Joining us is former public defender turned legal expert and author Kirk Nurmi. He rose to fame when he defended Jodi Arias during her high profile murder trial. Since leaving the public defender’s office, Kirk has written eight books, which include Trapped with Ms. Arias. His books are available for purchase now. Ann Marie and Anthony Anastasi moved to small town Maryland hoping it would be a fresh start for their marriage, but when a woman from their past followed them to their new beginning, ...
Mar 22, 2022•35 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Joining us is journalist, Angenette Levy. Angenette has been a crime & courts reporter for 15 years and is currently a host and correspondent for Law & Crime Network. In conversation with Angenette, is producer Cris Graves. Kendra Hatcher was a small town girl living and thriving in Dallas, Texas in 2015. She loved her job as a pediatric dentist and had just met the man of her dreams. Ricky Paniagua was a handsome up and coming dermatologist. They had so much in common and the relationsh...
Mar 15, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Joining us is true crime expert, Leah Rothman. Leah is the writer and host of The Real Killer podcast, which is available now wherever you get your podcasts. In conversation with Leah, is producer Jeff Shane. For most young people, going to college is a chance at an exciting fresh start, but for 18-year-old Christian Aguilar it became a nightmare when he fell for his best friend’s ex-girlfriend, Erika. As romance bloomed, the love triangle would prove to have deadly consequences for everyone inv...
Mar 08, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Joining us is true crime expert Leah Lamar. Leah is a writer, actress, producer, director, standup comedian, and clubhouse app influencer. She also hosts the iHeart media podcast real time crime with Teddy Mellencamp. In conversation with Leah, are true crime producers, Jeff Shane & Cris Graves. At 27, Avis Banks was well on her way to having everything she dreamed of in her life. She loved her job working at a day care center, loved her fiancé, 31 year-old Keyon Pitman and she was excited f...
Mar 01, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Joining us is expert Amy Polacko to talk about the hit documentary, The Tinder Swindler. In conversation with Amy is true crime producer Stephanie Lydecker. This week is a bit of a departure for us. While the story of The Tinder Swindler doesn't end in a murder, it does share many similar themes that run through the cases we usually cover. So, we wanted to take a deep dive into lessons that can be learned from both the Netflix documentary and the article journalist Amy Polacko wrote for NBC News...
Feb 22, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Joining us as a guest expert this week is Kongit Farrell, a Marriage & Family Therapist. Kongit has over 13 years of experience as a mental health professional and works with individuals and couples, as well as businesses and health organizations. In conversation with Kogit is true crime producer Jeff Shane. 34 year-old Joanne Witt was a gifted engineer working for El Dorado County, CA when she became pregnant with a man she was casually dating. She dumped the man but kept the baby, a beauti...
Feb 15, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 14
It’s 2006 in Snellville, a small town outside of Atalanta, GA. 43-year old graphic designer, Richard Schoeck, has met the woman of his dreams, 35 year-old Stacey Morgan. Richard is an eccentric with a big heart and Stacey is a kind single mother of three. It was a perfect match and by 2007 Richard and Stacey had gotten married. Everything seemed great to Richard on Valentine’s Day in 2010, when Stacey asked him to meet her in a secluded park so they could have a romantic date. Sadly for Richard,...
Feb 08, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 13
In the Summer of 1991, 33 year-old Clara Suarez started working as a dentist at a local dental practice in Houston, TX where she met 33-year-old David Harris. He was a handsome orthodontist who worked in the same office. Clara, was beautiful and smart; David was charming and wholesome. The pair were married on Valentine’s Day, 1992 and it seemed like a match made to last. But 10 years into their union things were rocky and it was about to become clear just how bad things had gotten and how far C...
Feb 01, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 12
It’s 1995 and both 18 year-old Kristin Rossum and 21 year-old Greg de Villers had decided to visit Tijuana, Mexico. Sparks flew when they met as they both walked along the bridge crossing the border. They were both young , attractive and outgoing so when Greg invited Kristin to join him and his two brothers for the day, she said yes. Greg and Kristin would be inseparable a week later and they would be married by 1999. But once the whirlwind romance settled into married life, Greg would learn tha...
Jan 25, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
22 year-old Jacque Sue Rawson was a small town girl from picturesque Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She loved her family and dreamed of one day being a mom. In 1994 she married James Clay Waller, a tall lanky man who let Jacque mother him. After 11 years of marriage, in 2005, Jacque’s biggest dream came true. Jacque gave birth to triplets, and she was over the moon to instantly be the mother of three. By 2011, the marriage was falling apart and it was only a matter of time before terribly dark secret...
Jan 18, 2022•28 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In 1999, 21 year-old college student Justine Swartz was working as a cashier at Lowes to pay her way through school. Justine’s dream was to be an Elementary school teacher. Soon she met and hit it off with 26 year-old Eric Abshire, a former Marine who was a manager at the same store. After a six year courtship Eric proposed in 2005, and they were married in 2006. Shortly after the wedding, Justine began to pull away from her family who sadly had no idea how dark Justine’s world was about to beco...
Jan 11, 2022•29 min•Season 1Ep. 9
It’s 2012, and 36 year-old mechanic Dave Kroupa is newly single when 37 year-old Cari Farver drives into the auto shop he manages. Dave is instantly attracted to her. Both Dave and Cari are only looking for a casual relationship but two weeks into dating Dave starts getting confusing texts from Cari about settling down. Dave breaks up with Cari and soon finds himself being harassed by an online stalker. For the next several years, Dave finds himself living under constant threats until a pair of ...
Jan 04, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In the bright-lights and pastel-colored city of Miami, FL Wendy Trapaga was in love with Michel Escoto. He was ten years her senior and Wendy fell hard for this poetic bad boy with a red motorcycle that she met while they both attended cosmotology school. Just six months into their relationship, she found herself marrying Michel, only this wedding would soon become a honeymoon of nightmares for Wendy. Check us out online! www.instagram.com/KT_Studios Learn more about your ad-choices at https://w...
Dec 28, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 7
21 year-old Lauren McCluskey, a nationally ranked track & field athlete, was a senior at the University of Utah when she met 28 year-old Shawn Fields, a bouncer at a bar she went to one night. Shawn asked for Lauren’s number that night, and soon after they began dating. Shawn was Lauren’s first boyfriend and she was smitten. But just months after the relationship began a Google search would lead Lauren down a scary path as she would learn dark secrets Shawn was hiding. Check us out online! w...
Dec 21, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
38 year-old April Christine Favazzo thought she’d finally found the one in 54-year-old doctor, James Kauffman. They were a good match; she was an advocate for veterans and he was a decorated Vietnam War Vet. In a lovely ceremony, April and James were married on Valentine’s Day 2003. But soon things took a turn for the worse when April discovered cracks in James’ outward apperance that revealed dark secrets about the man she once thought she knew. Check us out online! www.instagram.com/KT_Studios...
Dec 14, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In the affluent community of Dunwoody, Georgia, Rusty and Andrea Sneiderman looked like they had it all- adorable children, loving marriage, rewarding careers. But after a tragic event in a daycare parking lot, the family’s once picture perfect image begins to crack. As the investigation continues, no one could possibly imagine that the likes of Barry White and Olivia Newton-John would become key to the grizzly mystery. Check us out online! www.instagram.com/KT_Studios Learn more about your ad-c...
Dec 07, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 4
29 year-old lawyer, Ryan Poston, seemed to have it all, friends, a loving family, good looks and he was starting his own law firm, the world was his oyster. When he spotted photos of 19 year-old college student, Shayna Hubers on his cousin’s Facebook page. Ryan’s interest was piqued, a connection was made, and a tumultuous year long rollercoaster of a relationship ensued that would soon have Ryan wishing he had kept on scrolling. Check us out online! www.instagram.com/KT_Studios Learn more about...
Nov 30, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
68 year-old millionaire Steve Beard had just lost his wife of 42 years when he met 30 year-old Celeste Johnson Martinez, a server at an Austin, TX country club Beard belonged to. Lonely and not used to single life, sparks flew for Steve and he quickly swept Celeste off her feet, marrying her and adopting her twin daughters. But soon after their wedding vows we’re exchanged, Steve would learn that the woman he married was more interested in his bank account than his love. Check us out online! www...
Nov 23, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Michelle was 21-years-old when she met her husband-to-be Martin McNeill. The pair quickly eloped, and over their 30 year marriage raised eight children and were pillars of society, until...secrets started bubbling to the surface and it was revealed that this picture-perfect life was built on a stack of lies and deception including infidelity, plastic surgery and discovering you married a monster. Check us out online! www.instagram.com/KT_Studios Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ih...
Nov 16, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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Nov 03, 2021•2 min