The West Memphis Three: Convicted for Being “Weird”? The story of the West Memphis Three isn’t just a true crime case; it’s a cautionary tale about how badly things can go when fear and bias overtake reason. What if three te…
The Crime That Shook West Memphis: 1993 In 1993, West Memphis, Arkansas, was the kind of place where people left their doors unlocked and kids rode their bikes until dinner. That peace shattered when the bodies of three eight-year-old boys—St…
The Shocking Rise and Mysterious Fall of Natalie Wood A Love Story on Screen, a Tragedy Off It“One hand, one heart, even death won’t part us now.” Those dreamy lyrics from West Side Story sound like a promise, don’t they? A …
The Baton Rouge Killer Wasn’t Alone On May 27, 2003, Derrick Todd Lee, the Baton Rouge Killer, was finally in cuffs. Cue the collective sigh of relief from Baton Rouge. The boogeyman was behind bars, and surely, the nightmare was over. Case c…
A Chilling Day in Delphi: The Last Moments of Libby and Abby On an unseasonably warm February afternoon in 2017, best friends Liberty “Libby” German and Abigail “Abby” Williams set out to explore the Monon High Bridge Trail …
Who Was Brian Wells? Brian Douglas Wells was, by all accounts, the human equivalent of a reliable clock. Forty-six years old, a pizza delivery man with a decade-long tenure at the same pizzeria, and a guy who didn’t just show up—he alwa…
Netflix’s Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey Dives into the Unsolved Mystery The Netflix docuseries Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey takes a deep dive into the chilling and endlessly frustrating investigation sur…
The Unlikely Defense: A Killer in Court It’s one thing to represent yourself in court; it’s another to represent yourself in court and treat it like an open mic night where the goal is to air every grievance, implicate half your contact…
Mark Twitchell: The Dexter Wannabe Who Took Method Acting Way Too Far Mark Twitchell fancied himself a visionary, the kind of filmmaker who wasn’t afraid to explore the darker corners of human nature. The problem was, he didn’t stop at …
Introduction to the Green River Killer: Gary Ridgway’s Dark Legacy The First Victim: Wendy Lee Coffield and the Beginning of a Nightmare Picture this: It’s 1982, and the serene waters of Seattle’s Green River are about to become …
The Chilling Beginnings of Amy Archer-Gilligan In the suffocating heat of a Connecticut summer in 1916, a determined woman sat across a desk from a man she hoped could deliver justice. Nellie Pierce clutched a worn envelope, her brother’s nam…
A Not-So-Classic Family Beginning Florida, 1958. George Waterfield Russell Sr. and his wife, Joyce, had their first child, George Russell Jr., and, on paper, it probably looked like a classic, happy family was in the making. But reality had other p…
Joanna Yeates: A Promising Life in Clifton, Bristol Joanna Clare Yeates had a lot going for her. Born in 1985 in Hampshire, England, she was the kind of person who seemed to make all the right choices—good schools, good degree, and finally, a…
The Dark Cloud Over L.A.’s Sunset Strip Between 1980 and 1983, Los Angeles was in the grip of something dark, something that hung in the air along the Sunset Strip like a fog no one wanted to see. Women were disappearing—vanishing off s…
Confessions from a Convicted Killer Most killers don’t confess. Even when faced with damning evidence, they sit tight, maintain their innocence, and cling to whatever sliver of denial they can muster. But then, there’s Samuel Little. …
A Routine Morning Turns to Horror: The Crash on July 31, 2022 On a quiet morning in Cleveland, Ohio, 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla was behind the wheel of a Toyota Camry, accompanied by her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and their friend, Davion Flanag…
The Beginning of a Monster: Bundy’s Childhood and Early Influences Ted Bundy was born on November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont, at a facility for unwed mothers. Originally named Theodore Robert Cowell, Bundy’s childhood began with d…
Inside the Helter Skelter: The Twisted Journey of Charles Manson and His Cult of Chaos Act One: The Early Years of Chaos A Boy Named "No Name": The Troubled Childhood of Charles Manson November 12, 1934. A cold, dull day in Cincinnati, Ohio. In…
Who Was Molly Bish? A Snapshot of Her Life It was in the summer of 2000 that would change young Molly Anne Bish’s life forever. While other sixteen-year-olds across Massachusetts were home from school for the summer season, Molly was on her w…
A Close Encounter with True Crime History Today, I would like to do something a little different and talk about a case a little closer to home for me personally. For those of you just joining us or new to the podcast, we usually cover true crime st…
The Early Years: From Henry McCarty to "Kid Antrim" The wild, wild west, a place where outlaws could become members of law enforcement overnight, or vice versa for that matter, and a place where many would carve out a level of fame and fortune that…
Lori’s Early Life and Tumultuous Marriages In 1973, Lori Cox was born to Mormon parents in San Bernardino County, California. She got married for the first time at 19 years old but swiftly divorced her new husband, marrying another man three …
“Lizzie Borden took an ax,And gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what she had done,She gave her father forty-one.” Immortalized for the savage and sickeningly cold killing of her parents, Lizzie Borden has gone down in history as…
“I verily believe in my heart that Giles Corey is a dreadful wizard, for since he had been in prison, he or his appearance has come and most grievously tormented me.” Giles Corey: The Unlikely Defendant Before Giles Corey found himself…
