363.  The Disappearance That Brought Down a Criminal Empire: Breanna Taylor

363. The Disappearance That Brought Down a Criminal Empire: Breanna Taylor

Author: Our True Crime Podcast June 10, 2026 Duration: 1:00:39
This week’s episode is a little different. Instead of focusing on a single crime, we're diving into an entire criminal organization, one built on loyalty, fear, violence, and an unbreakable code of silence. It all begins with the disappearance of 19-year-old Breanna Taylor from a quiet Ohio suburb in 2006. At first, her case seemed like another missing-person investigation. But as detectives dug deeper, they uncovered something far more disturbing: a sprawling white supremacist criminal enterprise operating in plain sight. What started as a search for one missing young woman would eventually expose a network of murder, drug trafficking, racketeering, and corruption, and lead to what federal prosecutors called the largest white supremacist racketeering case in American history. Join Cam and Jen as we discuss 'The Disappearance That Brought Down a Criminal Empire: Breanna Taylor.' Listener discretion by @OctoberpodVHS Music and editing @theinkypawprint Sources:  https://thecinemaholic.com/breanna-taylor/ https://www.dallasobserver.com/uncategorized/the-aryan-brotherhood-of-texas-is-a-waitaminute-support-group-7141749/ https://www.kltv.com/story/8656782/aryan-brotherhood-member-arrested-in-owentown/ https://medium.com/@chelsealynnqueen94/the-aryan-brotherhood-of-texas-a-history-of-violence-and-power-ae1a0d6f9f83 https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2013/04/01/texas-prison-gang-to-get-scrutiny-in-double-slaying-sources-say/ http://dfwgangs.blogspot.com/2008/01/published-on-january-30-2008-at-1045am.html https://www.jiosaavn.com/shows/dallas-police-to-tv-star-on-first-48/63BS4OSpJAg_ http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/02/us/aryan-brotherhood-texas-profile/ https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/combating-hate/Aryan-Circle-Report.pdf https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/who-dale-tiger-jameton-do-details-the-takedown-american-aryans-subject-explored https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/largest-case-prosecuted-us-focusing-white-supremacist-prison-gang-members-swift-justice http://www.adl.org/combating-hate/domestic-extremism-terrorism/c/aryan-brotherhood-texas-report.html https://tv.apple.com/au/show/the-takedown-american-aryans/umc.cmc.4udpssfpc8mnd8fhxmnjn2u1p https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/04/30/57-white-supremacist-gang-members-charged-in-north-texas-drug-trafficking-kidnapping-conspiracy/ https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/white-supremacist-gang-members-vast-criminal-conspiracy-detailed/ http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-11-29/news/love-among-the-ruinous/ https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/aryan-brotherhood-texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Brotherhood_of_Texas https://www.hbomax.com/dm/en/shows/takedown-american-aryans/s1/c4b685b2-c1cd-47e9-80a9-95bf9afadd2c/e1-innocents/42d959c3-2ac7-40f7-bb5a-2d3b6fb87cb5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The Disappearance of Paige Renkoski with Nina from Already Gone [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:12
This month, Nina Innsted of the Already Gone podcast joins Cam and Jen to discuss the disappearance of Paige Renkoski. Paige was a 30-year-old substitute teacher who seemingly vanished into thin air in May of 1990. It’s…
355. Firestarter: Crimes of Bruce George Peter Lee [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:44
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354. Out of the Fire: Suzanne Capper [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:44
***Content Warning*** This episode contains discussion of violence, torture, and murder. Listener discretion is strongly advised. At 16, Suzanne Capper was just a girl trying to find her place in the world and hanging ou…
353. Family Ties, Killer Lies: Murder of Peter Porco [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:28
It was November 15, 2004, 52-year-old Peter Porco woke up like he always did: early, well before his alarm, with a few minutes to gather his thoughts in the quiet of his Delmar, New York, home. Peter was a fixture in the…
The Murder of Diane Sindall with Jenny from It's Murder Up North [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:26:51
This month's special, Cam and Jen talk with Jenny from It's Murder Up North. Her podcast covers crimes from the north of England; everything from the obscure to the infamous. In 1986, Diane Sindall's van ran out of gas,…
352. A Date With Evil: Grace Millane [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:46
For many young travelers, a gap year is a chance to explore, to grow, to feel free. For Grace Millane, it was all of that and more. She had already crossed continents, shared daily memories with her family, and embraced…
351. Stocking Strangler: Carlton Gary [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:10:28
In 1970, 85-year-old Nellie Farmer lived quietly in a modest retirement hotel. A retired schoolteacher, she had spent her life helping others and asking for very little in return. One night, that safety was shattered. An…
350: 700 Miles to Nowhere: Marshal Iwaasa [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:36
In November 2019, hikers traveling through a remote mountain region in British Columbia discovered a burned-out truck abandoned on a rugged forest trail. The area lies deep within the Tolkien Range, far away from any roa…
349. Dead Girls Don't Talk: The Case of Micki Jo West [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:20
On the morning of September 11, 1979, nineteen-year-old Micki Jo West left her mother’s home in St. Joseph, Missouri, as she had every morning. She wore her nurse’s aide uniform, pulled on a khaki coat, carried her white…
348: The Missing Six & The Monster of Malherbe Street [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:07:40
Thank you, Petra, for the episode suggestion. In 1990, a teenage girl escaped from a house in Pretoria, South Africa, narrowly avoiding an unimaginable fate. Her story revealed that she was not the first of several young…