WILDCIDE

This week Bailey and Chelsea dive into the unbelievable world where soccer stops being just a game and turns into a full-blown circus of lies, money, ego, and corruption. First, we cover Carlos Kaiser, the legendary “striker” who somehow built a professional soccer career without actually playing soccer. Literally. Kaiser faked injuries, charmed clubs, fooled managers, partied with celebrities, and became one of the greatest con men the sport has ever seen. Then we shift to international corruption with FIFA-Gate and the bizarre story of Chuck Blazer, the larger-than-life soccer executive who helped expose one of the biggest scandals in sports history. From bribes to a luxury apartment for his cats...? Blazer’s story is equal parts absurd, criminal, and almost impossible to believe. Two stories. One sport. A whole lot of fraud.

In 1992, a respected small-town physician was accused of sexually assaulting one of his patients during a routine appointment. The allegation shocked the tight-knit Canadian community — but what happened next was even more unbelievable. Despite a DNA test meant to settle the case once and for all, the results seemed to clear the doctor. The charges were dropped. Life moved on. But the victim never stopped fighting. Years later, new evidence surfaced that would unravel one of the most audacious deceptions in true crime history — exposing a calculated plan that fooled investigators, prosecutors, and even medical professionals. In this episode, we unpack the disturbing case of Dr. John Schneeberger: a story of power, manipulation, and a scheme so brazen it sounds like fiction — until you realize it wasn’t. References: Rapist, M.D. Crime Magazine Candice Fonagy Archives - Forensic Files Now Dr. Schneeberger Case Study - Edubirdie Deport doctor, his ex-wife says - The Globe and Mail Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Schneeberger (F.C.) The Case of Dr. John Schneeberger | PDF | Deviance (Sociology) | Public Law Sask. doctor sentenced for rape | CBC News

After 9/11, America was desperate for heroes.Jonathan Keith Idema was more than willing to step into the role. What followed was a decades-long con built on stolen valor, inflated credentials, intimidation, and a relentless trail of lawsuits, fraud charges, and outright lies. He claimed to be Special Forces. He claimed to hunt terrorists. He claimed to work alongside the U.S. government. None of it was true. Idema’s story is a case study in deception—how confidence can replace evidence, how lies compound over time, and how systems fail when charisma collides with fear. From fake credentials and federal fraud convictions to the creation of an illegal prison in Kabul, this episode traces the steady escalation of a man who decided the rules no longer applied to him. And the consequences were very real.

In the mid-2000s, Albuquerque, New Mexico was gripped by a fear it couldn’t quite name. People were being found dead inside their homes — with no connections and without clear motives. At first, the cases appeared unrelated. Different neighborhoods. Different victims. Different MO. No obvious pattern. Just a growing sense that something was wrong. It begins with Carlos Esquibel, a 37-year-old designer whose welcoming nature would prove fatal, followed just days later by Josephine Selvage, an 81-year-old retired schoolteacher with Alzheimer’s who was attacked inside the only place she knew as safe. Two years later, the city was shaken again by the brutal murders of Tak and Pung Yi — beloved elders in Albuquerque’s Korean American community — a case so desperate for answers that the wrong men were arrested and imprisoned. But the true turning point comes six days after a wedding. Scott Pierce and Katherine Bailey were newlyweds, settling into their first home together, building an ordinary, hopeful future. In the early hours of one June morning, that future was destroyed when a gunman entered their home looking for someone else. Scott was killed defending his wife. Katherine survived — and immediately became both a widow and a suspect. What followed was a rapid investigation, a seemingly neat explanation, and a case that appeared closed. Until it wasn’t. When long-untested DNA from the Yi murders was finally processed, it revealed a truth far more disturbing than anyone expected: all of these deaths were connected. The evidence pointed not to a single motive or moment of rage, but to a man who moved through homes at night, escalated without hesitation, and left devastation behind while systems lagged just long enough to fail. At the center of it all was Clifton Bloomfield — a man who blended into everyday life while committing serial violence, whose crimes reframed everything investigators thought they understood. Nightmare in Albuquerque is a case that forces an uncomfortable question to linger long after the episode ends: How many lives are shaped — or ended — not just by violence, but by when the truth finally arrives?

In Part 2, we pick up where we left off: Martin McNally has made it out of the sky alive — bruised, concussed, and unaware that the FBI is already tracing the fingerprints that will lead straight to him. Within days, Martin is captured, sentenced to life in federal prison, and shipped to USP Marion — the most secure prison in America. And inside those walls, he meets someone who will change everything: fellow skyjacker Garrett Brock Trapnell, a charismatic con man whose influence sparks not one, but two of the most shocking escape attempts in U.S. history. First comes the daring helicopter hijacking led by Barbara Oswald, a military veteran and mother of five who believes she’s rescuing the men she loves. Then comes her daughter, 17-year-old Robin Oswald, who boards a TWA flight with what she claims is dynamite strapped to her chest — demanding Trapnell’s release in one of the strangest hijackings of the era. Bailey and Chelsea break down the psychology of manipulation, the sociological forces that made hijackers into folk antiheroes, and the human cost paid by the women who got pulled into these men’s orbit. This is the conclusion of a story about obsession, charisma, desperation, and the final unraveling of America’s Golden Age of Hijacking. Go to: American Skyjacker for more information. Want to recommend a wild case or just give s a shout?Contact us at Wildcidepodcast@gmail.com For Wildcider Merch, visit www.wildcidepodcast.com Find us on Facebook@ Wildcide Podcast. Follow us on Instagram @wildcidepodcast PS: Don’t forget Wildcide Wednesdays- new episodes drop every Wednesday at 6am EST. Interviews will drop every other Friday at 6am EST.Background music by Brad Parsons at Train Sound Studio. Art for the podcast was created by Kelly Steen. References: True crime ‘American Skyjacker’ retells St. Louis hijacking | STLPR BOARDING: ST. LOUIS TO TULSA THE UNBELIEVABLY TRUE STORY OF AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 119 - Criminal Defense Lawyer | McAlester | Wagner & Lynch Martin J. McNally - Prison Escape - Gangland Wire D.B. Cooper, Martin McNally, and the Golden Age of Skyjacking | OUPblog The Final Flight of Martin McNally - St. Louis Riverfront Times

A key witness disappears. A body is found. A grand jury convenes. And suddenly the man who ruled Bridger Valley through fear is no longer hunting—he’s being hunted.This episode takes you inside Hickey’s bombshell confession, the federal takedown of Hopkinson’s criminal network, the high-security trial that shook Wyoming, and the appeals battle that dragged on for years.This is the downfall of a rural crime boss, the story the valley whispered about for decades—and the case that still stands as the most dangerous, far-reaching prosecution in Wyoming history. Thanks for listening! If you want to support us, subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast listening app! Want to recommend a wild case or just give s a shout?Contact us at Wildcidepodcast@gmail.com For Wildcider Merch, visit www.wildcidepodcast.com Find us on Facebook@ Wildcide Podcast. Follow us on Instagram @wildcidepodcast PS: Don’t forget Wildcide Wednesdays- new episodes drop every Wednesday at 6am EST. Interviews will drop every other Friday at 6am EST.Background music by Brad Parsons at Train Sound Studio. Art for the podcast was created by Kelly Steen.