The murder of Detective Rod Demery’s mother was arguably the single most significant event in Demery’s life, and the Murder Chose Me star recently opened up about the story behind his own investigation of her murder for Dr. Oz. Demery appeared on Oz’s show earlier this year, while promoting Murder Chose Me Season 1; the…
38-year-old Thelma Williams, of Middletown OH, was arrested and charged with “making false alarms” after filming a pair of Facebook videos in which she claimed she’d been kidnapped by a mysterious masked assailant. According to WKRC Cincinnati, Williams accused “a masked man, maybe named Tony,” of breaking into her house, tying her up, and cutting…
Dateline returns for its 26th season with a two-hour premiere featuring the bizarre and troubling Cari Farver Omaha murder, which took authorities a full four years to puzzle out. The case begins with a simple missing persons report: on November 16, 2012, 37-year-old Cari Lea Farver was reported missing by her mother, Nancy Raney. Nancy…
Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda, a 19-year-old Indiana woman, has been charged with attempted murder after poisoning a bottle of milk intended for her 11-week-old niece. According to the original story in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, the woman was upset “was angry that her mother was allowing her brother, his fiancé, and their 11-week old daughter to…
33-year-old Anthony “Fif” Soares, a long-time friend of Drake and member of Drake’s crew, was gunned down in the lobby of a Toronto high rise on September 14th. Police are still looking for the two shooters, and have released two separate security cam videos of Anthony Soares’ murder, in the hopes of identifying one or…
Police in Colorado Springs have a real mess on their hands with a flagrantly defacatory runner who’s come to be known as the Mad Pooper. According to local station KKTV, the Buddle family is resorting to a “smear campaign” to try and shame the unknown woman into stopping her trou dropping–since she’s made a habit…
This February 27-year-old Virginia mom Darla Elizabeth Hise killed her 6-year-old daughter Abigail Grace Hise with a shotgun, and new court documents reveal she did this because she thought that her children “were in danger from aliens and she thought she was going to save her daughter by sending her to heaven.” Darla, who is…
Utah couple Kristy and Kenneth Manzanares took a cruise to celebrate their wedding anniversary, but a domestic dispute led to murder. There was a murder mystery dinner happening at the same time of Kristy’s death, which lead some on board to think maybe her murder was a hoax. Many passengers heard a woman screaming and…
18-year-old new dad Daniel Mitchell decided to run away from his parental responsibilities by abandoning his two-week-old baby son in a parking lot in Northern California. Kfor.com has shocking surveillance footage shows the young man take out a baby carrier and leave the child at a shopping center. The baby is now in the hospital,…
86-year-old Doris Payne, who’s earned notoriety as an international jewel thief has been arrested again for stealing. This time, however, it wasn’t high-priced jewels, but about $86 worth of merchandise from an Atlanta-area Walmart. Payne exploits over the past six decades were examined in a 2013 documentary called The Life and Crimes of Doris Payne….
Embed from Getty Images Excessive social media use can take its toll in myriad ways, but sometimes it can have devastating consequences. In the case of 21-year-old Cheyenne Summer Stuckey, too much Facebook led to the death of her 6-month-old Zayla Hernandez. On June 13, Cheyenne made a bath for her baby girl. She says…
The employees at an unspecified fast food restaurant in Tacoma, Washington were given quite a scare this week when a 19-year-old woman pulled a gun on them for shorting her a chicken nugget. The lady first shows signs of extreme agitation when she didn’t get her drink in a timely manner because the restaurant was…
Lars Itzo always maintained that the murder of his wife, Debora Kelly, was “the worst mistake” of his life–because he pulled the trigger of the gun that killed her. The Dateline Lars Itzo episode is the first full-length, in-depth study of the couple’s marriage, the circumstances surrounding Debora’s death, and the ensuing trial, which saw…
I Am Homicide is back with its second season, and the Investigation Discovery hit is earning strong reviews and ratings alike. However, keen-eyed fans of Detective Garry McFadden have noticed one particular omission among the just-announced descriptions of the second season’s expanded offerings: unlike early seasons of Homicide Hunter or the debut of Murder Chose…
The Dateline Cara Rintala retrial episode focuses on the Annamarie Cochrane murder, the first in Massachusets history in which a woman was convicted of her wife’s murder. The case became notable also because of the two separate retrials–in other words, three total trials, spanning nearly seven years–necessary to convict Cara Rintala, who married Annamarie Cochrane…
Cash Freeman is being hailed as a hero this week, following a weekend incident in which he shot and killed an Oklahoma man drowning twin babies in a tub while the babies’ mother looked on. Freeman, of Ada OK, learned what was happening from his 12-year-old granddaughter. According to IBT, he rushed to the home…
Dateline‘s latest episode considers the peculiar and disturbing case of Gregory Owens, an outwardly mild-mannered ex-Army sharpshooter, and of a visit Gregory’s wife Rachel paid to some friends in a neighboring state one night just before Christmas in 2014. The basic facts of the case are these. Gregory and Rachel Owens settled in Londonderry NH…
A German woman known only as Gabriele P has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after decapitating her lover during what she claims was a “kinky sex game” in her Munich home. The crime actually took place nearly a decade ago, and was only discovered thanks to the drunken confession of Gabriele’s accomplice. According…
Dateline‘s latest takes a long look at the unusual and ultimately tragic case of Linda Watson. Originally believed to be a missing person abducted from her home in August of 2000, Linda was actually murdered by her husband, former Tucson firefighter David Watson–but she wasn’t the only member of her family to fall victim to…
A Florida man’s Big Penis Defense could save him from a life sentence in the choking trial of his deceased girlfriend–but, according to the judge weighing the evidence, there could be one big catch. Richard Patterson, 65, of Margate FL, rose to viral infamy when his second-degree murder charge went to trial. Patterson is accused…
Dateline‘s latest examines the controversial verdict in the case of Cara Ryan, a Florida woman and career teacher accused of second-degree murder in the death of her ex-husband John Joseph (“JJ”) Rush. Neither the defense nor the prosecution argued that Ryan was responsible for pulling the trigger of the gun that shot and killed JJ….
Nicki Minaj’s first performative foray came via a group called Hoodrats, a quartet that also featured Bowlegged Lou’s son Lou$tar, current Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star Safaree Samuels, and 7even Up. Nicki was only a member of the group for a few years, but her tenure featured at least one interesting non-musical experience: according…
Maria Elena Salinas, who counts Emmys, Peabodys, and Edward R. Murrow awards among her many accolades, is launching a new true crime show in conjunction with Investigation Discovery. Entitled The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas, the show, per its press release, “peels back the layers of national headline-making crimes in search of new evidence,…
Investigation Discovery’s four-part Killing Richard Glossip documentary takes a comprehensive look at the case of an Oklahoma man sentenced to death for a murder that police know he didn’t commit, and that Glossip has argued for years he had nothing to do with. The miniseries was produced by acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger, best-known for his…
In a peculiar instance of someone’s eyes being bigger than her stomach, 23-year-old Brittany Carter has been charged with rape after performing oral sex on a cab driver while at least one friend held the man at knifepoint and robbed him. Carter, a native of Fremont OH, was indicted on charges of first-degree felony rape…
Dateline‘s latest episode explores the murder of Jarrae Nikole Estepp, whose body was found on a conveyor belt in an Anaheim recycling center on the morning of March 14, 2014. She’d been stuffed into a dumpster. Jarrae had come to Anaheim from Modesto, a mid-sized city in almost the exact middle of California. Based on…
It’s hardly unusual for a reality TV show to have to fight back against claims that part or all of the show is fake. But Investigation Discovery’s Murder Chose Me is hardly a typical reality show–in fact, while it does use elements of reality TV, the show is more closely related to a true crime…
In unfortunate-but-true news, a jury in Dallas deliberated for two days before finding amateur plastic surgeon Denise Ross guilty of murder following a botched butt injection that led to the death of her client. Dallas News reports that in February of 2015 Ross injected industrial-grade silicone into the posterior of one Wykeshia Reid. But the…
I Am Homicide was one of true crime network Investigation Discovery’s breakout hits of 2016. The show’s depiction of former Charlotte Detective Garry McFadden real-life exploits, in a confessional / dramatization style reminiscent of ID’s signature hit Homicide Hunter, made for a ratings boon. (It also helped pave the way for Murder Chose Me, ID’s…
It was one of the most baffling cases in Washington state history: Who murdered Ed and Minnie Maurin? The December 1985 killings went unsolved for nearly three full decades, thanks largely to a frustrating lack of evidence at the crime scene. With neither fingerprints to run down nor a murder weapon to trace, investigators from…
A&E’s latest contribution to the burgeoning True Crime genre of documentary shows is a fresh take on an old favorite for many. The Bill Kurtis-helmed Cold Case Files originally ran for seven years, generated a syndication-worthy 125 episodes, and garnered a handful of Emmy nominations and wins. The show’s methodical examination of infamous unsolved murders…
Every season of Investigation Discovery’s podcast Detective is devoted to a different one of the network’s real-life detectives (turned reality TV star). Murder Chose Me‘s Rod Demery is the featured guest for Season 3, and a recent interview explained the full story behind Rod Demery’s brother’s arrest and conviction for murder. As Rod shared in…
The circumstances of the Rod Demery mother murder are these. Barbara Sue Demery was shot to death in Sweeny TX on May 8th, 1969. Rod was 3; his brother Patrick was 5. Barbara was living with her new husband, Jerry Armstead, at the time; Barbara was in her “early 20s,” while Jerry was “eighteen years…
Homicide Hunter‘s Joe Kenda is as unassuming and matter-of-fact in real life as he is on television. The Investigation Discovery mainstay was long retired from the Colorado Springs Police Department when reality TV producers came knocking on his door, and uninterested in any attention from the outside world. In fact, while fans may sometimes wonder…
Murder Chose Me, Investigation Discovery’s latest look at the lurid side of human existence, focuses on the superhuman efforts of a Louisana detective named Rod Demery whose success made him a legend among his peers. The show looks to contain two elements familiar to devotees of Investigation Discovery’s programming: first-person narration and fictionalized dramatization mix…
The most recent Harold Henthorn case update comes courtesy of NBC’s Dateline, which devoted an entire two-hour episode to the bizarre chain of events that led to Henthorn’s conviction on a murder charge. The audacity of Henthorn’s crimes–and the fact that he’s only been charged with one murder, though public opinion has deemed him overwhelmingly…
Felicia Pearson–better known to most of her fans and the world at large as Snoop from The Wire–is the latest new face to join the Love & Hip Hop New York Season 7 cast. Felicia has a long list of acting credits to her name, and is branching into the music business with her own…
The JonBenet Ramsey house and parents have had divergent paths since the shocking 1996 murder of the 6-year-old girl. The former family house in Boulder has been vacant for years. John and Patsy Ramsey’s fortune evaporated in the wake of the years-long investigation into JonBenet’s murder–and the subsequent legal defense the couple had to mount…
It’s one of the most puzzling questions in modern American crime: Who killed Tom Kolman? Dateline and 48 Hours have now both tried to crack the case of the mysterious 2011 murder, which, for several years, appeared to have one obvious suspect. However, the 2016 acquittal of Kolman’s best friend, dentist Gilberto Nunez, has instead…
Dateline NBC’s foray into North Florida details one of the most surprising murder cases in the state’s history. Kim and Derrick Dorsey were a seemingly happily married couple in Jacksonville when a former house guest’s entreaties became too much for Kim to bear. The struggle that ensued, however, led to Kim’s brutal murder at the…
The Dana Rosendale Ohio cold case, and its reopening, three decades later, as a murder investigation, is one of the most famous in the state’s history. Now, NBC’s Dateline offers its own investigation into the fascinating case, including the reconsideration of details that didn’t add up after Rosendale’s death in 1982. The 30+ year-old crime…
Was Bring It‘s Coach John Conner arrested? Only a few weeks after revealing his HIV diagnosis and attempted suicide, the Lifetime network reality TV star has been apprehended for a number of crimes–chief among them the alleged rape of a 17-year-old boy subsequent criminal exposure to HIV. In revealing his HIV diagnosis, Conner explained that…
Did the JonBenet case get solved? It’s the question literally millions of viewers are asking, thanks to a slew of JonBenet specials taking a fresh look at the infamous murder of the six-year-old beauty pageant contestant. The 20th anniversary of JonBenet’s murder is fast approaching, and no fewer than a half-dozen networks are offering intense…
The JonBenet 2016 investigations are in full swing, thanks to the JonBenet Ramsey murder’s 20th anniversary and a string of new evidence in the cold case. No fewer than three full-length specials about the case have premiered in the past few weeks, with one more set to debut soon, and at least one high-profile participant–JonBenet’s…
The Chris Brown standoff latest news involves a peaceful end to the ten-hour stalemate between Brown and the LAPD over what the singer’s rep says is a “demonstrably false” charge. Brown was arrested on one count of suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon following an altercation at his home; the details of that altercation…
Is Narcos a true story? How much of it is real? Questions of the Netflix original series’ veracity have intrigued viewers since its debut, thanks in large part to a steady stream of realistic, but fictional portrayals of criminal enterprise. But Narcos, unlike The Wire or Breaking Bad, doesn’t just draw inspiration from real-life–it gets…
The Chris Hansen net worth question is one of increased interest lately, thanks to the journalist’s return to TV with Killer Instinct on Investigation Discovery. The heralded broadcaster’s first major project since To Catch A Predator sees him eschewing hidden camera tactics in favor of more one-on-one interviews–often with surprising results. Hansen’s multi-year absence from…
Is DB Cooper dead or alive? How might DB Cooper have died? Is DB Cooper even real? Where is he now? And where is DB Cooper’s money? One of the most infamous, brazen, and puzzling thefts in US history has baffled authorities for decades and given rise to a whole legion of amateur sleuths, all of whom…
Can OJ Simpson be tried again with new evidence? The question came up earlier this year, thanks to the revelation that a knife had been found on OJ’s former Brentwood property–and it’s being raised once more, thanks to the 22nd anniversary of Nicole Brown and Andrew Goldman’s murders, and the slew of OJ-related television programming that’s…
Is Dark Woods Justice real? It’s the question skeptical reality TV fans find themselves asking about Discovery’s newest entry in the true crime / police genre, and it’s nice to be able to say that the show definitely delivers an intriguing new take on a familiar premise. As it turns out, the “Dark Woods” of Washington…
This week’s Karen King arrest update is a busy one, as the Love and Hip Hop Atlanta star has been active on social media following her booking on three charges last week. The trio of charges for which Karen was arrested all stem from a 2015 shoplifting charge pursuant to which she allegedly committed forgery and identity theft. In case…
Lyndon Baines Smith, Karen King’s ex and the victim of the beating and kidnapping for which she and her sons Sas and Scrapp DeLeon were arrested in 2012, has spoken at length about he and Karen’s relationship for the first time. In a wide-reaching interview with James Camper, Smith discusses he and Karen’s history, the…
We’re about quarter of the way through Season 5, but many viewers are still asking themselves: Who is Karen King from Love and Hip Hop Atlanta?The intriguing new cast member made quite an entrance earlier this year, thanks to our article on her criminal record–which features an appearance on America’s Most Wanted for allegedly beating an ex-lover and leaving him for dead…
The LHHATL Tommie criminal record story is true–and the source confirming it is none other than Tommie herself! After our Tommie mug shot extravaganza went viral last week, VH1 sat the newest Love and Hip Hop Atlanta cast member down for an interview–one in which she acknowledged that “Tommie” is a stage name, and that the alias attributed to her…
When is Scrapp from LHHATL getting out of prison? The 28-year-old hasn’t featured too prominently on Love & Hip Hop Atlanta’s fifth season, largely because he was imprisoned for part of the show’s filming schedule. We previously reported on the drug trafficking charges for which Scrapp was sentenced; now, we know when to expect Scrapp–real…
Another day, another set of rumors about a new Love & Hip Hop Atlanta cast member! Before the dust could even settle on news of the alleged criminal history of LHHATL‘s Tommie (whose real name may or may not be Atasha Jefferson) came a second report, this one leveling some pretty strong allegations against Tia Becca, and complete with a Tia Becca…
News of the 2012 Karen King assault has captivated Love & Hip Hop fans since Season 5 premiered. Now, the victim of that assault has spoken up, and he does not have kind words for Karen King, sons Sas and Scrapp, or the entire Love & Hip Hop franchise. As we reported several weeks ago, Karen and her two sons–along with…
Earlier this week, Love & Hip Hop Atlanta fans were surprised by a report which appeared to detail a secret identity for Tommie, one of several new additions to the show’s cast. According to that report–none of which has been confirmed–Tommie’s real name is Atasha Jefferson, and the lengthy list of Atasha Jefferson arrest records includes…
A New York man is in custody and faces up to 250 years in prison on child pornography charges after catfishing his own daughter into sending him a series of nude photos. The daughter, whose name has been withheld in order to protect her privacy, had been led to believe she was communicating with a teenaged…
The Fulton County Medical Examiner ruled that Bobbi Kristina’s death was caused by a combination of “drug intoxication and water immersion,” according to her official autopsy. The official cause of Bobbi Kristina’s death has been a source of great controversy since a judge sealed the coroner’s records last autumn, pending a criminal investigation into any involvement…
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