Members of the Heaven’s Gate cult donned black outfits, new Nike sneakers, and purple shrouds on the day of their deaths. They each had a $5 bill and 3 quarters in their pockets. It was March 1997 and 39 cult members ritually ended their lives in waves. Each cleaned up after the last until all […] The post The Ultimate Sacrifice: Heaven’s Gate Cult appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
The story of Gypsy Rose Blancharde, a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and a convicted killer, has gained international attention and invited speculation from lay people and professionals in the medical community. On the night of June 14, 2015, deputy sheriffs in Greene County, Missouri, found the body of Dee Dee Blancharde face down […] The post The Story of Gypsy Rose Blancharde appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
In-home daycare settings allow caretakers to work from home while offering working mothers an alternative to traditional day care settings. Parents weigh the benefits and drawbacks of their daycare options and most are satisfied with the care their children receive. When a tragedy occurs, as it did with the death of one-year old Maria Harris, […] The post Death in a Home Daycare appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
At 7:36 pm on the first Tuesday in July 2008, Carol Kennedy made her nightly call to her mother. Ruth Kennedy lived across the country in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 83-years old at the time and Carol worried about her living on her own. She had called her mother almost every night since her father […] The post An Inconvenient Woman: The Murder of Carol Kennedy appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
We all have someone in our family who is a little unstable. An eccentric aunt or a brother preparing for the zombie apocalypse maybe. But what happens when a family member sinks deeply into true madness, becoming a danger to himself and others? This is when interventions are needed or lives fall apart. Susie Sharp […] The post Love & Madness: Murder in a Southern Family appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
It only took minutes to tear apart the family of Darren Galsworthy, a blended family that had been through hardships and illnesses to finally find some happiness and equanimity. Darren and his wife Anjie had each been through difficult relationships before they fell in love and merged their two families into one cohesive group. Things […] The post A Killer in the Family: The Death of Becky Watts appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Pregnant mother Belinda Temple, 30, was found dead in her bedroom closet on January 11, 1999, shot in the back of the head with a shotgun. Her husband David, a Houston-area high school football coach and former local football star, was the focus of the investigation, but authorities did not have enough evidence to arrest […] The post Sympathy for the Devil: The Murder of Belinda Temple appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
We’ve all done stupid things due to peer pressure. It can be harmless, such as influencing the way we dress or the way we wear our hair. Sometimes it involves drinking or other high-risk behavior. It often plays a part in bullying, with a teen or group of teens encouraging abusive behavior against a peer. […] The post Mean Girls: The Murder of Shanda Sharer appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
In 1966, three children, Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont, went to the beach to celebrate Australia Day. Many people there saw the siblings having a great time, but they never returned home. They vanished without a trace. While a widespread investigation was launched, it turned up very little. To this day, we’re still unsure of what happened, but […] The post And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of the Beaumont Children appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
David Brown, a man who masterminded the 1985 murder of his wife, died of natural causes in a prison hospital in 2014. He was 61. Brown was in a protective housing unit because of his notoriety for the killing of his fifth wife, Linda Brown. He was accused of persuading two teenagers —one his daughter, […] The post Sugar & Spice: The Murder of Linda Brown appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Darren Burgess had married the wrong woman. Clinging to a dying relationship for the sake of his children, he turned to alcohol. Through 1998 and 1999, he drank heavily “just to numb the pain.” He started taking risks. In March of 2000, after a work meeting, he was arrested for drunk driving. He feared he […] The post Dead by Friday: The Plot to Kill Carolyn Matthews appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
A young mother is shot to death while she clutches her 7-month old baby. Her husband lies executed in the next room. This isn’t the story of a Hollywood drama, but the tragic end to an average Tennessee working class family. Billie Jean Hayworth and her husband Billy Payne were going about their normal weekday […] The post Unfriended: The Catfish Murders of Billie Jean Hayworth and Billy Payne appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
It has been 8 and a half years since anyone has seen Haleigh Cummings alive. When she was last seen on February 9, 2009, she was 5-years old. She would now be 13. Haleigh’s 17-year old babysitter, Misty Croslin, the girlfriend of her 25-year old father, Ron Cummings, called police at 3:30am on February 10th. […] The post The Lost Girl: Haleigh Cummings appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
As you may or may not know, we have a second podcast. It’s called Watching ID. This is a brief introduction and 3 minute sample of our most recent episode: Grave Mysteries’ Murder in the Chat Room. If you like what you hear, you can hear the full episode on iTunes or on your favorite […] The post A Preview of our New Podcast: Watching ID appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Killers don’t wear name tags telling us who they are. They look like everybody else. They are fathers, brothers, neighbors, carpenters, doctors, men, or women. On an upper class suburban street in Kansas City, at 7517 Canterbury Court, Dr. Debora Green and her husband, Dr. Michael Farrar, lived with their 3 children. It was a […] The post First, Do No Harm: The Murders of Tim and Kelly Farrar appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Alma Sipple, a single mother in Tennessee, could not afford medical care for her ten-month-old daughter Irma when a knock on the door changed her life: there stood a woman with close-cropped grey hair, round wireless glasses and a broad, stern face.The older woman exuded authority as she explained she was the director of a […] The post The Baby Thief: The Crimes of Georgia Tann appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
How well do we really know the people in our daily lives? Our co-workers, our boss, the clerk at the grocery store, our neighbors, our friends, or even our spouse? Many people thought they knew Colonel David Russell Williams. He was a decorated air force pilot and commander at the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) at […] The post An Officer and a Psychopath: The Crimes of Colonel Russell Williams appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Of all the pain and struggles that are left in the aftermath of a murder, it may be the senselessness that haunts us the most. On February 9th, 2010, 17-year-old Mackenzie Cowell said she’d only be gone for 15 minutes when she left the Academy of Hair Design in Wenatchee, Washington. Four days later, police […] The post The Beauty School Murder: Who Killed Mackenzie Cowell? appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
At what age are we responsible for our actions? Laws and opinions differ, but there are certain acts that seem to transcend age in their brutality and lack of conscience. When 12-year old Jasmine Richardson participated in the murder of her entire family, a community and those of us looking on were shocked. Was she […] The post Runaway Devil: The Richardson Family Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
People do crazy things for love. Some people kill for love. Sometimes people die for love and their loved ones are left to somehow go on without them. To ponder the whys and what ifs. When Rusty Sneiderman was shot dead after dropping his 3-year-old son at daycare on November 18, 2010, police speculated that […] The post Crazy Love: The Plot to Kill Rusty Sneiderman appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
The story of Lisa Irwin, who went missing when she was just 10 months old, has riveted the nation and left behind unanswered questions. How does a 10-month old infant disappear from her crib, never to be seen again? The police have focused on Lisa’s mother Deborah although there was plenty of evidence pointing to […] The post Gone Baby: The Disappearance of Lisa Irwin appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
The Lillelid family van drove on through the twilight of Greenville, Tennessee, in April of 1997. Gravel crunched beneath its wheels as quiet sobs echoed inside. The sun had set and dusk gave way to nightfall. When the van stopped, the doors opened to an unusual congregation. One by one, the occupants climbed out. A […] The post Natural Born Killers: The Lillelid Killings appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Sheila Bellush’s 13-year-old daughter Stevie came home from school on November 7th, 1997, and found her 23-month-old quadruplet siblings crying and spotted with blood. Sheila was on the laundry room floor, dead from a gunshot wound to her face and a large gash to her throat. It was clear that there had been a struggle. […] The post Four Little Witnesses: The Murder of Sheila Bellush appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On the morning of July 18th, 2014, Ross Harris was expected to bring his 22-month-old son Cooper to daycare on his way to work. Ross and Cooper ate breakfast at a Chick-fil-A restaurant less than one mile from Ross’ office. After breakfast, Ross drove his SUV to the Home Depot office where he worked. Cooper […] The post A Devil Down in Georgia: The Murder of Cooper Harris appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Murder is stupid. If you have any doubt, this case will fully convince you. Buckle up for a twisted tale of murder and deceit that will cause you to shake your head. You may even lose a few hours of sleep, contemplating the unpredictable and cold behavior of some of our fellow human beings. When […] The post Twisted: The IHOP Murders appeared first on Tiegrabber .
On a Saturday morning in June 1998, no one could find mother and daughter Vicki and Valessa Robinson. The night before, single mother Vicki had dined with her boyfriend while Valessa hung out with her boyfriend and another friend. Everyone was aware that Vicki had been having difficulty getting Valessa to follow her rules. Her […] The post Love’s Labor Lost: The Disappearance of Vicki and Valessa Robinson appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Friends and housemates hadn’t heard from Travis Alexander for 5 days when they let themselves into his house to check on him. What they found was shocking. And they knew who was responsible: Travis’s ex-girlfriend Jodi Arias. Petite and pretty, Jodi had a normal childhood by all accounts. But something went very wrong after she […] The post Fatal Exposure: The Jodi Arias Story appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
Life in the Aftermath of Serial Killer Ted Bundy Ted Bundy moved from Seattle, Washington to the University of Utah in 1974 after committing a series of brutal murders of young women. Police weren’t yet aware that he was a serial killer. To those who knew him, he was a polite, handsome and well-educated young […] The post Surviving Ted Bundy appeared first on Tiegrabber .
A Discussion of Felony Murder Rule Cases Blake Layman made a very bad decision when he was 16. That decision set off a series of circumstances that culminated with his arrest and conviction for felony murder. But Blake didn’t kill anyone. He broke into a house unarmed. The homeowner, who was armed, shot him and […] The post Guilt by Association: Felony Murder Rule Cases appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
On a high, jagged cliff overlooking the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Green River, Wyoming, a young mother and her 5 year-old son plunged to their deaths, their bodies crashing from rock to rock until they landed splayed and bleeding in the dust. Bob Duke’s accounting of his family’s death was heartbreaking. He described a sudden […] The post A Taste for Murder: The Deaths of Liana & Erik Duke appeared first on Tiegrabber ....
