Stay ConnectedFrom the award-winning creator of Down The Hill: The Delphi Murders, comes DEVIANT, a new true crime series that dives into the dark corners of what human beings are capable of. Host Dan Szematowicz tells good stories about bad people who do very bad things.
Some people are wired for good. Some are wired for bad. And some are wired… to be Deviant.
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Who killed Alicia Reynolds? Who targeted women along a Virginia highway? Who is the Route 29 Stalker? As Alicia's family continues to process after all these years, Andrew Iden and Dan Szematowicz explore some of the possibilities of who it may be.
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From NPR to Hard Copy to NBC to Extra, and from OJ to Heidi Fleiss to Pamela Smart to Kenneth Bianchi, Diane Dimond's reporting career has let her witness some of the biggest stories of our time. But perhaps she's best known for her investigative work into the molestation allegations against Michael Jackson, and the investigation and trial to come. Diane joins DEVIANT hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden to get into her incredible career.
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In the mid-90s, a mysterious man is attempting to flag down women drivers around the Route 29 corridor in Virginia. At first, nobody thinks much of it. Nobody makes the connections. And then, Alicia Showalter Reynolds disappears off that very road. What follows is great tragedy, and deep mystery.
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To stop the most notorious spy in US history, Eric O'Neill went undercover, and became the tip of the spear. His part in catching Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent passing highly classified and damaging information to Russia, is legendary, and the subject of the 2007 film "Breach." In this episode of DEVIANT Off Script, Eric and host Andrew Iden talk about how he helped get Hanssen, and his career in counterintelligence and cybersecurity. It's an incredible, eye-opening story you have to hear to believe.
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Buy Gray Day, Eric's thrilling book on spies and spy hunting here: https://ericoneill.net/books/gray-day/
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In our first episode of DEVIANT Off Script, hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden get to know the life and career of former Chicago homicide detective Mike Hammond. Over his career, he's seen it all. Every kind of crime scene, every kind of crime.
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DEVIANT is going to two episodes a week! Hosts Dan Szematowicz and Andrew Iden breaks down what to expect, and how you can participate too.
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It's Halloween, and in this special episode of DEVIANT, hosts Andrew Iden and Dan Szematowicz tell three of their favorite, kinda-maybe-true original ghost stories.
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Now you know everything we know about the 2014 killings of Russell and Shirley Dermond. So what do you think? In our Off Script episode, we give our parting thoughts on this case, read yours and play some of the sound we weren't able to get to in the main story. Also, a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT that we think you'll like.
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By now, you know many of the details of these crimes. The place, the time and what was done to Russell and Shirley Dermond. What we still don't know is the why and the who. In the final chapter of our exploration of the Lake Oconee murders, we consult with former members of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and put together a profile of that who, and that why. Can we get closer to the actual truth?
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The crime scene found at the home of Russell and Shirley Dermond was bizarre...among the most bizarre many in law enforcement has ever seen. For years, no evidence of significance was found. But then, a breakthrough happens that has a chance to change the entire trajectory of the investigation.
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