True Crime & Wine

John Matthews

Created by veteran law enforcement officer and winery owner, John Matthews, True Crime & Wine blends the audience’s passion for true crime with their love of wine. During each True Crime & Wine show, we will spotlight an intriguing serial killer case and invite our listeners to profile the criminals, crime scenes, victims and geography along with us as they enjoy a glass or bottle of wine. Why serial killers and wine, while the answer is simple since I’m the only award-winning winemaker in the world that has captured a serial killer. No comedians or armchair entertainers here, this is real true crime and real wine. Each episode myself and Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, will take you on a journey profiling some of the most interesting and intriguing serial killer cases from around the world. I’ve got my favorite Cassaro wine ready, so pour yourself a glass of Cassaro Crime Scene, killer cabernet or murderous merlot and join us for True Crime & Wine.

  1. 5d ago

    The Grim Sleeper

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of a killer who terrorized South Central Los Angeles...except for the 14 years when he seemingly didn't. Listen in as John discusses how this garbage man & occasional mechanic hunted Black women in crime-ridden 1980s LA. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile how an apparently good father with a devoutly Christian wife targeted at least a dozen women -- & collected photographs of many more likely victims. Follow along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of a murderer who was brazen enough to live down the street from a billboard offering a reward for his capture & drive a bright orange Ford Pinto. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile this episode's murderous military man along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 19m

  2. May 27

    The Singing Soldier

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of the smiling, singing soldier Edward Leonski, a US Army private stationed in Australia during WWII. Listen in as John discusses how this hard-drinking charmer with mommy issues killed three women in just 16 days as part of a twisted plan to steal their voices. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile this baby-faced New Jersey native's swift journey into serial strangling as he prowled the darkened streets of 1942 Melbourne. Follow along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of a member of the US Army Signal Corps who became known Down Under as the Brownout Strangler for his intensely personal nighttime kills. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile this episode's murderous military man along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 5m

  3. May 12

    Genene Jones

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of Genene Jones, a Texas nurse whose warped ideas about illness led her to murder the babies in her care. Listen in as John discusses how a woman whose own psychosis centered on fictitious sickness began to play God with the lives of infants in intensive care. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile a rare female killer along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of a healthcare worker who sought out jobs that gave her access to the helpless babies & young children who became her victims -- unless she decided to save them. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile this episode's murderous nurse along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 8m

  4. Apr 28

    The Cook Brothers

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of two brothers, born nearly a decade apart, who first began to bond over rape & murder. Listen in as John discusses how a seemingly good guy who only had a few traffic tickets fell under the influence of his violent older sibling & joined his life of crime. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile this savage duo along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of men who really only became a part of each other's lives when they teamed up to hunt people down. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile this episode's killer siblings along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 10m

  5. Apr 14

    The Giggling Granny

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. To kick off the fourth season of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of a female serial killer who was only looking for love...except when she was traveling from state to state looking for money & murder. Listen in as John discusses how the traumatic childhood of this romance-obsessed woman may have led her into a pattern of discarded marriages, ongoing affairs, and the deaths of her children, grandchildren, husbands, and mother. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile this poisoner along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of a rare female predator who spent decades on the hunt. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile this episode's serial murderer along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 12m

  6. Mar 25

    The Cape Cod Cannibal

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of a serial killer whose crimes were set against the backdrop of the 1960s counterculture movement in a haze of sex, drugs, & murder. Listen in as John discusses how a politically ambitious DA, the author Kurt Vonnegut, & a murderous marijuana farmer who doubled as a police informant came together in one of the highest-profile criminal cases of the hippie era. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile this killer along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of this alleged cannibal, who repeatedly claimed that his alter ego was the real criminal. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile this episode's serial murderer along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 11m

  7. Mar 10

    Patrick MacKay

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of a serial killer whose methods and victims were so varied that police only began tying him to a string of crimes after he murdered a priest. Listen in as John discusses how this Nazi sympathizer, whose childhood teacher warned that he would grow up to murder women, might kill you & then take a nap in your chair -- or limit himself to robbing you & then asking for a drink of water before walking away. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile this killer along with John as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of a man who is still serving time for the deaths of victims aged 4 to 92. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile the "Devil's Disciple" along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 12m

  8. Feb 24

    The Toybox Killer

    NEW True Crime & Wine wines NOW AVAILABLE The Investigation collection is made especially for our true crime lovers. Order today! These frighteningly delicious wines are a great addition to your favorite podcast -- or your next party. With a portion of the proceeds supporting the nonprofit DNA Doe Project, why not collect them all? Offered in collaboration with WineShop At Home. In this episode of his popular True Crime & Wine series, John Matthews delves into the story of a serial killer for whom the kill wasn't the thrill -- but raping & torturing drugged women for months at a time was. Listen in as John explains how this vicious sadist recruited a friend, girlfriend, and even his daughter to help him lure women to a soundproofed trailer for his experiments in physical & psychological terror. During the session, audience members will have an opportunity to profile this killer along with him as he offers up his personal police perspective on the MO of a man who was never convicted of murder despite potentially having dozens of female victims. Enjoy a glass of wine and profile the killer along with John and co-host Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, as they present this thrilling true crime case. Can't get enough of this chilling series? Shop True Crime to find all your favorite merch, and for those 21+, join the True Crime and Wine Club from Cassaro Winery and Vineyard. Find John on socials everywhere! @jjtruecrimeandwine

    1h 29m
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Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
4 Ratings

About

Created by veteran law enforcement officer and winery owner, John Matthews, True Crime & Wine blends the audience’s passion for true crime with their love of wine. During each True Crime & Wine show, we will spotlight an intriguing serial killer case and invite our listeners to profile the criminals, crime scenes, victims and geography along with us as they enjoy a glass or bottle of wine. Why serial killers and wine, while the answer is simple since I’m the only award-winning winemaker in the world that has captured a serial killer. No comedians or armchair entertainers here, this is real true crime and real wine. Each episode myself and Brandy Diamond, the popular podcast host of Texas Wine and True Crime, will take you on a journey profiling some of the most interesting and intriguing serial killer cases from around the world. I’ve got my favorite Cassaro wine ready, so pour yourself a glass of Cassaro Crime Scene, killer cabernet or murderous merlot and join us for True Crime & Wine.

Information

  • Creator
    John Matthews
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 John Matthews
  • Show Website
    True Crime & Wine

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