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Missing in Nashville: The Unexplained Disappearances of Laresha and Wanda Walker
In November 1999, 23-yer-old Laresha Walker, a young mother, disappeared from her Nashville home. 17 years later, in 2016, her mother, Wanda, also…
 • Kates Lara
Partners in Crime: The Violent and Bloody Legacy of the Cook Brothers
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two brothers embarked on a bloody reign of terror in Toledo, Ohio. Nearly two decades later, DNA evidence would help…
 • Kirsten Ford
Horror in Plain Sight: The Twisted Tale of the Turpin Family
In January 2018, police made a horrifying discovery in Perris, California. Inside a filthy house, numerous children were being imprisoned and starved by…
 • Kates Lara
A Deadly Grudge: The Horrific Halloween Night Murder of Doreen Erbert
On Halloween night 1984, 31-year-old Doreen Erbert and her unborn child were savagely murdered in her home. An investigation would eventually lead…
 • Kirsten Ford
Disappearance in Decatur: The Tragic Abduction and Murder of Penny Timmons
On Halloween 1992, 20-year-old Penny Timmons was abducted from her workplace in Decatur, Illinois and was missing for more than a year before the case…
 • Donna Patton
Crime Lord of Mumbai: The Rise and Disappearance of Indian Mob Boss Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar
Emerging from the impoverished streets of Mumbai, India, Dawood Ibrahim rose to become one of India's most powerful organized crime figures. After…
 • Kates Lara
The Alcásser Case: How Notorious Killer Antonio Anglés Martins Has Evaded Justice For Over Three Decades
In 1992, the savage murder of three teenage girls in Valencia, Spain shocked the country. As police closed in on the two killers, one of them, Antonio…
 • Kirsten Ford
Massacre in Chinatown: How the FBI is Still Hunting One of Boston's Most Notorious Killers
In the early morning hours of January 12, 1991, six men were gunned down in Boston's Chinatown neighborhood. More than 30 years later one of the killers…
 • Timothy Reynolds
Early Release: Former Cop and Convicted Drug Trafficker Eirik Jensen Released From Prison
Earlier this year it was announced that former cop and convicted drug smuggler Eirik Jensen will serve the remainder of his 21 year sentence on house…
 • Timothy Reynolds
Russian "Werewolf" Claims Further Victims: Serial Killer Mikhail Popkov Admits to Additional Murders
Infamous Russian serial killer Mikhail Popkov, known as "The Werewolf" and the "Angarsk Maniac" has confessed to more killings, bringing his confirmed…
 • Timothy Reynolds
Possible Parole?: Menendez Brothers Scheduled for Parole Board Hearings
This week, a parole board will decide if convicted murderers Erik and Lyle Menendez will finally be released from prison after 30 years. It is one of…
 • Kirsten Ford
Killer Cop Denied Parole: Former LAPD Detective Stephanie Lazarus to Remain in Prison
In February 2025, former LAPD detective and convicted murderer Stephanie Lazarus was denied parole for a second time. Lazarus was convicted in 2012 for…
 • Kelly J. Sullivan and Timothy Reynolds
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