True Crime DEADLINE

Matt Johnson
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EMMY award winning Crime & Justice Correspondent Matt Johnson dusts off his reporter notebooks for this exciting podcast and gives you a first hand perspective on cold cases, homicides, mysteries & murders he has covered, followed and still haunt him today. Follow on social and http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/ 

  1. 04/01/2024

    50 - CULT: Doomsday Prophet: Victim's Grandfather Speaks Out

    NEW INTERVIEW: With Larry Woodcock, grandfather of JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan. In 2023, Lori Vallow-Daybell was found guilty for the murders of her children JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan and in her fifth husbands first wife Tammy Daybell. Host Matt Johnson was in the courtroom just feet away from Lori during her trial and heads to Idaho to cover the murder trial of her husband Chad Daybell. This episode explores the case against Doomsday Prophet Chad Daybell, behind the scenes of Lori Vallow's trial and focuses on the young victim's and their families. Podcast WEBSITE (Case Photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com Podcast SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ http://www.youtube.com/c/TrueCrimeDEADLINE Support the show

    35 min

  2. 03/18/2024

    49 - SERIAL: The Long Island Serial Killer

    CASE DEEP DIVE: The Long Island Serial Killer Case investigation The case of the Long Island Serial Killer went unsolved for more than a decade. In December 2010 near Gilgo Beach on Ocean Drive, a shocking discovery - the badly decomposed bodies of four women were found, each wrapped in burlap. Victims: Megan Waterman, Melissa Barthelemy, Amber Costello and Maureen Brainard-Barnes would become known as the Gilgo Four. The case first started as a missing persons case of 24 year old Shannon Gilbert who was an escort from New Jersey. She disappeared after a out-call with a man in Oak Beach, near Gilgo. Her remains were discovered in 2011. In 2023 an arrest in the case. 59 year old architect from Manhattan Rex Heuermann was arrested for three of the four murders.  Prosecutors say a combination of DNA evidence, cell tower data and witness descriptions made him the prime suspect in at least three of the Long Island killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders. Anyone with information in the long island serial killer or gilgo four cases please contact: Suffolk County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-tips (8477) WEBSITE (Case Photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ Support the show

    23 min

  3. 03/04/2024

    48 - MURDER: Jared Bridegan. Wife Speaks Out

    IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS: Murder victim’s wife Kirsten and his brother Adam. On February 16, 2022 father of four Jared Bridegan had dropped off his older children at his ex wife's home in the Sanctuary neighborhood of Jacksonville Beach Florida. Jared and the kids had gone to dinner for a daddy date night. Jared called his wife Kirsten to say: "I love you and will be home soon" and started driving home to St. Augustine from his ex wife's house. His toddler daughter Bexley was in the back seat of his SUV as he approached the one-way road leaving the subdivision. Suddenly he noticed it was blocked with a tire. When Jared went to move the tire he was ambushed and executed in front of his daughter. Since his senseless murder Jared's ex wife Shanna Gardner, her husband Mario Saldana and the confessed hired hit-man Henry Tennon were all arrested  and charged in his murder. Anyone with information in the case please call Jacksonville Beach Police Department at 904-270-1667 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS(8477). WEBSITE: BRIDEGAN FOUNDATION https://www.brideganfoundation.org/ WEBSITE (Case Photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ Support the show

    32 min

  4. 02/20/2024

    47 - MURDER: JC McGhee. Daughter Speaks Out

    NEW INTERVIEW: Murder victim’s daughter Madison McGhee. On July 11, 2002 John Cornelius McGhee, known as JC McGhee was shot and killed in the doorway of his Ohio home. No arrests have been made in the case and now his daughter Madison McGhee is on a mission to solve the case. Madison tells host Matt Johnson that she was only 6 years old when the murder happened. Police called it a home invasion "Gone Wrong". Madison says her father had a history selling drugs in his younger days and was also a police informant. In 2002 he had turned his life around, was helping others and being a police informant. Madison says the deeper she dives into the Cold Case the more unanswered questions she has. Can you help solve the murder? Anyone with information please call the Crime Stoppers of the Upper Ohio Valley: 877-847-7487 WEBSITE: ICE COLD PODCAST https://www.icecoldcase.com/home WEBSITE (Case Photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ Support the show

    17 min

  5. 02/05/2024

    46 - SERIAL: Confessions of Samuel Little: The FBI Interview

    NEW INTERVIEW: FBI Supervisory Crime Analyst Christie Palazzolo. The FBI calls Samuel Little the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. The Killer confessed to 93 murders before his death, and crime analysts believe his confessions are credible. Police have been able to verify more than 60 confessions, with many still pending. Little says he strangled his victims between 1970 and 2005. Many of his victims’ deaths were ruled overdoses, accidental or undetermined. Some bodies have never been found. Currently, the FBI’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) is working to link more cold cases to the convicted Serial Killer. In this episode, ViCAP Crime Analyst Christie Palazzolo talks about the case and how the public can help. If you have any information connected to Little’s confessions, please call 1-800-CALL-FBI or submit a tip online at tips.fbi.gov. WEBSITE (Case Photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ Support the show

    34 min

  6. SEASON 5 TRAILER

    TRAILER - SEASON V

    True Crime DEADLINE returns for Season V with host Matt Johnson in 2023. Matt is a 2X EMMY award winning journalist who dusts off his reporter notebooks to bring you his first hand account of covering notorious crimes and lesser known cases over his career. This season covers the Trial of Doomsday Prophet Chad Daybell, The Murder of father Jared Bridegan, the unsolved cases of Serial Killer Samuel Little and the Unsolved murder case of JC McGhee. Episodes include exclusive interviews with family members and witnesses, plus Matt's first hand accounts of seeing Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell and Rex Heuermann in court. Please listen, subscribe, rate the podcast and write a review. Podcast website: http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/ Support the show

    2 min

  7. 08/28/2023

    45 - SERIAL: BTK Serial Killer suspected in more Murders. Daughter Speaks Out

    NEW INTERVIEW: With Kerri Rawson, daughter of Dennis Rader known as the BTK Serial Killer.  Which stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill” a nickname he gave himself during a cat-and-mouse game with press and police. Rader is now the “Prime Suspect” in the 1976 disappearance of Cynthia Kinney, a16-year-old cheerleader who was last seen at a laundromat in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. And the murder of 22-year-old Shawna Beth Garber, whose body was discovered in December 1990 in Mcdonald County, Missouri. An autopsy revealed she had been raped, strangled and bound. The same Modus Operandi as Rader. Rawson opens up about life at home with Rader and how she recently spoke with him in prison to help investigators solve the cold cases. WEBSITE (Case Photos) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com SOCIAL MEDIA: https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ Support the show

    46 min

  8. 08/14/2023

    44 - MURDER: Jody LeCornu: Murder Witness Speaks Out

    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: With a witness to the murder of college student Jody LeCornu. Plus an interview with her twin sister Jenny Carrieri who is on a mission to solve the cold case murder. Jody was a student at Towson University in Baltimore Maryland when she was murdered in cold blood on March 2, 1996. Today her identical twin sister Jenny Carrieri is ramping up the investigation to find her sisters killer. On that Saturday morning, the 23-year-old had gotten into a fight with her boyfriend over drinking and going to a local bar without him.  Jody went to work that day, then went back to the 'Mt. Washington Tavern', her favorite hang out and stayed there till the bar closed.  An employee asked Jody to take a employee home because it was snowing. Jody drove him home, then bought a six pack, and started drinking in a parking lot where her killer approached her car, shot and killed her. Then he followed her across the street where she crashed, he put her car in park and then stole something from her car, in front of several people watching. Jody's family is offering a $100,000 cash reward for information leading to the killers arrest. The suspect in 1996 was described as a black man, between 5'10" to 6'2", 200-220 pounds, 20-30 years old, stocky build, driving a white BMW. Anyone with information please call Baltimore County Police Department or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7LOCKUP. WEBSITE (case photos and blog) http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/ SOCIAL (Latest on case and true crime) https://twitter.com/CrimeDeadline https://www.facebook.com/TrueCrimeDEADLINE/ https://www.instagram.com/truecrimedeadline/ Support the show

    38 min
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EMMY award winning Crime & Justice Correspondent Matt Johnson dusts off his reporter notebooks for this exciting podcast and gives you a first hand perspective on cold cases, homicides, mysteries & murders he has covered, followed and still haunt him today. Follow on social and http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/ 

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  • Creator
    Matt Johnson
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    56
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 True Crime DEADLINE
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