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Full Rigor Florida True Crime

Veteran Florida Investigative Journalist Karen Curtis explores true-crime, life and death cases in her own back yard that influence the nation and the world. The podcasts include exclusive audio and ground-breaking true-crime investigations.

Latest Episodes

Public Enemy #1

A former FBI agent and Florida criminal defense attorney unpacks all the problems facing Palm Beach County’s most famous resident, Donald Trump.
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Live or Die by Bad Review

We live and die by our online social score…one bad review can sink a person or business. In this case, a Florida plastic surgeon, who filed suit over a bad online review, allegedly murdered an attorney caught in the middle.
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Tiger Woods’ NDA and his “Jilted Ex-girlfriend”

Golfer Tiger Woods kicked his girlfriend out of his Palm Beach County mansion and now she is suing him. She also wants out of the non-disclosure agreement she signed with him in 2017.
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Poinciana Gang Gunfight

A wild, gang-related shoot-out goes down in front of multiple children in a Florida home just as a school bus pulls up with more kids on board. Find out who lives and who dies.
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The Renter and The Hit

Jacksonville Beach police have charged a man who rented a home from Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife and husband for his murder which police say was a targeted hit.
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Tony Todt, “Destroyer of Worlds”

Did Tony Todt kill his three children, the family dog and his wife? Or did his wife kill everyone and commit suicide? The jury listens to his confession and decides that he is a “Destroyer of Worlds.”
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Killer uses COVID to cover up murder

A Florida man tries to cover up the murder of his estranged wife by claiming she’s in a COVID quarantine.
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Is Carole Baskin’s missing husband alive?

“Hey all you cool cats and kittens,” Carole Baskin’s husband, Don Lewis, may not be dead after all. During a November 2021 interview with ITV’s “This Morning” talk show, Baskin, 61, revealed that her ex, who was declared legally dead in 2002 after disappearing a few years before, is actually alive and well in Costa Rica.
The Tampa Big Cat Rescue owner alleged that the Department of Homeland Security has been in touch with Lewis.
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Episode 192: Did Leo Schofield kill his wife?

In 1987, 18-year-old Michelle Schofield was found stabbed to death in a phosphate pit in Lakeland, Florida. Two years later, her husband Leo was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. Fifteen years later, previously unidentified fingerprints matched Jeremy Scott, another convicted murderer who lived nearby. Karen talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gilbert King about his investigation into the case and his efforts to exonerate Leo Schofield. 
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The Docket: Stolen tag on burglary suspects’ truck tips off police

Two stupid Florida criminals were arrested this week for allegedly committing multiple home burglaries. They were caught because the pickup truck they parked out front of the homes didn’t have a license plate. It simply had a carboard sign that read…”stolen tag.” Also, a forensic engineer rules out one possible reason the Surfside condo collapsed. 
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