In 1996 Walter Ogrod was convicted of the 1988 murder of 4-year-old Barbara Jean Horn. He spent the subsequent 23 years on Pennsylvania’s death row before being released last year after a review of the case found no evidence connecting Walter with the murder. “I’m sorry it took 28 years for us to listen to…
In 1991, Mel Ignatow got away with murder. Now, his son Michael is sitting down with I.D.s Evil Lives Here to tell his story. Not only does Michael feel like his father let down the family, but he also has hatred for Mary Ann Shore, who he believes in responsible for this. While looking at…
24-year-old James Saroka, who has been streaming on various online platforms for several years showcasing emotional abuse of his girlfriend who is now his wife, has been arrested in Pennsylvania on domestic violence charges for beating her on the side of the road. Last year James Saroka got the attention of the YouTube and other…
Tonight’s Season 10, Episdoe 3 of EVIL LIVES HERE is titled “Why Did I Let Him In?” and has domestic abuse victim Teshana Singleton tell her story of terror living with and being stalked by future murderer Cedric Ricks. Teshana Singleton first took interest in Cedric Ricks during Bible Study night at church when she…
The Twitter handle @Tennessee is not owned by the government or a business. It was snatched up in 2007 during the early days of Twitter by a proud resident of the state, a decision that ended up costing him his life. @Tennessee was a sparsely used account that last tweeted in 2019 about college football….
In 2011, 26-year-old Valerie Nessler was found guilty of arson and the first-degree murder of her 49-year-old roommate Jeffrey Wheatley, who she set on fire in the house they shared on April 7, 2010. Did she kill him because of a drug-fueled misunderstanding? Jeff Wheatley moved to Stockton, California to look for a new life…
In 2007, 42-year-old pregnant Rhoni Reuter, who was the girlfriend of former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle, was found dead on her kitchen floor. Because there was no forced entry, police started looking at those close to her, including boyfriend Shaun. Divorced mother-of-three Marni Yang was convicted of murdering Rhoni and her unborn daughter Skyler…
In 1993, 31-year-old nightclub owner Robert O’Dubaine was murdered in his apartment in the Bucktown neighborhood of Chicago. Robert’s girlfriend’s brother was found guilty of killing him, but years later he sought clemency because he claimed he’d been manipulated into murdering Robert by someone who may have killed before. Catherine and Andrew Suh are South…
In 2007 35-year-old Nichole Payne and her son 16-year-old Austin Taylor Wages were found dead in their home in small-town Quitman, Texas,. At first, cops thought it was a murder-suicide, but soon investigators became convinced that it was only staged to look that way. Evidence against the murder-suicide theory The rifle that killed Nichole and…
Curtis Lovelace was an All-American college football player turned prosecutor who ended up as a defendant on trial for murdering his wife. Curtis and his first wife Cory Didrikson went to the same high school, but they didn’t really know each other them. They started dating during college. They ended up getting married in 1991…
Cary Stayner experienced a huge amount of trauma and loss in his life before he became a serial killer at Yosemite State Park in 1999. The tragic events of his life do not excuse his behavior, but they served as formative experiences that potentially shaped his frame of mind. Cary tried to use these experiences…
On December 4, 1972, 7-year-old Steven Stayner was walking home from school in Merced, California when he was abducted by two men who worked at Yosemite Lodge. After over seven years of abuse Stayner was able to escape and also rescue a new victim: 5-year-old Timothy White. In 1999, Steven’s older brother Cary became a…
Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime partner-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell is somewhat mysterious. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of photographs of her with the world’s most powerful people, often with Jeffrey Epstein by her side. It was Ghislaine who introduced Jeffrey to all of these people, who gave him access to the secret world of the elite. She…
53-year-old Karen Lange was jogging at Pendleton River Parkway on August 9, 2013 when she was brutally attacked by a man wielding a metal pipe. She somehow survived after laying there unconscious for 13 hours. There is surveillance tape footage of her assault, and police were also able to locate part of the weapon. They…
Shapearl Wells’ 22-year-old son Courtney Copeland died from a gunshot wound on March 4, 2016 in Chicago. After he was shot in the back of the neck by an unknown assailant, he had supposedly still been alert enough to drive himself around the corner to a police station for help. An ambulance was called, and…
On December 21, 2017, 58-year-old grandmother Toni Abad thought she was doing a kind deed when she agreed to give a ride to an 18-year-old girl after working a shift at Publix in Fairburn, GA. The young girl, De ‘Asia Page, led her to her death. De ‘Asia directed Toni Abad to a secluded road…
In the 1950s and 60s a small-town Georgia family doctor illegally sold hundreds of babies from the back door of his practice. TLC’s Taken at Birth, which first aired in 2019, is a three-part series examining the aftermath of his actions nearly 70 years later. How did Dr. Thomas Hicks run this black market operation?…
The new episode of Oxygen’s Killer Couples deals with the March 12, 1992 slaying of Caren Koslow. Two assailants broke into her affluent Fort Worth house and slashed her throat while she slept. Her husband Jack Koslow was also attacked but survived. Jack was able to make it to his neighbor’s doorstep where he showed…
Tonight’s Dateline episode titled “The Pink Gun Mystery” is centered around a twisted love triangle turned deadly. In 2014 the body of 32-year-old Robin Spielbauer was found in a ditch. Her ex-husband’s wife Katie Phipps was initially accused of the murder, partially because her pink handgun was the murder weapon. Someone else besides Katie had…
One of the best true crime content being produced is on the YouTube channel JCS – Criminal Psychology, and the latest video published is absolutely fascinating. “What pretending to be crazy looks like” is a study of how humans who have committed a crime behave when they are trying to appear “insane” to the police…
At first, people thought Vietnam veteran Robert McClancy, who suffered from PTSD, had taken his own life. It took a while, but eventually, the truth was unraveled: he was murdered by his wife and his best friend, who went to great lengths to make Bob’s death look like a suicide so they could pocket his…
Tonight’s new episode of Oxygen’s Killer Couples explores the chaotic life of self-proclaimed “Amish Stud” Eli Weaver, who sent waves through Ohio’s Amish country when he had one of his many girlfriends murder his wife Barbara Weaver, the mother of his five children. In a chilling irony, the woman who shot Barbara Weaver in her…
In a terrifying scene caught on a surveillance camera, 11-year-old Alyssa is sitting at a bus stop in Pensacola, FL when a man tries to abduct her in plain daylight. It’s a worst-nightmare scenario that thankfully had a safe outcome. A man, now identified as 30-year-old Jard Paul Stanga, jumped out of a car with…
Tonight’s episode of Dateline “Secrets by the Bay” details the 2-year disappearance of 32-year-old Elizabeth Sullivan that ended with a devastating revelation. In 2014, Navy petty officer Matthew Scott Sullivan claimed that Elizabeth, his wife and the mother of his two kids, had left the family and drained their shared bank account. Two years later,…
Being tired of your job is something almost everyone can relate to, but few go to such extremes to get out of work as 19-year-old Brandon Soules, who devised an elaborate scheme to fake his own kidnapping in an attempt to avoid his job at The Tire Factory in Coolidge, Arizona. On February 20, 2021,…
Just after the news that three of R. Kelly’s associates allegedly tried to intimidate witnesses in the disgraced singer’s child pornography trial comes yet more bad news. Federal prosecutors say they inadvertently discovered R. Kelly’s stash: a seven-figure bank account, not initially disclosed, that they say would allow Kelly to go on the lam should…
Most “scams” social media influencers are associated with involve faulty or potentially dangerous weight loss products, MLM schemes, products that are of a poorer quality than advertised, etc. These are not harmless, but they are far less severe than outright swindling money directly from followers’ bank accounts using bad checks. This is the type of…
In June, 2014, 21-year-old Sarah Goode did not return home the next day after partying with her friends. Although keeping such late hours was not initially a cause for concern for Sarahh’s family, this was unfortunately not just a typical night out. Her family really started to worry when she didn’t show up at her…
Friday night’s episode of Dateline delves deeper into the story of Lori Vallow, who’s dubbed “cult mom” by the media because of her fringe religious beliefs, and the mystery of her missing children. Her oldest son, 23-year-old Colby Ryan, speaks out on the episode, distraught over not knowing where his siblings, 17-year-old Tylee Ryan and…
Tonight’s episode of Dateline, “Before Daylight,” details the 2004 slaying of 23-year-old Jesse Valencia by his married cop boyfriend. The motive? Jesse was threatening to expose their relationship and Rios didn’t want to be “outed.” Jesse was a well-liked University of Missouri student when his life was cut short by Steven Rios, who was 27-years-old…
A Massachusetts woman dubbed the Parking Lot Pooper for doing exactly that has been caught and arrested. 51-year-old Andrea Grocer, of Ashland MA, was caught mid-bowel movement outside her preferred venue: the parking lot of the Natick Outdoor Store. (And yes, I know we already covered this story in the links post, but it’s a…
Love & Hip Hop Miami star Bobby Lytes was arrested last night after getting into a brawl at a Fort Lauderdale night club. It seems Bobby was booked on two charges — one of which involves a “moral decency” clause — but the Bobby Lytes arrested story wasn’t what had the reality star so upset…
Everything in Mayra Rosales’ life has changed since the then-1,040 pound woman was found not guilty of killing her two-year-old nephew by falling on him. How is Mayra Rosales now? The 39-year-old who was once the heaviest woman in the world is now completely unrecognizable — and has been living like a person with a…
It’s a sad day for fans of true crime television in general and groundbreaking show Homicide Hunter in particular. Lieutenant Joe Kenda, whose matter-of-fact delivery and dry humor helped turn the show into an international hit, has announced that Homicide Hunter Season 9 will be the show’s last. According to Kenda, the decision to end…
Tonight’s episode of Dateline, “Evil Was Waiting,” explores how a 30-year-old murder cased was cracked in 2018 with the help of forensic genealogy – a relatively new scientific tool to link DNA to names. 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian was raped and killed on August 4, 1986 at Point Defiance park in Tacoma, Washington while she was…
Last week’s episode of Hulu’s The Act, and adaptation of this Buzzfeed article about the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother Dee Dee, dealt with a romance Dee Dee struck with an older man named Scott she met when he was cosplaying Wolverine at a local comic convention. In the…
Cliff Dixon, Erica Mena’s ex and a close childhood friend of NBA superstar Kevin Durant, was shot and killed while celebrating his 32nd birthday in Atlanta. News of Cliff Dixon murdered resonated across the worlds of hip hop, basketball, and reality TV, though police are still trying to figure out who killed Dixon — and…
LHHATL star Tommie is facing the most serious legal threat of her life. Following allegations of child abuse at an unidentified minor’s middle school, Tommie could be spending more time behind bars than the combined sentences of all the other Love & Hip Hop stars who’ve been in prison. But is Tommie really getting 50…
Love & Hip Hop New York Season 9 newbie Maino has, without a doubt, one of the most interesting histories of anyone who’s ever appeared on the show. The Brooklyn rapper used to be all about that life, until a 10-year prison sentence turned him on to the power of freestyle rap. Ever since his…
One of the most harrowing traumas in true crime documentary A Murder In Mansfield reveals is extent of the damage Noreen Boyle’s murder did to her extended family. Her son Collier was put into foster care, and Collier Landry’s sister Elizabeth was ultimately adopted by a different family — one that didn’t want the two…
Very early on the morning of December 31st, 1989, Jack Boyle, a military veteran and one of the most prominent physicians in Mansfield, Ohio, murdered his wife, Noreen. Jack and Noreen’s eleven-year-old son Collier awoke to the sound of two heavy thuds, which he would later testify in court were the sounds of his mother’s…
A Murder in Mansfield, from Academy Award-winning director Barbara Kopple and filmmaker Collier Landry, is the story of the murder that shook Collier’s life apart when he was just twelve years old. In the early morning of December 31st, 1989, Collier’s father Jack Boyle murdered his wife Noreen, then buried her body beneath the foundation…
Tonight’s Dateline episode looks at the mysterious deaths of 6-year-old Max Shacknai and 32-year-old Rebecca Zahau, who died within days of each other in 2011 at a California beachside mansion. The sprawling mansion, known as the Spreckels mansion, belonged to pharmaceutical CEO Jonah Shacknai. In July 2011 his six-year-old son Max fell down the stairs…
It took quite a bit longer than the show’s fans would have liked, but we’ve finally gotten official word that Investigation Discovery hit Murder Chose Me has been renewed and will be back for a third season. The news came from Detective Rod Demery himself, who broke the long silence regarding the show on his…
Tonight’s episode of Dateline explores the 2007 death of EB Games store manager Amber Belkin. She was found in the back of the store by another manager who’d been called in to check on her and the store when she didn’t open the game shop on time. He found her suffocated with a bag. It…
August 28, 2003 pizza delivery man Brain Wells lost his life in the middle of an extremely strange and elaborate bank robbing plot engineered by a woman named Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong. This bizarre case was the subject of a Netflix docuseries called Evil Genius and is the subject of tonight’s episode of Dateline. Brian Wells entered…
In 2009 11-year-old Jordan Brown was accused of murdering his pregnant soon-to-be future stepmother in cold blood and then going to school as if nothing had happened. A decade later the now exonerated 20 year-old is speaking out about his experience: “I had no idea what was going on.” 26-year-old Kenzie Houk was carrying Brown’s…
Even by Tommie’s standards, her latest arrest didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after the Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star was booked on six charges stemming from her alleged assault of a middle schooler at the child’s school, Tommie was arrested again. This time, the charges include obstruction of an officer stemming from…
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star Tommie’s 21st arrest may also be her most shocking. The 34-year-old — whose real name is Atasha Jefferson — was taken into police custody earlier this week after apparently assaulting a middle schooler at the child’s school. UPDATE – Less than 24 hours after the above arrest, Tommie was…
Lifetime’s Sunday night movie Terror in the Woods deals with a pair of preteen girls stabbing their friend in the woods in the name of an imaginary or paranormal legend called “Suzerain.” The parallels between this story and the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of Payton Leutner are too similar to be a coincidence. (Interestingly enough…
Tonight’s Weekend Mystery episode of Dateline follows the 2014 disappearance of successful Arkansas real estate agent Beverly Carter. The night she disappearance she was showing a house in the small town of Scott, Arkansas. She had told her husband she’d be brining home dinner, but she never came back. The last words Carl Carter heard…
36-years ago 18-year-old Dianne Babcock died in a plane crash in Montana. Her boyfriend, 19-year-old Jaroslaw “Jerry” Ambrozuk, was flying the plane and survived the accident. He fled the scene, leaving her to drown. 24 years later he remerged in Texas under a different identity. At the time the couple were planning to run away…
Dr. George Tyndall was the only gynecologist at the University of Southern California for almost 30 years. He’s currently facing charges of sexual assault by hundreds of women. This week Dr. Oz‘s “True Crime Thursday” dissects this disturbing case. The allegations against Dr. Tyndall date back to the 1990s, and include inappropriate touching, taking photographs…
Today’s Dr. OZ‘s “True Crime Tuesday” examines the mysterious murder of Lorenzen Wright. The professional basketball player went missing July, 2010. His ex-wife Sherra Wright says he had left his home with drugs and money. A few weeks later Lorezen was found shot dead in the woods. His nearly 7-foot-tall, which usually weighed more than…
Tonight’s Lifetime Movie The Girl in the Bathtub is based on the disturbing and mysterious demise of Julia Law, who was found dead in her boyfriend and boss A. Charles Peruto Jr.’s condo. The attorney was cleared in her death after a grand jury found “no evidence of criminal activity” on his part after an…
Tonight’s Dateline explores the gruesome October 2005 murder of a Georgia teacher and beauty queen that went unsolved for twelve years. The case remained cold until true crime podcast Up and Vanished stirred up interest about Tara Grinstead’s murder last year. Now two arrests have been made in connection with the crime. Her body was…
26 years after her murder the family of schoolteacher Christy Mirack is finally getting justice. DNA evidence has linked her 1992 slaying to Raymond “DJ Freez” Rowe and tonight’s episode of 20/20 delves into how the case was cracked. On December 21, 1992 Christy Mirack did not show up for work, so the school’s principal…
Police in metro Atlanta are still searching for a mother who used her son’s sippy cup to sneak alcohol into a movie theater, and then became too intoxicated to care for her child. Kristina Gibson, of Marietta GA, has been charged with one count each of public intoxication and reckless conduct after attending a late…
34-year-old Ohio mother Nikki Dickinson is charged with first-degree misdemeanor child endangering and contributing to the delinquency of a minor after allowing her 10-year-old son to be tattooed in unsanitary conditions. A video of the event shows it took place in a home, at the hands of a 16-year-old who wasn’t wearing gloves. The reason…
This past weekend, it looked like Scrapp from LHHATL might have gotten out of prison several years early, after Momma Dee shared a pic of she and Scrapp on Instagram. But we checked with the Georgia Department of Corrections, and they tell a very different story. So is Scrapp DeLeon still in prison, or not?……
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