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Check The Locks: A True Crime Podcast

Check The Locks: A True Crime Podcast

By: John Conner
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Summary

John Conner dives headfirst into some of the wildest, most unsettling true crime cases ever told in a brand-new weekly podcast where you help decide just how terrifying each story truly is. If you drift off to sleep with serial killer docs playing, lose hours deep-diving real-life mysteries, or constantly wonder what pushes a murderer over the edge, then Check the Locks is calling for your killer instincts. Tune in, weigh in, and help determine which cases are sinister enough to make you… check the locks.

John Conner
True Crime
Episodes
  • The Invitation
    3 Nov 2026

    A normal day at home turns into a terrifying fight for survival when a stranger forces his way into a young mother's home, with her children only feet away. But this wasn't a random attack, and the most chilling revelation comes when the intruder claims someone very close to her put the plan in motion. Join John Conner as he dives deep into the dark to discuss the attack on Bella Torres. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?

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    This episode of Check the Locks is dedicated, with love, to the memory of our friend Mathew Scott Halliday.

    Sources:

    https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/nation-world/national/article317842763.html

    Arizona man allegedly conspired with stranger on Reddit to break into home, sexually assault his fiancée



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    11 mins
  • The Ypsilanti Ripper Pt. 2
    27 Oct 2026

    A potential suspect finally emerges, but finding him is only the beginning as investigators race to connect the clues, piece together the timelines, and turn scattered evidence into a case that can stand in court. Join John Conner as he dives deep into the dark to discuss the conclusion of the Ypsilanti Ripper case: John Norman Collins. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?

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    This episode of Check the Locks is dedicated, with love, to the memory of our friend Mathew Scott Halliday.

    Sources:

    Michigan Murders: 50 years ago, terror reigned in Ypsilanti | FOX 2 Detroit

    Hidden In Plain Sight: Terror In Ypsilanti | WEMU-FM

    Police Seek Aid in EMU Coed Hunt | Ann Arbor District Library

    Ypsilanti Ripper leaves trail of women’s mutilated bodies along Michigan highway in late ’60s – New York Daily News

    Murder Suspect Drawing Released | Ann Arbor District Library

    City Police Hope Probe Will Clear Up 4 Slayings | Ann Arbor District Library

    Weary Detectives Stare At Doll Found On Fence | Ann Arbor District Library

    https://aadl.org/node/91102

    7. The Co-ed Murders | Ann Arbor District Library

    Crime: The Rainy Day Murders - TIME

    Michigan Murders: 50 years ago, terror in Ypsilanti ends | FOX 2 Detroit

    Photos, evidence in Michigan murders case against John Norman Collins

    John Norman Collins

    Loretta Collins Outside Trial of her Son, John Norman Collins | Ann Arbor District Library

    John Norman Collins: Michigan murder suspect's letters, interviews

    MICHIGAN BEGINS COED KILLING CASE - The New York Times

    Collins Found Guilty | Ann Arbor District Library




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    20 mins
  • The Ypsilanti Ripper Pt. 1
    20 Oct 2026

    Two college towns. Seven young women. And a killer hiding in plain sight. Between 1967 and 1969, a wave of brutal murders shattered the sense of safety across a once-quiet community, leaving young women afraid to walk alone and investigators racing to stop the bloodshed. Join John Conner as he dives deep into the dark to discuss the victims of the Ypsilanti Ripper, John Norman Collins. Will this case be enough to make you check the locks?

    Follow Us:

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    Visit our website

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    This episode of Check the Locks is dedicated, with love, to the memory of our friend Mathew Scott Halliday.

    Sources:

    Michigan Murders: 50 years ago, terror reigned in Ypsilanti | FOX 2 Detroit

    Hidden In Plain Sight: Terror In Ypsilanti | WEMU-FM

    Police Seek Aid in EMU Coed Hunt | Ann Arbor District Library

    Ypsilanti Ripper leaves trail of women’s mutilated bodies along Michigan highway in late ’60s – New York Daily News

    Murder Suspect Drawing Released | Ann Arbor District Library

    City Police Hope Probe Will Clear Up 4 Slayings | Ann Arbor District Library

    Weary Detectives Stare At Doll Found On Fence | Ann Arbor District Library

    https://aadl.org/node/91102

    7. The Co-ed Murders | Ann Arbor District Library

    Crime: The Rainy Day Murders - TIME

    Michigan Murders: 50 years ago, terror in Ypsilanti ends | FOX 2 Detroit

    Photos, evidence in Michigan murders case against John Norman Collins

    John Norman Collins




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    19 mins
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