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Killer Patients: Stanwood Elkus Feb 02, 2022

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In January of 2013, Dr. Ron Gilbert was shot and killed in his office by a new patient who said his name was Allen Gold. Only he wasn't a new patient and his name was actually Stanwood Elkus. It had been 20 years since Dr. Gilbert originally diagnosed him, and Elkus was back for revenge.

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Sam Sheppard Pt. 2 Jan 26, 2022

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In the aftermath of Marilyn Sheppard’s murder, media speculation drove the narrative against her husband Sam. He was convicted and imprisoned for a decade before getting a second chance at freedom. Sam Sheppard finally had a new lease on life — but his reinvention would come at a cost.

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Sam Sheppard Pt. 1 Jan 19, 2022

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Dr. Sam Sheppard and his wife Marilyn fell asleep at home watching a movie with friends on the evening of July 3rd, 1954. Early the next morning, Sam awoke to a horrific scene. Marilyn and her unborn baby were dead.

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Best of 2021: Murder on Cielo Drive Dec 28, 2021

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As we look ahead to the new year, we want to take one last chance to say thank you for the year that was — and present our "Best of 2021"! Please enjoy this episode from our fan-favorite podcast, Solved Murders.

In August 1969, actress Sharon Tate was living the Hollywood dream. Until it turned into the bloodiest kind of Hollywood nightmare.

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Charles Cullen Pt. 2 Dec 15, 2021

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For the better part of two decades, Charles Cullen homed in on a pattern that allowed him to continue his killing spree nearly uninterrupted. But in 2003, a nurse friend of his became an informant — piecing together exactly how he was able to outsmart hospital administrators and detectives alike.

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Charles Cullen Pt. 1 Dec 08, 2021

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Between 1987 and 2003, Charles Cullen worked at ten different medical centers across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In that time, some suspect the lethal nurse claimed over 300 lives.

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“Killer Dentist” Colin Howell Pt. 2 Nov 17, 2021

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After poisoning his wife and his mistress’s husband in 1991, Colin Howell tried and failed to outrun his guilt. Finally, years later, he did as his religion taught him to do: he confessed.

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“Killer Dentist” Colin Howell Pt. 1 Nov 10, 2021

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Throughout his life, Colin Howell did everything he could to appear godly and upright. But in the early ‘90s, the staunchly religious dentist committed two murders in Northern Ireland — and got away with it for nearly two decades.

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Edward William Pritchard Pt. 2 Nov 03, 2021

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It takes a certain type of evil to poison a person, but a far greater kind to do it repeatedly, and to one's own wife nonetheless. It wasn't that Dr. Pritchard loathed the woman he married. She simply stood in the way of the inheritance he was after… and the maid he'd taken as his consort.

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Edward William Pritchard Pt. 1 Oct 27, 2021

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In May 1863, a young woman's charred remains were found resting in the surgical chair of a surgeon's home office. Whispers flew about town, claiming that Dr. William Pritchard had torched his own practice. As it happened, unsavory deeds were far from beneath Dr. William Pritchard, a man who married and meddled all for the sake of a shiny reputation.

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