The Deuce Conrad Show

Jason Klonowski was vocal critic of the Madison County, Alabama Sheriff’s Department. He open protested police brutality and was funding a civil lawsuit on behalf of his friend who was beaten by deputies, but ended up murdered before obtaining justice.

Dr. H.H. Holmes was a sadistic and manipulative killer who reigned terror wherever he went. His killings were calculated and heinous and nothing prevented him from hunting his prey - even the World’s Fair!

A prominent South Carolina attorney is charged with the murder of his wife and son. Alex Murdaugh reigns from one of the state’s most influential families and in addition to murder charges, he is charged with nearly 80 additional crimes.

A Alabama snake handling preacher tried to kill his wife in 1991. He used the instruments of God that he preached would test a person’s faith in attempting murder- rattlesnakes!

Deuce examines how the American criminal justice system no longer serves the people effectively. He discusses issues from with the system that is creating a dire situation and failure as a whole. Deuce also discusses how we might be able to reform the system and restore it to one for the people and by the people.

For eleven days the nation was baffled at the thought of an assistant director of an Alabama jail, breaking out an inmate charged with Capital Murder. Vicky White would end up taking her own life as she and Casey White were cornered by police. This is is the unbelievable story of how these two ended up in one of the greatest jail breaks in modern times.

Paul Dennis Reid was a wanna-be country singer who terrorized Nashville, Tennessee, robbing local restaurants and executing fast food workers. This violent ex-con got away with murder for weeks until he pressed his luck one time too many and fell right into law enforcement’s trap.

John Legg and Fredric Rogers are accused of a 2020 mass murder in Alabama. The two allegedly along with Jeremy Roberts founded a motorcycle club called the “7 Deadly Sins.” The murders were a result of unsanctioned activities by Roberts. Both Legg and Rogers await trial.

Jerome Henry "Jerry" Brudos was an American serial killer and necrophile who murdered at least four women in Oregon between 1968 and 1969. He tortured and dismembered the bodies of his victims. This is his unbelievable story.

Between 1970 and 1973, serial killer Dean Corll raped and murdered at least 28 boys and young men around Houston — with the help of two teenage accomplices. To everyone in his Houston neighborhood, Dean Corll seemed like a decent, ordinary man. He was known for spending most of his time at the small candy factory that his mother owned, and he got along well with many of the neighborhood kids. He even gave free candy to local schoolchildren, which earned him the nickname “Candy Man.”

He was elected to serve and protect. However, James “Humpy” Parker, reigned terror on those her served for nearly 25 years. This is the story of one of America’s most corrupt sheriffs. Note: Sheriff Parker was never convicted of murder but has long been suspected of countless unsolved disappearances and deaths.

Deuce takes a look back at Alabama's deadliest mass shooting. The March 10, 2009, rampage spanned three communities, ten people were killed and six injured before the shooter Michael McClendon took his own life. Connect with Deuce: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Youtube Snapchat Show Notes: Wikipedia - Geneva County Massacre Murderpedia - Michael McClendon WSFA - McClendon Letters Reveal Thoughts and Depression

Before Columbine and Parkland, there was Richland. Jamie Rouse terrorized the small Tennessee school as he took the lives of a teacher and student on November, 15, 1995. This is the story of that event and a look into the mind of a school shooter. Connect with Deuce: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Youtube Snapchat Show Notes: Wikipedia: Richland High School Shooting  Murderpedia: James Ellison Rouse CBS News: The Mind of a School Shooter AP News: School Shooter Gets Life in Prison UPI News: Life Sentence in School Slayings UPI News: Tenn. Teen Seeks Separate Murder Trial LA Times: When the Shooting Stops AP News: Student Accused of Killing Two in School Shooting National Teachers Hall of Fame: Carolyn Foster Memorial Find-a-Grave: Carolyn Foster Find-a-Grave: Diane Collins

Thomas Sweatt is one of the most prolific serial arsonists in American history. For more than thirty years Sweatt terrorized the Washington D.C. area, and not once did he find a spot on law enforcement's radar. How did he go so long undetected? This is his unbelievable story. Connect with Deuce: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Youtube Snapchat Show Notes: Wikipedia ATF Profile Letters from an Arsonist - Wallace House Washington Post Article 2018

The 1992 death of military policeman Chad Langford was quickly ruled a suicide. However, his family doubted the Army's findings from the very beginning. Langford was found bound and shot in the head while on duty at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. How did the Army go about determining that he committed suicide? You will be shocked. So many questions remained unanswered and Deuce wants those answers thirty years later! Connect with Deuce: Website Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok Youtube Snapchat Show Notes: Unsolved Mysteries, Season 5, Episode 20 Unsolved.com Article Trace Evidence - Episode 184 New York Times, December 20, 1993 AP News, May 17, 1993 The Crimes of Mena Seattle Times, May 18, 1993 Chad Wayne Langford (1971-1992), Find A Grave Memorial

Deuce shares the unbelievably stupid yet real story of a disgruntled Subway customer. His quest to rob a string of Subway store and his sad yet comical capture. Website: www.deuceconradshow.com

On November 17, 1978, four young employees working the closing shift at a Burger Chef restaurant in Speedway, Indiana simply vanished. Jayne Friedt, Daniel Davis, Mark Flemmonds, and Ruth Shelton—ranging in age from just fifteen to twenty years old—disappeared without a trace, leaving behind a restaurant that looked hastily abandoned and a community desperate for answers. Two days later, their bodies were discovered in a wooded area twenty miles away, victims of a brutal execution-style murder that shocked the nation. Despite money missing from the safe, investigators quickly realized this was far more sinister than a simple robbery gone wrong.Nearly five decades later, the Burger Chef murders remain one of Indiana’s most haunting unsolved cases. This comprehensive investigation explores the chilling details of that November night, the devastating discovery in Johnson County, and the countless suspects and theories that have emerged over the years. From botched investigations and jurisdictional disputes to modern DNA analysis and renewed calls for justice, we examine why this case has eluded resolution despite being one of the most extensively investigated crimes in state history. Four young lives were stolen, four families were shattered, and the truth remains buried somewhere in the decades of evidence, witnesses, and missed opportunities.#TrueCrime #BurgerChefMurders #UnsolvedMysteries #ColdCase #Indiana #SpeedwayIndiana #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMurders #1970sCrime #FastFoodMurders #CriminalInvestigation #JusticeForVictims #MurderMystery #TrueCrimeCommunity #IndianaHistory #UnsolvedCases #CrimeHistory #TrueCrimeAddict #ExecutionStyleMurder #MissingPersons

In August 1946, World War II veterans in Athens, Tennessee did the unthinkable—they took up arms against their own local government in what became known as the Battle of Athens. For over a decade, McMinn County had suffered under the corrupt Cantrell political machine, where elections were rigged, votes were stolen, and armed deputies controlled polling places through intimidation and violence. When these veterans returned home from fighting fascism abroad, they found their own hometown operating under tyrannical rule. On August 1, 1946, they watched as corrupt officials seized ballot boxes and locked them in the county jail, preparing to steal another election. What happened next was unprecedented in modern American history.That night, 300-400 armed veterans surrounded the jail and demanded an honest count of the ballots. When the corrupt deputies refused, a firefight erupted that lasted through the night, with dynamite explosions rocking the building until dawn. The veterans ultimately forced a surrender, secured the ballot boxes, and conducted a public count that revealed what everyone suspected—the reform candidates had won in a landslide. This remarkable story of citizen resistance raises profound questions about democracy, corruption, and the lengths people will go to defend their right to vote. The Battle of Athens remains the only successful armed rebellion against a corrupt local government in modern American history.#BattleOfAthens #TennesseeHistory #WorldWarII #Veterans #Democracy #ElectionIntegrity #PoliticalCorruption #AmericanHistory #CivilRights #VotingRights #1946 #TrueStory #USHistory #McMinnCounty #PoliticalMachine #ArmedResistance #GINonPartisanLeague #AthensTN #ForgottenHistory #HistoryPodcast​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Step back into 1879 Atlanta, where an elderly pioneer couple met their brutal end in one of the city’s most chilling unsolved cases. Martin and Sarah DeFoor, respected early settlers who helped build Atlanta from its frontier roots, were savagely murdered with an axe on their own farm in an attack that shocked the growing Southern city. This is the story of a crime that exposed the limitations of 19th-century law enforcement, shattered a community’s sense of security, and left questions that remain unanswered over 145 years later. From the horrific discovery by neighbors to the theories about transients, robbery, and dark secrets, explore every angle of a case that has been nearly forgotten by history but deserves to be remembered.Join us as we examine the evidence, explore the suspects, and uncover why this brutal double homicide was never solved. We’ll transport you to post-Civil War Atlanta, where gas lamps flickered on dirt roads and justice often proved elusive. Through careful historical research and period accounts, we reconstruct the final hours of the DeFoors’ lives and the investigation that followed. This is more than just a true crime story—it’s a glimpse into Atlanta’s hidden past and a reminder that some mysteries endure forever, leaving only names on street signs and whispers in the archives.#TrueCrime #UnsolvedMystery #AtlantaHistory #ColdCase #AxeMurder #1800s #VictorianCrime #SouthernHistory #TrueCrimePodcast #UnsolvedMurders #HistoricalCrime #AtlantaColdCase #DeFoorMurders #CivilWarEra #CrimeHistory #MurderMystery​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

In the shadow of the White House, a shocking crime of passion erupted on a calm Sunday in 1859: Congressman Daniel Sickles gunned down Philip Barton Key—son of the man who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”—in broad daylight in Lafayette Square. Fueled by betrayal, adultery, and rage, the brazen murder stunned antebellum America and led to the most explosive trial of the era.This is the story of the nation’s first successful temporary insanity defense—the legal bombshell that let a killer walk free and forever changed criminal justice.Sex, scandal, honor, and history’s most audacious acquittal—don’t miss this gripping tale of murder right across from the President’s doorstep. Hit play now and discover why this case still echoes today.#TrueCrime #HistoricalTrueCrime #MurderMystery #TemporaryInsanity #CrimeHistory #LafayetteSquare #WhiteHouse #Scandal #19thCentury #TrueCrimePodcast #HistoryPodcast