START HERE -DEADLY INTENT
This short introduction episode explains what Deadly Intent is all about — the psychology, the motive, and the darkness behind real criminal cases.
CARMAN CARRION:
If you’ve just discovered Deadly Intent, welcome.
I’m Carman Carrion — a researcher, writer, and the creator of Freaky Folklore and Destination Terror.
But here on Deadly Intent, we explore a different kind of darkness.
Not the monsters of legend… but the monsters that walk among us.
This show is about why people kill.
Not just what they did — but what led them to do it.
Their intent.
Because in the end…
it’s not the act itself… but the intent behind it…
that separates accident from murder, passion from premeditation, and revenge from justice.
[Music swells softly.]
Every episode examines a criminal case through the lens of motive, psychology, and human darkness.
From notorious serial predators like Robert Hansen…
to cold cases, family violence, hidden killers, and the crimes that fracture communities.
If you want to hear chilling true stories told with empathy, depth, and detail — you’re in the right place.
Start with any episode that grabs your attention… but listeners often recommend:
The Butcher Baker – A mild-mannered baker who hunted women like animals in the Alaskan wilderness.
Albert Fish — The Boogeyman – A sadistic predator whose crimes became some of the most horrific and psychologically disturbing in American history.
Or our deeper dives into lesser-known predators whose motives are even harder to untangle.
[Music dips into a slower, darker tone.]
This podcast isn’t sensationalistic.
It isn’t about shock value.
It’s about understanding:
How does pain become hatred?
How does resentment become ritual?
How does a human being become a predator?
Deadly Intent looks beneath the violence — into motive, trauma, and the psychological fractures that lead to murder.
Subscribe, follow, or continue to another episode to begin your journey.
And remember:
It’s not the act…
…it’s the intent.
[Music fades out.]