Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast By Kelly Jennings

Unspeakable is a True Crime Podcast hosted by Criminal Justice educator, Law Enforcement expert and former Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola Classification Officer Kelly Jennings.

Recent Episodes

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Sept. 17, 2026

Crime Wire Weekly 9/18/26 | Embezzled Football Funds,Deadly Train Push,Love Triangle Tragedy

This week on the CWW Jim and KJ bring you the crime news headlines and they start with a California high school football booster treasurer accused of draining more than $411,000 from the team that trusted her with the books—money prosecutors say went to a mortgage and credit cards while she sent the board cooked reports. In Massachusetts, three jurors from the Lindsay Clancy trial break their silence after the mistrial, walking through the 11–1 deadlock, the holdout who admitted reasonable doubt
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Sept. 15, 2026

The Prosecutor: Interview with Brad Casio

In this episode of Unspeakable, KJ sits down with Assistant District Attorney Brad Casio as he recounts the prosecution of Charles Smith. Charles A. Smith, 28, of Denham Springs, was already wanted for SA in neighboring Tangipahoa Parish when he took the woman and her toddler at gunpoint from the parking lot. He forced them into a stolen white Chrysler PT Cruiser and drove them north across parish lines—through Livingston, into St. Helena, and on toward Tangipahoa. Along that stretch of Highway
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Sept. 10, 2026

Crime Wire Weekly 9/11/26 | Clancy Verdict, Crooked Jess, and Trading Children For Monkey’s

This week on the CWW the crime news headlines start with a therapist who was booked after allegedly sleeping with a rehab patient. In Massachusetts, the Lindsay Clancy murder trial collapses into a mistrial after the jury deadlocks on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three children and in a brand new segment we are calling Any Given Saturday we are giving you the latest in what occurred during week one college football in this Kickoff crime report. In West Virginia A high
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Sept. 8, 2026

Dollar General Abduction: The Prosecution of Charles Smith

On a January afternoon in 2015, a mother walked into a Dollar General on Highway 16 in Livingston Parish, Louisiana with her two-year-old child. She never made it home. Charles A. Smith, 28, of Denham Springs, was already wanted for SA in neighboring Tangipahoa Parish when he took the woman and her toddler at gunpoint from the parking lot. He forced them into a stolen white Chrysler PT Cruiser and drove them north across parish lines—through Livingston, into St. Helena, and on toward Tangipahoa.
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Sept. 3, 2026

Crime Wire Weekly 9/4/26 | Times Square Stabbing, Tupac Trial Verdict, Murder For Hire Plot

Jim Chapman and Kelly Jennings bring you the crime headlines from around the United States for this week! Timestamps 08:00 Louisiana Crime Crackdown. (Legislative Session Review) 12:00 Florida Authorities Recover 163 Missing Children. 16:00 40,000 Pounds of Beer Goes Missing. (They Stole What) 21:00 Lyft Driver Stabbed 11 Times. 26:22 Times Square Stabbing Update. 31:11 Tupac Murder Trial-Keefe D Found Guilty. 37:44 Wisconsin Stalker Collected Human Remains. 43:45 Florida Man Convicted In Murde
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Sept. 1, 2026

Afterparty in 4C: The Murder of Joey Comunale

On the night of November 12, 2016, 26-year-old Joey Comunale left Stamford, Connecticut, for a night out in Manhattan. The Hofstra graduate hit a club in the Meatpacking District with a friend, then accepted an invitation to an afterparty at a luxury apartment on the Upper East Side. Apartment 4C belonged to James Rackover. Also there were Lawrence “Larry” Dilione, Max Gemma, and a small group of women they’d met that night. There was drinking. There was cocaine. By early morning the women were

Recent Blog Posts

May 10, 2023

New Merch and Forensics Association

Hey Y'all! If you haven't seen all of the links and posts, I've rolled out some new merch per everyone's request! Its pretty cute too! It's funny how the things I say all the time have become known as "Kellyisms"! Isn't it neat when you get to j…
March 28, 2023

Max Schachter discusses School Shootings with Unspeakable Podcast March 29th!

March 29th, 2023 Max Schachter talks in depth with Kelly Jennings of Unspeakable: A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings about the circumstances that unfolded after his son Alex was tragically lost in the Stoneman Douglas School Shootings in Parklan…
March 19, 2023

Dave Pelzer of "A Child Called It" Joins Kelly Jennings on Unspeakable Podcast March 22nd!

His 1995 memoir of childhood abuse, A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive, was listed on The New York Times Bestseller List for several years, and in 5 years had sold at least 1.6 million copies, several best selling books later he h…