Crime Junkie

@crimejunkie · Podcast

Latest segments

• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-05
  Fills in Tonzelli's background and the Olney tip
  Fills in Blair Tonzelli's background: estranged from family, opioid addiction, jail cycling on drug and sex-work charges. The friend who reported her missing months later told police Blair was last known to be at a sketchy guy's house and gave the Olney address.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-05
  Relays the passenger's account of the fake ID
  The passenger's account: she says she never knew Blair Tonzelli and that Eugene built the fake ID from her own photo and Tonzelli's name so she could drive on her warrants. She also says he claimed to know the chemicals that dissolve a body.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-05
  Adds the Inquirer letter and homicide detectives
  Adds reporting from the Philadelphia Inquirer: a handwritten letter describing hurting people and referencing zip ties, a drum and Ted Bundy, plus homicide detectives now leading the investigation. The blood and five urns were already on the record from this same episode.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-05
  Walks the Chew Avenue search and its finds
  Walks the search of 417 West Chew Avenue: the boarded three-story twin, the hazmat days, the gun, 100-plus pieces of ballistic evidence, the grow operation, hidden compartments, the basement lab and the 55-gallon drum hooked to water lines. Adds the blood find, the five urns and the handwritten letter.
• Eugene Horsch's Independence Mall arrest, 2026-10-05
  Retells the arrest and the items in the car
  Retells the June 19 arrest from the park ranger's approach through the search warrant at 417 West Chew Avenue, adding the specific items found in the car - a cattle prod, a collapsible baton, handcuffs - and the exact dates Blair Tonzelli was last heard from and reported missing.