Dennis Jurgens was a chubby, joyful, and active toddler when Harold and Lois Jurgens adopted him in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Unable to have children of their own, Lois and Harold adopted several children over the years. Dennis wasn’t their first or last. From the very beginning, case workers from the adoption agency had their […] The post The Terrible & Totally Preventable Death of Dennis Jurgens appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 41 min
On December 16, 2004, Becky Harper made a call to 911 after checking in on her 23-year-old daughter, Bobbie Jo. Bobbie Jo, who was 8 months pregnant, was lying on the floor in her home and something was horribly wrong. Paramedics raced to the scene, where they found Bobbie Jo dead with devastating injuries to her […] The post A Life for a Life appeared first on Tiegrabber .
Jun 16, 2025•1 hr 40 min
One April evening in 1991, Ann Racz’s three children waited for her to pick them up some burgers and fries at the local McDonalds, which was less than a mile away. But instead of seeing Ann’s white minivan pull into the driveway, their father showed up hours later with a small bag of cold French […] The post The Disappearance of Ann Racz appeared first on Tiegrabber .
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 41 min
When Monica Dunn, a beautiful mother of three, was shot to death in her home, her husband was with her. But he claimed she had done it to herself. The couple had become estranged after months of infidelity and vicious arguments, so Monica’s police officer husband Paul Dunn was the logical suspect in her death. […] The post Presumed Guilty: The Death of Monica Dunn appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
May 19, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Please enjoy this public release of a members-only episode from October 2023. For more of these bonus episodes and to get all of your TCB episodes ad-free, pop on over to tiegrabber.com/subscribe! On the morning of October 24, 1961, Martin Risch left for Logan Airport to catch an early flight for an overnight business trip […] The post Vanished in Blood (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
May 14, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Susan Woods’ naked body was found with her head in a bathtub full of black water in 1987. In her small town of Stephenville, Texas, her murder was especially shocking and unimaginable. Susan was a softspoken and beautiful young woman, living alone since her biker husband had left her and fled the state. When she […] The post Not the Usual Suspect appeared first on Tiegrabber .
May 05, 2025•1 hr 33 min
We hope you enjoy this re-release from a members-only show in 2024. It’s one of Jill’s favorites! Jill and Dick rewatch and recap the HBO 2-part docuseries I Am Not a Monster: The Lois Riess Murders. This is a shocking case of a mother and grandmother who kills her husband, then goes on the run […] The post I’m Not A Monster: The Lois Riess Murders-A Rewatch & Recap (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Apr 25, 2025•1 hr 4 min
One day in January 2009, 91-year-old Selma “Sally” Hill was not answering her phone calls, which was very unusual for her. Sally’s life partner, Lester, had a daily habit of speaking with Sally at 4:00 pm each day. When Sally didn’t answer Lester’s calls on January 7, 2009, Lester became concerned. He called Sally’s grandson Eric, […] The post Operation Custody appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Apr 21, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Raised in Riverside, California, twenty-year-old college student Jason Bautista and his fifteen-year-old brother Matthew were living roller coaster lives with their mentally ill and abusive mother, Jane. Jane Bautista’s mood swings and unpredictable behavior effected the two young men in ways not understood at the time. Then, one January night, the family’s dysfunction led to […] The post A Tale of Two Brothers appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 34 min
When Ernest Brendel, his wife Alice, and their 8-year-old daughter Emily disappeared from their Barrington Rhode Island home, the FBI and state police suspected that they were victims of foul play. The family of three had just moved to Barrington from Providence about three years earlier, believing they had found a safe and happy place […] The post Trading in Murder: The Brendel Family Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Mar 23, 2025•1 hr 45 min
We hope you enjoy this re-release of a members-only episode from 2023! It was the 1970s, a time of freedom and adventure for 16-year-old Jim Boucher and 19-year-old Daryl Barber, when they headed out from their Michigan homes to Daytona Beach Florida for a week of fun and sunshine. The two young men had saved […] The post Road Trip (re-release) appeared first on Tiegrabber .
Mar 16, 2025•1 hr 11 min
One January night in 1997, Scott Falater’s next door neighbor looked on in horror as Scott dragged his screaming wife into the family pool and proceeded to hold her head under the water. When the police arrived, they found Yarmila Falater floating in blood filled water with 44 stab wounds to her body. Join us […] The post While He Was Sleeping? The Murder of Yarmila Falater appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 15 min
One Christmas morning in Madison, Wisconsin, a young man named Gerald Davies led the police to a dead body lying in a snowbank. Gerald was insistent that he did not kill the man. He explained that he and his fiancée, Barbara, had simply found the body in her apartment and buried it in the snow. […] The post No Happy Endings appeared first on Tiegrabber .
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 35 min
This is a re-release of a members-only episode from 2023. Jill & Dick remember being riveted by this series and had to talk about it! Enjoy! A Recap of the Three-Part Series Jill and Dick recap and discuss this docuseries about an alleged child sex ring in Mineola, Texas. Spoilers abound so you may want […] The post How to Create a Sex Scandal (and ruin lives) Re-release appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Feb 21, 2025•47 min
Brenda and Dennis Bowman last saw their daughter Aundria on March 11, 1989. Dennis was the one who called the police when Aundria went missing that afternoon. He told them that he had come home from work and found Aundria missing, along with some of her things and some cash. He said that Aundria, 14-years […] The post The Lost Daughter: Aundria Bowman appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Welcome to a public rerelease of a premium episode from 2023. If you’d like to get all of our bonus shows and get our regular shows without ads, check out tiegrabber.com/subscribe for more information! On the evening of September 25, 1966, Jerry Bricca, a 28-year-old chemical engineer, got home from work and took his trash […] The post Unsolved: The Bricca Family Murders (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Feb 01, 2025•58 min
The Jamison Family lived in Eufaula, Oklahoma back in 2009 when they mysteriously disappeared. 44-year-old Bobby and his wife Sherilyn, along with their 6-year-old daughter Madyson, were considering moving into the remote San Bois Mountains when their truck was found abandoned in the area that October. Join us at the quiet end for The Strange […] The post The Strange Disappearance of the Jamison Family appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 18 min
George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before moving to New York City, where he became a successful antiques and art dealer. In 1990, at age 49, George was happy. He was planning a new life with his former publicist and current girlfriend, Mary-Louise Hawkins, after years in an unhappy marriage. But George’s newfound happiness […] The post Murdered for Money: George Kogan appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Here is a blast from the past—a members-only episode of a Dateline rewatch and recap! Happy New Year and we hope you enjoy our recap of a crazy episode of Dateline Unforgettable hosted by Andrea Canning. In this case, an Alabama husband, Michael Reese, is murdered in his own home. His wife Cindy seems beyond […] The post Dateline Unforgettable Rewatch: Even the Devil Went to Church (rerelease) appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Jan 05, 2025•54 min
On the morning of December 30, 1978, the bodies of 45-year-old Nancy Spangler and her two teenage children were found in their home in Littleton, Colorado. All three had been shot to death with a handgun. The children were found in their bedrooms and Nancy was slumped in a chair in the basement, a bullet […] The post A Very Bad Husband: Robert Spangler appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 56 min
We’re back with another premium episode rerelease for the public, this time a rewatch and recap of a Dateline episode with our favorite reporter, Keith Morrison. If you haven’t subscribed for TCB premium ad-free and bonus episodes, maybe you should? Just something to consider! Happy Holidays! Larry Isenberg disappeared on Feb. 13, 2018 while out […] The post Dateline Rewatch & Recap: Kill Switch-rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Dec 18, 2024•49 min
Engaged Swedish couple Heidi Birgitta Paakkonen and Sven Urban Höglin were in their early twenties when they disappeared on a visit to New Zealand back in 1989. They were on an adventure, backpacking through the bush that April, and they were reported missing that May. Join us at the quiet end for The Swedish Tourist […] The post The Swedish Tourist Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr 17 min
This is a public rerelease of a members-only episode from last spring. Hope you enjoy it! If you would like more episodes like this, without ads, check out tiegrabber.com/subscribe or visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/tiegrabber. On Nov 2, 2016, 34-year-old Sherri Papini was jogging near her home in Redding, CA. She was apparently kidnapped […] The post The Sherri Papini Kidnapping Hoax-Rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Dec 08, 2024•50 min
So, now we’re back for part two of the fascinating and disturbing case of convicted child killer Lucy Letby. Since part one, we’ve reviewed interviews with her accusers, her defenders, scientific experts, and nurses who either worked in neonatal units, in the Countess of Chester neonatal unit, or worked directly with Lucy Letby. We’ve also […] The post Lucy Letby: The Common Denominator Part Two appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Dec 02, 2024•2 hr 6 min
This is a rerelease of a bonus episode released last summer for subscribers only. We thought we’d share this on the public feed for those of you needing an escape from the upcoming holiday stress. Hope you enjoy our discussion! Cullen Davis was a man who believed that money could buy anything. And he may […] The post A Perversion of Justice-Rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 8 min
In this previously released for members-only episode, Jill & Dick recap and discuss the ID docuseries The Lost Women of Highway 20. We recommend that you watch it first, but you can definitely follow the story by just listening to the podcast. If you’d like more episodes like these without ads, check out subscribing options […] The post The Lost Women of Highway 20—rerelease appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Nov 19, 2024•57 min
When British nurse Lucy Letby went on trial in 2023, the case against her seemed overwhelming. She was charged with 22 murders and attempted murders in the neonatal unit where she worked at Countess of Chester Hospital. The case centered on an abnormally high number of deaths between June 2015 and June 2016. Although no […] The post Lucy Letby: The Common Denominator Part One appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 16 min
The van Breda family enjoyed wealth, travel, and the love of friends and family. They travelled together, had apparently enviable relationships, and the children were educated at some of the best schools from around the world. All five family members were living what seemed like a dream life in a high-security, luxury estate just outside […] The post What Marli Forgot: The van Breda Axe Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 30 min
When 15-year-old Holly Harvey’s grandparents forbade her from spending time with her 16-year-old lover, Sandy, both Holly and Sandy grew bitter and antagonistic. Carl and Sarah Collier loved their out-of-control granddaughter, who they were raising while her mother was in prison. Carl and Sarah did not give up on Holly, but then they began to […] The post To-Do List appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Just three years after Thomas Keir told everyone that his first wife Jean left him and their young son behind to be with another man, his second wife Rosalina was found dead and severely burned on her bed. Keir’s claims to be unlucky and grief-stricken were questioned by investigators as well as family, friends, and […] The post The Two Wives of Thomas Keir appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 25 min
