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Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

by Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield

I know a thing or two about true crime... I’ve been reporting on it for 36 years. This is the podcast where I take you on a journey through mystery and injustice... and dive deep into critical clues with an irreverent style that I don’t share on TV! Join me for my personal take on many of these stories and my personal connection to several as well! I’m Ashleigh Banfield, and I’m Drop Dead Serious! New Episodes Every Thursday!

Latest episodes

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Nancy Guthrie: 9 Months Missing, Kidnapping Gone Wrong or Murder for Hire?

Nine months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona, home, where are the answers? The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie was repo

Nov 2
1 h 24 min

Worse Than Scamanda: Lexi Hannan’s Sickening Web of Lies and Fake Cancer Scam

She said she was dying of cancer, her family raised thousands to save her, and her little nephew even emptied his piggy bank... But according to the journalists behind “T

Oct 31
58 min

I Thought Elizabeth Holmes Was Guilty AF. Then I Watched THIS. | 'You Can See Everything' Explained

I went into “You Can See Everything” thinking I had Elizabeth Holmes figured out. Then I watched her boyfriend, Billy Evans, strip naked on camera, negotiate a cut of the

Oct 29
50 min

'People's Court' Fiancé Charged with MURDER After Episode Airs | Michelle Parker Murder Case

A bitter engagement-ring fight aired on “The People’s Court,” and that same day, Michelle Parker vanished. Nearly 15 years later, her ex-fiancé, Dale Smith Jr., is charge

Oct 28
50 min

‘House of Horrors’ Couple Accused of Torturing 3 Kids, Taunting Them Over Dead Parents

Dirty cat litter dumped in their beds, dog poop on their belongings, and forced to run barefoot on a gravel driveway. That’s what three kids say they endured inside their

Oct 27
34 min

Sandra Birchmore Trial: Cop’s Alter Ego ‘Joey’, Mistresses, & Bombshell DNA

Matthew Farwell’s wife gave birth to their third child on February 2, 2021, the day after prosecutors say he killed 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore, and he was texting colle

Oct 26
53 min

Beauty Queen’s Prison Reality Check After Killing Her Baby | Laken Snelling

From beauty pageants and college cheerleading to a ten-year prison sentence for killing her newborn son, Laken Snelling is facing a VERY different future. The former Univ

Oct 23
1 h 02 min

Sandra Birchmore Trial: Cop’s Filthy Secrets & Vile Texts Exposed In Court

A married Massachusetts police detective is accused of killing 23-year-old Sandra Birchmore and her unborn baby to conceal a secret that stretched back to when she was fi

Oct 22
1 h 22 min

Mom Accused of Killing Pregnant Daughter to Steal Her Baby, Fiancé Admits Sleeping With Mom

Disturbing new details in the case of a mother accused of cutting her own daughter’s baby from her womb: Rebecca Park’s fiancé testified that before he dated Rebecca, he

Oct 20
41 min

Cornell 7: Justice Denied for Jane Doe? Judge Rips DA’s ‘No Crime’ Decision

Do Jane Doe’s own words undermine her allegations—or should investigators have dug deeper before closing the door? In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ashleigh Banfield

Oct 19
38 min

‘Cruise Mom’ Accused of Leaving 2-Month-Old & 3 Kids Home Alone for Bahamas Getaway

Florida mother Nathalie Belizaire is accused of leaving FOUR children home alone while she took a tropical getaway. Police found the siblings hiding together in a bathroo

Oct 16
23 min

High & Dry: Brian Hooker Hits the Weed Store as Wife Remains Missing | Lynette Hooker

Lynette Hooker is still missing. Her husband Brian Hooker is making weed runs in California and hanging out in his mom’s garage. In this episode of Drop Dead Serious, Ash

Oct 14
33 min

Bombshell Texts & Jane Doe’s Full Police Statement Raise EVEN MORE Questions | Cornell 7

New text messages and Jane Doe’s full six-page police statement are fueling a fresh firestorm over the Cornell University fraternity allegations, with disturbing details

Oct 13
57 min

Philly House of Horrors: FBI Rips Up Floors, Walls & Pipes For Missing Women | R.C. Horsch

Could the missing women’s bodies have been dissolved and washed down the pipes? The FBI is searching floors, walls, and basement plumbing at Philadelphia’s “House of Horr

Oct 12
24 min

Death Row’s ‘Mean Girl’ Kept Piece of Teen's Skull, Wakes Up ANGRY After Botched Execution

Christa Pike kept a piece of her teenage victim’s skull as a trophy, but after surviving Tennessee’s botched execution, her lawyers are demanding mercy. Convicted of tort

Oct 9
1 h 17 min

Cornell Rape Case Explodes: Frat Brother Says HE Was Assaulted & Cornell Ignored Him ft. Megyn Kelly

One of the men accused in the Cornell rape case says Jane Doe sexually assaulted HIM while he was incapacitated, and that Cornell University failed to tell him about his

Oct 8
1 h 09 min

Jane Doe’s Texts & Secret Recordings Raise SERIOUS Questions in Cornell Rape Claims | Cornell 7

Jane Doe texted “none of the sexual stuff was illegal" and "i love u king” to a man she later accused of rape, and now her private messages and secretly recorded calls ar

Oct 7
1 h 35 min

Crybaby Pastor Still Denies Murder as Daughters TEAR Into Killer Dad at Sentencing | Caleb Flynn

Crybaby pastor Caleb Flynn had the nerve to quote scripture and deny murdering his wife while his own daughters tore into him for taking their mother’s life and destroyin

Oct 6
36 min

Crybaby Pastor’s Mommy Insists He's Innocent, But Who Hid the Murder Weapon? | Caleb Flynn

Apparently, nine guilty verdicts still aren’t enough for Caleb Flynn’s mom, who insists her son is innocent and blames the media. The “worship pastor” and American Idol r

Oct 2
39 min

No Proof She Did It? Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Trashes Murder Investigation, Holdout Juror Speaks

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer wants her acquitted of killing her three children, claiming prosecutors never proved she did it. After the first murder trial ended in a mistrial,

Oct 1
27 min

Chart trend

Position in the True Crime chart (US), last 90 days.

#9
all-time peak
4
days in the top 10 since Jan 2025

Chart positions

Where Drop Dead Serious With Ashleigh Banfield ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Nov 3, 2026).

#127 ▼ 25 True Crime US

What listeners say

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I wasn’t going to leave a review but the host requested all feedback. This podcast is good quality, she has a nice speaking voice and it’s easy to listen to. She has biases like every person on earth, but as a professional journalist I think she has an obligation to recognize them. If she’s a legit journalist, she should present both sides, cite sources and make corrections if she inaccurately reported something in a previous podcast. If she’s an entertainer, she should own it and be honest with her audience and keep up the good work because she IS entertaining :)

esk334 · Jun 2025

I love your podcast. You answer all the questions that I’m asking but you do it in a calm and factual way. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I turn on your podcast. Have you ever thought about doing a Calm sleep story ? Thank you for your precise reporting.

Jojo Oli · May 2025

I first heard about this podcast from listening to The First Degree when Ashleigh was a guest. I am pretty picky with my podcasts but as soon as I started listening I was hooked. I love the random episodes that come out and I love hearing all the information about current cases. Ashleigh makes it interesting and the guests she has are great too!

Summer Hals · May 2025

Ashleigh tells it succinctly but not leaving out details. My go to for True Crime coverage! Thank you, Ashleigh for your hard work.

Candy Lee's · May 2025

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