The Axe, the Alibi, and the Yellow Jeep: The Porco Family Tragedy
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
When Peter Porco didn’t show up for work on November 15, 2004, his colleagues knew something was wrong. What they didn’t expect was the grim discovery waiting at his Delmar, New York, home. Peter’s morning routine had played out like clockwork—but with one horrifying difference: he had been attacked with an axe hours earlier. Even more shocking? His wife, Joan, was found upstairs, barely alive, and identified someone she knew and trusted as the attacker.
This episode unravels the dark web of lies, betrayal, and violence tied to the Porco family. From a bright yellow Jeep to a mounting pile of forgery and fraud, we’ll follow the trail of evidence that led investigators to their prime suspect: Peter and Joan’s own son, Christopher Porco.
Did Christopher commit the unthinkable, or does the truth lie somewhere in his web of deceit?
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| 0:00.0 | The following is for mature audiences only, so if you aren't cool with dark, disturbing and depraved, you might want to keep it moving. |
| 0:09.5 | Welcome to 10-minute murder. Ten minute murder |
| 0:23.4 | When Peter Porco woke up on November 15th, 2004, he went about his morning routine like nothing happened. |
| 0:33.0 | Brushed his teeth, packed a lunch, even wrote a check for his son. |
| 0:37.0 | The problem? He had been hit |
| 0:38.7 | in the head with an axe, 16 times. Upstairs, his wife Joan was found in their bed, clinging |
| 0:46.0 | to life after a similar attack. Before slipping into a coma, Joan named her attacker, |
| 0:52.4 | and it wasn't a stranger. It was someone she knew, someone she loved. |
| 0:57.0 | But here's where things get messy. |
| 0:59.0 | Alibis, yellow jeeps, fraud, and a web of lies that had been building long before the attack ever happened. |
| 1:07.0 | This is the story of the Porco family, a tragic crime and the sun at the center of it all. |
| 1:13.5 | But before we get into that story, if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, you have found the right podcast. |
| 1:20.0 | Tap the follow button for access to at least two episodes per week. |
| 1:24.1 | Now, let's get into it. |
| 1:33.7 | Thank you. week. Now, let's get into it. For Peter Porco, November 15, 2004 wasn't supposed to be memorable. It was just another Monday, |
| 1:41.3 | the kind of day you'd coast right through without a second thought. |
| 1:44.9 | The 52-year-old court clerk in Del Mar, New York, started his morning like he always did. |
| 1:50.4 | One steady step after the next. He freshened up in the bathroom mirror, ran through his |
| 1:55.9 | mental to-do list, packed his lunch and loaded the dishwasher. Somewhere between these small, unremarkable tasks, |
| 2:03.3 | he even found time to write a check for one of his sons in college. A small act of care nestled into |
| 2:09.0 | the routine, and then, like countless mornings before, Peter stepped outside to grab the paper. |
| 2:15.6 | The front door locked behind him. A small inconvenience, sure, |
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