TrueCrimeIRL is a podcast hosted by native Iowan, Kelli Berens-Brink. Kelli discusses murder and missing persons cases, as well as cold cases from across the nation. You'll enjoy first-hand accounts of crimes, told from Kelli's own unique and quirky perspective. Kelli includes many guests, such as law enforcement, lawyers, victims, perps, and more. Tune into TrueCrimeIRL, and visit TrueCrimeIRL.com for more info. Follow us on social media @ TrueCrimeIRL.
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Every killer is bad, but in this list of the top 10 worst serial killers of all time, we are presenting you with the worst of the very worst. Have you heard of all of these infamous murderers? Is there anyone else you would add to the list? Let us know in the comments. As always, please like and subscribe to this channel for more great videos, adde…
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The prohibition of alcohol in the United States lasted from 1920 to 1933 and was arguably one of the most unsuccessful social experiments in American history. Despite its noble intentions, prohibition had a number of negative effects on society that made it difficult for people to abide by these restrictions. Please subscribe to the channel for mor…
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What Happened to Doveland, Wisconsin? We don’t know how many people lived in Doveland, Wisconsin, or if it actually really ever existed at all... Because Doveland, WI is one of Amerieca’s biggest little mysteries. Was Doveland a part of a government project gone wrong? Is it another instance of the Mandela effect at work? Was the town sucked into a…
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Dolly Öesterreich was a happily married woman on the outside... but the secrets she kept in her attic tell a very different tale. Her web of lustful lies would leave one man dead, and another locked in her attic for a decade. Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bEP6dDMnlNM --- --- --- --- Thank you to Jamie Hunsaker-Gibbs for writing and submitti…
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This show originally aired on our YouTube channel. You can watch it here: https://youtu.be/h4VhzywwgLE Morgan from the CrimePedia Podcast chats with Kelli about true crime podcasting and answers 15 very important questions from The Colbert Questionert. Follow CrimePedia: https://www.instagram.com/crimepedia https://www.crimepediapodcast.com/ Suppor…
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This episode originally aired on our YouTube Channel, as well as in Ireland on the Cheap Heat Productions Podcast. You can watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/81-Eo8Jy2Ac --- --- In tonight's show, Kelli chats with Jeff Ignatowski, creator of "Killers: The Card Game". --- --- Thanks for listening, and sleep well… Support the show! Go to…
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This show originally aired via YouTube. You can watch the interview in its entirety at: https://youtu.be/B7PTj5Sui-U The Captain from True Crime Garage chats with Kelli about podcasting and answers 15 very important questions from The Colbert Questionert. Thank for listening, and sleep well… Support the show! Go to Patreon.com/truecrimeirl Follow o…
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Jeannette DePalma was an American teenager who is believed to have been murdered on August 7, 1972 in New Jersey, United States. The case, currently unsolved, has become a matter of significant controversy due in part to coverage in Weird NJ magazine and in the 2015 book Death on the Devil's Teeth. Thanks for listening, and sleep well… Listen ad-fr…
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The Story of Kurt Struebing from Power Thrash Metal Band NME... ... This is a Tragic Tale of Murder & Mental Health. Guest Host, Peachy Death. This episode was written and performed by Peachy Death. Follow Peachy at: https://www.instagram.com/livingpeachydeath/ In April 1986, Struebing was accused of killing his adoptive mother with a hatchet and s…
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The Farmville Murders: With Guest Host, Shane Waters from Foul Play Podcast | True Crime Sleep Stories
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The Farmville Murders With Guest Host, Shane Waters from Foul Play Podcast This episode was written and performed by Shane Waters. SHANE WATERS OF FOUL PLAY, SOCIAL MEDIA: • INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/crimefoulplay • FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/groups/crimefoulplay The Farmville murders occurred in Farmville, Virginia, in September 2…
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Christine and Léa Papin were two French sisters who, as live-in maids, were convicted of murdering their employer's wife and daughter in Le Mans, France in 1933. Special thanks to Courtney and Amanda from A Nefarious Nightmare for lulling you to sleep this week! Check out their podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-nefarious-nightmare/id…
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In 1912, in Villisca Iowa….the Moore family was considered affluent in their small community – and they were VERY well liked - until they were all brutally murdered in their beds by an unknown monster. Was it a serial killer? A creepy window peeper? Or a supernatural entity? Thank for listening, and sleep well… Listen ad-free and get multiple versi…
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Welcome to my new show, True Crime Sleep Stories! The full video versions are available on YouTube at youtube.com/kellibrinktv 40 year old Derek Broaddus and his wife Maria had everything to be thankful for and a future to be extremely excited about. Life seemed perfect until they began to receive ominous, threatening letters to their new address f…
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 6 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens…
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 5 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens…
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 4 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens…
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On June 5, 1910, almost the entire Hardy family was brutally murdered, and found beaten to death in their home by their only remaining son. Who could have done this? Was it someone they knew...OR...was it the work of one of the US's first serial killers? Thank for listening, and sleep well… Listen ad-free and get multiple versions of every sleep st…
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 3 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens…
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 2 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens…
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A Nightmare Before Halloween, Part 1 | True Crime Podcast Extravaganza …1 campfire… …1 dark forest… …31 bone-chilling stories… …Will YOU survive the night? This Halloween season, enter the woods for a unique and truly epic podcast experience! Around the campfire Shane Waters will introduce 31 crime podcast hosts, including yours truly, Kelli Berens…
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Welcome to my new show, True Crime Sleep Stories! The full video versions are available on YouTube at youtube.com/kellibrinktv In this episode of True Crime Sleep Stories, Kelli tells you the creepy tale of, “The Severed Foot Mysteries”. For years, there has been an odd epidemic of disembodied feet floating onto the shores of British Columbia, Cana…
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Welcome to my new show, True Crime Sleep Stories! The full video versions are available on YouTube at youtube.com/kellibrinktv The Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on the evening of March 31st 1922, when six inhabitants of a small Bavarian farmstead, located approximately 70 kilometres north of Munich, Germany, were murdered by an unknown assailant. …
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Bonus! Chloe Canter of True Crime Twins - Chloe & Kelli Talk About Netflix's "Love on the Spectrum"
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Chloe Canter of True Crime Twins joins Kelli today for a true crime palate cleanser! It turns out that true crime podcasters need to switch it up every once in a while, and Chloe and Kelli like to do just that over episodes of Netflix's amazing show, "Love on the Spectrum". Chloe & Kelli discuss their favorite parts of the show, and a little bit ab…
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Irish Catholic Industrial School Survivor: Mary Smith – Part 3 | TCIRL's Crimes & Conspiracies of the Catholic Church
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Today I’m going to tell you the story of one Irish Catholic Industrial School survivor, Mary Smith. As a child growing up in Catholic institutions, she was known simply as Number 1346. She grew up not knowing her age or her true identity. But, later, she would find out that she had been ripped from the arms of a mother she would never know, and – s…
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Irish Catholic Industrial School Survivor: Mary Smith – Part 2 | TCIRL's Crimes & Conspiracies of the Catholic Church
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Today I’m going to tell you the story of one Irish Catholic Industrial School survivor, Mary Smith. As a child growing up in Catholic institutions, she was known simply as Number 1346. She grew up not knowing her age or her true identity. But, later, she would find out that she had been ripped from the arms of a mother she would never know, and – s…
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Irish Catholic Industrial School Survivor: Mary Smith Part 1 | TCIRL's Crimes & Conspiracies of the Catholic Church
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Today I’m going to tell you the story of one Irish Catholic Industrial School survivor, Mary Smith. As a child growing up in Catholic institutions, she was known simply as Number 1346. She grew up not knowing her age or her true identity. But, later, she would find out that she had been ripped from the arms of a mother she would never know, and – s…
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Irish Catholic Mother & Baby Home Survivor: Clodagh Malone | TCIRL's Crimes & Conspiracies of the Catholic Church
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Ireland in the mid-20th Century was ruled by the Catholic Church's harsh misogynistic values. Falling pregnant out of wedlock was a mortal sin in the church's eyes. Thousands of mothers and babies perished behind the walls of the oppressive mother and baby homes... but today I bring you one story of survival. This is Clodagh Malone's story. Please …
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The Forgotten Children of Irish Catholic Mother & Baby Homes | TCIRL's Crimes & Conspiracies of the Catholic Church
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Imagine growing up in a time and a place where women are second class citizens, and sexuality is not only a taboo topic, but exposing the fact that you’ve been sexually active will get you socially ostracized, locked up and even possibly killed. This is the story of Ireland’s Catholic Mother & Baby Homes that operated between the 1920’s and the 199…
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Tom Hogan, Author of The Empty Confessional | TCIRL's Crimes & Conspiracies of the Catholic Church
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Kelli chats with Tom Hogan, author of The Empty Confessional. Together, they discuss several of the crimes & conspiracies of the Catholic Church. Tune in next week as Kelli tackles more of the church's most controversial events. Support the show by joining the Patreon! Thank you! Buy The Empty Confessional HERE…
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Today Kelli interviews retired NYPD Detective turned author, Vic Ferrari. Vic Ferrari has written six books, including: - The NYPD’s Flying Circus: Cops, Crime & Chaos - NYPD: Through the Looking Glass: Stories From Inside Americas Largest Police - Grand Theft Auto: The NYPD’s Auto Crime Division - Dickheads & Debauchery: and other ingenious ways t…
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On April 4, 2022, Patrick Lyoya, 26-year-old refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was fatally shot in the back of the head by Officer Christopher Schurr of the Grand Rapids Police Department during a scuffle between the two following a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Authorities reported that Lyoya was unarmed. Join Our Patreo…
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Happy Mother's Day! This is a special episode about moms who have made the news in stories that have shocked us over the years. Some are current, and some may have been forgotten. But, today I'm here to remind you that, even on your worst day, at least you're a better mom than Lori Vallow. We discuss the following moms who have made headlines for t…
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Kelli was able to snag a quick interview with Chris Hansen of of To Catch a Predator; and the new podcast "Predators I've Caught," live at CrimeCon 2022 Las Vegas! Listen now!
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True Crime IRL is live at CrimeCon Las Vegas! Listen to some of the exciting announcements and goings-on. We'll be right back with you next week for a fresh, new, enthralling episode! TrueCrimeIRL.com Patreon.com/truecrimeirlpodcast
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Today we discuss The Hardy House Murders, with excerpts from The Man From The Train by Bill James.This unsolved Iowa case has ties to the Villisca Ax Murders, which are also still unsolved to this day.Visit TrueCrimeIRL.com for more information and be sure to follow us on social media @truecrimeirl !…
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It has been 40 years since 12 year old Johnny Gosch disappeared from his newspaper delivery route around 6am, Sunday, September 5th, 1982. The disappearance changed the way parents everywhere watched over their children. Johnny’s case has never been solved. --- TRUE CRIME IRL is written, produced, & hosted by Kelli Berens-Brink. For more informatio…
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Hey everyone. I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving and that you’re all having a fun Black Friday, getting your shopping done, and enjoying family & friends! So, if you’ve been listening to the show from the very beginning, you know that I used to do these more light-hearted daily mini episodes called “The Murder Minute” – I would quickly sum…
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Did notorious serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, leave behind even more victims than the 17 we know about? Probably. In fact, it is said that Dahmer may have victims in multiple states, and as far away as Europe. But...could he have been involved in one of the most high-profile child murder cases ever in US History? Listen now as Kelli chats with Willi…
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Live From The Brewery! On the second Thursday of each month I get together with my true crime friends, have few drinks, and discuss a case! Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender who committed the murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his murders involved necrophilia & cannibalism. Althoug…
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Erica Michelle Marie Green was born May 15, 1997 and died April, 2001…although four years would go by before anyone other than her killers would know it. Because Erica’s body remained unclaimed and unidentified until 2005. For years, the Kansas City community would know this little girl as only “Precious Doe”. TrueCrimeIRL is written, produced, and…
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PART 2 - LIVE! The Villisca Axe Murder house has become sort of a novelty in American folklore…. A place to visit, a place where people try to challenge the ghosts of the past to show themselves….. a place where people giggle – and pose for silly pictures, joking about hauntings……. a place and time that we are so far removed from, that we seem to h…
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Over 100 years have passed since this horrifying ax murder rocked the small town of Villisca iowa, but the stain of negative energy still hangs heavy in every room of the residence. I recently gathered a group of 8 brave souls together to spend one night in the Villisca Ax Murder House to revisit the scene of the crime and discuss the haunted histo…
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Live from Franklin Street Brewing Company, Kelli chats with Kevin, Joe, and a special Seattle guest about HH Holmes & his "Murder Castle". Happy Spooky Season! --- TrueCrimeIRL is written, produced, and hosted by Kelli Berens-Brink. Please subscribe to TrueCrimeIRL wherever you get your podcasts and consider leaving a 5 star review. Go to TrueCrime…
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If you've watched the Netflix documentary, A Murder in West Cork, you know that Ian Bailey has long been a suspect in the brutal murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. But did he really do it? The evidence is weak, and his Irish advocate, Alisa Rose, tells us all about the details of this case. Kelli Berens-Brink, True Crime IRL truecrimeirl.com #Sop…
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S2:E5: Serial Killer Anthony Garcia: Kelli Brink with Bob Motta of Defense Diaries
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This is part 5 of my Anthony Garcia series with Bob Motta and Darron Wood of the Defense Diaries podcast. --- TrueCrimeIRL is written, produced, and hosted by Kelli Berens-Brink. Please subscribe to TrueCrimeIRL wherever you get your podcasts and consider leaving a 5 star review. Go to TrueCrimeIRL.com for more information. Support the show by beco…
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This is part 4 of my Anthony Garcia series with Bob Motta and Darron Wood of the Defense Diaries podcast. --- True Crime IRL is produced and hosted by Kelli Berens-Brink and part of TNC Productions. Your five star ratings and reviews are always appreciated on apple or wherever you get your podcasts, and, believe or not, they go a LONG way in growin…
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Welcome back to True Crime IRL. THIS is part three of my series I did with Bob Motta and Darron Wood, of the Defense Diaries Podcast, where we are diving DEEP into the Anthony Garcia case. Garcia is convicted of killing 4 people over several years in the Omaha NE area…… and technically, that makes him a serial killer. BUT – was he really a serial….…
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Welcome to part two of my deep dive into the Anthony Garcia case - with Bob Motta of the fantastic podcast, the Defense Diaries. Bob was part of Anthony Garcia’s defense team five years ago when this “serial killer” was tried for the murder of four people. Two double murders within a five year timeframe – the first in 2008, and the second in 2013 –…
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S2:E1: Serial Killer Anthony Garcia: Kelli Brink with Bob Motta of Defense Diaries
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Two double murders within a five year timeframe – the first in 2008, and the second in 2013 – would have police in Omaha NE wondering if they had a serial killer on their hands. The only really link was each victim’s affiliation with Creighton University in Omaha… and a former medical resident there named Anthony Garcia. Years later – and hours awa…
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Listen as I chat with Miles Tritle of The Warning Woods about our true crime-paranormal crossover episode, The Watcher. Check out Episode 31 to enjoy all the creepiness! Please subscribe to TrueCrimeIRL wherever you get your podcasts and consider leaving a 5 star review. Go to TrueCrimeIRL for more info on the show! Support the show by becoming a P…
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