Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps
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Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps
Crossing the Line is a true crime podcast revealing cases of the missing and murdered, told start-to-finish each week. Using the campfire storytelling style that made Paper Ghosts a #1 hit on the charts, host M. William Phelps connects deeply with families touched by violent crime - he understands t...
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EP140 - Last Dance: The Murder of Blake Chappell
Blake Chappell is seventeen years old, enjoying life on life’s terms. He has a beautiful girlfriend, loving siblings, and his sights are set on becomi...
EP139 - Who Killed Carina Saunders? A Gruesome True Crime
*Carina Saunders is a gifted student, passionate about opera, and doing the best she can to carve out a life in Oklahoma City after getting herself in...
SHORT CUTS - The Delphi Murders, Social Media Vitriol, & What It Means for True Crime
13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German were brutally murdered by Richard Allen. My guests, Anie and Kevin, from th...
EP138 - The ‘Walking Tall’ Murder of Pauline Pusser
A famous sheriff fights crime and corruption by taking the battle right to the enemy—using a very large oak stick to bust up illegal casinos, brothels...
EP137: I Will Watch You Die: Janet Renee White, A 43-Year-Old True Crime
A love story seemingly torn from the pages of a Hollywood script begins a life for two people who, over eight years, never spend a moment apart. Then...
EP136 - Stalker, Loser, Murderer: The True Crime is How Long Justice Takes
An aspiring actress, model and volunteer, 26-year-old Alexandra Ducsay, breaks up with her boyfriend, 42-year-old Matthew Pugh. He has a hard time acc...
EP135 - The Delphi Murders: Remembering Abby and Libby, Sorting Fact From Nonsense - Part 2
In Part 2 of a special Crossing the Line, Phelps and his guests get into what actually happened to 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old...
EP134 - The Delphi Murders: Remembering Abby and Libby, Sorting Fact From Nonsense - Part 1
The double murder of 13-year-old Abigail "Abby" Williams and 14-year-old Liberty "Libby" German, known more commonly as the Delphi Murders, is one the...
SHORT CUTS: The Peeping Tom Murder: A True Crime Hard to Believe
A small suburban town in Minnesota experiences an unspeakable tragedy, a horrific murder, changing the community forever–and the killer is caught, con...
EP133 - The Deadly Neighbor: Paul Claron and Bryan Galliher
The Hatfield/McCoy deadly neighbor feud set the bar for how some neighbors respond to each other when they do not get along and tensions escalate. Fas...
EP132 - The Chameleon Killer: Elaine Parent and Beverly McGowan
A woman known as the Chameleon is crisscrossing the Atlantic Ocean, stealing identities and leading police on a wild goose chase, taunting them with l...
The TikTok Murders - Sarah Grace Patrick
A blended family, James and Kristen Brock, James’ five-year-old daughter and Kristen’s 17-year-old, Sarah Grace Patrick, seem to be living life on lif...
The Black Dahlia Murder SOLVED – Elizabeth Short
Not much needs to be said about this iconic true crime case to introduce it. Phelps gives the Black Dahlia murder of Elizabeth “Beth” Short the Crossi...
'Love Her to Death:' Tara Breckenridge & the 1990’s Serial Killer Frenzy in Houston
Tara Breckenridge is working as a waitress at a popular men’s club in downtown Houston when she goes missing one night after work. With a host of seri...
SHORT CUTS: In Cold Blood: Reggie Folks and Koby Minor
A man is shot dead inside his vehicle in the middle of the street. He is an up-and-coming professional wrestler with big dreams and big love for frien...
Fatal Encounter: Dr. Margo Prade
A well-loved doctor, Margo Prade, is found murdered inside her van in the parking lot of her office one morning. Her ex-husband, an Akron, Ohio, Polic...
Murder in Amish Country: Rebekah Byler and Shawn Cranston
A young, pregnant Amish woman in upstate Pennsylvania, Rebekah Byler, is home one morning alone with her two toddlers. When her husband returns to the...
The Doctor, the Lawyer, the Drug Dealer, the Murder: Susan Winters and Greg Dennis
Everything in your life seems to be on a perfect pace. Successful career. Long term marriage. Two beautiful daughters. So why would Susan Winters, wit...
The TRUE Crime is How Stupid This Murderer Is: Kathy Fortner
A family is on vacation, snapping photos at the Colorado National Monument when they stumble across the remains of a middle-age woman. Meanwhile, a wo...
A Sister Searches For Her Missing Sibling: The 'True Crime' of Susan Marable's Disappearance
Susan Marable fell into hard times during the late 1980's. After a series of life-changing, tragic events, she moves from Aberdeen to Yakima, Washingt...
SHORT CUTS: Devil of the Ozarks: Ashley Bush, ‘Lucy Barrows,’ Jamie and Amber Waterman
A young expecting mother, Ashley Bush, meets a new friend, Lucy Barrows, on Facebook. Lucy promises Ashley a job interview. After dropping her off, As...
The Craziest True Crime Missing Persons Mystery You've Ever Heard: Cheryl “Sherri” Miller and Pamella Jackson
Sherri Miller and Pam Jackson, both 17 years old, are on their way to a keg party in the woods one night, driving down a lonely South Dakota road, fol...
Murder Most Cold: Greg Smith, Charles & Laura Clagett
An elderly couple has not been heard from in several days. Their live-in great-grandson says he hasn’t seen them. Meanwhile, someone at a local high s...
The Murder of Suzanne Wormser and the Social Media-Inspired New England Serial Killer Hoax
A social media group spreads fear about a possible serial killer lurking around New England after several sets of remains are discovered over a short...
‘Love,’ Revenge, Murder: Gavin MacFarlane, Russell Jones, & ‘Ellie’ and Aaron Friar
Gavin MacFarlane, a 19-year-old man, plans to run off with Ellen 'Ellie' Friar, a 15-year-old minor. Ellie’s father has an issue with an adult man dat...
SHORT CUTS: Julie Sulpizio and Her Doomsday Cult: God, Guns, & A Hero's Murder
Julie Sulpizio, her husband and two children are certain God has given them a sign that the end of the world is near … and so they hatch a racist, mur...
Julie Doe and Pamela Leigh Walton: Missing and Murdered
*A Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps listener hears an episode of the show describing how submitting your DNA to the online forensic genealogy...
HORROR HOUSE: Kimberly Sullivan & the Boy Who Spent 20 Years Locked in a Closet
A fire inside a Waterbury, Connecticut, home leads to one of the most shocking, alleged domestic abuse and confinement cases of the past 20 years. The...
SAY HER NAME: Emily Pike
*Emily Pike is 14 years old, and living in a Mesa, Arizona group home. In early 2025, it is believed Emily kicked out the screen inside her bedroom an...
Ted Bundy & the Cigarette Butt: The Rita Curran Cold Case
A local schoolteacher is found murdered by her bed, inside the Burlington, Vermont, apartment she shares with three others. Investigators are stumped—...
SHORT CUTS: Held Captive: Tanya Kach/Nikki Allen, and Thomas Hose
A child runs away from home and into the arms of a sociopath--a real scumbag. Her ordeal is shaped by a culture of judging and blaming victims. A case...
The Education of a Serial Killer: Charles Davis and Roseann Sturtz
A Baltimore woman fails to show up for work. Her family is concerned and reports her missing. Meanwhile, a slew of other women in the same county are...
A Brutal True Crime: Sandra Pagniano is Missing
Sandra Pagniano has decided enough is enough. She is divorcing her husband, David. But when Sandra turns up missing, leaving two notes behind, indicat...
Serial Killer Richard Cottingham & Dr. Peter Vronsky – Part 2
Concluding my interview with Dr. Peter Vronsky, noted expert on the life of the Times Square Ripper/Torso Killer, serial murderer Richard Cottingham,...
Serial Killer Richard Cottingham & Dr. Peter Vronsky – Part 1
An elevator opens and out walks one of the most notorious serial killers of our time, Richard “Torso Killer” Cottingham. You cross paths with him and...
Guns Don’t Kill People, Scumbags Do: The Rock Road Massacre
Robert Haggart meets Garnetta Post in 1981—and her life is never the same again. Soon after marrying Haggart, Garnetta realizes the guy is lazy, vulga...
SHORT CUTS: Missing: Emma Baum, Ja'Niyah McMichael, & My Rant About True Crime Social Media
Two cases out of Gary, Indiana—young women missing from the same general neighborhood a few months apart, one of whom we know for certain was 9 months...
Murder in Honolulu: Dawn Momohara
A high schooler in Honolulu, Dawn Momohara, gets a phone call, leaves her house en route for the shopping mall and never returns. After nearly five de...
Threesome Turns Deadly: Fred Tones, Carolyn Lima, & Leslie Ashley
A local real estate broker is found dead in 1961 Houston. Two local “women” seem to be the last to have seen him. As a nationwide manhunt begins, law...
Murder in the Family: Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis
*Two young girls, best friends Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, go missing two months apart from each other. Law enforcement is stumped. Had the girls...