{"podcast":{"title":"True Murder: The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History","slug":"true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805","podcast_index_feed_id":1038805,"rss_url":"https://rss.introcast.io/393525078/www.spreaker.com/show/3269715/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers--6603242","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a78ea515a438de1c9452281e6330ac64.jpg","author":"Dan Zupansky","episode_count":907,"summary":"TRUE MURDER—The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History. Every week host Dan Zupansky will interview the true crime authors that have written about the most shocking killers of all time. From true crime history, comes the preeminent true crime authorities in America and the world today. From infamous serial killers, mass murderers, cult leaders and mafia hitmen to family murderers, nazis and homicidal maniacs—True Murder is a veritable true crime archive featuring historic murder cases written about by American legendary prosecutors, judges, journalists, detectives, forensic pathologists and bestselling authors. Featuring books about infamous serial killers such as Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, BTK, Jeffrey Dahmer, Golden State Killer, Aileen Wournos, Charles Manson, Zodiac and Son Of Sam—the episode list includes 100's more with over 850 episodes. Famous true criime authors interviewed include Marcia Clark, John Douglas, Katherine Ramsland, Joseph Scott Morgan, Harold Schecter, and hundreds more. Unsolved cold cases, wrongful convictions, death row confessions, serial killer couples, psychopathic killers, DNA breakthroughs and convictions, infamous executions, cult killings—eve…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T12:17:03.701826+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805"},"episode":{"title":"DEPUTY KENT McGOWEN and REASONABLE DOUBTS—Jerry Langton","slug":"deputy-kent-mcgowen-and-reasonable-doubts-jerry-langton","published_at":"2026-07-06T04:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805/deputy-kent-mcgowen-and-reasonable-doubts-jerry-langton","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/truemurder","audio_url":"https://prefix.up.audio/s/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72834069/reasonable_doubts_jerry_langton.mp3","summary":"Jerry Langton is a veteran investigative journalist and bestselling author, writing primarily about outlaw motorcycle gangs and organized crime. Former Harris County Sheriff's Department Deputy Joseph Kent McGowen was sentenced in 2002, to 20 years, his second conviction—for murdering Susan Diane White, in her home, August 25, 1992. In 2021, after almost 20 years—Kent McGowen was released. A bestselling book and documentary, depicting McGowen as a killer had been widely seen by the public. In 2025 McGowen contacted Langton—he wanted to set the record straight and have Langton tell his story.. Langton was very skeptical but decided to conduct his own investigation—and what he discovered—was a man wrongfully convicted of murder. Author Jerry Langton joins me to discuss his new book, Reasonable Doubts: How Rumor and Innuendo Convicted Deputy Kent McGowen of Murder.","meta_description":"Jerry Langton is a veteran investigative journalist and bestselling author, writing primarily about outlaw motorcycle gangs and organized crime. Former Ha…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3560,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805/episodes/deputy-kent-mcgowen-and-reasonable-doubts-jerry-langton/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805/deputy-kent-mcgowen-and-reasonable-doubts-jerry-langton.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}