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Homocidal Tendency: A Queer True Crime Podcast
Homocidal Tendency is a true crime
podcast focusing on LGBTQ victims,
crime stories, and murder
investigations.
We uncover the brutal realities faced
by queer communities, blending
chilling serial killer tales with
forgotten history.
From high-profile manhunts to
overlooked crimes, our episodes
spotlight stories hidden beneath
years of neglect, delivering gripping
insights into queer true crime.
Episodes
31 episodes
30. The Donovan Hotel Murder & Tragic Double Life of David Messerschmitt
Washington D.C. is a city built on carefully managed reputations and dangerous secrets. On February 10, 2015, the pristine public life of high-profile intellectual property lawyer David Messerschmitt collided with a dark, hidden rea...
29. A Hitman, Hot Tub & Missing Boy: The Loesch Family Massacre
What connects a 3:30 AM execution on a freezing Idaho dirt road to a white Dodge Durango abandoned in the Arizona desert nine years later?In the late 90s, Gary and Barbara Loesch were systematically hunted and murdered in Post Falls, Ida...
28. The Devastating Murder of Barry Winchell
The Fourth of July is a celebration of freedom, but in the summer of 1999, one soldier learned that the most dangerous place he could be was in his own barracks, surrounded by his brothers-in-arms.In this episode of Homocidal Tende...
27. The Boys of Boise Scandal
What happens when the justice system itself becomes the monster? In Episode 27, we are stepping away from our usual murder cases to uncover one of the most chilling examples of systemic corruption and moral panic in American history: the 1955 ...
26. Michael Peterson | The Staircase & Owl Theory
A missing two hours. A blood-soaked staircase. A medical paradox that defies the laws of blunt-force trauma.In Episode 26 of Homocidal Tendency, we strip away the sensationalism to examine the chilling death of Kathleen Peterso...
B2. The Drowning of Dr. George Duncan [Bonus Episode]
We just wrapped our mid-season finale with Episode 25, and while I am taking a brief hiatus to recharge the batteries, the feed isn't going dark. In this special, fast-paced bonus episode of Homocidal Tendency, we plunge in...
25. The Bag Murders
In Episode 25, Matt takes you back to the gritty, neon-lit streets of 1970s New York City to investigate one of the most chilling and frustrating unsolved mysteries in true crime history: The Bag Murders.Between 1975 and 1977, the dark ...
24. The Monster of Montmartre | Thierry Paulin
Behind the blinding neon lights, free-flowing champagne, and pulsing techno of the 1980s Paris underground, a predator was using high fashion as camouflage to hunt in plain sight. This week on Homocidal Tendency, we step of...
23. The Sadist of Romont | Michel Peiry
This week, Matt takes you on a chilling journey into the pristine, frozen passes of 1980s Switzerland a place synonymous with safe neutrality, immense wealth, and postcard-perfect landscapes. But beneath the snow, a predator is hunt...
22. South Africa's Cross-Dressing Killers
The monsters aren't always hiding in the shadows... sometimes they are standing right next to you under the neon lights.In the mid-1990s, the underground clubs of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, served as a rare sanctuary for the LGBTQ+ communi...
21. The Literary Grifter | Lee Israel
Need a breather from the blood and guts? After a few incredibly heavy weeks, Homocidal Tendency is taking a detour from our usual grisly crime scenes to dive into a completely different kind of underworld. This week, we tra...
B1. The Fort Myers Eight [Bonus Episode]
In March 2007, a land surveyor pushing through the thick palmetto scrub off Arcadia Street in Fort Myers made a chilling discovery a sun-bleached human skull. By the time the cadaver dogs and forensic anthropologists finished their work, the br...
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20. The Hog Trail Murders
In the mid-1990s, the suffocating palmetto scrub of Southwest Florida hid a terrifying secret. A calculated predator was cruising the highways, cheap motels, and day-labor spots, luring transient and marginalized men into the woods with the pr...
19. Shadows of The West Side Piers
In the 1980s and 90s, the decaying shipping warehouses of Manhattan’s West Village were a world entirely of their own. For thousands of marginalized queer youth, trans women, and outcasts pushed to the fringes of the city, the rotti...
18. The Mysterious life and Murder of Cam Lyman
A sprawling 40-acre estate in the Rhode Island woods. A disconnected phone line. Millions of dollars vanished into thin air. The only witnesses? A pack of 50 prize-winning dogs.This week on Homocidal Tendency, we are traveling ...
17. The Cleveland Torso Murders
The Cleveland Torso Murders | The Butcher of Kingsbury RunEpisode Description:In the grip of the Great Depression, the soot-choked city of Cleveland was brought to its knees by a phantom. Between 1935 and 1938, a brilliant...
16. The Luna Park Ghost Train Fire
There is a specific kind of thrill we look for in a dark ride. We willingly plunge into the pitch black, waiting for the jump scare, knowing that eventually, the track leads back out into the light.But on the freezing night of June 9th,...
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15. The Atlanta Hustler Murders | Michael Terry
Episode 15: The Atlanta Hustler MurdersEpisode Summary:The monsters aren’t always wearing masks in the woods. Sometimes, they are waiting in the exact spaces the rest of the world decided to ignore.In the mi...
14. Shi Pei Pu | The Butterfly Spy
Imagine risking your freedom, your career, and your country for a forbidden romance... only to realize you don’t know the first thing about the person sleeping next to you.This week on Homocidal Tendency, we are stepping out of the shad...
13. The Mysterious Murder of David Buller
How does a killer commit a frenzied, brutal murder in the middle of a bustling university building in broad daylight, and walk away like a ghost? This week, we are unlocking the doors of 1 Spadina Crescent a massive, 19th-century go...
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12. Robert Mauldsley | The Real Hannibal Lecter?
What happens when a monster only hunts other monsters? This week on Homocidal Tendency, we descend into the subterranean basement of HMP Wakefield to unlock the terrifying, tragic truth behind Britain's most isolated prisoner: Robert M...
11. The Papin Sisters
To the outside world, Christine and Léa Papin were the "perfect pearls" of Le Mans. They were quiet, submissive, and kept the Lancelin household running with terrifying perfection. But behind the walls of No. 6 Rue Bruyè...
10. The Killer Priest | Father Hans Schmidt
In 1913, New York City was captivated by a horror story that seemed too gruesome to be true. A handsome, intellectual Catholic priest living a double life: performing Mass by day, and running a counterfeiting ring and a slaughterhouse by night....
