Kendall Rae is a true-crime content creator on YouTube who has used her platform to spread awareness for victims and their families. Now she is bringing episodes of her YouTube true-crime series to podcast format, to hopefully create even more awareness around the cases she covers. Kendall's approach to true-crime content is empathetic and always approached with victims in mind first. Join Kendall in her journey to spread awareness and bring justice to those who need it most!
On July 23rd, 2013, Tiffany Mead agreed to meet her estranged husband, Kristopher Ertmann, at a park in Davis County, Utah to collect a child support payment. Instead, prosecutors say he ambushed her, slitting her throat and forcing her to tell 911 s
On July 24th, 2011, just days before her 18th birthday, 17-year-old Ne’Keisha “Keisha” Hodges-Hawkins was at a party in Krueger Memorial Park in Michigan City, Indiana, when gunfire broke out in a crowd of more than 100 people. Keisha was struck and
In February 2018, 25-year-old Patrick De La Cerda was at home when he fell victim to an ambush-style shooting. His fiancée Jessica Devnani’s jealous ex-boyfriend, Gregory Bender, had been sending harassing messages to the couple for months. After a j
On October 16, 2014, 21-year-old Skylar Nemetz shot and killed his wife, 19-year-old Danielle Nemetz. Neighbors who heard the shot were the ones to report the shooting, as Skylar was making no attempt to seek help for his wife. He then seemed to be a
On April 10, 2018, 16-year-old Kyle Plush got trapped in the back of his minivan, and was being crushed by the 3rd row of seats. He was able to call 911 two separate times using his phone's voice assistant, but through a series of missteps by the 911
In October 2023, 21-year-old student Lillie James was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Paul Thijssen. He couldn't bear with the fact that she had just broken up with him, and he wanted revenge. Security cameras captured James going into their school bathr
In 2018, an Australian woman decided to begin faking a late-stage ovarian cancer diagnosis to get attention. She went as far as shaving her head and losing weight to really sell the whole thing. Worst of all, she got her partner to put all of his sav
In December of 2015, 27-year-old Jessie Bardwell moved from Alabama to Texas to live with her boyfriend, 28-year-old Jason Lowe. Her friends and family knew this was a bad situation for her–Jason was abusive and controlling over every facet of her li
In October 2016, 22-year-old Cati Blauvelt went missing. Her family already had their suspicions on who could have caused her harm–her husband John, an ex-Army recruiter with anger issues who had lost his job, his identity... and blamed it all on her
One night in April 2008, Queena Phu–just days after her 18th birthday and days before the senior prom she was prepping for–was returning books at the library when she was brutally attacked. Thankfully, she survived, but not without sustaining severe
On April 25, 2010, a panic-stricken 25-year-old Heidi Firkus called 911 to report a break-in in her and her husband Nick’s home. That’s when there was a gunshot and screaming. After this, Nick re-dialed 911, screaming that he and Heidi were shot by t
Reagan Tokes was a 21-year-old college student about to graduate when she was abducted and killed one night. She was leaving her job and heading home, when she was spotted by Brian Golsby–a violent sexual offender who was at the time on parole and we
In 2019, 21-year-old college student, Alexis Crawford, was found dead after she was reported missing. In the days before her murder, Alexis had filed a police report against her best friend, Jordyn Jones’ boyfriend, Barron Brantley, for sexual assaul
Case Update: Since filming, Michael McKee was extradited and is now being held in Franklin County, Ohio where he is facing charges. In a hearing on Friday, January 23rd, 2026, he pleaded not guilty. It has also come to light that on December 6th, vid
On December 2, 2019, 43-year-old Christine Holloway was found dead in her home, her young baby Vanessa missing. Her boyfriend, 48-year-old Jose Morales was immediately under suspicion, as he was high, unhelpful with police, and just generally unconce
On December 16, 2022, 32-year-old nurse Alex Pennig had been found dead in her bathroom at home, victim to an allegedly self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. But there were some serious inconsistencies with how she would have shot herself using h
On August 19, 2020, 25-year-old nurse Sydney Sutherland went out on a jog around her home, when she disappeared. Her family got law enforcement involved immediately and they began a search of the area. Unfortunately, it was too late. 28-year-old Quak
On November 8, 2019, 24-year-old Morgan Patten made the long trip from her home down to Jacksonville, NC to visit her fiancé, Phil Brandon, a Marine training at Camp Geiger. After she arrived at her hotel that night, she decided to go out to the near
On January 1, 2025, 30-year-old mother of two, Ashley Elkins, was kidnapped and allegedly killed by her stalker ex-boyfriend, 32-year-old DeAndre Booker. He had been watching Ashley, trying to book appointments at her hair salon under false names, an
On February 28, 2011, 24-year-old Shelley Mook dropped her 6-year-old daughter Lilli off at her ex-husband Tyler Mook’s house. Shelley allegedly stayed for an hour and then left to run some errands. However, she never returned. Her car was later foun
One evening, on June 2, 2007, 18-year-old Kelsey Smith went out shopping for an anniversary gift for her boyfriend. After being gone and silent for over an hour, her family knew something was wrong. Kelsey sadly would never been seen again, as she ha
In 2023, then 18-year-old Madison Schemitz had been avoiding her ex-boyfriend, Spencer Pearson, who had been stalking her. One night she went out to dinner with her mother and some friends, spotted Pearson, and left the restaurant. That's when he fol
On July 26, 2016, then 27-year-old Tucker Reed shot and killed her uncle Shane Moore during a family dispute over land allocation and money. Moore was responsible for caring for his father, and was promised the land and house, but his sister, Tucker'
The remains of a badly decomposed person were found in the front trunk of a seemingly abandoned Tesla in Los Angeles on September 8, 2025. They were soon discovered to belong to 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a girl who had been missing from ho
On June 18th, 2024, 41-year-old yoga instructor Taylor Casey went missing from a month-long Bahamian yoga retreat. She was reported missing the following day after failing to make it to any of her classes. That July, her iPhone and journal were locat
Lauren McCluskey was a 21-year-old college student with a full life ahead of her when she was killed by a vengeful stalker ex-boyfriend. She tried on multiple occasions to get both campus police and local police involved as her dangerous situation es
In October 2020, Lauryn Licari and her boyfriend Owen, both 13-years-old at the time, started receiving weird text messages about themselves from an unknown number. These weird messages would ramp up over the next few years, getting violent, graphic,
In December 1997, a fire broke out in Luz Cuevas and Pedro Vera’s house. While trying to get her kids out of the house, Luz realized that her newborn daughter Delimar was nowhere to be found. Firefighters thought that maybe she had just been taken by
On December 19, 2017, 17-year-old Nathaniel Holmes was dropped off at high school for the last day of school before Winter Break, and was never seen by friends or family again. When his mother went to pick him up at the end of the day, she was inform
Jackie Vandagriff was a 24-year-old student at Texas Woman’s University, who was killed in September 2016. Her murderer was her ex-boyfriend, 30-year-old Charles Bryant, who stalked and harassed her leading up to the violent and senseless murder. Jac
Angelina Resendiz was a 21-year-old sailor in the Navy, who suddenly went missing on May 29, 2025, and was later found dead on June 10, near Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia. Her disappearance was not handled properly by the Naval Police, and a miss
On March 22, 2018, 24-year-old Alex Woodworth was stabbed 16 times and killed by 20-year-old Ezra McCandless. The two had an unusual relationship with one another, in that McCandless left her boyfriend Jason Mengel for Woodworth, who was a barista at
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On December 18, 2022, 20-year-old Kadin Black went missing from a friend’s house in Lower Windsor, PA. Kadin was known as a gifted athlete, but also as someone who had been in trouble at school. After hanging out with his friends, he was supposed to
Gary Farris was a well-known Georgia attorney when he was found dead, his remains in a lit burn-pile on his property. The culprit? His wife, Melody, who would go on to blame their own son for killing Gary and trying to hide his remains.
In 2022, a 25-year-old Hannah Pettey got away with her life and her kids–an extremely lucky end to the situation she was in. Her husband, 36-year-old Brian Mann was charged with attempted murder after authorities say he was trying to poison Hannah wi
In 2008, 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee was abducted from her home in North Port, Florida, and murdered. This case was widely reported on and became well known because of the circumstances surrounding her death. Despite multiple 911 calls, some operato
In the early hours of September 2, 2022, 34-year-old wife and mother of two Eliza Fletcher went out for a ten mile run. She had been training for a marathon, and found that the earlier she went out for her runs, the more time she had later in the day
In May of 2020, 58-year-old Colleen Rebelo was found dead in her home in the shower. At first, her death was not looked at suspiciously, but that changed when her 28-year-old son Andre tried cashing in on a $1 million life insurance policy on her. An
On the night of February 6, 2021, 26-year-old grad student Kevin Jiang left his fiancée's apartment in New Haven, CT. After he got into his car, another car crashed into it from behind. Upon getting out of his car to check on the man who hit him, Kev
Melissa Lamesch was a 27-year-old mother to be. She was scheduled to be induced for childbirth in just two days. But it was in these final days of her pregnancy that she was murdered, and found dead in her burning house. Investigation into her death
When nursing student Haley Anderson was found dead in her apartment, suspicion quickly turned to an ex with a dark past. Kendall Rae explores the tragic case, the twisted relationship, and the international chase for justice.
Schanda Handley was kidnapped from her home in Louisiana by two men posing as delivery workers — but this wasn’t random. In this episode, Kendall Rae unpacks the harrowing case and the shocking revelation that Schanda’s estranged husband was behind t
What was supposed to be a romantic honeymoon in paradise turned into a nightmare. In this episode, Kendall dives into the heartbreaking case of Christe Chen, a 36-year-old pharmacist from Memphis who was found brutally murdered in her luxury Fiji res
Some people will do anything for attention or personal gain. That's what happened when Rebecca Gray, then going by "Arrow" conned two men into relationships at the same time. First, she was allegedly dealing with end-stage cancer. Then she was sudden
On July 9, 2012, 48-year-old Sarah Greenhalgh was found dead by firefighters, after a fire had been set in her home. But Sarah wasn’t killed by the fire–she was shot dead. The police had a suspect whom Sarah was posting about online just hours before
On August 20th, 2023, 32-year-old Betty Bowman died in the hospital, where she suffered from heart problems, lung problems, and needing part of her colon removed. Toxicology reports showed a drug in her system that was not supposed to be there. Her h
On February 14th, 2025, 14-year-old Emily Pike’s dismembered body was found in garbage bags in a remote part of an Arizonan forest. This discovery came about three weeks after she had gone missing. Not only was this a horrible crime committed against
17-year-old Angelina Gonzales was leaving a cheerleading banquet when she was picked up by someone and brought to their house. That person was 18-year-old Daniel Rodriguez, her ex-boyfriend, who is now accused of stabbing and killing Angelina. When s
In 2019, 38-year-old Michael Cochran suddenly died. Prosecutors say it was his wife Natalie, who poisoned him with insulin in order to hide her $2 million Ponzi scheme, which she ran for two years.
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In August 2024, 44-year-old Ryan Borgwardt went missing after leaving for a kayaking trip. But this wasn’t a typical missing person case. Borgwardt had faked his own death in order to flee to the country for a woman in Uzbekistan, leaving behind his
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After opening up about her abuse at the hands of her husband, Naresh, 28-year-old Mamta Kafle Bhatt disappeared. She had expressed concern for their new baby, who Naresh kept threatening to give away… so it didn’t make sense when Naresh started claim
In 2024, 13-year-old middle schooler Savannah Copeland was stabbed to death by a local 15-year-old boy. Using the tracking app Life360, her parents were able to track her phone which helped in leading them towards her location on a trail in the woods
In 2015, 18-year-old AJ Hadsell was on Spring break during her freshman year at college when she went missing from her family home. Her body was found weeks later in a ditch; she had been poisoned with heroin. But it wasn’t until years later that the
In 2018, 28-year-old Kevin Graves went to the EDM festival, Electric Forest, in Michigan for the first time. It was during this trip that he suddenly went missing. His family and friends searched nonstop for him, handing out fliers and even putting u
In October 2024, Suzanne Simpson, a wife and mother, suddenly vanished. To this day, her body has not been found. Her husband, Brad Simpson, was indicted on counts of murder and aggravated assault after Suzanne’s DNA was found on a saw he was hiding–
In 2023, Brendan Banfield and his au pair, Juliana Peres Magalhães–whom he was having an affair with–planned and went through with the murder of Banfield's wife, Christine, and another man, Joe Ryan. And they had tried to make it look like a pre-arra
Sierah Joughin was a 20-year-old college student who was riding her bike home from her boyfriend's house one night when everything suddenly changed. Her boyfriend had been following alongside on his motorcycle, and when they parted ways, Sierra was i
In May 2016, 31 year-old Nicole VanderHeyden, a mom of three, was found dead in a field. Initially, her boyfriend was suspected as they had been in a fight, but his FitBit data showed that he was elsewhere during the murder. That's when they realized
Sarah Stern was a 19-year-old college student living in Neptune City, New Jersey, when, in December 2016, she suddenly vanished. Her disappearance sparked immediate concern, where it was unknown whether she took her life, ran away, or was met with fo
In April 2018, David Tronnes called 911, yelling and crying that he had just found his wife Shanti dead in their bathtub. He said she must have slipped and fallen while he was out of the house that morning. However, Shanti was dry, as was the tub, an
In March 2023, Madeline Kingsbury dropped her two kids off at daycare. When she stopped answering her mother and sister, and failed to pick the kids up later on, her family knew something was wrong. Her body was discovered just two months later in a
On June 4, 2019, longtime friends Carnell Sledge and Katherine Brown were out walking at the Rocky River Reservation in Ohio. They had sat down on a bench along the river when they were suddenly shot dead. The shooting was so random and unexplainable
April Lynn Holt was a mother of two, living outside of Nashville, Tennessee, working hard to create a good life for herself and her family. TikTok was a huge passion of hers, and she began making content back in the pandemic and had garnered over 200
Aniah Blanchard was a 19-year-old college student living in Auburn, Alabama, when on October 23, 2019, she never returned home. Despite dropping off her brother and telling him she was headed back to her apartment, she never arrived. Then, odd messag
Colleen Ritzer was an empathetic, driven, young professional who had spent her entire life dreaming of becoming a teacher. And through her hard work she became one. Though she’d only been a teacher at Danvers High School for one full year, students q
Sierra Mae LaMar was a 15-year-old high school student living in Morgan Hill, California with her mom and her mom’s boyfriend when, completely unexpectedly, she disappeared. Though at first the police thought she may have run away, due to her being u
20 years ago, in March of 2004, young mom Jennifer Wix and her two-year-old daughter Adrianna went missing. Their family has been searching for them ever since. Jennifer’s boyfriend Joey had started acting weird, dodging calls, and suddenly dropped o
Early one morning in 2015, Amanda Blackburn was at home with her husband Davey–a local pastor, and their toddler son. At 6 am, he had left the house, and subsequently left their doors unlocked, as was typical for the couple. Both he and his wife felt
In 2022, 19-year-old Rachel Hansen was shot and killed in her home. Two years later, her family is nowhere closer to closure than they were when the shooting happened. They think she was targeted for some reason, but police have since been unable to
Colorado native and mother, Kelsey Berreth, went missing during Thanksgiving 2018. She was last seen with her young daughter and fiancé near her home, and then was never seen agin. It turned out that her own fiancé and his secret girlfriend were behi
Some people just don't realize that divorce is an option. That seemed to be the case for Harold Allen's wife, Marsha, who worked in tandem with her daughter, Ashley, Harold's step daughter, to kill Harold by poisoning him. After trying three times be
16-year-old Mia Campos was 7 months pregnant when she was found by her family, dead in the woods near her home. Just before her death, she had left the house the night prior with an unknown person. Though the investigation is still ongoing, Mia’s fam
Shauna and George Tiaffay were seen as a picture perfect couple, and they were genuinely happy until having a child and the financial crisis really changed George’s demeanor. One day in 2012, after separating, George brought their daughter over to Sh
Since December of 2000, Mike Williams was presumed to have drowned in Lake Seminole, along the Georgia-Florida state line. But in 2018, it came out that his death was not an accident... He didn't drown, he wasn't killed by an alligator–he died at the
In the early morning hours of December 4th, 2022, Gretchen Fleming was last seen at a local bar near her home. She was with Preston Pierce, a man well-known in the area for his terrible reputation and numerous allegations of stalking, harassment, and
Nanette Krentel was a beloved schoolteacher and member of her community when she was found dead in her house after a bad fire. Further investigation revealed that it wasn’t the fire that killed her, but a gunshot wound… and it wasn’t self-inflicted.
What happens when you take every safety precaution and it’s still not enough to keep predators away? College student Miya Marcano and her family knew that a maintenance worker at her apartment complex was a weird, possessive man, and they tried to ke
Ashley Doolittle was an 18-year-old with a passion for horses and horse shows, and dreams of studying agriculture at university, which she'd begin in the fall. But her life was cut short by a controlling and possessive ex-boyfriend, Tanner Flores, wh
Veronica Butler was in a long-standing custody battle for her children with her mother-in-law, Tiffany Adams, for several years, but in March of 2024, it all came to an end when Tiffany orchestrated and carried out her murder. Veronica had been grant
Marie Carlson was going through tough times battling her mental health when she met James and Tanya Flanders. James, who was the pastor of a local church, took Marie in and began helping her pay her bills and eventually allowed her to move in with hi
In the early hours of March 4, 2024, college student Caleb Harris was awake with his roommates, meeting their new dog, playing with her outside, and taking her out for a walk. Caleb stayed up later while his roommates went to bed. He messaged a frien
In June 2003, five-year-old LeeAnna Warner suddenly went missing after going off to play with a friend. Even after the entire town got involved with the search effort, there was no break in the case; no one could find the little girl. A neighbor who
April Kauffman was described as part princess, part bulldog… She was beautiful, funny, charismatic, generous, incredibly philanthropic, and would stop at nothing to give back to the causes she believed in. One of the things she believed in most was h
Belle Gibson always had a problem with lying, but she took it to another level when she started posting on social media claiming to have been diagnosed with cancer and only had 4 months left to live. Her success in life and seemingly charming way abo
In 2012, Billy Payne and his fiancée Billie Jean Hayworth were found shot dead in their home, their 7-month-old baby still alive in Billie Jean’s arms. When police began their investigation, they found through social media that the murders were plott
Becky Bliefnick was a mother of three sons and a beloved nurse when she was fatally shot 14 times by her estranged husband, Tim. Tim was someone Becky was nervous about, and she had even texted her sister that if something should ever happen to her,
Layla Santanello was a 21-year-old woman living with her family in Tennessee when she went missing in June 2023. After her disappearance, Layla’s family members received requests for money on CashApp from Layla’s account. Someone was behind the accou
Susana Morales was 16 years old, living in Norcross, Georgia when one night she suddenly disappeared. July 26th, 2022 was a seemingly normal evening, and Susana spent a few hours that night a block away from her house with a friend, at her friend’s a
Jason Harris must have decided he had enough of being a husband and father, and figured the best way to deal with these feelings was to murder his wife. He had divorced a woman before and was paying child support to her, and didn’t want to do that ag
Lauren Dunne Astley was 18 years old and had her whole life ahead of her. In the fall of 2011 she was planning on attending Elon University for college, but not before spending her last summer at home in Massachusetts with her friends. But that all c
Jennifer Dulos, a loving mother of five, was two years into a bitter divorce battle against her soon-to-be-ex-husband, Fotis Dulos, when she suddenly vanished. Though her car was quickly found a few miles from her home, Jennifer’s body has never been
Malachi Love-Robinson is a con artist who committed several crimes starting at the age of 18. Though he began his fraudulent schemes posing as a doctor with a PhD, he would go on to later scam innocent people and businesses out of money. Malachi has,
Ally Kostial was a 21-year-old student at the University of Mississippi, who was loved by many friends, and was seen as a real go-getter at school. All she really felt was missing from her life was someone to share it with. When she met Brandon Thees
Niqui McCown was a 28-year-old mother living in Richmond, Indiana, with her 9-year-old daughter, Payton, and her fiancé, Bobby Webster. In July of 2001, they were 3 weeks away from their wedding, and Niqui was said to have been very excited. But on t
Kelley Stage was funny, kind, endearing, and goofy… qualities that made her loved by everyone she met, including local hockey star Thomas Clayton. After meeting in a bar, the two quickly began dating, and a year later, they were married and starting
A huge thank you to Erika, Tom, Alahzay, Makenzie, and Astilia for participating in this case. Their effort these last few weeks has made this episode possible, and I am so grateful for their time and energy.
Myrtle Simmons-Brown was not just a loving mother, but a leader in her community. Myrtle had just turned 73 and was living in Maywood, Illinois, with her oldest son, Sergio Brown. Sergio is known for his 7 successful seasons playing in the NFL, and f
Madison Marie Russo was a 19-year-old college student at St. Ambrose University who, for actual reasons we may never know, decided to fake having cancer. Her scheme began on TikTok where she spread her story to thousands of people willing to listen,
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On the night of December 21st, 2023, 18-year-old Savanah Soto and 22-year-old Matthew Guerra l
Valerie was a 17-year-old girl, living with her family in Arlington, Indiana. Her mom had moved them there, just outside of Indianapolis, to help get her daughter away from violence. During the summer of 2023, Valerie was working a handful of jobs, i
Nicole (Nicki) Lenway was a crime scene investigator for the Minneapolis Police Department and a mother to her 5-year-old son, Callahan. Things in her life were going well with the exception that her ex-boyfriend, Tim Amacher, was trying to destroy h
Trina Hunt was a deeply loved, highly respected woman living in Port Moody, British Columbia. She was fun, kind, generous and had a zest for life that most people don’t have. She was married to a man named Iain Hunt, and based on the reporting there
Amanda Riley was an ordinary girl living in Northern California until she wasn't. She was a teenager when she was introduced to the Riley family and, within a matter of years, started a relationship with and got married to Cory Riley. Then, a few yea
Moriah “Mo” Wilson was a 25-year-old cycling prodigy, and was quickly becoming one of the most famous female cyclists of her time. She was the “up and coming” star of that world, and in May of 2022, was planning on attending a race in Texas where she
Amber Alyssa Tuccaro was a young mother and member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, living in Fort McMurray, Canada. In August of 2010, while on a trip to Edmonton with her son and a friend, Amber decided to hitchhike into the city, but after doing
Mary Yoder was the picture of health, she loved the outdoors, tending to her garden, and working at her family-owned chiropractic office with her husband, Bill. But in July of 2015 she became mysteriously ill. After 2 days in the hospital, and 8 tota
Isabella Guzman was a difficult child for her divorced parents to raise; however, they did their best to support and love her. But as the years grew on, she became more and more difficult to handle. Her mother, Yun-Mi Hoy, particularly struggled with
Suzanne Morphew first went missing on Mother's Day in 2020. Her disappearance was highly suspicious, and right away, investigators believed her husband, Barry, was responsible. They even arrested him and charged him with her murder in 2021, but just
Raymond Green was only 5 days old when he was abducted from inside his home. His mother, Donna Green, was the victim of a scheme put on by a woman pretending to be someone she wasn't, in order to steal her baby. It has been almost 45 years since Raym
After divorcing his wife of 20+ years, Mike Reuschel met another woman named Sue, and they quickly hit it off. They got married, and together, they enjoyed the finer things in life: luxury cars, traveling, and more. But when Mike's daughter from his
In today's episode, I sat down with Sarah Turney, sister of Alissa Turney, and we talked about everything that's happened leading up to and following her sister's murder trial, where their father was the accused. Shockingly, Michael Turney was acquit
The Zodiac Killer, or Zodiac, was a serial killer who operated in Northern California from at least the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The killer's identity remains unknown. The Zodiac murdered victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Fra
Oak Island is a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. It’s most well known for different theories of buried treasure being somewhere on the island, and what happens to the people who go there in attempts to find what’s buried in the grou
On the night of February 16th, 1929, Lucy Doheny, wife of Ned Doheny (son of the oil baron Edward L. Doheny) heard a gunshot in her home – The Greystone Mansion – at about 11:30 PM. She called the family doctor, and only when he arrived did she go in
Angelika Graswald was out kayaking with her fiancé Vincent Viafore when his boat flipped and he was submerged in freezing cold water. In a recorded 911 call, you can hear Angelika's panic, but her later behavior seemed... off.
Natalie Wood was a famous child actress who moved into young adult acting as she grew older. In November 1981, while out on a boat with her husband Robert Wagner, something happened, and she disappeared. Her body was found the next day, and the whole
Elisabeth Finch was a beloved member of the writer's room for Grey's Anatomy, where she first made a name for herself. Not only was she a talented writer, but she was also living with a rare form of cancer: Chondrosarcoma. For years she "put on a bra
DJ Fickey was a young father of three who was shot and killed in a fight. The shooting was oddly ruled a suicide, and Fickey’s family believe that the law has seriously failed them.
Before his death, Jared Bridegan was regarded as a loving father, husband, and devoted member of the LDS church. He worked a career in User Experience Design and was most well-known for his role at Microsoft. Jared had two children from his first mar
On September 16th, 2017, 5-year-old Dulce Alavez was playing with her younger brother in a New Jersey park when she just disappeared. After searching the park for any sign of her, her mother frantically called police to report her missing daughter. A
17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla stood trial recently for the murders of Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan after it was alleged that she drove her car 100 mph into a brick wall with the intent to kill. The case has sparked a lot of media coverage due t
In 2010 while out one night with some friends, 20-year-old Black college student DJ Henry was shot and killed by a white police officer. In a case of racially motivated police brutality, the officer jumped up onto Henry’s car and shot him multiple ti
When couples decide to get a divorce, things can turn ugly pretty quickly. That was the case between Robert and Lindsay Shiver. But when Lindsay messaged her new boyfriend photos of her husband with the words "kill him," and police just so happened t
Tyarra Williams was a 19-year-old college student who was going through a normal day – running errands, helping her mother, and having dinner with her boyfriend and brother at her grandmother's house – when she just disappeared. She said she was goin
In 2011, Linda Kolman was involved in a love triangle with her husband and her husband’s best friend. What started out as an affair turned into a knowing and consensual… almost competition. The two men were still friendly, but each wanted Linda to ch
Ellen Rae Greenberg was a 27-year-old first grade teacher in Philadelphia when she was found stabbed to death in her home in 2011. Despite there being no suicide note, the crime scene was treated as a suicide. However, police started looking at the c
In July 2015, mom of five, Crystal Rogers, just went missing one day. Her boyfriend seemed strangely relaxed about her disappearance, and so her parents were the ones to go to the police and report their missing daughter.
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Oakley Carlson was only five years old when she went missing while under the care of her biological parents. Originally placed with a foster family, Oakley was a happy, loving, and friendly baby. But after she was placed back with her abusive parents
Selena Not Afraid was a young Native American teen who was out with friends one night, when they started having car trouble on the road. While waiting at a rest stop for a friend’s parent, Selena disappeared. She was missing for about three weeks bef
In 1999, Belinda Temple, an 8-month pregnant mother with one young child already, was shot dead in her home. The scene was staged to look like a burglary, and it was all because her husband wanted to get rid of her and be with his mistress, no matter
Michele MacNeill was a former model and mother of eight children with her husband Martin. While recovering from a face lift, Martin, a licensed doctor, started giving her larger doses of her medication than she needed. One day, while she was in the b
Vanessa Guillén was a 20-year-old US Army soldier who went missing on the Ft. Hood Base in Texas. People were confused as to how a soldier could have just disappeared on base, but it was later found that she was murdered by another soldier, and her r
Jason Corbett was a father of two young kids when his wife suddenly passed from an asthma attack. Looking for someone to help care for his kids, he came across Molly Corbett. His kids seemed to really take to Molly, and Jason had a connection with he
Jodi Huisentruit was a TV news anchor for a CBS affiliate in Mason City, Iowa in the 90s. One morning, she called her producer to let her know that she had overslept and was running late, but never showed up to work, and was never seen again.
Robert Poynter was a fireman in a failing marriage with a woman named Chacey, who was actively cheating on him and not really trying to keep it a secret. Robert was over the marriage, but decided to remain with her, likely to keep custody of their da
Robert and Sabrina Limon were known to friends and their community as an aspirational kind of couple. Their relationship just seemed perfect to those on the outside. But when Sabrina began a new relationship with another man, things went south. Rober
Kristin Smart was a 19 year old college student who went missing at the end of her freshman year in 1996. After being out at a party on her own, and too intoxicated to return to her dorm on her own, partygoers let her leave the party in the arms of a
In 2012, 25-year-old Fawn Mountain went missing without a trace from her home in Pennsylvania. After over a decade, the family is still searching for answers.
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Phil Hartman was a successful comedian making his way up in his career when he met his wife Brynn. Over time, it started to seem that she was very jealous of his success, and wanted that fame for herself. Some believe it was this which led her to kil
Jacob Landin was a happy, bubbly baby with a bright future ahead of him in the 1980s. That was until his mother's boyfriend took that all away from him. Eric is the brother of the late Jacob, and he and the family strongly believe what happened is ap
In November 2012, 13-year-old Dylan Redwine reluctantly went to visit his father in Colorado, and then went missing not long after arriving. After his father Mark seemed pretty uncaring about the whole search for the missing teen, and was just acting
Kouri Richins is a 33-year-old mom of three who stands accused of poisoning her husband with a lethal amount of fentanyl. After his death, she seemed to be acting in a way most grieving wives wouldn't, and even published a children's book about deali
18-year-old Denise was a high school student who went out to a bonfire one night, and disappeared. After her car was found abandoned nearby the next day, the local community knew something terrible had happened to her. But nobody seemed to know what
Ashley Benefield is a former ballerina who has been accused of murdering her husband at home in September 2020, which she claims was in self-defense. Her past in ballet is what has been leading people to refer to this case as the “Black Swan Murder,”
On April 3rd, 2004, 23-year-old Alonzo Brooks went out to a party in Linn County, Kansas. When Brooks didn’t return home that night, friends and family got nervous and got authorities involved. After a search by police and the FBI, his family organiz
In May 2019, Jennifer Dulos, mother of five, dropped her kids off at school, and then disappeared. She was last seen near her home in New Canaan, Connecticut. When she was reported missing by concerned family and friends, police went to the home to t
Chloe Stein is a 23 year old from Pennsylvania who is now facing charges after fabricating a kidnapping story. Before she was located, she was last seen leaving work at 10:30 pm on May 1st. She texted her boyfriend that she was getting pulled over ar
Sage Smith was a transgender teen who went missing one day in 2012, and due to her being LGBTQ and a person of color, didn’t receive the same media attention as other missing teens in the area. And because of this, her case wasn’t escalated or taken
After her husband was found dead, Lana Clayton claimed that she just wanted to free herself from the abuse of her husband Steve. But in reality, she was getting the lethal dosage of eyedrops right over a series of days with the final intention of kil
Stacey Castor, also known as the Black Widow, was found guilty in 2009 after poisoning her first and second husbands with antifreeze, and then attempting to kill and frame her daughter to remove the blame from herself.
Lauren Cho was an artist living in a commune-like environment in the Californian desert with other artists. After an argument with her ex-boyfriend one day, Lauren just walked off the compound and was never seen alive again.
One day in January 2015, Butch Knight called 911 to tell authorities that he had strangled his wife Sara to death, and then disappeared. Knight was known for being verbally abusive to not only Sara, but to her young daughters as well. He also refused
45-year-old Colorado dentist, James Craig, was charged with first-degree murder after the painful, drawn out death of his wife, Angela, by poisoning. Sadly, this wasn’t even James’ first time trying to poison his wife, but this time he was successful
Chelsea Poorman was a 24-year-old Indigenous woman from Canada who went missing for two years before her body was discovered outside an empty mansion in Vancouver. Her family was left without answers, and looking over the way this case was handled, m
Royal “Scoop” Daniel III was an attorney in Colorado who went missing in 2007 along with over $900,000 of his clients’ money. Initially, people were concerned that Daniel had met with some foul play, but they soon realized that wasn’t the case – he w
On October 4th, 2011, in the early hours of the morning, Jeremy Irwin came home from work to find his house unlocked, a window open, all the lights on, and the phones missing. After checking in on his family and looking around the house, he realized
Suzanne Morphew went missing on Mother’s Day in 2020. After she was reported missing, and an extensive search went underway, new evidence that came up all seemed to point to her husband, Barry, as her killer.
In 1992, Christy Mirack was a 25-year-old elementary school teacher, who strangely didn’t show up to work one day. She was later found dead in her home, after having suffered an assault and a sexual assault. The case would go on for years without a c
Andrew Burd was a young victim of neglect and placed into the foster care system when a local family took him in. As the family didn’t know his history and what he had been through, they were at a loss when it came to dealing with his strange behavio
Phillip Peatross was an easy-going, friendly, family-oriented man who started dating Caryn Kelley after the two met at the Hard Rock Hotel. After a little over a year together, Peatross was shot and killed in 2011, and after it was determined the sto
Relisha Rudd was an 8-year-old girl living with her mother at a homeless shelter, when she disappeared one day. Many theorize that the janitor at the shelter – who had a felony record for burglary, larceny, and breaking and entering, and had been spe
On August 1, 2018, Mary Katherine Higdon was at home with her boyfriend Steven Freeman. Higdon says she was simply handing her boyfriend one of their guns, when it went off in her hands, shooting him. She also alleges that she didn’t know there was a
Charles Manson was an infamous character, known for heading up the Manson Family commune/cult in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and planning the murders of many celebrities and notable figures to further his cause of beginning a race war.
Caylee Anthony was the two-year-old daughter of Casey Anthony, a neglectful mother who seemed to prioritize her party lifestyle over the life of her daughter. When Caylee’s grandparents asked to see their grandchild, as it had been some time since th
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were an American criminal couple who traveled throughout the US with their gang. They were most well known for their Great Depression-era bank robberies.
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In 2010, Ali Lowitzer stepped off the school bus to go to work, and was never seen again. After police mishandled this case every step of the way, and didn’t take the Lowitzers seriously, the family decided to take the search into their own hands.
Late one night in 2001, Michael Peterson and his wife Kathleen were sitting outside chatting and drinking, when Kathleen went back inside the house. Michael allegedly went inside not long after, and came across her body laying in a bloody mess at the
Jennifer Pan was under the strict, watchful eyes of her parents, who were planning out her life for her. Due to the enormous pressure she felt, and her failing grades, she ended up faking her graduation and subsequent next four years at college. When
Ana Walshe was a married mother of three, a hard worker, and a known and respected member of her community. When she went missing and her husband Brian couldn't get his story straight and started making suspicious web searches, police knew they were
One day in 2008, high school student Brittani Marcell was going to have lunch with her mom when a man broke into their house and attacked her with a shovel. Thankfully, her mother returned home in time to scare off the attacker and call for help. Wha
Jelani Day was a graduate student studying speech pathology at Illinois State University when he went missing. About two weeks after his disappearance, his body was found in the Illinois River, where his cause of death was ruled to be drowning. But h
In 2015, a few days before Christmas, Richard Dabate was allegedly on his way to work when he got an alert that his home’s security alarm had been tripped. Upon returning home, he says he found an intruder who attacked him and killed his wife, who ha
On July 6, 2001, 10-year-old Tionda Bradley and her 3-year-old sister Diamond Bradley disappeared from their Chicago home. After 20 years, the family is still looking for answers… and their missing girls.
In 2012, Sandra Melgar was spending the night before her wedding anniversary with her husband, Jaime, when their dogs started barking somewhere in the house. Sandra says she had a seizure and doesn’t remember much else after that, but she was found t
In 2018, Jennair Gerardot realized that her husband Mark was cheating on her with one of his colleagues, Meredith Chapman. Jennair had had enough, and after spying on him with listening devices and realizing that the end of their marriage was imminen
Emmett Corrigan was a father of four with another child on the way when he began an extramarital affair with Candy, a paralegal in his employment. Both spouses of Emmett and Candy were aware of their partner’s increasing distance, and grew upset. One
Jordan Brown was just eleven years old when his dad’s girlfriend was found shot dead in her bed. Law enforcement investigating the scene decided that Jordan was the only one who could have done it, and took the opportunity to kill her out of a jealou
On June 10, 1991, 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was walking to her school bus stop when she was abducted by convicted sex offender, Phillip Garrido, and subsequently held captive for the next 18 years.
In the early hours of November 13, 2022, a man broke into an off-campus house at the University of Idaho and stabbed four students to death. On December 30, 2022, 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger, a PhD student in criminology, was arrested and charged wit
Melissa Highsmith had been missing for the last 51 years – since she was a baby. After years of feeling like they’d never see her again or have closure, her family’s wish came true, and Melissa was recently finally reunited with those she lost so lon
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was an American singer, songwriter, spokesperson, model, actress, and fashion designer. Called the Queen of Tejano music, her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainer
Jessica Easterly was married to a man who was allegedly physically and emotionally abusive to her, cutting her off from most of her friends. One day, she decided that she had had enough. Jessica let her friend know that she was planning on leaving, b
In 2020, 22-year-old Lesly Palacio went out with a family friend to celebrate finishing a program at school and deciding which career path she wanted to pursue. She would never be seen alive again. Later found security camera footage revealed somethi
On June 6, 2020, 65-year-old Dia Abrams disappeared without a trace. She was last seen on the Bonita Vista Ranch, near Idyllwild, California. Interestingly, all of her belongings and her dog were left untouched.
After the murders of two of the most famous rappers of the 90s, people have speculated and theorized who could have been behind the hits. Some suggest Biggie was involved in Tupac's murder. Some say music executive Suge Knight was behind both.
After the murders of two of the most famous rappers of the 90s, people have speculated and theorized who could have been behind the hits. Some suggest Biggie was involved in Tupac's murder. Some say music executive Suge Knight was behind both.
Ted Kennedy, like so many others in his family, was a well known US politician. And much like many of his family members, he seems to have been a victim of the “Kennedy family curse,” or some variation of it. After a car accident involving the death
Lou Perlman was a successful record producer in the 90s, but much of his success was gained in an underhanded way that took advantage of his clients, both monetarily and personally.
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25 year old Shanquella Robinson was on vacation with a group of people in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico when she was murdered earlier this year. One of the strangest parts of this story is that this group of people didn’t react how one might expect, and the
Natalia Barnett, a Ukranian orphan was living with her adoptive parents, Kristine and Michael Barnett, who have said she is actually a 20-something woman with a short stature as a result of a condition she has called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia cong
In 2015, Charlie Tan was a student at Cornell University when his abusive father was shot and killed by a shotgun that he purchased. Directly after the murder, Tan and his mother tried to flee the country to Canada. A deadlocked jury would mean Tan w
A lot of people know Erika Jayne from the "Real Housewives" TV series, and by extension, her husband Tom Girardi. But Girardi is a pretty well known figure in his own right – as a successful, wealthy, even infamous lawyer – with a shifty way of condu
Early one morning in 2016, Nathan Carman and his mother went out on a fishing trip at sea. When something went wrong in the boat's engine compartment, Nathan inflated a life raft and abandoned ship, looking for his mother all the while. Soon after, l
On July 7th, 2013, just eight days after their wedding, Jordan Graham lured her new husband Cody Johnson to a cliff in Glacier National Park, and shoved him off. She told a lot of different people a lot of different stories as to what happened, but i
On January 4th, 2019, single mother of four, Savannah Spurlock, went out on her own for the first time since giving birth to twins just a month before. Security video would show Spurlock leaving a bar with three unknown men later in the night. Unfort
In 2011, Michele Williams shot and killed her husband Greg while he was sleeping. She was intending on cashing in on his large life insurance policy, and had a plan. During the subsequent investigation, she would try to make a number of innocent peop
In the 90s, there was a huge fraud conspiracy surrounding McDonald’s monopoly promotional game. Anyone could play, and anyone had the chance to win a prize, from a free sandwich to a car to a million dollars. The odds of winning were slim… so how was
Lots of people have exes. Some are friendly with them, others can’t stand the thought of them. But would you ever want yours killed? This episode covers a couple who went above and beyond to seek revenge on their exes, and they chose the strangest pl
How hard would it be to forgive the person responsible for murdering your family? What if that person was another family member yours? After 24-year-old Thomas Bartlett Whitaker killed his mom, brother, and almost father, it was his father who found
In 2013, 18-year-old Zoe Campos went to a small gathering to meet a friend’s new baby. Not long after that, she would go missing without much of a trace. After her car was spotted driving around town with an unknown man at the wheel, things began loo
In 2018, Sandra Garner called 911 claiming that her husband had been shot by a masked home-intruder. After a gun was found in her car, and a few different searches for how to kill someone found on her iPad, Sandra was arrested. And to add on top of t
On June 4th, 2008, Jodi Arias killed her on again, off again ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander, stabbing him close to 30 times, slitting his throat, and shooting him in the head. She would then go on to proclaim her innocence, and even switch up the stor
Mark Winger seemed to be a nice, well-meaning, career driven guy who wanted a family. He married a woman named Donnah Brown, and all seemed fine, until Donnah's death. No one knew what had truly become of her until Mark's mistress came forward with t
This episode covers the disappearance of Ben McDaniel, a man with a real passion for scuba diving. But when people realized he had yet to move his car from a dive site, and his dog was left with no one to care for it, it set off some alarm in the com
This episode covers the 2007 disappearance of Jaliek Rainwalker, a child who bounced around in the foster care system and suffered the abuse and neglect that tends to go along with that life. No one knew how to handle his temper, and it seemed that n
In the 70s, people started to become aware of women’s need for adult entertainment, as men have always had the option. But behind the scenes of one of America’s most well-known male striptease shows is a dark history involving murders and secrets.
One night in December 2013, Heather Elvis went out on a first date with a man in an attempt to get over a previous relationship– an affair with a married man. His wife had found out and was extremely angry and upset, to the point of harassing her hus
A woman ends up married to an unusual man with a hidden past… He would go on to murder her, stabbing her 123 times before calling 911 on himself; claiming that he had done it in the midst of a cold medicine-induced stupor.
In the early 1980s, baby Holly Clouse went missing along with her parents, who were later found murdered. All that was known at the time was that a nomadic religious group had somehow gotten ahold of the Clouse’s car, and had driven it across the US
Anna Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey, is a con artist and fraudster who posed as a wealthy German heiress and lied her way through the upper echelons of the New York social and art scenes from 2013 to 2017.
Elizabeth Holmes is the founder and Ex-CEO of Theranos, a company that was shut down known for its unlikely claims to have revolutionized blood testing using tiny amounts of blood, such as from a finger prick.
In the 90s, one woman became infamous for suing corporate giant McDonald's after a cup of their coffee spilled in her lap. What most people don't realize is just how bad this burn was. 79-year-old Stella Liebeck ended up with third degree burns, was
What would you do if you found a human finger in your food? In 2005, Anna Ayala sued fast-food chain Wendy's because she alleged that she had discovered a finger in her chili. What ensued was a lawsuit, a lot of lost revenue on Wendy's part, and the
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