Copycat Killers

Brittney Dwyer is the kind of girl who never quite fit in. Obsessed with all things grim and macabre, Brittney has few friends, and spends most of her time doing drugs and watching horror movies. Low on money after moving out on her own, Brittney comes up with a deadly scheme to ...  Show more

Sean Sellers grew up in Oklahoma City but his childhood was far from normal. As a boy, he came across books about Satanism and found solace as he became increasingly drawn to the occult. Much like the evil character, “Damien” in the horror film The Omen, Sean was a young person w ...  Show more

Two middle school girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, decide to sacrifice their friend Payton Leutner to the infamous supernatural internet meme known as “Slender Man.” After reading stories about Slender Man online, the 12-year-old girls attempt to murder their classmate, but ...  Show more

A man becomes so obsessed with the film Queen of the Damned that he murders his friend, eats part of his body, and drinks his blood – thinking that just like in the movie, the gruesome act will help him achieve immortality. New Copycat Killers podcasts drop each Thursday. Next we ...  Show more

Lizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one. This childhood rhyme was based on a real-life murder that was turned into a great movie, The Legend of Lizzie Borden. So great that when one fan, James Cushi ...  Show more