In 1985, Youngstown State University sophomore Gina Tenney was living off-campus in an apartment on the top floor of a duplex. Over winter break, she thought she heard someone trying to break into her apartment several times, but she never saw anyone. Four days later, her body was found floating in an icy river. With DNA testing in its early stages, it would take the Youngstown PD's perseverance to bring the perpetrator to justice. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy &...
May 16, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 89
In 1999, a 911 call came into the Craig Co., Oklahoma Sheriff's Dept. - the Freeman family's mobile home was on fire. Found in the burning rubble were parents Danny and Kathy Freeman. But their 16-year-old daughter Ashley, and her best friend Lauria Bible, vanished. Despite intensive searches, the two teenage girls were never found. It would take authorities decades to learn what likely happened to them, because in this case fear and intimidation trumped justice. Advertising Inquiries: https://r...
May 09, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 88
In 2013, southern California residents were scared. The Los Angeles PD was scouring the region for a suspect who was targeting members of law enforcement and their families. For more than a week he eluded authorities, popping up in a different county every day or so. And you never knew where he would strike again. It took the largest manhunt in southern California's history to bring an end to his reign of terror. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://...
May 02, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 87
On March 8, 1924, the Louisville Police Department received a report of a man who had been shot in an upscale neighborhood. Following these early 20th century detectives as they navigated the intricate plot twists and myriad of characters could make anyone involved in this case believe they were living the real-life version of a classic film noir movie. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 25, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 86
In 2015, a decorated police lieutenant radioed that he was pursuing 3 suspects and requested backup. Arriving officers called dispatch just a few minutes later and said the two most dreaded words: officer down. A huge manhunt was formed to find the suspects, but somehow, they eluded police. It would take two months before police announced the person responsible. And it sent shockwaves through the community. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir...
Apr 18, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 85
The Reverend Jim Jones grew from an impoverished, lonely child in Indiana to the dynamic and charismatic leader of his own religious movement. His dream of creating a socialist utopia for his followers became a reality when he built a compound in Guyana. But all was not as joyful as it seemed. When the truth was finally revealed, the shock of Rev. Jones’ end game reverberated across the nation and the world. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redci...
Apr 11, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 84
In 1989, Victoria Cushman had been secretly seeing a married police detective who she believed was going to leave his family so they could be together. Before he could do that, her lifeless body was found on her apartment floor. From the start, there were rumors of a cover up by higher ups at the police department after it turned out her married lover lied about their relationship. It took years, but the perpetrator finally heard the cell doors slam shut. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle...
Apr 04, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 83
In 1984, the body of nine-year-old Dawn Hamilton was found in the woods behind her apartment building. Two young boys helped police come up with a composite sketch, leading to the arrest and conviction of Kirk Bloodsworth. He was sentenced to death row. After years of maintaining his innocence, DNA testing gave him the chance to prove he didn't harm Dawn. Or did it prove his guilt instead? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 28, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 82
Anyone who remembers the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London will recognize the nickname the Blade Runner. It was given to South African Oscar Pistorius, who was the first amputee to compete in an Olympic Games and did so on legs made of carbon fiber. The golden glow of the Olympics soon lost its luster when five months later a call came in to emergency services. Oscar had mistaken his girlfriend for an intruder and accidentally ended her life. Was it an accident? Or was it intentional? Advertis...
Mar 21, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Y'all, this one is a special episode because we recorded it last week LIVE in Chattanooga, Tennessee! Chattanooga is a such a cool city and we met so many amazing people. And while this episode doesn't take place in Chattanooga, it happened just a couple of hours northwest. It took almost a decade to find out what happened, and what sealed the fate of the accused came from a very unlikely source. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...
Mar 14, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 80
In 1985, a husband and father on assignment more than 500 miles away from home received a devastating phone call. He rushed home to find his wife and two of his three children gone forever. The only thing his 22-month-old daughter could tell them was they needed to hide from the burglar. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 07, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 79
In 1987, a preacher's wife in Dallas, Texas was found unresponsive on the floor of her garage. Her husband kept vigil at her bedside for more than a week, with rumors swirling in the community that he was somehow involved. Did rumors drive his downfall or was he actually responsible? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 28, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 78
In 2014, a college student living in the trendy Isla Vista community of Santa Barbara was struggling to fit in. Throughout his education, he just wanted to be popular. But that never happened. He wrote pages and pages in his journal about the day he would seek retribution. That tragic day was May 23, 2014. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 21, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 77
In 1998, Mark and Julie Jensen had been married for 14 years and were devoted to their two sons, ages eight and three. At the end of the year, Mark noticed some significant changes in Julie's personality - she was depressed and wasn't sleeping or eating. He urged her to go to the doctor, but she refused. On December 3rd, Mark and the boys came home to find Julie had passed away. Police did not suspect foul play, until the Jensen's next door neighbor handed them a letter hand-written by Julie nam...
Feb 14, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 76
What happened to Tim Bosma in 2013 could have happened to anyone. He was selling his truck and went for a test drive with a prospective buyer. He never came home. But no one expected the investigation into his disappearance to uncover a web of lies that left the community and the country in shock. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 07, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 75
We are back in Texas, y'all for a shocking case of betrayal and greed. In 1992, Fort Worth, TX socialites Jack and Caren Koslow were ambushed in their home. Tragically, Caren did not survive. And just when police were ready to arrest their suspect, they received information from an unexpected source that changed everything. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 31, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 74
In 1983, three members of the Ryen family and their son's friend were killed in a brutal attack in the Ryen home. Despite initial reports that up to three men were involved, only one man was arrested and convicted. Kevin Cooper has maintained his innocence for the past 38 years. In 2021, the CA governor ordered an independent review of the case and on Jan. 13, 2023, the results were made public. Is Kevin Cooper innocent? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
Jan 24, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 73
In 2018, Daniel Brophy was a chef and instructor at the Oregon Culinary Institute in Portland. Early on a Saturday morning, students found his body on the floor of one of the school's kitchens. Daniel's wife, Nancy, became an early suspect, in part because she was an author and had a lengthy search history involving different ways to kill someone. Was she really researching plotlines or was she guilty? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...
Jan 17, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 72
We've all heard bits and pieces about the tragic murders at the University of Idaho. But now that the Moscow Police Department has made their probable cause affidavit public, we can bring you the facts - from what happened that terrible night to how they tracked down the now-infamous white Hyundai Elantra to the arrest in Pennsylvania. And, what happens next. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 10, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 71
We're beginning the new year by bringing you big updates on four cases we've covered over the past year. We have updates on Episode 41 - the murders of Mike Sisco and Karen Harkness in Topeka, KS; Episode 18 - covering the murders of a suspected serial killer police have dubbed "The Shopping Cart Killer"; Episode 29 - which discusses the case of the first person to be tried and convicted using genetic genealogy; and Episode 11 - the case of a missing 12-year-old girl and how it involves a two-ti...
Jan 03, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 70
This week's episode is a rebroadcast of our favorite episode to-date - Episode 1, the disappearance and murder of Denise Huber in Newport Beach, CA. In 1991, Denise vanished into thin air from the shoulder of a Southern California freeway. The trail went cold for three years until a woman, acting on her instincts, finally discovered what happened to Denise. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 27, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 69
Michele Rae Powers was the mother of a 3-year-old son, and, in January 1982, after fighting for two years, was finally given visitation rights. Which her son's father was NOT happy about. She told her twin sister she was concerned about her safety. And unfortunately, it turned out that her instincts were correct. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 20, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 68
In 1997, brothers Melvin and George DeJesus were arrested and convicted of murdering their next-door neighbor - and the mother of a childhood friend - Margaret Midkiff. They became targets of the investigation after a jailhouse snitch gave police information that only someone present at the scene would know. Did police arrest the right perpetrators? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 13, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 67
The Harvey family home in Richmond, Virginia was where friends and neighbors gathered every New Year's Day for food and fun. But in 2006, arriving guests found emergency vehicles and crime scene tape surrounding the house and property. They stood together as they waited to hear news about their friends. The answer was more horrific than any of them imagined. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Dec 06, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 66
In July 1966, five student nurses and three exchange nurses from the Philippines were sharing a dorm-style townhouse in Chicago, Illinois. All of the young women were smart, caring and had bright futures. They had no way of knowing someone had been watching them for days, and learning their routines, before breaking into the townhouse late one night. He was smiling and kind as he told them he wouldn't hurt them. He lied. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ...
Nov 29, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 65
In 1986, 13-year-old Jennifer Bastian rode her bike to Tacoma's Point Defiance Park and never returned. The investigation into her disappearance uncovered similar crimes targeting young teenage girls. The determination of cold case detectives eventually led to the clang of a prison cell door. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Nov 22, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 64
In November 2012, a 911 call was placed from a home located in the upscale northern California suburb of Monte Sereno. Raveesh Kumra and his ex-wife Harinder were the victims of a brutal home invasion robbery. Both had been tied up, and when police arrived Raveesh was unresponsive and cold to the touch. As investigators searched for a possible motive, they uncovered secrets that led to an unthinkable betrayal. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://red...
Nov 15, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 63
In November 1984, Anne Swanke, a University of San Diego honors student and music major, went to San Diego State University to hang out with her boyfriend and some friends on her way home from a sorority function. She left to go home about 1:30am... and vanished. The investigation into Anne's disappearance led detectives to cross paths with David Allen Lucas. And what they uncovered sent shockwaves across San Diego County. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out...
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 62
Quee Choo “Q.C.” Chadwick was smart, talented and above all else, devoted to her husband, Peter, and their three sons. When Q.C. and Peter did not pick up their sons after school, it was so unlike the couple that neighbors were quick to call the authorities. Q.C.’s body was found a week later in a dumpster more than 100 miles away from her home. The roadblocks to justice that popped up along the way would take the combined resources of the Newport Beach Police Dept., the US Marshals, Homeland Se...
Nov 01, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In 2018, Kelsey Berreth lived in Woodland Park, CO, and she and her fiancé had a 13-month-old baby girl. On Thanksgiving Day, Kelsey disappeared. Police, however, believed her life ended inside her condo that day and arrested a suspect only a few weeks later. Despite never finding her body, the case was taken to trial. Was there justice for Kelsey, or were authorities too quick to judgment? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Oct 25, 2022•45 min•Season 2Ep. 60
