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True Crime, TikTok & Podcasting: A Conversation with Brittany Ransom of the When Killers Get Caught Podcast

Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min · 14 segments

Brittany Ransom, host of the *When Killers Get Caught Podcast*, joins me to talk true crime, TikTok, and life behind the microphone. We discuss what sparked her passion for true crime, why she focuses…

Brittany Ransom, host of the *When Killers Get Caught Podcast*, joins me to talk true crime, TikTok, and life behind the microphone. We discuss what sparked her passion for true crime, why she focuses on solved cases, growing a community online, the challenges of content creation, and the importance of protecting your mental health while covering difficult stories. Plus, some fun games and hot takes along the way.

Brittany Ransom, host of the *When Killers Get Caught Podcast*, joins me to talk true crime, TikTok, and life behind the microphone. We discuss what sparked her passion for true crime, why she focuses…

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Speakers: Brittany RansomGuestMelliHost

Show signals: SuitabilityLimitedBiasNot politicalAudience≈690 followers

Interrogation Tactics & False Confessions3:23 – 5:22

M

MelliHost

3:23

I love that your parents are attorneys, so you pretty much get information from the source, from, like, firsthand.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:30

I mean, they definitely talked about stuff when I was little.

M

MelliHost

3:32

Yeah.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:33

And they loved, uh, what was that 24-hour show-

M

MelliHost

3:37

Yeah

Brittany RansomGuest

3:37

... where they would show how, like, the cops talk to the...

Brittany RansomGuest

3:41

This is how I learned that you just don't talk to cops.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:43

There's an entire TV show about how a crime happens, and the cops pretty much talk the guy into admitting it within 24 hours.

M

MelliHost

3:52

Yeah.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:54

You really are not supposed to talk to cops, like, ever.

M

MelliHost

3:57

Ever, yeah.

M

MelliHost

3:59

I agree.

M

MelliHost

3:59

I'm currently binge-watching "20/20" on Hulu.

M

MelliHost

4:03

They have like five million episodes on Hulu right now.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:06

Mm-hmm.

M

MelliHost

4:06

And one of the episodes I watched yesterday was exactly that, that the cops talked a young kid, I think he was 17 or something, into confessing to a murder that he didn't commit, and that doesn't just happen once or twice.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:20

Oh my gosh.

M

MelliHost

4:20

That happens, like, daily.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:22

A lot because they go, "Oh, well, if you go to trial you'll get 20 years.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:26

If you go to trial you might get life in prison for murder.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:29

You should just accept it and then you'll get a smaller sentence." But if you don't get that in writing-

M

MelliHost

4:34

Yeah

Brittany RansomGuest

4:34

... like what that smaller sentence is going to be, they've tricked people into admitting they did something and then they still get the maximum penalty.

M

MelliHost

4:42

Yeah.

M

MelliHost

4:43

It's crazy.

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Interrogation Tactics & False Confessions3:23 – 5:22

M

MelliHost

3:23

I love that your parents are attorneys, so you pretty much get information from the source, from, like, firsthand.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:30

I mean, they definitely talked about stuff when I was little.

M

MelliHost

3:32

Yeah.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:33

And they loved, uh, what was that 24-hour show-

M

MelliHost

3:37

Yeah

Brittany RansomGuest

3:37

... where they would show how, like, the cops talk to the...

Brittany RansomGuest

3:41

This is how I learned that you just don't talk to cops.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:43

There's an entire TV show about how a crime happens, and the cops pretty much talk the guy into admitting it within 24 hours.

M

MelliHost

3:52

Yeah.

Brittany RansomGuest

3:54

You really are not supposed to talk to cops, like, ever.

M

MelliHost

3:57

Ever, yeah.

M

MelliHost

3:59

I agree.

M

MelliHost

3:59

I'm currently binge-watching "20/20" on Hulu.

M

MelliHost

4:03

They have like five million episodes on Hulu right now.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:06

Mm-hmm.

M

MelliHost

4:06

And one of the episodes I watched yesterday was exactly that, that the cops talked a young kid, I think he was 17 or something, into confessing to a murder that he didn't commit, and that doesn't just happen once or twice.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:20

Oh my gosh.

M

MelliHost

4:20

That happens, like, daily.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:22

A lot because they go, "Oh, well, if you go to trial you'll get 20 years.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:26

If you go to trial you might get life in prison for murder.

Brittany RansomGuest

4:29

You should just accept it and then you'll get a smaller sentence." But if you don't get that in writing-

M

MelliHost

4:34

Yeah

Brittany RansomGuest

4:34

... like what that smaller sentence is going to be, they've tricked people into admitting they did something and then they still get the maximum penalty.

M

MelliHost

4:42

Yeah.

M

MelliHost

4:43

It's crazy.

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