52 episodes

Cousins By Blood is a true crime podcast investigation, unfolding episode by episode. In 2000, Ivan Cantu was arrested for the murders of his cousin James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, James's fiancé. Now 20 years later, questions about Ivan's guilt or innocence remain and the case has been reinvestigated. New suspects are uncovered, new evidence has been discovered, and the clock is ticking to Ivan's Execution Day. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matt-duff9/support

Cousins By Blood Matt Duff

    • True Crime
    • 4.8 • 72 Ratings

Cousins By Blood is a true crime podcast investigation, unfolding episode by episode. In 2000, Ivan Cantu was arrested for the murders of his cousin James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, James's fiancé. Now 20 years later, questions about Ivan's guilt or innocence remain and the case has been reinvestigated. New suspects are uncovered, new evidence has been discovered, and the clock is ticking to Ivan's Execution Day. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matt-duff9/support

    Episode 47: Ivan's 3rd Execution Date

    Episode 47: Ivan's 3rd Execution Date

    In this episode Ivan is interviewed by reporter Michael Hagerty and the latest bombshells are brought to light.


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    • 20 min
    Episode 46: Sister Helen Prejean

    Episode 46: Sister Helen Prejean

    An interview with Ivan's Spiritual Advisor.


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    • 37 min
    Episode 45: The Bullet

    Episode 45: The Bullet

    In this episode, podcast listeners have come together to help with the investigation.  The Pear Ridge wall bullet comes into question.


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    • 41 min
    Episode 44: The Jury Foreman

    Episode 44: The Jury Foreman

    In this episode, the jury foreman in Ivan's 2001 trial is interviewed. He shares his thoughts on the newly discovered information and if Ivan should be entitled to a new trial.


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    • 24 min
    Cousins By Blood Trailer

    Cousins By Blood Trailer

    Cousins By Blood is a podcast investigation into a double homicide that took place in Dallas in the year 2000.  Ivan Cantu was convicted of killing his cousin James and James's fiancé Amy, but Ivan has maintained his innocence.    New evidence has been discovered and new suspects uncovered.  With Ivan on death row, the clock is ticking to his execution day unless this new evidence is enough for Ivan to get a new trial.


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    • 3 min
    Episode 1: If The Jeans Don't Fit

    Episode 1: If The Jeans Don't Fit

    On November 4th, 2000, the bodies of James Mosqueda and his fiancé Amy Kitchen were found murdered.  Days later, James’s cousin Ivan Cantu was arrested for the murders.  Ivan was convicted and sentenced to death.  At this point, Ivan has been on Death...

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    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
72 Ratings

72 Ratings

andhaka1 ,

Bingeworthy

I am enjoying this podcast so much! This is my favorite format, where the podcasters go and track down people and interview them. The story is fascinating and gets better with each episode! Totally worth listening to.

LittlestLegs ,

Complete unethical podcasting

It’s disgraceful that the victims’ families have had to listen to this dramatisation of a tragedy for the podcaster’s personal gain. Dragging the name of a man shot to death by his cousin through the mud and trying to state this as a case of wrongful conviction to create a media following for yourself is simply unacceptable and unethical behaviour in 2022.
You can tell by the release date of the episodes that the host is constantly editing and re-editing the content to try to make their “case” seem convincing. Don’t let him pull the wool over your eyes.

goannabanana ,

Great True Crime Pod!

This is so well done and a fascinating story. It should be ranked up there with the top true crime podcasts. Just hope it has a good outcome for Ivan.

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