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Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast
Hosted by Ben Gibson · EN
Murders, mysteries and laughter. Wicked and Grim is a podcast created and hosted by a husband and wife duo with an affinity for true crime. We tell the stories of victims and explore the world of sinister tales, all while keeping things light hearted to take away the power and fear mongering from the perpetrators.This is Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast.
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The Devil's Disciple - Patrick Mackay
2d ago01:15:05Tap to summarizeThey called him "The Devil's Disciple." Throughout the 1970s, Patrick Mackay drifted between hostels, churches, and borrowed homes while secretly carrying out a series of brutal attacks that would eventually make him one of Britain's most notorious serial killers. As detectives investigated what first appeared to be the murder of a single Catholic priest, they uncovered a trail of violence stretching back years, forcing them to ask a terrifying question: just how many people had Patrick Mackay really killed? Unfortunatley, even after his conviction, that question has never been truly been answered.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →Steven Kubacki – Vanished Without a Trace - Solved
5d ago01:08:55Tap to summarizeIn February 1978, 23 year old College student Steven Kubacki left for a cross country skiing trip near the frozen shores of Lake Michigan and never returned. Searchers found his skis, poles, and backpack neatly arranged near the shoreline, along with a trail of footprints that appeared to lead onto the frozen lake before abruptly ending. Fourteen months later however, Steven suddenly reappeared more than 700 miles away in Massachusetts, carrying unfamiliar belongings and evidence of extensive travel while claiming he could not remember where he had been or what he had done. But when a witness came forward with a very different account of Steven’s return, the mystery only deepened, beginning a decades long search for the truth behind one of America’s strangest disappearances.Then ultimately more than 40 years later, Steven came forward claiming he remembered everything.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →The Murder of Ellie Gould
1w ago01:02:30Tap to summarizeSeventeen year old Ellie Gould had just ended a three month relationship with her boyfriend when, the following morning, someone arrived at her family home while she was alone. Hours later, her father walked into the kitchen and discovered a horrifying scene, while the person responsible had already begun destroying evidence, creating false explanations, and attempting to hide what had happened. What followed was a remarkable investigation in which a trail of CCTV footage, digital records, forensic evidence, and one discarded bag hidden in the woods slowly exposed Ellies ex boyfriend to be the one behind her murder. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →The Kansas City Butcher - Robert Berdella - Part 2
2w ago00:58:40Tap to summarizeThe man the world would come to know as the Kansas City Butcher didn't simply kill his victims, he studied them. Hidden inside an ordinary home in Kansas City's Hyde Park neighborhood, Robert Berdella spent years imprisoning vulnerable young men, meticulously recording their torture with handwritten notes and hundreds of Polaroid photographs before dismembering their bodies in an attempt to erase every trace of the crimes. By the time police finally crossed his front doorstep in April 1988, they had unknowingly been searching for his victims for nearly four years.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →The Kansas City Butcher - Robert Berdella - Part 1
2w ago00:54:35Tap to summarizeThe man the world would come to know as the Kansas City Butcher didn't simply kill his victims, he studied them. Hidden inside an ordinary home in Kansas City's Hyde Park neighborhood, Robert Berdella spent years imprisoning vulnerable young men, meticulously recording their torture with handwritten notes and hundreds of Polaroid photographs before dismembering their bodies in an attempt to erase every trace of the crimes. By the time police finally crossed his front doorstep in April 1988, they had unknowingly been searching for his victims for nearly four years.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →The Great Emu War
3w ago00:47:23Tap to summarizeIn 1932, the Australian government made a decision so unbelievable it still sounds like satire today, it deployed soldiers armed with machine guns to wage war against an estimated 20,000 emus that were invading their land. What began as a desperate attempt to save struggling farmers during the Great Depression quickly spiraled into one of the most bizarre and embarrassing military operations in modern history. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →Disappearance of Frederick Valentich - UFO Encounter
3w ago00:47:31Tap to summarizeOn October 21, 1978, twenty year old pilot Frederick Valentich departed Melbourne on what should have been a routine flight to King Island. Just minutes after passing Cape Otway, he radioed air traffic control to report a strange object flying around his aircraft before uttering the chilling words, "It's not an aircraft," moments before radio contact was lost forever. Despite an extensive four-day search involving military aircraft, civilian pilots, and ships across Bass Strait, no confirmed trace of Frederick or his Cessna was ever found, leaving behind one of Australia's most debated aviation mysteries and a case that continues to divide investigators nearly fifty years later.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →The Wonderland Murders
4w ago01:08:51Tap to summarizeForty eight hours after stealing more than a million dollars in drugs, cash, jewelry, and firearms from a powerful Los Angeles drug kingpin, members of the Wonderland Gang were attacked inside their own home. And by the time police arrived, four people had been beaten to death,one had been left permanently disabled, and the trail of evidence led through the criminal underworld of Hollywood, straight to porn legend John Holmes. More than four decades later, despite multiple trials, countless witnesses, and years of investigation, the men who carried out the murders have never been convicted.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →The Black Swan Murder Trial
Jun 1901:03:43Tap to summarizeA 54 year old retired Navy intelligence officer meets a 24 year old ballerina at a political fundraiser. Then thirteen days later, they got married.What follows is a story filled with allegations of abuse, claims of poisoning, a failed ballet company, years of bitter custody litigation, psychological evaluations, restraining orders, and a marriage that seemed to be unraveling from the very beginning.Then, while preparing for a move to Maryland in September 2020, the couple found themselves alone inside a Florida home., and minutes later, one of them was shot dead.The survior claimed it was self defense, but the questions of what was true, and what was false was left for the courts to try and decide. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
Transcribe →Joachim Kroll - The Ruhr Cannibal - Part 2
Jun 1600:45:38Tap to summarizeFor more than twenty years, Joachim Kroll operated undetected across western Germany, murdering women and children while investigators struggled to connect the crimes. During that time, multiple innocent people were accused, several took their own lives under the weight of suspicion, and dozens of detectives unknowingly searched for the wrong man.In this episode, we examine the full story of Joachim Kroll, known as the Ruhr Cannibal. From his first known murder in 1955 to the shocking discovery that finally exposed him in 1976, we follow the investigation, the victims, the wrongful accusations, and the mistakes that allowed one of Germany's most notorious serial killers to evade capture for more than two decades.Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSywMERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=uPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=trueYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlifeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrimWebsite: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/
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