My Dad Was An Axe Murderer

Smoking a cigar on a riverbank in Alaska, this caller tells Gethard about the therapist's offhand suggestion that sent him north, and the long, rambling road that led him there. From sleeping in a college library to living on Greyhound buses, with many stops in between, he and Ge ...  Show more

A proudly unpredictable mom calls to talk with Gethard about errant mouth bones, thrift-store vendettas, and escaping a fundamentalist upbringing. Plus: dead snakes, a dilapidated chicken coop, and a toddler determined to keep all of us on our toes. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymou ...  Show more

A man recounts his memory of his father killing his mother in front of him and talks about how it affected him growing up and how he is attempting to reconnect with the family that he lost at such a young age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

As a child, April Balascio noticed that people would often vanish. One time it was a labourer working for her dad, another time it was a young couple in town. Then as an adult, April started googling cold cases in her childhood towns. In 2009 she got a match and called the police ...  Show more

A man struggles to free himself from his father’s iron grip on the family, but when an unsettling truth about his past is revealed, his entire life comes into focus.

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Host, Alex Estrada gives the eulogy at his father’s funeral. He speaks of the wonderful person Rosalio was. But what he doesn’t say is that for a long time, he’s had a sinking feeling that his father had someone killed. The Estate tells his journey into finding the truth and reco ...  Show more