Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
Episodes
Cold case update: New witness in Debbie Randall kidnap/murder
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A new witness to the 1972 kidnapping/murder of Debbie Randall emerged after our first podcast about the case. A Marietta, Ga., woman tells Nancy Grace...
Finding Chase Massner ep. 7: His wife speaks
26 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Massner has stayed publicly silent in the 3 years since her husband Chase Massner mysteriously disappeared 3 years ago. Not only has she suffer...
Natalie Wood death mystery episode 3: The new evidence?
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Wood’s death has been one of Hollywood’s biggest mysteries for over 35 years, but new evidence is emerging. It was ruled an accidental dro...
Natalie Wood death mystery episode 2: Sister Lana speaks
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After Natalie Wood's body washed up on an island beach Nov. 29, 1981, the Los Angeles County coroner quickly concluded the 43-year-old actress's death...
Natalie Wood death mystery episode 1: Cold case warms up!
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Natalie Wood was one of Hollywood's biggest stars when her body washed up on a beach Thanksgiving weekend, 1981. Robert Wagner, also a huge star, has ...
CrimeCon Live: ‘Up & Vanished’ creator Payne Lindsay
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Payne Lindsay, whose podcast “Up & Vanished” is credited with stirring up a suspect in the 2004 disappearance of teacher Tara Grinstead, talks...
CrimeCon Live: ‘Making a Murderer’ DA Ken Kratz & detective Tom Fassbender
19 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Avery prosecutor Ken Kratz and lead investigator Tom Fassbender join Nancy Grace for a LIVE podcast session at CrimeCon. Up & Vanished crea...
The opioid epidemic in your town: What you need to know
16 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drug overdoses killed 60,000 Americans last year. Opioid addiction is now considered an epidemic. More Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2016 th...
Supermarket massacre victim’s family needs help & Bill Cosby verdict watch
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When a shooter killed Brian Hayes and two other co-workers at Weis Supermarket in Pennsylvania, he stole a father from a 7-year-old girl. Nancy Grace ...
Bill Cosby verdict watch: Accuser talks to Nancy Grace
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Carla Ferrigno is one of five dozen women who claim Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them over the past five decades. Now the wife of “Incredible Hulk”...
Bill Cosby verdict watch: Will ‘America’s dad’ go to jail?
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Cosby’s lawyers presented just a 6-minute-long defense against charges the comedian sexually assaulted Andrea Constand 13 years ago. What prose...
Penn State frat boys in court for hazing death
12 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A judge is watching hours of video prosecutors say shows how Penn State fraternity members got a 19-year-old recruit heavily intoxicated during a hazi...
Accused wife-killer lawyer Tex McIver: Witness tampering?
09 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Prominent Atlanta lawyer Tex McIver, accused in the shooting death of his wife, is allegedly using the jail telephone to influence witnesses in the mu...
‘Prophet’ Lee Kaplan convicted for sex with 6 young ‘sister wives’
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Pennsylvania man “gifted” a half-dozen underage girls to be his “sister wives” could spend the rest of his life in prison after being found ...
Death by text? Is Michelle Carter guilty of manslaughter in boyfriend’s suicide?
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Carter sent dozens of texts to Conrad Roy urging her boyfriend to kill himself in the days before the teen killed himself. Carter, now 20, is...
Faith healing parents jailed after newborn’s death
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Two Oregon parents face murder charges after one of their twins died hours after her birth. None of the Followers of Christ church members at the home...
Bill Cosby’s sex assault trial & who hit Spider Man’s mom?
05 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The sex assault trial of Bill Cosby is underway in Pennsylvania with two women set to testify about allegations the comedian drugged and raped them. N...
Grandmom’s story: ‘Boy who was fed to pigs’ Adrian Jones
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Judy Conway never again saw Adrian Jones after social workers handed the 3-year-old over to his biological father. The father and his wife denied the ...
Kindergarten Con: Serial killer volunteers at school!
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Parents at a private school just realized that a woman volunteering at a private school is a notorious serial killer. Karla Homolko plea deal gave her...
Teachers gone wild: Tad Cummins & Mary Kay Letourneau updates
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ex-Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins pled not guilty to federal charges relating to his 7-week-long cross-country trip with a 15-year-old teacher. His def...
Tiger Woods claims no alcohol involved in DUI, JUST prescription drugs!
30 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tiger Woods blames prescription drugs for his drunken driving arrest. Police found the golfing great asleep at the wheel of his running car early Mond...
Hot car deaths: How did Texas mom lose track of 2 toddlers?
29 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A mother said her two toddlers wandered out of their Texas home with her car key. She didn’t find them locked in her car until it was too late. The ...
Social workers ignore years of red flags before Adrian Jones death?
26 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Unsealed records reveal Kansas social workers and police were suspicious about how Adrian Jones’s stepmother abused the child for years before he wa...
What? No jail time for Sandra Bullock’s stalker!
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The stalker who broke into Sandra Bullock’s home, forcing the frightened actress to hide in a closet, was sentenced to 5 years probation after plead...
How did Ariana Grande concert bomber go unnoticed?
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The 22-year-old man was on the radar of anti-terror cops, but he was still able to kill 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in England with a suicid...
Mom tells why your teen should not watch ’13 Reasons Why’
23 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Florida mother who believes “13 Reasons Why” contributed to her son’s suicidal thoughts tells Nancy Grace what happened to her 15-year-old a...
Does ’13 Reasons’ Netflix series glorify teen suicide?
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Florida mom blames “13 Reasons” for contributing to suicidal thoughts in her teen son’s mind, leading to his need for psychiatric care. She cr...
Should politician Anthony Weiner get prison for sexting teen?
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Former New York congressman Anthony Weiner could get up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to send obscene messages to a 15-year-old girl. Bu...
Parents ignore crying infant chewed by rats
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A teenaged couple faces felony charges for failing to protect their two-week-old daughter from rats in their Arkansas home. The infant suffered up to ...
Husband fights demand for DNA in April Kauffman murder probe
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
April Kauffman’s husband has never been named a suspect in the New Jersey talk show host’s 2012 murder, but a prosecutor is now asking a judge to ...
Duke Univ. junior home for summer, vanishes
16 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Doherty decided to walk the mile home from a house party early Sunday, but he disappeared along the way in Franklin, Massachusetts. After thre...
Is Aaron Hernandez suicide note real or was NFL star murdered?
15 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shayanna Jenkins-Hernandez suspects Aaron Hernandez did not write the notes prosecutors say were found in the prison cell where he was found dead last...
Missed Mother’s Day Call is first sign daughter’s gone
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sue Primavera first suspected something was terribly wrong when her daughter did not call to wish her a happy Mother’s Day in 2012. Jill Primavera, ...
School massacre foiled: Armed teen caught with ‘hit list’
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A tip from Canadian police helped North Carolina cops stop a teen just minutes before investigators believe he was about to go on a stabbing rampage a...
Adrian Jones: ‘The boy who was fed to pigs’
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The abuse and murder of young Adrian Jones is one of the most shocking crimes against a child imaginable. The 7-year-old’s body was found in a pig s...
Poor little rich boy: Conrad Hilton’s in trouble again
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Conrad Hilton spent the weekend in the Los Angeles jail because his parents are balking at bailing him out unless he goes into a mental treatment faci...
Fraternity hazing: ‘Brothers’ ignore dying Penn State pledge?
08 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Eighteen students face charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of Timothy Piazza, a 19-year-old who died after alcohol-fueled frater...
Molly Matheson murder: Texts lead to suspect in TCU strangulation
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Text messages on Molly Matheson’s phone led police to a man they suspect strangled the 22-year-old woman in her Fort Worth, Texas, apartment near Te...
’Tot Mom’ & Baby: What’s wrong with this picture?
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Is Casey Anthony desperate for attention? Or are the new photos of “Tot Mom” playing with a toddler part of money-making scheme? Whatever is behin...
Erbie Bowser: Salt deficiency blamed for Texas killing spree
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A doctor says an ex-Dallas Mavs cheerleader was driven insane by a “perfect storm” of a high school football brain injury, PTSD from military serv...
Can “Bachelor” Chris Soules avoid jail time for fatal crash?
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Police found empty alcohol containers in Chris Soules’s truck after the “Bachelor” star rear-ended a tractor, killing a farmer, last week. Defen...
Maliyha Hope Garcia: A child's death by starvation
01 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maliyha Hope Garcia was 5 years old, but weighed only 24 pounds when paramedics found her dead in her adoptive parents home just before Christmas 2016...
Did Atlanta lawyer Tex McIver kill his wife for money?
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tex McIver claims a fatal bullet in his wife’s back was an accident, but prosecutors charge the Atlanta lawyer with intentionally shooting Diane McI...
Cold Case: The strange death of Mindy Lee
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mindy Lee’s mysterious death is a cold case in more than one sense. The mom’s frozen corpse was found five days after friends told police she jump...
Elizabeth Thomas’ dad blames mom for teacher kidnaping
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Thomas’ father says in divorce papers that abuse inflicted by her mother set the teen up for the mind control that allowed teacher Tad Cum...
New details about Tad Cummins' kidnapping Elizabeth Thomas
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Thomas is a “tiny little thing” taken away by a teacher who wanted to make her his child bride. She’s back home with her family underg...
Tad Cummins: Not kidnapping, just helping teen run away
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tad Cummins’ defense against charges he kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas appears to be that he was only helping his student run away from home...
Tad Cummins: Rejected by commune, nabbed in student kidnapping
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Members of a California commune rejected Tad Cummins for membership and instead alerted police they suspected he was the Tennessee teacher wanted for ...
Tad Cummins caught & Elizabeth Thomas heads home!
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fugitive Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins was nabbed in Northern California and 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas was rescued from his clutches. Nancy...
Aaron Hernandez: Murder, suicide & wasted life
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Former NFL Patriots’ star Aaron Hernandez was found dead in his prison cell five days after a jury found him not guilty in two murders. Prison offic...
Secret Evidence: ‘Persons of interest’ remain in Missy Bevers murder probe
18 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Midlothian, Texas, police still have “persons of interest” in the Missy Bevers murder probe, but they are keeping key evidence a secret for now, A...
Who killed Missy Bevers? Church murder unsolved a year later
17 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Whoever murdered Missy Bevers inside a Texas church is still unknown and at large despite video recorded before and after the brutal attack a year ago...
Texas Murder: Who killed Molly Matheson?
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fort Worth, Texas, police found no signs of a forced entry at the pool house where Molly Matheson’s mom found the 22-year-old college student strang...
Casey Anthony’s parents: What they really think about Tot Mom
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George and Cindy Anthony have suffered through unbearable torture as the parents of Casey Anthony. They give their most revealing interview yet about ...
Cold Case: Who killed young Debbie Randall?
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The unexpected discovery of DNA on clothing recovered from clothing worn by murdered Debbie Randall could lead to the person who killed the 9-year-old...
Kayak Killing: Angelika Graswald accused of sabotage’s fiancé boat
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A trial nears for Angelika Graswald, the woman accused of murdering her fiancé by pulling a plug on his kayak during a Hudson river outing. Prosecuto...
Finding Chase Massner Episode 6: Answering your questions
10 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Our Crime Stories team has worked for months uncovering new information and taking a fresh look at old evidence in the search for answers in the myste...
Missing Ashley Mullis: A father’s frustration
08 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ashley Morris Mullis vanished from her Muncie, Indiana, home in September 2013, leaving behind an infant daughter and two sons. Don Morris has spent e...
Court filing reveals how Tad Cummins pressured Elizabeth Thomas
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Thomas’ father is asking a court to force witnesses to disclose everything they know about how Tad Cummins plotted to make the high school...
Finding Chase Massner Episode 5: The frustrated wife
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The first 4 episodes introduced you to Stephanie Cadena, Chase’s mother, and Brad Clement, the friend who was the last known person to see Chase bef...
Who killed little Isabel Celis?
04 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tucson police confirmed a body found in a remote area last month was Isabel Celis, the girl snatched from her bed and missing for the past five years....
Finding Chase Massner ep 4: Mom confronts last man to see son
03 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Cadena never met the last known person to see her son Chase Massner because detectives asked her not to contact Brad Clements. But as Massne...
Special Update: Fugitive teacher Tad Cummins & kidnapped student sighted in OKC
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fugitive teacher Tad Cummins and kidnapped student Elizabeth Thomas shopped for food at a Oklahoma City Walmart two days after they disappeared from C...
Finding Chase Massner Episode 3: Nancy's surprise visit with key witness
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Clements has been pummeled by social media speculation since he's the last known person to see Chase Massner before he vanished on March 27, 2014...
Teacher Tad Cummins’ other teen target & DA looks to Mexico
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A former student of Tad Cummins shares a song the Tennessee teacher once serenaded her with. Dastiny Parrish tells Nancy Grace how Cummins courted her...
Finding Chase Massner episode 2: His mother's search for answers
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after Chase Massner vanished, his grieving mother calls on Nancy Grace to help find answers. Cobb County, Georgia, police are turning the ...
Finding Elizabeth Thomas: Disturbing new details about Tad Cummins' 'dark side'
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The lawyer for Elizabeth Thomas’ dad tells Nancy Grace about “disturbing” new details suggesting the 15-year-old girl did not want to go with Ta...
Finding Chase Massner Episode 1: Who, What, When & Where
27 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The disappearance of Chase Massner on March 27, 2014, has stumped police and devastated the Iraqi War vet’s family. As the probe is handed over to a...
Exclusive: Dad’s lawyer says perv teacher gave kidnap-girl back rubs at school
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Tennessee teacher now on the run with a freshman student frequently gave the 15-year-old girl back rubs and held hands with her at school, accordi...
Clues teen didn’t want to go with teacher Tad Cummins?
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A prosecutor offers new clues suggesting Elizabeth Thomas did not leave voluntarily with former teacher Tad Cummins. The 15-year-old told her sister “...
New revelations about runaway Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
While Elizabeth Thomas’ father complains he was never told a teacher was romantically involved with his daughter, it’s revealed Tad Cummins’ wif...
Kids on Kik: Kidnappings, killings linked to teen chat app
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An alarming number of kidnappings, rapes and murders have been linked to messaging applications that can easily be downloaded onto smartphones for fre...
Tennessee Amber Alert update: Teacher & 10th grader could be ‘far away’
21 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The male teacher who is on the run with a 10th grade girl could be “far away” from their Tennessee town hometown, according to investigators. The ...
Amber Alert: Teacher flees Tennessee with teen student
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A high school teacher is allegedly on the run with a 15-year-old female student and investigators warn he is armed and dangerous. Elizabeth Thomas was...
Dad pleads for justice in Belinda Lucas Temple’s murder
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
David Temple spent a decade in prison after a jury convicted him of murdering his wife, but the former high school coach is free while a Texas DA deci...
Finding Chase Massner: Nancy Grace investigates Iraq War vet’s disappearance
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Georgia investigators are close to declaring the disappearance of Iraq War vet Chase Massner to be a cold case. Nancy Grace, however, won’t let the ...
Should fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski be allowed back in the USA?
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Roman Polanski fled the United States 40 years ago because he feared a Los Angeles judge would send him to prison for years after he admitted having s...
Tot mom Casey Anthony’s ‘other victims’
11 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Anthony appears to blame her parents — specifically her father — for the death of her two-year-old daughter in a new interview with the Asso...
How Rhonda Stapley escaped Ted Bundy’s murderous grasp
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rhonda Stapley kept her near-death encounter with serial killer Ted Bundy secret for decades, fearing the judgment that could come if she told how he ...
Nancy Grace outrage at Tot Mom Casey Anthony's AP interview
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Casey Anthony, the Florida woman Nancy Grace dubbed “Tot Mom,” says she has no idea how her daughter Caylee died, but she has no trouble sleeping ...
OJ Simpson: Coming soon to a golf course near you?
07 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
OJ Simpson could be months away from walking out of the Nevada prison where he’s served nine years of a 33-year sentence for a Las Vegas armed robbe...
Tara Grinstead Murder: Up & Vanished Podcaster Payne Lindsey
06 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Payne Lindsey, whose podcast about the disappearance of Tara Grinstead is credited by many with helping to solve the cold case after more than a decad...
Dalia Dippolito: Did ‘Cops’ set up wife in murder-for-hire case?
03 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Video shows Dalia Dippolito telling an undercover cop she wants her husband dead, but screaming later when police tell her he had been killed. Still, ...
Jackson family feud: Did nephew abuse Michael’s mom?
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Jackson’s mother signed sworn statement alleging her nephew abused her, stole her money and isolated her from friends and family. The allega...
Stand your ground? Can you kill if attacked by popcorn?
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A judge will soon decide if a retired police captain was within his rights to shoot to death a man who threw popcorn at him during an argument over ce...
Bad moms in cars: Using baby to bypass ignition interlock
28 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Pennsylvania mother allegedly used her 8-year-old daughter’s breath to bypass the breathalyzer device installed to prevent her from driving while ...
Sleep Driving: Fitness Guru Jackie Warner's Ambien defense In cop assault
27 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Fitness guru Jackie Warner blames the sleeping pill Ambien for her drunk driving arrest in which she allegedly tried to hit a Los Angeles sheriff’s ...
Tara Grinstead mystery solved with former student’s arrest
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The mystery of Tara Grinstead’s disappearance 11 years ago is solved with the arrest of a former student of the high school where the beauty queen t...
Cold Case: Missing baby Lisa Irwin
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Irwin’s parents thought the 10-month-old was sleeping n her crib until her father checked on the infant at 4 a.m. on October 3, 2011. Lisa’s ...
Ohio parents charged after Boy OD’s on heroin
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Two Ohio parents face child endangerment and drug charges after their eight-year-old son nearly died from a heroin overdose in their home. Emergency r...
Teens murdered on hiking trail: Grainy photo shows suspect
21 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Indiana police want to know the identity of a man photographed walking near where two teen girls were murdered on February 13. They believe he killed ...
Sarah Dunsey’s rescue brings hope for others
20 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Dunsey’s rescue brings renewed hope for the families of women missing in southern California. The FBI found Dunsey in Venice, California, a mo...
Elvis Presley’s grandkids in foster care
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elvis Presley’s twin granddaughters are in foster care until a judge consider their safety in light of a shocking discovery inside their home, accor...
Missing Sarah Dunsey: Teen’s last text ‘If I die tonight…’
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Dunsey’s last text message to her mom warned “If I die tonight, it’s a guy named…” The name is redacted so as not to tip off a person ...
Cold Case: Missing Isabel Celis 5 years
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Isabel Celis disappeared from her family’s Tuscon home sometime in the early morning hours of April 20, 2012. Despite a massive search and intense p...
Valentine’s Special: Love gone bad
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When Cupid’s arrow misses the mark, a loveless spouse might seek a hit man with deadlier ammo. Nancy Grace and Alan Duke explore the cases against J...
Missing Katherine Jackson: Accused Nephew Talks
13 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A Los Angeles judge ordered the nephew and caretaker of pop icon Michael Jackson's mother to abandon the house where the Jackson family matriarch live...
Cold Case: Missing Lindsey Baum
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
10-year-old Lindsey Baum disappeared without a trace while walking home from a neighborhood pool party in Washington State community in 2009. Nancy Gr...
Missing Chase Massner: New info & taking your calls
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The mystery of Iraq war veteran Chase Massner is the hottest topic on CrimeOnline’s podcast call-in line. Listeners of “Crime Stories with Nancy G...
Baylor Football Sex Assault Scandal Details Emerge
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A federal lawsuit against Baylor University includes shocking details of how the school allegedly used sex to lure high school recruits for its footba...