While "Criminal Minds" made the FBI's BAU part of our vocabulary, it actually started back in 1974 in southwestern Montana. Over an 8 month period, one girl and one young woman were taken in the middle of the night, but there were no viable suspects. It took the emerging field of criminal profiling to track down the perpetrator and get justice for their families. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 11, 2024•48 min•Season 3Ep. 145
This is an update to our BONUS EPISODE from July 2023, about the arrest of Rex Heuermann for four murders that took place in Gilgo Beach, NY over the past two decades. But just a few days ago he was charged with two additional murders, one of which occurred more than 30 years ago. If convicted, this could make him the most prolific serial killer in New York's history. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jun 09, 2024•21 min
In 1991, 23-year-old Dana Ireland had a bright future ahead of her. She'd just graduated from college and was living with her sister on the Big Island of Hawaii while deciding her next steps. Her parents flew out to spend the Christmas holidays with their daughters... but tragically it would be Dana's last. Although it took years for someone to be charged, it still might've been a rush to judgment. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/p...
Jun 04, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 144
In 1966, the small town of Calumet City, Illinois was the site of a horrific crime. 18-year-old Karen Snider, a newlywed and mother of a 2 1/2-month-old daughter, was brutally killed in her home while her daughter slept downstairs. It's been a cold case for almost six decades... but have detectives finally found their man? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 28, 2024•32 min•Season 3Ep. 143
In 1978, 15-year-old Mary Vincent ran away from home to escape an abusive parent. She first went to NorCal with a boyfriend, but soon found herself living on the streets, sleeping in garbage cans and unlocked cars. She was desperate for a place to live, so she decided to hitchhike to SoCal to live with her grandpa. She never saw evil coming until it was too late. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 21, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 142
In June 2008, 12-year-old Brooke Bennett was dropped off at a convenience store to meet up with a friend. After leaving the store, she was never seen again. When her remains were found, the search for the perpetrator uncovered a shocking conspiracy that had operated in the shadows for years. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
May 14, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 141
During the frigid winter of 1878, the small town of Dexter, Maine was the site of a horrifying bank robbery. John Wilson Barron, a prestigious member of the community and the treasurer of the Dexter Savings Bank, steadfastly refused to disclose the combination to the safe… a decision that cost him his life. Police didn’t find any evidence at the scene and quickly ran out of leads. It would take almost a decade to get to the rest of the story… Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands P...
May 07, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 140
In the summer of 1980, Bruce and Darlene Rouse had three kids and had worked hard to provide for their children what they'd never had themselves. The lived an affluent lifestyle and their perfect family was the envy of many in the community. But closed doors hide secrets, and nothing is ever as perfect as it seems. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 30, 2024•42 min•Season 3Ep. 139
In 2015, Ellington, CT residents were stunned when a well-known community member was slain during a home invasion. When a woman came home unexpectedly, her injured husband yelled for her to run... but she couldn’t get away from the monster pursuing her. But in this day and age, no one should ever underestimate the use of technology to solve cases. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 23, 2024•39 min•Season 3Ep. 138
In the summer of 2020, Morgan Fox and her daughter had just moved in with her boyfriend and she had a good job that enabled her to provide for her family. But just four months later, a 911 call reported that Morgan had been found deceased in the driveway of her home. Tragically, someone in her life had decided that if they couldn't have her, no one could. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 16, 2024•37 min•Season 3Ep. 137
In 2002, Ali Kemp was home for the summer from college. She was working at a local pool with her boyfriend and her only plans were to spend time with friends and have fun. But her summer job turned into the place where she would fight for her life. Her father refused to let the case go cold and did everything he could to help catch her killer. And along the way, he changed the way the public was made aware of predators. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: h...
Apr 09, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 136
In 2003, a call came into police dispatch in Altrincham, England. It was a teenage boy named Mark who said that his friend John had been stabbed in an alley. John was rushed to the hospital in critical condition while police brought Mark to the station for an interview. And then Mark told investigators an unbelievable story that was like nothing they'd ever heard. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Apr 02, 2024•34 min•Season 3Ep. 135
In 1986, Cara Knott called her parents to let them know she was on her way home... but when she was more than an hour late, they knew something was horribly wrong. To make matters worse, four different law enforcement agencies declined to look for her citing department policies that she hadn't been missing long enough. When her family took matters into their own hands, their worst nightmare came true. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.co...
Mar 26, 2024•44 min
Our latest episode takes us back to 1931, where 38-year-old Benjamin Collings, his 29-year-old wife Lillian and their five-year-old daughter Barbara are spending the summer aboard their 30-foot cabin cruiser, Penguin. It's an idyllic time for this small close-knit family; until late one night, two men board their boat. What happens next will cause this family of three to become a family of two. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/priva...
Mar 19, 2024•48 min•Season 3Ep. 133
In 2012, UNC-Chapel Hill student Faith Hedgepeth was found murdered in an off-campus apartment. She was well-liked by all who met her, so the community was stunned when the alleged perpetrator was finally revealed. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Mar 12, 2024•45 min•Season 2Ep. 132
On an August night in 1961, Valerie Storie and her married paramour Michael Gregston were sitting together in a car on a country road. A man with a gun came up to them, inflicting a life-ending injury to one and left the other with a life-altering injury. Many celebs and the public believed an innocent man was convicted. It would take 60 years to learn the truth. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Mar 05, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 131
In 2003, Brian Wells walked into a bank with a note demanding $250K. With the bank manager away in meetings, the money couldn't be accessed. So, he left with only what was in the tellers’ cash drawers. When police pulled him over shortly after he left the bank, he admitted that he was the bank robber, but said he did it because he was forced to. However, there would be many twists and turns before investigators learned the whole story. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy ...
Feb 27, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 130
In 1998, Judith Johnson and her six-year-old granddaughter Brooke were having a sleepover. A noise in the middle of the night woke Brooke up, and what she saw was her worst nightmare. Her grandma was unconscious on the living room floor... and Brooke thought the perpetrator looked like someone she knew. The investigation would divide the entire family. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 20, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 130
In 2017, the affluent enclave of McLean, VA experienced a horrific crime that sent shockwaves across the region. The deaths of two women - a mother and her daughter - looked like the daughter ended her mother's life before taking her own. What could've happened to make this young woman snap? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 13, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 128
In the summer of 2013, Omaha, Nebraska residents were horrified by the brutal slayings that took place within a span of 10 days. Detectives were able to quickly link three of the four slayings, but the fourth was an outlier. It was through the help of other family members arrested in connection with these crimes that revealed the insidious history that set the stage for these tragic deaths. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Feb 06, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 127
In 1997, Janie Louise Pang was a stay-at-home mom of three living in the affluent Orange County suburb of Villa Park, CA. When her life was ended by a man who knocked on her door, police were at a loss for suspects. It took years for police to arrest someone... and when they did, was it the actual perpetrator or someone the killer set up to be the scapegoat? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 30, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 126
The rural town of Fernley, NV was shocked by horrifying crimes that happened on May 13, 2013. One 911 call after the other came into sheriff's dispatch and neighboring communities sent officers to assist. This close-knit community never imagined the day would end with five of their friends and neighbors gone. Did they have a serial killer stalking their small town? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 23, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 125
Anastasia King was just 18 when she decided she wanted to live the American dream and signed up for an online matchmaking service. Within just a few months she moved from her home country of Kyrgyzstan and was living with her new husband in Washington State. But when she disappeared after missing a flight home from Kyrgyzstan, police uncovered secrets that shocked everyone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 16, 2024•45 min•Season 3Ep. 124
In 1970, Nancy Harwood’s body was found along a desolate stretch of the Ajo Highway in southern Arizona. To everyone’s horror, her young children were found playing in the sand next to the car. The victim was the second of two females killed two months apart – and it showed all the markings of a possible serial killer. With no witnesses, would detectives be able to solve the case before the person struck again? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://re...
Jan 09, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 123
We're kicking off the new year by bringing you updates on three of our most noteworthy cases over the past 12 months. Our updates include Episode 71 - the murders of four young University of Idaho students; Episode 81 - the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and conviction of Olympian Oscar Pistorius; and Episode 112 - the disappearance of Suzanne Morphew and the discovery of her remains. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Jan 02, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 122
This week's episode is a flashback to one of our earliest episodes! It was the second episode we dropped more than two years ago (!!) and is one of our all-time favorites. It takes place in 1983 and is about Sidney Merrick, a young woman found stabbed to death in her car on the side of a major interstate freeway. Thanks to numerous witnesses coming forward, not only were police able to solve her case but also a cold case that happened in another state. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.co...
Dec 26, 2023•47 min•Season 3Ep. 121
In 1989, 18-year-old Mandy Stavik was home from college to spend Thanksgiving with her family. She was from a small town in Washington, where everyone knew each other and looked out for each other. Mandy was an avid athlete and went for a run with her dog... but only her dog returned home. After several days of searching, her body was found. And it would take an unlikely reunion to provide police the break they needed. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ht...
Dec 19, 2023•43 min•Season 2Ep. 120
In 2002, Elizabeth Garcia was working hard to create a better future for herself and her children. To keep her afternoons free for her kids, she took a part time job working overnight at a convenience store. It was during her second shift that she disappeared and was found deceased in a field. The case went cold until another murder happened in the small town a year later. The cases didn’t seem to overlap… but was it possible they were looking for the same perpetrator? Advertising Inquiries: htt...
Dec 12, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 119
In December 1996, Juli Busken had just completed her studies at the University of Oklahoma and was packing up to go back to her native Arkansas and begin graduate school. The day she was scheduled to leave, she did an early morning airport run to drop off a friend… and disappeared. Police contacted almost every person they could find who had ever known her, but the DNA was never a match. It took years, but finally there was a hit in CODIS that changed everything. Advertising Inquiries: https://r...
Dec 05, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 118
In 2007, Rhoni Reuter and her longtime boyfriend, former Chicago Bears player Shaun Gayle, were awaiting the birth of their first child. But one morning when Rhoni opened her front door to leave for work, someone was waiting for her. Police scoured the scene for clues, but when all of the suspects had alibis, investigators had to dig deeper to find the secrets that had been hidden from almost everyone. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.c...
Nov 28, 2023•38 min•Season 3Ep. 117
