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True Crime Comedy deep dive podcast. Its like having some drinks with your friends, and discussing the cases.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Bill pairs survivor testimony and chronological case narration with candid questions, recurring collaborators and an irreverent conversational style.
Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer moves through cult control, organized violence, mass murder and wartime atrocity with conversational case narration, irreverent humor and guest interviews.
Bill grew up in Faith Assembly; you get survivor talk with someone who can answer back.
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A graphic, rough-edged David Parker Ray episode built around a torture-script reading and candid host reactions.
David Parker Ray, called the Toy Box Killer here, receives a bleak, graphic treatment as Bill and Sandra move through Ray, Cindy Hendy, and Jessie Ray.
A seven-segment farewell keeps Todd Thiel's laughter, presence, and podcast legacy close at hand.
Bill Selby shapes this memorial for Todd Thiel, the original co-host of Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer, as both tribute and guided walk through the podcast history Todd helped create.
A grim abduction story carried by concrete details, loose banter, and one disturbing kitchen wall.
History Goon follows Gary Heidnik's first abduction through a steady mix of case detail and rough-edged conversation. The account tracks Josefina Rivera from the opened door of Heidnik's Cadillac Coupe de Ville to coffee at McDonald's and then to 3520 North Marshall Street,…
Rodney Alcala's camera opens a grim case discussion shaped by uneasy detail and loose host banter.
Rodney Alcala's camera sits at the uneasy center of this episode, turning photography into both a practical excuse for approaching women and a darker route into the case.
A cult story about spiritual language, attention, and a private covenant that turns attraction into leverage.
Episode 151 follows Cheryl's cult through Mary, a 27-year-old lesbian raised in a religious world, whose piano playing and singing become a way in.
A Facebook-fueled murder story gets a profane, human, darkly funny true-crime treatment.
Facebook humiliation sits at the center of this murder story, where jealousy and wounded pride harden into violence. The hosts keep the coverage loose, profane, and lived-in, leaning on banter and gallows humor to make the episode feel human without drifting away from the harm…
A grim Wichita case told with context, bluntness, and a loose conversational edge.
The Wichita massacre is framed as more than a body count. It situates the Carr brothers in their Kansas background and criminal history, keeps the violence of December 14, 2000 in view, and still makes room for the argument over racist media coverage and why that context…
A fake-death scheme unravels into a grim, absurd true-crime story.
Cindy McKay's story plays like a mean, absurd slide into disaster: money trouble, a life-insurance policy, a stalled promise to pay St. Mary's back, and a staged suicide setup in Ocean City, Maryland.
True crime with cocktails and chaos.
True crime with table-talk bite.
True crime with rough-edged comic detours.
True crime with sharp Scottish banter.
Alphabetized true crime with dark, talky edges.
Kevin traces Israel Keyes from his January 7, 1978 birth in Richford, Utah through a childhood in Colville, Washington and Smyrna, Maine, including the Christian Identity church called The Ark and the family’s strict rules.
Bill and Kevin open with a return to Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer and then move into Rodney Alcala, born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1943.
Bill and Sandra cover Sheryl Ruthven, a Pentecostal preacher from Bellingham, Washington, who built Freedom Fighters into a cult with about 200 followers.
Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast covers Gary Michael Heidnik, starting with his Ohio childhood, his military service, and a diagnosis of schizoid personality disorder.
CKCB Features’ part-three Canada episode brings Bill and Dan together to discuss Dan’s childhood in His Rest Christian Fellowship, the cult led by Reema Dean.
Kevin opens with a blunt read on Oscar Derlewanger.
The episode follows the Wichita Massacre and the Carr brothers behind it.
Bill opens with Nora filling in for Sandra.
Host Bill and guest Jessica from Texas True Crime dive into bizarre prison relationships, covering cases like Luka Magnotta's marriage to another inmate, Afton Burton's engagement to Charles Manson, and the Menendez brothers' prison weddings.
Jonathan Todd Schwartz, a former financial advisor to celebrities like Beyonce and Alanis Morissette, shares his story of embezzling $4.7 million due to gambling and cocaine addictions.
This episode covers the life of Lloyd Avery II, an actor known for roles in 'Boys in the Hood' who was convicted of a double homicide in 1999.
Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer brings in two podcast guests for a loose talk about executions through history.
Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast covers Marc Lepine, born Gamil Gubari on October 26, 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, and traces the family abuse, bullying, and school failures that shaped him.
Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast episode 152, "Sheryl Ruthven and her Doomsday Cat Cult, Part 2," centers on Cheryl turning Freedom Fire Ministries into Eva's Eden Cat Rescue and using cats to control followers.
Bill misnumbers the episode and catches himself, then Sandra's return after the Dexter episode sends the show into David Parker Ray, Cindy Hendy, and Jessie Ray.
Bill and Kevin Carlson revisit Rodney Alcala Part 2, including the Malibu killing of 27-year-old nurse Georgia Wickstead, the El Segundo murder of Charlotte Lamb, and the later recovery of Ellen Hover’s remains.
Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer spends this episode on Jane Whaley and the Word of Faith Fellowship.
Cindy's ocean exit still does not float.
Faith Assembly gets another survivor voice, and the episode loosens up because of it.
Bill Selby opens this Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer tribute after Todd Teal’s death on April 25th, 2025, saying Todd was the original co-host and a bandmate from Madstone in Merritt Island, Florida.
Crimes, Killers, Cults, and Beer covers Erica and Benjamin Sifrit, the American couple convicted in the 2002 murders of Joshua Ford and Martha Crutchley in Ocean City, Maryland.
Brian Lewis and Haley Jones meet at a fair in New Tredegar, Wales, when he is 18 and she is 13, and the relationship grows into 13 years together and four children.
Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast covers a 1964 Krakow stabbing case that begins with Maria Plichka, an 86-year-old church cleaner who was attacked after crossing herself on the way to work.
Bill opens by welcoming Jody Plachet back.
The host discusses various serial killers who were caught due to their own stupidity, including Arthur Shawcross, Richard Kuklinski, and Israel Keys, while mixing in comedic anecdotes and a beer review.
Episode 147 opens loose, with Bill and Kevin Carlton joking through housekeeping before the case turns to Heatley, the Preacher tied here to bodies people were too scared to explain.
Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast covers the Beasts of Satan, a group from the Milan area tied to satanic ritualistic murders between 1998 and 2004.
Bill records solo on Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer while Sandra is in Ireland, then pivots to Eric Locke and the 2014 murder of Sonia Blount in Dublin.
Two hosts casually discuss a true crime case while joking and drinking beer.
The hosts introduce a case about serial killer Scott Kimball, who killed at least four people in Colorado and Utah.
Interview with a civilian who stopped a stabbing spree, discussing the case with humor.
The host introduces a last-minute episode with a friend after a guest cancels, discussing true crime cases in a casual, comedic style.
Bill and Sandra discuss the Children of God cult led by David Berg in a comedic true crime format.
This episode covers the stalking and murder of Christine Belford by her ex-husband and his family.
The host interviews author Willis Morgan about his theory that Jeffrey Dahmer murdered Adam Walsh.
The host interviews author Mac Maloney about his book on disposing bodies at sea, discussing the Al Ferrari murder case.
Two Florida men drink beer and discuss a true crime case involving a porn star.
Hosts Bill and Paul interview Nora Ashley about her experience with the troubled teen industry.