Joe’s mom had big big plans for him. She was one of those parents that liked to have high expectations for her children. She wanted Joe to accomplish things she never thought of doing when she was his age. She told him “you’re going to be a big big star in those films Joe.” He was confused. He was only 9. He didn’t know how to read, write, or even talk so how was he going to memorize a full script? She must have caught onto his curious expression because she looked down at him and beamed… “You’r...
Dec 18, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 222
He was the college “simp.” His friends knew better than to ask him to go to a party with them. He would inevitably be too busy in his dorm room thinking about his girlfriend. Listening to audio clips of her telling her she loves him. But his best friend was the only one that knew the truth of what was going on. He had secretly recorded conversations he had with his dream girl on campus. Then he edited and spliced together clips of the audio to make her say “I love you.” He would listen to those ...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 221
The letters brought them together. Dean was sitting in his office when he got his letter. He could feel his pulse picking up. Someone knew what he did. Not too far away, Norman and Todd were shaking as they opened their letters. Inside Norman’s letter were a series of pictures of a woman. Norman understood the blackmailer wanted this woman killed or else he would die. Todd anxiously waited for his best friend Norman to tell him what was in his package. “Todd, it’s your wife. They want me to kill...
Dec 11, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 220
They nicknamed her “mini Martha Stewart” because of how perfect she was. Her doctor husband adored her. She took care of their baby girl while still getting her master’s degree, cooking, cleaning, and even volunteering. Her life seemed so perfect till she was arrested and her secret life started to unravel. Years ago, before moving to the perfect suburban town, she lived with roommates. She dated 3 of them. And now they were all back. 1 - her husband’s patient. 1 - the man she was having an affa...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 219
There are a few things you should do before moving out of your house. Most people will make a short to-do list of sorts. Turn off the power, check all the closets for valuables, things like that. But even then you will always leave some part of yourself behind… maybe it’s a piece of mail, your welcome mat, or maybe even your scent. It’s inevitable. Understandable. You probably wouldn’t expect to find dead bodies though. The headless bodies of two young boys. They weren’t hidden in the chimney, o...
Dec 04, 2022•54 min•Ep. 218
“Welcome to IHOP (International House of Pancakes), how many people in your party?” Dee had the routine down to a science. She knew what to say, when to smile, when to talk about her kids, when to flirt so she could keep the tips rolling in. Today was not her day though. She wanted to throw up. Her hands were shaking and she was messing up everyone’s orders. She ran to the bathroom to splash water on her face. She reminded herself how important this was. She took out the crumbled piece of paper ...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 217
He was the type of psychiatrist that was to get to the bottom of someone’s underlying problem. What was the real reason she thought herself to be the devil’s child? What made her feel like she was so evil she could bring out the darkness in others? And what about those two guys? The ones she was so insistent that they were trying to seduce her? She claimed she just knew they were either going to seduce her or they would all commit some violent crimes together. She seemed scared of her relationsh...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 216
It’s said that there are a lot of dark spirits in New Orleans. It might be one of the most haunted cities in the entire world and one story that the city can’t seem to escape is that of Madame LaLaurie. The rumors go like this - she tortured her victims and experimented on them. It’s said she liked to drill skulls into victims’ heads and insert spoons inside so she could “stir their brains.” It’s said that she would stick ash, feces, and other vile things into the victim’s mouths, ears, and eyes...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 215
Becoming a mom is a dream for a lot of people. Especially Tom’s mom. She saw all the other moms and their deep connections with their beautiful children. So when Tom was born, she was ready for that. She would never get it. Her own son made her nervous. He made her feel unsettled. There was just something sinister about the way he did everything. He never cried, he would sit for hours in a cold bathtub, unmoving and staring at the wall. He liked to light things on fire… watching everything aroun...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 214
When you open the front door you might be expecting a package, the mailman, or even your Karen neighbor, but you wouldn’t expect Greg Marlow. I know you’re thinking the name doesn’t ring a bell. It didn’t either for Cyndi when she opened the door to see him. But there he was, in his tight shirt, handsome, smiling smoothly at her. There were a few things Cyndi would soon find out about this mysterious man on her doorstep. He didn’t show up by chance. He heard her voice and fell in love. They were...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 213
The Ingram house from the outside, would have presented itself as the dream life for a family. Situated on a beautiful ranch, with a vegetable garden out back, it was superbly normal. That is till Paul Ingram, the father and police officer, was accused of assaulting his two daughters since they were 5 years old. Not only that, but he would bring over cop buddies to assault not just his daughters but his young sons too. The explosive allegations came out back to back. There were poker parties/gan...
Nov 06, 2022•2 hr 41 min•Ep. 212
If you walked into his house, you would be tempted to walk right back out. The smell alone could have knocked you back through the front door. Every surface, every wall, every square inch of the floor was littered with dust. He collected tens of thousands of bottles, empty cereal boxes, trash, magazines, everything. He kept it all. I don’t know how you would find anything, let alone anyone in a place like that. It would have been nearly impossible to know that in a tiny little empty sugar box th...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 211
Zamy, a Taiwanese influencer, had worked hard to build up a wholesome reputable image. Yet, it was all going to come crashing down in the most nightmare-ish way possible. One day, she woke up to being flooded with messages with people asking her “what are you doing this for? Do you not make enough money on YouTube?” It was a “leaked” video of Zamy. She was engaging in sexual activity yet she didn’t remember anything about this encounter. But clearly, it happened because there was no denying that...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 210
In the summer of 2009, there were whispers around South Korea. A Korean blogger had gone out to the woods and came back traumatized. They had seen something in the woods they shouldn’t have. They called it “The Mimic” and it is NOT human. It has no human emotions, no human empathy, but it sounds just like a human. It can mimic anyone’s voice to lure you into their web of death. It sounds like an urban legend, right? But there are people amongst us that do the same thing. They do not feel love, e...
Oct 26, 2022•54 min•Ep. 209
The cruise was absolutely stunning. The white sand beaches, the baby blue waters, the casinos inside the cruise, it was all incredible. The passengers were having the time of their life, including the married Nist couple. Mr. & Mrs. Nist had the perfect life - they were millionaires, with a beautiful child, friends who loved them, and they were in love. But on this cruise, Mrs. Nist would fall in love with a crew member. It would catapult her life into the dark waters where she would be thrown i...
Oct 23, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 208
They were meeting up again. They knew they should stop, it wasn’t doing any good for them, but how could they? They were the only ones that really understood each other. So the two of them would leave their spouses, their children, all at home to go be with one another. And I know what you’re thinking. Cheaters. Well, don’t judge a book by its cover. These two were not cheating on their spouses. In fact, they had been cheated on. His wife was sleeping with her husband. They were meeting up to tr...
Oct 19, 2022•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 207
It all started with a Hollywood divorce. The joint statement released by both parties seemed amicable enough, but the public wanted more. They wanted to know the intimate details of the relationship’s downfall. They say 50% of marriages end in divorce, so the odds weren’t in their favor to begin with, but nobody expected it to go down like this. Very quickly, a public divorce turned into allegations of assault, abuse, and cannibalism. One of Hollywood’s own leading men allegedly had a string of ...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 206
They needed protection in order to go through with their big plans. She turned to black magic. Sure, it was risky to get dark magic and spirits involved, but their plans were more important. Their plans were to travel up and down the West Coast with their new van! It was a family van, one that could fit all their biological children in, one that you could sleep in, one that the children were supposed to feel safe in. It was going to be perfect. The couple had dreams about this day. The day that ...
Oct 12, 2022•57 min•Ep. 205
The two police officers ran out of their car. They knew there was time was of the essence when they saw the stream of blood running down the residential driveway. They had their guns drawn and started making their way into the garage where they heard animalistic noises. A dog perhaps? They didn’t know what to expect but it wasn’t this. On the ground they found the victim laying flat on their back, arms spread, blood everywhere, looking up at them. The victim pleaded with them, “please help me.” ...
Oct 09, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 204
It was a bit gruesome even for a carnival act. The snake and the rat. A giant king cobra in the cage hissing about and an employee would throw rat after rat into the cage. No matter how full, bored, or even tired the snake was, it would kill each rat that entered the cage. Even most adults would grab their child’s arm and rush away. It was never a pretty sight to see death in action, but little Pee Wee Gaskins sat glued to the bars of the cage. Eyes never leaving the snake. He felt in awe. The s...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 203
They were called “Comfort Women,” but their lives would not be in any sense comfortable. They were kidnapped, tortured, and held hostage to be assaulted by military officials. Soldiers had their own name for them; it was “public toilets.” Most of these women either died in captivity from murder, disease, or from the sheer violence of their assaults. But don’t be fooled by the name, sometimes comfort women were girls as young as 11 years old. Why? Well, wartime always brings out the superstitions...
Oct 02, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 202
Leslie only had Marie to lean on. They were best friends. Sure, they just started bonding, but Leslie really needed someone to count on. They spent countless hours on the phone, whispering, giggling, staying up, hoping their parents wouldn’t hear them. But it was a bit strange that she kept asking Leslie about what had happened in that basement. Leslie had been gang raped by some of the most popular kids in high school in the football captain’s basement. There was a trial underway for it. Marie ...
Sep 25, 2022•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 201
When I say “it was the town’s best-kept secret,” what do you imagine? Maybe an unknown hole-in-the-wall restaurant with the best milkshakes? Maybe a secret hangout spot near the river with the best city views. Not for the town of Glen Ridge; it was much darker than that. For them, their best-kept secret was their boys. The town’s group of star athletes - the football players, wrestlers, basketball players, and the most popular boys in class. So why are they a secret? Well, they’re not. But the s...
Sep 21, 2022•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 200
On the surface, there was nothing remarkable about Larry Lavin. He lived in a quiet neighborhood with his wife and family, drove a Volvo, and practiced dentistry in Philadelphia. But, from 1978 to 1984, Dr. Lavin moonlighted as one of the largest cocaine kingpins on the Eastern Seaboard. Through the voices and perspectives of law enforcement, drug runners, friends, business associates and Larry Lavin himself, Wolves Among Us, Season One, The Larry Lavin Story, tells the story of Lavin’s dual lif...
Sep 19, 2022•4 min
John was devastated when he got the call from his wife’s twin. His wife of two and a half years had just passed. Sure, he knew that she had been terminally ill for a while, but that didn’t ease the grief he felt. So when his wife’s twin sister showed up at his front door, he welcomed her in with open arms. She was the only one that understood his pain. They were identical twins, but she had blonde hair, whereas his wife had brown. She was also a bit thinner than his wife. Maybe she reminded him ...
Sep 18, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 199
They say when you seek revenge, you should dig two graves. One for yourself as well. The PTA moms didn’t think of that when they raged war. Jill was said to have gone up and down the hallways of the wealthy school to pass out flyers. Flyers that were printed with baseless accusations against another PTA mom. It’s said that she was jealous of the other mom. Some say it’s because she was trying to distract the community from the fact that she was cheating on her attorney husband with 4 firefighter...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 198
Edward’s new boss loved a good team-building event. Most companies would take their employees out for a fun night of bowling. But not Edward’s boss, Robin; he liked to have a more intimate setting. He gathered all 3 of his employees in the attic of his house and told them to follow after him. He started chanting random phrases while holding up an object into the air above them. Then he dramatically pressed the object to his mouth and took a bite. He cackled maniacally and passed it around for ev...
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 197
Her boyfriend loved a good surprise. Surprise dates and gifts were kind of his specialty, but this one felt a bit different. She was blindfolded and taken into a building. He tied her to a chair in the middle of an empty room. She was getting giddy. He had been talking to her about buying a house for her soon. Maybe, he had finally done it! He ripped off her blindfold and got in her face to say, “welcome to my mortuary!” Her eyes adjusted to the light, and she looked around. Around her were 2 de...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 196
You’ve heard of the red rooms - the alleged deep web livestreams of people being assaulted, tortured, and killed. The existence of red rooms is largely debated. But have you ever heard of the “Little Red Mansion?” Because this one is very real. The mansion itself was beautiful, filled with crystal chandeliers, gold crown moldings, and massive rooms filled with over-the-top furniture. It felt like an expensive boutique hotel. But for the girls trapped inside it was the biggest nightmare. They wer...
Sep 04, 2022•55 min•Ep. 195
Detective Nel was having a rough time falling asleep. She had a debilitating migraine and was throwing up all night long. Sure, her job as a detective wasn’t easy, but she almost always slept like a baby. The next day she went into work and was rushed to the cell of a young, doe-eyed girl that she personally arrested last night. It was a shocking case. The girl skinned someone’s entire face off. She wanted to be the next Ed Gein it seemed. In the cell, she saw the same girl covered head to toe i...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 194
