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CRIMERY is a long-form true crime podcast that goes beyond headlines to examine the people, psychology, and systems behind some of the most disturbing crimes in American history. Each episode is built from original research, police records, court documents, and contemporary reporting — presented with narrative restraint and respect for victims and their families. CRIMERY focuses not just on what happened, but how it was allowed to happen, and why certain cases continue to haunt communities decades later. From unsolved disappearances and cold cases to infamous crimes hidden behind public personas, CRIMERY strips away myth, rumor, and sensationalism to reveal uncomfortable truths — about power, violence, silence, and the cost of looking away. This is not fast crime. This is not speculation disguised as storytelling. These are carefully constructed investigations into crimes that still matter.

  1. THE MORGAN PETERS MURDER: 9 STORIES IN A BIKER MAGAZINE

    APR 24

    THE MORGAN PETERS MURDER: 9 STORIES IN A BIKER MAGAZINE

    Send us Fan Mail THE MORGAN PETERS MURDER: 9 STORIES IN A BIKER MAGAZINE AND A 47-YEAR COLD CASE  In 1972, 29-year-old wrestler and gym equipment installer Morgan Peters Jr. vanished along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in rural Franklin County, Pennsylvania. What began as the cold case murder of a husband and father from Bay Shore, New York, eventually unraveled into something far darker: a roadside robbery crew, a second young victim named Jane Maguire, a surviving witness named Harvey Hoffman, and a killer who may have been confessing in biker magazines for years. In this episode of Crimery, Tim Novotney digs into the Morgan Peters murder, the twisted highway ruse used by Larry “Jody” Via and Charmaine Phillips, and the shocking way investigators finally connected the case nearly five decades later. But this story goes beyond one murder. If three published biker magazine stories match real crimes, what about the other six? This is a haunting true crime story about the Pennsylvania Turnpike, unsolved murder, cold case investigation, hidden confessions, and the chilling possibility that Morgan Peters was not the only victim. For more episodes, merch, and updates, visit crimery.show.  Morgan Peters Jr, Morgan Peters murder, Jody Via, Larry Via, Charmaine Phillips, Pennsylvania Turnpike murder, Pennsylvania cold case, Franklin County murder, Metal Township, 1972 murder case, Jane Maguire, Harvey Hoffman, biker magazine confession, Outlaw Biker magazine, Easyriders magazine, unsolved murder solved, cold case solved after 47 years, true crime podcast, Crimery Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    33 min
  2. IN COLD BLOOD (PART 4): THE CORNER

    APR 17

    IN COLD BLOOD (PART 4): THE CORNER

    Send us Fan Mail IN COLD BLOOD PART 4: THE CORNER, THE EXECUTIONS, AND WHAT TRUMAN CAPOTE GOT WRONG In the final episode of Crimery’s four-part series on Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, host Jennifer Novotney takes you through the last chapter of one of the most famous true crime books ever written. This episode covers the trial of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, the guilty verdict, their years on death row at the Kansas State Penitentiary, and the executions that brought the Clutter family murders to their legal end.  But this episode goes further than the case itself. Jennifer also breaks down the deeper story behind In Cold Blood: Capote’s relationship with Perry Smith, the emotional cost of finishing the book, the ethics of narrative nonfiction, and the major scenes and details that Capote may have fabricated, altered, or reshaped for dramatic effect. From Alvin Dewey and “The Corner” to Perry’s final words and the book’s controversial ending, this is a close look at how a masterpiece can also be morally and journalistically complicated.  If you care about true crime, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood analysis, the Clutter murders, Perry Smith, Richard Hickock, or the line between fact and storytelling, this is the episode to hear. Listen now at crimery.show In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood Part 4, The Corner, Jennifer Novotney, Crimery podcast, Clutter family murders, Perry Smith, Richard Hickock, Alvin Dewey, Holcomb Kansas murders, Kansas State Penitentiary, death row, capital punishment, true crime podcast, narrative nonfiction, nonfiction novel, Capote fabricated scenes, Capote ethics, In Cold Blood ending Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    45 min
  3. IN COLD BLOOD (PART 3): THE ANSWER

    APR 11

    IN COLD BLOOD (PART 3): THE ANSWER

    Send us Fan Mail IN COLD BLOOD PART 3: THE ANSWER — PERRY SMITH’S CONFESSION, THE CLUTTER MURDERS, AND CAPOTE’S DARKEST CHAPTER  In Part 3 of Crimery’s four-part In Cold Blood series, Jennifer Novotney takes you into the section Truman Capote withheld until the book’s emotional breaking point: “Answer.” This is the episode where the 46-day manhunt ends in Las Vegas, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are arrested, and Perry finally tells Alvin Dewey what happened inside the Clutter house. The script centers on the arrest, the interrogation, the long drive back to Kansas, the full confession, and the literary choices that make this section one of the most studied passages in true crime history.  This episode explores the actual murder account of Herb Clutter, Bonnie Clutter, Nancy Clutter, and Kenyon Clutter, the false promise of the safe that never existed, the split between Dick Hickock’s version and Perry Smith’s version, and why Capote frames Perry’s confession as the emotional center of In Cold Blood. It also breaks down Capote’s technique — the shift into present tense, the dual timeline of confession and memory, and the way he forces readers to sit inside horror rather than observe it from a distance. You’ll also hear why Holcomb’s relief after the arrests was tangled with disbelief, why the “answer” in this section is not closure, and how Part 3 sets up the final chapter of the story: the trial, death row, Capote’s ethical controversies, and the cost of turning murder into literature. If you’re reading along, this is the episode where everything breaks open. Host: Jennifer Novotney Website: www.crimery.show Buy the "In Cold Blood" here: https://amzn.to/4sCZUj2 Keywords: In Cold Blood Part 3, In Cold Blood Answer, Truman Capote podcast, Clutter family murders, Perry Smith confession, Dick Hickock confession, Alvin Dewey, Holcomb Kansas murders, true crime book podcast, literary true crime, nonfiction novel, Capote analysis, Crimery, Jennifer Novotney Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    37 min
  4. IN COLD BLOOD (PART 2): PERSONS UNKNOWN

    APR 3

    IN COLD BLOOD (PART 2): PERSONS UNKNOWN

    Send us Fan Mail IN COLD BLOOD (PART 2): PERSONS UNKNOWN — THE CLUTTER MURDERS, ALVIN DEWEY, AND THE HUNT FOR PERRY SMITH  The Clutter family is dead. Holcomb, Kansas is in shock. And for 6 weeks, investigators have nothing: no suspects, no motive, no real leads. In Part 2 of Crimery’s 4-part In Cold Blood series, host Jennifer Novotney follows the story into its most unsettling section: “Persons Unknown.” This is where Truman Capote’s book stops being only about the murders — and starts becoming a study of fear, suspicion, obsession, and the men who did it. This episode explores the horrifying discovery of the Clutter family murders, the collapse of safety in Holcomb, KBI investigator Alvin Dewey’s desperate search for answers, and the 6-week stretch where the killers remained unknown. Then the story turns: a prison tip changes everything, and the hunt for Perry Smith and Dick Hickock begins. But this episode goes deeper than the investigation. It also explores why Capote made Perry Smith the emotional center of In Cold Blood — and why that choice still disturbs readers today. In this episode:  The discovery of the Clutter family murders  Why Holcomb, Kansas stopped trusting itself  Alvin Dewey and the weight of a case with no answers  Floyd Wells, the prison tip, and the break that changed everything  Perry Smith’s childhood, trauma, and the controversy around Capote’s sympathy  Dick Hickock, the planner behind the crime  Why “Persons Unknown” is one of the most psychologically unsettling sections of In Cold BloodIf you’re reading along, this episode covers Part 2: “Persons Unknown” and sets up Part 3: “The Answer.” Host: Jennifer Novotney Show: Crimery Website: crimery.show Buy the "In Cold Blood" here: https://amzn.to/4sCZUj2 KEYWORDS In Cold Blood, Truman Capote, Clutter family murders, Persons Unknown, Perry Smith, Dick Hickock, Alvin Dewey, Holcomb Kansas murders, Herbert Clutter, Nancy Clutter, Kenyon Clutter, Bonnie Clutter, Floyd Wells, true crime podcast, literary true crime, Jennifer Novotney, Crimery Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    35 min
  5. IN COLD BLOOD (PART 1): THE LAST TO SEE THEM ALIVE

    MAR 27

    IN COLD BLOOD (PART 1): THE LAST TO SEE THEM ALIVE

    Send us Fan Mail In this special Crimery series opener, host Jennifer Novotney is back and takes you inside In Cold Blood — the true crime classic that changed American storytelling forever. This is Part 1: The Last to See Them Alive, covering the 1959 Clutter family murders in Holcomb, Kansas, the quiet wheat-town world they lived in, and the writing genius that made Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood one of the most important true crime books ever published.  Before the killers are fully known, before the investigation unfolds, this episode focuses on the victims: Herb Clutter, Bonnie Clutter, Nancy Clutter, and Kenyon Clutter — and the final ordinary day before everything was destroyed. Jennifer breaks down the opening structure of In Cold Blood, Capote’s “nonfiction novel” approach, and why this first section remains one of the most studied openings in true crime and American literature.  If you’re searching for:  In Cold Blood podcast, Truman Capote true crime, Clutter family murders, Holcomb Kansas murders, true crime book analysis, or Jennifer Novotney Crimery, this episode is for you. What you’ll hear in this episode:  How Truman Capote turned the Clutter murders into a literary landmark Why Holcomb, Kansas mattered so much to the emotional power of the case Who the Clutters really were before they became victims How Capote used suspense, crosscutting, and characterization to reshape true crime writing Why In Cold Blood still influences modern podcasts, documentaries, and crime storytelling today This is Part 1 of a 4-part Crimery series on In Cold Blood. Host: Jennifer Novotney Show: Crimery Website: www.crimery.show Buy "In Cold Blood" https://amzn.to/4sCZUj2 Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    38 min
  6. BUCKS COUNTY HORROR: THE PIG ROASTER MURDERS OF COSMO DINARDO

    MAR 20

    BUCKS COUNTY HORROR: THE PIG ROASTER MURDERS OF COSMO DINARDO

    Send us Fan Mail Four young men disappear in Bucks County, Pennsylvania after setting out to buy marijuana. What police called a drug deal gone wrong soon turns into one of the most disturbing true crime cases in Pennsylvania history. In this episode of Crimery, host Tim Novotney goes deep into the Cosmo DiNardo case, the murders of Jimi Patrick, Dean Finocchiaro, Tom Meo, and Mark Sturgis, and the terrifying question at the center of it all: was this really just a failed weed deal, or was something much darker happening on that 90-acre family farm? This is the case of the Pig Roaster Murders — a wealthy Bucks County family, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic son with dozens of police contacts, a missed warrant, a backhoe, a burn tank, and four victims who never should have died. What you’ll hear in this episode: How Cosmo DiNardo lured four young men to his family’s Bucks County farmWhy the official “drug deal gone wrong” theory doesn’t fully explain the killingsThe role of Sean Kratz and the confession tapes that shocked PennsylvaniaHow a missed gun warrant may have changed everythingWhy this case says as much about money, privilege, and system failure as it does about murderIf you follow true crime podcasts, Pennsylvania murder cases, Bucks County crime, or the Cosmo DiNardo murders, this episode is for you. Host: Tim Novotney Show: Crimery Website: www.crimery.show Music: "No Copyright True Crime Investigation Music" Artist: Soundridemusic https://youtube.com/@soundridemusic Cosmo DiNardo, Sean Kratz, Bucks County murders, Pig Roaster Murders, Bucks County horror, Pennsylvania true crime, Jimi Patrick, Dean Finocchiaro, Tom Meo, Mark Sturgis, Solebury murders, Bucks County farm murders, Crimery podcast, Tim Novotney, Pennsylvania murder case, wealthy suburb murder, drug deal gone wrong Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    36 min
  7. KAREN READ: MURDER OR COVER-UP IN CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS

    MAR 12

    KAREN READ: MURDER OR COVER-UP IN CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS

    Send us Fan Mail KAREN READ: MURDER OR COVER-UP IN CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS A Boston police officer is found face-down in the snow outside a fellow officer's home in Canton, Massachusetts. His name is John O'Keefe. He had been lying there for hours. His girlfriend, Karen Read, was accused of backing into him with her Lexus SUV and leaving him to die in a blizzard. But after two trials, two juries, and years of courtroom battles, the question still hasn't gone away: What really happened to John O'Keefe? In this episode of Crimery, host Tim Novotney breaks down the full Karen Read case — the timeline, the party at 34 Fairview Road, the nor'easter, the injuries, the "hos long to die in cold" Google search at 2:27 AM, the broken taillight evidence, the dog bite theory, Michael Proctor's devastating text messages, and the courtroom collapse that changed everything. This is a deep-dive into one of the most divisive true crime cases in recent American history. If you've been following the Karen Read case — or you want a clear, detailed, no-BS breakdown from an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker — this episode is for you. Host: Tim Novotney | 3x Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Show: Crimery — True Crime  PodcastWebsite: www.crimery.show Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    37 min
  8. MAURA MURRAY DISAPPEARANCE: THE 7-MINUTE WINDOW

    FEB 27

    MAURA MURRAY DISAPPEARANCE: THE 7-MINUTE WINDOW

    Send us Fan Mail MAURA MURRAY DISAPPEARANCE: THE 7-MINUTE WINDOW, ROUTE 112 CRASH, WITNESS A’S SUV, AND THE FINGERPRINT MATCH On February 9, 2004, 21-year-old UMass nursing student Maura Murray crashed her black Saturn sedan on a dark curve on Route 112 in Haverhill, New Hampshire. A local bus driver stopped to help. Maura asked him not to call police. He called 911 anyway. And in the time between that call and the first officer’s arrival, Maura Murray vanished. Seven minutes. No confirmed footprints into the woods.  No confirmed struggle.  No confirmed sightings that night—only contradictions. Inside the Saturn: accident forms, MapQuest directions, personal items, and signs of alcohol.  Missing: Maura’s phone, cards, and backpack. This case became one of the most debated disappearances in American true crime because the evidence points in more than one direction: • A neighbor’s early 911 report that later changed  • “Witness A” reporting an SUV parked nose-to-nose with the Saturn before the official arrival time • A tracking dog following Maura’s scent down the roadway—then stopping, consistent with entering a vehicle • A later report of a fast-moving pedestrian miles away • The delayed response and early “runaway/suicidal” framing that shaped the investigation for years Now, decades later, the case is still active—and a major forensic development has re-focused attention: a fingerprint match tied to an identified individual whose name surfaced years after Maura disappeared. In this episode, host Tim Novotney breaks down Maura’s final days, the minute-by-minute crash timeline, the disputed 7-minute window on Route 112, the key witnesses, investigative missteps, and the evidence that still has not been explained. Verified facts first. And when theory is discussed, it’s clearly labeled. Listen, then decide what you believe happened in the seven minutes no one can account for. Website: www.crimery.show Support the show CRIMERY Tip line & inquiries: crimerypod@gmail.com If you found this episode valuable, follow, rate, and review in your podcast app it really helps others find the show. Legal: Everyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Content may include descriptions of violence. Listener discretion advised. ©2025 CRIMERY. All rights reserved.

    50 min
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CRIMERY is a long-form true crime podcast that goes beyond headlines to examine the people, psychology, and systems behind some of the most disturbing crimes in American history. Each episode is built from original research, police records, court documents, and contemporary reporting — presented with narrative restraint and respect for victims and their families. CRIMERY focuses not just on what happened, but how it was allowed to happen, and why certain cases continue to haunt communities decades later. From unsolved disappearances and cold cases to infamous crimes hidden behind public personas, CRIMERY strips away myth, rumor, and sensationalism to reveal uncomfortable truths — about power, violence, silence, and the cost of looking away. This is not fast crime. This is not speculation disguised as storytelling. These are carefully constructed investigations into crimes that still matter.

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  • Creator
    Crimery Inc.
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Crimery
  • Show Website
    Crimery

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