Killer Heart To Hearts

Elise Buedel & William Cannon
  • 4.5 (21)
  • TRUE CRIME
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Hosted by real-life couple William Cannon and Elise Buedel, Killer Heart to Hearts isn’t just another true crime podcast. It’s immersive, sharply written, and emotionally honest. With a tone that’s darkly witty, culturally aware, and often chilling, each episode dissects stories of murder, disappearance, and betrayal — always with a human heartbeat beneath the horror. Whether it’s the psychology of an incel, the mystery of a locked hotel room, or a murder staged to look like a suicide, we dive into the shadows — and bring our listeners with us.

  1. AFTER DARK: Tough Love

    5D AGO ·  BONUS

    AFTER DARK: Tough Love

    Auckland, New Zealand. 2006. Seventeen-year-old Liam Ashley is placed in the back of a prison transport van for what should have been a routine ride. He never makes it out alive. What happened inside that moving cage would horrify a country — and expose a system that failed to protect the very person in its custody. Source Material: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/liam-revelled-in-the-pirates-life/O3CBAYLS7NKVU3KJY746LAQKFM/   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/slain-teenager-needed-desperate-help/OPHT6TAHVOFDSQQZ5PW6EBWZQM/   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/itranscripti-liam-ashley-court-hearing/7FBOAQO63D33UZS5EKZTAT4WHM/   https://img.scoop.co.nz/media/pdfs/0612/DIC_Ashley_Release_Copy_11_12_06.pdf  https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/sites/default/files/2019-03/Own%20motion%20prisoner%20transport.pdf https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ideath-in-a-prison-vani-murderer-high-risk-criminal-who-could-go-off/UQTAV6SHK52H2BAJHDLG2D2AOA/   https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/liam-ashleys-killer-gets-at-least-18-years/U6XBOE363JVEEU4L2ZLLT6QCAY/  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ashley-killer-van-guards-ignored-me/NXHCZMBHUXIMXXSPTR3TKBLIQY/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/blunders-led-to-liams-van-death-say-officials/SFTQIE6ICIVLS3ZO5BJ265SWOE/  https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/liam-ashleys-death-senseless-and-preventable-%E2%80%93-oconnor  https://youtu.be/rnxgeOb5eS4?si=NHkJ_KdYj-R4jH0v https://youtu.be/222BcWd7ZkY?si=aB5elazcKDAbwXBX https://youtu.be/eTx2XuSo4dY?si=Ban7TSJ2ZkickZYc Music Credit: 1. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ 2. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 3. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 4. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    21 min
  2. 72. Blood Money

    MAR 30

    72. Blood Money

    Lake Tahoe. 2021. A wealthy family is torn apart after a late-night shooting inside their home. At the center of it all: former MLB pitcher Dan Serafini. Source Material: https://people.com/daniel-serafini-ex-mlb-player-murder-lake-tahoe-exclusive-11784990 https://people.com/daniel-serafini-murder-mistress-samantha-scott-11787493 https://www.kcra.com/article/dan-serafini-murder-trial-tahoe-may-27/64891447 https://www.kcra.com/article/dan-serafini-tahoe-murder-trial-june-13/65058507 https://www.kcra.com/article/police-interview-is-released-for-samantha-scott-former-mlb-player-dan-serafinis-nanny-and-mistress/70706301 https://www.kcra.com/article/tahoe-2021-murders-sisters-sue-over-inheritance/45659191 https://www.kcra.com/article/dan-serafini-sentencing-tahoe-homewood-murder/70537709 https://people.com/dan-serafini-mistress-samantha-scott-sentence-shooting-murder-11928766 https://www.mlb.com/player/dan-serafini-122007 https://youtu.be/7IeufnUrCNg?si=Zy3WKBTI1mCyOKQ1 https://youtu.be/cOyZjFifnI0?si=Mm21Ei4mlJAf7HCk https://youtu.be/wFAOyi3Adw8?si=tNTHA5Etf9t_OURO https://youtu.be/s22nsGQfHpo?si=Ler1OeEAruHq09h8 https://youtu.be/-4AZIGolzNY?si=Q4JR41HU4dClzxhU https://youtu.be/tjwGFO4lTVE?si=_gobK_HqJgGp9hp4 Music Credit: 1. IMPERVIOUS Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious License code: LUZNNGUQNGYSFZI8  2. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ  3. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 4. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 5. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    1h 3m
  3. AFTER DARK: Gone Antiquing

    MAR 23 ·  BONUS

    AFTER DARK: Gone Antiquing

    Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. April 2005. Ray Gricar has spent years building cases, following evidence, and knowing exactly where to look when something doesn’t add up. Then one day, he vanishes. And the deeper people look, the stranger it gets. Source Material: https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2020/04/the-hunt-for-ray-gricar-15-years-of-clues-theories-and-the-search-for-answers/  https://www.statecollege.com/articles/local-news/ten-years-after-ray-gricars-disappearance-the-mystery-remains-unsolved/  https://www.statecollege.com/centre-county-gazette/disappearance-of-ray-gricar-remains-unsolved/  https://www.reuters.com/article/world/a-long-history-in-penn-state-child-abuse-case-idUSTRE7AB0OW/  https://filesource.abacast.com/commonwealthofpa/mp4_podcast/2014_06_23_REPORT_to_AG_ON_THE_SANDUSKY_INVESTIGATION.pdf  https://info.publicintelligence.net/SanduskyGrandJuryPresentment.pdf  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Gricar  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_child_sex_abuse_scandal  https://streetofshops.net/  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101577063/roy-gricar  https://youtu.be/BQ1OTDsC5Kg?si=wEiAgqCzuJ-EP8uJ https://youtu.be/jqOQqYz-3fE?si=5fvgOdowPvcs-7yJ https://youtu.be/iLGhbfzDSRY?si=Xcb6xiDKUHE85nSa https://youtu.be/rVb1Rr8sJvY?si=TdQB6BA0BovxH5IR Music Credit: 1. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ 2. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 3. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 4. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3   Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    27 min
  4. 71. The Alaskan Avenger

    MAR 16

    71. The Alaskan Avenger

    Anchorage, Alaska. Summer 2016. Over five days, three men are attacked in their homes by the same stranger — a man with a black leather jacket, a claw hammer, and a terrifying sense of purpose. What looks, at first, like a violent spree… is something far more complicated. 🖤🔨🖤 Source Material: https://apnews.com/general-news-4eb303a6227b4ce38707ab1d16d9529f  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Man-allegedly-targeted-sex-offenders-in-series-of-crimes-388489382.html  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Man-charged-for-attacking-sex-offenders-greeted-as-a-hero-by-some-389097252.html  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/content/news/Anchorage-man-sentenced-for-attacking-sex-offenders-475197103.html  https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2020/10/31/anchorage-man-who-attacked-sex-offenders-loses-appeal-that-ptsd-factored-into-his-crimes/  chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/adn/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/29083513/Vukovich-letter.pdf  https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2016/sep/2/registered-sex-offenders-fall-victim-vigilante-justice/  https://allthatsinteresting.com/jason-vukovich-alaskan-avenger  https://youtu.be/S1wpW-k2J6g?si=9dRTbQSodVZt1kff https://youtu.be/WmAX0-jcuz0?si=HpbVVWJ94C_jYf2i https://youtu.be/TQs_ItOptps?si=rRr_A9E9US2y26VU https://youtu.be/HNzJ1PLJfK4?si=Tht10IUq54xUFfnI https://youtu.be/W4lM-ol9Ufs?si= https://youtu.be/fcHJ0aQkhIo?si=H4Ki13LWEaxpietw Music Credit: 1. IMPERVIOUS Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious License code: LUZNNGUQNGYSFZI8  2. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ 3. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 4. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 5. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 6. BRAVE NEW WORLD Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/brave-new-world License code: MPR458MAGBPGSAAT   Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    1h 2m
  5. AFTER DARK: The Way

    MAR 9 ·  BONUS

    AFTER DARK: The Way

    Salado, Texas. July 1997. Lela and Raymond Howard leave home for a local music festival just 15 miles away. They never arrive. Days pass. Then weeks. And the farther the search stretches, the harder it becomes to explain how two people can disappear so completely… without ever meaning to. This is THE WAY. https://nij.ojp.gov/taxonomy/term/decomposition    https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10538644/    https://www.upi.com/Archives/1997/07/12/Show-to-feature-missing-couple/1306868680000/ https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/jul/14/missing-elderly-couple-found-dead-in-their-car/ https://www.wgcu.org/arts-and-culture/2024-06-27/a-missing-texas-couple-led-to-our-song-of-the-day-for-june-28 https://www.billboard.com/artist/fastball/chart-history/mrt/ https://youtu.be/eWpjVFU42yE?si=Ccsk-hc88liTMD9i https://youtu.be/SJjhzyV7Wak?si=838Fa0bXDxKykkLZ https://youtu.be/RsKSqWj3HpQ?si=ElTd4MtIo7qb7NHs The Way (Fastball song) - Wikipedia Scalzo, Tony. “The Way.” Performed by Fastball. Piano/Vocal/Guitar digital sheet music (includes complete lyrics). Musicnotes (Product MN0065635). Publisher/Admin: EMI Music Publishing. Music Credit: 1. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ  2. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 3. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 4. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    20 min
  6. 70. Firebug

    MAR 2

    70. Firebug

    An heiress from Duluth. A trail of fires stretching from Minnesota to the Mexican border. And a quiet little mining town in Arizona… that never saw her coming. Marjorie Congdon Caldwell Hagen carried wealth, suspicion, and misery wherever she went. Her tale is part true crime… and part ghost story that still haunts this desert town. For this special episode, we’re going local, and recording live from ground zero — Ajo, AZ, AND we’re teaming up with Z89.3 KZAO’s own Bo Johnson to tell the story of Marjorie Hagen — the “Black Widow of Ajo.” Source Material: MN Historical Society (MNopedia) Glensheen (UMD) official blog: “Women of Glensheen”  Duluth News Tribune (feature): “Glensheen murders still intrigue” MPR News (feature, with photos/audio): “40 years later, Glensheen murders still grip Duluth” Minnesota Supreme Court (primary): State v. Caldwell (1982)  Duluth News Tribune (feature) Brainerd Dispatch (AP report): DNA on key envelope (2003)  MPR Archive (2003) Los Angeles Times (obituary/recap): Roger Caldwell’s suicide  Duluth News Tribune (30-year look-back) Washington Post (1992) UPI archive (1992) Los Angeles Times (1992 feature) Duluth News Tribune (retrospective) Star Tribune (2007) MinnPost (2009) Duluth News Tribune (2007 news) Music Credit: 1. IMPERVIOUS Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious License code: LUZNNGUQNGYSFZI8  Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    1h 17m
  7. AFTER DARK: Playing Hooky

    FEB 23 ·  BONUS

    AFTER DARK: Playing Hooky

    Port Clinton, Ohio. December 2019. A 14-year-old boy leaves home on a Friday morning and walks to school like he always did. Except this day, Harley Dilly never makes it there. For weeks, the town searches. Streets, water, woods — every place a kid could disappear into. Until the answer turns up in the last place anyone could ever imagine. 🖤🧱🖤 Source Material: https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/harley-dilly/a-complete-timeline-of-every-day-and-event-since-harley-dillys-disappearance https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/harley-dilly/police-report-reveals-new-details-on-the-days-before-after-harley-dillys-disappearance https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/harley-dilly/harley-dilly-most-likely-died-the-day-he-went-missing-coroner-says https://abcnews.go.com/US/missing-ohio-teenager-harley-dilly-recovered-officials/story?id=68268831 https://www.13abc.com/content/news/BCI-have-a-unit-in-Port-Clinton-as-Harley-Dilly-search-continues-566957391.html https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/Newsletters/Criminal-Justice-Update/Summer-Fall-2020/The-Harley-Dilly-search-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/01/21/port-clinton-police-report-sheds-new-light-moments-leading-up-harley-dillys-disappearance/ https://www.cleveland19.com/2020/03/06/photos-inside-investigation-harley-dilly-ohio-teen-who-died-chimney/ Music Credit: 1. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ  2. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 3. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 4. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

    16 min
  8. 69. Broken Arrow

    FEB 16

    69. Broken Arrow

    Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. 2015. A family inside a quiet suburban home — a mother. a father. and their seven kids. And then, in the middle of the night…something breaks. A 911 call.  And a crime scene so brutal it forces the question nobody wants to ask out loud: How does a family implode from the inside? Resources: National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ National Resource Center on Domestic Violence: https://nrcdv.org/node/1 Futures Without Violence: https://futureswithoutviolence.org/initiative/national-health-resource-center-on-domestic-violence/ Source Material: https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2015-07-24/one-suspect-two-victims-named-in-broken-arrow-homicide https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2016-03-22/robert-bever-pleads-guilty-to-family-killings https://www.ksl.com/article/46214443/oklahoma-teen-convicted-of-killing-family-sentencing-set https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/michael-bever-formally-sentenced-to-life-for-murdering-family https://okcca.net/cases/2020/OK-CR-13/ https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/appeals-court-upholds-conviction-in-broken-arrow-family-murders https://ktul.com/news/local/court-upholds-conviction-of-broken-arrow-teen-who-killed-family https://www.okbar.org/barjournal/september-19-2020/ https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/bd/5bdc5f05-bf68-5929-a711-2090f813c625/55bf94b590590.pdf.pdf https://youtu.be/xi8A2sjY5so?si=1Zrn25ctPwlutZjE Music Credit: 1. IMPERVIOUS Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dorian-pinto/impervious License code: LUZNNGUQNGYSFZI8 2. CAN’T SLEEP Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/cant-sleep License code: HAVIXRYL3KM0XULJ 3. LIGHTLESS DAWN Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/lightless-dawn License code: PFYUGTZVDWOCBNLK 4. SOLVING THE CRIME 2021-09-06_-_Solving_The_Crime_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3  5. DARK FOG MysteriousSuspensefulMusic2018-11-03_-_Dark_Fog_-_David_Fesliyan.mp3 Connect with us: killerhearttohearts@gmail.com Follow us on: Tik Tok Follow us on: Instagram Like us on: Facebook Follow us on: Twitter

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Hosted by real-life couple William Cannon and Elise Buedel, Killer Heart to Hearts isn’t just another true crime podcast. It’s immersive, sharply written, and emotionally honest. With a tone that’s darkly witty, culturally aware, and often chilling, each episode dissects stories of murder, disappearance, and betrayal — always with a human heartbeat beneath the horror. Whether it’s the psychology of an incel, the mystery of a locked hotel room, or a murder staged to look like a suicide, we dive into the shadows — and bring our listeners with us.

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  • Creator
    Elise Buedel & William Cannon
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    91
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Killer Heart To Hearts
  • Show Website
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