Episodes
July 2, 2024
The Disappearance of Child Star Joe Pichler – PD65
Being a child star is hard. So hard sometimes you move back to your hometown for high school. That’s what Joe Pichler did. After starring in movies like Beethoven’s 3rd and 4th, Children on their Birthdays and Varsity Blues, he moved back to the small town of Bremerton Washington to finish out his highschool years. But not long after graduating, Joe went missing. Kristy Jansen from Unethical Podcast, hired us to figure out where he went. And it was super easy. All we had to do to solve th...
June 18, 2024
The Catfish Murders of Billy and Billie – Too ugly to live – PD64
This week, Richard hired a new female Dick named Alicia Stoneback, to replace the currently missing Rick. She even brought us a case. Then Rick shows up. Then she tells us the already solved (? don’t understand how that could be solved if we didn’t solve it, but whatever?) tale of two Billies what were catfished and murdered in the early 2000’s If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. We are on YouTube too, so please come join ...
June 4, 2024
BONUS – Jody Plauché Interview – PD62.5
Hey Dickheads, After we did the episode about Gary Plauché, we found out that our friend over at Minds of Madnness Podcast, Tyler Allen, was friends with Gary’s son, Jody, the victim of the kidnapping and SA by Jeffrey Doucet. Tyler got us in contact with Jody and we got to interview him. We had so much fun and I hope you enjoy If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. We are on YouTube too, so please come join us there if that ...
May 21, 2024
The Mass Murder by Mattock at Hinterkaifeck (feat. Darron Wood) – PD63
This episode, producer extraordinaire for the amazing “Defense Diaries” podcast, Darron Wood, hires us to solve an old German case from the 1920s Sort of… He kind of didn’t want us to solve a case at all, but that won’t stop us. This was a crazy case that involved the murder of an entire family *including their maid), people living in the walls of an old farmstead, and a guy named Adolf Gump. We solved it easily though All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websit...
May 7, 2024
Gary Plauché – An American Hero or no? – PD62
Rick is missing this week so RJ takes the helm and tells us the story of Gary Plaunché. He killed the child molester, Jeffrey Doucet, that took his child Jodi for 10 days, held him captive and did ungodly things to him Plaunché killed Doucet with 0 sympathy, in front of police, on live television. He got nearly no jail time and never regretted it a day in his life. Should this be the case? Richard and RJ are very divided on the subject Come listen to them talk it out. If you had fun liste...
April 21, 2024
The Betz Sphere – The Haunted Ball from Outerspace (feat. Tyler Allen) – PD61
Today the Dicks are hired by Tyler Allen, host of the wildly popular True Crime Podcast, Minds of Madness He is curious about the Betz Sphere. He wants to know everything. Is it from outer space? Was it broken? Where is it? What the heck was it? All easy questions for the Private Dicks. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4334 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Enquirer https://www.scribd.com/document/21022133/We-Tel...
April 9, 2024
PD Side Quests – The Knights of the Round Table – Sir Kay – E01
Today, Richard brings you a little bonus episode about Sir Kay, son of Sir Ector and foster brother of King Arthur himself. A little solo episode to keep you going! See you in 2 weeks with a very special episode. For this case, all I did was investigate the following websites; https://storywarren.com/king-arthur-and-the-giant-of-mont-saint-michel/ https://kingarthur.fandom.com/wiki/Giant_of_Mont_St._Michel https://knightword.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/a-kinder-sir-kay/ https://nightbringer.s...
March 26, 2024
Richard Steudle’s Legend of King Arthur – Part 2 – Real or Fake? – PD60
We are back on the King Arthur train. Richard goes through all the eras of the once and future king and shows the evolution of Arthur through his mentions throughout history. Was he real? Find out by listening. Cause we solved it. And it was easy. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/king-arthur-real-person-180980466/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/King-Arthur https://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_four_arthu...
March 12, 2024
Richard Steudle’s Legend of King Arthur – Part 1 – PD59
What do you know about King Arthur? Sword in the stone? Camelot? The Knights of the Round Table? Merlin? Well there is much more to the story. Here is the story as interpreted by Richard With guest Sumit Swami, comedian extrordinaire and good pal to the pod cast All Richard did to interpret was investigate the following websites; https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/king-arthur-real-person-180980466/ https://www.britannica.com/topic/King-Arthur https://www.pbs.org/mythsandheroes/myths_...
March 8, 2024
BONUS – Sumit is Canadian! – MINI EPISODE
Here is a little mini episode to show you the kind of conversations you’re missing out on on patreon For early access to episodes of Private Dicks, uncut videos of the Original recordings, all of Unethicals content and so much more getting added every day, go to www.patreon.com/unethicalpodcast https://linktr.ee/privatedicks
Feb. 27, 2024
The Disappearance of Mélanie Ethier – Steel Drummer (feat. Doug Koning) – PD58
What happens in a small town when one of its teens go missing without a trace? Worse yet, it seems racially motivated because she is one of only 3 black girls living in that town. This happened in the small Ontario town of New Liskeard in 1996 when 15 year old Melanie Ethier went missing without a trace. Her mother is still searching, the town still has the scar and the rest of us are left to wonder, what the heck happened here. Well fear no more, the Private Dicks finally put this one to be...
Feb. 13, 2024
BONUS – Two Years? – Amelia Earhart’s Airplane – Cuddle Fish or JetScream? – PD01.5
It’s been 2 years that we have been releasing episodes publicly! We talk about that and Amelia again. Go to our Facebook page to vote on whether you think the orange blob they’re calling sonar images of Amelia’s plane looks more like a cuddle fish or jetscream! If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. We are on YouTube too, so please come join us there if that is your platform. One of us will even interact with you there if you ...
Jan. 30, 2024
A New To You Used Car – Otto Warmbier (feat. TZ Borden) – PD57
Hello Dickheads, Today, the dicks are hired by TZ Borden, host of Tapes from the Darkside (https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/tapes-from-the-darkside-crime-psychology/id1497477141) Would you go on holiday to North Korea? And if you did, would you steal something to bring home as a souvenir? Well that’s apparently what Otto did, according to the DPRK. TZ hires us to figure out what exactly happened to Otto while he was in North Korea And we did it easily All we had to do was look at th...
Jan. 16, 2024
Time Travelling MultiSimulationVerse – The Mandela Effect – PD56
Shazam was a movie with Sinbad. Or was it? Many people think it was even though there is no record of it anywhere. Today, the dicks dig into Fiona Broome, DragonCon and the various so-called Mandela effects that are out there today What is happening when it comes to this mysterious Mandela effect? Why do we have memories that didn’t actually happen? Well we solved it, and it was easy. If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. ...
Jan. 2, 2024
JonBenét Ramsey – Part 2 – HAIRlary Clinton – PD55
Part 2 of our series on JonBenét! Richard tries to tell the guys who the suspects are, but the guys already have it solved. So they wait patiently for him to stop talking. Some people think this case will never be solved. Good thing the Dicks are on the case. All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites; https://www.velvetropes.com/backstage/jonbenet-ramsey-house https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1840947/jonbenet-ramsey-murder-theory-suggests-man-dressed-as-santa...
Dec. 30, 2023
SPECIAL EPISODE – New Year, New Binge – Part 2
The Second Part! The New Years holiday is a celebration of new beginnings. With that in mind, we know this collaboration will introduce you to several amazing new true-crime podcasts that will quickly become your newest true-crime binges as we enter 2024 because, let’s face it, we know that’s exactly what you needed! With tons of episodes each, investigative curiosity, and a focus on advocacy, these podcasts will live up to the theme of our collaboration (“New Year, New Binge”) because you’ll s...
Dec. 29, 2023
SPECIAL EPISODE – New Year, New Binge – Part 1
The New Years holiday is a celebration of new beginnings. With that in mind, we know this collaboration will introduce you to several amazing new true-crime podcasts that will quickly become your newest true-crime binges as we enter 2024 because, let’s face it, we know that’s exactly what you needed! With tons of episodes each, investigative curiosity, and a focus on advocacy, these podcasts will live up to the theme of our collaboration (“New Year, New Binge”) because you’ll soon find yourself ...
Dec. 19, 2023
JonBenét Ramsey – Part 1 – Send BitCoin – PD54
What would you do if you woke up one morning and your child was missing from their bed? Then minutes later, you find a ransom note stating your child is gone. Then hours later, you find your child, dead within your own house. Imagine all of this happens during the christmas season. This is what John and Patsy Ramsey woke up to on Dec 26th, 1996. And this became one of the biggest true crime mysteries of the 90s. Many people think this case will never be solved. Good thing the Dicks are on th...
Dec. 5, 2023
The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run – The Cleveland Torso Murderer – PD53
Do you remember the one that got away? So did Eliot Ness. He never caught The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury run, but the dicks do just that. And it was easy for them. The only mystery left unsolved is that if whether or not the Cleaver was a big part of early 1900’s kitchens or not All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites and read this book; MAIN SOURCE – “Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher by Max Allan Collins” and A. Brad Schwartz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
Nov. 21, 2023
BONUS – Unethical and Private Dicks Meet at Richards 40th Birthday!
Hey Dickheads! You’re in for a surprise today! Richard’s wife brought together the whole Unethical crew together to surprise him for his birthday. And he was surprised. So they got together and did a little catch up pod. There is a lot of inside jokes and the audio is hard to hear! That doesn’t matter, the love in this recording is all that matters. Hope you enjoy Back in two weeks with another episode. If you had fun listening, please go give us a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and ...
Nov. 7, 2023
Scarface/Snorky – Al Capone – PD52
You are about to listen to part 2 of a 3 part series Go back to our episode about Eliot Ness to hear that one first. This time, we are talking about the biggest gangster of all time. Al Capone. Or was he just small? Listen let us know what you think. All we needed to solve this case was to look and study the following websites: Meet Albert Francis Capone, Al Capone’s Secretive Son (allthatsinteresting.com) Mae Capone – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Capone https://en.wiki...
Oct. 30, 2023
SPECIAL EPISODE – When Darkness Calls Part 2
This Halloween, thirteen true crime podcasts (including Private Dicks) come together to share dark and disturbing stories. From haunted houses to serial killers, these tales will send chills down your spine and keep you up at night. Join us for this special 2-part Halloween episode entitled “When Darkness Calls” as we explore the darkest corners of humanity. But be warned: these stories are not for the faint of heart. When darkness calls, how will YOU respond? Listener discretion is advised. Po...
Oct. 27, 2023
SPECIAL EPISODE – When Darkness Calls Part 1
This Halloween, thirteen true crime podcasts Private Dicks come together to share dark and disturbing stories. From haunted houses to serial killers, these tales will send chills down your spine and keep you up at night. Join us for this special 2-part Halloween episode entitled “When Darkness Calls” as we explore the darkest corners of humanity. But be warned: these stories are not for the faint of heart. When darkness calls, how will YOU respond? Listener discretion is advised. Podcasts are ...
Oct. 24, 2023
The Untouchables – Eliot Ness – PD51
We are back from our little break! Solving cases again. Like the subject of our case today Eliot Ness What do you really know about Eliot Ness? Probably all the stuff you hear about him and Capone. But what else? He had a whole life afterwards, listen, I think you’ll be intrigued This is part 1 of a 3 part series. All we needed to solve this case was to look and study the following websites and reading material: The main source for this episode is a book called “Eliot Ness, The Rise and...