Joel the Ripper: Joel Rifkin 1

In the 1970s, Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles emerged with a radical message: they were celestial beings sent to guide humanity to the “Next Level.” Over time, their small spiritual study group transformed into Heaven’s Gate — a tightly controlled community built on isolat ...  Show more

For years, Dr. Harold Shipman operated as a respected physician in Hyde, England, signing death certificates and comforting grieving families. But soon, disturbing patterns began to emerge. An unusually high number of elderly patients were dying under his care. Concerns from unde ...  Show more

Join our Patreon family for exclusive access to BTS, bonus episodes, a private group chat, first dibs on ticket and merch sales, and more! www.Patreon.com/PsychopediaPod Pedro López confessed to the rape and murder of over 300 young girls across Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru — a nu ...  Show more

We’re finally diving into the case of infamous bodysnatcher, human-skin-furniture-maker, and OG mummy’s boy...Ed Gein. A shy bachelor who terrorised a tiny Wisconsin town with his nightmarish farmhouse of horrors in the 1950s, Ed Gein inspired some of the creepiest characters in ...  Show more

Retired FBI agent and criminal profiler Candice DeLong explores the disturbing case of Ed Kemper, known as “The Co-Ed Killer.” In the early 1970s, young women began vanishing from the streets of Northern California. When the truth finally came to light, it revealed a killer un ...

You know their names: the Unabomber and Son of Sam. Two of the most recognizable killers in history, both using the press to amplify fear. In 1995, Ted Kaczynski’s manifesto hits the Washington Post, and in 1977, David Berkowitz’s letter rattles the New York Post. We trace how th ...  Show more