Random Murder Podcasts

Bernie Katz was an institution in London Soho’s club scene for over 30 years. Friends with the rich and famous, Bernie was the former front-of-house manager of Soho’s exclusive Groucho club and the guy who could get anything done.

In August 2017, Bernie was found dead in his North London flat aged 49 under mysterious circumstances. There was an outpouring of love for Bernie. But what wasn’t clear from the thousands of tributes was that in his final months, Bernie’s life had unravelled quickly, quietly and catastrophically. He was removed from his position at the Groucho Club, all the money from his private art collection was gone and he was being pursued by Albanian gangsters.

Who was the real Bernie Katz? And what led to his untimely death? In this three-part podcast series, journalist Mark Edmonds speaks to Bernie’s close friends and the celebrities who knew him well to understand how Bernie became ‘The Prince of Soho’ and the demons he left behind.

Our writer and presenter is Mark Edmonds and can be found on Twitter @MEdmondsLondon

Cover photography: Andy Fallon www.andyfallon.co.uk

Thanks to all our contributers, sohoradiolondon.com, 5×15.com – and Emily Jordan-Patrikios, Tom Oakley and Belle Noir.

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Categories: Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: Bernie Katz, british, gangster, gangsters, murder, MYSTERY, prince, SoHo, Soho Society, step, Stephen fry, true-crime, UK, United Kingdom, whodunnit

Helen and Olga are kindly old ladies who open their hearts and wallets to down-and-out men in Los Angeles. In a city named for angels, the two women seem heaven-sent. After one of the men is killed by a hit-and-run driver — and then another suffers the same fate — investigators uncover a horrifying and twisted plot that stuns even the most seasoned detectives. All six episodes of this chilling podcast from Keith Morrison and Dateline are available now.

Categories: News, Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: dateline, dateline nbc, documentary, fraud, helen golay, Homeless, homelessness, insurance scam, keith morrison, Los Angeles, murder, NBC, nbc news, olga rutterschmidt, police, storytelling, true-crime

Psychic medium Kristine Fredheim has been communicating with the spirit of Jimmy Hoffa, who wants his body to be found. Follow two friends, Christina Vovas and Kristine Fredheim, on their journey to grant the wishes of Jimmy Hoffa. All episodes available now!

Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: Coldcase, divineguidance, ghost, Hoffa, JimmyHoffa, mafia, murder, MYSTERY, psychic, psychicmedium, supernatural, unsolvedmurder

Just 2 friends talking about 2 murders

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: 2 Friends, 2 Murders, death, killer, murder, serial killers, Utah Podcast

What happens when a double homicide case lands in your lap? What if it is the oldest active cold case in the history of American true crime? What if your father held a family secret for fifty years before he confided in you that one of the victims was your great-great uncle and that your grandfather had been held as a suspect? What if the murders happened during the most corrupt era our nation has ever known? And what if you are a retired detective, like me, with the unique skill set needed to figure out an 87-year-old family mystery? Well, you put everything else on hold and set out to solve it. This is my story. Shattered Souls: The Car Barn Murders is presented by CrimeOnline and iHeartPodcasts. Music by Sam Johnson

Categories: Education, Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: #crimecon, Crime, detective, Diary, emotional, forensics, investigation, Journal, lawenforcement, murder, truecrime

True crime stories delivered with compassion. All research, writing, recording, and editing is done by me, your host, Holly.

Categories: Fiction, News, True Crime

Tags: abducted, cold case, disappeared, DNA, kidnap, Missing, murder, Serial Killer, Suspense, true-crime, Unsolved, Vanished

Bayou Justice is a true crime podcast featuring unsolved or historically notable murders and mysteries from South Louisiana — often bizarre cold-case homicides and disappearances examined through interviews with key players, including police investigators, lawyers, victims, and their families.

Categories: True Crime

Tags: arledge, CASE, cold, Crime, homicide, louisiana, mafia, Mob, murder, swamp, true, Unsolved, voodoo

Don’t you just love a crazy story? I do. Each episode of ESP covers those stories you just can’t help but love. The stories that shock but are always real. They might be…true crime, survival, justice, kidnap, mayhem, madness, twisted. Sometimes the the outright weird. Always unbelievable. Join Barry as he walks you through the story he just can’t get out of his head this week.

Categories: Comedy, Society & Culture

Tags: australia, California, Comedy, courts, dating, death, deceit, favourite, Forever, heroes, internet, kidnap, Killers, laugh, Lies, life, love, marriage, murder, pod, Podcast, poison, Prison, reallife, religion, scottish, shocking, short, Stories, story, storytelling, survivors, truecrime, Truth, unbelievable, unitedkingdom, villains, womensrights, wonder, world

This is a science fiction story that is suitable for children and adults alike. It tells the story of John Latham a scientist and Engineer, who thinks he has found a way to travel through time, space or even another dimension. However, he is not sure unless he can test out his ideas. John is lucky enough to come across a wealthy man who puts up the money to try out John’s idea. But the crux of this book is, if he succeeds in getting there, wherever there actually is, what will he find when he gets there? Will he create situations that affect his own existence in the future? Would he be able to get back to his own world, universe or time? Or would John be trapped forever in that place and time that he so desperately wanted to travel to?

Categories: Arts, Kids & Family

Tags: Adventure, bermuda, disappearances, engineers, History, kidscast, kidscastnetwork, murder, of, science, scientists, scifi, sea, ships, Simons, social, Sphere, steve, Technology, time, travel, Triangle

Broken English is a mobile podcast hosted by me, Andrew Mahar in and around Chicago, Illinois. This first season is a mixture of interviews from people who have immigrated to the U.S. ranging from Mexico to South Africa to Turkey to Bolivia. With the Trump administration creating such a negative connotation around the word “Immigrant” now more than ever, immigrants need a voice to share their side of the story. Broken English is here to be that voice.

Categories: News, Society & Culture

Tags: africa, America, Asia, ban, border, bordercrossing, borderwall, buddhist, cages, camps, centralamerica, Chicago, Children, china, christian, cnn, congress, Crime, currentevents, democracy, Democrat, donaldtrump, Europe, Experience, firsthand, firsthandstories, government, greencard, Hate, hindu, illegal, illinois, immigrant, immigration, India, joe, laws, legalstatus, legislation, love, mexico, murder, npr, pod, Politics, realstories, refugee, refugeeone, refugees, Republican, rogan, save, southamerica, Stories, thisamericanlife, travel, true, Trump, Undocumented, UnitedStates, wall, worldtravel

Join best friends, Nicole and Noelle in the Haunted Attic as they talk about all sorts of strange and unusual topics. From history’s most nefarious cults, local ghost stories, conspiracies, murder mysteries, paranormal activities, urban legends, UFO phenomena, and unexplained events. Nothing is off limits but everything is unusual, come get weird with us and remember to Celebrate the Strange and Keep it Unusual! Find us on social media @QuiteUnusualPod – Email us at QuiteUnusualPod@gmail.com – Send us something spooky! P.O. Box 1212 Des Plaines, IL, 60017

Categories: Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: aliens, cryptid, cults, ghosts, History, murder, MYSTERY, paranormal, true-crime, UFO, Unsolved, Unusual

Boston Blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. As originally created by author Jack Boyle, he was a safecracker, a hardened criminal who had served time in a California prison. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television, the detective Boston Blackie was “an enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend.” The Boston Blackie radio series, starring Chester Morris, began June 23, 1944, on NBC as a summer replacement for The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show. Sponsored by Rinso, the series continued until September 15 of that year. Lesley Woods appeared as Blackie’s girlfriend Mary Wesley, and Harlow Wilcox was the show’s announcer. On April 11, 1945, Richard Kollmar took over the title role in a radio series syndicated by Frederic W. Ziv to Mutual and other network outlets. Over 200 episodes of this series were produced between 1944 and October 25, 1950. Other sponsors included Lifebuoy Soap, Champagne Velvet beer and R&H beer.

Categories: Fiction, Kids & Family

Tags: action, Adventure, camardella, Crime, detective, Holmes, humphrey, Movies, murder, MYSTERY, Podcast, Sherlock, suspence, thriller, video

Two queer best friends since toddlerhood talk about what scares them in life whether based in reality, media, or the supernatural. They take their research seriously, but each other…not so much.

Categories: Comedy, Fiction, True Crime

Tags: Best Friends, Comedy, dark, Funny, History, lgbtq, murder, queer, true-crime

In the new podcast HILLSIDE, author Joseph Rodota revisits the investigation and trial of the Hillside Strangler. Based on dozens of interviews and more than three years of in-depth research, HILLSIDE is a riveting story of crime, politics and personal redemption.

Categories: True Crime

Tags: bianchi, buono, Crime, Hillside, hillside strangler, Los Angeles, murder, serial, Serial Killer, strangler, true-crime

Always striving to be the reason you’re afraid to use the bathroom at night. New episodes every Tuesday and Friday. Some stories may contain harsh language or descriptions of violence and gore. Listener discretion advised.

Categories: Fiction, True Crime

Tags: creepy, creepy pasta, horror, lets, letsnotmeet, meet, murder, nope, nosleep, not, scary, Stories, Terror, truecrime, Unsolved

When my niece was murdered in 2018, my interest in true crime turned to an obsession. I cover mostly Canadian cases and largely from my hometown of Calgary. I respect the victims and their families because I’ve been there. Every victims story deserves to be told. No chatting about my personal life or witty banter….I just get right to the case and tell the victim’s story. My personal story can be found in Season 1, episodes 17&18. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/amillionotw

Categories: History, Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: calgary, canada, canadian, cases, Detectives, homicide, local, murder, true-crime, Victims

Melissa Morgan hosts an often funny, always compelling adventure into murders and mysteries and other weirdness she finds fascinating. Looking into solved and unsolved homicide cases and looking for tips from anywhere, from anyone, on anything, Melissa’s curiosity and love of detective work and forensic science is contagious. Melissa’s sense of humor and interest in spirituality also make for a wild ride. A broadcasting professional by training, she has written for a nationally-syndicated comedy radio show, been a music DJ in a major US radio market, run one of the country’s most popular comedy clubs – AND – she teaches yoga! All of which makes for a truly fascinating, often hilarious, often edge-of-your-seat, riveting personality and a completely enthralling listening experience. Send your tips on ANYTHING to Melissa Morgan by sending an email to JTTIPSTERS@GMAIL.COM – or call the Tip-Ster Hotline and leave a voice mail message at (832) TIP-STER – (832-847-7837)!

Categories: Society & Culture, True Crime

Tags: Comedy, justthetipsters, murder, MYSTERY, truecrime

Welcome to CAMP STRANGE, a comedy podcast of the occult. Join Alex Tobin and David Stokes, by the campfire, as they discuss the strange, weird, and mysterious tales they say you can still hear if you listen closely at night…

Categories: Fiction, History, True Crime

Tags: camp, Comedy, ghosts, Monsters, murder, paranormal, scary, spooky, Stories, strange