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Natural Selection: How Religious Extremism Killed Mary Anne Welch

On August 2, 2018, ten-month-old Mary Anne Welch died of starvation in Solon Township, Michigan. Her parents, Seth Welch and Tatiana Fusari, were convicted of felony murder and first-degree child abuse after investigators discovered the infant weighed only eight pounds at death. The homicide investigation revealed a disturbing pattern of deliberate medical neglect, religious extremism, and a 90-minute delay before calling 911 while Seth consulted his lawyer.

This is the story of a baby who starved to death in plain sight. Seth Welch believed in "natural selection" and called doctors...

Birmingham's Forgotten Serial Killer: Jack Harrison Trawick

Jack Harrison Trawick murdered Stephanie Gach in Birmingham, Alabama in 1992 after abducting the 21-year-old college student from her apartment complex parking lot. The homicide investigation revealed Trawick had killed at least three women, including 17-year-old Betty Jo Richards in 1972 and 26-year-old Aileen Pruitt earlier in 1992. Forensic evidence from his white Toyota van, including fiber analysis and luminol-detected blood traces, led to his conviction and death sentence. Trawick had been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic with homicidal impulses in 1970, yet remained free to kill for decades.

This is the story...

The Birthday Cake Killers: Inside the 1973 Victor Massacre

In November 1973, Douglas Gretzler and Willie Steelman murdered nine people in Victor, California, including the Parkin family and their neighbors. The homicide investigation revealed a brutal massacre where victims Walter Parkin, Joanne Parkin, their children Lisa and Robert, Richard and Wanda Earl, their children Debbie and Ricky, and Mark Lang were systematically executed in their own home. This killing spree began in Arizona with multiple murders across the Southwest, totaling seventeen victims. The suspects used eyewitness elimination as their primary motive, leaving a trail of bodies from Phoenix to Sacramento...

Sarah Jo Pender: The Female Charles Manson Case Explained

They called her the Female Charles Manson. In October 2000, two people were shot to death in an Indianapolis drug house. Sarah Jo Pender bought the shotgun that morning at Walmart. Her boyfriend Richard Hull pulled the trigger. She got 110 years, he got 75. Now the prosecutor who convicted her says he was wrong. But here's the thing about Sarah Jo Pender: everywhere she goes, people end up doing things they wouldn't normally do. She manipulated a prison guard into breaking her out. She lived as a fugitive for months. And...

The Cereal Killer: Frozen Breast Milk Solved a Michigan Murder

Christina Harris died in her Davison, Michigan home in September 2014 from a heroin overdose. The 36-year-old mother's death was ruled accidental. Her husband Jason Harris collected $120,000 in life insurance, bought a plane ticket to visit another woman nine days later, and moved a new girlfriend into their home two weeks after Christina's funeral. The investigation into Christina's murder took five years before prosecutors could finally charge Jason Harris with first-degree murder.

This is the story of a man who tried to hire multiple people to kill...

Bible John: The Ballroom Killer

Patricia Docker, Jemima MacDonald, and Helen Puttock were murdered between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland after meeting their killer at the Barrowland Ballroom. The unsolved homicide investigation spawned one of Europe's most notorious cold cases when a witness described the suspect quoting scripture and condemning adultery, giving birth to the nickname Bible John. Police interviewed 5,000 people, created Scotland's first composite sketch of a murder suspect, and conducted DNA testing on exhumed bodies, yet the serial killer has never been identified.

This case has everything that makes a cold case absolutely maddening. You've...

Seven Deadly Sins: The Valhermoso Springs Massacre

The 2020 Valhermoso Springs murders left seven people dead in Morgan County, Alabama, when Frederic Rogers and John Michael Legg opened fire during a drug dispute that escalated into a mass homicide. The investigation revealed burned bodies, over 1,000 crime scene photographs, and a confession that detailed the premeditated execution-style killings carried out by members of a group calling themselves the Seven Deadly Sins.

This is the story of what happens when two guys watch too much Sons of Anarchy and decide stolen guns and a Facebook post are worth killing...

Death Cap Mushroom Poisoning: The Australian Family Lunch Murders

Erin Patterson murdered her former in-laws Gail Patterson, Don Patterson, and Heather Wilkinson using death cap mushrooms in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia on July 29, 2023. The homicide investigation revealed Patterson served poisoned Beef Wellington at a family lunch, resulting in three deaths and one attempted murder of survivor Ian Wilkinson. Forensic evidence included death cap traces in a concealed food dehydrator, digital records of foraging locations, and destroyed phone data showing mushroom weighing photos from months before the fatal meal.

So there's this lunch in a small Australian town...

From Best Friend to Murder: The Missy Avila Story

In October 1985, 17-year-old Michele "Missy" Avila was found murdered in Big Tujunga Creek in the Angeles National Forest near Los Angeles, her body submerged under a 100-pound log. The homicide investigation revealed a brutal case of premeditated murder involving two of Missy's childhood friends, Karen Severson and Laura Doyle, who were later convicted of second-degree murder. What followed was one of the most disturbing cases of criminal deception in true crime history.

This is a story about friendship gone toxic, jealousy that turned deadly, and a betrayal...

Mississippi's Most Controversial Murder Trial: The Jessica Chambers Case

On December 6, 2014, Jessica Chambers, a 19-year-old from Courtland, Mississippi, was found burned over 93% of her body in a murder investigation that would grip the nation. The homicide case against suspect Quinton Tellis resulted in two hung juries, as forensic evidence, cell phone data, and witness testimony collided with the victim's dying words. First responders heard Jessica name her attacker before she died, but the name she spoke wasn't Quinton.

This case has everything that makes true crime both fascinating and frustrating. You've got a victim who fought...

The Babysitter Who Knew Too Much: Kimberly Cargill Capital Murder

Kimberly Cargill murdered Cherry Walker in Whitehouse, Texas on June 18, 2010 to prevent the mentally challenged babysitter from testifying at a child custody hearing. The Smith County investigation revealed Walker died from asphyxiation, her partially burned body discovered on Oscar Burkett Road. Cargill was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection in 2012 after prosecutors presented forensic evidence including DNA found on Burger King coffee creamers at the crime scene.

This case gets wild because here's a woman who's already lost custody of two...

The Fake Pregnancy That Led to Murder: Taylor Parker's Deadly Deception

Taylor Parker murdered Reagan Simmons-Hancock in New Boston, Texas on October 9, 2020, brutally attacking the 21-year-old pregnant woman and cutting her unborn baby from her womb. The homicide investigation revealed Parker had spent ten months faking her own pregnancy through elaborate deception, including staged ultrasounds and a gender reveal party. The capital murder trial centered on whether baby Braxlynn Sage Hancock was born alive, a legal question that would determine if prosecutors could pursue the death penalty. Forensic evidence and medical testimony became crucial as detectives uncovered Parker's...

Bloody Bill Anderson: The Civil War Guerrilla Who Created Jesse James

William T. Anderson, known as "Bloody Bill," was a Confederate guerrilla fighter who terrorized Missouri and Kansas during the Civil War, becoming one of the most brutal figures in American history. The Centralia Massacre of September 1864 saw Anderson and his men execute 22 unarmed Union soldiers and kill 123 more in the subsequent battle, marking one of the highest casualty rates of the entire war. His guerrilla band included a 16-year-old Jesse James, who witnessed Anderson's systematic violence firsthand.

This is the story of how a frontier...

Burned and Flushed: The Dennis Nilsen Serial Killer Case

Dennis Nilsen murdered at least twelve young men between 1978 and 1983 in North London, making him one of Britain's most prolific serial killers. The investigation into the Muswell Hill Murderer only began after plumber Michael Cattran discovered human remains blocking a drain at Cranley Gardens in February 1983. Nilsen's victims were primarily vulnerable gay men, homeless youth, and runaways whose disappearances went largely unnoticed by police.This is the story of a killer who kept bodies as companions, a man so emotionally detached he compared disposing of human remains to washing...

Bible Belt Strangler: The 40-Year Hunt for a Killer Who Targeted Redheads

So there's this case that's been sitting in the shadows for over 40 years. Between 1978 and 1992, women with red hair started turning up dead along interstates across the South. Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi. All strangled or beaten. All dumped like they were nothing. The FBI task force called them the Redhead Murders. The media went with "Bible Belt Strangler." Most of these women stayed nameless for decades. Jane Does. Because they were hitchhikers, sex workers, women nobody was looking for. Then in 2018, forensic genealogy finally gave them...

Thanksgiving Day 2012: How Byron Smith Executed Two Teen Burglars

Byron David Smith, a 64-year-old retired security engineer, shot and killed teenagers Nicholas Brady and Haile Kifer during a home invasion in Little Falls, Minnesota on Thanksgiving Day 2012. The double homicide investigation revealed audio recordings Smith made of the entire incident, leading to his arrest, trial, and conviction for first-degree premeditated murder. Forensic evidence and witness testimony showed Smith had prepared an ambush in his basement after multiple prior burglaries of his property.

Smith had been burglarized before. His father's POW watch was gone. Four thousand dollars...

The Barron Wisconsin Murders and Jayme Closs’s Escape

You know what terrifies me most about this case? Jake Patterson had never met Jayme Closs. Never spoken to her. He saw her getting on a school bus one morning and decided right then that he was going to take her. He killed both her parents, dragged her from her home, and kept her hidden under his bed for 88 days while police chased thousands of dead-end leads. But Jayme Closs refused to stay a victim. This is the story of how a 13-year-old girl saved herself when nobody else co...

Keith and Elaine Dardeen: A Family Trying to Escape Death

The Dardeen family was supposed to be starting over. Keith and Elaine were packing up their lives in rural Illinois, seven months pregnant with their second child, ready to leave behind a string of unsolved murders that had terrified their community for years. They were trying to outrun the danger. Then, on November 18th, 1987, Keith didn't show up for work. What police found inside their mobile home that day became one of the most savage and inexplicable crime scenes in American history. A pregnant mother beaten into labor...

Self-Defense or Murder? The Stillwater Bail Bonds Office Shooting

A bail bondsman in Stillwater, Oklahoma shoots her own client in the back as he tries to escape through a window. She claims self-defense. He's unarmed. A jury decides her fate in less time than it takes to watch a movie. This case raises questions about the power we give to private citizens with badges and guns, and what happens when fear becomes the ultimate legal defense. Let's talk about Chasity Carey, Brandon Williams, and a shooting that divided a community.

#TrueCrime #BailBondsman #SelfDefense #Oklahoma #StillwaterShooting #ChasityCarey...

Richard Ramirez: Inside the Mind of the Night Stalker

In 1985, serial killer Richard Ramirez terrorized Southern California during a brutal murder spree that left at least 13 people dead across Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Night Stalker, as he became known, broke into homes in the San Gabriel Valley and Bay Area, sexually assaulting and killing victims ranging from children to the elderly. Detectives Gil Carrillo and Frank Salerno led the homicide investigation that eventually used groundbreaking AFIS fingerprint technology and a rare Avia shoe print to identify Ramirez, leading to his conviction on 67 felonies and 19 death sentences.<...

Is Lucy Letby A Baby Killer: The Medical Evidence Is Under A Microscope

What happens when doctors raise alarms about babies dying on their watch, and hospital executives tell them to apologize to the person they suspect? The Lucy Letby case seemed like a closed chapter when she was sentenced to life in prison for murdering seven infants. In 2025, a panel of 14 international medical experts dropped a bombshell that's turned everything we thought we knew upside down. They reviewed every single case and concluded there's no medical evidence any baby was murdered. Instead, they found something equally disturbing...

The 50-Year Grudge: Carl Ericsson's Fatal Revenge on His High School Rival

When 73-year-old Carl Ericsson walked up to Norman Johnson's door in Madison, South Dakota on a freezing January night in 2012, he was about to settle something that had been eating at him since high school. Fifty years. That's how long he'd been carrying around this grudge. And when Norman opened that door, Carl shot him twice in the face with a .45 caliber pistol. The prosecution said it was about a locker room prank from the 1950s. The victim's family said it was jealousy that never died...

Betrayed By Blood: The Daughter Who Orchestrated Her Family's Slaughter

Terry Caffey woke up to gunfire in his bedroom. His wife was shot beside him. His sons were screaming down the hall. Shot five times himself, Terry crawled through flames and across four football fields to reach help, driven by one desperate need: to identify who did this. When police told him his 16-year-old daughter Erin was safe, he felt relief. Then they told him she was in custody. This is the Caffey family murders, a Texas true crime case where forbidden love turned into a calculated massacre...

The Shoe Fetish Slayer: Inside Jerry Brudos' House of Horrors

When a 19-year-old encyclopedia saleswoman knocked on the wrong door in Portland, Oregon in January 1968, she walked into the nightmare that would define one of America's most disturbing serial killers. Jerry Brudos looked like everyone's quiet neighbor, a hardworking electrician with a wife and kids. But behind the locked door of his garage workshop, he was living out fantasies so twisted they'd shock even seasoned FBI profilers. This is the story of how a childhood obsession with high-heeled shoes escalated into murder, necrophilia, and the kind of trophy...

Mark Branch: The Grocery Clerk Who Thought He Was Jason Voorhees

When 18-year-old Sharon Gregory was found dead in her Greenfield, Massachusetts home in October 1988, her twin sister knew exactly who did it. Mark Branch had been obsessed with horror movies his entire life, particularly Friday the 13th, and he'd told people he wanted to know what it felt like to kill. Sharon had been doing a psychological evaluation of him for her college psychology class, and he wanted that profile back. What happened next became one of the most disturbing cases where someone tried to turn their...

The Halifax Slasher and the Deadly Power of Collective Fear

In November 1938, the town of Halifax, England, became paralyzed by fear. People stopped going to work. Businesses closed. Vigilante mobs formed in the streets. And a man took his own life because his coworkers thought he was a monster. The reason? A phantom attacker with a razor blade who probably never existed at all. This is the story of the Halifax Slasher, a case where the panic was more dangerous than the crime, where mass hysteria turned neighbors into hunters, and where the only real killer turned out...

Inside the Murder Castle: The True Story of H.H. Holmes and His Killing Factory

Herman Mudgett didn't become America's most notorious serial killer by accident. He built a three-story hotel in Chicago specifically designed to kill people, and he did it right before the 1893 World's Fair brought millions of visitors to the city. But here's what most people get wrong about the H.H. Holmes story: the Murder Castle wasn't always meant for murder. It started as a massive fraud scheme, and the killing came later. We're breaking down the real story of the man who turned...

From Unsolved Mysteries to Hollywood: The Jeepers Creepers Murder Case

When a couple's quiet Sunday drive turned into a terrifying chase on a Michigan backroad in 1990, they had no idea they'd just witnessed the aftermath of murder. This is the story of Marilynn DePue, a high school guidance counselor who tried to escape an abusive marriage, and how her death became the unlikely inspiration for a horror movie that millions of people have watched without knowing the real woman behind the story. We're talking domestic violence, a year-long manhunt, the power of 90s true crime TV, and how...

The First Female Serial Killer: Why Aileen Wuornos's Case Still Matters

When Aileen Wuornos was executed in 2002, the state of Florida called her a cold-blooded serial killer. But her story is way more complicated than that. We're talking about a woman who survived childhood sexual abuse, was kicked out at 15 and forced into sex work to survive, and ended up killing seven men along Florida's highways. She said it was self-defense. The prosecution said she was lying. But here's what they didn't tell the jury: her first victim was a convicted rapist. That evidence? Kept from her defense...

The Jeannette DePalma Case: When Satanic Panic Destroyed a Murder Investigation

What really happened to 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma in 1972? For over 50 years, wild stories about devil worship and ritual sacrifice have overshadowed the truth about a teenage girl who never made it to her friend's house. We're talking about a case where a religious community's fear, sloppy police work, and media sensationalism buried the real investigation under layers of absolute nonsense. And here's the thing: in 2024, we finally got proof that everything you thought you knew about this case was wrong. We're digging into missing evidence, a serial...

The Disappearance of Branson Perry: Three Witnesses, Zero Answers

When 20-year-old Branson Perry walked 30 feet from his house to a shed on an April afternoon in 2001, three people were watching. He never made it back. This case has every element that makes your brain scream "how is this still unsolved?" A town with a history of keeping deadly secrets. A drug house that burned to the ground days after Branson vanished. Jumper cables that disappeared and then magically reappeared. And a family that has suffered more tragedy than seems possible for one bloodline. We're talking about Skidmore, Missouri...

The Ellen Greenberg Case: When Forensic Science Says Murder but the City Says Suicide

When a young teacher was found dead with 20 stab wounds, ten of them in the back of her neck, Philadelphia officials called it suicide. Her family has spent 14 years trying to prove that's physically impossible. Now, after a court-ordered review just discovered 20 more bruises and three additional stab wounds that were never documented, the city still insists she killed herself. We're breaking down the biomechanical evidence, the flip-flopping medical examiner, the contradictions in the crime scene, and why this case feels less like an...

The Staircase Murders Part 2: When the Star Witness Turns Out to Be a Fraud

Michael Peterson sat in prison for eight years after being convicted of murdering his wife. The case seemed closed. But then someone started looking into the blood spatter expert who put him there. What they found was a pattern of lies, fabricated evidence, and perjury that spanned dozens of cases. This is Part 2 of the Michael Peterson story, where the conviction unravels, a corrupt forensic analyst gets exposed, and a man has to decide whether to risk another trial or accept a guilty plea...

The Staircase Murders Part 1: Two Dead Women, Two Staircases, One Suspect

Michael Peterson called 911 at 2:40 a.m. saying his wife fell down the stairs. But the words he chose in that call would haunt him for years. Seven deep cuts to her scalp. No skull fracture. No brain injury. Blood everywhere. And then prosecutors dug up another body from 17 years earlier. Another staircase. Another dead woman. Same man. This is Part 1 of the story of how circumstantial evidence, flawed forensic science, and prejudice against a bisexual man sent someone to death row when the physical evidence never actually...

BTK Dennis Rader: When Your Neighbor Is Literally a Serial Killer

What happens when the guy measuring your lawn for code violations is also one of the most prolific serial killers in American history? Dennis Rader spent 31 years hiding in plain sight as a church leader, security alarm installer, and suburban dad while methodically stalking and murdering at least 10 people in Wichita, Kansas. He called himself BTK. He wrote letters to newspapers. He answered to "yes sir" in court while describing strangulation techniques. And in 2005, he asked police one fatal question about a floppy disk that would finally...

The Truth About Ilse Koch and the Human Skin Lampshade Legend

She was called the Bitch of Buchenwald, the Witch, the Beast. Her name became synonymous with Nazi evil, her face plastered across newspapers worldwide. But here's what makes Ilse Koch's story so unsettling: the crime that made her famous might not have been hers at all. We're talking about human skin lampshades, systematic cruelty, and a legal mess that sparked international outrage. This is about how one woman became the perfect villain for a world desperate to make sense of the Holocaust, and how her actual, proven...

Gulf War Ghosts: The Jeffrey Hutchinson Death Row Case

What happens when a decorated Gulf War veteran's mind becomes a casualty of war that no one wants to acknowledge? Jeffrey Hutchinson's story isn't your typical family annihilation case. This is about a system that failed to hear the voice of a broken soldier, a legal nightmare built on procedural technicalities, and the devastating cost of untreated military trauma. We're diving deep into a case where the evidence was overwhelming, the appeals lasted decades, and the most important questions were never answered. This one will stay with you long...

Adeline Watkins and Ed Gein: Separating Fact From Fiction

When Ed Gein was arrested in 1957, the press needed someone to explain how a monster could hide in plain sight. Enter Adeline Watkins, a quiet woman from Plainfield who claimed a decades-long romance with America's most infamous killer. But two weeks later, she took it all back. So what really happened between them? Did Gein ever actually propose? And why would she lie about knowing the man who'd become the inspiration for Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill? This is the story of a woman who got caught in...

The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders: How DNA Finally Solved a 34-Year-Old Cold Case

In December 1991, four teenage girls were murdered inside an Austin yogurt shop. The crime scene was burned. The evidence was destroyed. Two innocent men went to prison for nearly a decade. And the real killer? He was already dead by the time they were arrested. This is the story of how genetic genealogy finally solved one of Texas's most brutal cold cases 34 years later, and why the truth took so long to surface. We're talking about coerced confessions, a serial killer who should have never...

The Pixy Stix Killer: How Ronald O'Bryan Weaponized Halloween

Halloween 1974 was supposed to be another night of trick-or-treating in Pasadena, Texas. Instead, it became the night that changed Halloween forever. When 8-year-old Timothy O'Bryan died from poisoned candy, investigators uncovered a twisted plot orchestrated by the one person who should have protected him most: his own father. Ronald O'Bryan didn't destroy Halloween by accident. He weaponized the holiday, turning a beloved childhood tradition into his personal murder weapon. This is the story of greed disguised as grief, a father's ultimate betrayal, and how one man's desperate scheme created...

The Midnight Baseball Bat Murders: A Grandson's Unthinkable Crime

When a 20-year-old calls 911 covered in blood claiming he has no memory of the night, investigators uncover one of New Jersey's most devastating family tragedies. Louis and Betty Simon thought they were helping their grandson by letting him live with them. Instead, they became victims of an unthinkable crime that left more questions than answers. This is the story of American dreams destroyed, a 911 call that defies explanation, and a legal case that disappeared into the shadows of our justice system.

#TrueCrime #FamilyMurder #NewJerseyMurder #EzraSimonDaniels #MentalHealthAndCrime #UnssolvedMysteries...

Adnan Syed Part 2: Alternative Suspects, DNA Evidence, and Legal Chaos

After Serial turned Adnan Syed into the most famous convicted murderer in podcast history, his legal team kept fighting. What happened next reads like legal fiction: prosecutors found alternative suspects, DNA evidence excluded Syed, and he walked free after 23 years. Then came the plot twist that broke everyone's brain. A paperwork error got his murder conviction reinstated, but a judge sentenced him to time served anyway. Now he's working at Georgetown University with a murder conviction still on his record. Today we're exploring how a case can end...

Adnan Syed Part 1: Cell Phone Evidence and the Conviction That Started It All

When a teenage girl goes missing in Baltimore, police follow the oldest rule in the book: look at the ex-boyfriend. What they found was Jay Wilds, a friend willing to testify that Adnan Syed confessed to murder in exchange for a plea deal, and cell phone data from 1999 that was about as reliable as a Magic 8-Ball. For 15 years, case closed. Then Sarah Koenig happened. Today we're diving into how one podcast host armed with curiosity and a microphone managed to do what years of...

The Death of Candace Newmaker: When Therapy Becomes Torture

Sometimes the people we trust most to help our children are the ones who cause the most harm. In April 2000, ten-year-old Candace Newmaker traveled from North Carolina to Colorado for what her adoptive mother hoped would be life-changing therapy. Instead, it became a 70-minute session that ended in tragedy. This is the story of how pseudoscientific treatment masquerading as legitimate therapy killed a little girl, and how her death changed laws across the country. We'll explore the dangerous world of attachment therapy, the warning signs that were ignored, and...

Hidden in Plain Sight: How Joseph Naso Killed for 50 Years Undetected

When a routine probation check in 2010 uncovered a handwritten "List of 10" on a kitchen table in Reno, Nevada, investigators had no idea they were about to crack open decades of cold cases. Joseph Naso, a 76-year-old former photographer with a history of petty crimes, had been living under everyone's radar for years. That list would become the roadmap to connecting him to four brutal murders spanning from the 1970s to the 1990s. What makes this case even more disturbing? Recent revelations from a fellow death row inmate...

The Grim Sleeper: How a Pizza Crust Ended 25 Years of Terror

The Grim Sleeper terrorized South Central Los Angeles for over two decades, targeting vulnerable women while hiding behind a facade of normalcy. Lonnie Franklin's 25-year killing spree included a mysterious 14-year break that earned him his chilling nickname. From his early conviction for gang rape in Germany to the undercover pizza operation that finally brought him down, this case reveals how systemic neglect allowed a predator to operate unchecked in communities that deserved better protection. We'll explore how family DNA, investigative persistence, and one discarded pizza crust...

The Scottsdale Explosion: How Robert Fisher Murdered His Family and Disappeared

What happens when a man's deepest fear becomes his family's nightmare? Robert Fisher's story shows how childhood trauma, control, and the terror of becoming what you hate most can drive someone to the unthinkable. In April 2001, this Navy veteran and firefighter obliterated his own family, then vanished into the Arizona wilderness, leaving behind one of the most baffling missing person cases in FBI history. New podcast investigations have uncovered altered timelines that could change everything we thought we knew about his escape. After 23 years, the question remains...

From Cat Killer to Cannibal: How Online Sleuths Tracked Down Luka Magnotta

When someone posts animal cruelty videos online, where's the line between justice and vigilantism? This is the story of how a group of internet sleuths tracked down a man they called the "vacuum kitten killer," only to discover their worst fears were coming true. Luka Magnotta's name became synonymous with one of the most disturbing cases of internet-fueled violence, but his path to murder started long before those first horrific videos surfaced. From a troubled childhood marked by mental illness and abuse to a life of...

America's Deadliest School Attack: The Bath School Disaster of 1927

What happens when financial ruin meets unchecked rage? In 1927, a small Michigan farming community learned the devastating answer when Andrew Kehoe, their own school board treasurer, orchestrated what remains America's deadliest school attack. This isn't a story about random violence - it's about how a man's mounting grievances transformed into calculated revenge that would shatter 38 young lives and forever change how we think about school safety. From suspicious family deaths to months of methodical planning, we're diving deep into the psychology and preparation behind a tragedy that stunned a...

The Feral Child Who Became Florida's Deadliest Serial Killer

When a six-month-old baby was abandoned at a Schenectady orphanage in 1952, nurses found a child so traumatized he could barely speak and had resorted to eating his own waste to survive. Most thought little Paul Zeininger was beyond help, but one nurse refused to give up on him. What followed was a story of love, dedication, and hope that should have ended in healing. Instead, it became one of Florida's most prolific serial killing cases. Gerald Stano would go on to confess to 41 murders, with investigators believing the actual...

The True Crime Author Whose Greatest Mystery Was Her Own Daughter's Death

When eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Arquette called her mom to say she was breaking up with her boyfriend, it should have been routine relationship drama. Instead, it became the last conversation they'd ever have. Hours later, Kaitlyn was shot twice in the head while stopped at a red light in Albuquerque, and what followed was a mother's thirty-two-year quest for answers that would outlast police interest, public attention, and eventually her own life.

This is the story of bestselling author Lois Duncan, who refused to accept...

The Serial Killer Who Begged for Help and Got Ignored

Here's what makes the Charles Ray Hatcher case absolutely infuriating. This young man literally wrote a letter from prison begging for psychological help, and every single person in authority ignored him. By the time they finally paid attention, sixteen people were dead and an innocent man was rotting in prison for one of his crimes. The Missouri River Murders case shows us exactly how dangerous it gets when our justice system fails at every possible turn. From a childhood marked by violence and an electrocution tragedy that destroyed...

The Cup That Cracked A 30-Year Murder Case: Mandy Stavik's Story

When 18-year-old Amanda Stavik went for a Thanksgiving weekend jog in the tiny town of Acme, Washington, nobody expected her to vanish without a trace. What happened next would haunt this tight-knit community for three decades. This is the story of how a coworker's courage, a discarded cup, and revolutionary DNA technology finally brought justice to a young woman who deserved so much more. Sometimes the person you're looking for has been right there all along, living down the street, watching the investigation unfold. This case will...

Naval Academy Confession: The Murder That Shocked Texas

Sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones who think they're perfect. In 1995, two teenage honor students had their entire lives mapped out - military careers, marriage, maybe even space travel. But when seventeen-year-old David Graham confessed to his girlfriend Diane Zamora that he'd had sex with sixteen-year-old track star Adrianne Jones, their perfect love story turned into something unthinkable. What happened next wasn't a crime of passion. It was calculated, methodical, and absolutely devastating. Nine months later, when Diane couldn't resist bragging about what they'd done to her Naval...

Robert Lee Yates: The Decorated Soldier Who Hunted Women for Sport

You know that feeling when you find out your seemingly perfect neighbor has been living a completely different life? Robert Lee Yates took that concept and ran it straight into nightmare territory. This decorated Army helicopter pilot spent over two decades flying into combat zones, earning medals for bravery, and coming home to his wife and five kids in suburban Spokane. His colleagues couldn't say enough good things about him. His superiors trusted him with their lives. And for twenty-five years, he was systematically hunting and killing...

The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: Four Girls Who Changed America Forever

Four girls were getting ready for Youth Day at church on September 15, 1963, doing what kids do before big moments - checking their hair, smoothing their dresses, making sure they looked perfect. Denise McNair was 11 and loved poetry. Addie Mae Collins was 14 and sold her mom's handmade aprons door-to-door in white neighborhoods. Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley were also 14, chosen as ushers for the service. Sarah Collins, 12, had tagged along with her big sister Addie Mae because that's what little sisters do.

They were at...

Patrick Crusius and the Conspiracy Theory That Inspired Mass Murder

On August 3rd, 2019, a twenty-one-year-old drove 600 miles through the night to commit what would become the deadliest attack on Hispanic and Latino people in modern American history. But here's what makes this story so disturbing: Patrick Crusius looked like any other customer when he walked into that El Paso Walmart. He browsed, ate an orange, acted completely normal. Nobody suspected a thing.

What happened next wasn't random violence. It was calculated terrorism rooted in a conspiracy theory that's unfortunately moved from the darkest corners of the...

The Idaho Four: How a PhD Student Became a Quadruple Murderer

You know how some stories stick with you long after you've heard them? This is one of those stories. Four college students in Moscow, Idaho, were living their normal, messy, beautiful young adult lives when everything changed in one night. Xana, Ethan, Maddie, and Kaylee weren't famous before November 2022, but they should be remembered for who they actually were: real people with inside jokes, weekend plans, and futures that got stolen from them.

What makes this case particularly hard to process isn't the violence itself...

The Sunday Morning Slasher: Carl Watts and the Deal That Almost Set Him Free

Sometimes the most dangerous people are the ones who slip through every crack in the system. Carl Eugene Watts should have been stopped at fifteen when he first attacked a stranger. He should have been caught in college when a student was stabbed thirty-three times. He definitely should have been arrested in Michigan when police had him under twenty-four-hour surveillance. Instead, he moved to Houston and killed twelve more women before anyone could touch him.

What happens when childhood trauma meets untreated...

From Disney to Death Row: The Oba Chandler Case That Shocked Florida

When Joan Rogers and her two teenage daughters took a wrong turn after their Disney vacation, they ended up in Tampa instead of heading home to Ohio. What should have been a simple request for directions turned into one of the most horrific crimes in Florida history. This is the story of how a charming stranger with a boat lured a grieving family into trusting him, and how his own handwriting eventually became the key to solving their murders.

We'll explore the man behind...

The Golden State Killer: When Evil Wore a Badge

We all have that one neighbor who seems a little off, right? Maybe they're too quiet, maybe they mow their lawn at weird hours, maybe they wave just a little too enthusiastically. Well, Joseph James DeAngelo was that neighbor for decades, except his secret wasn't hoarding cats or playing music too loud. For forty years, this guy managed to hide the fact that he was one of California's most prolific serial killers while living completely under the radar as a grandfather in suburban Sacramento.

Here's what gets...

The Catfish Killer: How a Snapchat Romance Led to Murder

You know that feeling when you hear a story that makes you want to immediately check your teenager's phone? This is one of those episodes. We're talking about nineteen-year-old Denali Brehmer, who fell for a guy on Snapchat who promised her nine million dollars to kill her best friend. And before you roll your eyes and think "teenagers are so gullible," let me tell you about the web of trauma, desperation, and manipulation that led to this tragedy.

This case has everything that makes our modern...

Philadelphia's Shoemaker Killer: How Joseph Kallinger Turned His Son Into a Murderer

Sometimes the most disturbing true crime cases are the ones that show us exactly how monsters get made. Joseph Kallinger's story starts with a father who vanished when his son was four years old and ends with that same son terrorizing families across three states with his own twelve-year-old child as his accomplice. This is what happens when trauma doesn't get healed, it gets passed down.

We're talking about a man who went from being tortured by his adoptive parents to torturing his own...

The Brooklyn Vampire: How Albert Fish Became America's Boogeyman

Some stories stick with you long after you hear them, and Albert Fish's case is one that refuses to let go. Born in 1870 into a family tree riddled with mental illness, Fish's early years were marked by abandonment, abuse, and the complete failure of every system meant to protect vulnerable children. What started as a troubled kid nicknamed "Ham and Eggs" at an orphanage became something far more terrifying.

We're diving deep into the psychology and crimes of the man who terrorized multiple generations with names like...

Israel Keyes and the Kill Kits Still Buried Across America

After his arrest, Israel Keyes started talking. He confessed to Samantha Koenig’s murder, then casually gave investigators the names of two more victims.He described how he traveled thousands of miles to kill strangers, how he planned every move, and how he buried evidence years before using it.

But he never gave the full story. And before the FBI could get everything out of him, he made sure the rest of it died with him.

This episode goes inside the interrogations, the confessions, an...

The Secret Life of Israel Keyes: America’s Most Organized Killer

Israel Keyes spent years living like a normal guy. He ran a construction business in Alaska, paid in cash, and took his daughter on cruises. But behind that routine was a system built for murder.He studied serial killers, mapped out his own methods, and buried kill kits across the country. No pattern. No profile. No warning signs.This episode covers how he built a double life, stayed off the radar, and how one mistake brought it all down.

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The Taylor Schabusiness Case: Murder, Meth, and a Head in a Bucket

On February 21, 2022, Shad Thyrion was killed in the basement of his mother’s house by someone he knew well. Taylor Schabusiness had a long history of drug use, recent run-ins with law enforcement, and a growing obsession with Jeffrey Dahmer. What happened that night was violent, intentional, and deeply disturbing.

She didn’t try to hide the crime. She stayed with Shad’s body, dismembered him, and left parts of him behind... including his head in a bucket his mother would later discover herself.
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Bart Whitaker: The Son Who Staged a Hit on His Own Family

Bart Whitaker had every advantage growing up. Private schools, expensive gifts, and parents who bent over backwards to give him the kind of life most people only read about. So when the family sat down to celebrate his college graduation over dinner and handed him a Rolex, no one expected what came next. By the end of the night, two family members were dead, one barely hanging on, and Bart had vanished. This episode unpacks how a carefully staged home invasion unraveled into one of the...

Craig Price: The Teenager Who Terrified Rhode Island

Craig Price looked like the kind of teenager you might ask to help you with your groceries. Quiet. Polite. A little awkward. But at thirteen, he stabbed his neighbor to death in one of the most brutal crimes Rhode Island had ever seen. And it did not stop there. Before he turned sixteen, Craig killed four people, including two young children, all while blending into his suburban neighborhood. This episode breaks down how someone so young could commit crimes so violent, how his babyface kept him hidden in plain sight...

The Killers Who Bragged: Inside the Murder of Amy Robinson

Amy Robinson was doing everything right. She got through high school, started building a life of her own, and found some freedom riding her bike to work every day. But on a February afternoon in 1998, that routine put her in the path of two men who saw her as a target, because of who she was and because they thought no one would fight for her.

This story isn’t about a random act of violence. It’s about a calculated act of cruelty, carried out by p...

Donuts, Death, and the Devil: The True Story of the Chicago Ripper Crew

Most people have never heard of the Chicago Ripper Crew, which is wild considering how brutal and bizarre this story actually is. It starts with a kid working at a donut shop and ends in an attic filled with severed body parts and something that loosely resembles a satanic shrine. Four men, led by a guy who once worked for John Wayne Gacy, went on a spree of violence that targeted women in the most dehumanizing way imaginable. There were rituals. There were trophies. There...

The Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack: How a Cult Brought Terror to Japan

In the mid-90s, a doomsday cult launched a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo subway system during rush hour. But that attack wasn’t random. It was the result of years of planning, delusion, and violence led by a self-proclaimed messiah who went from acupuncture to apocalypse in one of the most disturbing cult stories you’ve probably never heard all the way through. This episode breaks down the rise of Shoko Asahara, the creation of Aum Shinrikyo, and how a group of highly educated peop...

Lyda Southard: The Serial Widow Who Cooked with Arsenic

Lyda Southard wanted a quiet life. She wanted a husband, a child, maybe a porch to sit on and watch things grow. What she left behind instead was a string of dead husbands, a trail of insurance payouts, and enough arsenic to make even the most optimistic pharmacist raise an eyebrow.

In this episode, we follow Lyda from rural Idaho to Honolulu, through five marriages, four funerals, one prison escape, and a shocking discovery that unraveled the truth she kept so carefully hidden. Was she just a...

The Incel Ideology: Roots and Radicalization

This one’s not your usual 10 Minute Murder. It started as a blog I wrote for the site, and a lot of people asked to hear it out loud. So here we are.

This is a more thoughtfully written piece than what I usually record... something I originally meant for reading, not necessarily narrating. But the topic matters too much to leave it on the page.

We’re unpacking the incel ideology. Where it came from, how it spread, and why it turned violent. What began as a lone...

Ruby Ridge Revisited: Fear, Firearms, and Family on the Edge

The Weaver family retreated to Idaho hoping to protect their kids from a world they saw as collapsing. But their attempt to live off the grid pulled them into a web of suspicion tied to white supremacist groups, federal agents, and a neighbor’s feud. What began as a land dispute escalated into a deadly standoff fueled by mistrust and miscommunication. This episode digs into how paranoia, firearms, and government pressure collided with family loyalty, and how that mix exploded in a way nobody saw coming.

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Inside the Mind of Eugene Butler: Paranoia and Murder on the Farm

Eugene Butler was a man who built a fortune on 480 acres of North Dakota farmland. On the surface, he was a hardworking, thrifty farmer who kept to himself. But beneath that quiet exterior, something darker was unfolding. As paranoia took hold, Eugene’s life spiraled into isolation and fear. When he was finally admitted to a mental hospital, his story seemed to reach its end. That was until a shocking discovery beneath his farmhouse revealed a secret that turned the community upside down. This episode unpacks th...

The True Story of The Bluebeard Killer

Harry Powers lied to lonely women during one of the hardest times in American history and turned it into a full-blown system. While people were standing in breadlines and trying to keep their families fed, he was writing letters. Not looking for love—looking for leverage.

He promised wealth, mansions, and stability. What he actually had was a garage behind his wife’s grocery store and a growing list of people who vanished after meeting him.

This episode unpacks the story of Harry Powers, the so-called Bluebeard Kill...

Muscles, Marriage, and Murder: The Sally McNeil Story

Sally McNeil was trained for war, but her real battles happened at home. A former Marine, mother of two, and competitive bodybuilder, Sally spent years trapped in a violent marriage with a man who had the muscles of a champion and the temper of a ticking time bomb. The abuse started early and got worse, escalating from bruises to broken bones, from manipulation to full-blown terror. Then came the shotgun. On Valentine’s Day, Sally pulled the trigger. The headlines called her “Killer Sally.”But what really happened inside that home...

Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate: Nebraska’s Deadly Crime Duo

Charles Starkweather wasn’t your average small-town kid, and his crime spree wasn’t your average headline. Dragging along Caril Ann Fugate, barely a teenager herself, this pair tore through 1950s Nebraska in a brutal blur nobody saw coming. Was Caril just a scared kid caught in Starkweather’s storm, or something darker? We break down the messy, violent truth behind the headlines—because sometimes, real life is stranger and messier than fiction.

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Inside the Toy Box: The David Parker Ray Story

In a small New Mexico town with a name that sounds like a game show, a nightmare was unfolding behind closed doors. David Parker Ray wasn’t your average maintenance man—he built a torture chamber he called the “Toy Box,” where vulnerable women were trapped, tormented, and left to disappear. This episode dives into the twisted mind and dark deeds of a man who took advantage of a forgotten community, revealing the chilling reality behind the facade of a quiet town. You’ll hear about the brave escape that final...

Convict Leasing, Lynch Mobs, and the Killing of Mary Turner

In May of 1918, a white plantation owner in Georgia was killed by a Black laborer he had beaten and abused. What followed wasn’t a trial or investigation… it was a mob. A violent, racist mob that left 13 people dead, including a pregnant woman and her unborn child. This episode walks through the brutal aftermath of Hampton Smith’s murder, how the system of convict leasing laid the groundwork for modern-day slavery, and why Mary Turner’s story still echoes over a century later. It’s about power, fear, and...

When Trust Becomes a Weapon: The Lisa Knoefel Case

Lisa Knoefel was asleep in her own bed when everything unraveled. Her foster daughter, Sabrina Zunich, was standing over her with a knife… and it wasn’t random, or sudden, or some spur-of-the-moment break. This had been planned. Encouraged. Groomed. And the person behind it wasn’t just a bystander. It was Lisa’s husband.

This episode walks through how a woman who dedicated her life to helping others was manipulated, betrayed, and murdered by the people she trusted most. We’ll break down the disturbing relationship between a...

Viral to Violent: The Nasim Aghdam Story

In 2018, Nasim Najafi Aghdam walked into YouTube headquarters with a loaded gun and a personal vendetta. But this story doesn’t start with violence—it starts with viral vegan videos, fitness content, and a YouTube channel that once brought her internet fame. Nasim believed the platform was silencing her. Censoring her. Punishing her for speaking out about animal cruelty. Whether that was true or not didn’t matter anymore, because she acted on it.

This episode tracks how Nasim’s rise as a content creator spiraled into isolation, conspiracy, and viole...

Who Was the Skid Row Stabber?

In 1978, someone started targeting the most vulnerable people in Los Angeles—men living on the streets of Skid Row. Over the course of a year, eleven of them were stabbed to death. The press called the killer the “Skid Row Stabber,” but despite witness accounts, a creepy bathroom confession, and a guy named Luther who may or may not have existed, the murders stayed unsolved.

Then police arrested Bobby Joe Maxwell—a guy with a rough past, a questionable knife, and a diary full of Satanic ramblings. It was enough to land...

The Making of Ted Bundy: Secrets, Shame, and Silence

Before the headlines. Before the manhunt. Before the courtroom smirks and the fan mail from strangers—Ted Bundy was just a kid with a fake name and a made-up family. In this episode, we’re not talking about what he did. We’re talking about who he was before anyone knew what he was capable of.From a birth certificate stamped “father unknown” to a childhood built on lies, Bundy’s early life is a slow-burn psychological case study. Raised by his grandparents under the illusion that his mother was his sist...

Delivering Death: The Leaflet Lane Murders

A man dressed like a FedEx driver knocked on the door of a quiet Texas home. But he wasn’t delivering a package. He was there to deliver payback. Ronald Lee Haskell had a long and ugly history of violence, and on this day, it all came to a head. What followed was a targeted, calculated attack on an entire family, with one survivor who changed everything. This episode walks through the red flags that got ignored, the system that gave him just enough rope, and how a 15-year-old girl managed to ou...

Suitcase in the Pond: The Sandra Cantu Case

Eight-year-old Sandra Cantu left her house on a Friday afternoon to play with friends. She never made it home. What followed was a frantic search, a community gripped by fear, and a discovery that would shake even the most seasoned investigators. But what makes this case especially disturbing isn’t just what happened to Sandra—it’s who did it. In this episode, we’re walking through the final hours before Sandra disappeared, how a neighbor became a suspect, and why this case still leaves people asking how no one saw it c...

Susan Monica: The Pig Farmer Killer of Oregon

Susan Monica built a life most people wouldn’t sign up for. Alone on 20 acres in rural Oregon, she raised pigs, ran a construction business, and kept mostly to herself. But when a handyman disappeared—and a severed leg turned up in her pond—investigators uncovered a story that kept getting stranger. In this episode, we’re unpacking how a woman who seemed like an eccentric farmer ended up convicted of murder, what really happened on that isolated farm, and why some questions might never get answered.

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Kelly Tinyes and the Basement Horror the Courts Almost Missed

On the night before her fourteenth birthday, Kelly Tinyes got a phone call that pulled her out of her house—and straight into danger. Hours later, her body was found in a neighbor’s basement, hidden under piles of trash. What followed was a conviction built on brand-new DNA technology, a family left fighting for the full truth, and a man who managed to vanish before anyone could ask harder questions. In today’s episode, we’re walking through the heartbreaking case of Kelly Tinyes—and the pieces that still...

The Untold Story of Julia Bulette: Survival, Scandal, and Silver Rush Secrets

Julia Bulette didn’t come to Virginia City to become a legend. She came for the same reason everyone else did — to survive. But where most people blended into the dust and desperation, Julia stood out. She fought fires. She nursed the sick. She built a life in a town that didn’t have room for women like her… until it did.

In this episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on a woman who carved out a place for herself in the middle of the Wil...

Jealousy, Journals, and Justice: The Horwitz Family Murder

Lanny Horwitz built a life most people would envy—real estate success, international travel, the dream house in Boca Raton. But what he couldn’t seem to quit was his high school sweetheart. After two marriages, two divorces, and one seriously tangled family dynamic, Lanny and Donna found themselves under the same roof again.

What came next unraveled a story of long-term resentment, romantic triangulation, and a murder scene that made absolutely no sense. This episode breaks down the final days of Lanny Horwitz and the investigation that pull...

The Incel Killer: Elliot Rodger and the Isla Vista Attack

Elliot Rodger wasn’t just angry. He was deeply entitled, profoundly isolated, and convinced that the world owed him something—specifically, attention, sex, and validation. Raised around wealth, fame, and red carpets, he still couldn’t figure out how to talk to people, especially women. And instead of learning, he blamed everyone else.

This episode unpacks how a cocktail of untreated mental health issues, extreme misogyny, and online radicalization led to one of the most disturbing killing sprees in recent U.S. history. From YouTube rants to a 1...

Andrea Yates: The Case That Shook the Country

Andrea Yates was a nurse, a valedictorian, and a mother of five. She was also in and out of psychiatric hospitals, diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and severe depression. Her doctors warned against more pregnancies. Her husband ignored it. And in 2001, after years of spiraling mental health and barely-there support, Andrea did something that made the world stop cold.

This episode breaks down the path that led there—not just the final hour, but everything that came before it. From a burned-out motorhome to ignored medical advice, from religious pr...

Fame, Black Magic, and Murder: The Mona Fandey Story

Before she was tied to one of Malaysia’s most disturbing murder cases, Mona Fandey was just trying to be a star. She had the stage name, the album, the wardrobe, and a husband willing to bet everything on her big break. But when her pop career stalled out, Mona pivoted—from wannabe celebrity to self-proclaimed spiritual healer for Malaysia’s rich and powerful. That’s when things got dark.

In this episode, we’re walking through the story of Mona Fandey: how a failed pop star became a t...

Duty To Warn: The Case Every Therapist Learns About

Therapy is supposed to be a safe space. You talk, they listen, and everything stays in the room. But what happens when someone crosses the line from intrusive thoughts to actual plans to hurt someone?

In this episode of 10 Minute Murder, we’re digging into the 1969 case that forced the legal system to decide when privacy ends and public safety begins. Tatiana Tarasoff had no idea she was in danger. Her killer had told his therapist exactly what he was planning. The therapist told the police. And st...

How Arthur Gary Bishop Fooled a Community

Arthur Gary Bishop looked like someone you could trust. He was a straight-A student, an Eagle Scout, a missionary, and a respected member of his church community. But under all that was someone no one saw coming, and far too many people never questioned.

This episode tracks how Bishop used different names, different jobs, and his polished public image to hide decades of horrific crimes. He blended in with the people who were supposed to protect children, all while preying on the ones who trusted him most.

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Myrtle Beach Mystery: The Search for Brittanee Drexel

Seventeen-year-old Brittanee Drexel wanted what so many teenagers crave… freedom, a little independence, and a chance to feel grown. What started as a secret Spring Break trip to Myrtle Beach in 2009 quickly spiraled into a mystery that haunted her family and baffled investigators for over a decade.

In this episode of 10 Minute Murder: Brief and Bingeable True Crime, we unpack the heartbreaking story of Brittanee’s disappearance, the tangled web of suspects and false leads, and the chilling confession that came thirteen years too late. From the early warn...

Jesse James Hollywood: The Killer Who Inspired Alpha Dog

Jesse James Hollywood had a name straight out of a movie, and eventually, it became one. The crime at the center of this story inspired the 2006 film Alpha Dog, but the real-life version is even more disturbing.

In this episode, we break down how a well-off kid from the San Fernando Valley went from selling weed to ordering a murder, before he could legally drink. It started with a $35,000 debt and a van. It ended with the killing of 15-year-old Nicholas Markowitz, and one of the most...

When TikTok Beef Turns Deadly: The Durhams vs. The Lathams

Zachary Latham wasn’t famous—but he wanted to be. So he picked a fight with his neighbors, filmed it, and posted it to TikTok. Over and over. Until one of them ended up dead.

In this episode, we break down the chain of events that turned a teenage grudge into a fatal stabbing. A neighborhood feud, fueled by likes and comments, escalated in real time while police reports piled up and courts stayed closed.

What started with reckless driving ended in a garage, with...

Stand Your Ground or Hunt Your Target? The Trayvon Martin Case

In 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin left home to grab a snack from 7-Eleven. He never made it back. A two-minute encounter with George Zimmerman—a neighborhood watch volunteer with a history of bad decisions—ended with Trayvon dead, Zimmerman claiming self-defense, and the country splitting down the middle.

What really happened that night? Why was Zimmerman told not to engage, but did anyway? And how did a simple walk home turn into a national flashpoint? This episode unpacks the case, the trial, the protests, and what came...