True Crime Garage

True Crime Garage

Hosts Nic and the Captain invite you to grab a chair, grab a beer and join them as they talk some true crime. This is no ordinary garage: it’s a rabbit hole of true crime, with a generous supply of alcohol and banter to lighten the load. From international atrocities to heinous stories on (US) home turf, dive head-first into a different case each week, and enjoy a cold one whilst your there. If you consider yourself an armchair detective, you’re in the right place, and you’re amongst friends. For the mystery-seeker, True Crime Garage presents an archive of missing persons, unsolved and cold cases, plus accounts of infamous serial killers and chilling solved cases. True Crime Garage has just one rule: don’t litter. Remember to not take yourself too seriously because if you do, nobody else will. Missing persons (including): Maura Murray Brandon Lawson Asha Degree Wiliam Tyrell Emma Fillipoff Brian Shaffer Jaliek Rainwalker Madeleine McCann Jennifer Kesse Unsolved cases (including): Mitrice Richardson Kendrick Johnson JonBenet Ramsey The Delphi murders OJ Simpson The Tylenol Murders Elisa Lam The Photo: Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon The West Memphis 3 Amy Mihaljevic Serial killers (including): The Long Island Serial Killer (LISK) Zodiac Ted Bundy The Backpacker: Ivan Milat BTK: Dennis Rader John Wayne Gacy Jeffrey Dahmer Edmund Kemper Ed Gein Solved cases (including): Chris Watts The Unabomber John Lennon Scott Peterson Son of Sam Columbine Room 309: Sidney Teerhuis-Moar Kenneka Jenkins Rae Carruth

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June 10, 2025 54 mins

Amber Spradlin, Aliza Sherman, & Amy Hooper  ////// Updates

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This week from the Garage, we are very happy to be bringing to you major updates in three cases that we have covered. 38 year old Amber Spradlin was killed at an after work party sometime in the night of June 18, 2023. True Crime Garage covered this case in July of 2023 with episode #687. Since, arrests have been made and trial dates have...

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Devil in the Ozarks ////// 848

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Northwest Arkansas 2017 - a former Police Chief murders a man in cold blood then takes his family out for a nice dinner. Grant Hardin, a man who was relieved of his duties as Police Chief for harassing and threatening the civilians of Gateway, Arkansas was arrested for the murder of James Appleton. Later and to everyone’s surprise, Grant Hardin was charged with anoth...

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June 3, 2025 65 mins

Zachariah Juwaun Shorty ////// 847

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July 20, 2020: 23 year old Zachariah Juwaun Shorty went missing from a motel room at the Journey Inn, located at 317 N. Airport Drive in Farmington, New Mexico.  According to Zach’s mother, there were four individuals staying there in addition to her son.  This was two men and two women.  The room number was 129. The F.B.I. has announced an $10,000 reward for inf...

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May 27, 2025 65 mins

Unsolved Mystery of McCoy  ////// 846

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68 year old Terry Lee McCoy lived alone in a nice ranch style home on 38 acres of land. Few several months he had been working to sell the home and property to downsize but mysteriously he vanished. At his home there were obvious signs of foul play. Terry didn’t just disappear he was murdered and likely by someone who knew him. His body was found 19 days later....

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Killing was Purposeful Interviews /// Off The Record 

As a follow up to our “Killing was Purposeful” 4 part series we offer this episode of Off the Record to the masses. Nic talks with Officer Simon from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office regarding the disappearance of 20 year old college student Sierah Joughin. Also, joining the show is Bob & Nikki Kolasinski founding members of Keeping Our Girls Safe, an Ohio non-profit working ha...

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Killing was Purposeful /// Part 4 /// 844

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Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reaso...

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Killing was Purposeful /// Part 3 /// 843

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Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for reaso...

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Killing was Purposeful  /// Part 2 ///  842

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Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for rea...

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Killing was Purposeful  /// Part 1 ///  841

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Starting in the 80s and then continuing for two decades, Toledo and northwest Ohio was experiencing an increase in violent crimes. Horrifically, abduction, murder, and rape were on the rise. Some of these cases remain open to this very day. Murder was difficult to investigate. Some cases were traditional homicides - person kills someone they know for rea...

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Killing for Chaos /// Part 2 /// 840 

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February 28, 2025 - a simple welfare check was requested by multiple persons at a residence in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  Deputies were sent to the home to check on a family of three.  No one answered the door.  Soon the officers would have to force their way into the home.  What they discovered there quickly made a simple check a very complex homicide investigation...

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Killing for Chaos /// Part 1 /// 839 

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February 28, 2025 - a simple welfare check was requested by multiple persons at a residence in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  Deputies were sent to the home to check on a family of three.  No one answered the door.  Soon the officers would have to force their way into the home.  What they discovered there quickly made a simple check a very complex homicide investigation...

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Missing Interviews True Crime Garage /// Part 2

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Nic and the Captain sit down to talk True Crime with Tim and Lance from the podcast Missing. 

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Missing Interviews True Crime Garage /// Part 1

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Nic and the Captain sit down to talk True Crime with Tim and Lance from the podcast Missing. 

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April 30, 2025 50 mins

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 4

 

Released: 5-1-2018

 

Part 4 of 4

 

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January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before van...

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April 30, 2025 53 mins

 BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 3

 

Released: 5-1-2018

 

Part 3 of 4

 

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January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before va...

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April 30, 2025 47 mins

 BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 2

 

Released: 5-1-2018

 

Part 2 of 4

 

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January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before va...

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April 30, 2025 46 mins

BTK /// Bind, Torture, Kill /// Part 1

Released: 5-1-2018

Part 1 of 4

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January 1974 - Wichita, Kansas - After years of fantasizing a killer emerges from the shadows and announces himself to the world. A dark haired man slipped into the home of the Otero's one morning as the children prepared for school. He murdered all four people inside the home. Later that same year he would attack and kill again before vanishi...

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April 22, 2025 54 mins

Jimmy Townsend  //////  838

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If there ever was a boy who was a living legend in his neck of the woods, well for West Monroe, Louisiana in the early 1980’s it was Jimmy Townsend.  Jimmy was smart, talented, good looking, and liked by all.  He was known in West Monroe for his athleticism and the ability to carry his youth sports teams to success.  It was thought that Jimmy would most certainly someda...

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Hate American Made ////// Oklahoma City Bombing

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On the morning of Wednesday, April 19th, 1995 an ex-army soldier turned homegrown terrorist Timothy James McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah building in downtown Oklahoma City. He had conspired with others to carryout this horrific act against his fellow Americans. April 19th, is also Patriot’s Day. In 1995 it was the sad two year anniversary of the...

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April 15, 2025 50 mins

Hate American Made ////// The Soldier 

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Timothy James McVeigh was a decorated American Soldier who served during Operation Desert Storm. After the war McVeigh had difficulties finding a new path for himself. Ultimately, he became enraged against the government that his soldier duties once served. He believed and told others that the U.S. government was in the process of taking away the freedoms of...

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