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Real Crime: The REELZ Files

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185 episodes

9 months ago

Geraldo Rivera's Murder in the Family is now part of Real Crime: The REELZ Files and we're so excited to continue bringing you great true crime content! Coming up next in the feed is I Lived with A Killer. Their lives are portrayed in movies, TV shows and books and their shocking acts are woven into the fabric of scary stories about real monsters in the world. But what happens when the monster is someone you live with and love? Every hour-long episode of I Lived With A Killer brings a haunting new twist to cases that terrified the public with the powerful stories from the family members of the killers. Viewers will hear from ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano’s daughter Karen Gravano, Orlando Nightclub Shooter’s ex-wife Sitora Yusufiy, The Iceman’s daughters Merrick and Christin Kuklinski and many more. Viewers will also hear from detective who worked the cases and experts who break down the media frenzy around the crimes.

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Geraldo Rivera's Murder in the Family is now part of Real Crime: The REELZ Files and we're so excited to continue bringing you great true crime content! Coming up next in the feed is I Lived with A Killer. Their lives are portrayed in movies, TV shows and books and their shocking acts are woven into the fabric of scary stories about real monsters in the world. But what happens when the monster is someone you live with and love? Every hour-long episode of I Lived With A Killer brings a haunting new twist to cases that terrified the public with the powerful stories from the family members of the killers. Viewers will hear from ‘Sammy the Bull’ Gravano’s daughter Karen Gravano, Orlando Nightclub Shooter’s ex-wife Sitora Yusufiy, The Iceman’s daughters Merrick and Christin Kuklinski and many more. Viewers will also hear from detective who worked the cases and experts who break down the media frenzy around the crimes.

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Episodes (20/185)

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Murder Made Me Famous: Aileen Wuornos

Hitchhiking, sex worker, Aileen Wuornos garnered national attention after she was charged with murdering at least six different men in less than a year by shooting them at point-blank range. Wuornos’ sanity proved to be a challenge for prosecutors, but she confidently plead guilty to each charge made against her. She was executed by lethal injection in 2002. Charlize Theron won an Oscar for her portray of Wuornos in the movie, “Monster.” Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

47 minutes 50 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Sex Lies & Murder: Jodi Arias

The gruesome discovery of murdered 31-year-old Travis Alexander is something that many will be unable to forget. His killer unknowingly leaves clues that lead homicide detectives down a dark and twisted path of sex, lies, religious faith and ultimately - murder. Like what you hear and want more real crime and mystery? Go to reelz.com/get-reelz/

3 years ago

49 minutes 18 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Copycat Killers: Slender Man

Two middle school girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner to the infamous supernatural internet meme known as “Slender Man.” After reading stories about Slender Man online, the 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate, but they soon discover that committing a cold-blooded murder is harder than it seems. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

49 minutes 5 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of…John Candy

On March 4th 1994, beloved comedy actor John Candy was found dead in Durango Mexico, where he was working on what would be his final film, Wagons East. Candy rose to fame in over 40 films including Splash, Cool Runnings and Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Off-camera, John Candy had battled with his weight throughout his life. But what events unfolded in Mexico that could have contributed to his shocking fatal heart attack at just 43? World renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter will examine Candy’s death certificate, along with first-hand accounts from those closest to him, in order to understand what ultimately caused the death of this Hollywood icon. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

49 minutes 32 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Murder Made Me Famous: Ken & Barbie Killers Karla Homolka

The Canadian serial killer, alongside her husband Paul Bernardo, drugged, raped and murdered three women, including her own younger sister. While the world watched in shock as her sentencing unfolded, Karla struck a deal claiming that she had been an unwilling accomplice to her husband and walked away a free woman in 2005 after only serving 12 years in prison. In recent years, she was met with protesters trying to prevent her from working in a school. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

47 minutes 8 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Sex Lies & Murder: The Conspiracy

A Navy dropout is the target of a couple’s twisted desire to indulge in a gruesome fantasy. Their behavior is fueled by money, lies and a litany of delusions all resulting in a tragic murder. New episodes of Sex Lies & Murder drop each Wednesday. Like what you hear and want more real crime and mystery? Go to reelz.com/get-reelz/

3 years ago

49 minutes 16 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Copycat Killers: Queen Of The Damned

A man becomes so obsessed with the film Queen of the Damned that he murders his friend, eats part of his body, and drinks his blood – thinking that just like in the movie, the gruesome act will help him achieve immortality. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/

3 years ago

48 minutes 38 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...Michael Clarke Duncan

As the gentle giant “John Coffey” in the fantasy-drama, The Green Mile, Michael Clarke Duncan found fame at the age of 42. The 6’5” actor went on to star in a string of Hollywood blockbusters but he wasn’t a typical movie star. He was obsessed with working out and eating well so when he suffered a fatal heart attack in 2012, rumors of a conspiracy emerged. Now world-renowned medical examiner Dr. Michael Hunter investigates Michael Clarke Duncan’s mysterious death at the age of 54-- just 12 years after he became a Hollywood favorite. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

49 minutes 34 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Murder Made Me Famous: "Prom Mom" Melissa Drexler

18-year-old Melissa Drexler attended high school in New Jersey where she was impregnated by her boyfriend in 1997. Ignoring her stomach cramps, Drexler arrived at her school’s Prom and gave birth to her son in a bathroom stall. The miraculous moment turned into murder when the teen suffocated the child, wrapping him in a plastic bag and discarding her baby in the trash. Drexler returned to the dance floor as if nothing happened, blaming the blood trail on her period. It's not until janitors discovered the deceased baby in the dumpster that Drexler was finally discovered for the killer she is. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

47 minutes 10 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Sex Lies & Murder: All In

A wealthy gay woman lusts over a young college girl and lavishes her with the finer things in life. The unrequited love leads to excess, drugs, and a twisted love triangle with a man who would do anything for sex and money – which, of course, includes murder. New episodes of Sex Lies & Murder drop each Wednesday. Like what you hear and want more real crime and mystery? Go to reelz.com/get-reelz/

3 years ago

50 minutes 12 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Copycat Killer: Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. This childhood rhyme was based on a real-life murder that was turned into a great movie, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. So great that when one fan, James Cushing, finds an axe, he thinks it is destiny to follow Elizabeth Montgomery’s portrayal and become Lizzie. Walking the streets of a Seattle suburb at night, no one is safe as he searches for the perfect victim. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

47 minutes 39 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...Davy Jones

On the morning of February 29th, 2012, Davy Jones the idolized front man of the 60’s pop phenomenon, The Monkees, died. He had been performing just days before and showed no signs of illness. A working-class kid from Manchester, England, Davy won international fame when, at 19 years-old, he was cast in the wacky TV show about a failing pop band named The Monkees. His sudden death from cardiac failure came completely out of the blue. In this podcast, world-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter uses Davy’s autopsy and medical examiner’s report to uncover what really killed Davy Jones at just 66 years old. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

49 minutes 13 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Murder Made Me Famous: Aaron Hernandez

From All-American to convicted murderer, Aaron Hernandez’ early career success as tight end for the New England Patriots was shockingly overshadowed by his violent life as a killer. Hernandez’ temper seemed to get the best of him in situations, and he was charged with the first-degree murder of friend Odin Lloyd and also indicted in connection with two drive-by murders in 2012. Without the possibility of parole on his life sentence, Hernandez ultimately saw no way out from it all and tragically took his own life in prison in 2017. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

46 minutes 30 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Sex Lies & Murder: The Boyfriend

Laura and Craig Stelmasek are living the quintessential all- American life until their family hits a financial rough patch. Police receive a tip of a suspicious van at the Phoenix Arizona airport parking lot, leading them to the Stelmasek residence. They arrive to find a 16 year old girl home alone and both of her parents missing. What they discover inside the van is something they never anticipated. Investigators must follow a trail of clues that start with the abandoned van and ultimately lead them to a cold blooded killer. New episodes of Sex Lies & Murder drop each Wednesday. Like what you hear and want more real crime and mystery? Go to reelz.com/get-reelz/

3 years ago

50 minutes 7 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Copycat Killers: Heathers

In a scene right out of the crime-comedy Heathers, three high school best friends become mortal enemies in a plot to kill the “cool kids.” Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/

3 years ago

48 minutes 33 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of... Dennis Wilson

Dennis Wilson was the golden boy drummer for the Beach Boys. His good looks, energetic attitude and musical prowess made him one of the great drummers of rock and roll. True his band’s ident ity, he was also an avid surfer. But the Beach Boys drummer was also an avid drinker and on December 28, 1983, after a day of alcohol-use, Wilson dove into LA’s Marina Del Rey harbor and drowned in less than 15 feet of water. Byt what really happened? Forensic Pathologist Dr. Michael Hunter examines Dennis's autopsy report to dispel the rumors and reveal the real cause of the drummer's tragic and untimely death at the age of 39. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

49 minutes 23 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Murder Made Me Famous: D.C. Sniper Attacks

For three weeks in 2002, the streets of D.C. were terrorized as two men, 17 year-old Lee Boyd Malvo and 42 year-old John Muhammad, hunted random civilians in broad daylight with a rifle. The sniper attacks made national news and Americans became fearful that they could be the next victims. After training to be a marksman in the military, Muhammad recruited the help of friend Malvo to shoot 17 people from the trunk of his car. Malvo was given multiple life sentences and Muhammed was executed by lethal injection. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

47 minutes

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Sex Lies & Murder: A Hero's Demise

Nathan and Michelle Paet are high school sweethearts who marry and start a family together. Nathan fights in the Iraq war and is lucky enough to return home where he works at the Nellis Air Force base in Las Vegas, NV. Unfortunately he finds out that returning home might be an even more dangerous battlefield than the one he just survived. New episodes of Sex Lies & Murder drop each Wednesday. Like what you hear and want more real crime and mystery? Go to reelz.com/get-reelz/

3 years ago

49 minutes 27 seconds

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Copycat Killers: Fatal Attraction

The psychological thriller starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close inspired a real murder Known as “The Fatal Attraction Case.” The crime occurred when one man’s infidelity resulted in obsession, stalking, and murder—just like in the movie. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

49 minutes

Real Crime: The REELZ Files

Autopsy: The Last Hours Of...George Michael

One of the most brilliant performers of his generation, George Michael’s music career spanned 35 years. Following global fame with the pop group Wham!, his solo career sent him into the stratosphere. But the death of both his lover and mother, along with the pressures of keeping his sexuality a secret, took their toll. Conflicted and depressed, Michael turned to drugs and alcohol to numb his pain. His slide into self-destruction led to his sudden death at the age of 53. Now expert pathologist and coroner, Dr. Michael Hunter, investigates what was going on in the singer’s body that caused him to die so suddenly and at such a young age. Like what you hear and want more true crime and mystery? Go to https://www.reelz.com/podcasts/

3 years ago

48 minutes 57 seconds