Full Rigor: Florida True Crimes

A true-crime podcast highlighting stories that sent a shiver through the sunbelt.

True Crime
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Episode 158: Who killed Officer Stathers?
The execution-style shooting of Coral Gables cop Walter Stathers in 1967 is the only unsolved murder of a Miami-Dade police officer. Karen talks with the former police chief and a private investigator about the cold case.
37 min
127
The Docket: Hey man, what's in the lasagna?
This week on The Docket, a bride charged with spiking the reception food with pot, a Florida sheriff encouraging residents to shoot intruders and a teacher arrested and convicted of trespass after not wearing a mask.
5 min
128
Episode 157: At Close Range
This episode details the cold-blooded murder of a Jacksonville father of four who was shot "at close range" in the middle of the street in front of his young daughter. Two months after the murder, there are few leads and no...
15 min
129
The Docket: Easter Basket Case
This week on The Docket, our favorite sheriff, Grady Judd, needs your help in identifying some bad eggs and a goose protecting her eggs attacks a Florida woman.
5 min
130
Episode 156: From Popcorn to Pop a Cap
A Florida jury decides the fate of a retired police SWAT commander of murder for fatally shooting a fellow movie-goer during an argument over a cellphone.
21 min
131
The Docket: Prickly Parkland Shooter jury selec...
This week on The Docket, the death of Pittsburgh Steeler's QB Dwayne Johnson who was hit by a dump truck in Broward, a nurse that was syphoning off fentanyl from a patient's stash and the prickly process of picking a jury in the...
5 min
132
Episode 155: FBI Miami Shootout Survivor Speaks
Karen has an exclusive interview on this 36th anniversary of one of the most violent FBI incidents, Ed Mireles, who the killed suspects even though he was shot himself, gives all the glory to the two fallen agents Special Agent Benjamin...
21 min
133
The Docket: Attorneys Can't Afford Rent
Rent is so high in South Florida that even state prosecutors can't afford to live here. Also, arrests made is two mass-casualty traffic accidents.
5 min
134
Episode 154: The Mob Loves Florida
Why do so many hitmen escape to Florida? Karen asks Jen because she's "connected."
19 min
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Episode 153: The Rosary Murder
On this episode of Full Rigor, Karen and Jen talk to retired Palm Beach County homicide detective Fred DiLoreto about the rape and murder of a West Palm Beach fifth grader in 1984. Yolanda Santos was taken from her school by a man who claimed...
45 min
136
The Docket: Dog Poop Nabs Robber
Crazy Florida criminals this week don't disappoint. Especially the guy who robbed a woman in Miami who police were able to catch thanks to a stinky piece of evidence the victim left on his shirt...dog poop.
5 min
137
Episode 152: Dimwit Fake Cop
Drama, drama, drama. Karen and Jen talk about Jeremy Dewitte who is behind bars for impersonating a cop. He's really a funeral procession officer and a registered sex offender.
25 min
138
Episode 151: Cherish every moment
This episode details two different cases involving Florida men who both ended up on death row for the rape and murder of a child. In both cases the children were taken from a store.  One child suffocated in the trunk of a car before...
14 min
139
The Docket: Gator "armed and dangerous"
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office found an arm, hand, and part of a leg after an alligator was spotted “guarding the body part” on the Hungryland Preserve, about 30 miles northwest of West Palm Beach.
4 min
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Episode 150: Murf the Surf, from murder to mercy
Jack Roland Murphy, affectionately known as ""Murf the Surf" was a jewel thief, convicted murderer, surfing champion, musician, author and artist. His true crime story reads like a Hollywood movie script, oh wait...it...
26 min
141
The Docket: Couple slashed to death while ridin...
This week on The Docket, crazy Florida criminals really went bananas. First, someone with a knife attacked a couple simply riding their bikes in a neighborhood on a Sunday. Then, a handyman is accused of throwing a woman into her own septic...
5 min
142
Episode 149: Playboy Bunny Burned
Today's episode, an aspiring Playboy bunny from Detroit found burned beyond recognition in a Miami dumpster in 2010 and police still don't know who killed her...talk about a cold case dumpster fire.
15 min
143
The Docket: Woman Chucks Pug off High Rise Bal...
This week on The Docket, an angry Florida woman throws her boyfriend's dog off a 7-story balcony, an elderly Florida woman drives her Bentley into diners at a South Beach café killing one and more hijinks in Polk County.
5 min
144
Episode 148: The Bulletproof Bra
Suicide, homicide, or undetermined? The mysterious death of Natasha Boykin and her apparent "bulletproof bra."
21 min
145
The Docket: Lady Steals Science Project
This week on The Docket, crazy criminals stole a solar cupcake oven from a little boy, shot a deputy, and stabbed a loved one 140 times.
5 min
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Episode 147: Dead Cop is Cold Case Suspect
This is a cold case that is so cold that even the suspect is dead....and now we find out the killer rapist was a South Florida cop.
13 min
147
The Docket: Shocking Floridopes
A bridge tender is in hot water after a Florida woman falls to her death. And another Florida woman is under arrest for allegedly using PPP funds to hire a hitman to kill a TSA agent.
5 min
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Episode 146: Florida Fan kills young Star
A YouTube Star who was on her way to being one of the most successful singers out there, Christina Grimmie, had a massive following online as well as offline. The 22 year-old breakout star from The Voice had her voice silenced.
17 min
149
The Docket: Florida Democrat Wants to Fund Police
This week on The Docket, just in time for the midterm elections a Florida Democratic congresswoman is proposing a bill to "refund" the police to help fight the dramatic increase in violent crime across the country. A former Tampa...
5 min
150
Episode 145: Cops Find Cold Case Evidence
After 40-years, South Florida law enforcement finally finds missing evidence in a brutal rape and murder. Until now, the victim's family believed it was lost or thrown away. The driving force behind the fingerprint and DNA discoveries...
28 min