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Red Collar

63 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6.4K ratings

When we think of white-collar criminals, we picture a CEO getting caught up in the latest financial scandal. But there is a subgroup within these seemingly nonviolent offenders who are never discussed in mainstream media - the white-collar criminals who kill. Join Catherine Townsend as she dives into the minds of these real-life American Psychos...who are often hiding in plain sight. This is Red Collar.

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Murder at the Mansion

February 09, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MB

In 2015, the wealthy enclave of West Vancouver was shocked when Canadian-Chinese businessman Li Zhao killed his cousin in the driveway of the $8 million mansion that they shared, dragged the body inside and cut it up with a power saw while a SWAT team swarmed outside. The investigation into why Li killed Gang Yuan - and cut his body into 108 pieces before calmly making himself breakfast, would involve multiple paternity suits, bribery, international intrigue and a YouTube reality TV star in ...

Mr. Perfect

February 02, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MB

Wealthy real estate investor Joseph Cua seemed to have it all: Millions in the bank, a perfect family, and a boss who loved him like a son. When his employer, Fernand Wagner, and Fernand's wife Suzanne are found brutally murdered, Joseph's wife begins to uncover his double life.   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodcast.com/   Red Collar is an audiochuck production.  Connect w...

Killer Deal

January 26, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB

Con man Gary Shawkey set sail to Catalina Island with his business partner Robert Vendrick, but only one of them came home. Could the man who listed motivational speaker, diet shake seller, failed bounty hunter, and fire walker on his resume also be a killer?   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodcast.com/   Red Collar is an audiochuck production.  Connect with us on social med...

All American Family Murder

January 19, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MB

On February 4, 2010 the McStay family disappeared without a trace from their home in Fallbrook, California. Over the years, the case made international headlines and everyone seemed to have a theory about what happened to the family of four: Did they walk over the border to Mexico to start new lives? Were they kidnapped? Did they meet with foul play? After their bodies were found in the desert near Victorville, California, investigators began to look for a killer much closer to home.   Sou...

Murder on Fifth Avenue

January 12, 2021 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MB

When multi-millionaire realtor to the stars Linda Stein was found brutally beaten to death in her Upper East Side apartment, the case shocked New York high society. Investigators began to wonder if her soft-spoken, young personal assistant Natavia Lowery had something to hide.   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodcast.com/   Red Collar is an audiochuck production.  Connect wit...

Superdad Psychopath

January 05, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MB

In August 2018, a pregnant Shanann Watts and her two daughters disappeared without a trace from their home in Frederick Colorado. The entire nation watched in horror as her husband, Chris Watts, confessed to strangling her and their daughters to death and dumping their bodies at his work site. Investigators pointed to Chris's affair with a co-worker as the primary motive - but behind the happy social media posts, huge house, and affluent lifestyle, the Watts' finances were falling apart. Wha...

Deadly Dream Trip

December 29, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

In 2010, millionaire entrepreneur Chris Smith disappeared on what his family believed was a dream trip on a yacht with a stack of gold coins and a Playboy Playmate on his arm. But Chris wasn’t sailing around the world; he was dead. And police were about to uncover dark secrets connected to his business partner Ed Shin.   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodcast.com/   Red Collar ...

The Rolex Murder

December 22, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

In the summer of 1996, fishermen off the southern coast of England dragged up a dead body in their net, still wearing his Rolex watch. Police’s search for the identity of the mystery man would lead them to Albert Walker, one of Interpol’s most wanted fugitives, subject of an international manhunt, multi-million dollar conman - and murderer.   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodca...

Sleeping With The Enemy

December 15, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MB

In 2008, when Jamie Laiaddee vanished without a trace from her home outside Phoenix, it took ten weeks for anyone to notice that she was missing. The trail led to her personal trainer boyfriend Bryan. But it turned that nothing that Jamie had believed about her “soulmate” Bryan - his job, his age, his marital status, and even his name - was real. Could Jamie have been sharing her bed with a psychopath?   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. ...

Bloodbath in Buckhead

December 08, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

On July 29, 1999 Mark Barton, a day trader known as “The Rocket”, walked into his former office in Atlanta. He was smiling - until he pulled out two guns and opened fire on his colleagues. By the end of the day 12 people would be dead and 13 wounded in a bloodbath that shocked the nation. What caused the family man and Cub Scout leader to snap and kill not just his former colleagues, but his entire family?   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitatio...

The Talented Mr. Rockefeller

December 01, 2020 08:15 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB

A con man pretends to be Clark Rockefeller, heir to the famous oil dynasty. But investigators will discover that the man the tabloids call “Crockefeller” is a serial imposter, grifter, and kidnapper- and start asking questions about a human skeleton they found buried in his former backyard.   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodcast.com/   Red Collar is an audiochuck production. ...

The Preppy Axe Murderer

December 01, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MB

In November 2004, the axe murder of Peter Porco and the brutal attack on his wife Joan shook the small town of Delmar, New York. Police began taking a closer look at the picture perfect family - especially their son, Chris. But could a preppy, clean-cut college kid really turn into an axe murderer?   Source materials for this episode cannot be listed here due to character limitations. For a full list of sources, please visit https://redcollarpodcast.com/   Red Collar is an audiochuck prod...

Trailer

November 20, 2020 12:59 - 1 minute - 1.67 MB

When we think of white-collar criminals, we picture a CEO getting caught up in the latest financial scandal. But there is a subgroup within these seemingly nonviolent offenders who are never discussed in mainstream media - the white-collar criminals who kill. Join Catherine Townsend as she dives into the minds of these real-life American Psychos...who are often hiding in plain sight. This is Red Collar.   Red Collar is an audiochuck production.  Connect with us on social media: Instagram...