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True Crime · Monte Mader

Highway to Hell

by Monte Mader

Welcome to Highway to Hell, the unique crossroads where wanderlust meets mystery. Every episode, I take you on a journey to breathtaking destinations around the globe, unveiling not just the beauty of travel but the shadows that lurk behind the postcard-perfect views. From unsolved mysteries to infamous crimes, I explore the darker tales hidden within the world's most enchanting locales. So pack your curiosity, keep your wits about you, and join us as we dive deep into the thrilling intersection of travel and true crime. Your adventure into the unknown starts now.

Latest episodes

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69. The Worlds Most Haunted Hotels

Support the show and get bonus content at patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast On the top floor of a hotel in Sydney, on ground that was a convict hospital in 1788, two wome

Oct 13
1 h 52 min

68. Dangerous Delusions, Surgical Precision: The Ant Hill Kids Cult

In 1977, a charismatic former Seventh-day Adventist named Roch Thériault led a small group of followers into the woods of Quebec’s Gaspé region to await the end of the wo

Oct 7
3 h 00 min

67. Carl Tanzler and His Corpse Bride

Support the show, get ad free and bonus content patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast Carl Tanzler was a German-born radiology technician who emigrated to the United States a

Sep 29
2 h 03 min

66. Family Business- The Hillside Stranglers

Support the show at patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast Does evil run in the family? Cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. murdered at least 10 women and girls in th

Sep 22
2 h 50 min

65. The Theology of Submission and the Death of a Pastors Wife

TW: Suicide First ever true crossover episode! Flippers meet the Hellions, Hellions meet the Flippers. This case included so much of our mutual subject matter we decided

Sep 14
2 h 13 min

64. Crime of the Summer- the Lindsay Clancy Case

Andy and I have bombshells about the timeline in our fireside chat on patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast (we also tease the new studio and halloween merch) Clarify some po

Sep 8
2 h 24 min

63. Extreme Premeditation: The Life and Crimes of Israel Keyes

We're so used to serial killers having a compulsion, a need, an insatiable craving that often makes them sloppy and leads to an arrest. Israel Keyes did not suffer from

Sep 1
1 h 59 min

62. The Jersey Devil

How prejudice, misogyny and a kangaroo in bat wings created a monster. Support the show by becoming a hellion at patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast The legend is rooted

Aug 25
1 h 53 min

61. The Warrens & The Conjuring Empire

Our longest episode EVER. The ultimate deep dive on The Warrens, their history and their conjuring Empire! Ed and Lorraine were born in a factory town in Conneticut jus

Aug 18
2 h 36 min

60. The Dyatlov Incident

What could possibly cause experienced hikers to cut their way out of a tent, WALK half clothed to the treeline, and die from the elements? **Special thanks to our patreo

Aug 11
1 h 59 min

59. YES, NO, GOODBYE- The History of the Ouija Board

Get episodes ad free and support the show at patreon.com/highwaytohell The Spiritualist movement swept America, enticing people to entertain the question, "can we truly

Aug 4
1 h 45 min

58. The Butcher Baker

Please support the show, get ad free episodes and bonus content at patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast Robert Hansen was born in Estherville Iowa to Danish immigrant parent

Jul 28
2 h 01 min

57. Herb Baumeister

Herbert Baumeister was born in Indiana in 1947 and grew up in a middle-class family near Indianapolis. Even as a young man he showed troubling signs, and he spent time in

Jul 21
1 h 27 min

56. Lights Out Volume 1

Today a little palette cleanser! After some heavy true crime and hauntings we wanted to do an episode sharing claimed in person paranormal encounters. If you'd like to s

Jul 14
1 h 30 min

55. The Worlds Most Haunted Places Part 2

As always special thanks to our hellions supporting us on patreon! patreon.com/highwaytohellpodcast This episode closes the two-part countdown of the most haunted places

Jul 7
1 h 46 min

54. The Worlds Most Haunted Places Part 1

Today we start a two part series on the most haunted places in the world. This is the bottom 5 of the top 10. Little bit different format here with each individual place

Jul 1
1 h 19 min

53. Real Life Horror: The Case of Junko Furuto

TRIGGER WARNING: We typically don't have trigger warnings since it is a crime podcast, but this episode is ESPECIALLY graphic in topics of kidnapping, torture, and sexual

Jun 23
1 h 21 min

52. Bring Me The Beauties

In the early 1980s, Hoyt Richards was on track to become the world's first male supermodel. He worked campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Versace, Cartier, Burberry, and Valentin

Jun 16
1 h 48 min

51. The Haunting of Anneleise Michel

In 1952, a devout Catholic girl was born in a small Bavarian town. By 1976, she was dead at 23, weighing 66 pounds, after 67 exorcism sessions conducted by two Catholic p

Jun 9
1 h 31 min

50. The I -5 Killer

Title: The I -5 Killer  The I-5 Killer Randall Brent Woodfield seemed, on the surface, like everything America admired. A gifted athlete from Oregon, he was drafted by t

Jun 2
1 h 14 min

Chart trend

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

#101
all-time peak
47
days in the top 200 since Oct 2025

Chart positions

Where Highway to Hell ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Oct 14, 2026).

#106 NEW True Crime US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

I’m a new listener to Highway to Hell and Flipping Tables, they’re my new favorite way to enjoy my commute. I’m an audiobook narrator and over the last year I’ve found I can read and listen to horror, even though I still can’t watch it. I love that I can learn so much and still be able to sleep at night! Keep up the amazing work!

LizzieHeard · Aug 2026

So well researched with lots of great detail! And it’s really great that they tie current-day travel with the stories; it really helps bring things to life!

14SimplePleasures · Aug 2026

With Highway to Hell, Monte and Andy are bringing something completely new to the true crime space. Impeccably researched with a heaping helping of heart.

Syderzzzz · Aug 2026

I HATE that I just discovered this podcast! But love that I can listen back to back to older episodes and catch up to newer episodes. Monte and Andy are hilarious and have great chemistry to do this! Love it!!!!!

Yvette EP · Aug 2026

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