68 episodes

Crossing the Line is a true crime podcast revealing cases of the missing and murdered, told start-to-finish each week. Using the campfire storytelling style that made Paper Ghosts a #1 hit on the charts, host M. William Phelps connects deeply with families touched by violent crime - he understands them, because he is one of them. Having gone through the murder of his own pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps brings not only his personal experience, but also 20-plus years of investigative journalism into the worlds of these stories. Follow and subscribe to Crossing the Line for a weekly dose of murder, mayhem and madness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps M. William Phelps

    • True Crime
    • 4.7 • 1K Ratings

Crossing the Line is a true crime podcast revealing cases of the missing and murdered, told start-to-finish each week. Using the campfire storytelling style that made Paper Ghosts a #1 hit on the charts, host M. William Phelps connects deeply with families touched by violent crime - he understands them, because he is one of them. Having gone through the murder of his own pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps brings not only his personal experience, but also 20-plus years of investigative journalism into the worlds of these stories. Follow and subscribe to Crossing the Line for a weekly dose of murder, mayhem and madness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Dead Man Talking: "Papa" Tom Perez is Missing

    Dead Man Talking: "Papa" Tom Perez is Missing

    A man goes out to get the mail and disappears. His son is immediately suspected of his murder. After a near 20-hour marathon interrogation by police, the son breaks down and admits he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors … only there’s one shocking twist nobody inside that police department could have ever seen coming.
    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 
    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.
    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.
    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.
     

    • 28 min
    The Black-Hearted Murders: Jeff and Jean Navin

    The Black-Hearted Murders: Jeff and Jean Navin

    Husband and wife Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin go missing one day from their Easton, CT, home and family members and police are baffled. No one has heard from the couple in days. The prominent Navin family own and operate a successful trash collection service Jeffrey and Jeanette were in the process of selling. Had they sold out and taken off on an extended vacation without tellng anyone? When their son’s girlfriend is questioned, her stories don’t line up and it seems she has some explaining to do as blood is found inside the Navin home, as it becomes clear that the couple has not gone on vacation. 
    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 
    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.
    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.
    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.
     

    • 27 min
    The Eye Drop Murder: Jessy Kurczewski and Lynn Hernan

    The Eye Drop Murder: Jessy Kurczewski and Lynn Hernan

    A well-loved, adored woman, living alone, is found unconscious one day and pronounced dead at the scene. Her caretaker suggests that the empty pill bottles and crushed up medication around the woman indicates either suicide or accidental overdose. And police agree … intially. That is, until a few friends step forward and say that Lynn Hernan had about $300,000 reason to live. And sure enough, after an autopsy, it is learned that Lynn was poisoned with the main chemical found in Visine eye drops. 
    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 
    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.
    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.
    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.
     
     

    • 30 min
    Bonus Episode: The Karen Read Trial Decision

    Bonus Episode: The Karen Read Trial Decision

    The jury in the Karen Read trial came back with a non-decision–and it made a lot of people unhappy. In this bonus Crossing the Line episode, Phelps talks about justice for victim John O'Keefe and his family, and what happened in the Commonwealth v. Karen Read case, past, present, and any future jury Read might face. Look out for a special announcement about a Karen Read longform narrative podcast Phelps is currently working on. 
    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 
    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.
    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.
    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.
     

    • 21 min
    The Tag Sale Murder: Elvira Segura

    The Tag Sale Murder: Elvira Segura

    A librarian opens up her home to a bookseller after he loses his job. They hit it off, platonically. He becomes the handyman and she provides his room and board. But when they decide to have a tag sale one day, and she fails to show up for it, neighbors wonder where she’s gone. Years later, while court arguments take place about a suspect in her disappearance, not even that suspect’s own lawyer realizes his client is dead, too. Nor that Elvira Segura’s corpse had sat inside her house for two weeks before anyone discovered she was dead.  
    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 
    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.
    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.
    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

    • 32 min
    The Karen Read Murder Trial: More with Dr. Turtleboy and the Misogynistic Mass State Police - Part 2

    The Karen Read Murder Trial: More with Dr. Turtleboy and the Misogynistic Mass State Police - Part 2

    In Part 2 of the Karen Read murder trial, Dr. Turtleboy talks about his exclusive reporting on the plow driver and if John O’Keefe, the victim’s body, was on the front lawn of the Albert property at 2:30 a.m. on January 29, 2022, when Karen Read would have been sound asleep miles away–and how far the Mass State Police will go to save face, along with the charges Turtleboy himself faces.    
    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more. 
    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 hit podcast PAPER GHOSTS wherever you get your favorite shows.
    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.
    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.
     

    • 32 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
1K Ratings

1K Ratings

Lucius M ,

Hard and Biting

Love the passion and the rawness of each episode! Best true crime podcast by far!

MaryAnne68 ,

Great Truth Teller

If you love true crime and you are looking for a podcast that tells it with truth and compassion then this is the show for you. Phelps has a great way of telling the story and not losing sight of the true victims. This and Paper Ghosts are two of my favorite podcasts.

vistaML ,

Great episode.

Unbelievable what the police will do to get a confession. 😢

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