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True Crime Campfire

True Crime Campfire

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 Join hosts Katie and Whitney for a different kind of true crime podcast. You can start with season 1, The Puppet Master and the Prince of Darkness, a deep dive into the most bizarre murder case you've never heard of. Or start with season 2, which covers a different stranger-than-fiction story each week. This bingeworthy show combines meticulous research with a refreshing mix of comic relief and seamless storytelling. There's plenty of room around the campfire--come help us roast murderers and marshmallows!

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Episodes
  • Great Dismal: The Murder of Kathy Bonney

    Great Dismal: The Murder of Kathy Bonney
    May 23 2025
    A young woman found naked and dead in the water. A diary that held clues to a secret life. Dark truths hidden behind suburban walls, and a mind at war with itself. This week we have a tale of mystery and madness where the borders of reality itself start to crumble.

    Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets go on sale February 7: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE

    Sources:
    Deadly Whispers by Ted Schwarz
    Investigation Discovery's "Swamp Murders," S1E1, “Multiple Personalities”
    UPI archives: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/11/Video-shows-accused-killer-as-Satan/7506595227600/
    Court paperwork: https://law.justia.com/cases/north-carolina/supreme-court/1991/38a89-0.html

    Follow us, campers!
    Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire
    https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/
    Facebook: True Crime Campfire
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en
    Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire
    Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com
    MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support.
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    54 mins
  • When Nerds Attack - Ensnared: The Murder of Kelly Bullwinkle

    When Nerds Attack - Ensnared: The Murder of Kelly Bullwinkle
    May 16 2025
    There’s a meme I’ve seen a few times. It says “You never know how toxic something is until you breathe fresher air.” I think it’s about how easy it is to get so completely wrapped up in a relationship, or a group dynamic, or a way of thinking that you stop seeing it for what it is. You become less and less tuned in to what’s normal. This happens a lot when you get two close friends together—two people who might not be likely to do any damage if left to themselves, but who become like fire and gunpowder together. Pushing each other further and further, with neither one willing to flinch. This can get even scarier when the two friends in question are teenagers with huge egos and a fascination with all things dark and edgy.

    Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets go on sale February 7: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE

    Sources:
    LA Weekly, "Two Against One," Christine Pelisek. January 8, 2004.
    Redlands Daily Facts: https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2023/07/19/high-profile-killer-of-redlands-teen-granted-release-from-prison/
    CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/best-friends-held-in-teens-death/
    Court transcripts
    LA Times Archives: "Teen's Crush Was Fatal," Lance Pugmire, January 2005
    LMN's "I Killed My BFF," S3, E5
    Investigation Discovery's "Mean Girl Murders," episode "Goth Girl Gone"

    Follow us, campers!
    Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire
    https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/
    Facebook: True Crime Campfire
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en
    Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire
    Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com
    MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com


    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support.
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    46 mins
  • A Voice in the Dark: The Ohta Family Murders

    A Voice in the Dark: The Ohta Family Murders
    May 9 2025
    You’re supposed to be safe at home. Why wouldn’t you be? And that sense of comfort must be even greater if “home” is a beautiful house you built yourself, where you live happily with your family in a town where you’re successful and respected. You’d have no reason at all to think that someone was watching you with binoculars through the trees, their heart burning ever hotter with rage, ever closer to exploding with murderous fury. Join us for a story of madness and grandiose delusion, a case that rocked 1970s California almost as much as the Manson Family murders did.

    Sources:
    Court records: https://law.justia.com/cases/california/supreme-court/3d/5/287.html
    New York Times archives: https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/16/archives/killer-of-eye-doctor-and-four-on-coast-is-sentenced-to-die.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/1971/11/30/archives/mechanic-on-coast-guilty-of-killing-5-in-oneman-war.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/21/archives/5-slain-on-coast-and-left-in-pool-surgeon-wife-2-children-and.html
    New York Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/2009/03/22/crazed-hippy-killer-caused-horror-with-1970-murder-of-california-doctor/
    SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Santa-Cruz-mass-murderer-kills-self-in-prison-3221281.php
    Crime Library: https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/mass/john_frazier/index.html
    Investigation Discovery's "A Crime To Remember," episode "Killer Prophet"

    Join Katie and Whitney, plus the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, Sinisterhood, and Scared to Death, on the very first CRIMEWAVE true crime cruise! Get your fan code now--tickets go on sale February 7: CrimeWaveatSea.com/CAMPFIRE

    Follow us, campers!
    Patreon (join to get all episodes ad-free, at least a day early, tons of extra content, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfire
    https://www.truecrimecampfirepod.com/
    Facebook: True Crime Campfire
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truecrimecampfire/?hl=en
    Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfire
    Email: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.com
    MERCH! https://true-crime-campfire.myspreadshop.com

    Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support.
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    41 mins

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