Dark Topic

166 • Roses are Dead

Debra Puglisi, a mother, wife, and nurse, is dreamily planting her roses while, behind her, a nightmare plants a foot into her house. Source: Book - Shattered by Debra

165 • The Hunter of Highway 20

From the late ’70s, through the ’80s, and all the way to the early ’90s, horror movie fanatic and humble highway mechanic John Ackroyd cruised up and down the 20 chewing

164 • Red Hall

The Arkansas Hitchhike Killer, James Waybern “Red” Hall, was such a hothead that his hair seemed to be ablaze. And after his infamous 1945 murder spree, so probably is “B

163 • A Great Guy

Matthew Terry seemed like a great guy. Until his pants came off.  /// For exclusive content join DT + on the Apple podcast app, or…  Patreon ~ patreon.com/darktopic D

162 • The Mount Pleasant Murders

For exclusive content .. www.patreon.com/darktopic Mount Pleasant, Iowa, October of 1978. Halloween is just around the corner, and so is a budding serial killer.  Book:

161 • The Trailside Killer

Patreon ~ patreon.com/darktopic David Carpenter, the Trailside Killer, had a brutal, seemingly uncontrollable stutter — that is, unless he took control… and became bruta

160 • The Suicide Scout

From the archives of DT +. This episode contains a secret ep at the conclusion. Takahiro Shiraishi AKA the “Twitter Killer” For exclusive content join DT + on the Apple

159 • Animal: The Pictou Sadist

Douglas Worth, a worthless human being, should be behind bars. Instead, he might be out there hiding behind a bush. For exclusive content join DT + on the Apple podcast

158 • Park Maniac

In the late 90’s an insatiable, freckle-faced serial killer terrorized São Paulo Brazil. Now Francisco de Assis Pereira is preparing to be released. For exclusive conten

157 • The Tattoo Man

Dark Topic + on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7kbG9WiVSLz81QoXw3yVHt Peter John Peters has gone by many names. In the late eighties London, Ontario, locals kne

156 • Dugan

The life and crimes of serial killer Brian James Dugan.  For exclusive content join DT + on the Apple podcast app, or…  Patreon ~ patreon.com/darktopic DT + on Spotify

155 • The Abt Family Murders

For exclusive content visit…Patreon ~ patreon.com/darktopic 1976, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Abt family plans to gather for dinner. Instead, they are collected in

154 • The Clean Freak

London, Ontario, Canada had the highest concentration of serial murder back in the seventies… though I doubt many people know that. This episode’s subject, from that tim

153 • Kill Amie

The ridiculous murder of Amie Harwick.  For exclusive content join DT + on the Apple podcast app, or…  Patreon ~ patreon.com/darktopic DT + on Spotify - https://open.s

152 • The Toy-Box Killer

Visit patreon.com/darktopic for exclusive content. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED On Monday, March 22, 1999, a naked, bloodied woman wearing a padlocked collar with a s

151 • Napper

In the early 1990s, a sleepy English village was rudely awakened by a Napper. Robert Napper. AKA the Green Chain Rapist and the Plumstead Ripper. Sources: Book - Napper

150 • Monster Butler

Archibald Thomson Hall, eventually known as Roy Fontaine, changed his name to better suit the world of butlery—which was a touch odd… given that “Archibald” sounds far mo

149 • The Work of Art: Shawcross

The Genesee Killer. The Rochester Strangler. The River Monster ~ Arthur Shawcross.  Dark Topic + DT + on Spotify ~ https://tinyurl.com/26e4bjsn Patreon ~ patreon.com/d

148 • The Homeschoolers

From the growing archive of DT + ~~ www.patreon.com/darktopic The sorry treatment of Ethiopian foster child, Hana Alemu.  Sources: Court Doc -https://www.courts.wa.gov

147 • Nebraska Boy Snatcher

John Joubert was bullied as a youth - but that’s really no excuse… Sources: ///Reading/// A Need to Kill by Mark Pettit https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-need-to-kill