The Italian Hall Disaster was a tragedy that occurred on December 24, 1913, in Calumet, Michigan. Seventy-three men, women, and children, mostly striking mine workers and their families, were crushed to death in a stampede when someone falsely shouted “fire” at a crowded Christmas party. Lump of Coal beer is served! The post The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Italian Hall Massacre appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
In 1929, share-cropper Charles Lawson brutally murdered his wife and 6 of his children after buying them Christmas outfits and having a family photo taken. Rumors of his motive range from financial stress to incest. Join us at the quiet end for a Christmas beer and a Christmas crime. The post The 12 Beers of Christmas: The Lawson Family Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
In our first installment in the 12 Beers of Christmas, we discuss trends in domestic violence over the holidays and how to help and support victims of domestic abuse. Dick shares his thoughts on Anchor Christmas Ale! The post The 12 Beers of Christmas: Domestic Violence During the Holidays appeared first on Tiegrabber .
Erin Corwin thought she was being taken into the desert for a marriage proposal. Excited, she texted a friend in Tennessee, eager to share the big news. And then she vanished without a trace. We would later learn that Erin was lured to a remote location and brutally murdered. What kind of ruthless person would […] The post Lured: The Vanishing of Erin Corwin appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
When 8 month old Matthew Eappen died of severe head trauma, his 18 year old Au Pair was arrested for murder. What followed was a trial second only to the O.J. Simpson trial in media attention and controversy. In this episode, Jill and Dick discuss the Eappen family, the life of Louise Woodward, and the […] The post Shaken Baby: The Murder of Matthew Eappen appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Lacey Spears’s struggle seemed to be every mother’s worst nightmare. From the day he was born, her son Garnett was afflicted with multiple illnesses. She shared all of his struggles on social media along with her struggles to be a perfect single mom. Apparently a courageous and selfless mother whose entire life was dedicated to her son, Lacey […] The post Munchausen by Proxy: The Lacey Spears Story appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
The recent news is shocking and we’re learning more each day. Todd Kohlhepp, successful real estate agent and convicted sex offender, has been arrested in 7 murders after his latest kidnapping victim was saved from her chained and caged torture chamber–a storage container—for 3 months. We will discuss the lives and deaths of his victims, […] The post Buried Secrets: The Victims of Todd Kohlhepp appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On December 6, 1991, Jennifer Harbison and Eliza Thomas, both 17, were scrubbing down counters and sweeping the floors at a yogurt shop in Austin, Texas, anticipating going home and having a sleepover. Jennifer’s 15-year-old sister , Sarah, and her 13-year-old friend, Amy Ayers, were sitting at one of the tables in the shop, waiting […] The post Four Dead Girls: The Austin Yogurt Shop Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Born again Christian Chris Coleman had a great life: an intelligent and loving wife, two healthy and robust young sons, and a six figure income from his job as televangelist Joyce Meyers’ chief of security. Then Chris began getting threats related to his job, putting a target on the backs of his family. The horrible […] The post Sins of the Father: The Coleman Family Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On June 6th, 1996, Darlie Routier’s throat and arms were slashed. Her two oldest sons, 6-year-old Devon and 5-year-old Damon, were brutally stabbed to death in their suburban Texas home. By the time the police and paramedics arrived, Devon was already dead. They tried to save Damon, but he died in the ambulance on the way to […] The post A Mom on Death Row: The Murders of Damon & Devon Routier appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
After nearly four decades behind bars, an Arizona man who long maintained that his ex-wife had framed him for a double murder left prison as a free man. With the help of the Arizona Justice Project, Bill Macumber gained national attention as a man wrongly convicted. It was less than one year after his release […] The post Justice Revisited: The Bill Macumber Story appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
The Friedli family home in Pinyon Pines, California was burned to the ground in 2006. This was no accident. Inside, investigators found the charred remains of Vicki Friedli and her boyfriend, Jon Hayward. Out front, posed grotesquely in a wheelbarrow, were the remains of 18 year old Becky Friedli. She, too, was burned beyond recognition. […] The post Cruel Intentions: The Murders at Pinyon Pines appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On a cold evening in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two professors had been brutally murdered in their own home. Investigators searched in vain for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. The residents of Hanover, New Hampshire, speculated about who could have been […] The post Without Motive: The Dartmouth College Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Etan Patz was just 6 years old when he disappeared from his Manhattan neighborhood in 1979. His disappearance helped in the establishment of new legislation and new methods for tracking missing children. He was the first child to be pictured on milk cartons. In 2010, Etan’s case was reopened. The case was tried in 2015, ending […] The post Innocence Lost: The Abduction of Etan Patz appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Greg Williams was a divorced father and wealthy businessman when he met and married Michele. Known to her own family as a promiscuous and dishonest person with a habit of destroying her relationships, she was the primary suspect when Greg was found dead in their bed. But Michele would turn out to be her own […] The post Domestic Deceit: The Twisted Mind of Michele Williams appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Eric and Ann Miller were two attractive, intelligent, successful people who met at Purdue University and married in 1993. In December, 2000, Eric died of arsenic poisoning. Over the next 4 years, investigators would find out that Ann wasn’t who she seemed. To the astonishment of everyone who knew the couple, Eric was murdered through a viscous […] The post Pretty Poison: The Murder of Eric Miller appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On May 1, 1990, Pamela Smart came home from a work meeting to find her condominium ransacked and her husband, Gregg, dead and bleeding on the floor. Police initially said that the crime scene looked like an interrupted burglary. Later, it was determined that Pamela Smart seduced 15-year-old Billy Flynn and threatened to stop having sex with him unless he […] The post Deadly Lessons: The Murder of Gregg Smart appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On February 4, 2013, when Kelsie Schelling was 21 years old, she went to Pueblo to meet her boyfriend and was never heard from again. Kelsie had just learned she was pregnant with her boyfriend Donthe Lucus’ child the day before. On February 4th, Donthe lured her to his hometown of Pueblo, telling her he had […] The post Expectations: What Happened to Kelsie Schelling? appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Six-year-old Timmothy lived with his parents, James Pitzen and Amy Fry-Pitzen, in Aurora, Illinois at the time of his disappearance. He is their only child. Without telling anyone of her plans, Amy removed Timmothy from his kindergarten class at Greenman Elementary School on the morning of May 11, 2011. After checking him out of school, […] The post Away from Home: Where Is Timmothy Pitzen? appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Drew Peterson is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, who has been missing since 2007. Stacy’s disappearance led police to reopen the Kathleen Savio case. On September 6, 2012, Drew Peterson was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Kathleen Savio, his third wife. Jurors admitted that the most compelling […] The post Above the Law: The Wives of Drew Peterson appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
In 1989, Carol and Charles Stuart were expecting their first child. After a childbirth education class at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston, the couple was driving home when, according to Charles Stuart, a black gunman with a raspy voice forced his way into their car, robbed them and shot Charles in the stomach and […] The post Deadly Greed: The Murders of Carol and Christopher Stuart appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Laci Peterson was the subject of a highly publicized murder case after she went missing while eight months pregnant with her first child. She was reportedly last seen alive on December 24, 2002. Her husband, Scott Peterson, was later convicted of murder in the first degree for her death, and in the second degree for […] The post A Most Selfish Act: The Murders of Laci and Conner Peterson appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Gone Girl is a psychological thriller, released in 2014, which invited critical acclaim, feminist disfavor, and widespread public interest. Based on the book of the same name by Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl is the story of Amy Dunne, a wife who goes missing under suspicious circumstances, her guilty-appearing husband, and the modern media. Twists and […] The post Gone Girl: Untrue Crime Movie appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
At the age of 7, Kyron Horman went missing from his elementary school. He was reported absent from his first class, but it wasn’t until after school that anyone realized he was gone. This is a strange and complicated case that turned family members against each other and revealed dark secrets. Kyron has not been […] The post Marked Absent: The Abduction of Kyron Horman appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Unfaithful was released in theaters in 2002 with moderate success. But it was on cable TV and in it’s DVD release that this tense, erotic tale of lust, love and murder became a modern classic. Starring Diane Lane, Richard Gere, and Olivier Martinez, there is no shortage of great looking people. More importantly, though, is […] The post Unfaithful: Untrue Crime Movie appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Erica Lynn Parsons was reported missing July 30, 2013 by her adoptive brother. She hadn’t been seen since 2011. It would be revealed that Erica was not in the family home for 20 months before police were notified. Her mother told authorities that Erica had been staying with her biological grandmother, a women for whom […] The post Yesterday’s Child: Erica Lynn Parsons appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Jill and Dick enter the mind of a lifelong sociopath and the lives of the people who shared his life. The things accomplished by Donnie Rudd were remarkable, but his lack of compassion and empathy, even for the woman who gave up everything for his love, was horrific. Finally charged for one of the 4 […] The post The Devil Inside: The Unraveling of Donnie Rudd appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
William Tyrrell, 3 years old, disappeared from his grandmother’s house in Kendall, New South Wales, on September 12, 2014. Days were spent meticulously searching for William in the bush, the neighborhood, and the Kendall State Forest. Finally, police determined that if William had wandered away he would have been found. This was a blatant abduction […] The post Taken: The Abduction of William Tyrrell appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
California native Chandra Levy, an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington, DC, went missing in May 2001 and her remains were found a year later in local Rock Creek Park. Soon after her disappearance, her case gained national attention when Levy’s family claimed she’d had a relationship with married California congressman Gary […] The post The End of the Affair: The Disappearance of Chandra Levy appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Deorr Kunz Jr., 2 years old at the time, was reported missing by his parents on July 10, 2015. The toddler’s parents, Jessica Mitchell and DeOrr Kunz, Sr., told authorities they believed DeOrr’s great-grandfather was watching him at the Timber Creek Campgrounds outside remote Leadore, Idaho, while his great-grandfather believed the boy was down by […] The post Little Boy Lost: The Disappearance of Deorr Kunz appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
