Wicked and Grim: A True Crime Podcast

In 2011, six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was picked up from school by his mother, and he hasn’t been seen since. What followed was a three-day road trip across the Midwest, ending with Amy Fry-Pitzen’s suicide and a haunting note that claimed Timmothy was safe… but gone for good. It’s a case that’s baffled investigators for over a decade, and it all began with one mother’s desperate plan.

Shaye Groves was known for her fascination with serial killers, her bedroom lined with mugshots and shelves stacked with true crime books. But when her obsession turned deadly, her boyfriend Frankie Fitzgerald became the victim of a so-called “crime of passion” that left the public shaken and raised unsettling questions about the darker side of true crime culture.

They were childhood sweethearts who spent over fifty years building a life side by side, only to have it end with the pull of a trigger in a quiet hospital room. Ellen Gilland says she took her husband’s life because he asked her to, because he couldn’t take the pain anymore, and she couldn’t bear to watch him suffer. What followed was not only a death, but a four-hour standoff, a courtroom reckoning, and the unraveling of a love story that had lasted a lifetime. They were childhood sweethearts who spent over fifty years building a life side by side, only to have it end with the pull of a trigger in a quiet hospital room. Ellen Gilland says she took her husband’s life because he asked her to, because he couldn’t take the pain anymore, and she couldn’t bear to watch him suffer. What followed was not only a death, but a four-hour standoff, a courtroom reckoning, and the unraveling of a love story that had lasted a lifetime. Our other podcast: "FEARFUL" - https://open.spotify.com/show/56ajNkLiPoIat1V2KI9n5c?si=OyM38rdsSSyyzKAFUJpSyw MERCH:https://www.redbubble.com/people/wickedandgrim/shop?asc=u Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wickedandgrim?fan_landing=true Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@wickedlife Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wickedandgrim/ Instagram: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wickedandgrim/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/wickedandgrim Website: https://www.wickedandgrim.com/ Wicked and Grim is an independent podcast produced by Media Forge Studios, and releases a new episode here every Tuesday and Friday.

Under the bright lights of Madison Square Garden, two men stepped into the boxing ring, but only one would ever walk out alive. What started as a championship fight fueled by rivalry and pride would soon spiral into one of the most tragic moments in boxing history. Before the final bell could sound, the night would end in horror, leaving a champion fallen, a fighter haunted, and a sport forever changed.

They vanished without a trace. Three young women, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus, were taken from the streets of Cleveland, their families left searching for answers that never seemed to come. For over a decade, they were hidden in plain sight, trapped in a house of horrors while their captor Ariel Castor, lived a double life. But when one of them finally saw her chance to escape, the truth was unleashed, revealing a nightmare no one could have imagined.