A True Crime Podcast Series from NJ.com
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In 1971, a mild-mannered accountant and Sunday school teacher from New Jersey meticulously murdered his wife, mother and three children. John List left behind a letter explaining his horrific deeds and disappeared to start a new life. Now, two award-winning journalists go inside the mind of the killer, uncover new details about the doomed family and the twisted crime that took their lives, and take you along on the unbelievable 18-year quest to bring this father to justice.
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Bonus Episode: The Watcher
The real story of The Watcher, Westfield’s other boogeyman, whose mysterious letters inspired the hit Netflix series.Take a video tour of the real...
Bonus Episode: Pulling back the curtain
Hosts Rebecca Everett and Jessica Remo take you behind the scenes of the creation of the “Father Wants Us Dead” podcast and discuss...
Bonus Episode: Postcards from the edge
Our hosts answer your questions and reveal more surprising details from the cutting room floor.Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father Wants Us DeadContact...
Episode 9: Sympathy for the devil
50 years later, two reporters try to understand what drove John List to commit such atrocities — and the real cost.Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father...
Episode 8: Judgment Day
Back in New Jersey to stand trial, John List makes one last attempt to stay free.Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father Wants Us DeadContact Us Use the...
Episode 7: The old lady and the tabloids
Eighteen years after the murders, a tip from an unlikely source leads authorities to John List's doorstep.Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father Wants Us...
Episode 6: America’s Most Wanted
With the trail gone cold, police try one last gambit to find their man. Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father Wants Us DeadContact Us Use the form below...
Episode 5: The Talented Mr. List
As police frantically search for the mysterious killer, John List slips out of one identity and into another.Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father Wants...
Episode 4: Mopping up the blood
Step by terrible step, John List systematically kills each member of his family — and then confesses everything. Recent Posts:Subscribe to Father...
Episode 3: The man at the train station
As family and financial worries mount, John List carries on an elaborate charade — all the while contemplating the unthinkable.Recent...
Episode 2: The boogeyman of Westfield
John List moved his family to New Jersey seeking a better life, but this seemingly ordinary accountant will turn out to be the scariest neighbor his...
Episode 1: The mansion turned morgue
In a quiet, well-to-do New Jersey suburb in December 1971, police make a shocking discovery that sends the community reeling — and launches a...
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