A well-to-do Australian woman meets and falls in love with a mysterious man, with a beautiful yacht, and plans to marry him and spend the rest of their days sailing around the world together. What actually happens is infidelity, loss of more than a million dollars, and attempted murder. Narrated by Tony Dalton (AMC's Better Call Saul). A new true crime story from Voyage Media, producers of the hit true crime podcast Borderline, in the vein of Dirty John and The Tinder Swindler.
Here's a sneak peek of the first episode of Murdered by Mistake. You can find the entire series anywhere you get your podcasts.
Jill Houston's neighbor Pearl died tragically, in what the police ruled an accident, but Jill has spent decades trying to prove was a murder. Did men looking for Jill's home go into the wrong house? Was a fire set to cover their crime? This true crime miniseries presents the facts from both sides, and leaves it up to you, the listener, to decide. All episodes of Murdered by Mistake are available now.
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25 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Murdered by Mistake - A New True Crime Limited Series
Murdered by Mistake is a new true crime limited series from Voyage Media. Jill Houston's neighbor Pearl died tragically, in what the police ruled an accident, but Jill has spent decades trying to prove was a murder. Did men looking for Jill's home go into the wrong house? Was a fire set to cover their crime?
This true crime miniseries presents the facts from both sides, and leaves it up to you, the listener, to decide. All episodes of Murdered by Mistake are available now, anywhere you get your podcasts.
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18 Jun 2025
My Best Friend's Killer - A New True Crime Long-Form Miniseries
This episode of "Dead In The Water" explores the tragic death of a woman in suburban Utah, examining the circumstances surrounding her seemingly normal husband's fatal actions through the eyes of her best friends in this true crime miniseries.
5 Nov 2024
New Weekly True Crime - Grave Deeds, Dead Plots
A mix of true crime and the supernatural, Grave Deeds, Dead Plots covers stories of ghosts hauntings on sites where murders or other crimes took place. Look for Grave Deeds, Dead Plots anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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17 Jun 2024
Bad Water - New True Crime Miniseries
You may have seen headlines or TV commercials referencing Camp LeJeune, the Marine Corps base where contaminated drinking water poisoned service members and their families. This podcast goes beyond the headlines, to tell you the story from the people whose lives were devastated by it. You'll also hear from two of the men who made it their life's mission (and succeeded) to force Congress to pass legislation acknowledging what happened.
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27 May 2024
Voyage Media Recommends: The Burden
In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname.
Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers (who all say they are innocent!) turned jailhouse-lawyers. In prison they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away. They set out to turn the tables on Scarcella while still in prison. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they would succeed.
Thirty years later, more than 20 people Scarcella helped put away have walked free. In the media he’s the “disgraced detective,” the rogue cop who hoodwinked an entire system.
For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast ... where justice is done (and undone).
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5 Mar 2024
New True Crime Miniseries - In The Blood
Hosted by Ben McKenzie (Southland, Gotham). He had an alibi. He didn't have a violent history. And it seemed almost impossible to imagine the crime could have been committed by just one man. But Ronald Trimboli's DNA test, performed in the infancy of DNA testing, was a match. Is it possible he was innocent of the triple murder he was convicted of? IN THE BLOOD presents all the evidence, including evidence jurors were not privy to, and asks you, the audience, for your verdict. All episodes of IN THE BLOOD, from Voyage Media, are available now, anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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9 Oct 2023
Allegedly Returns For A Second Season Of Stand-Alone Crime Stories
Allegedly returns for Season 2, with 5 new stories of crime, told to you by the people who lived them, brought to life by actor portrayals and original music - a college student unwittingly indoctrinated into a sex cult posing as a church group, an wealthy old man preyed upon by a con woman who would separate him from his family, one act of bullying that sent a promising young man's life into a domino effect of chaos, a captain for the ultra-rich abruptly arrested and thrown into a foreign prison for a crime he didn't commit, and a landlord who kept a mentally disabled man a virtual prisoner despite his sister's best efforts to free him.
Two of the 5 episodes of Season 2 are already available, and 3 more will drop biweekly until the end of Season 2. Look for Allegedly, from Voyage Media, anywhere you listen to podcasts.
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9 Jan 2023
Episode Five
In the final episode, Maree must extricate herself from the boat after narrowly surviving her last encounter with Damien. Once she does, the police get involved, and an arrest warrant for attempted homicide is put out for Damien. The story comes to an end, but not in a way anyone could have anticipated.
Dead in The Water is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Kaitlyn Brown and Dan Benamor. Reported, lead produced and written by Dan Benamor. Edited by Nick Messitte, Nick Shoup, Jaxson McLennan, and Andres Coca. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. Narrated by Tony Dalton.
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6 Jan 2023
Episode Four
Maree recuperates, and suspects she was poisoned. But she has sunk so much money into the boat she tries to play nice with Damien until she can get back to the boat, and end their marriage. On the boat, an "accident" occurs, which nearly kills Maree, and which she believes was not an accident. It's ultimately just a prelude, though, to what happens next... as Maree faces a terrifying final confrontation with Damien that will end things, once and for all.
Dead in The Water is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Kaitlyn Brown and Dan Benamor. Reported, lead produced and written by Dan Benamor. Edited by Nick Messitte, Nick Shoup, Jaxson McLennan, and Andres Coca. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. Narrated by Tony Dalton.
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5 Jan 2023
Episode Three
Maree tries to put on a brave face and attend her surviving son's wedding with Damien, pretending all is well. Maree is forced to spend exorbitant sums of money to deal with her new husband's debts and the seemingly never-ending repair of the boat, leading to a standoff over transferring ownership of the boat to her. Damien and Maree sail to a small island nation, where Maree falls severely ill. In the hospital, a doctor asks Maree a disturbing question that makes her consider she may be in mortal danger.
Dead in The Water is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Kaitlyn Brown and Dan Benamor. Reported, lead produced and written by Dan Benamor. Edited by Nick Messitte, Nick Shoup, Jaxson McLennan, and Andres Coca. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. Narrated by Tony Dalton.
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4 Jan 2023
Episode Two
Maree pours hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovating Damien's boat. One of Maree's sons dies tragically, and she must travel away. Damien does not go with her, claiming the tragedy has made him want to visit his mother. But he's not with his mother, and Maree receives a package in the mail, not intended for her, that contains a stunning revelation.
Dead in The Water is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Kaitlyn Brown and Dan Benamor. Reported, lead produced and written by Dan Benamor. Edited by Nick Messitte, Nick Shoup, Jaxson McLennan, and Andres Coca. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. Narrated by Tony Dalton.
If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a five-star review in Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you're listening. And subscribe now for future episodes.
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3 Jan 2023
Episode One
A frightening glimpse at the future has Maree recounting the life-or-death danger she found herself in from her husband Damien. Prior to meeting Damien, Maree was wealthy, recently laid off, and single. She was ready to find love and go on an adventure. Enter Damien - an eccentric but confident sailor who could seemingly give Maree that adventure, he even had a yacht they could sail around the world in. Maree's friends notice red flags about Damien, but Maree ignores the red flags, and makes the worst decision of her life.
Dead in The Water is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Kaitlyn Brown and Dan Benamor. Reported, lead produced and written by Dan Benamor. Edited by Nick Messitte, Nick Shoup, Jaxson McLennan, and Andres Coca. Original music by Derlis Gonzalez. Narrated by Tony Dalton.
If you're enjoying the show, please leave us a five-star review in Apple Podcasts, or anywhere you're listening. And subscribe now for future episodes.
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3 Jan 2023
Trailer
A well-to-do Australian woman meets and falls in love with a mysterious man, with a beautiful yacht, and plans to marry him and spend the rest of their days sailing around the world together. What actually happens is infidelity, loss of more than a million dollars, and attempted murder. Narrated by Tony Dalton (AMC's Better Call Saul). A new true crime story from Voyage Media, producers of the hit true crime podcast Borderline, in the vein of Dirty John and The Tinder Swindler.
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Inside a recent episode
Sneak Peek Of Episode 1 Of Murdered by Mistake
Published 25 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So, And unlike so many other ways to commit crime, there's always an elusive mystery to fire. I can tell you that every death in a fire, you can make it seem suspicious because fire does what it's going to do. There's so many components, oxygen and, you know, what kind of things were the kindling for the fire and all those sorts of things. So fire deaths... They're very tricky. It's not like you can ever say 100%, unless you have a video of videoing someone, you know, when the fire occurs and them going down, you're always going to have people say, well, there's a chance that someone else started this fire. […]
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