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Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps

Crossing the Line with M. William Phelps

By: M. William Phelps
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Crossing the Line is a true crime podcast revealing cases of the missing and murdered, told start-to-finish each week. Using the campfire storytelling style that made Paper Ghosts a #1 hit on the charts, host M. William Phelps connects deeply with families touched by violent crime - he understands them, because he is one of them. Having gone through the murder of his own pregnant sister-in-law, Phelps brings not only his personal experience, but also 20-plus years of investigative journalism into the worlds of these stories. Follow and subscribe to Crossing the Line for a weekly dose of murder, mayhem and madness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023 M. William Phelps Biographies & Memoirs True Crime
Episodes
  • EP163 | The Genetic Murder Ghost - The True Crime of Guilt By Association
    Mar 18 2026

    It's called the Village of Drummond, an exclusive neighborhood in Chevy Chase, Maryland. On a pleasant spring morning, homicide investigators are called out to a swanky brick colonial with blood smeared all over the walls. It takes decades, but two determined investigators finally find the answer to a murder in which the wrong man had been targeted all along.

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    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.

    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS, now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows.

    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.

    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

    **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

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    48 mins
  • EP162 - Cold Blooded Murder: The True Crimes of Kevin Weismore
    Mar 11 2026

    It's the day after Christmas. A young man takes off on his motorbike and heads out to a popular Connecticut trail to meet a young woman. By late evening, when he fails to return home, his parents call the state police and a search gets underway.

    For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here.

    Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-)

    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.

    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS, now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows.

    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.

    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

    **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

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    32 mins
  • EP161 - Coors Beer, Nancy Guthrie, Abduction, Kidnapping, Murder: True Crime & Joseph Corbett, Jr.
    Mar 4 2026

    You've heard of the beer and the name ... Coors. But behind all that wealth, fame, and the iconic name, almost 70 years ago, the Coors family is connected to one of the most intriguing kidnapping/murder cases … my bet is, you have never heard about. A case which, more recently, has come back into the spotlight after a well-known Today Show anchor's mother, Nancy Guthrie, was kidnapped in Tucson, Arizona.

    For exclusive content, sign up for your free Patreon account here.

    Leave a five-star review of this show, please. ;-)

    Visit www.crossingtheline.biz to contact investigative journalist and host M. William Phelps, get more information about the show, updates to cases, and more.

    And don't forget to subscribe to Phelps's #1 Apple Podcast hit PAPER GHOSTS, now in its 5th season, "The Texas Teen Murders," wherever you get your favorite shows.

    M. William Phelps is the New York Times best-selling author of 46 nonfiction books and winner of the Excellence in (Investigative) Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Phelps has written for numerous publications1, including the Providence Journal, Connecticut Magazine and Hartford Courant. Diversifying his talents, Phelps consulted on the first season of the hit Showtime cable television series Dexter and has executive produced and starred in over 350 hours of true crime television. All of which gives him a confluence of expertise and experience to bring to true crime fanatics.

    Phelps grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut, and now splits his time between Tolland County and N. Stonington, CT. In July 2017, he published his definitive, 10-year project about Happy Face Killer, Keith Hunter Jesperson, DANGEROUS GROUND: My Friendship with a Serial Killer.

    **For mental health assistance or to get help, please visit the National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI website or call 1-800-950-NAMI (6264), text "HelpLine" to 62640, or email helpline@nami.org**

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    31 mins
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Love the show. Wish you posted more than once a week. I've caught up on everything I can find, really great stuff.

Would Love More Content

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Love this series. Phelps dug deep into the case of Karen Read, who murdered John O'Keefe, and the crazy people supporting a murderer and trying to subvert justice.

A Perfect Podcast

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I appreciate that M. William Phelps deli vers an interesting, well researched story every time. I want to hear the facts not just have popular opinion reiterated. I also want a podcast that is easy to listen to. I get annoyed with constant laughing and giggling and I get bored with monotone lecture type delivery. I can't wait for each new episode from any of Mr. Phelps podcasts. I've recommended his podcasts many times and the feedback is always great.

Solid investigative reporting

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Phelps “KILLS” it in a way only a talented crime writer can. I was so excited to stumble onto this podcast. They get right down to it, lots of pertinent info, masterful story-telling…. Exactly what you’d expect from this writer. Love it!

BINGE-WORTHY!!!

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I always enjoy what William Phelps puts together. Glad he has a weekly podcast now.

Very well done

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