True Crime Recaps

In 2013, a Vanderbilt student woke up after a night she could not remember and was told by the man she was dating that he had spent the night taking care of her. What she didn’t know was that while she was unconscious, several Vanderbilt football players had brought her into a dorm room, where prosecutors said she was sexually assaulted. And unlike most cases where investigators have to reconstruc...

In 1995, 18-year-old Christa Pike and her 17-year-old boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp were involved in the brutal killing of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. Both were later convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy, but their sentences sent them down very different paths. Christa was sentenced to death, while Tadaryl received life with the possibility of parole. More than 30 years later, Tennessee atte...

In August 1990, 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson drove out to a secluded Houston area known as "Lovers Lane." They were never seen alive again. When a security guard found their abandoned white Honda with the keys still in the ignition, search dogs were brought in to scour the nearby woods. What they discovered was a horrific and incredibly bizarre crime scene involving defla...

18-year-old Nolan Wells disappeared during a Fourth of July boat outing on Horn Island, Mississippi. Two days later, his body was found in the water. After reviewing testimony from 43 witnesses, phone records, GPS data, videos and forensic evidence, a grand jury declined to indict anyone, finding no credible evidence that a crime had been committed. The circumstances were considered consistent wit...

For 14 months, a family in Brazil believed they were caring for a 12-year-old girl named Gabriele. They gave her a bedroom, bought her clothes, celebrated her birthday and even considered adopting her. But Gabriele was actually Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira, a woman approaching her 38th birthday. And it wasn't the first time Amanda had assumed the identity of a child. Over more than a decade, aut...

In 2013, Caleb Flynn appeared on American Idol, encouraged by his wife, Ashley. Thirteen years later, he was on trial for her death. Investigators uncovered a secret relationship, more than 100,000 messages, a staged break-in and digital evidence that challenged Caleb’s account of what happened inside their Ohio home. Just hours before Ashley was killed, he sent a message saying: “I choose you. I’...

Police investigating Philadelphia artist and filmmaker Raymond Horsch are examining an enormous collection of digital material as they try to determine whether his disturbing fictional work may have connections to real missing women. The investigation began after Horsch’s son, Eugene, was arrested following an encounter involving identification belonging to a missing woman. A subsequent search of...

In 2023, former Bachelor star Clayton Echard became involved in a highly publicized paternity dispute after Laura Owens claimed she was pregnant with twins following an intimate encounter between them. Echard disputed the pregnancy and requested DNA testing. As the case moved through family court, questions emerged about the pregnancy evidence Owens had provided and whether the paternity proceedin...

In 1986, 19-year-old Jeanne Clery was a student at Lehigh University when another student gained access to her dormitory through security doors that had been propped open. Joseph Henry was later convicted in connection with Jeanne's death, but for her parents, Howard and Connie Clery, the case exposed much bigger questions about campus security and what colleges were required to tell students abou...

In August 2026, 18 year old Karoline Heintz had dinner with her family before heading back to college. The freshman soccer player was studying at PennWest California with hopes of becoming a doctor. But when she suddenly stopped responding to calls and messages, her family began searching for her. An AirTag inside Karoline’s Jeep eventually helped her family locate the vehicle near a library. Afte...

In 1996, a fire at the historic Snowden Mansion in Arkansas led investigators to discover that Sally Snowden McKay and her nephew, musician Joseph “Lee” Baker, had died before the fire began. The investigation soon focused on 16-year-old Travis Lewis, who lived on the same estate with his family. Lewis eventually pleaded guilty to two counts of capital murder and was sentenced to prison. But the s...

Three disappearances. Three families searching for answers. And three cases that became part of the history of missing child investigations in America. In this extended episode of True Crime Recaps, we revisit the cases of Johnny Gosch, Etan Patz and the Lyon sisters, bringing together our previous coverage with new narration and case updates. Johnny Gosch disappeared while delivering newspapers o...

Janet Dennis was a devoted school nurse and mother who disappeared shortly before Christmas. Her vehicle was later found at an airport with Christmas presents for her children still inside, leaving investigators trying to understand where she had gone and what had happened. Early attention focused elsewhere, but the investigation changed direction when information emerged about activity at the spr...

Corie Walsh is facing charges following the death of her two-year-old son, Barrett, at their Illinois home in September 2026. According to prosecutors, Walsh had been following and discussing the Lindsay Clancy trial earlier that day. Hours later, her older children returned home and sought help from a neighbour, leading authorities to the family home. In this episode of True Crime Recaps, we exam...

Three people and families seemingly disappear in three very different places: a hospital in South Africa, a home in San Francisco and an isolated farmhouse in the Netherlands. In this episode of True Crime Recaps, Chris examines three unusual disappearance cases involving Sandile Sibiya, Brian Egg and the Ruinerwold farmhouse family. Each investigation unfolded differently. One began with a puzzli...

In April 2025, 18-month-old twins Dallas and Tyson Shaw were found unresponsive at their home in Payette, Idaho, days after receiving scheduled childhood immunizations. Their mother, Andrea Shaw, publicly attributed their deaths to complications following those vaccinations. Investigators, however, pursued a different explanation, and more than a year later Andrea was charged with two counts of fi...

Nearly two years after Mica Miller’s death, her story has returned to the spotlight following Netflix’s Death of the Pastor’s Wife and a separate federal case involving her estranged husband, John-Paul Miller. Before her death, Mica had reported concerns about being followed, tracking devices being found on vehicles she drove, damaged tyres and fears for her safety. Her death was officially ruled...

Elizabeth Barraza was preparing for a garage sale outside her Tomball, Texas home when a person approached her driveway shortly after her husband left for work. Their brief interaction, along with what happened next, was captured by surveillance cameras. Despite the footage, the identity of the person seen approaching Elizabeth has remained unknown. In this episode of True Crime Recaps, we examine...

Warren Barnes was a familiar face in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado, where locals knew him affectionately as "The Reading Man." When he suddenly disappeared in February 2021, people in the community quickly noticed he was missing. The investigation eventually led authorities to Brian Cohee Jr., a local teenager whose home and vehicle became central to the case. As investigators looked deeper in...

The Lindsay Clancy case has become one of the most closely followed trials involving questions of mental health and criminal responsibility. In this episode of True Crime Recaps, we examine the evidence being presented in Lindsay's case, including her documented mental-health history, treatment and medication changes, journal entries, phone searches and digital evidence. We also look at the compet...

More than 25 years after the Andrea Yates case drew national attention, it is being discussed again as the Lindsay Clancy trial raises renewed questions about postpartum mental health, psychosis and criminal responsibility. Andrea Yates had a documented history of severe mental illness, psychiatric hospitalisations and psychosis before the events of 2001. Her first conviction was later overturned,...

Fashion designer Sylvie Cachay checked into Manhattan's Soho House with her boyfriend, Nicholas Brooks, in December 2010. Hours later, water leaking from Room 20 prompted hotel staff to enter the room, beginning an investigation that would focus closely on what happened during the early hours of that morning. In this episode of True Crime Recaps, we examine Sylvie's life and career, her relationsh...

Christopher Wilder presented himself as a successful businessman, amateur race car driver and photographer. But behind that image was a pattern of approaching young women with supposed modeling opportunities at shopping malls, beauty contests and other public places. In 1984, investigators began connecting Wilder to cases involving missing women across several states, triggering a nationwide searc...

Deputies thought they were responding to a routine welfare check at a shared house in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Instead, they discovered three roommates dead and one of the people who lived there, 23-year-old Alyssa Venable, was nowhere to be found. Investigators say Venable had moved into the house only weeks earlier. By the time police arrived, she had cut her hair, left Virginia and was heading n...

In May 2003, Deanna Laney’s quiet Texas family was shattered after she attacked her three young sons during the night. Two of her children died, while her 14 month old son survived with permanent brain injuries. Deanna then called 911 herself and told the dispatcher what had happened. Investigators soon learned that Deanna believed she was receiving messages from God. She interpreted ordinary even...