think you know these cases, think again.America's Most Infamous Crimes is a Crime House original hosted by Katie Ring. Each week, we go deep on one of the most notorious true-crime cases in American history. Not the quick recap version, but the full story told across multiple episodes every Tuesday through Thursday.We break down:What happened: the crimes, the victims, and the evidenceHow investigators closed in: the breakthroughs, the dead ends, and the mistakesWhy it still matters: the lasting impact on American law, culture, and justiceFrom the serial killers who terrorized entire cities to the cold cases that still don't have answers, this is the podcast that takes you beyond the headlines and inside the investigation.New episodes drop every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. America’s Infamous Crimes is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. For more, follow us on Instagram at @Crimehouse.
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Elizabeth Smart Tells All After 281 Days In Captivity Pt. 3
5d ago00:28:58Summary readyBrian Mitchell spent years singing hymns in court, disrupting hearings, and faking insanity to avoid standing trial for what he did to Elizabeth Smart. It took nearly a decade to get him in front of a jury. When Elizabeth finally took the stand, she described nine months of daily assault, a cable padlocked around her ankle, and threats against her family that kept her silent even when rescue was within reach. The jury deliberated for less than a day.This episode contains descriptions of kidnapping, child sexual abuse, and captivity. Please listen with careHead over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryElizabeth Smart: She Was In Public For Months After Going Missing Pt. 2
6d ago00:30:28Summary readyEd Smart defied police orders and released his daughter's kidnapper's sketch to the public himself. Within four days, someone recognized the man in it. Brian David Mitchell had been hiding in plain sight the whole time, eating at restaurants, preaching on street corners, and sleeping one block from a police station. Elizabeth was right there with him, and nobody said a word.This episode contains descriptions of kidnapping, child sexual abuse, and captivity. Please listen with careHead over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryElizabeth Smart: Her Family Had Already Met Her Kidnapper Pt. 1
1w ago00:31:35Summary readyIn June 2002, fourteen-year-old Elizabeth Smart was taken from her bedroom at knifepoint while her nine-year-old sister hid under the covers and watched. Her kidnapper knew exactly which door of the house wasn't wired to the alarm. For months, investigators zeroed in on the wrong man. And a sketch that could have broken the case wide open sat untouched in a filing cabinet.This episode contains descriptions of kidnapping, child sexual abuse, and captivity. Please listen with careHead over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryKaren Read: How Her Trial Revealed a History of Local Cover-Ups Pt. 3
2w ago00:35:22Summary readyKaren Read's first trial ended in a mistrial, and her second ended with a verdict that stunned America. In the final part of our 3-part series, Katie Ring breaks down the retrial, the acquittal, and the shocking fallout still unfolding today, including the disgraced cop Michael Proctor’s link to another infamous murder. This episode contains descriptions of death and references to alleged police misconduct. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryKaren Read: What the Lead Investigator’s Texts Exposed Pt. 2
2w ago00:35:33Summary readyAn alleged 2:27 AM Google search for "hos long to die in cold." A lead investigator texting "hopefully she kills herself" about the defendant. Destroyed phones, missing surveillance footage, and a coordinated group chat in the days after John O'Keefe's death. The deeper Karen's defense dug, the more questions surfaced about everyone inside 34 Fairview Road. This episode contains descriptions of death and graphic language. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryKaren Read: Did She Kill Her Boyfriend…Or Was She Framed? Pt. 1
2w ago00:33:52Summary readyKaren Read's boyfriend John O'Keefe was found dead in the snow outside a house in Canton, Massachusetts on January 29th, 2022. Within 72 hours, she was charged with his murder. Was she framed? Or did she kill him?Let’s go back to the beginning of one of the most polarizing true crime cases in recent American history, and the country still can't agree on the truth. This episode contains descriptions of death, and references to domestic conflict. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryD.B. Cooper: After 53 Years, Here's Where the Case Stands Pt. 3
3w ago00:26:14Summary readyIn 2016, the FBI suspended its investigation into D.B. Cooper after forty-five years with no confirmed identity. Then, in 2020, the adult children of a prime suspect found a parachute rig in their mother's shed, and the case came back to life.In the third and final episode on D.B. Cooper, Katie Ring covers the new evidence that reinvigorated the investigation, the DNA question still waiting to be answered, and the one thing the case has never produced in over fifty years: a body.This episode contains descriptions of a hijacking and the threat of violence. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryD.B. Cooper: How A Child Found His Money Nine Years Later Pt. 2
3w ago00:28:09Summary readyNine years after D.B. Cooper vanished, an eight-year-old boy digging a fire pit on the Columbia River pulled three rotting bundles of ransom money out of the sand. It was the first physical evidence in nearly a decade, and it raised more questions than it answered.In part two of three, Katie Ring follows the FBI's hunt: the copycat who may have been Cooper himself, the secret hidden in his tie for 36 years, and the suspects investigators could never fully rule out.This episode contains descriptions of a hijacking and the threat of violence. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryD.B. Cooper: The Man Who Hijacked A Plane, Took $200,000 and Vanished Pt. 1
3w ago00:27:43Summary readyOn the day before Thanksgiving, 1971, a man named D.B. Cooper walked up to an airport counter, paid cash for a one-way ticket, and boarded a commercial flight. By the time the plane landed, he had collected $200,000 in ransom, strapped it to his body, and jumped out the back of a jet. No one has seen him since.In the first of three episodes on D.B. Cooper, Katie Ring takes you back to November 24th, 1971: who this man was, how he pulled off one of the most audacious crimes in aviation history, and what the evidence left behind actually told investigators.This episode involves descriptions of a hijacking and the threat of violence. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesJoin Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get all 3 weekly episodes of America’s Most Infamous Crimes ad-free and released on the same day.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
SummaryThe Watts Family Murders: The Shocking Confession That Changed the Case Pt. 3
4w ago00:32:47Summary readyTwo days after his family disappeared, Chris Watts sat down with investigators and agreed to take a polygraph. He said he had nothing to hide.The results told a very different story.In the third and final episode on the Watts family murders, Katie Ring takes us through the interrogation that broke Chris Watts, the confession that led investigators to Shanann, Bella, CeCe, and their unborn son Niko, and the full truth he refused to tell until months later from inside a prison cell.This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, murder, and violence against children. Please listen with care.Head over to our America’s Most Infamous Crimes YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericasMostInfamousCrimesIf you’re new here, don’t forget to follow America’s Most Infamous Crimes to never miss a case! Want all three parts of every case all at once? Join Crime House+ and get the entire week's case dropped every Monday ad-free. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. America’s Most Infamous Crimes is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios.🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts!Follow me on SocialInstagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudiosX: @crimehousemediaYouTube: @AmericasMostInfamousCrimesAmerica’s Most Infamous Crimes is hosted by Katie RingInstagram: @the.self.defense.girlTikTok: @the.self.defense.girl
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