Prime Crime: Solved Murders

2 Parents Dead in 2 Years: The Collin Griffith Case

18 Apr 2026

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A teenager was at odds with his mom after moving to Florida to live with her in 2024. Collin Griffith previously lived with his father, Charles Robert...

Life360 Uncovers Teen Girl's Horrifying Disappearance

11 Apr 2026

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A Georgia teen seemingly vanished after hanging out with her friends at an apartment in Gwinnett County. Susana Morales texted her mom when she left t...

Teen Vanishes After Meeting Up with Girl From School

04 Apr 2026

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A Florida teen left his Miramar apartment to meet up with a classmate for a romantic encounter on a quiet October night. Dwight “DJ” Grant met up ...

Fiancée Found Murdered and Surrounded by Rose Petals

28 Mar 2026

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A South Carolina man found his fiancée dead in the living room of her Greer home. Bradley Post said Christina Parcell was surrounded by rose petals, ...

Teacher Found Murdered After Visit from Former Neighbor

21 Mar 2026

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A Florida woman called 911 after checking on her friend, who she hadn’t heard from since Christmas Day. When Vivian James’ friend went to her Ceda...

Mom’s Mystery Killer Exposed 23 Years Later

14 Mar 2026

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A Maryland mother’s co-workers became concerned when she didn’t show up for work on May 2, 2001. Police searched Leslie Preer’s home, which had ...

Celebrity Hairstylist Murdered in His Own Backyard

07 Mar 2026

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A 16-year-old girl called 911 in a panic after finding her father motionless in the backyard of their California home. First responders rushed to the ...

Pregnant Teen Disappears After Uncle Drives Her to School

28 Feb 2026

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Sixteen-year-old Iyana Sawyer went missing after she left her Florida high school in 2018. Authorities immediately initiated an all-out for Sawyer, wh...

Florida Wife's Murder Exposes Husband's Secret Life

21 Feb 2026

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A Florida man frantically called 911 after returning to his Florida home to find his wife bleeding out in their master bathroom. David Tronnes told po...

Iowa Girl Disappears After Sleepover at Stepdad’s

19 Feb 2026

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The mother of Breasia Terrell panicked when her daughter was nowhere to be found after spending the night at her "stepdad's" home in 2021. The 10-year...

The YouTube Mom From Hell: Ruby Franke

17 Feb 2026

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From a popular YouTube family vlogger to a convicted child abuser, the shocking story of Ruby Franke has captivated the nation. From influencer to inm...

Young Boy Left Home Alone With His Evil Stepmom

14 Feb 2026

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Eleven-year-old Gannon Stauch was left at home with his stepmom when his dad left for deployment in the National Guard. Days later, Al Stauch received...

A Young Mom's Deadly Night Out: Nicole VanderHeyden

12 Feb 2026

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Nicole VanderHeyden was a loving mother and devoted teacher — her friends said that her smile would light up any room. But one night, in May 2016, N...

How To Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Case

10 Feb 2026

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Daniel Brophy was an extraordinary chef who dedicated his life to his craft, teaching at a culinary school in a tranquil suburb of Portland, Oregon. H...

Stepdad Turned Husband Killed with His Own Knife

08 Feb 2026

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In January 2019, police in Orlando, Florida were called to a horrific crime scene — the bloody home of Michael Redlick, a University of Central Flor...

The Teen Cheerleader Who Never Came Home: Tristyn Bailey

06 Feb 2026

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In May 2021, the affluent community of St. Johns, Florida was rocked by the death of 13-year-old cheerleader Tristyn Bailey. The young teen was report...

Introducing: Stolen Season 3

26 Apr 2024

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Violence. Retaliation. Disappearances. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles of remote terrain with just over 200 tribal police officers. This seas...

The Black Dahlia Murder Pt. 2

27 Sep 2023

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Elizabeth Short’s gruesome murder is the LAPD’s most infamous unsolved case. But there’s one person who thinks he’s cracked it — the alleged...

The Black Dahlia Murder Pt. 1

20 Sep 2023

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In 1940s Hollywood, a 22-year-old aspiring actress is found mutilated and drained of blood. Her body is posed, and her mouth has been carved into a pe...

Irene Garza Pt. 2

13 Sep 2023

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After the death of Irene Garza in a small Texas town, a massive cover-up ensued, headed by one of the most powerful institutions in the world.This epi...

Irene Garza Pt. 1

06 Sep 2023

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On the evening of April 16, 1960, Irene Garza went to church in the peaceful town of McAllen, Texas but never came home. Less than a week later, her b...

Party Fouls: House Party Horror

30 Aug 2023

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In 2011, 17-year-old Tyler Hadley threw a wild house party in Port St. Lucie, Florida. What his guests didn’t know was that on the other side of a l...

The Clutter Family Pt. 2

23 Aug 2023

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After the massacre of the Clutter Family on November 15th, 1959, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation began an intensive probe into the crime. Their sea...

The Clutter Family Pt. 1

16 Aug 2023

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On November 15th, 1959, the small town of Holcomb, Kansas experienced one of the most gruesome crimes imaginable. Four members of the Clutter Family h...

The Video Strangler Pt. 2

09 Aug 2023

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Like many serial killers, Maury Travis became over-confident. In the summer of 2002, after reading a story in the newspaper about one of his victims, ...

The Video Strangler Pt. 1

02 Aug 2023

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There was no evidence in Maury Travis’ childhood of arson or animal abuse, often seen as early warning signs for serial killers. And he didn’t app...

The Unabomber Pt. 2

26 Jul 2023

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By the 1980s, Ted Kaczynski had set off several bombs, causing only minor injuries — but for him, it wasn’t enough. What had started as a plot for...

The Unabomber Pt. 1

19 Jul 2023

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Spotting his genius at a young age, Ted Kaczynski’s parents pushed their son to academic excellence — but Ted never found a true home in the hallo...

A Message from Carter

12 Jul 2023

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The Victims of Dorothea Puente

12 Jul 2023

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In the mid 1980s a nightmarish story swept the nation. One man’s disappearance in Sacramento, California, led officials to investigate a boarding ho...

The Babes in the Wood

05 Jul 2023

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When two young girls are found dead in Brighton, England, a local man does everything he can to avoid suspicion. Four years later, a young girl stumbl...

The Bombing of Flight 629 Pt. 2

28 Jun 2023

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23-year-old Jack Graham unravels as the FBI uncovers his deadly vendetta against Daisie King, who was a passenger on Flight 629—and Jack’s own mot...

The Bombing of Flight 629 Pt. 1

21 Jun 2023

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In the mid-1950s, a plane bound for Seattle from Denver exploded mid-flight. 44 people were killed. When investigators began analyzing the wreckage, t...

The Eleventh Circuit Mail Bombings

14 Jun 2023

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Around Christmas 1989, a series of pipe bombs sent through the mail killed two of its intended targets: Judge Robert Vance and attorney Robbie Robinso...

The Murder of Timothy Coggins

07 Jun 2023

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The last time Telisa Coggins sees her brother alive, he’s walking out of a nightclub in Griffin, Georgia. Tim’s body is later found under an oak t...

The Missing Dead: Sarah Stern

31 May 2023

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On a December evening in 2016, a man called 911 when he spotted an abandoned car on a bridge. Police discovered that 19-year-old Sarah Stern of Neptun...

The Missing Dead: Girly Chew Hossencofft

24 May 2023

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In September 1999, 36-year-old Girly Chew Hossencofft was supposed to report to work at a local Bank of America branch in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Due...

The Missing Dead: Kristin Smart

17 May 2023

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It was May of 1996 when college freshman Kristin Smart went to a party and never returned to her dorm. More than 20 years later, a stranger started a ...

The Murder of Don Mellett Pt. 2

10 May 2023

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When his family realized that the Canton police would not conduct an honest investigation into the murder of journalist Don Mellett, they hired a PI n...

The Murder of Don Mellett Pt. 1

03 May 2023

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He had recently led a crusade against the city's corrupt police force as the editor of the Canton Daily News. After exposing crooked officials and get...

The Pillow Pyro

26 Apr 2023

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In the mid-1980s Los Angeles is in the midst of a serial killer boom. But that’s not all. A serial arsonist has been setting blazes across the area,...

Front Line Defender: Berta Cáceres

19 Apr 2023

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On the evening of March 2nd, 2016, indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres was murdered in her home by armed intruders. Due to widespread cor...

The Fight for Humanity: Chico Mendes

12 Apr 2023

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He dedicated most of his life to protecting rubber trees in the Amazonian town of Xapuri, where he lived. During that time, Chico Mendes received coun...

The Yogurt Shop Murders

05 Apr 2023

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It was 1991 when four teenage girls were brutally killed inside a yogurt store in Austin, Texas. With no witnesses to the crime, police had very littl...

Alone in Ossipee: Florence Small Pt. 2

29 Mar 2023

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Prosecutors Walter Hill and James P. Tuttle were faced with a difficult task. They had to convince a jury that Frederick Small could burn down a cotta...

Alone in Ossipee: Florence Small Pt. 1

22 Mar 2023

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Late one night in September 1916, a cottage in New Hampshire burst into flames. Florence Small’s body was eventually found in the cellar — but it ...

Episode 4: Oklahoma Burning

15 Mar 2023

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As a firestorm of racial violence rages through the territory, Bass Reeves learns of his next arrest: his own son. Soon after, statehood and Jim Crow ...

Episode 3: Lawman vs. The Law

08 Mar 2023

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Accused of murdering his cook in cold blood, Bass stands up for his own innocence - breaking himself financially. Not long after he frees himself, the...

Episode 2: U.S. Marshal

01 Mar 2023

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Eager to protect his growing family, Bass becomes one of the first Black Deputy U.S. Marshals West of the Mississippi. The face of the law in a lawles...

Episode 1: Bass in the Wild

22 Feb 2023

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As an enslaved man, Bass Reeves fights hand-to-hand with his enslaver. Victorious, Bass escapes, becoming a fugitive in America’s most dangerous, la...

Introducing Bass Reeves: No Master But Duty

22 Feb 2023

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Over the next four weeks, Carter and Wenndy are handing over the reins to Darnell Ishmel, guest host of a four-part miniseries exploring the exploits ...

The Smuttynose Murders Pt. 2

15 Feb 2023

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Prosecuting attorney George Yeaton was certain who committed the gruesome murders on Smuttynose Island. To him, the evidence pointed to a robbery gone...

The Smuttynose Murders Pt. 1

08 Feb 2023

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In 1873, two women were brutally murdered on Smuttynose Island just off the coast of Maine. A woman who escaped the attack reported her story to the p...

The Marlborough Mystery Pt. 2

01 Feb 2023

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Based on witness testimony, authorities believed that Scott Watson killed Olivia Hope and Ben Smart. The jury agreed and took less than 24 hours to co...

The Marlborough Mystery Pt. 1

25 Jan 2023

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It was New Year's Eve 1997 in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand when 17-year-old Olivia Hope and 21-year-old Ben Smart enjoyed a long night of par...

Lucina Broadwell

18 Jan 2023

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It was May of 1919 in Barre, Vermont, when the body of Lucina Broadwell was found naked on her stomach, hands tied behind her back. To solve the crime...

The Coors Heir Murder: Adolph Coors III Pt. 2

11 Jan 2023

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It was the most extensive manhunt since John Dillinger. Authorities believed they’d found the identity of the man who’d kidnapped and murdered Ad ...

The Coors Heir Murder: Adolph Coors III Pt. 1

04 Jan 2023

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Adolph “Ad” Coors was a father of four and an heir to the Coors brewing dynasty when he was kidnapped in 1960. Breakthroughs in the case put the F...

Best of 2022: Madalyn Murray O'Hair Pt. 2

28 Dec 2022

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When reporter John McCormack went looking for missing celebrity pundit Madalyn Murray O’Hair, he thought it might be more than a simple case of tax ...

Best of 2022: Madalyn Murray O'Hair Pt. 1

28 Dec 2022

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She was a popular atheist speaker who challenged American evangelicals wherever she went. She was also called "the most hated woman in America" and ha...

The Dayton Christmas Killings Pt. 2

21 Dec 2022

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The spree continues into Christmas Day and beyond, during which the teen gang murders their third, fourth, fifth and sixth victims. After a tip, polic...

The Dayton Christmas Killings Pt. 1

21 Dec 2022

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In the early hours of Christmas Eve 1992, a senseless murder in Dayton, Ohio, marks the beginning of a rampage. What started as a desire for Christmas...

"Sweet" Fanny Adams

14 Dec 2022

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It’s August in Alton, a small farm town in the English countryside. Eight-year-old Fanny Adams goes out to play with her friends, but never returns ...

Solved or Unsolved? The Death of Ned Doheny Pt. 2

07 Dec 2022

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The deaths at Greystone mansion were far from straightforward — at least as far as Detective Leslie White was concerned. But shortly after the DA an...

Kim Kardashian’s The System — All Episodes Out Now

02 Dec 2022

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Carter introduces Spotify’s latest true crime podcast, delving into the case of Kevin Keith. Listen to an exclusive clip from the first episode righ...

Solved or Unsolved? The Death of Ned Doheny Pt. 1

30 Nov 2022

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Ned Doheny found himself embroiled in a huge bribery scandal. On behalf of his father, oil baron Edward Doheny, Ned illegally obtained drilling leases...

Thanksgiving Special: Just Add Arsenic

22 Nov 2022

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Over the ages, arsenic has had many lives — beauty fad, household product, medical prescription… and weapon of choice wielded by killers everywher...

Three in Chicago Pt. 3: The Pieces Come Together

16 Nov 2022

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By the early ‘90s, the case of Helen Brach was heating up. But to get answers, police needed to go deeper into Chicago’s cutthroat Horse Mafia. As...

Three in Chicago Pt. 2: The Missing Heiress

09 Nov 2022

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In February 1977, 65-year-old candy heiress Helen Brach disappeared, and her case went cold almost immediately. Over a decade later, investigators sea...

Three in Chicago Pt. 1: Tragedy in Jefferson Park

02 Nov 2022

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In 1955, the quiet community of Jefferson Park in Chicago was known as a peaceful suburb. But its innocence was stripped away when three local boys we...

Eric Tombe

26 Oct 2022

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Eric Tombe’s parents had last heard from him in mid-April 1922 when he sent them a letter about an upcoming trip to Paris. Shortly after, Eric’s m...

The Toolbox Killers

19 Oct 2022

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Two felons who met in prison decided to stay friends on the outside. They spent the summer and fall of 1979 kidnapping and murdering teenage girls in ...

Unsolved Murders: Theodosia Burr

12 Oct 2022

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Aaron Burr is most infamous for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel. But Burr was also a father — one whose daughter, Theodosia, vanished one night...

Deathbed Confessions: John Kelley

05 Oct 2022

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The estranged adult children of Geraldine Kelley long suspected foul play in their father’s death. Though she had told them that John Kelley had die...

The Hamilton-Burr Duel

21 Sep 2022

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There is no debate about who killed Alexander Hamilton. His infamous duel with Aaron Burr was held according to the standards at the time. But many, i...

Dorothy May Grammer

14 Sep 2022

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On an August night in 1952, a blue Chrysler raced down a hill, hit a barrier, and flipped onto its side. Nearby police officers rushed to help the dri...

The London Body Snatchers Pt. 2

07 Sep 2022

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Four men received a guilty verdict for the murder of a person whose identity was unknown. Charges against one of the men would eventually be dropped, ...

The London Body Snatchers Pt. 1

31 Aug 2022

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In November of 1831, four men tried to sell a fresh body to the anatomist at King’s College in London. But a quick look at the body revealed it to b...

Madalyn Murray O'Hair Pt. 2

24 Aug 2022

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When Reporter John McCormack went looking for missing celebrity pundit Madalyn Murray O’Hair, he thought it might be more than a simple case of tax ...

Madalyn Murray O'Hair Pt. 1

17 Aug 2022

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She was a popular atheist speaker who challenged American evangelical thought wherever she went. She was also called "the most hated woman in America"...

The Candy Box Killings Pt. 2

10 Aug 2022

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44-year-old Cordelia Botkin was the sole suspect in a murder-by-mail case that killed two sisters and involved two jurisdictions on two different coas...

The Candy Box Killings Pt. 1

03 Aug 2022

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In the summer of 1898, two sisters died after eating chocolates they received in the mail. Their suffering was inexplicable — until their father dis...

Solved or Unsolved? The Death of Danny Hansford Pt. 2

26 Jul 2022

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Jim Williams had the money to hire the best attorneys around. After a fourth trial for the same crime, he was finally found not guilty. Was the law tr...

Solved or Unsolved? The Death of Danny Hansford Pt. 1

19 Jul 2022

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In May of 1981, shots rang out at a mansion known as the Mercer House. When officers arrived, a young man was dead. The estate’s lone resident, a 50...

Solved or Unsolved? Murder at Lake Waco Pt. 2

12 Jul 2022

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The people of Waco wanted justice to be served. Four suspects emerged, but would that be enough to close the case? This is a crossover series with Uns...

Solved or Unsolved? Murder at Lake Waco Pt. 1

05 Jul 2022

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In 1982, three teenagers were found murdered along Lake Waco. There was very little evidence, but Sergeant Truman Simons had a hunch. And he knew it w...

The Sausage Vat Murder Pt. 2

29 Jun 2022

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Known locally as "The Sausage King," Adolph Luetgert found himself in hot water after police found evidence of his wife Louise's murder. Shards of bon...

The Sausage Vat Murder Pt. 1

22 Jun 2022

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Adolph Luetgert came from Germany to chase the American dream. He started a successful sausage factory and even married a woman from his home country....

"The A6 Murder" Michael Gregsten Pt. 2

15 Jun 2022

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Detectives identified 25-year-old James Hanratty as their primary suspect. While in custody, he even admitted to his crime. But some of the public bel...

"The A6 Murder" Michael Gregsten Pt. 1

08 Jun 2022

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Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie were kidnapped, shot, and left on the side of the A6 at Deadman's Hill. The gunman then took off in Michael's car....

Grace Budd Pt. 2: The Murder

02 Jun 2022

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Authorities tracked down Albert Fish to a boarding house in New York. From the outside, he appeared to be a harmless old man. But inside, he was a col...

Grace Budd Pt. 1: The Disappearance

30 May 2022

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After the kidnapping of 10-year-old Grace Budd, authorities sifted through countless tips to locate the man who took her: Frank Howard. But after year...

George Bailey Pt. 2

25 May 2022

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The murder at Breakheart Hill Farm led reporters into the violent past of John Best, a farmhand who had worked under George Bailey. As the trial again...

George Bailey Pt. 1

18 May 2022

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His dismembered body was found in a series of burlap bags at Floating Bridge Pond in Massachusetts. Farm caretaker George Bailey had made quite a few ...

Thomas Briggs Pt. 2

11 May 2022

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Franz Müller was arrested in New York and extradited back to England for a criminal trial. The case against him was far from cut and dry, but that di...

Thomas Briggs Pt. 1

04 May 2022

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On July 9th, 1864, a driver of a locomotive noticed the broken and bloodied body of banker Thomas Briggs. With the help of some key witnesses, authori...

Anna Brown and the Osage Hills Murders Pt. 2

27 Apr 2022

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Anybody investigating the mysterious death of Anna Brown, or any of the other suspicious deaths in the Osage Nation, had either been threatened or kil...

Anna Brown and the Osage Hills Murders Pt. 1

20 Apr 2022

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In the 1920s, the people of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma were the wealthiest people per capita in the entire world because their land sat on one of th...

The Easter Sunday Killings Pt. 2

13 Apr 2022

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By the time NYPD detectives learned the identity of the "Easter Sunday Killer," Robert Irwin had long since left the city. But a tip from a pantry mai...

The Easter Sunday Killings Pt. 1

06 Apr 2022

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In the early hours of Easter Sunday in 1937, model Ronnie Gedeon, her mother Mary, and their boarder Frank Byrnes were brutally murdered inside their ...