U.S HIDDEN CRIMES

UTIMEDIA

U.S. Hidden Crimes uncovers the dark truths behind America's most concealed criminal cases, stories the public was never meant to hear. Each episode dives deep into crimes that were buried, covered up, or overlooked by the justice system and mainstream media. If you believe the full story is rarely told, this is the podcast that tells it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support.

  1. 14h ago

    The Woman who was found death after exchanging contact with a Man

    This collection follows the 2009 murder of Rebecca Koster, a cheerful 24 year old home health aide from Medford, Long Island, from the bar encounter and the false text messages sent from her phone to her roadside discovery in Connecticut and the investigation across two states. It then traces the long legal aftermath, including the 2013 conviction of Evans Ganthier, the 2021 appellate affirmation, and the 2025 federal ruling that vacated the verdict over a Confrontation Clause error involving the autopsy evidence, with the state's appeal still pending. Woven through it are careful corrections of common misconceptions and reflective lessons on trust, grief, forensic work, fairness, and honoring the victim as a person rather than a plot point. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  2. 2d ago

    How a Mother was caught on a Hospital surveillance camera poisoning son with salt

    The document is a layered true crime study of two separate deaths that a Crime Watch Daily broadcast placed side by side: five year old Garnett Spears, whose mother Lacey Spears was convicted of depraved indifference murder after investigators found a lethal sodium level in his body, and twenty year old Brandon Ellingson, who drowned on the Lake of the Ozarks while handcuffed in the custody of Missouri trooper Anthony Piercy. It moves from a full chronological narration through close examinations of the hospital room, the apartment, the patrol boat and the inquest, then maps the web of relatives, witnesses, doctors, detectives, prosecutors, whistleblowers and officials who connected each case before and after the deaths, always marking where sources conflict or the record is silent. The closing sections correct common misconceptions and draw out lessons on institutional oversight, fragmented medical and child protection records, training, evidence preservation, and the difference between an allegation, a charge and a conviction, arguing that trust must always be paired with responsibility and verification. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  3. 2d ago

    You Would Never Imagine What This Teen did to a Pedophile

    The document opens with a Crime Watch Daily transcript covering three cases: Mark Berrios, sentenced to life in Florida for fatally shooting used car salesman Olen Lee Hepler at fifteen and now alleging repeated rape beforehand, a claim prosecutors doubt because it was never raised at trial; the unsolved murder of Selena Dalton and the disappearance of her infant daughter in Virginia; and Abby Honold's survival of a brutal assault and her advocacy for trauma informed police interviewing. It then expands into a long narrated script on the Berrios case, tracing his runaway years, his encounter with Hepler, the shooting, his arrest and the conflict between his early and later accounts, while carefully marking which claims come from court records, news reports or the family. The remainder examines the Tonya Craft prosecution, in which a Georgia kindergarten teacher was acquitted of twenty two child abuse charges, using that case to explore suggestive interviewing of young children, strained adult relationships, the gap between allegation and verdict, and the lasting personal, financial and familial costs of an uncertain truth. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  4. 2d ago

    The Teacher Who was Confronted by Cops after Having Sex with 11-Year-Old

    This compilation brings together long form true crime writing on two very different cases of child abuse allegations: the prosecution of Georgia kindergarten teacher Tonya Craft, who was acquitted on all twenty two counts after a divided community and a contested investigation, and the Illinois case of former substitute teacher Alley Bardfield, who pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault of an eleven year old student and received a ten year sentence. It traces the people, relationships and events that led to each case, along with the investigations, trials, civil lawsuits and aftermath, while keeping facts, allegations and commentary carefully apart. It closes with reflective themes on the abuse of trust, the reliability of children's accounts, institutional responsibility and the need for accurate retelling that protects the privacy of the children involved. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  5. 3d ago

    Kindergarten Teacher accused of 22 counts of Child Molestation acquitted

    In 2008 Tonya Craft, a Georgia kindergarten teacher, was arrested on twenty two counts of child molestation after three young girls, one of them her own daughter, were questioned about her. She lost her job, her home, and daily contact with her children before a five week trial in 2010 ended with a jury acquitting her on every count, a verdict that rested on contested interviews, suggestible young witnesses, and a tangle of custody disputes and strained friendships rather than any physical evidence. The account separates what the record establishes from what the defense and the accusers each alleged, follows her path afterward through a civil suit, a memoir, and a law career, and argues that the case teaches careful interviewing of children, humility about what a verdict can prove, and the fairness owed to both the vulnerable and the accused. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  6. 3d ago

    A Good Samaritan Murdered a Woman He brought Home from Bar and This happened

    In July 2016, Heather Young, a forty two year old mother of three, left a bar in Onaway, Michigan, after a painful quarrel with her boyfriend and accepted an offer of a spare room from a local man named Brenton Walker. What began as a missing person inquiry, driven by her mother's alarm and an oddly parked car, became a homicide investigation that led detectives to a burn pit and a recorded confession, ending in a guilty plea to second degree murder and a sentence of forty five to seventy years. The account weighs the documented record against its gaps, examines how trust in small communities can be exploited, and insists that responsibility rests entirely with the killer while Heather is remembered as a whole person rather than a cautionary tale. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  7. 3d ago

    A 28-year-old Woman Strangled with Her Bikini - Full Story

    This extended true crime narration reconstructs the August 2015 murder of Crystal Caralea Pifer, a twenty eight year old mother from Daytona Beach who was beaten and strangled after a stalled boat trip on Florida's Halifax River with her boyfriend, Thomas Anthony Prins. It follows the case from her desperate plea to a stranger in a dinghy and the two 911 calls through the discovery of her body, the interrogation, the forensic and medical findings, and the background audio of an ignition key that dismantled Prins's account at trial. Interwoven with a companion study of the scene and its aftermath and a closing examination of the people connected to the crime, it ends with Prins's conviction and sentence of life without parole, and with reflections on domestic violence, bystander courage, and the evidence that gave Crystal's death a verdict. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

  8. 3d ago

    He killed his brother’s entire family and then set both their houses on fire

    This collection examines the 2018 Colts Neck, New Jersey murders of Keith and Jennifer Caneiro and their children Jesse and Sophia, and the conviction of Keith's brother Paul after a slow unraveling of financial concealment, staged arson, and layered forensic proof. Around that central narrative it assembles a character and connections analysis, a myth correcting segment, and a reflective essay on trust, oversight, procedural justice, and the unresolved questions of motive and appeal. It also contains one unrelated passage about the investigation of a Nashville poisoning case, which sits apart from the Caneiro material and appears to have been included by mistake. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support. Got a tip or a case we should investigate? Email us at krimepodcast@gmail.com. We post new episodes every day. Follow and subscribe so you never miss one. This episode includes AI-generated content.

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U.S. Hidden Crimes uncovers the dark truths behind America's most concealed criminal cases, stories the public was never meant to hear. Each episode dives deep into crimes that were buried, covered up, or overlooked by the justice system and mainstream media. If you believe the full story is rarely told, this is the podcast that tells it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/u-s-hidden-crimes--6962513/support.

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  • Creator
    UTIMEDIA
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    375
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright UTIMEDIA
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