Severed | True Crime Podcast

Severed | True Crime Podcast

Severed is a podcast that explores true crime to paranormal cases with a concise format and in-depth analysis. Severed Streaming and Severed Strange Stories are commentary-only spinoff shows that cover your favorite Netflix docuseries and strange stories from the digital dumpsters of drama.

Episodes

April 28, 2025 55 mins
We discuss the stressed Amazon delivery driver who dumped 80 packages along a wooded road in Lakeville, Massachusetts. We consider this case alongside the unionization of Amazon workers and stories of overwhelmed and exploited workers. CW | TW: This episode discusses potential work-related stresses. Listener discretion is advised. Email: ⁠severedpodcast@gmail.com⁠ Website: ⁠severedpodcast.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠@severed_podcast⁠ ...
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We discuss Andrew Jesus Arroyo’s vehicular rampage, as he drove his Subaru Outback through a CarMax showroom, shattering glass and ruthlessly causing bodily injuries and paralysis. We review conflicting eyewitness reports, Carmax employee reports, and crash footage. CW | TW: This episode discusses a violent and destructive car rampage that led to serious injuries.  Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com ...
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April 14, 2025 60 mins
We discuss the vile and depraved abuse of power by North Bergen, New Jersey Police Chief Robert Farley, and the eight or more allegations of intimidation and harassment. Farley is accused of exposing himself and defecating in the presence of fellow officers and creating a hostile work environment. CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details of mental, emotional, and physical intimidation, bullying, abuse, violence, and vile ac...
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April 7, 2025 63 mins
We discuss two absurd and em-bear-assing cases involving criminals who attempted to frame (and blame) bears for murder and insurance fraud.  CW | TW: This episode discusses murderous and morally unscrupulous bears–it’s a Severed Monday. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Instagram: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Compos...
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March 31, 2025 43 mins
We discuss the Cocoa Beach house party hosted by Roosevelt Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan and third-grade teacher Karly Anderson. A raucous neighborhood scene played out with teens shouting obscenities, puking on the front lawn, drunk driving, smoking marijuana, and wielding a 9mm handgun. CW | TW: This episode discusses underage drinking, child neglect and endangerment, and guns. Listener discretion is advise...
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March 24, 2025 77 mins
We explore narratives of a child ghost haunting The Sallie House in Atchison, Kansas. We dive into the Finney family history and discuss Debra Pickman’s ghost memoir, The Sallie House: True Story, which outlines her year-long accounts of living with “Sallie” and the alleged ghost’s temperamental attitude and violent attacks on her husband, Tony Pickman. We conclude with the business of ghost tourism. CW | TW: This episode discuss...
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March 17, 2025 78 mins
We examine the brazen and hyperpolarized case of Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old who premeditated, plotted, and pulled the trigger of his self-designed, 3D-printed ghost gun on 50-year-old Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, on December 4, 2024. We present a nuanced timeline leading up to the murders, theorize about why the UPenn graduate would commit the crime, and explore the memeification and digital canonization of Mangi...
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March 10, 2025 47 mins
We discuss 23-year-old content creator Kelli Tedford and her participation in (and recording of) public urination in the Monadnock Food Co-op in Keene, NH, and the surrounding area spanning four years. We investigate whether Tedford was inspired–and participated in–a sub-culture of public pissers or those who provide content on platforms like TikTok and OnlyFans. CW | TW: This episode discusses lewd behavior and public urination. ...
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March 3, 2025 54 mins
We discuss the egregious and incomprehensible defrauding of members of Victorious Grace Church by Pastor Eligio (Eli) Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn Regalado, by establishing a worthless cryptocurrency, INDXcoin, in 2024. We explore the levels of rhetorical manipulation and outright greed by weaponizing the Christian faith for profit, as Pastor Regalado claimed that God told him to commit crypto fraud. CW | TW: This episode discus...
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February 24, 2025 88 mins
We discuss the case timeline of the four-part docuseries Lorena (2019) and comment on the intersectionality bias in the media and the volatile events surrounding the infamous severing of John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis on June 23, 1993. CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details about sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, penile amputation, and replantation. Our first severed body part on the s...
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February 17, 2025 50 mins
We discuss the infamous Long Island Lolita case as re-told through the documentary Amy Fisher: Kill for Me (2021). We give a brief bio and overview of Amy Fisher, the Buttafuocos, and the obvious media bias and perpetuation of sensational to “slutty” tropes. CW | TW: This episode discusses sex with an underage teen (or statutory rape), graphic details of an attempted murder, and Zubaz pants–not the worst out of a list of possible...
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February 10, 2025 45 mins
We discuss the 2023 double homicide in an affluent neighborhood in Herndon, Virginia, in which 23-year-old Brazilian au pair Juliana Peres Magalhães and her 39-year-old married lover, lured in Joseph Ryan, who had a profile on the fetish website FetLife, to restrain Banfield’s wife, Christine, for rough sex. Meanwhile, Ryan was being framed for the murder of Christine Banfield. At the same time, the murder-plotting lovers claimed s...
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February 3, 2025 55 mins
We discuss the scintillating details of ex-porn star-turned-racquetball instructor Robert Baker and his affair with Monica Sementilli, the wife of renowned hairstylist Fabio Sementilli, that led to his murder. We unravel the scandalous details of their 18-month affair, sexually-charged jailhouse letters, and this obsessive desire to murder in the name of love and a potential $1.6 million dollar life insurance policy. CW | TW: Thi...
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January 27, 2025 52 mins
We discuss the numerous patient sexual abuse, assault, rape, negligence, and endangerment cases of Acadia Healthcare and nationwide subsidiary facilities for children, teens, and adults with mental illness to opioid addictions. We begin with the New York Times exposé and deep dive into the case from the Indianapolis local press, which reported gross negligence and inhumane facilities and operations. CW | TW: This episode discusses...
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We conclude our two-part discussion of the JonBenét Ramsey case based on the streaming episode of Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey. We talk about media spectacles, the sexualization of pageant children and depictions of youth in the media, and the biases for and against the Ramsey family. CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details of child sexual abuse and murder. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@g...
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We discuss the JonBenét Ramsey case by providing a timeline, analyzing the language of the ransom note, and reacting to the streaming episode of Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey. CW | TW: This episode discusses graphic details of child sexual abuse and murder. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Hosts: H...
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January 6, 2025 81 mins
We discuss the 2010 Russian “illegal” spies arrested in the U.S. as part of the FBI’s “Operation Ghost Stories.”  We look at the case in-depth, focusing on Richard and Cynthia Murphy, two “Illegals” who posed as run-of-the-mill suburbanites in the idyllic town of Montclair, New Jersey. CW | TW: This episode discusses Russian spies who lived in Montclair, NJ. And it wasn’t for the eclectic cafes or over-priced parking lots. Listene...
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December 30, 2024 37 mins
We scanned the bags of 23-year-old, alleged drug trafficker Ceestra Burgess as she traveled with her lover from Fort Lauderdale to St. Croix with approximately 25 lbs of marijuana, vacuum-sealed and wrapped as Christmas gifts. We weed through the details, cut through the smoke, and debunk the skunk in this cannabis-filled caper. CW | TW: This episode discusses gift-wrapped marijuana on Spirit Airlines, no less. Listener discretion...
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December 23, 2024 80 mins
We timeline and discuss the ongoing “mystery” drones looming over the East Coast, particularly New Jersey. Listeners are welcome to draw their own conclusions based on the facts and FAA regulations that outline drone licensing and operations. CW | TW: This episode discusses the ongoing drone case in NJ and NY. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severe...
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December 16, 2024 47 mins
We discuss (with minimal egg-aggeration) the curious and combustible case of the eggnog explosion at a Totowa, NJ, pharma lab in August 2014. The blast tore through three stories and blew out the back of the building from a reported mechanical failure. We toast to the lives spared and only minor injuries. CW | TW: This episode discusses a vat of explosive eggnog, and, no, we haven’t drunk too much of the holiday or Christmas spiri...
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