CROOKED RIVER is a fictional podcast narrative that spans the five-year period between September 1934 and August 1939 in post-Prohibition Cleveland, Ohio at the height of the Great Depression. During this politically turbulent time, an elusive killer decapitated and dismembered thirteen victims—seven men and six women—all under the watch of newly appointed Public Safety Director Eliot Ness, the famed G-man from Al Capone’s Chicago glory days. The disturbing crimes, the setting, and the peripheral characters, suspects and cops are real—the two lead characters (the local cop and the Federal Agent) are fictional.

Created by:Dave Beazley and Casey Wells

Starring:Zachary Ray Sherman as Alvin PikeJeff Tendall as Joe AntonettiMiles Sullivan as Ed KraussAndrew Garrett as Gus FrayneAlbie Selznick as Coroner PearseStephanie Myers as MargieLevi Petree as Eliot Ness and Orley MayJoseph Covino as Pete MeryloGlenn Payne as Frank VorrellNate Ward as Mick Basile and NewscasterTaylor Jorree Scorse as Agnes Tuttle and OperatorJessica Andres as Virginia Allen and WaitressDave Huber as Joseph Andrassy and Lou FortumGayle Trudeau as Helen AndrassyRafael Goldstein as Martin Zalewski and Emil MusilAlexandra Vaughan as Cop

Post Production Sound byJoe Moralez & ElfTree Studio

Written by:Casey Wells

Produced, Directed & Edited byDave Beazley

A Heywood Production