Most of us trust that our legal system will deliver the right judgments and hold those who commit heinous crimes accountable. That trust extends to the support we expect to follow — the assumption that resources will be available after an unexpected tragedy. But the unfortunate truth is that not everyone is afforded these privileges, making the path to recovery and closure all the more complicated for survivors of violent crime who are left to pick up the pieces on their own. For the family...
2025-04-04 21:09:01 +0000 UTC
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In the early hours of September 22nd, 2021, a fire ignited inside a dumpster on Bonnie Drive in Fort Worth, Texas. Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and extinguished the flames. As the smoke cleared, they encountered a horrifying discovery—various dismembered human remains scattered inside the dumpster. With the aid of nearby CCTV footage, investigators identified a potential suspect. After locating him, they uncovered a series of events leading up to the fire—events far more dist...
2025-03-29 14:31:33 +0000 UTC
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A routine traffic stop for a parole violation took a horrifying turn, revealing a night of senseless, unimaginable violence. Officers were dispatched to arrest Kiernan Brown on an active warrant, expecting nothing more than a relatively standard arrest. He complied with their every command, but just as they secured him in the back of a patrol car, Brown made an odd request. He insisted that officers look at the photo app on his phone…
Written by Samantha Grove, Edited & Engine...
2025-03-29 07:32:32 +0000 UTC
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On a frigid January morning in 2021, Tina Goad—a devoted Ohio mother of three—never arrives at her sister’s house to pick up her son for school. Concerned, her family wastes no time reporting her missing. As detectives begin their search, they uncover a chilling connection between Tina’s disappearance and a call from a distraught father whose son has just confessed to an unimaginable crime...
Written by John Garland Wells, Edited & Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and ...
2025-03-21 04:06:28 +0000 UTC
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On the morning of July 3, 2024, a sanitation worker cleaning at Mother Goose Land Public Park in Canton, Ohio, made a horrifying discovery. Around 9 AM, what began as a routine task took a dark turn when they found human remains wrapped in plastic inside a trash bin. The worker immediately called 911, and investigators soon arrived. The victim’s face had been beaten so severely that it was unrecognizable. However, within hours, authorities identified the remains as 24-year-old Raychel Sheri...
2025-03-14 22:03:07 +0000 UTC
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When 16-year-old Susana Morales disappeared during a short walk home in Norcross, Georgia, her loved ones traced her last known location, but she was nowhere to be found. Months later, human remains discovered miles away would reveal the tragic truth. As investigators unraveled the case, they uncovered a shocking suspect…
Written by Gus Burns, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at
2025-03-07 18:27:19 +0000 UTC
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51-year-old Yvonne Serrano lived the bulk of her adult life as the traditional military wife, moving around and taking care of the kids. In her late adulthood she and her husband settled down into a quiet home in Coral Springs, Florida. But one November morning in 2019, that quiet life was shattered by a shocking discovery. She woke up and found a woman’s lifeless body in her driveway. What began as a voluntary interview with police turned into an intense interrogation lasting nearly four h...
2025-02-28 16:09:27 +0000 UTC
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On a frigid Iowa morning in January of 2024, a woman arrived at her best friend’s home to pick her up for a coffee date. Almost immediately, there were signs that something was terribly wrong. Trusting her instincts, she entered the residence—only to be met with one of the most grisly and horrific scenes imaginable. The ensuing investigation proved to be a twisting road of violence, religion, and bizarre tangents—all leading back to the person who was supposed to be the victim’s most ...
2025-02-21 16:21:08 +0000 UTC
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2025-02-18 22:52:15 +0000 UTC
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In 2016, police in Columbus, Ohio, were dispatched to a homeless encampment known as a "tent city" near the Scioto River. Upon arrival, they discovered a gruesome crime scene—the brutal murder of a camp resident, Cathleen Howatt. Her death set off a complex and tragic investigation, drawing in law enforcement, as well as Cathleen’s loved ones, into a web of conflicting accounts, substance abuse, and the harsh realities of life on the streets of Columbus. As authorities closed in on Cathle...
2025-02-13 18:11:34 +0000 UTC
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The Farrises were a typical, yet affluent American family living in Alpharetta, Georgia. Gary and Melody Farris met in high school and married young, and by 2018 had four adult children. While the family dynamic was filled with drama and scandal, the Farrises loved each other - or seemed to, at least. On July 5th, 2018, the family had just finished celebrating the holiday. But that morning, a dark discovery on a burn pile located on the Farris property would change their family forever…
2025-02-07 17:18:02 +0000 UTC
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In March 2017, a 25-year-old man in Dubuque, Iowa placed a frantic phone call to 911. He claimed his girlfriend had just died in front of him - by stabbing herself in the stomach. The next day, he was arrested and charged with her murder. But was her death a suicide or a homicide? The question would divide a community, send shockwaves through the courts, and pit two families against each other.
Written and produced by Jessamyn Ansary, Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. Vie...
2025-01-21 19:48:00 +0000 UTC
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When Kenny Rougemont’s body is discovered in an Albuquerque Motel 6, questions immediately surface about the circumstances surrounding his death. Police quickly determine that Kenny was murdered, and evidence points to his on-again, off-again partner, as the last person seen leaving the room. With conflicting accounts and a hasty departure from the motel, uncovering the truth takes careful investigation. In this case, detectives uncovered how a toxic, abusive relationship turned into a fina...
2025-01-18 03:24:38 +0000 UTC
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On October 23rd, 2022, 21-year-old Jared Dicus and 21-year-old Anggy Diaz posted a photo on Facebook that surprised their friends and family alike. It was a picture of Jared holding Anggy in his arms as they shared a kiss, celebrating the fact that they had just gotten married. This announcement came as a shock to their friends and family for a couple of reasons: first, no one was invited, and second, they had met less than a year ago. However, setting aside judgment, it appeared that the two...
2025-01-10 18:19:43 +0000 UTC
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It was June 15th, 2021, and 20-year-old Alexander Jackson was fast asleep on the screened porch of his family’s home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. But at around 8 AM, Alex awoke to the sound of gunfire coming from the interior of his parent’s house. Wasting no time, Alex ran inside and was met by a horrific sight: a masked man holding a rifle. On the ground near the intruder lay Alex’s father, 61-year-old Jan Jackson. After a brief struggle, Alex was able to scare the m...
2025-01-01 20:06:12 +0000 UTC
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When a wealthy businessman and his live-in friend were discovered dead in an upscale Arkansas neighborhood in 2002, the execution-style murders sent ripples across the country. Shortly after, a woman goes missing from her job in Salt Lake City, Utah. What connects these two horrific events is a single man and a lifetime of growing delusions, culminating in a shocking nine-year ordeal of violence and delayed justice.
Written by John Garland Wells, edited and engineered by Scott Eckle...
2024-12-29 16:38:40 +0000 UTC
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By October of 2022, Rachelle Brewsaugh had just moved into her new Ohio home, with her long-term boyfriend, Toby Madden. Faced with a myriad of renovations and chores to do to fix the house up, Rachelle brought in some utility workers to inspect the gas line. When the men entered the home until the time they left at around 9 in the morning, they reported that everything looked perfectly normal - nothing was amiss at all. But only three hours later, the house was swarmed with police officers r...
2024-12-20 16:25:31 +0000 UTC
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On the afternoon of March 19th, 2018, residents in Lake Wales, Florida were going about their usual day-to-day business. Adults were just getting off work, kids were returning home from school, and others were finishing up their errands. But, around 3 PM, that all changed when waves of police and paramedics made their way to a neighborhood on the south side of town, surrounding a small field near Caloosa Blvd and Lake Blvd. As public interest grew and residents watched on, t...
2024-12-14 18:57:02 +0000 UTC
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Tanner Banderet made a name for himself in Westminster, CO as a wealthy drug dealer at just 20 years old. While dealing drugs, Tanner got involved with numerous questionable and dangerous characters. When Tanner’s dead body was found dumped in a cornfield, a weeks-long investigation commenced with several likely parties emerging. With a brotherly rivalry, a potential connection to a cartel, and multiple known enemies, detectives had a lot to sort through to figure out who killed Tanner Band...
2024-12-06 20:16:12 +0000 UTC
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On May 14th, 2023, 27-year-old Katie Higton went out on a date with her new boyfriend, 25-year-old Steven Harnett. Katie had recently ended a five year-long relationship with an incredibly abusive partner, 34-year-old Marcus Osborne, and was finally celebrating a new era of her life, free of his control. Back at home, a friend of hers babysat Katie’s four children. Everything was going good until, just after midnight on the 15th, the babysitter noticed the figure of a larg...
2024-12-04 20:25:02 +0000 UTC
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The Cloud 9 nightclub in Ocala, FL was a hotspot for young people seeking an unforgettable nightlife experience. The venue had become notable in the community for its raucous crowd and the constant illegal activities that occurred within. When 19-year-old college athlete Benetria Robinson returned home from college to Ocala to celebrate her aunt’s birthday at Cloud 9, neither she nor anyone else in attendance could have anticipated the dark turn the night would take when an argument started...
2024-11-25 22:01:52 +0000 UTC
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In the spring of 2022, Ashley Bocanegra found herself in an exciting new romantic relationship with Daniel Gonzalez… despite knowing it was a mistake. She was already in a committed long-term relationship and raising a young son. Daniel, too, was involved with someone else. But what Ashley never expected was how quickly things would spiral out of control when Daniel's fiancée discovered the affair…
Written by Sam Foster, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive...
2024-11-14 23:01:37 +0000 UTC
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It was just before 6 PM on November 15th, 2022 when 35-year-old Heidi Matheny entered the Preble County Sheriff's office in Eaton, Ohio. She looked distressed and sounded frantic, alleging that she wanted to turn herself in for murder. According to her, the victim was her 93-year-old grandmother, Alice Matheny, who Heidi had just drowned. Upon hearing this confession, staff contacted Eaton Police officers and, from there, Heidi was brought in for an interview. In her r...
2024-11-08 15:14:32 +0000 UTC
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"Have you ever seen a dead body?" It was a haunting question that marked the beginning of a gruesome discovery inside the Smylie family home in Brandon, MS, in March of 2024. A beloved high school teacher was found shot dead, and her husband narrowly escaped with his own life. Amid the chaos that followed, Heath Smylie recognized the killer—but if not for the footage captured on a home security camera in the family’s kitchen, no one might have believed him…
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2024-11-01 14:15:47 +0000 UTC
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Austin Snyder, a 25-year-old Ohio Department of Natural Resources officer, had been on the job for just a year when the pressures of his personal life began to mount—arguments with the mother of his child, the struggles of new parenthood, and the daily challenges of his demanding career. On the night of March 3, 2023, after a night out drinking with friends, Austin made a decision that would forever shatter his entire family…
Written by Samantha Grove, Edited and Engineer...
2024-10-25 14:10:46 +0000 UTC
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Shortly after 5 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2012, three masked men wielding guns broke into a suburban home in Ocoee, Florida. The intruders dragged roommates Alex Zaldivar, 19, Brienna Campos, 20, and her brother Remington Campos, 23, from their beds and lay them face down on the living room floor. Minutes later, bullets were fired into each of the heads. The men fled. When the ringing in their ears subsided, Remington and Brienna Campos realized they had miraculously survived, but their friend did no...
2024-10-18 18:19:39 +0000 UTC
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On the night of May 22, 2019, police received a disturbing call about a missing woman from Michigan. When they arrived at her last known address, a quiet, heavyset man answered the door. After a brief conversation, an officer persuaded the man to allow them to enter and voluntarily search the home for the missing woman. Despite the man’s unnervingly calm demeanor, the truth behind her mysterious disappearance was hiding in plain sight...
Written by Sam Foster, Edited and Engineere...
2024-10-07 15:14:36 +0000 UTC
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On Monday, June 24th, 2019, 33-year-old Kaylynn Blue failed to show up for her shift at a Walgreens in Idaho Falls, raising concern among her coworkers. Kaylynn had already missed two days—which was highly unusual for her. Worried, they reached out to her family, who soon involved the authorities. By 9 a.m., police arrived at Kaylynn’s residence to conduct a welfare check. There, they encountered her boyfriend, Philip Schwab, also 33. What they discovered was chilling: Philip was not only...
2024-10-04 17:48:35 +0000 UTC
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On September 26th, 2022, a 911 call alerted the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida to a violent assault. The caller, 21-year-old Fatiha Marzan, confessed to stabbing her 20-year-old sister, Sayma Marzan, to death. After arresting Fatiha and questioning her, police uncovered a chilling story of online romance, sibling rivalry, and premeditated murder. However, early inconsistencies in Fatiha’s account prompted investigators to seek out the only other person who could verify her stor...
2024-09-27 21:36:39 +0000 UTC
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We're all drawn to the same things for different reasons. Nineteen-year-old “Serge” craved the freedom and exploration that travel offered. In 2008, he jumped at the chance to join a friend on an illegal train-hopping adventure to Florida. From that moment on, he was hooked. But his carefree nomadic lifestyle soon led him to cross paths with a coarse train hopping veteran known only as, "Dirty Mike." Serge and his adventurous friends quickly discovered that Dirty Mike was on a journ...
2024-09-17 05:20:50 +0000 UTC
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