Case 305: Marshall Street
*** Content warnings: Extreme sexual violence, torture, captivity, racism, domestic violence ***When 25-year-old Josefina Rivera accepted a ride with North Philadelphia local Gary Heidnik on the night of November 26 1986, she could never have anticipated the events that were about to unfold. Josefi…
52: The Lindsey Clancy mistrial, Gary Heidnik & Your Questions
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A controversial case has taken another dramatic turn in Massachusetts, where a mistrial was declared after jurors deadlocked in Lindsay Clancy…
194: Monster Preacher
In 1986, self-proclaimed Pastor Gary Heidnik, kidnapped six women and held them prisoner in his basement. The women were tortured for months and two of them died. In this Oxygen special, two of the survivors tell their harrowing stories of how the wound up in Heidnik's basement and what it took to …
THELMA TODD: Ghost Of The Ice Cream Blonde And Her Unsolved Death
The staff of Thelma Todd's old café on the Pacific Coast Highway still see a blonde woman near the steps to the garage, which is the last place anyone saw the actress alive in December of 1935.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/ThelmaToddREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transc…
55: The Nick Reiner Pre-Trial Hearing, Lizzie Borden & Your Questions
A shocking case is entering a new chapter as Nick Reiner appears in court for a pre-trial hearing in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner. Prosecutors have decided not to seek the death penalty, while questions over sealed grand jury evidence and what comes next in the case continue …
The Olney House, Update #2: Seven Women, One House, and the Man Who Told Us Exactly What He Was
In June, a federal park ranger wrote down a license plate on Independence Mall. Three months later, Philadelphia is running the strangest death investigation in the city since Gary Heidnik, and it has no bodies in it.This is the second episode on the Olney house. Since I last covered it, the number…
Ep. 43 | UPDATES On The Olney House of Horrors | R.C. Horsch & Eugene Horsch
Today I'm breaking down a case with seven missing women linked to one Philadelphia house, and it all started with a park ranger and a parked black BMW.
In this episode, I walk through the Olney "House of Horrors" investigation: how a June 19, 2026 stop near Independence Mall led police to a home o…
This house hid a dark secret that made even the detectives sick. True Crime Documentary
A father walks into a police station and makes a confession that will haunt investigators for the rest of their careers: he has been holding his own daughter captive in a secret dungeon beneath his house for 24 years. He tells them she has borne him seven children, three of whom have never seen the…
TOTW Epi 158 - Philadelphia’s Basement Nightmare: The Gary Heidnik Case #GaryHeidnik
Behind the headlines of Gary Heidnik’s horrific crimes are six women whose stories deserve to be remembered. In this episode, we examine the Philadelphia kidnappings that left Sandra Lindsay and Deborah Dudley dead and four women fighting to survive—and how Josefina Rivera’s courageous escape broug…
EP25: It Rubs The Lotion On Its Skin
In the 1980s, Gary Heidnik ran a church out of his home in Philadelphia with fifty devout congregants professing their unwavering loyalty. Flaunting multiple flashy cars and a considerable bank account accumulated through the contributions of his vulnerable devotees, this spiritual leader ensured t…
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