{"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":"THE FAMILY MAN—James Lasdun","slug":"the-family-man-james-lasdun","published_at":"2026-05-04T07:00:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/true-murder-the-most-shocking-killers-in-true-crime-history-1038805/the-family-man-james-lasdun","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/71845203/the_family_man_james_lasdun.mp3","summary":"An immersive account of a seemingly loving father's transformation into a \"family annihilator.\" In March 2023, Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering his wife and younger son at Moselle, their home in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. By then, the story had become headline news across the country, with its revelations of corruption in high places, massive fraud, opioid abuse, fake suicides, suspicious accidents, and the generational recklessness of the wealthy legal dynasty at its center. Having covered the case for The New Yorker, where his article became the magazine’s most read story of the year, the acclaimed novelist James Lasdun brings his long-standing interest in the darker drives of the human psyche to an investigation into the serial embezzlements, fatal boat crash, and other events leading up to the slaughter at Moselle. “Justice may have been served,” Lasdun writes in the preface to The Family Man, \"but the human element of the story didn’t seem to add up.\" Having traveled extensively in the Lowcountry, Lasdun draws on original interviews (including with Murdaugh’s notorious \"Cousin Eddie\"), transcripts of phone calls Murdaugh made from prison, the literature of criminal psychology, and the murder trial itself. Deeply researched, sharply written, and with the page-turning intensity of a Southern gothic novel, The Family Man constructs a masterful portrait of Murdaugh and the mind-boggling crimes that wreaked havoc on his community. THE FAMILY MAN: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh—James Lasdun","meta_description":"An immersive account of a seemingly loving father's transformation into a \"family annihilator.\" In March 2023, Alex Murdaugh was found guilty of murdering…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3505,"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/the-family-man-james-lasdun/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/the-family-man-james-lasdun.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}