Texas Wine and True Crime

Send us Fan Mail A car left in the Sears upper lot. Christmas gifts still inside. A letter to “Thomas” that Rachel likely never wrote. Nearly five decades after the Fort Worth Trio vanished from a Texas shopping center, we return to the heart of the mystery and scrutinize the few artifacts that have ever mattered: the Oldsmobile, the layaway jeans, a handful of shaky eyewitness accounts, and a baffling note that arrived almost too fast for 1974 holiday mail. We walk step by step through the ...

Send us Fan Mail A young teacher, a locked apartment, and twenty wounds that refuse to settle into a single story. We dive into the Ellen Greenberg case with a clear-eyed look at the timeline, the 911 call that primed the response, and how a scene labeled too soon can close doors that should have stayed open. We talk through the concierge logs, the missing hallway footage, and the mechanics of a latch that became the centerpiece of a suicide narrative. From there, we pull apart the evidence ...

Send us Fan Mail A six-million-dollar mansion, a bitter divorce, and a midnight shooting that left a 12-year-old dead—then a not guilty verdict that stunned Texas. We retrace the aftermath of the Cullen and Priscilla Davis case and examine how venue changes, narrative warfare, and community loyalty can bend the arc of justice. From Racehorse Haynes’s masterclass in defense strategy to a courtroom culture that felt more like a fan convention, we unpack how a jury heard two eyewitnesses, zero p...

Send us Fan Mail A young woman's devotion to faith leads her to a Mennonite community in Farmington, New Mexico, where she thrives writing church music and working for a religious publication. Her peaceful life comes to an abrupt end one January evening when she disappears while retrieving materials from her church. What unfolds next reveals the dark intersection of technology, hatred, and random violence. Sasha Krause was known for her beautiful writing, linguistic talents, and dedication t...

Send us Fan Mail When the Golden State Killer terrorized California communities for over a decade, residents lived in constant fear, keeping windows closed despite sweltering heat and forming neighborhood watch groups to protect themselves. Monica and Neil from the Wine Camp Podcast join us to share their personal experiences living through this terrifying period of California history. This special collaboration episode explores the evolution of Joseph James DeAngelo's crimes, beginning as t...

Send us Fan Mail When 70-year-old Michael Chambers disappeared from his Quinlan, Texas workshop in March 2017, he left behind more questions than answers. After decades as a respected Dallas firefighter, Michael had settled into retirement enjoying his classic cars, woodcutting, and time with family. All that changed when his wife Becca returned home from work to find his truck in the driveway but no sign of her husband of 37 years. Inside his locked workshop, the scene was puzzling – his wa...

Send us Fan Mail Behind the glamorous façade of Arlington's elite Lace Nightclub lurked a tragedy waiting to unfold. What began as a routine morning for three employees in December 1989 transformed into a nightmare when a man with a gun forced his way inside, leaving devastation in his wake. Jennifer Burns, a 24-year-old accountant, arrived with her roommate and colleague Sally Fogle for their morning shift at the upscale establishment. When day manager Clay Griffin joined them shortly after...

Send us Fan Mail A courthouse engulfed in flames. A community watching helplessly as history burns. And one man's terrifying 24-hour crime spree that changed Mason County, Texas forever. District Attorney Tonya Ahlschwede and Assistant DA Havana Schmidt take us deep inside one of rural Texas's most complex criminal investigations - the 2021 Mason County courthouse arson. What began as a house fire quickly escalated into something far more sinister when Nicholas Miller deliberately torched th...

Send us Fan Mail When neighbors felt the walls of their Chicago apartment growing hot on a summer night in 2018, they knew something was terribly wrong. Behind those walls, 38-year-old bartender and mother of three T'Anda Hall lay beaten and dying as flames began consuming her bedroom — the tragic culmination of what had started as a friendly card game hours earlier. T'Anda had recently met Wes Arnold, a man whose violent history remained hidden from her until it was too late. Friends who'd ...

Send us Fan Mail What if the person you trust the most could slip away in the dead of night, leaving nothing but a trail of blood and unanswered questions? Join us as we unravel the chilling murder case of Manuela Allen, a beloved teacher and mother from Olney, Texas. Her disappearance in the early hours of a July morning left her family in turmoil, unaware of the horror that had unfolded while they slept. This episode delves into the eerie discovery of bloodstains throughout her home and the...

Send us Fan Mail Unravel the twisted web of the "Tennessee Affair," a chilling true crime saga that exposes the sinister side of wealth, conspiracy, and murder-for-hire. We explore the tumultuous journey of Erik Maund from Austin, Texas, whose entanglement with former lover Holly Williams spiraled into a violent plot that forever altered their lives and those around them. Discover how a simple threat of extortion turned deadly, leading to the tragic deaths of Holly and her boyfriend, William ...

Send us Fan Mail Could a simple shell casing and traces of a potato uncover the dark mystery behind a gruesome murder? The chilling tale of Kenisha Walker, a young mother whose life was brutally cut short, unravels in this gripping episode. Found dead in her Arlington, Texas home, Kenisha's story takes a somber turn as her eight-year-old son becomes the unwitting witness to a crime scene that would haunt any family's worst nightmares. With no signs of forced entry, the case hinges on tantaliz...