True Crime Twins

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Twin sisters weigh crime cases through criminology and medicine.

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Twin sisters Chloe and Melina work through crime cases using their grounding in criminology and medicine, stopping to question a medication list or weigh a possible psychiatric condition. Cases include Lindsay Clancy, Alex Murdaugh, Bryce Laspisa and the Idaho murders, the last spread over more than one part.

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About True Crime Twins

True Crime Twins rests on a simple pairing: twin sisters Chloe and Melina, and their backgrounds in criminology and medicine. Both show up. What marks the show is how often a case rundown pauses for a medical or psychiatric question. Take Lindsay Clancy, the Duxbury mother and nurse accused of killing her three children before attempting suicide, whose episode is pegged to her arraignment from a hospital bed. One sister goes through the medications in the case, explains that with strong benzodiazepines a patient is on one or another rather than all of them, and says she would be shocked if Clancy was on more than four at a time. The same discussion grants the defense a point about women with postpartum conditions being ignored, and one sister admits that Patrick's plea for people to forgive Lindsay nearly made her cry. The Idaho murders run across more than one installment. In the second, the accused's gaunt appearance and preoccupation with food are set beside Adam Lanza, with talk of possible psychiatric conditions and the caveat that no formal diagnosis has been reported. In the third, a witness heard a male voice promising help, and one sister says her feeling is that the voice belonged to the killer. It sends her back to Columbine, where, she recalls, one of the killers offered help to a wounded victim before shooting him. The sisters had already given Columbine an episode of its own, and the callback shows them reading new cases against old ones. The delivery shifts from case to case. The Alex Murdaugh episode plays as question and answer, with one sister asking whether Paul and Maggie were shot with different guns and how much time passed between the shootings, and the other conceding the exact timeline is unknown. It signs off by noting where jury selection stood as the trial began. The Bryce Laspisa episode follows a roadside assist from a mechanic, a missed arrival, and police who found him hours later sitting in his car staring into space, then let him go after a sobriety test. Before a case starts, the talk is ordinary sibling catch-up: a long day, both of them in the rat race, and recording as the best part of it. The second Idaho installment opens with a listener discretion notice and a reminder that everyone involved is presumed innocent until proven guilty under United States law. The feed also holds a bonus in which Melina recommends Dark Valley, an investigative series on unsolved 1980s serial murders in rural New England. True Crime Twins is distributed by Glassbox Media and belongs to the Crawlspace Media family. For the medical angle, the Lindsay Clancy episode is the clearest place to start. For a longer stay with one case, try the Idaho installments.

Made for: Suits a listener who wants murder cases talked through as they reach arraignments and jury selection, with medical and psychiatric questions given real time rather than a passing mention.

What sets it apart: The medical aside is the recurring move: questioning how many drugs a defendant could have been taking at once, or what severe weight loss might do to a brain, inside a conversational rundown between two sisters. New cases are also read against old ones, from Columbine to Adam Lanza.

In their own words

Crawlspace's Chloe Canter along with her identical twin sister, Melina, host the True Crime Twins podcast. They tell crime stories using their academic and occupational backgrounds in criminology and medicine.

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A MySpace chloroform meme meets scrutiny; your inner juror has homework.

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  • forensic caveats before you make up your mind about the Caylee Anthony case
  • to trace how the Idaho affidavit complicates the timeline you first heard
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Uncover America’s Unknown Serial Killer with Dark ValleyJun 16, 2023

A survivor's memory and a wary psychologist give Dark Valley's cold-case investigation its moral weight.

Dark Valley opens with Jane Borowski, a survivor of a brutal attack 36 years earlier by the Connecticut River Valley serial killer, and journalist Jennifer Amell's pursuit of justice for eight women killed in the 1980s.

69 // Alex MurdaughJan 25, 2023

A clear conversational primer on the Murdoch trial, its unresolved timeline, and the surrounding investigations.

True Crime Twins approaches the Murdoch case at the point jury selection begins in Alec Murdoch's murder trial, placing a prominent South Carolina family within a widening criminal saga.

67 // Idaho Murders Pt. IIIJan 11, 2023

A tense, detail-driven review of timing, sound, and vehicle evidence that leaves room for careful interpretation.

The episode builds its strongest thread around timing: Zanna Cronodal awake at 4:12, on TikTok, with a DoorDash order arriving four minutes before Brian Koberger's car was seen nearby.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Uncover America’s Unknown Serial Killer with Dark Valley

    Hidden gem

    Melina introduces Dark Valley as an investigative true crime series about rural New England's unsolved serial murders, with Jane Boroski and journalist Jennifer Amell at the center.

    Jun 16, 2023·43m·2 clips
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    70 // Lindsay Clancy

    Feb 8, 2023·16m
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    69 // Alex Murdaugh

    Hidden gem

    True Crime Twins focuses on the Alex Murdaugh case, starting with the Murdaugh family's power in South Carolina's Low Country and the $8 million in client money that Alec allegedly stole through a fake Forge account.

    Jan 25, 2023·31m·2 clips
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    68 // Bryce Laspisa

    Jan 18, 2023·18m
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    67 // Idaho Murders Pt. III

    Hidden gem

    True Crime Twins covers part three of the Idaho murders, focusing on the January 5 affidavit, the King Street house in Moscow, Idaho, and the arrest of 28-year-old Brian Koberger from the Poconos in Pennsylvania.

    Jan 11, 2023·21m·1 clip
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    66 // Idaho Murders Pt. II

    True Crime Twins examines the November 13 deaths of four University of Idaho students in Moscow, Idaho, six weeks before Brian Koberger’s arrest.

    Jan 4, 2023·28m·2 clips
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    65 // Caylee Anthony Pt. II

    True Crime Twins Part II evaluates Casey Anthony’s Peacock documentary about Kaylee Anthony’s disappearance, murder case, and acquittal.

    Dec 28, 2022·30m·2 clips
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    64 // Caylee Anthony & 'Where the Truth Lies'

    Jose Baez asked George Anthony whether he would have reported himself if he had sexually abused his daughter, and George couldn't answer.

    Dec 24, 2022·39m·2 clips
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    63 // Prison Escape at Dannemora

    Dec 15, 2022·20m
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    62 // Idaho Murders

    Dec 8, 2022·22m
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    61/ Manson Family Pt. II

    Nov 24, 2022·16m
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    60 // Manson Family Pt. I

    Nov 9, 2022·27m
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    59 // Sandy Hook Massacre Pt. II

    Nov 2, 2022·22m
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    58 // Sandy Hook Massacre Pt. I

    Oct 27, 2022·25m
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    57 // Columbine Massacre Pt. II

    Oct 19, 2022·24m
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    56 // Columbine Massacre Pt. I

    Oct 12, 2022·25m
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    55 // Granby Girl

    Oct 5, 2022·25m
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    54 // Love & Romance & ASD with Kelli Brink of TrueCrimeiRL

    In this crossover episode, Chloe from True Crime Twins interviews Kelly Brink about love, dating, and the show Love on the Spectrum as a lighter palate cleanser.

    Sep 28, 2022·45m
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    53 // Jennifer Dulos

    Sep 21, 2022·33m
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    52 // Closs Family

    Sep 16, 2022·26m
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    51 // Missing Lydia Hansen & Jill Sidebotham

    Sep 7, 2022·23m
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    50 // Murder of Yeardley Love

    Aug 31, 2022·22m
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    49 // Murder of Holly Bobo

    Aug 24, 2022·24m
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    48 // A Mysterious Death in the Family

    Aug 17, 2022·39m
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    47 // The Killing of Katie Palmer

    Aug 10, 2022·42m
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    46 // Caregivers Drugging Children

    Aug 1, 2022·23m
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    45 // Lori Erica Ruff

    Jul 25, 2022·21m
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    44 // Murder of Moriah Wilson

    Jul 11, 2022·36m
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    43 // Missing Patricia Otto Pt. III: Re: Finley Creek Jane Doe

    Jul 4, 2022·42m
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    42 // Missing Patricia Otto Pt. II ft. Suzanne Timms

    Jun 27, 2022·27m
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    41 // Missing Patricia Otto Pt. I ft. Suzanne Timms

    Jun 20, 2022·35m
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    40 // Murder of Joan Webster

    Jun 13, 2022·52m
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    39 // Murder of Lindsay Buziak Pt. III ft. Jeff Buziak

    Jun 6, 2022·45m
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    38 // Murder of Lindsay Buziak Pt. II ft. Jeff Buziak

    May 30, 2022·45m
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    37 // Murder of Lindsay Buziak Pt. I ft. Jeff Buziak

    May 16, 2022·44m
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    36 // When Female Teachers are Pedophiles Pt. II

    Apr 26, 2022·20m
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    35 // When Female Teachers are Pedophiles Pt. I

    Apr 8, 2022·25m
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    34 // Dr. Sneha Anne Phillip: Missing on 9/11

    This episode explores the mysterious disappearance of Dr.

    Mar 25, 2022·22m
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    33 // Murder of Bakari Henderson

    Feb 25, 2022·22m
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    32 // Murders of Kylen Schulte & Crystal Turner Beck

    Feb 11, 2022·25m
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    31 // Death of Lauren Smith-Fields

    Jan 28, 2022·19m
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    30 // Mysterious Death of Jonathan Luna

    Jan 14, 2022·35m
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    29 // Murder of Kelsey Berreth

    Chloe and Melina discuss the 2018 disappearance and murder of Kelsey Barrett, exploring the manipulative dynamics and the role of a mistress.

    Dec 17, 2021·28m
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    28 // Serial Killer Jesse Matthew Pt. II: More Victims?

    Dec 3, 2021·42m
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    27 // Stalked: Victimology

    Nov 19, 2021·20m
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    26 // Criminology of Jesse Matthew Pt. I

    Nov 5, 2021·26m
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    25 // Mysterious Death of Tamla Horsford

    The hosts introduce themselves and their podcast, then begin discussing a recent case that gained attention on social media, officially ruled an accidental death but with mysterious circumstances.

    Oct 22, 2021·39m
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    24 // Missing Sofia McKenna Pt. III

    The hosts discuss the disappearance of Sophia McKenna, analyzing the case from criminological and medical angles.

    Oct 8, 2021·31m
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    23 // Missing Sofia McKenna Pt. II ft. Michelle McKenna

    An interview with the mother of a missing woman, exploring her daughter's life and the circumstances of her disappearance.

    Sep 24, 2021·34m
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    22 // Missing Sofia McKenna Pt. I

    The hosts introduce the unsolved disappearance of Sophia McKenna from Connecticut, sharing their personal connection to the case.

    Sep 10, 2021·31m