A true-crime podcast
One follows the evidence. The other wishes he hadn't asked.
On Dead & Dread, investigative reporter Alex Pullos and reluctant analyst Nery Ordoñez unpack true crime through careful reporting, uncomfortable questions, and dark humor. Nery wants fewer gruesome details—until he needs just one more detail. And, sometimes, even Alex has to take a breath.
How every episode works
Four parts, one recording
Each episode moves through the same four stages. Each one has a place on this site.
01 / The Case File
We start with what's on the record: who, where, when, and what the police wrote down.
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02 / Uneasy Company
One of us wants every detail. The other is already regretting it. Meet the two of us.
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03 / The Evidence
Alex lays it out, piece by piece, the way an investigator would. Hear it for yourself.
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04 / Morbid Curiosity
We end with what we can't stop wondering about and . . . Wow!
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Don't take our word for it
Most true crime asks you to trust the host. Every one of our episode has a case file with the evidence we talk about on the show, numbered so you can follow along.
Photographs
Scenes, objects and people, from police files and archives.
Maps
Where it happened, and how far apart everything was.
Documents
Inquest records, reports and transcripts, typed out so you can read them.
Recordings
Calls and audio from the record, when they exist.
Some of it is hard to look at. Those exhibits are marked Nery-rated and stay blurred until you choose to see them.
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Behind the microphones
In the studio
What listeners say
From the mailbag
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