Generation Why: True Crime

Generation Why: True Crime

By: Wondery

Language: en

Categories: Society, Culture, Documentary, True Crime

Since its debut in June 2012 with the episode Jury Duty, Generation Why Podcast has been your source for gripping true crime, intriguing mysteries, and fascinating conspiracies every week. Hosted by Justin and Aaron, the podcast combines in-depth research and discussion to bring you cases that challenge your perspective and keep you hooked. Whether you're a longtime fan or just starting your true crime journey, Generation Why offers a large catalog of true crime tales. Don’t miss out—tune in and join a community passionate about uncovering the truth.Need more Generation Why? With Wondery+, enjoy exclusive episodes and always list...

Episodes

The Ambush of Pauline Pusser
Jan 12, 2026

August 12th, 1967. Selmer, Tennessee. Pauline Pusser was fatally shot while riding with her husband, Sheriff Buford Pusser, who was responding to a disturbance call in the early morning hours. Police believed she died in an ambush meant for her husband, but Pauline’s case remained unsolved for almost 60 years.

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Duration: 00:55:37
TWA Flight 800 Tragedy REPLAY
Jan 05, 2026

TWA Flight 800. July 17, 1996. JFK International Airport. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was to takeoff for Paris, France at around 7pm EST. Various issues kept it from taking off until 8:19pm. Just 12 minutes into the flight, at 8:31pm, the plane exploded. Efforts were made to rescue anyone alive in the Atlantic Ocean from the destroyed Boeing 747, but none of the 230 passengers and crew had survived. Terrorism was suspected early on as the United States was facing threats at home and abroad. As the investigation continued, though, the evidence began to point to an issue with the plane itself. Or did it?<...

Duration: 01:08:27
The Kidnapping of Paul Fronczak
Dec 29, 2025

April 27, 1964. Chicago, Illinois. Paul Fronczak was abducted from his mother’s hospital room less than 48 hours after he was born, sparking a nationwide manhunt. Paul's kidnapping is one of the strangest stories you will ever hear about

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Duration: 00:42:19
True Crime Conversations: Aaron, Lucy, & Kristen
Dec 23, 2025

On this crossover bonus episode, Aaron, Lucy (Wine & Crime), and Kristen (Murder, She Told) have off the cuff discussions about podcasting, crimes, and even the paranormal.

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Duration: 01:24:37
The Murder of Vickie Barton
Dec 22, 2025

In 1995, Vickie Barton was found dead by her husband, Springboro Police Lieutenant Jim Barton, after what appeared to be a violent home invasion. Over the next 11 years, the case took a series of unexpected turns, including unreliable witnesses, shifting testimonies, the conviction of Jim Barton, and the eventual overturning of that conviction. Nearly two decades later, the truth is still uncertain.

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Duration: 00:44:19
The Framing of Hamdi Mohamud
Dec 15, 2025

June 16th, 2011. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hamdi Mohamud and her friends were accosted and attacked by a young woman named Muna Abdulkadir, who happened to be a witness for a joint state-federal investigation. At first Hamdi and her friends were treated as victims, but hours later they were arrested and facing federal witness tampering charges.


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Duration: 00:47:58
The Death of Kathy Middleton
Dec 08, 2025

Feb. 20, 1990. Blue Springs, Missouri. Several frantic phone calls were made to 911 by Ken Middleton who begged for help. His wife Kathy had been shot. But when police arrived, they placed him under arrest for killing his wife. For more than 30 years, Ken Middleton has been trying to persuade the courts of his innocence. Was Kathy Middleton's death an accident? Or was she murdered?

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Duration: 00:46:57
The Killing of Peggy Hettrick
Dec 06, 2025

February 11th, 1987. Fort Collins, Colorado. The body of 37-year-old Peggy Hettrick was found in a field. She had been stabbed and mutilated. There were multiple suspects, but the police focused on 15-year-old Timothy Masters, who found the body but failed to report it initially.


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Duration: 00:52:58
The Disappearance of Nyleen Marshall
Dec 01, 2025

June 25th, 1983. Helena National Forest, Montana. Nyleen Marshall went missing during a family outing in the Elkhorn Mountains. Moments before she disappeared, her playmates saw a suspicious, unidentified man talking to her by the creek.

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Duration: 00:42:17
The Murder of Dawn Walker
Nov 24, 2025

February 4th, 2005. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. The body of Dawn Walker was found by the River Lark after she was reported missing by her boyfriend Kevin Nunn. The following month, Kevin was arrested and charged with murder.


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Duration: 00:55:53
The Mysterious Death of Pat Mullins
Nov 17, 2025

January 27th, 2013. Bradenton, Florida. Pat Mullins took his boat out on the Braden River near his home, something he’d done hundreds of times, but he never made it back. Nine days later, Pat’s body was found in Tampa Bay, miles away from the river.


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Duration: 00:59:42
Andrea Eilber Case Update
Nov 10, 2025

In November 2011, Andrea Eilber, 20, was found dead and slumped on a chair in the basement of her aunt’s Mayfield Township home. Her boyfriend at the time, Kenneth Grondin III, was convicted of her murder in 2015 and sentenced to life. In 2018, the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned his conviction finding that the jury verdict form improperly omitted a ‘not guilty’ option, rendering the verdict invalid. More recently, DNA from the crime scene was tested at Othram and through genetic genealogy, a new suspect emerged...

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Duration: 00:45:56
The Killing of Betty Gore
Nov 03, 2025

Wylie, TX. On Friday, June 13, 1980, Betty Gore was found dead in her Texas home, killed with an axe that struck 41 times in what seemed like a frenzied attack. The investigation led the authorities to a surprising suspect, but the trial that followed left the community stunned and bewildered.

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Duration: 01:04:58
Amy Bradley Is Missing
Oct 27, 2025

Netflix's docuseries Amy Bradley Is Missing is a complete account of Amy Bradley's disappearance, the search for her, and the impact it all has had on her loved ones. This bonus episode is Justin & Aaron's commentary on the series and includes our thoughts on the series and the information that is revealed throughout.

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Duration: 00:42:09
Who Murdered Mary Meyer?
Oct 20, 2025

October 12th, 1964. Washington, D.C. Mary Meyer was murdered while taking a walk along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath. The police quickly arrested a man named Ray Crump who was near the crime scene. But Crump's arrest and trial didn't answer the many questions surrounding Mary's murder. In the years that followed there were suggestions that she was killed because of her close association with D.C. officials.


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Duration: 00:51:30
The Murder of John McGhee
Oct 12, 2025

July 11, 2002. Bridgeport, Ohio. Just after 6 am, John McGhee's daughter, Alyssa, was awakened by a loud noise. When she went to see what had happened, she discovered her father lying in the doorway of the home and covered in blood. Detectives would discover that John's sister Pearl lived next door and that just before John's murder, she, her son, and his girlfriend were attacked by four armed men dressed all in black. At the time, John was working as an informant. Was his death a robbery gone wrong, or was he targeted?

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Duration: 01:04:08
The Death of Jeremiah Ryder Johnson
Oct 06, 2025

January 1st, 2020. Norman, Oklahoma. In January 2020, 2-year-old Jeremiah “Ryder” Johnson was murdered by his mother’s boyfriend. Although she was not the one who harmed her child, Ryder’s mother, Rebecca Hogue, was charged with first-degree murder by permitting child abuse.

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Duration: 01:11:52
Austin Yogurt Shop Murders Solved
Oct 02, 2025

Breaking news in the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders case! Justin & Aaron break down what happened to bring this case to a close as well as give details on the killer's violent history. We urge you to watch the press conference as you will get to hear from some of the people responsible for identifying the murderer and bringing justice for Amy, Eliza, Jennifer, and Sarah. Thank you to all law enforcement and citizens who worked tirelessly on this case.

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Duration: 00:41:08
The Milkshake Murder
Sep 29, 2025

November 7th, 2003. Hong Kong, China. Police found the body of 40-year-old investment banker Robert Kissel wrapped in a carpet in his family’s storage unit. Suspicion turned to his wife Nancy, who stood to gain around $18 million from her husband’s estate.

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Duration: 00:41:48
The Murder of Jaime Melgar
Sep 22, 2025

December 23rd, 2012. Houston, Texas. Sandra and Jaime Melgar celebrated their 32nd wedding anniversary. Hours later, family members found Sandra bound and trapped in a closet, and Jaime stabbed to death in another closet. Sandra believed they were victims of a home invasion, but the police considered her the main suspect.


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Duration: 01:04:19
The Roscetti Four Case
Sep 14, 2025

October 18th, 1986. Chicago, Illinois. 23-year-old med student Lori Ann Roscetti was raped and murdered on her way home after a late night of studying. Months later, the police arrested four teenagers and charged them with murder. The defendants became known as “The Roscetti Four.”

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Duration: 01:01:51
The Tetris Murders
Sep 08, 2025

September 1998 – Palo Alto, CA. Tetris co-creator Vladimir Pokhilko was found dead with a stab wound on the right side of his neck. His wife, Elena Fedotova, and 12-year-old son, Peter Pokhilko, were brutally killed. The case was ruled a murder-suicide, but the local Russian community insisted it was a Mafia hit. More than twenty years later, investigators are still searching for the truth of what happened.

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Duration: 00:55:13
Twilight Zone Movie Deaths
Sep 01, 2025

July 23rd, 1982. Indian Dunes ranch, Los Angeles County. During filming for Twilight Zone: The Movie, the use of explosives on set caused a helicopter to crash into Vic Morrow and two child actors, killing all three. Months later, director John Landis and four others were charged with involuntary manslaughter and accused of severe negligence.

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Duration: 01:08:28
Introducing: American Criminal
Aug 25, 2025

Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole are two of history’s most prolific serial killers. Or they’re liars who aren’t to be trusted. Either way, they’ve both got red in their ledger – all stemming from their twisted beginnings. 

American Criminal takes you inside the minds of some of our most notorious felons and outlaws, exploring the dark side to the American dream. Follow American Criminal wherever you get your podcasts. To get early, ad-free access, subscribe at americancriminal.com.

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Duration: 00:16:23
The Wonderland Murders
Aug 25, 2025

July 1st, 1981. Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. Five people were viciously attacked inside a known drug house on Wonderland Avenue. Only one survived. The murders were soon linked to an adult film star and a wealthy nightclub owner with ties to the drug industry.

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Duration: 00:57:09
The Mysterious Murder of Artemus Ogletree
Aug 18, 2025

January 4th, 1935. President Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri. Hotel staff checking on the guest in room 1046 found him beaten and stabbed. He died early the following day. Investigators soon discovered that the name he checked in with, Roland T. Owen, was an alias.



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Duration: 00:42:01
Deaths of Michael & April Holton
Aug 11, 2025

September 11th, 2016. Eclectic, Alabama. Michael Holton called the police because he found drug paraphernalia in his house after his teenage son hosted a party there. Eleven minutes after a sheriff’s deputy left the house, the police received another call reporting shots fired in the home. Officers found both Michael and his wife April inside with fatal gunshot wounds.

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Duration: 00:47:31
The Lane Bryant Murders
Aug 04, 2025

Tinley Park, Illinois. On February 2, 2008, a gunman claiming to be a delivery man entered a Lane Bryant store at the Brookside Marketplace. The gunman ordered two employees and four customers to the back of the store, where he bound them with duct tape and murdered five of the women in an execution-style manner. Despite forensic evidence, the killer is unknown, and the case remains open.

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Duration: 00:44:58
Listen Now: Lawless Planet
Jul 28, 2025

It’s not that hard to kill a planet. All it takes is a little drilling, some mining, a generous helping of pollution and voila! Earth over. When you take stock of what’s left, it starts to look like a crime scene: decapitated mountains, poisoned rivers, oil-soaked pelicans, maybe a sun-bleached cow skull in a dried-up lake bed. The only thing missing is yellow caution tape. On each episode of Lawless Planet, host Zach Goldbaum reveals the scams, murders and cover-ups on the frontline of the climate crisis, and the life and death choices people are making to eith...

Duration: 00:05:21
Where Is DeOrr Kunz Jr?
Jul 28, 2025

July 10th, 2015. Timber Creek campground, near Leadore, Idaho. Two-year-old DeOrr Kunz Jr disappeared while on a camping trip with family. Nearly 10 years later, he has not been found.

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Duration: 01:10:36
National Park Mysteries
Jul 24, 2025

In this special crossover episode, Aaron is joined by Cassie and Danielle from National Park After Dark. We recap four of the most memorable NPAD true crime and mysterious disappearance cases and discuss what makes them so intriguing. Aaron brings a story NPAD have never covered that remains one of the most puzzling cases to ever come out of Yosemite. Listen and follow National Park After Dark wherever you get your podcasts!


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Duration: 00:50:42
The Strange Case of Dolly Oesterreich
Jul 21, 2025

August 22, 1922. Silver Lake, Los Angeles. During a heated argument with his wife Dolly, Fred Oesterreich was shot by Dolly’s lover who had been secretly living in their attic for years.

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Duration: 00:41:43
Listen Now: Flesh and Code
Jul 14, 2025

Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The woman of his dreams. There was just one small detail: she wasn’t human.


Lily Rose is an AI companion. A digital soulmate designed to be everything he ever wanted. She listens without judgement, supports him through his darkest moments, even explores his deepest desires, all while fitting neatly into his pocket. Before long, Travis realizes something strange, even absurd, has happened - he’s fallen in love.


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Duration: 00:08:48
Death of Dr. Robert Stonebreaker
Jul 14, 2025

January 17th, 2010. Rancho Santa Fe, California. Dr. Robert Stonebreaker, a well-known veterinarian, was found dead in a resident’s driveway after walking away from a car crash. Initially believed to be accidental, his cause of death was changed to homicide after the autopsy confirmed he died of blunt force trauma to the head.

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Duration: 00:41:36
Disappearance of Joshua Guimond
Jul 07, 2025

November 9th, 2002. St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Joshua Guimond left an on-campus party around midnight and was never seen again. There are many theories surrounding the case ranging from a jealous roommate to the smiley face killer. We explore all of them and want to know what you think happened to Joshua Guimond.

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Austin Yogurt Shop Murders
Jun 30, 2025

December 6th, 1991. Austin, Texas. Close to midnight, a patrol officer reported a fire at a local frozen yogurt shop. Firefighters discovered the bodies of four teen girls who had been undressed, tied up, and shot execution style during a robbery. Almost eight years later, a group of four men were arrested and charged, but the Austin Yogurt Shop Murders remain unsolved over 30 years later.

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Duration: 01:09:55
Listen Now: Liberty Lost
Jun 23, 2025

In Evangelical homes across the United States, sex outside of marriage is a sin against God. So, when Abbi becomes pregnant at 16, her devout parents hide her away at the Liberty Godparent Home, a little-known facility for pregnant teens on the campus of Liberty University. The Home says it helps girls decide what comes next – whether that’s parenting their babies or placing them for adoption. But inside the facility, the girls hear a different message: God wants their babies to go to more “deserving” Christian couples. Some girls will find the strength to fight back. Others will have no choic...

Duration: 00:05:55
Disappearance of John Darwin
Jun 22, 2025

On March 21, 2002, John Darwin left his home to go kayaking along the shoreline in Seaton Carew, England, and vanished. Just two months later he was declared dead. Five years later a stunning development occurred which gave the investigation new life.

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The Dartmouth College Murders
Jun 16, 2025

January 27th, 2001. Hanover, New Hampshire. Dartmouth professors Half and Susanne Zantop were found stabbed to death in their home. Weeks later, police arrested two teenage boys with no connection to the couple. Their motive remained a mystery for months before the truth came out.

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Juliana Redding
Jun 09, 2025

Santa Monica, CA. March 16, 2008. 21-year-old Juliana Redding was found strangled to death in her bungalow apartment. When authorities arrived at the scene, they smelled gas and saw a candle. Not only was Juliana murdered, but whoever was responsible had intended to blow the crime scene up.


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Duration: 00:49:39
Wondery Presents: How to Survive Against the Odds
Jun 02, 2025

Inspired by Wondery’s hit podcast Against the Odds—learn how to survive whatever nature can throw at you through gut-twisting true stories of survival on the brink

How to Survive Against the Odds places you at the center of fifteen real life-or-death scenarios. Each story explores the physiological responses of the human body under unbearable conditions, how to counteract them, and strategies for survival from doctors and psychologists. Through these tales, we see the grit, willpower, and know-how needed to navigate out of a host of merciless situations.

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Duration: 00:06:02
Will Carter Jr
Jun 02, 2025

DeKalb County, GA, September 13, 2013 – Police responded to a call from 30-year-old Victoria Rickman, who claimed she shot and killed her 30-year-old boyfriend, Will Carter Jr., in self-defense. Police records, texts, and the testimony of friends painted a dark picture of the relationship between Will and Victoria. Was his death a result of self-defense, or was he the victim of premeditated murder?

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Duration: 01:05:15
The Disappearance of Kenny Veach
May 26, 2025

November 10, 2014. Las Vegas, Nevada. At 6am, YouTuber Kenny Veach left his home and drove his car out to his usual spot to begin his hike to the mysterious M-shaped Cave that he had stumbled upon while on one of his hikes. His subscribers wanted him to go back to find it and report back on it. He was never seen again.

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Duration: 00:48:07
Kim Wall
May 19, 2025

Renowned journalist Kim Wall boarded Nautilus, the homemade, private submarine of Peter Madsen, near Copenhagen, Denmark, on the evening of August 10, 2017. The following morning, the submarine was spotted before it suddenly sank. Only Madsen was rescued by the search and rescue team. What happened to Kim Wall?

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Duration: 00:42:52
Burari Deaths
May 12, 2025

July 1st, 2018. Burari, North Delhi. Eleven members of the Bhatia family were found dead in their home under highly suspicious circumstances. Ten of the bodies were blindfolded and hanging from the ceiling. One body was lying on the floor. Investigators sought to determine whether it was a mass suicide, or if they were victims of murder.

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Haunted with Two Girls One Ghost
May 05, 2025

Justin tells the tragic and strange case of Christopher Case, a man who believed he’d been hexed by a witch… and died days later. Then Corinne and Sabrina take you inside the Sheraton Gunter Hotel, where Room 636 holds the gruesome mystery of a blood-soaked murder with no body, a suspect who vanished, and a room no maid dares to clean alone.

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Duration: 01:10:33
Listen Now: Death County, PA
Apr 28, 2025

Lamont Jones leaves Dauphin County Prison for the last time, a free man ready to move on with his life. But when his young cousin dies in that same jail, he learns that this is not the only mysterious death that has plagued Dauphin County Prison. The search for the truth will put him at odds with a reality TV show coroner who claims to speak for the dead and people in power who all have something to hide. 


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The Murder of Keith Gentry
Apr 28, 2025

November 9th, 2005. Waco, Texas. One early November morning in 2005, Darlene Gentry made a 911 call to report stolen guns from her home and a potential robbery. She then revealed that her husband, Keith, is laying in a pool of blood in their bed with foam coming from his mouth. Officers arrived at the scene and were instantly suspicious as Darlene’s story didn’t seem to add up.

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Duration: 00:47:37
Donna Palomba
Apr 21, 2025

September 11th, 1993. Waterbury, Connecticut. Donna Palomba was home with her two young children when a masked man broke into her house and raped her. It would take over a decade to identify the suspect.


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Duration: 00:41:53
The Disappearance of Molly Miller and Colt Haynes
Apr 14, 2025

On a sweltering July evening in 2013, Molly Miller and Colt Haynes were said to have been unwitting participants in a wild, high-speed chase with local law enforcement through Carter and Love Counties in rural Oklahoma. Afterward, the two vanished without a trace. Mutual friend James Conn Nipp, driver of the car, eventually wrecked the vehicle and then claimed ignorance of the whereabouts of his friends. Did the pair meet with foul play?


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Duration: 00:49:24
Barbara and Gary Loesch
Apr 07, 2025

January 11, 1998. Post Falls, Idaho. Barbara Loesch, a widow who lived alone, was found dead in her hot tub with a TV set in the water next to her body. The case was immediately classified as a suspicious death and the police looked to her family for answers.


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The Disappearance of Heidi Planck
Mar 31, 2025

October 17th, 2021. Los Angeles, California. 39-year-old Heidi Planck abruptly left her son’s football game on a Sunday afternoon. A few hours later she was spotted by security cameras in Downtown LA, walking her dog outside a luxury apartment building. Soon after that, Heidi’s dog was found inside the apartment building, but Heidi was gone.

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The Murder of Holly Maddux
Mar 24, 2025

Holly Maddux disappeared in Philadelphia in 1979 after seeing a movie with her ex-boyfriend, Ira Einhorn. 18 months later, her mummified body was found in a steamer trunk at the bottom of Einhorn’s closet. Einhorn, a prominent counterculture guru, was granted bail in 1981 and fled the country. For the next 20 years, Einhorn evaded capture thanks to wealthy friends and extradition legalities.

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Norco 80
Mar 17, 2025

May 9th, 1980. Norco, California. Four armed robbers entered the Security Pacific Bank and stole $20,000. A bank employee tripped a silent alarm, and the police arrived at the scene within minutes. A shootout and police chase ensued that resulted in the death of a deputy, two of the robbers, and left multiple people injured.

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Jessica Funk-Haslam
Mar 10, 2025

Sacramento, CA. On March 6, 2012, the body of 13-year-old Jessica Funk Haslam was found in a locked baseball dugout in Rosemont Park. She was stabbed twice, asphyxiated, and suffered a severe head wound. Investigators struggled for over a year to find her killer until CODIS provided a DNA match to Ryan Douglas Roberts. Ryan was found guilty and sentenced to 26 years to life in prison, but maintains his innocence.

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Michael Bayer of True Case Films
Mar 07, 2025

Vanished: The Heather Elvis Case will be released March 10th, 2025 on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV. Producer Michael Bayer and his team at True Case Films created this series to illuminate Heather's case as well as the impact on her family. I am really excited for you to meet Michael and then watch the docuseries on Amazon Prime.

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Daniel Brophy
Mar 03, 2025

June 2, 2018, Portland, OR. Dan Brophy was found dead at the Oregon Culinary Institute from two gunshots. His wife and amateur romance novelist, Nancy Brophy, wrote a blog post titled “How to Murder Your Husband” years before and had purchased a gun just months before. Did she attempt to live out one of her novels, or was she innocent?


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Carol Ryan
Feb 24, 2025

September 1st, 1996. Jamesville, New York. A fisherman driving near the Jamesville Reservoir found a woman lying on the ground with massive injuries to her pelvic region. She was still alive, but unable to speak. She died hours later, and was soon identified as Carol Ryan, a 42-year-old local woman. Authorities determined an explosive device was used to commit the murder.

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Melissa Calusinski
Feb 17, 2025

January 14, 2009, Lincolnshire, IL. At the Minee Subee Daycare, 16-month-old Ben Kingan crawled to a bouncy chair, fell asleep, and never regained consciousness. The cause of death was ruled a homicide due to a skull fracture and brain bleeding from blunt force trauma to the head. Melissa Calusinski was the sole adult in the room when Ben went into cardiac arrest. After 9 hours of interrogation, Melissa confessed to throwing Ben on the ground. Within 24 hours of her confession, Melissa recanted.

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Chiefsaholic
Feb 10, 2025

One fan’s seemingly harmless obsession with the Kansas City Chiefs begins to spiral out of control, transforming into dangerous and risky behavior.  Soon, the fan realizes that his lifelong dream of being recognized by Chiefs fans comes with far-reaching consequences, not just for him, but for those he’s trying to impress.



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The Murder of Charles Zan
Feb 03, 2025

October 17th, 2009. Miamisburg, Ohio. Pandora Zan called 911 to report that she had been attacked by an intruder and found her husband Charles stabbed to death after she regained consciousness. Days later, she implicated her son in the murder.

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Anne Marie Fahey
Jan 27, 2025

June 27, 1996. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anne Marie Fahey was last seen alive at dinner with Tom Capano, a wealthy attorney with political connections in the state of Delaware.

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Christopher Benedetto and Janette Piro
Jan 20, 2025

November 16th, 1998. Singer Island, Florida. Neighbors of Christopher Benedetto and Janette Piro called the police to report the couple missing after they hadn’t been seen for several days. Later that month, Janette’s body was found inside her home, but Christopher remained missing.

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Jesse Valencia
Jan 13, 2025

June 5th, 2004. Columbia, Missouri. 23-year-old college student Jesse Valencia was murdered a block away from his apartment. Within days, the Columbia Police Department received tips that Jesse was in a relationship with a married officer.

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Richard McCoy Jr.
Jan 06, 2025

April 7th, 1972. Denver, Colorado. An armed man hijacked a passenger plane and escaped with $500,000. After receiving a tip from a Utah Highway Patrolman, Richard McCoy Jr. was arrested and charged with the crime

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Into The Fire
Dec 30, 2024

Aundria Bowman, a.k.a Alexis Badger, went missing on March 11, 1989. Her case went cold for 20 years until her birth mother, Cathy Terkanian learned of her disappearance. With the help of internet sleuths, loved ones, and tenacious cold case detectives, Cathy uncovered the truth about her daughter’s disappearance and the terrible man behind it.

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Casey White & Vicky White
Dec 23, 2024

When inmate Casey Cole White confessed to the 2015 unsolved murder of a woman in Rogersville, Alabama, and was transferred to Lauderdale detention center to await trial for capital murder, no one could imagine he would escape and lead the police on an 11-day manhunt. Even more shocking was his partner in crime- Corrections officer, and four-time “employee of the year,” Vicky White.

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Manuel Ellis
Dec 16, 2024

March 3, 2020. Tacoma, Washington. On March 3, 2020, three months before George Floyd was killed, Manuel Ellis found himself in a similar situation at an intersection in Tacoma, WA. He was tased, on his stomach, handcuffed, and held down by a police officer kneeling on his back. Despite pleas that he couldn’t breathe, Manny remained in that position until he suffocated to death. The officers claimed they used appropriate force to subdue a man who swung at them first. However, witness videos seemed to show a very different story...


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The Death of Chuck Morgan
Dec 09, 2024


Chuck Morgan disappeared for 3 days in March 1977 and claimed he was abducted and tortured. Two months later he disappeared for a second time and was found 11 days later dead with a shot to the back of the head. The investigation that followed found a slew of fraudulent dealings and ties to the criminal underworld.

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Pete Coones
Dec 02, 2024

April 7th, 2008. Kansas City, Kansas. In the early morning hours of April 7th, 2008 Kathleen Schroll called her mother and told her that Pete Coones, whom she was in a legal battle with, had broken in and was going to kill her husband Carl. Before she hung up she said she was afraid she’d be next. Kathleen’s brother called 911. The police arrived minutes later and found Kathleen and Carl dead from gunshot wounds.

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The Disappearances of Christopher Dansby & Shane Walker
Nov 25, 2024

1989. New York City, New York. Two toddlers, Christopher Dansby and Shane Walker, vanished from the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers playground in Harlem, just three months apart, leaving a community wrapped in unease.

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Keith Green
Nov 18, 2024

April 29th, 2016. San Mateo County, California. Keith Green, a young father of two, was reported missing. He was last seen with his former partner Tiffany Li. Tiffany told the police that she and Keith parted ways at the Millbrae Pancake House, but cell phone data showed that Keith followed Tiffany to her mansion in Hillsborough on the night of his disappearance.

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Autumn Pasquale
Nov 11, 2024

October 20th, 2012. Clayton, New Jersey. Autumn Pasquale left home to meet an acquaintance who was going to repair her BMX bike. She never came home. Two days later, her body was found near an abandoned house behind her last known location.

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David Ridgen
Nov 06, 2024

Aaron spoke with David Ridgen, the host of Someone Knows Something, about the murder of Christine Harron in 1993. The case was mishandled and the suspect got away initially. Ridgen spent 15 years working on the case and it culminated in a documentary which brought the case back to life...

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The Death of Karlyn Ramirez
Nov 04, 2024

When a newlywed first-class Military officer, Karlyn Ramirez, is found shot dead in her home, with her 4-month-old daughter in her arms, police are baffled.

With no known enemies, and no clues to go on, investigators begin interviewing those closest to her, including her soldier husband, Maliek Kearney, stationed 500 miles away at a base in South Carolina.


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Sallie House
Oct 28, 2024

A little brick house on 2nd street in Atchison, Kansas may not look haunted, but stories have been told over the years that the house is inhabited by the ghost of a young girl who died a violent death. Justin & Aaron visit their local haunted house of legend and discuss its history.

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The Murder of Anjelica Hadsell
Oct 21, 2024

March, 2nd, 2015. Norfolk, Virginia. As a young girl, AJ Hadsell found herself in the rare situation where two different men vied for the opportunity to officially be considered her father. But was one of them a loving father figure as he insists to this day, or was he merely a predator who would engineer her abduction and eventually take her life – all while attempting to frame an innocent person?

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Ben Novack Jr
Oct 14, 2024

July 12th, 2009. Rye Brook, New York. 53-year-old Ben Novack Jr., the son of a famous Florida hotelier, was beaten to death in his hotel room at a convention in upstate New York. His wife Narcy Novack, who stood to inherit his estate, was one of the first suspects.

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The Alcatraz Escape
Oct 07, 2024

In the late hours of June 11, 1962, Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin executed an elaborate escape plan and vanished from Alcatraz Island. 60 years later, the case remains open, and speculation abounds. Did the men meet a watery grave or defy the odds and find freedom?


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The Murder of Lisha Gayle and Conviction of Marcellus Williams
Sep 30, 2024

Dr. Daniel Picus arrived home from work on August 11, 1998 to find his wife, Lisha Gayle Picus, murdered. Police had no leads until a $10,000 reward brought forward a man who claimed a fellow inmate, Marcellus Williams, confessed to the murder. Marcellus was convicted of murder and sentenced to death with no physical evidence.


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Death of Amanda Antoni
Sep 23, 2024

October 26, 2015. Calgary, Canada. When a phone call Lee Antoni had with his wife, Amanda, was cut short while he was over 400 miles away visiting family, he didn’t expect the worst. When she failed to respond to his calls and texts over the weekend he assumed she was busy. It was only when he returned home to find his wife absent, and their pets hungry, that he truly became concerned. In the basement, where the walls and floor were covered with blood, Lee discovered his wife, Amanda Antoni, dead. Investigators would leave no stone unturned in their search for an...

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The Olympic Park Bombing part 3
Sep 16, 2024

On July 27th, 1996, a bomb exploded in the Olympic village in Atlanta, Georgia. The FBI finally had a suspect linked to all three attacks, Eric Robert Rudolph. However, he fled authorities and was nowhere to be found. Who is Eric Rudolph, and can the authorities catch him before he strikes again?

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The Olympic Park Bombing part 2
Sep 12, 2024

On July 27th, 1996, a bomb exploded in the Olympic village in Atlanta, Georgia. Officers initially suspected Richard Jewell, the security guard who found the bomb, but he was cleared a few months after the attack. Because of this, the lawsuits against him by two of the survivors were dismissed. Authorities were back to square one.

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The Olympic Park Bombing part 1
Sep 09, 2024

July 27th, 1996. Atlanta, Georgia. During a free concert at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park, security guard Richard Jewell spotted an abandoned knapsack and reported it to a GBI agent. Authorities soon discovered the knapsack contained a live bomb and the agent and Jewell began evacuating people from the area. The bomb detonated minutes later, killing one person and injuring more than 100 others. Days later, Jewell became the main suspect in the bombing.

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New Zodiac Killer Suspect
Sep 06, 2024

Jeremy Foy is a former Marine and a former Federal Law Enforcement officer. He has been releasing videos on tiktok stating that he knows that his grandfather, Richard Hoffman, a former police officer, was the Zodiac killer. I have no way of knowing if he was. There are many suspects. If nothing else, this episode should serve as a reminder that the Zodiac Killer murdered multiple people and has thus far gotten away with it. I hope that the Zodiac killer's identity will be revealed someday so that we can finally mark the case as solved.


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Stephanie Wasilishin
Sep 02, 2024

July 9. 1993. Sedona, Arizona. In the early morning hours of July 9, 1993, 10-year-old Nikki Wasilishin was awoken by police shining flashlights into her bedroom. She learned shortly after that her mother, Stephanie, was dead, shot once in the neck in the master bedroom of the home while Nikki was sleeping. For the next 30 years, investigators made no arrests. Now Nikki is trying to get her mother’s case reexamined and those responsible put behind bars, because, to her, there is only one right answer: her mother was murdered.

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The Murder of Candace Derksen
Aug 26, 2024

November 30th, 1984. Winnipeg, Manitoba Province. 13-year-old Candace Derksen disappeared while walking home from school. Weeks later, her body was found in a shed. She had been tied up and left to die of hypothermia. Over two decades later, DNA testing identified a suspect in the murder.


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Andrew Bagby and Zachary Turner
Aug 19, 2024

On November 6, 2001, at Keystone State Park in Pennsylvania, Dr. Andrew Bagby was found dead with five gunshot wounds. Dr. Shirley Turner, a recent girlfriend, became the number one suspect. She fled to Canada, her home country, and awaited a decision on extradition. In July 2002, Shirley gave birth to Andrew’s son, Zachary Andrew Turner. Andrew’s parents, Kate and David Bagby moved to Canada and fought for custody of Zachary and justice for Andrew. But the case took an unexpected and terrible turn which prompted many to ask the question, 'how could the authorities have let this happen?'

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Terrance Yeakey
Aug 12, 2024

May 8th, 1996. El Reno, Oklahoma. Deputies found the body of Terrance Yeakey, an Oklahoma City police officer, in a field off a rural road. Terrance died of a gunshot wound to the head, but he also had cuts on his neck and wrists. A year earlier, Terrance saved at least three people in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing. He did not want to accept a medal of valor for his heroic actions, and he came to believe that the official story about the bombing was a lie.


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John and Susan Sutton
Aug 05, 2024

August 22nd, 2004. Coral Gables, Florida. John Sutton called 911 after an armed intruder broke into his home and shot him and his wife Susan. John was the sole survivor. John’s son Christopher arrived at the crime scene and quickly offered an alibi to detectives, triggering their suspicions immediately.

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Max DeVries
Jul 29, 2024

May 12, 2004. Noord, Aruba. Since 2004, Yvonne DeVries has tried to get justice for her 14-year-old son, Max. That day he and an older man took jet skis out into the ocean from their resort in Aruba. Max never came back. The Aruban police declared him lost at sea and, using the statement of the older man, decided it was an accident. However, Yvonne knew something wasn’t right. Why did the old man and his son seem to single Max out? Why did he have scratches on his neck and hands after getting pulled from the ocean? Why didn’t the...

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The Father's Day Bank Massacre
Jul 22, 2024

June 16th, 1991. Denver, Colorado. On Father’s Day 1991 an armed robber gained access to secured areas of Denver’s United Bank Tower and fatally shot four guards before stealing $200,000 in cash. Based on the shooter’s extensive knowledge of the bank’s layout and security system, the police suspected that the shooter was a former employee.

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Marjorie Nugent
Jul 15, 2024

November 19, 1996. Carthage Texas. There is no debate that Bernie Tiede shot 80-year-old Marjorie Nugent in the back four times and hid her body in a deep freezer for nine months. He admitted so in his confession to police and in his later trial. The question is why did he kill her? Did Bernie snap after years of mental abuse dealt out by a woman very few people seemed to like? Or did he play out a long-con to become the sole inheritor of her multimillion dollar estate?


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Libby Caswell
Jul 08, 2024

On December 11, 2017, a 21-year-old mother, Libby Caswell, was found dead in the bathroom of a motel in Independence, Missouri. Her boyfriend’s belt was fastened around her neck, and he had fled the scene after telling a 911 dispatcher that Libby had committed suicide. The police ruled her death a suicide, however, after obtaining autopsy reports, police reports and the opinion of experts, Libby’s mother believes otherwise.

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Girl In The Picture
Jul 01, 2024

A young woman’s body was found on the side of the road in Choctaw, OK in 1990. Four years after her death, her son, Michael Hughes, was abducted from his elementary school by a man who claimed to be his father. Who was the young woman and what happened to her son? Her death and her son’s disappearance would lead to a string of disturbing discoveries over the following two decades.

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Carla Walker
Jun 10, 2024

February 16, 1974. Fort Worth, Texas. Carla Walker and her boyfriend Rodney McCoy were kissing in a bowling alley parking lot after a school dance when they were attacked by an unknown man. Rodney was beaten into unconsciousness and Carla was abducted.

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Patty Prewitt
May 06, 2024

Holden, MO. February 18, 1984. Bill Prewitt was shot and killed while he slept. His wife, Patty Prewitt, gathered the four kids and went to a neighbor’s house for help. Officers suspected Patty of committing the crime almost instantly.

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Dean and Tina Clouse
Apr 01, 2024

January 12th, 2022. Harris County, Texas. After 41 years, two murder victims known as the Harris County Does were finally identified as Dean and Tina Clouse, a young married couple with a child. After speaking to their families, investigators focused on finding their daughter, Holly Marie, who had never been located. https://justicefordeanandtina.com/

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John O'Keefe
Feb 19, 2024

January 29th, 2022. Canton, Massachusetts. Boston police officer John O’Keefe was found dead in a fellow officer’s front yard after his girlfriend Karen Read dropped him off in the early morning hours. Karen Read is accused of hitting John with her vehicle and leaving him to die during a snowstorm, but her attorneys have alleged that others were involved in John’s death.

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Michelle Le
Feb 12, 2024

May 27, 2011. Hayward, CA. 26-year-old Michelle Le went to her car to retrieve something during a break in her nursing class. She never returned and was reported missing that night. Blood was found near where her car had been parked and in her car when it was located three blocks away. An extensive search, spearheaded by Michelle’s family, combed the surrounding canyons hoping to find her alive. However, the police investigation indicated Michelle had been murdered and led to a suspect with a sinister motive.

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