Regina Alexander, daughter of murder victim Elizabeth Steffins, connected with Jerry Nations, a relative of the homicidal McClary family in the comments section of a podcast. The McClary's were known for killing and abducting women from donut shops and likely murdered Steffins.
New podcast takes on the Donut Shop Murders, an alleged multi-state murder spree led by Sherman Ramon McCrary and his son-in-law Carl Taylor, that has left behind deep generational wounds.
In SYFY's "Chucky," Jake Wheeler's crush Devon Evans produces “Hackenslash," a podcast that dives into the murders of their hometown, particularly the killings of serial killer Charles Lee Ray.
"The Followers: Madness Of Two," hosted by Sarah Treleaven, aims to peel back the layers on Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell's lives and explore how they came to be accused of murdering several family members.
While the characters played by Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short are fictional, "Only Murders in the Building" seems to pull inspiration from some very real true crime podcasts.
“It’s terrible, there’s no other way of putting it,” Marc Ramsden said of the elaborate lies he's told women over the years in the UCP Audio podcast "Do You Know Mordechai?'