Death Island
Death Island

<p>White sand beaches, untouched jungles, cloudless skies. People come to Thailand to get away from it all. But the seemingly idyllic paradise of Koh Tao, once known as Turtle Island, has turned from beauty to horror as a string of brutal murders and unexplained disappearances have rocked the community. Government cover-ups, corrupt police, bungled investigations, silenced natives, cults. Locals and tourists have come to known this place as: Death Island.</p>

Hi, Death Island listeners! iHeartPodcasts has geared up for a riveting new season of The Idaho Massacre hosted by Courtney Armstrong, Stephanie Lydecker, and Jeff Shane! On November 13, 2022, four students from the University of Idaho were brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house. After a lengthy investigation and cross-country manhunt, a Ph.D. student from a neighboring university is charged with the crimes. As it turns out, the 28-year-old was majoring in criminology, studying the behavior of killers like the ones he would later be accused of becoming. Did he use his skills to become a real-life Dexter? Tune in to this top-tier true crime story, but don't just take our word for it, check out the trailer to decide for yourself!   Show Description: On November 13, 2022, four students from the University of Idaho are brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house. After a lengthy investigation and cross-country manhunt, a Ph.D. student from a neighboring university is charged with the crimes. As it turns out, the 28-year-old was majoring in criminology, studying the behavior of killers like the ones he would later be accused of becoming. Did he use his skills to become a real-life Dexter? Were the Idaho victims his first, or was a serial killer hiding in the midst? The producers of The Piketon Massacre explore all sides of the shocking crime in pursuit of the truth.       Listen to The Idaho Massacre on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Season 1, The Girlfriends told the story of how a group of incredible women came together to bring down one bad ex-boyfriend and seek justice for the murder of Gail Katz. But there’s one part of that story that’s still a mystery. During the investigation into Gail’s case, a torso washed up on Staten Island and was misidentified as Gail. Nobody knows her name or what happened to her after she was ruled out from the case. In Season 2, the amateur ladies detective club are back with a new mission: to uncover the identity of this woman and finally find Our Lost Sister. Listen here and subscribe to The Girlfriends: Our Lost Sister on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hi, Death Island listeners! iHeartPodcasts has geared up for a riveting new podcast called Cold Blooded hosted by Scott Weinberger! With a smile and optimism that epitomizes South Florida in the 1980s, Billy Halpern is the last person anyone expects to find brutally murdered. Six months after his body is found, throat slit ear-to-ear in a professional execution-style hit, the investigation goes cold. When his best friend and girlfriend turn up dead, investigators realize Billy might have been caught up in a larger scheme involving the city's most dangerous criminals. Tune in to this top-tier true crime story, but don't just take our word for it, check out the trailer to decide for yourself! Show Description: With a smile and optimism that epitomizes South Florida in the 1980s, Billy Halpern is the last person anyone expects to find brutally murdered. Six months after his body is found, throat slit ear-to-ear in a professional execution-style hit, the investigation goes cold. When his best friend and girlfriend turn up dead, investigators realize Billy might have been caught up in a larger scheme involving the city's most dangerous criminals, local wise guy and mob associate Bert Christie and decorated ex-cop Gil Fernandez.  Despite circumstantial evidence tying a growing list of crimes back to Christie and Fernandez, the murders go unsolved for years. Decades later, investigative journalist and former cop Scott Weinberger and Detective Danny Smith agree to work together to solve this murder mystery. Ultimately, this yearlong investigation will expose the true motive behind this killing spree and uncover new evidence including the DNA of the killer. Justice for Billy Halpern is just a listen-away.  Listen to Cold Blooded on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hi, Death Island fans! Listen to Paper Ghosts Season 4 hosted by M. William Phelps! It’s the dead of summer, 1989, in the heart of the Ozarks. An 18-year-old woman goes missing from Bella Vista, Arkansas. As the search moves forward, several suspects emerge. Then… a body is found not far from the Missouri border, and a homicide investigation begins. Tune in to this top-tier true crime story, but don't just take our word for it, check out the trailer to decide for yourself!   Show Description: It’s the dead of summer, 1989, in the heart of the Ozarks. An 18-year-old woman goes missing from Bella Vista, Arkansas. As the search moves forward, several suspects emerge. Then… a body is found not far from the Missouri border, and a homicide investigation begins. Soon, a second body is discovered nearby. What was a mystery transforms into the hunt for a possible serial killer stalking young women throughout the Ozarks. M. William Phelps digs in nearly 35 years later and begins to understand that things aren’t always what they seem.     Listen to Paper Ghosts on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hi, Death Island fans! Check out the self-taught detective, who for 20 years was the go-to guy for the US Department of Justice to reunite unclaimed and unidentified dead bodies with their loved ones. In this ten-episode narrative series, Todd Matthews tells the story of a family torn apart by tragedy and his quest to bring them back together. Hello, John Doe is a winding, poignant tale that explores what it means to be lost and found.   About Hello, John Doe: At age 45, Steve Patterson made a shocking online discovery: his own missing person’s page. Desperate to uncover why he had been included on the list, Steve called Todd Matthews, a missing persons investigator, in search of answers. Together, Todd and Steve discover a sordid family past that includes long-lost relatives, kidnappings, and murders. It turns out that Steve was presumed dead because, around the time he was born, his biological mother had married a serial killer who tore their family apart. Along the way, Steve would have to make sense of a personal story with more twists and turns than he’d ever imagined. In this ten-episode narrative series, Todd Matthews, an amateur sleuth from Tennessee, tells the story of a family torn apart by tragedy and his quest to bring them back together. From Revelations Entertainment, First and Last Productions, and Neon Hum Media, "Hello John Doe" is a winding, poignant tale that explores what it means to be lost and found. Listen to Hello, John Doe now on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In a small Tennessee town, a local serial killer was caught by the most unlikely investigators: A group of high school students, led by their teacher, Alex Campbell. Throughout the course of one school semester, the class pieced together a 30-year-old mystery and identified the killer behind at least six brutal murders. Shockingly, while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations publicly agrees with their theory, no charges have been filed against the murderer. While some sleuthing students already have graduated, they, along with a fresh crop of current high schoolers, still want to finish the assignment, once and for all.  Listen here or on the iHeartRadio app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hi, Death Island Fans! We want to share a new true crime podcast hosted by Hilarie Burton Morgan that we think you'll love... About the show: The tight knit fabric of a small town can be torn apart when a violent crime happens. Join host and advocate Hilarie Burton Morgan in the companion podcast to SundanceTV's powerful true crime documentary series, "It Couldn’t Happen Here." Along with key crew from the TV series as her co-hosts, Burton Morgan will dive deeper into the cases covered on the show featuring never before heard archive and a behind the scenes lens of how the team tackles these head-scratching and heart-breaking stories. "It Couldn’t Happen Here" encourages everyone to get curious, get involved, and ask how can I help when it appears the system has failed? After listening to this podcast, you'll find yourself thinking twice about our series title: "It Couldn't Happen Here". It can, and it does, more than you would think. For more information on the cases we cover or if you have a case you’d like us to tackle, please follow our advocacy work on @ICHHstories on Instagram and Twitter Listen here and subscribe to True Crime Story: It Couldn't Happen Here on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told is an anthology podcast series of the most layered and engrossing true crime stories about female killers, cops, scientists, lawyers, scammers, activists, and more. Hosted by true crime writer, Mary Kay McBrayer, this podcast tells the stories in which women aren’t narrowly defined as victims, but instead are the protagonists. Listen to The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-greatest-true-crime-s-128412643/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Burden of Guilt is an emotionally harrowing audio docu-series that tells the story of Tracyraquel Berns, a woman who has spent four decades at the center of one of the most bizarre and disturbing criminal cases in American History – surrounding the devastating and mysterious death of her baby brother. This podcast explores Tracyraquel’s pursuit for justice and her journey to confront the burden of guilt she has carried with her for the majority of her life. Listen to Burden of Guilt on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-burden-of-guilt-125035763/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A woman reinvestigates the murders that defined her high school years in the 1980s, murders that appear to be happening all over again with a new round of unexplainable, bizarre, and violent deaths. Is it just a stroke of bad luck for this charming small town, or is it a dark curse that refuses to be buried? Inspired by a true story where the coming-of-age drama of John Hughes movies meets the nostalgia-laced chills of Stranger Things. This is THE MURDER YEARS.   Listen here and subscribe to The Murder Years on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Producers continue to discuss the fallout from the podcast and the real-world implications our investigation has had.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, the producers reflect on the impact of their investigation and the real-world implications of their podcast. They discuss the fallout from their reporting and the effects it has had on the individuals and organizations involved. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Through expert interviews, we explore some history of the island of Koh Tao, dating back to the 1940s, which provides context to where we are now. Forensic expert Joseph Scott Morgan also joins us to discuss some newly-procured autopsy reports.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This episode picks up at the trial of the two Burmese migrant workers who have been charged in the murders of David Miller and Hannah Witheridge. Three judges announce the verdict on Christmas Eve 2015, and we look into events that led to that point as well as what's going on today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We revisit the murders of Hanna Witheridge and David Miller on Koh Tao. With new information coming to light regarding key evidence, we dig deeper into the case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
When a family vacation turns into a nightmare, one family is left with the sinking feeling that justice may never be found. We also investigate if tourist attacks could be related.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We explore the mysterious deaths of two foreigners on the island. In 2012, a motorbike accident raises new questions about police investigations on the island. Then, in 2013, a successful bar owner is found dead with the police claiming it was a heart attack, but the evidence to support this claim is thin. Join us as we uncover the dark secrets of Koh Tao and the possible connection between these two deaths.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We dive even deeper into the murders of backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller. We hear from first-hand sources who were on the island in the weeks following the crimes and who reveal that when two suspects emerged, it seemed the nightmare was over, but we discover that the real mystery was just beginning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In September 2014, Hannah Witheridge and David Miller only met by chance while backpacking on the island, but when their bodies were found together on Sairee Beach, they would become linked forever by a tragic mystery. Their senseless deaths sparked international outrage and raised questions about justice on Koh Tao. As the investigation continues and new evidence emerges, it seems that the truth about Hannah and David's murders may be more elusive than anyone ever imagined.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ian Jacobs traveled to Koh Tao for a diving vacation, but his trip ended in tragedy when his body was discovered in a well on the island. Despite the investigation into his death, his friends from the UK remain unsatisfied with the official story and embark on their own journey to uncover the truth. Around the same time,  Mr. Ban, a well-known local businessman some people called “King of Koh Tao," is gunned down in broad daylight. The deaths are shrouded in mystery, and the deeper our team delves, the more complicated things become.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In the tranquil island community of Koh Tao, a series of suspicious deaths set off alarm bells for a young political activist named Christina Annesley. Driven by a deep sense of justice she decides to investigate despite the dangers that lie ahead. As she navigates the murky waters of corruption and deceit Christina finds herself in grave danger.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Koh Tao is a tropical nirvana, but behind the palm trees and sandy beaches lies a dark mystery, with a growing number of unsolved deaths and disappearances. In episode one, our award-winning investigative team delves into the tragic case of Elise Dallemagne, whose death is just the beginning of a larger, intricate puzzle. Follow us as we unravel the threads of this twisted web, where nothing is as it seems and every clue leads us closer to understanding why paradise has its price.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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