(Part 2 of 2) When 25-year-old Heidi Firkus was tragically killed in 2010 after an intruder broke into her and her husband’s home, the community rallied around 27 year-old widower and survivor, Nicholas Firkus. Years would pass with no new leads…but behind the scenes the St. Paul Police Department had already been working with the FBI to uncover the truth…which eventually resulted in the finality of a cold case that had lasted 10+ years…
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2023-06-10 06:11:11 +0000 UTC
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(Part 1 of 2) The thought of marriage can be overwhelming…Even if you’re sure you’ve met the man or woman of your dreams, it’s a commitment that should never be taken lightly. You’ve got to be careful when choosing a forever partner…because a lot of people aren’t exactly who they say they are. 27-year-old Nicholas Firkus seemed like an innocent church goer- right alongside his wife Heidi. But after a black man wearing a hooded sweatshirt broke into their St. Paul, MN home, autho...
2023-06-10 06:07:31 +0000 UTC
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27-year-old Mariam Abdulrab was a bartender in Atlanta, GA with a “larger than life” spirit. She seemed to know just about everyone in town…the kind of social person who was happy to be friends with anyone she’d meet. After closing up the bar following a late night shift in the early morning hours of April 13th, 2021, Mariam headed home just like any other night…But little did she know that somewhere along the route of her 20 minute drive from Revery VR Bar to her driveway… someon...
2023-06-02 19:09:23 +0000 UTC
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18-year-old Zachary Latham of Vineland, NJ was every neighbor's worst nightmare. His favorite pastimes included racing fast cars down Thornhill Road, revving his engine, and terrorizing one family in particular - The Durhams. After recording their countless confrontations, Zachary Latham soon began uploading the videos to TikTok. Using the hashtag #Karen, his content soon went viral and Zachary Latham started gaining more followers. But when the lines become blurred between online personas an...
2023-05-30 20:28:59 +0000 UTC
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The day after Thanksgiving in 2022 would mark one of the biggest tragedies the city of Riverside, California had ever seen. A vicious home invasion turned to a bloody massacre, after an online predator “catfished” an underage girl online. But the community already reeling would collectively shift their emotions from feelings of loss to outrage when new information leaked about who the suspect actually was. He was soon identified as 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards… active member and deput...
2023-05-29 03:40:20 +0000 UTC
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Good Afternoon,
We have had some things happening behind-the-scenes this week with our Network partner going through an acquisition that have unfortunately led to some production delays this week. Here is where I anticipate things playing out in the next few days.
- This week's Felony Friday should be out by Sunday evening.
- There will be another full-length episode release by Monday evening or Tuesday morning.&...
2023-05-26 20:53:08 +0000 UTC
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Hi Everyone,
When you first sign up for Invisible Choir Premium on Patreon, you get what is called a "Private RSS Feed" or "custom audio RSS link" via email. This is a lengthy custom URL connected to your subscription which contains all premium episodes. You can in turn use this custom URL in most all other major platforms and listening services to "subscribe" to Invisible Choir Premium and listen to all premium and early release episodes on the app, just as you would any other sh...
2023-05-20 14:16:45 +0000 UTC
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In May of 2019 a Pensacola, FL man’s badly decomposed body was discovered bound with duct tape and tightly wrapped in a tarp at the end of a desolate road next to an old mining sediment pond. The only potential clue left behind was a piece of scrap sheetrock, a bathroom tile, and a small length of orange nylon rope. All signs would inevitably point back to the man’s next-door neighbor. But would this quiet, good ‘ole Southern boy actually talk? And might there be more victims at the end...
2023-05-19 21:24:47 +0000 UTC
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On August 8, 2007, EMS arrived at a residential property in Esto, FL to render life saving aid to an unresponsive 7-year-old girl who had been found floating face down in a backyard pool. The child’s mother, Amanda Lewis, showed every sign of a parent in distress as her daughter was airlifted to the hospital. 7-year-old Adrianna Hutto tragically died and almost became another statistic in a long list of annual accidental drownings…that is, until a key witness came forward saying her death...
2023-05-13 21:55:56 +0000 UTC
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51-year-old Orsolya Gaal seemed to have it all. She was a loving mother of two residing in the upscale Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens, NY. She and her husband Howard were wealthy, successful, and appeared to be living the idyllic life. But nothing is ever as it seems…and the truth would soon be exposed. In April of 2022, a man walking his dogs came across what he thought was a mannequin stuffed inside of a hockey bag, left on the corner of Metropolitan Ave…
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2023-05-12 21:20:54 +0000 UTC
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Shots ring out from behind the busy Pensacola, FL Corner Store the evening of January 11th, 2015. A 26-year-old man is coldly gunned down over a $6 pill in an apparent drug deal gone bad. Detectives quickly identify their prime suspect, but it is readily apparent that the motive is much more complex than simple robbery. They bring him in for an interview and slowly realize they are either dealing with a hardened street thug, or the dumbest criminal in Florida state history.
Visi...
2023-05-05 20:44:32 +0000 UTC
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I tried out a new format in the recent Felony Friday episode - and I received all of your thoughtful feedback, direct messages, phone calls, and saw the letters you sent your state senators. As a result, I will stick to the original scripted format we have had since the beginning of the show. We may occasionally go the "Debrief" style when discussing more current events or breaking down cases or theories behind-the-scenes outside of regular programming, but other than that, I will stay the co...
2023-04-30 01:48:39 +0000 UTC
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29-year-old Ali Abulaban had dreams of making it big in the entertainment industry. He amassed a respectable following on social media by creating comedy skits and by doing celebrity impersonations. His renditions of Tony Montana from the 1983 classic “Scarface” went viral- becoming his most popular content, by far. But over time, Ali’s ego began to grow even larger than his 940,000 follower fan-base on TikTok…and things would soon take a turn for the worse…
Writt...
2023-04-28 20:34:58 +0000 UTC
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(Part 2 of 2) In March of 2010, Farmers Insurance Agent and independent branch owner/operator Randy Stone was found shot to death in his Independence, MO office suite by his wife Teresa. The former U.S. Marine and Gulf War Veteran was prepared for anything by his very nature - so his untimely death caught close friends and family off guard. The only clue homicide detectives had to go off of was a torn up note in an office trash can near Randy’s body. A letter from his wife’s supp...
2023-04-22 05:45:53 +0000 UTC
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Owning “murder-belia,”- or memorabilia of famous killers such as original John Wayne Gacey artwork or prison letters from Charles Manson isn’t a crime. To each their own, right? Sure this sort of collector might be viewed as “strange” by the public, but should this sort of hobby be considered a red flag? Or is that just what the media wants us to think? 26-year-old Shaye Groves of Havant, England was one of these true-crime fanatics. According to the national headlines, she...
2023-04-18 21:19:38 +0000 UTC
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Three of the four of us in the family we’re down with some type of aggressive stomach virus or flu the past several days so I’m playing catch up on very little rest. Please quit commenting and messaging me asking when the Felony Friday or Part two of House of Secrets will drop. They will be released the very second they are ready to go. Not a second later. Not a second earlier - believe it or not - as I am not yet capable of time travel (working on it though). Occasionally these things h...
2023-04-17 12:13:08 +0000 UTC
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(Part 1 of 2) In March of 2010, Farmers Insurance Agent and independent branch owner/operator Randy Stone was found shot to death in his Independence, MO office suite by his wife Teresa. The former U.S. Marine and Gulf War Veteran was prepared for anything by his very nature - so his untimely death caught close friends and family off guard. The only clue homicide detectives had to go off of was a torn up note in an office trash can near Randy’s body. A letter from his wife’s supp...
2023-04-16 21:40:14 +0000 UTC
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Our Felony Friday episode will come out a bit later in the weekend along with a huge full length two parter. We have some kind of stomach virus moving through the wife and kids as of last night/this morning so I’m on Daddy duty and cleanup patrol for the foreseeable future as we are also out of state visiting family. My apologies for the delay. I have all of my equipment along and am nearing completion on everything.
-Michael
2023-04-13 13:13:53 +0000 UTC
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When you think of Florida, you might think of crime. But you also might picture the beautiful beaches of St. Petersburg. The city is a popular destination for tourists looking to soak up the sun. But beyond the resorts and all-you-can eat hors d’oeuvre menus, there’s a darker side to the sunny city. In March of 2023, a young mother was found brutally murdered in her new apartment. At the time, her family had no time to grieve… because the victim’s 2-year-old son had gone miss...
2023-04-07 16:36:41 +0000 UTC
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Canada’s justice system has a reputation for leniency…especially when it comes to murder. For better or for worse, the country is well known for reintegrating many violent criminals back into society. The approach is meant to have a compassionate focus on rehabilitation. While recidivism rates of violent criminals reoffending are low, what happens when they do reoffend? Over time, a middle-aged man named Christopher Ward Dunlop from Calgary, AB would become the poster child for this very ...
2023-03-31 21:05:50 +0000 UTC
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In the mid-to-late 2010’s an individual operating under the pseudonym “master” allegedly began uploading several disturbing original photographs to various online gore forums on 4-Chan and Death Addict depicting the mutilation of deceased pre-term fetuses and infants. This user also shared several photographs depicting the horrific taunting and physical abuse of several medically compromised and vulnerable children in a contemporary U.S. hospital setting. The ...
2023-03-31 05:29:28 +0000 UTC
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Lions stalk zebras in the savanna woodlands. Great white sharks stalk seals in the ocean. In a lot of ways, this savage way of life is what separates man from beast. However, in the world of true crime, we’ve learned time again and time again that some humans have the ability to become just as depraved. In November of 2022, 33-year-old software engineer Zohreh Sadeghi had a stalker of her own. She too felt she was being hunted by a 38-year-old man named Ramin Khodakaramrezaei. She did every...
2023-03-25 00:25:12 +0000 UTC
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We’ve all met a liar or two in our day. Someone who just can’t seem to tell the truth. 27-year-old Taylor Rene Parker of New Boston, Texas was one of those people. One person who believed what Taylor was saying, however, was her boyfriend Wade Griffin. After Taylor became pregnant with his child, Wade was looking forward to becoming a father…but as Taylor’s due date came and went, Taylor was running out of options. She was going to do whatever it took to become a mother even if it kil...
2023-03-19 21:45:35 +0000 UTC
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Reality TV: For some, it’s a guilty pleasure. MTV’s Jersey Shore, The Real World, The Bachelor- all the “classics.” One show that falls into this category is “Welcome to Sweetiepies’- a program that ran for over 9 reasons on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network. The series was a big hit, revolving around Miss Robbie’s chain of soul food restaurants. But when her grandson became the victim of a tragic murder in 2016, everything changed. In a plot that reads li...
2023-03-18 01:16:53 +0000 UTC
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29-year-old Ernie Scherer was living the dream. He was a professional poker player who was making a big name for himself in the Las Vegas gambling circuit. But when tragedy struck and his parents were found brutally murdered inside their Country Club estate, Ernie didn’t show much emotion. This made everyone around him suspicious, including law enforcement…and it wouldn’t be long before Ernie’s so-called lavish lifestyle was exposed for what it actually was…
Written by Mic...
2023-03-11 02:25:08 +0000 UTC
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In 1996, 17-year-old Aaron Stark of Denver, CO had made up his mind. He was going to become a school shooter. Before the days of Columbine, there weren’t many secure entrances or armed community services officers standing guard in American schools. In fact, it was relatively easy for a kid to bring a gun to school. Aaron had it all planned out. He knew exactly how he was going to get the weapon and in his mind, there was no turning back. But ultimately that is exactly what he did. We had a ...
2023-03-05 01:29:37 +0000 UTC
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After the Columbine massacre shook our nation in 1999, a whole new continuum of copycat killers was born. Whether it be infamy or notoriety, the Colorado school shooting opened the floodgates for lost youth who identified with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Jon Romano, a 16-year-old from East Greenbush, NY was questionably one of them. However, in a strange twist of fate - Jon would be given a second chance. After serving his time and making amends, he would ironically wind up the victi...
2023-03-03 16:24:31 +0000 UTC
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In 2012, business partners Tom Merriman and Pat Flanagan co-founded the non-profit organization Butterfly Farms in Encinitas, CA. They taught classes focusing on conservation and sold pollinating plants to help grow the struggling population of Monarchs in the northern San Diego region. All was well on the farm until an employee was brutally murdered in 2019. Owners Tom and Pat had no way of knowing at the time that just a few months later, one of them would tragically meet an eerily...
2023-02-24 17:20:57 +0000 UTC
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2020 was shaping up to be a promising year for 25-year-old Jonathan Amerault of Keene, New Hampshire. He was working his way up the ranks in a career he loved, as a Biomedical Engineer. He had just purchased his first home and was in the process of remodeling it himself. The only thing missing from John’s life was a partner to share it with. Eventually, he did find a potential partner. A woman he saw a potential future with. But when he and a fellow co-worker turned up missing on the same c...
2023-02-18 22:01:18 +0000 UTC
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A stolen truck tipped off a concerned neighbor that something had gone terribly wrong in a Fort Wayne, IN apartment early on the morning of June 2nd, 2021. After checking on his neighbor and entering the apartment, he found it uncharacteristically disorganized and disheveled. When he entered the kitchen and found an improvised fire-setting device, he carefully backed out and phoned her family. What they would inevitably discover in one of the family bedrooms would haunt them and Indiana homic...
2023-02-17 22:10:29 +0000 UTC
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