Killer Code

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Unlock the darkest corners of the human mind. Killer Code deciphers the chilling patterns behind history's most notorious serial killers. Dive deep into the psychology, methodologies, and unsolved mysteries that continue to haunt us. We go beyond the headlines to meticulously analyze criminal profiles, forensic evidence, and the societal impact of these heinous acts. Killer Code offers an unparalleled exploration into true crime, revealing the intricate 'code' that drives the most disturbing criminal minds. New episodes are released daily, every Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM, ensuring you always have a fresh dose of gripping true crime content. Each installment provides detailed case studies, expert analysis, and a critical look at the justice system's response to these brutal crimes. This podcast is for true crime enthusiasts, armchair detectives, and anyone fascinated by the darkest aspects of human behavior. If you seek comprehensive, respectful, and deeply researched accounts of serial killer cases, you've found your next obsession. Subscribe to Killer Code now and never miss an investigation.

  1. 19h ago

    Wheel-Well Confession: The Rivernight Dauber That Tied Three Victims

    Wheel-Well Confession: The Rivernight Dauber That Tied Three Victims A sixty-one-year-old bingo regular vanishes from surveillance and is later found with a Silver Meridian dauber in her hand - an object that connects her to two other missing women on the same river corridor. Why did a marker sold forty-six miles upriver end up tucked into Monica Vickers's fingers, and who else was it meant to point toward? In this episode, we follow the routine lives of three riverboat bingo players and the single staff member whose presence overlapped all their voyages, tracing the small details that linked separate deaths across counties and boats into one unsettling pattern. What did a linkage analyst discover when he kept pulling at those threads? Person: Monica Vickers Date: December 9 (vanishing at 9:51 PM) Location: Slip Fourteen, Galloway Bend Marina Person: Wanda Pruitt Person: Donald Sheridan - Monica Vickers was 61 years old and had attended bingo on the Duchess of Pellerin every Tuesday for eleven years. - Monica’s body was found wedged inside a wheel-well housing at Slip Fourteen two days after she vanished. - The bingo dauber found in Monica’s right hand was the kind sold exclusively at the Silver Meridian, located forty-six miles upriver. - Linda Osteen, 58, was found in the Pellerin River eight miles downstream from the Pelican Queen and identified by DNA the following February. - Donald Sheridan, 53, was a senior deckhand who worked across the Pellerin corridor and was present on the three boats during the relevant periods. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    Wheel-Well Confession: The Rivernight Dauber That Tied Three Victims
  2. 1d ago

    The Dry Wristband: How a Clinic Visit Unmasked a Merced Killer

    The Dry Wristband: How a Clinic Visit Unmasked a Merced Killer A single dry hospital wristband on a body found in eight inches of standing water stopped an investigation cold: the band was chemically sealed inside contractor-grade polyethylene during submersion, then left clean on Peggy Price's wrist. Who would wrap a disposable clinic wristband in heavy-gauge plastic and remove the sheeting before leaving a woman to drown? In this episode, we follow the timeline from Peggy Price's clinic appointment card and the November discovery to Detective Pamela Schmidt's methodical review of clinic visitor records and service logs that linked one contractor to Price's visits. The episode traces how a routine maintenance record, lab analysis and one dry wristband forced detectives to ask what didn't fit. Person: Peggy Price Date: November 3-4, 2011 Location: Merced area levee road Person: Detective Pamela Schmidt Company: Central Valley Utility Services - Peggy Price was 26 years old and had arrived in California's Central Valley in August 2011 following the harvest circuit. - Peggy left her bunkhouse with a clinic appointment card dated November 2, 2011 and was estimated to have died between 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m, on November 3, 2011. - Holly Wells discovered Price's body at 6:30 a.m. on November 4, 2011; the body was face-down in eight inches of standing water. - Donald Berry, owner of Central Valley Utility Services, was onsite at the Merced clinic on September 18, 2011 and at the Atwater clinic on July 11, 2011 - dates matching Price's clinic visits. - Forensic lab testing (received in late spring 2012) found adhesive residue on the wristband matching contractor-grade polyethylene, indicating the band had been sealed inside heavy-gauge plastic while submerged. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Dry Wristband: How a Clinic Visit Unmasked a Merced Killer
  3. 2d ago

    The Motel Door That Gave Way: How a Quiet Latch Hid a Serial Killer

    The Motel Door That Gave Way: How a Quiet Latch Hid a Serial Killer A routine motel latch, misaligned by the width of a strike plate, turned a private room into a crime scene; a service worker found Philip Whitfield’s body eleven minutes after he was expected and the detail that broke the case was a door that “gave” without force. How did a slowly worked door latch and a forty-second van on security footage connect one man’s death to a pattern along a highway corridor? In this episode, we lay out the sequence of discoveries from the motel room to the patrols and paperwork that followed, describing the physical evidence, witness accounts, and timelines that shifted the investigation from robbery to something far more chilling. What link emerges between the misaligned strike plate, the folded paper cap, and other victims along Garrison Boulevard? Person: Philip Whitfield Age: 47 Event: Death by ligature strangulation Location: Room 114, Calvert Arms Motel on Garrison Boulevard Time gap: Eleven minutes between scheduled reader arrival and discovery - Whitfield served twenty-two years in the Army and was found with his DD-214 in a manila envelope in his duffel. - Time of death estimated thirty to forty hours before discovery, placing it on Sunday evening. - Housekeeping left a folded paper cap over a water glass after Whitfield arrived and before he died. - A detective found the rear door knob turned freely three days after discovery; the strike plate was misaligned without signs of force. - Security footage at 11:14 p.m. on Sunday shows a blue utility van pausing at the lot edge for approximately forty seconds. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Motel Door That Gave Way: How a Quiet Latch Hid a Serial Killer
  4. 3d ago

    The Search Captain Who Knew Where She Lay: Inside a Killer's Access

    The Search Captain Who Knew Where She Lay: Inside a Killer's Access A dependable volunteer search captain already knew the locked admin roads and gate code that left no federal log entry, while a meticulous billing coordinator vanished with her keys in the ignition and was found eleven days later off an unmarked service track; who had that access and why did no record show it? This episode centers on two women found off unmarked admin roads in the Siskiyaw National Recreation Area, a six-digit gate code on a laminated card, and a search captain whose contractor access had expired four years earlier-how did those facts align? In this episode, we detail the scene at the Forest Service Road 4418 pullout, the timeline from discovery to medical examiner findings, and the overlapping roles of volunteer search and rescue and contractor access in the Siskiyaw NRA. We follow the clues that linked boot prints, gate codes, and expired contracts to the question of who could move through those roads without leaving a federal record. Person: Gina Harris Age: 31 Location: Siskiyaw National Recreation Area, Forest Service Road 4418 pullout Cause: Manual strangulation (determined by medical examiner) Discovery interval: Body found 11 days after car; death occurred within 48 hours of disappearance - Keys were left in the ignition of Gina Harris’s silver Civic found at noon at the pullout. - Gina Harris left a handwritten bowling scorecard on her kitchen counter the morning she disappeared. - The gate code was six digits long and written on a laminated card in a manila folder in Carl Wallace’s home office. - Carl Wallace’s contractor contract to inspect septic risers at a private campground expired in 2007; he first learned the code in 2002. - A partial boot print beside Gina’s car was size eleven, Vibram Mountaineer lug sole, photographed and filed with no initial match. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Search Captain Who Knew Where She Lay: Inside a Killer's Access
  5. 4d ago

    She Watched Women Walk In - The Lockwood Vanishing Pattern

    She Watched Women Walk In - The Lockwood Vanishing Pattern A commuter pass bought at 7:22 a.m. eleven days after a woman disappeared, a storage unit closed in person by the owner after the tenant vanished, and a body recovered three miles from the station - what connects these concrete traces? Discover how a single financial thread and a self-storage operator intersect with three women who went missing from commuter parking lots, and what one detective refused to let go cold. In this episode, we lay out the timeline, the records, and the decisions that tied the cases together. You will hear where and when key transactions happened, which actions were taken by the storage owner, and why those details kept Detective Sherry Baker following a paper trail that others overlooked - but what did those records actually conceal? Person: Kelly Chambers Date: August 3, 2019 (last seen), August 14, 2019 (commuter pass purchase), August 21, 2019 (body recovered) Location: Fenmore Station long-term commuter lot; Lockwood Self-Storage Hollis Pike; Ridgeback Creek tributary Person: Monica Barrett Event: Laminated transit pass purchased at 7:22 a.m. from Fenmore commuter kiosk - Kelly Chambers was 53 years old and reported missing after missing her weekly Thursday call on August 3, 2019. - A debit card swipe at 7:22 a.m. on August 14, 2019 purchased a laminated transit pass in Kelly Chambers’s name from a Fenmore kiosk. - Kelly’s commuter pass was found inside a tote bag in a culvert at Ridgeback Creek by Tracy Watson; the pass had been purchased eleven days after Kelly vanished. - Kelly’s body was recovered by kayaker Phil Grasso three miles north of Fenmore on August 21, 2019; the medical examiner ruled ligature strangulation. - Closure paperwork for Kelly’s 5x5 Lockwood unit at Hollis Pike was signed in person by owner Monica Barrett after Kelly had already disappeared. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    She Watched Women Walk In - The Lockwood Vanishing Pattern
  6. 5d ago

    He Hid Their Bodies in Carnival Shadows - The Olive‑Green Bag Reveal

    He Hid Their Bodies in Carnival Shadows - The Olive‑Green Bag Reveal The smell of brackish water and a dry wallet pulled from an olive-green military duffel stopped an investigator cold: a Florida driver's license, a Delaney Brothers employee badge, and forty-three dollars wrapped in two layers of contractor garbage bags and folded inside bright orange carnival coveralls that were oddly crisp and laundered. Who packed those things with care and why did the duffel end up sealed in Okefer Slough - and what did that contradiction hide? In this episode, we follow how a waterlogged bag reopened a missing-person case and set an investigation across state lines, asking whether the careful packing was a clue to intent or a confession in itself. What the duffel revealed led investigators from Fenwick Yard to three vanished carnival workers and to a man who ultimately confessed. Person: Glenn O'Brien Date: December 9, 2008 Location: Fenwick Yard / Okefer Slough, Florida Case: Missing person turned homicide investigation Investigator: Special Agent Kelly Mills - The duffel was olive-green military canvas, sealed with a bungee cord and a broken zipper, recovered from Okefer Slough. - Inside the duffel were two layers of contractor garbage bags, bright orange carnival coveralls, and a leather wallet. - The wallet contained forty-three dollars, a Florida driver's license, and a Delaney Brothers employee badge with the name Glenn O'Brien. - Glenn O'Brien was forty-four years old and had worked eleven years as a ride mechanic for Delaney Brothers Shows. - Glenn signed into Fenwick Yard at 7:42 on December 9, 2008, with no recorded sign-out and was reported missing on December 12, 2008. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    He Hid Their Bodies in Carnival Shadows - The Olive‑Green Bag Reveal
  7. 6d ago

    The Blister Card in the Dirt: Nurse, Poison, and a Hidden Route

    The Blister Card in the Dirt: Nurse, Poison, and a Hidden Route A sealed blister card was found in a landscaping bed seven days after a nurse died, with eleven of twelve doses intact and the missing tablet punched from the back - not the front. That back-punched dose, a cart log entry, and a toxicology result that showed digoxin more than double the therapeutic ceiling point to a pattern that may link four unexplained cardiac deaths; who removed that tablet and why did it end up in the dirt? In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events and the documentary trail: the cart log, the blister card, the sign-out by a nurse, the delayed toxicology, and the later cold-case audit that connected additional deaths on a single med-supply route. How do these documents fit together, and what does the direction of a punched foil reveal about intent? Person: Kimberly Romano Date: May 28, 2011 Location: Room Fourteen, Memory Care; strip-mall lot off Route 41 Event: digoxin dispensed and later elevated digoxin level 4.1 ng/mL Investigator: Tom Caserta (medical examiner's investigator) and Detective Kathleen Henderson - Romano signed out digoxin for Room Fourteen at 8:17 PM on May 28, 2011. - A blister card dated May 28, 2011, was found in a landscaping bed seven days later with eleven of twelve doses intact. - The missing tablet had been punched from the back of the foil rather than pushed out the front. - Romano’s digoxin level measured 4.1 nanograms per milliliter on toxicology; the therapeutic ceiling is approximately 2.0 ng/mL. - Three additional cardiac deaths (Phyllis Obermeyer, Frank Delvecchio, Sandra Kopp) shared the same Keystone MedSupply delivery route and were not prescribed digoxin. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Blister Card in the Dirt: Nurse, Poison, and a Hidden Route
  8. Sep 12

    The Boot That Named Four Men: How a Pond Spoke

    The Boot That Named Four Men: How a Pond Spoke The Permian Basin held a single standing size‑eleven steel‑toed Red Wing boot, laces double‑knotted left over right, upright in a retention pond for weeks before anyone connected it to a missing oil‑field worker - could one odd boot point to four dead men and a killer? What did the left‑handed knot and a single boot in wastewater reveal that paperwork missed? In this episode, we walk through the discovery, the missed accounting clues, and the small, specific details that turned a forgotten evidence bag into the lead that changed a case. How did a fuel‑card trail, a habitual Wednesday breakfast, and one boot converge into an answer? Person: Vernon Quinn Date: May 6, 2011 (signed out), May 11, 2011 (last seen at Sunrise Café) Location: Cutter Flats labor camp retention pond; Halloran Energy lease site; Odessa Sunrise Café Case: Missing person filed May 17, 2011 Investigator: Texas Ranger Larry Snyder - The boot was a size‑eleven steel‑toed Red Wing found standing upright in wastewater at Cutter Flats. - The lace was double‑knotted left over right, indicating a left‑handed tie. - Vernon Quinn routinely ate breakfast every Wednesday at the Sunrise Café for fourteen months and wore size‑eleven Red Wings. - On May 6, 2011 Quinn signed out of Halloran Energy at 6:14 p.m.; his fuel card was charged at 7:42 p.m, at one Stripes and again at 7:44 p.m, at another Stripes 26 miles away. - Monica Quinn filed a missing‑person report on May 17, 2011, eleven days after her father's last message and the fuel‑card transactions. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: business@obomedia.com.

    The Boot That Named Four Men: How a Pond Spoke

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Unlock the darkest corners of the human mind. Killer Code deciphers the chilling patterns behind history's most notorious serial killers. Dive deep into the psychology, methodologies, and unsolved mysteries that continue to haunt us. We go beyond the headlines to meticulously analyze criminal profiles, forensic evidence, and the societal impact of these heinous acts. Killer Code offers an unparalleled exploration into true crime, revealing the intricate 'code' that drives the most disturbing criminal minds. New episodes are released daily, every Monday through Sunday, at 4:00 AM, ensuring you always have a fresh dose of gripping true crime content. Each installment provides detailed case studies, expert analysis, and a critical look at the justice system's response to these brutal crimes. This podcast is for true crime enthusiasts, armchair detectives, and anyone fascinated by the darkest aspects of human behavior. If you seek comprehensive, respectful, and deeply researched accounts of serial killer cases, you've found your next obsession. Subscribe to Killer Code now and never miss an investigation.