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Serial Killers & Murderous Minds

Serial Killers & Murderous Minds takes you deep into the psychology of history’s most chilling murderers, from infamous serial killers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy to ruthless cult leaders, deadly exes, and spree killers. Every Monday and Thursday, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels, a clinical and forensic psychologist, blend gripping true crime storytelling with expert analysis to uncover what drives people to kill. What fuels their darkness? How do their minds work? And most hauntingly, could they have been stopped?Serial Killers & Murderous Minds is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. Follow us on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to @crimehousestudios on YouTube and follow us @crimehouse on Instagram.

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Latest Episodes:

SERIAL KILLER: "BTK" Pt. 2 Nov 20, 2025

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For more than 30 years, Dennis Rader terrorized Wichita, Kansas — living a double life as a devoted husband, church leader, and Scoutmaster by day, and a sadistic killer by night.

As he taunted police and played a deadly game of cat and mouse, Rader’s arrogance would ultimately become his undoing.

In this shocking conclusion, Vanessa and Dr. Engels break down the psychology of a man driven by control, secrecy, and a need for fame — and the digital mistake that finally ended his reign as the BTK Killer.

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SERIAL KILLER: "BTK" Pt. 1 Nov 17, 2025

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Before he was known as the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader was a quiet Midwestern boy with a dark imagination. Behind his polite smile and churchgoing charm, Dennis harbored fantasies of control, torture, and death.

In this first episode, Killer Minds hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels uncover how Rader’s early experiences — from childhood humiliation to secret obsessions — shaped one of the most chilling serial killers in American history.

A disturbing look into how a seemingly ordinary man became a master of deception and murder.

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MURDEROUS MINDS: The Bodybuilder Love Triangle Pt. 2 Nov 13, 2025

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After Melissa James’s body is found, Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan insist they’re innocent — until the lies start to crumble. As detectives chase the couple across state lines, a twisted story of vanity, manipulation, and violence emerges.

From bodybuilding fame to life behind bars, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels dissect how ambition, arrogance, and desire turned this once-golden couple into killers.

What happens when obsession with perfection becomes a fatal flaw?

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MURDEROUS MINDS: The Bodybuilder Love Triangle Pt. 1 Nov 10, 2025

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At the height of their fame, bodybuilding power couple Craig Titus and Kelly Ryan were unstoppable — sculpted bodies, magazine covers, and a fitness empire built on success and control. But beneath the surface of their glamorous life was a world of drugs, jealousy, and rage.
When their trusted assistant, Melissa James, is found burned beyond recognition in the trunk of Kelly’s car, police unravel a story of obsession and betrayal that shocks the fitness world.

Fame built their empire. Greed and violence destroyed it.

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SERIAL KILLER: The Killer Nurse Pt. 2 Nov 06, 2025

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For years, Charles Cullen slipped through the cracks — fired, rehired, and free to kill again.

Hospitals ignored the warning signs. Administrators covered their tracks. And hundreds of patients paid the price. But when a fellow nurse befriends Charles, she becomes the key to his downfall.

In this shocking conclusion, Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels reveal how Cullen’s arrogance, obsession, and chilling lack of remorse turned hospitals into his hunting grounds — and how one woman’s courage finally stopped him.

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SERIAL KILLER: The Killer Nurse Pt. 1 Nov 03, 2025

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He was trusted to save lives — but used his nursing uniform to hide pure evil.

When Charles Cullen entered the medical field, he wasn’t looking to heal patients. He was looking for revenge. Over the course of 16 years, he quietly poisoned hospital patients across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, becoming one of the most prolific serial killers in American history.
In this first episode, Killer Minds hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels trace how Cullen’s childhood trauma, obsession with control, and thirst for vengeance led him to play God — one lethal injection at a time.

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MURDEROUS MINDS: The Sleepwalker Murder Pt. 2 Oct 30, 2025

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Scott Falater claimed he was asleep when he killed his wife, but the court wasn't so sure. In Part 2, we follow the high-stakes trial that pitted science against suspicion, unpacking expert testimony, haunting sleep studies, and a final plea that left the jury wondering if a man could be both grieving… and guilty.

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MURDEROUS MINDS: The Sleepwalker Murder Pt. 1 Oct 27, 2025

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Scott Falater went to bed next to his wife. Hours later, she was found stabbed and drowned...and all signs pointed to him. In Part 1, Killer Minds investigates the life and mind of a man who claimed he killed while sleepwalking, and the haunting question that followed: Was he conscious or completely unaware?

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SERIAL KILLER: The Scream Killer Pt. 2 Oct 23, 2025

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Five students were brutally murdered. Their killer wanted fame...and he got it. In Part 2, Killer Minds unpacks Danny Rolling’s disturbing mental state, the forensic evidence that sealed his fate, and the trial that turned a killer into a twisted horror icon.

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SERIAL KILLER: The Scream Killer Pt. 1 Oct 20, 2025

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Before he became the “Gainesville Ripper,” Danny Rolling was a broken child in a violent home, and the demons inside him were only just beginning to stir. In Part 1, we uncover the early life of the serial killer who inspired the horror movie "Scream," tracing the trauma, addiction, and dark fantasies that pushed him toward his first kill.

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