The FOX True Crime Podcast

A house of horrors in 1957 Wisconsin gave birth to Hollywood’s deadliest killers. When police raided Ed Gein’s farmhouse, they uncovered gruesome human skin garments that changed cinema forever. True crime historian Harold Schechter reveals the real human nightmare that spawned Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.

In this episode, we explore:

How Ed Gein's morbid fixation on his mother created Norman Bates.

The macabre house of horrors that inspired Leatherface.

How one criminal single-handedly birthed modern horror cinema.

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A California man has been arrested and charged with murdering his wife after allegedly telling investigators she was taken by federal immigration authorities. Thirty-year-old Jasmine Gill was reported missing from her Sacramento home before her burned remains were discovered in El Dorado County. Authorities say her husband, Gurinder, initially claimed ICE had detained her, but investigators uncovered inconsistencies in his story amid an ongoing divorce and child custody dispute.

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A retired NYPD detective is charged with murder after allegedly chasing down and shooting a Con Edison worker during a road rage confrontation on the George Washington Bridge.
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When a naked, dazed man was discovered behind a Georgia Burger King in 2004 with no memory of his past, the nation was captivated by the heartbreaking mystery of "Benjaman Kyle." He went on national television, gained public sympathy, and claimed a medical anomaly had erased his identity, but what if losing his memory is actually a carefully constructed lie to bury a dark history? Former FBI Special Agent Ken Maxwell joins to discuss the alleged "charade."

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A Louisiana couple who got engaged earlier this year and planned to marry in 2028 were killed near LSU after an alleged impaired driver struck them and fled the scene, according to police.
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