168. 2025: New Year, New True Crime Binge! (Part One)

168. 2025: New Year, New True Crime Binge! (Part One)

Author: Paige Elmore January 2, 2025 Duration: 1:20:52
Welcome, true-crime lovers, to New Year, New Binge: 2025 Edition! What you’ll find included is your guide to an exciting lineup of podcasts that will make 2025 your best year for listening yet. New Years is a time for resolutions, and mine is simple: to share with you the most captivating, chilling, and downright binge-worthy true-crime podcasts. Whether you’re looking to uncover unsolved mysteries or dive into deep investigative storytelling, I’ve got you covered.

Be sure to follow all of the podcasts you enjoyed so you never miss a new episode. Podcasts are listed below in the order in which you will be introduced to them:

Episode 1
  • Reverie True Crime: https://linktr.ee/paigeelmore
  • Fresh Hell Podcast: https://freshhellpodcast.com
  • Malice: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/malice-a-true-crime-podcast/id1471251398
  • Women & Crime: https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com
  • True Crimecast: https://linktr.ee/truecrimecast
  • The Dark Oak Podcast: https://thedarkoak.com 


Episode 2
  • Coffee and Cases Podcast: https://linktr.ee/coffeeandcases
  • Heart Starts Pounding: https://www.heartstartspounding.com
  • Mortal Musings Podcast: https://linktr.ee/mortalmusingspodcast
  • True Crime Creepers: https://linktr.ee/TrueCrimeCreepers
  • Private Dicks Podcast: https://linktr.ee/privatedicks
  • Twisted Travel and True Crime: https://linktr.ee/twistedtraveltruecrimepodcast 


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  • Contact: ReverieTrueCrime@gmail.com 
Intro & Outro by Jahred Gomes: https://www.instagram.com/jahredgomes_official 

Hosted by Paige Elmore, Reverie True Crime explores the unsettling space between quiet thought and grim reality. The title itself is a deliberate contrast-a reverie is often a peaceful daydream, but our minds don't always wander to safe places. This podcast delves into those shadowy corners of curiosity about the darkest human acts. Each episode is built on a foundation of thorough research, examining not just the facts of a case but the profound cultural and societal ripples that follow. You’ll hear detailed narratives of long-forgotten mysteries and contemporary injustices, always with an ear for the human stories at their core. Paige guides listeners through these complex tales with a measured and thoughtful approach, focusing on the lasting impacts on victims, families, and communities. The show sits at the intersection of several genres, offering news-worthy updates, cultural analysis, and deep societal reflection, all through the lens of true crime. It’s for anyone who has ever wondered about the how and why behind the headlines, seeking understanding rather than sensationalism. In this podcast, the aim is to satisfy that haunting curiosity with respect and depth, transforming a simple daydream into a meaningful examination of the world's harder truths.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Reverie True Crime
Podcast Episodes
170. LaVena Lynn Johnson: The Soldier Who Never Came Home [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:38
Nineteen-year-old PFC LaVena Johnson was found dead on a military base in Iraq, with the Army ruling it a suicide. But the evidence—broken teeth, burns, a dislocated shoulder, and signs of sexual assault—tells a differen…
169. 2025: New Year, New True Crime Binge! (Part Two) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:34:05
Welcome, true-crime lovers, to New Year, New Binge: 2025 Edition! What you’ll find included is your guide to an exciting lineup of podcasts that will make 2025 your best year for listening yet. New Years is a time for re…
167. Voicemail from the Void: The Vanishing of Henry McCabe [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:03
A respected auditor and Liberian immigrant, Henry McCabe’s story is marked by resilience and ambition. But his life takes a bewildering turn on September 7th, 2015. After a night out, he vanishes, leaving behind only a h…
166. Twisted Roots: Incest, Intrigue, and Tragedy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:13
In today’s episode we are taking a look into the harrowing and controversial story of the Pladl and Fusco families. As the story unfolds we will unravel a series of disturbing events marked by abuse, manipulation, and a…
165. Metropolitan Designated Case 114: The Monster with 21 Faces [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:25
In 1984, a handful of Japan's confectioneries were being terrorized by an individual or group only identifying themselves in letters as "The Monster with 21 Faces." A candy tycoon was abducted, companies such as Ezaki-Gl…
The BrewVerie Report #17 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:46
Mike of Brew Crime and I are here with your “daily” BrewVerie Report for this month! We bring you news from all around the world. JT is out on assignment this time but he will be back for the next news report!This episod…
164. Interview with Neama Rahmani [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:45
In today's episode Neama Rahmani, former federal prosecutor, CEO and President of West Coast Trial Lawyers, gives us his thoughts on current cases such as Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, and Bryan Kohberger.Follow Neama & Wes…
The BrewVerie Report #16 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:13:01
The Brew Crime guys and I are back with your “daily” BrewVerie Report for this month! We bring you news from all around the world.This episode includes Van Halen vs. Limp Bizkit, wiener whistles, Facebook marketplace mor…
163. Dorothy Jane Scott: When a Killer Calls [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 23:52
Dorothy Jane Scott was a single mother of one and lived a monotonous life that she loved. Her predictable life became an unpredictable one when someone began to stalk her. It started with obsessive, creepy phone calls an…
162. Twisted Sisters: Murder of Oscar Velazquez [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:44
Margaret DeFrancisco was 15-years-old in June of 2000. She looked up to her 17-year-old sister, Regina, but that wasn't a good thing. Regina went down a seedy path, putting her life in danger with the people she hung aro…