When Killers Get Caught: A True Crime Podcast

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Now in its fourth season, When Killers Get Caught is a true crime podcast hosted by Brittany Ransom that focuses not just on what happened—but why. Each week explores infamous and overlooked cases, unsettling mysteries, and the psychology behind violent crime, following the trail until the moment everything falls apart. This is a show about motive, consequence, and the thin line between ordinary life and unthinkable acts. Starting February 2026, subscribers (Case Closers) will also get exclusive mini-episodes with shorter, deep-cut cases and listener submissions.

  1. Brownie Mary: The Grandmother Who Defied the War on Drugs

    3D AGO

    Brownie Mary: The Grandmother Who Defied the War on Drugs

    In 1981, during the height of the War on Drugs, police raided a San Francisco apartment expecting a major drug dealer. Instead, they found a grandmother in an apron baking brownies. Her name was Mary Jane Rathbun, later known as Brownie Mary, a woman whose arrest would help change how America viewed medical marijuana, the AIDS crisis, and compassion under the law. As young men died alone in hospital wards during the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Mary broke the law to feed, comfort, and care for patients no one else would touch. Her quiet rebellion challenged the criminalization of cannabis, exposed the cruelty of drug policy, and helped pave the way for medical marijuana legalization in the United States. This episode explores the life, motivations, and legacy of Brownie Mary, and asks a deeper true-crime question: What happens when the system treats compassion like a crime? Because sometimes the most extreme crimes aren’t committed by monsters but by people the law refuses to understand. Follow and join the conversation:📱 TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast⁠📸 Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/whenkillersgetcaught⁠ Coming February 2026: Subscription-Only Content.Have a case, story, or idea you’d like us to explore? Submit it to ⁠CaseCloserSubmissions@gmail.com⁠ and be part of the discussion. Music featured in this podcast is used with permission from Myuu.⁠⁠⁠https://spoti.fi/1Uda2ci

    50 min
  2. Andrea Yates: Postpartum Psychosis, System Failure, and a Case America Still Gets Wrong

    JAN 15

    Andrea Yates: Postpartum Psychosis, System Failure, and a Case America Still Gets Wrong

    This episode contains in depth discussion of infanticide, postpartum psychosis, suicide, and severe mental illness. Listener discretion is advised. In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a case that shocked the nation and was quickly labeled as one of the most horrific crimes in American history. But what if the story most people remember is incomplete? In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom revisits the Andrea Yates case with updated medical, legal, and psychological context focusing not on shock value, but on what the system missed before the tragedy ever occurred. Andrea Yates suffered from severe postpartum psychosis, a rare but life-threatening psychiatric condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and a complete break from reality. She had a long, documented history of mental illness, multiple hospitalizations, suicide attempts, and explicit medical warnings not to be left alone, not to stop medication, and not to have more children. Those warnings were ignored. This episode breaks down: The warning signs of postpartum psychosis and why it is a psychiatric emergency How religious extremism and untreated mental illness collided Why Andrea Yates’s first trial resulted in a wrongful conviction How misinformation in court influenced a jury What changed after her acquittal by reason of insanity and what still hasn’t Why women with postpartum psychosis are still more likely to be incarcerated than treated More than two decades later, Andrea Yates remains confined to a state psychiatric hospital. Her case is now taught in medical schools and cited in maternal mental health advocacy yet many of the same systemic failures remain. This is not a story about a monster. It’s a story about untreated illness, institutional failure, and a tragedy that unfolded in plain sight. Because when systems fail, the truth always leaves a trail. Follow and join the conversation: 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whenkillersgetcaught Coming February 2026: Subscription-Only Content. Have a case, story, or idea you’d like us to explore? Submit it to CaseCloserSubmissions@gmail.com and be part of the discussion. Music featured in this podcast is used with permission from Myuu. ⁠⁠https://spoti.fi/1Uda2ci

    58 min
  3. The Killer Who Wrote the Dictionary

    JAN 8

    The Killer Who Wrote the Dictionary

    The True Crime Story of William Chester Minor and the Oxford English Dictionary In 1872, a former U.S. Army surgeon named William Chester Minor shot a stranger to death on a London street. Declared criminally insane, he was confined to Broadmoor Asylum where he would unexpectedly become one of the most significant contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary. This true crime story explores murder, mental illness, and how one fractured mind helped define the English language. Follow & continue the conversation: 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whenkillersgetcaught Coming in February 2026: Subscription Only Content! Submit your stories or ideas to CaseCloserSubmissions@gmail.com and join the conversation today. Music in this podcast has been granted use by Myuu. ⁠https://spoti.fi/1Uda2ci ⁠

    36 min
  4. The Only Priest Sent to the Electric Chair: The True Crimes of Hans Schmidt

    JAN 1

    The Only Priest Sent to the Electric Chair: The True Crimes of Hans Schmidt

    He stood at the altar as a man of God and lived in secret as a killer. In the early 1900s, Hans Schmidt became the only Catholic priest ever executed in the United States. Sworn to celibacy and spiritual authority, Schmidt instead lived a double life that ended in ritual murder. After illegally marrying a young immigrant woman and impregnating her, he brutally murdered and dismembered her when the truth threatened to surface. But Anna Aumuller’s death was only the beginning. As investigators followed the evidence from the Hudson River to Manhattan, and back across the Atlantic to Germany, they uncovered a disturbing pattern of violence, fraud, and institutional silence. Counterfeit money, insurance murder plots, and links to other unsolved deaths suggested that Schmidt’s final crime may not have been his first. In this episode of When Killers Get Caught, host Brittany Ransom examines the psychology of Hans Schmidt, the warning signs ignored by those in power, and how authority and belief can be weaponized when accountability is avoided. Because no matter how carefully someone hides behind faith, power, or position, the truth always leaves a trail. Follow & continue the conversation: 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whenkillersgetcaught Music in this podcast has been granted use by Myuu. https://spoti.fi/1Uda2ci

    14 min
  5. Neama Rahmani protected corporations, prosecuted cartels and now he fights for the little guy

    10/14/2023

    Neama Rahmani protected corporations, prosecuted cartels and now he fights for the little guy

    Hey everyone in Serial Killer country! In seeking people connected to justice to speak with in Season 3, Neama Rahmani is the perfect person for the podcast. One of the youngest graduates of Harvard Law, recruited by a massive corporate law firm, then a transition into prosecuting America's most wanted and finally landing on trial law protecting people from unscrupulous bosses and celebrity divas. Neama and I discuss the trajectory of his life, his current cases against some of the biggest names in media and how he's helping people in his own way. Watch Brittany on tv! Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/100002110/evil-among-us-the-golden-state-killer?start=true Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy : https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true Merch: https://www.whenkillersgetcaught.shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whenkillersgetcaught Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast Special thanks to Myuu for the music you heard on todays episode. You can find him at www.youtube.com/c/myuuji

    54 min
  6. Nika Nikoubin's delusions were so severe she didn't even know she'd commited a crime

    10/07/2023

    Nika Nikoubin's delusions were so severe she didn't even know she'd commited a crime

    Hey everyone in Serial Killer country! This weeks podcast is a little different. We are talking to Nika Nikoubin, a young woman who attacked a man unprovoked last year and then blamed it on a US drone strike. An interesting podcast for sure as we learn about Nika's upbringing and how she ended up in a hotel room in Las Vegas stabbing her date and unaware of ever doing it? Want to learn more about Nika's story? She wrote a book https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGSYD3CC Nika's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nika5n?lang=en Watch Brittany on tv! Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/100002110/evil-among-us-the-golden-state-killer?start=true Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy : https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true Merch: https://www.whenkillersgetcaught.shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whenkillersgetcaught Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast Special thanks to Myuu for the music you heard on todays episode. You can find him at www.youtube.com/c/myuuji

    1h 7m
  7. Sadie Solstice Was Almost Killed By her Ex-boyfriend

    09/08/2023

    Sadie Solstice Was Almost Killed By her Ex-boyfriend

    Hey all my True Crime Friends, Todays podcast is a doozy. If you haven't seen Sadie on tiktok @lilmiss80 then this episode will be new to you. Sadie is currently 25 years old from Denver, Colorado but when she was 18 years old her boyfriend tried to kill her and her unborn child and almost succeeded. Today, Sadie and I have a frank discussion about her assault and also about the effects of bullying on victims, recovery from Domestic Violence and a future after experiencing it. Episode Trigger Warning For: Sexual Assault Discussion of Drug Use A violent physical attack Domestic Violence Hospitalization If you want to support Sadie on all socials under the name Sadie Solstice or @lilmiss80 and her lifestyle brand @GetLifeOfficial, which was inspired by her near death experience. Watch Brittany on tv! Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/100002110/evil-among-us-the-golden-state-killer?start=true Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy : https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true Merch: https://www.whenkillersgetcaught.shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whenkillersgetcaught Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast Special thanks to Myuu for the music you heard on todays episode. You can find him at www.youtube.com/c/myuuji

    1h 35m
  8. Dr. Kelli Martin's True Crime Past Inspired an Upcoming Novel

    07/07/2023

    Dr. Kelli Martin's True Crime Past Inspired an Upcoming Novel

    Hey and thanks for listening! This weeks podcast is an interview with 1st time true crime author Dr. Kelli Martin. While there are many true crime writers across the world Kelli's connection to crime dates back to her childhood in Hood County Texas. I talk to Kelli about her history in law enforcement and the crimes that compelled her to write a book in 2023. If you want to follow Kelli on social media and keep up with the release of Homicide in the Hood, you can find her on Instagram @KelliTomlinsonMartin and also at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092852773292 and some of her research https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kelli-Martin-4 . Watch Brittany on tv! Evil Among Us: The Golden State Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/100002110/evil-among-us-the-golden-state-killer?start=true Evil Among Us: Ted Bundy : https://tubitv.com/movies/702357/evil-among-us-ted-bundy?start=true Sins of the Father: The Green River Killer : https://tubitv.com/movies/672505/sins-of-the-father-the-green-river-killer?start=true Merch: https://www.whenkillersgetcaught.shop Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/whenkillersgetcaught Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caughtpodcast Special thanks to Myuu for the music you heard on todays episode. You can find him at www.youtube.com/c/myuuji

    1h 11m
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Now in its fourth season, When Killers Get Caught is a true crime podcast hosted by Brittany Ransom that focuses not just on what happened—but why. Each week explores infamous and overlooked cases, unsettling mysteries, and the psychology behind violent crime, following the trail until the moment everything falls apart. This is a show about motive, consequence, and the thin line between ordinary life and unthinkable acts. Starting February 2026, subscribers (Case Closers) will also get exclusive mini-episodes with shorter, deep-cut cases and listener submissions.

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