True Crimecast

On June 18, 2026, Laurel County Sheriff’s deputies noticed a vehicle parked illegally in an "Employees Only" spot. What should have been a mundane encounter with the car's occupants, 51-year-old Tricia Croley and 48-year-old Damon Bennett, quickly spiraled into viral internet fame. After Croley handed over suspected narcotics and a fake ID, a search of the vehicle uncovered a black canvas bag that featured what might be the least effective criminal cover story of all time: a printed label reading "Definitely not a bag full of drugs."

In the early morning hours of March 22, 2014, 31-year-old Keveen Quintanilla decided to try his luck with 22-year-old bartender Ashleigh Cullen as she closed up the Curry Up Now restaurant in San Mateo, California. He flirted, told her he wanted to hang out, and confidently handed her his phone number. There was just one massive oversight on his part: he was in the middle of burglarizing her workplace.

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve 1991, 23-year-old Dana Ireland was brutally attacked while riding her bicycle on the Big Island of Hawaii. What followed was a decades-long saga of coerced confessions, jailhouse informants, and a staggering miscarriage of justice that sent innocent men to prison while the real killer walked free. This episode breaks down the tragic murder, the flawed investigation that convicted the Schweitzer brothers and Frank Pauline despite DNA exclusions, and the eventual 2024 discovery of the true suspect.

For 18 years, Jean-Claude Romand’s family believed he was a brilliant, high-flying medical doctor working for the World Health Organization in Geneva. In reality, he was a medical school dropout who spent his days sitting in his car, wandering through forests, and reading medical journals in cafés to maintain the ruse. When the money ran out and the truth loomed, Romand chose a path of absolute destruction over confession. We walk through the devastating 48 hours where he murdered his wife, his two young children, and his elderly parents, before a failed suicide attempt left him alive to face the reality he destroyed. It’s a stark look at the ultimate cost of a fragile ego.

This interview episode of True Crimecast provides a rare, firsthand look at the human cost of a conviction built on "snitch testimony" and withheld evidence. Sitting down with Jamie Snow via a recorded call from the Illinois River Correctional Center, Jamie and John explore the reality of a man who has spent nearly 27 years behind bars for a crime he, and a growing number of advocates (including John and Jamie), insists he did not commit. Listen to the Snow Files podcast (told in Jamie Snow's own words): https://snow-files.captivate.fm/ Learn more about the case, stay up to date, or donate to Jamie's cause: https://www.freejamiesnow.com/ Contact Governor Pritzker from Illinois to demand clemency for Jamie: Springfield - Office of the Governor 401 S. Spring St. Springfield, IL 62704 217-782-6830 or 217-782-6831 Chicago - Office of the Governor 555 W. Monroe St., 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60661 312-814-2121 or 312-814-2122 Voice an Opinion (Online Form): https://gov.illinois.gov/contact-us/voice-an-opinion.html

In March 2026, the woods of Portage County, Ohio, became the center of a cryptozoological phenomenon. In a span of just five days, at least six independent witnesses reported seeing massive, eight-foot-tall figures moving along the Mahoning River. Dubbed the "Ohio Flap of 2026," this sudden uptick in activity has researchers and locals wondering if a changing climate is pushing these legends out of the shadows.