Homocidal Tendency: A True Crime Podcast

How does a killer commit a frenzied, brutal murder in the middle of a bustling university building in broad daylight, and walk away like a ghost?

 This week, we are unlocking the doors of 1 Spadina Crescent a massive, 19th-century gothic fortress with a dark history to explore one of Toronto’s most baffling unsolved cold cases.

​In January 2001, beloved Fine Arts professor and brilliant queer artist David Buller was found slaughtered...

What happens when a monster only hunts other monsters? This week on Homocidal Tendency, we descend into the subterranean basement of HMP Wakefield to unlock the terrifying, tragic truth behind Britain's most isolated prisoner: Robert Maudsley.

​For over 40 years, Maudsley has lived inside a custom-built, bulletproof glass cage. The British tabloids branded him "Hannibal the Cannibal" and "The Brain Eater," p...

To the outside world, Christine and Léa Papin were the "perfect pearls" of Le Mans. 

They were quiet, submissive, and kept the Lancelin household running with terrifying perfection. 

But behind the walls of No. 6 Rue Bruyère, the silence was deafening, and a deadly psychological pressure cooker was whistling.

​On a rainy night in February 1933, a simple blown fuse triggered one of the most gruesome and infamous crimes in Fre...

In 1913, New York City was captivated by a horror story that seemed too gruesome to be true. A handsome, intellectual Catholic priest living a double life: performing Mass by day, and running a counterfeiting ring and a slaughterhouse by night.

​In this episode, Matt deep dives into the twisted life and crimes of Father Hans Schmidt—the only Catholic priest ever executed in the United States. From his blood-soaked childhood in Germa...

​"Say goodbye to your friend Larry, because you won’t see him after tomorrow."

​It was February 12, 2008, inside a computer lab at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, California. The only sounds were the clack-clack-clack of keyboards and the low hum of teenage chatter.

​In the front row sat 15-year-old Larry King, wearing his signature knee-high brown suede boots and makeup. He was bold, gender-nonconforming, and—in the eyes...

San Francisco, 1974. The "Summer of Love" has faded into a gritty, neon-soaked reality. In the shadows of the Castro and the Tenderloin, a predator is hunting. But he doesn't use a gun or a mask. He uses a sketchbook.

​He is "The Doodler"—a serial killer who charmed his victims with charcoal portraits before luring them to their deaths in the dunes of Ocean Beach. He killed five men. He assaulted countl...

​"I wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone."

​In the winter of 1995, the quiet coast of North Wales became the set of a real-life slasher movie. Four men were brutally murdered in four months. The killer wasn’t a drifter or a gangster—he was a respected local businessman.

 Peter Moore was the soft-spoken owner of the Focus Cinema, a man known for his love of teddy bear sweaters and his devotion to h...

In August 1991, the curtain fell on one of St. Petersburg’s most colorful figures. Robert Gierka was a man of contrasts: a dedicated nursing assistant by day and a master of the "Sawdust Circle" by night. 

When he was found murdered in his 40th Avenue home a residence known as the "Museum of Whimsy"police were met with a crime scene that was as surreal as it was brutal.

​In this episode, we explore the d...

Chicago, 1982. John Atchison, known as "Champagne Johnnie," lived a life as dazzling as his high-rise apartment on the Gold Coast. By day, he was a silver-haired socialite, hosting legendary brunches for the city's elite. 

By night, he navigated a hidden world of leather bars and clandestine encounters. But when Johnnie is found brutally murdered in his lavish home, the line between his two lives blurs.

 The ...

Hadden Clark was the "odd" neighbor everyone ignored—until the floorboards started talking.

 A classically trained chef and paranoid schizophrenic, Clark didn't just kill; he processed. Using his professional butchery skills, he turned suburban Maryland into a private hunting ground, hiding a six-year-old girl in plain sight for 14 years. 

From forced cross-dressing childhood trauma to drinking blood and conf...

Part 2

He was the most popular Santa in the city. Parents stood in line for hours just so their children could sit on his lap. But while Bruce McArthur was checking his 'Naughty or Nice' list, he was hiding a graveyard in the gardens of Toronto’s elite.

​How does a man hide eight murders in plain sight for nearly a decade? The answer isn't found in the shadows, but in the most trusted places imaginable: a fes...

Bruce McArthur didn’t just hide behind a mask; he hid behind a legend. While he was actively stalking and murdering men in Toronto’s Gay Village, he spent his winters as a Santa Claus at the Agincourt Mall. He wasn't a man in a costume; he was a man who had transformed himself into a symbol of ultimate trust.

​How does a man become a pillar of his community while simultaneously becoming its greatest predator? This wee...

​"He was a balding, overweight pizza delivery driver who walked with a cane and lived with his sister. To the locals, he was 'Miss Moped,' a pathetic wannabe drag queen obsessed with Patti LaBelle. But behind the closed doors of his Bayou Blue trailer, Ronald Dominique was something else entirely. This is the story of The Bayou Strangler—the man who murdered 23 men over a decade while police dismissed the victim...