We Saw the Devil: A True Crime Podcast

Six in ten American women have experienced intimate partner violence. Nearly one in five have survived the kind that can kill. The US ranks 31st in the world on women's wellbeing. A third of Gen Z men surveyed globally say a wife should always obey her husband. And two of the loudest voices selling masculinity to boys are facing rape charges.This episode is about why so many women are saying out loud that they hate men, and why Robin's not apologizing.In this episode:-The "last woman on earth" question and what history says happens to women when society collapses- New national data from Tulane and UC San Diego, Georgetown's Women, Peace and Security Index, and femicide- Andrew Tate's new indictment and the Clavicular arraignment- The Lindsay Clancy mistrial, the holdout juror, and why men couldn't let it go- Five of Donald Trump's most misogynistic quotes- Pauline Harmange's "I Hate Men" and the French official who tried to ban it- Reality Check: what men, women, and institutions can actually doBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedeviltruecrime

Four updates this week, and the strangest is out of New Mexico.In 2002, Linda Henning stood trial for her life in the 1999 disappearance and presumed murder of Girly Chew Hossencofft, a bank teller whose body has never been found. Last week a judge ruled Henning had been so delusional she believed she was on trial over "golden discs." The judge threw out the conviction, ordered a new trial, and on Friday let her out after 27 years in custody. We go through the con man who called himself a surgeon, the lizard-people seminar, the blood evidence, the defense that backfired, and why trying someone who can't understand their own trial is unconstitutional.Also in this episode:OLNEY: The FBI and Philadelphia police have wrapped their search of 417 W. Chew Ave. No human remains found. Animal bones, a safe hidden in a wall, adipocere ("grave wax"), and DNA still being tested. Seven women are still connected to the house.LINDSAY CLANCY: A judge rejects the defense bid to investigate the holdout juror, and a new poll says nearly half of Massachusetts voters want her retried.CHRISTA PIKE: Tennessee tried to execute her in Nashville on Sept. 30 and failed. We cover what happened in the chamber, what's happened since, this week's new court filing, and whether the state can try again.Olney tips: Philadelphia Police, 215-686-TIPS (8477). Homicide Unit: 215-686-3334.Next episode: an update on the Matthew Farwell trial.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedeviltruecrime

"If anyone should be scared it's not you." Sandra Birchmore wrote that to Matthew Farwell in December 2020, weeks before she was found dead in her Canton apartment. This week the jury in Farwell's federal trial stopped hearing about Sandra and started hearing from her. Over three days on the stand, an FBI agent read their messages aloud: the October 2020 ultimatum after she learned his wife was pregnant, the sign announcing her own pregnancy, his reply calling her "the worst person on the face of the earth," and his texts the night a friend called his police department. Then a Stoughton dispatcher told jurors what Farwell's face did when he heard about that call. In this episode:Monday's direct: the 49 meetings the FBI charted, including whether he was on the clockThe October 2020 ultimatum, in Sandra's wordsHis January 2021 text about chokeholds, 24 days before her death"A complete 180": the key, the closet, and the week prosecutors call the lullThe defense cross: the baby's biological father, and Sandra's mental health in her own wordsSandra's OB-GYN: a viable pregnancy, no suicidal ideation, "no indications of her destabilizing"The dispatcher who took the January 20 call, and the desk officer who said forget itA Winnie the Pooh onesie and a Valentine's Day announcement she never got to makeThe judge's rulings on exhibits and the three affair witnessesUpdated verdict predictionReality Check: When Grooming Comes With a Badge. How grooming by a police officer differs from grooming by an ordinary adult, from authority bias and the psychology of uniforms to why ride-alongs became a pipeline for abuse. Plus the Marshall Project's findings on Police Explorer programs, Massachusetts's new law closing the age of consent loophole, and why "she participated" is one of the most dishonest things you can say about a child and the adult with power over her. Matthew Farwell has pleaded not guilty to killing a witness or victim and to causing the death of an unborn child. He is presumed innocent. All charges are allegations. The defense has not yet presented its case. William Farwell has never been charged with any crime. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedeviltruecrime

"We wanted to make sure we got a statement out of him, whether truthful or otherwise."That's the Massachusetts state trooper who investigated Sandra Birchmore's death, explaining to a federal jury why he and his supervisor interviewed the married Stoughton detective at the center of her life in a school parking lot. No recording. No notes.Week one of United States v. Matthew Farwell is in the books, and the federal government is prosecuting two things at once: the former detective accused of killing Sandra, and the state investigation that called her death a suicide for three and a half years. We go day by day through opening statements and the first four days of testimony, then give you our current verdict prediction.In this episode:Opening statements: the government's "ultimatum" theory, the January 20, 2021 call to Stoughton police, and the closet texts eight days before Sandra diedThe defense case: an affair, a breakup, a suicide ribbon search, and a fight over the science, the DNA, and the maskThe weekend motions: three women, "any one of you," and why one sentence raised the judge's eyebrowsTrooper Matthew Dunne under fire: the broken necklace, the duffel bag, and the parking lotSgt. Robert Kuhn, Lesley Davis, Chief Donna McNamara, and Nicholas Guarino (yes, that Guarino)"Mfarwell1," lost files, an Apple Watch nobody could open, and a recording of the January 20 call that automatically purgedThe FBI takes the stand: her phone's last steps at 9:40 p.m., a baby name list, and the Cellebrite searchesReality Check: where the case standsSOURCESRough transcript of opening statements (U.S. Attorney's Office, D. Mass.): https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/media/1465501/dl CBS Boston, openings: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/matthew-farwell-sandra-birchmore-trial-opening-statements/ CBS Boston, Oct 13: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/matthew-farwell-trial-sandra-birchmore-stoughton-ma/ CBS Boston, Oct 15: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/matthew-farwell-trial-updates-sandra-birchmore/ CBS Boston, Oct 16: https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/matthew-farwell-trial-testimony-sandra-birchmore-massachusetts/ Boston Globe, Oct 15: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/15/metro/sandra-birchmore-trial-live-updates/ Boston Globe, Oct 16: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/10/16/metro/sandra-birchmore-trial-live-updates/ NBC Boston, affairs motion: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/matthew-farwell-trial-prosecutors-want-3-women-he-allegedly-had-affairs-with-to-testify/4029669/ LA Magazine: https://lamag.com/crimeinla/cop-accused-of-murder-wore-mask-only-at-crime-scene-witness-tells-jury/ Pew Research Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/14/fewer-than-1-of-defendants-in-federal-criminal-cases-were-acquitted-in-2022/Support the show: We Saw the Devil on Patreon Instagram: @wesawthedevilpodcast | @robin_wsted | X: @wesawthedevil | TikTok: @wesawthedeviltruecrime| Facebook: wesawthedevilBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedeviltruecrime

Luminol on Monday. Human DNA on Tuesday, per police sources. An excavator in the backyard, a shed torn down, and dirt sifted three feet deep like a mass grave. Then on Thursday, the medical examiner pulled up to 417 West Chew Avenue because somebody found bones.Nobody knows yet whether they’re human. Philly PD isn’t confirming a damn thing. And Eugene Horsch’s lawyer went on CBS Philadelphia to call the whole investigation a “runaway train,” which is a bold choice for a man whose client was arrested with a cattle prod in his car.This week I walk through the entire Olney case from the beginning. A park ranger, an illegally parked BMW near the Liberty Bell, and a woman saying “you’re going to hurt me.” Then everything that’s happened since, through the biggest week of the investigation so far.In this episode:The June 19 traffic stop: fake DEA and FBI credentials, a missing woman’s ID, and a car full of weaponsWho R.C. Horsch was: counterfeiter, meth cook, pornographer, and self-described “empathetic serial killer”His book “Empathy” and why Amazon pulled everything he wroteThe 2025 narcotics search that walked through the house and never mentioned a missing womanGabrielle Amarando, Amy McHale, Maribel Fresses, Nicole Fusaro, and Blair TonzelliWhy women from Kensington fall through the cracks, and how a predator used that gapThe basement lab, the 55-gallon drum, five urns, and more than a million images and videosThis week, day by day: luminol, DNA, the backyard dig, and the bonesA Jane Doe’s account of the second-floor bedroomWhat alkaline hydrolysis is, and why the bones may or may not matterEugene’s lawyer, his negotiations with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and where Eugene’s case standsWhat to watch next week, including the Chalfont house nobody has searchedR.C. Horsch died in 2025 and was never charged. Eugene Horsch faces federal gun, drug, and fake-credential charges. He is not charged in connection with any woman’s disappearance or death. As of recording, police have not publicly confirmed any human remains.If you have information: call the Philadelphia Police tip line at 215-686-TIPS (8477), or reach the homicide unit directly at 215-686-3334.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-a-true-crime-podcast--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcastTikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedeviltruecrime