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Dive deep into the dark underworld of crime with "Criminal Empire", the ultimate true crime show that brings you chilling documentaries and exclusive interviews with notorious mafia gangsters and infamous serial killers. Hear firsthand accounts from those who lived the life of organized crime, uncovering the secrets, power struggles, and brutal realities of the mafia's rise and fall. Paired with harrowing tales of history's most dangerous serial killers, this show will take you inside the mi ...
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The Darkness Vaults

Podimo & Vespucci

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For journalists all over the world, reporting true crime stories is a day-to-day reality. But what do journalists do when that reality is so dark that it feels like we’ve reached a new depth of human cruelty? For the first time, a network of 600 of these journalists have invited us into the darkest recesses of their world. They’ve shared stories of some of the most disturbing cases ever reported, past and present. From Podimo and Vespucci — this is The Darkness Vaults, released weekly on Wed ...
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Don’t be fooled by the nickname. Baby Face Nelson wasn’t just another gangster — he was a trigger-happy psychopath who even the FBI feared. Fast, furious, and always armed, Lester Gillis left behind a trail of dead agents, broken bank vaults, and bullet-riddled getaways. And yet, his story is rarely told in full… until now. 💥🧨🕵️ In this explosive s…
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He was the original outlaw celebrity — a bank-robbing icon who outsmarted the law at every turn… until destiny caught up with him outside a Chicago movie theater. 🎥🕵️💥 John Dillinger wasn’t just a criminal — he was a symbol of rebellion during America’s darkest hour. This cinematic finale to Season 2 follows the final days of Dillinger’s life: his …
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Before the demon dog. Before the .44 caliber. There was David Berkowitz — a disturbed loner whose descent into madness ended with six murdered strangers and a terrified New York City. In this psychological exposé, we rewind to the roots of the Son of Sam and ask: Was he born to kill? 🐕📜🔫 We uncover the isolation, childhood trauma, and apocalyptic v…
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He confessed to killing 71 women… and might have killed even more. For nearly two decades, Gary Ridgway — the Green River Killer — haunted Washington State, murdering sex workers and dumping their bodies like trash. Calm, calculating, and almost invisible, he became one of the most prolific serial killers in American history. 🟢🌊🩸 This episode revea…
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Behind the platinum records and red carpets lies a world of whispers, sacrifice, and silence. In this explosive episode, we expose the dark underbelly of the music industry — from artists who vanished at the height of their fame, to rituals and symbolism hidden in plain sight. 🎶🩸🕯️ Is it all conspiracy? Or is there something sinister at play — reco…
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He hunted his victims like game. By day, Robert Hansen was a quiet baker in Anchorage. But by night, he was the Butcher Baker — a sadistic serial killer who kidnapped women, flew them into the Alaskan wilderness… and hunted them down with a rifle. 🪖🧊🔪 This episode takes you into the snow-covered hellscape of Hansen’s killing grounds, where more tha…
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He claimed a demon dog made him do it. In the blistering summer of 1977, New York City froze in fear as a sniper called Son of Sam hunted victims and left behind chilling notes signed “.44 Caliber Killer.” But this wasn’t just murder — it was a descent into madness, Satanism, and terror that paralyzed a city. 📼🗽🔫 In this exclusive episode, we unloc…
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He killed his grandparents at 15 — and never stopped. Standing at 6’9”, Edmund Kemper was a towering genius with a thirst for death, sex, and domination. Known as The Co-Ed Killer, he lured young women into his car… and into death. But what’s even more terrifying? He was articulate, polite, and highly intelligent — so much so, the FBI used his prof…
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He killed over 100 people… and felt nothing. Richard Kuklinski, known as The Iceman, was a Mafia hitman with a gift for silence and a soul of ice. In this bone-chilling episode, we sit down with the infamous Iceman Tapes, a real-life confession from one of the most cold-blooded killers ever caught on camera. 🧊💀 Kuklinski reveals how he executed hit…
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Some killers act out of rage. Others… from a place far darker. This unrelenting 3-hour psychological descent takes you deep into the fractured minds of the most mentally depraved murderers in modern history — those who didn’t just kill… they thrived in insanity. 🧠🔪 From schizophrenia-fueled slaughters to delusional cult crimes and necrophiliac nigh…
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They were known by nicknames that echoed through headlines — The Butcher of Plainfield, The Night Stalker, The Co-Ed Killer, and more. But behind the media-made monsters were real men — twisted, brutal, and unforgivably human. In this special 3-hour binge, we dive deep into the lives, crimes, and chilling legacies of the killers whose names struck …
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She was called a monster. A man-hating executioner. But Aileen Wuornos was more than just Florida’s most infamous female serial killer — she was a broken soul born of trauma, rage, and survival. In this searing episode, we untangle her real story: from childhood abuse to street-level sex work, to the string of highway murders that made her infamous…
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Before he died, he told everything. A former CIA operative unsealed decades of black ops, political cover-ups, and secret alliances with the underworld in a deathbed confession that changes everything. In this explosive episode, we unravel a story that blurs the lines between espionage, organized crime, and elite corruption. 🕵️💼💣 You’ll hear how th…
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And he did it over and over — undetected. Bobby Joe Long, one of Florida’s most violent serial predators, left a trail of fear, trauma, and 10 murdered women in his wake. In this unsettling episode, we break down his double life as a smooth-talking charmer by day and a predator by night. 🔪🌴 From graphic assaults to calculated kills, his methods wer…
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He was a father. A Boy Scout leader. A church president. And a monster hiding in plain sight. Dennis Rader, better known as BTK, terrorized Kansas for decades, binding, torturing, and killing his victims while living a quiet suburban life. In this terrifying episode, we unravel the dual identity of a man who wore a mask of normalcy — until his thir…
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They weren’t just lovers — they were killers with a getaway plan soaked in gasoline and gunpowder. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow ignited headlines and police sirens across 1930s America, blazing a trail of robbery, murder, and romantic destruction. In this cinematic deep dive, we tell the full story — not just of the crimes, but of the twisted lov…
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He killed without warning. Taunted police. Sent coded messages. And then… disappeared. The Zodiac Killer remains one of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries — a phantom who stalked Northern California in the late 1960s, claiming lives and mocking authorities with letters, symbols, and cryptic puzzles. 🧩🕵️ In this bone-chilling episode, we reopen t…
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Before school shootings… before mass killings made headlines… there was Charles Starkweather — the original teen spree killer who carved a bloody trail across America. At just 19 years old, he murdered 11 people in 8 days, accompanied by his 14-year-old girlfriend, in a killing spree that shocked the nation and redefined what youth violence could m…
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He crept in while you slept. He left behind blood, Satanic symbols, and a city paralyzed by panic. In the sweltering nights of 1985 Los Angeles, Richard Ramirez, known as The Night Stalker, became a living nightmare — a killer who broke all the rules, striking young, old, rich, poor, and everyone in between. 🕶️🌒 This episode plunges into the city-w…
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In the quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, lived a man whose depravity would become the blueprint for horror legends like Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs. This isn’t fiction — this is Ed Gein. And his home? A grotesque museum of death, stitched flesh, and desecrated bodies. 🪓🫣 In this chilling episode, we step ins…
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He kept skulls in his freezer. Hearts in his fridge. And a city in pure panic. Jeffrey Dahmer, the so-called Milwaukee Monster, didn’t just kill — he consumed. In this harrowing episode, we peel back the skin of one of the most disturbing serial killers in American history and explore the chilling duality of a man who seemed soft-spoken on the surf…
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He was the “nice guy” next door. A children’s entertainer. A local businessman. But buried under his home were the bodies of 29 boys — and a secret so disturbing it would haunt America forever. This episode unearths the shocking double life of John Wayne Gacy, one of the most depraved serial killers in modern history. 🩸🎈 We dive into the terrifying…
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He was handsome. Intelligent. Charming. And pure evil. Ted Bundy is the face of the American serial killer — a master manipulator who hunted women in broad daylight and vanished into the crowd. But behind every monster is a manhunt. In this gripping episode, we follow the real detectives, survivors, and witnesses who brought down one of the most sa…
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Brace yourself. This episode is a raw, uncut audio descent into madness. For 2 full hours, you’ll hear Charles Manson in his own words — unfiltered, manic, and terrifying. 🎙️ This isn’t a story about Manson. This is Manson himself: ranting about society, death, control, and chaos. You’ll hear the tone, the rhythm, the mind games — and begin to unde…
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Is evil born… or built? In this spine-chilling deep dive, we dissect the twisted roots of Charles Manson’s family — the loyal cult of killers who murdered without remorse. What made young followers abandon morality for murder? Was it brainwashing? Or were they already broken? This episode digs into psychological manipulation, cult bonding, and the …
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Welcome to Criminal Empire 🔪 Mafia, Murder & Manson Mysteries, where every episode drips with blood, betrayal, and bone-chilling truth. 🩸 Step into the minds of psychopaths, mobsters, and mass manipulators who’ve rewritten history with violence. From smoke-filled mafia backrooms to the helter-skelter chaos of cult killers, this podcast is your fron…
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In an era of paranoia, power plays, and presidential scandal, one war was being fought in the shadows: the battle against organized crime 🕶️📞. In this gripping episode of The Criminal Empire: Mafia and Killers, we expose how the Nixon administration tried — and failed — to crush the Mafia while quietly benefiting from their influence behind the sce…
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Was the Mafia behind the murder of President John F. Kennedy? 🕶️🔫 In this bombshell episode of The Criminal Empire: Mafia and Killers, we uncover chilling confessions from a former Mafia hitman who claims he knows what really happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963. 🎙️ Explore the deadly intersection of La Cosa Nostra, the CIA, Cuban exiles, and th…
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Before he became the father of modern organized crime, he was just another street kid hustling for scraps in New York’s East Side 🗽💼. In this powerhouse episode of The Criminal Empire: Mafia and Killers, we trace the unrelenting rise of Lucky Luciano — from the brutal street wars of the Five Points Gang to the creation of the Mafia Commission that …
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He was brilliant, brutal, and completely unhinged — a man who terrified even other gangsters 🧠🔫. In Episode 6 of Mafia’s Greatest Hits, The Criminal Empire: Mafia and Killers unearths the twisted true story of Dutch Schultz, the mob’s most volatile killer who built his empire on blood, bullets, and paranoia. From bootlegging battles in the Bronx to…
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He was charming, savage, and bulletproof in court — but no one climbs to the top of the Mafia without leaving a trail of bodies behind 💼🔫. In this ruthless installment of The Criminal Empire: Mafia and Killers, we peel back the designer suits and media glamour to reveal the brutal reality behind John Gotti’s bloody empire. 🎙️ Nicknamed “The Teflon …
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He swore an oath to the bureau. They swore by Omertà 🔇🔫. In this deadly deep-dive into the infamous Donnie Brasco operation, The Criminal Empire: Mafia and Killers unearths the true story of how one undercover agent brought down an entire Mafia crew — and the bodies, betrayal, and broken loyalties left behind. 🎙️ Hear the raw details behind FBI age…
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💥 "Forget the myths. This is how REAL mafia empires were built — on corpses, cash, and cold-blooded cunning. 🩸💰 Criminal Empire unlocks the vault on the deadliest godfathers who ruled the underworld with fists of iron and hearts of ice. 🧊🔫 Dive into the blood-soaked sagas of Al Capone’s Chicago slaughterhouses, Lucky Luciano’s nation of crime, Pabl…
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💥 "Step into the shadows of America’s most ruthless criminal empires… where loyalty is bought with blood, and betrayal is punished with bullets. 🔫💸 Criminal Empire rips open the vault of Mafia secrets you were NEVER meant to hear. 🗝️🩸 Through explosive eyewitness testimony, wiretaps that’ll chill your spine, and stool pigeons singing like canaries,…
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👁️ One of the darkest legends in American crime history still breathes in the shadows. From the streets of San Francisco to the mailrooms of terrified newspapers, the Zodiac Killer taunted a nation — and vanished. In this chilling true crime episode, ZODIAC: Inside the 50-Year Hunt for America’s Most Elusive Serial Killer, we dissect every haunting…
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Leather, loyalty, and lawlessness — this is the brutal truth behind the Hells Angels, the most notorious outlaw motorcycle club on the planet. 🏍️🔥 In this edge-of-your-seat episode, we reveal the most dangerous, violent, and untold stories ever to come out of the Hells Angels' criminal underworld — straight from those who lived to tell it. From all…
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How do you make $10,000,000 a week without Wall Street or Silicon Valley? 💵🔫 You run the streets — and you run them like a boss. In this explosive episode, we sit down with a former Mafia kingpin who reveals the mind-blowing truth behind a criminal empire that raked in tens of millions weekly through rackets, extortion, gambling, and silence. 🕶️💰 F…
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Two criminal worlds. One deadly conversation. 💣 In this jaw-dropping episode of Crime Stories, a former Mafia boss from the U.S. sits face-to-face with a notorious London gangster to reveal the most brutal, violent, and shocking crimes of their underworld careers. 🔫🩸 This isn't fiction — these are raw, real-life accounts of organized crime at its m…
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Welcome to the underworld — where power is earned in blood and loyalty is a deadly illusion. 🕵️‍♂️🩸 In this full-throttle episode, we dive deep into the Colombo Crime Family, one of New York’s notorious Five Families, and trace its violent rise, internal wars, and ultimate unraveling. From Joe Colombo’s public crusades to mob civil wars, double-cro…
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What’s it like to kill for a cartel… and survive to talk about it? 🩸💬 In this shocking, no-filter episode of Minutes With, we sit down with a former Mexican cartel hitman who reveals the raw, unflinching truth about life on the inside — from pulling the trigger to surviving the hell of Mexico’s prison system. He shares first-hand accounts of grueso…
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Welcome to Tijuana, where paradise meets chaos — and the streets run red with cartel blood. 🇲🇽💀 In this gripping true crime exposé, we take you deep into the most dangerous city in Mexico, where an average of seven people are murdered every single day. This isn’t fiction — it’s the brutal reality behind the headlines, fueled by drug wars, corruptio…
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From dirt roads to diamond-studded tunnels, this is the untold truth behind one of the most powerful drug lords in modern history — Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. 🌎💰 In this high-stakes episode, we plunge deep inside the blood-soaked empire of the Sinaloa Cartel, tracing El Chapo’s journey from poverty to billionaire kingpin status — and the dramatic d…
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Was it really Oswald… or was the trigger pulled by the Mafia? 🔫🕶️ In this explosive episode, we go deep into one of the most enduring conspiracies in American history: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — and the growing mountain of evidence pointing to organized crime’s involvement. Through the chilling words of alleged mafia hitmen, c…
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Disappearance, deception, and death — this is the true story behind one of America’s greatest unsolved mysteries. 🕵️‍♂️💥 In this gripping episode, we peel back the layers of The Irishman's dramatized tale to uncover the real-life mystery of Jimmy Hoffa, the legendary Teamsters boss who vanished without a trace in 1975. Was he murdered by his closes…
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🕶️ Forget what Hollywood told you — the real Mafia story isn’t just about street hits and smoky backrooms. It’s about power, politics, money, and control. In this explosive full-length episode, we pull back the curtain on how the Mafia quietly embedded itself in the very fabric of American society, from the union halls to Wall Street, Las Vegas to …
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💀 He wasn’t just a hitman — he was a ghost with a gun. In this bone-chilling episode of Mafia’s Greatest Hits, we profile the most lethal, cold-blooded enforcer in mob history. Known to law enforcement only by whispers and body counts, this killer operated with terrifying precision, climbing the ranks from low-level thug to the Mafia’s top executio…
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🚨 Follow the money. That’s the key to unlocking the modern cartel empire — and in this explosive VICE-style documentary episode, we do just that. From hidden tunnels and luxury stash houses to crypto laundering and shell companies, this is the real story behind the billions fueling the world’s most dangerous criminal networks. 🌍💰 We trace how carte…
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💥 Step into the shadows of the Windy City, where the streets tell stories the news won’t print and loyalty is measured in blood. In this raw, full-length documentary episode, we uncover the dark and dangerous rise of Chicago’s most infamous street gangs, from their roots in poverty and politics to their violent grip on the city’s history. 🌆🔪 🧨 This…
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Holy robes. Secret ledgers. Untouchable power. Welcome to “VATICAN VAULT: The Hidden Financial Empire”, the 2025 documentary event that rips the gold-trimmed curtains off the world’s most powerful religious institution to expose a labyrinth of wealth, secrecy, and global influence that spans centuries. While the faithful see a church… insiders see …
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Behind bars, mafia bosses weren’t untouchable—they were fresh meat. This episode exposes Al Capone’s syphilis-fueled prison breakdown, John Gotti’s humiliating gig as a cellblock dishwasher, and Vito Genovese’s $1 million bribes to avoid gang rapes. Hear how the Aryan Brotherhood extorted Lucky Luciano, the Black Guerrillas forced Paul Castellano i…
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