The Black Docket

In the 1980s, a woman called "Mother Anna" built a cult compound. She promised salvation. She delivered abuse and murder. For thirty years, the survivors of the House of Prayer stayed silent.  Then came a phone call that changed everything. This is the story of Anna Young, and what it took to finally bring down one of America's most disturbing cults. Listen to The Black Docket Podcas...

Marcellus Williams spent 23 years on death row in Missouri for a murder he denied until his very last breath. This week, we sit down with his whole story, who he was before any of this happened, what that courtroom did to him, and the fight to save his life that came far too late. Because some questions don't go away just because a state decides it's done answering them.  Listen to The Bla...

A Yale, Michigan. A husband murdered in his own bedroom. A wife who survived twenty-six stab wounds to tell the story herself. And the person behind it all was someone nobody in that house ever saw coming. This week on The Black Docket, we're going full case-file deep on the Tia Skinner story. The investigation, the trials, and the legal fight that followed all the way to the Michigan Supreme Cour...

A man freed from death row after 13 years. Proven innocent. Given a second chance. He met a woman who believed in redemption. She loved him completely. She protected him. Then everything changed. This is a true crime story about the distance between belief and reality. About what happens when love meets trauma. About a family that had to confront the unthinkable. About the price of redemption. The...

A Baltimore preacher. Eight marriages. And Four bodies in her wake.  In the 1980s, Geraldine Parrish orchestrated a series of contract murders to collect insurance benefits. She turned faith, family, and fear into weapons. She positioned herself as a spiritual guide while secretly building a network of manipulation that reached into the most intimate relationships. But when her own family becomes...

How does love become a weapon?  On this episode we're breaking down the case of Falicia Blakely, a story about trafficking, manipulation, and a justice system that failed everyone involved. At just 19 years old, Falicia became Georgia's youngest woman to face the death penalty. But this isn't a story about a cold-blooded killer. It's a story about a girl who was groomed, controlled...

A Cleveland woman defended herself from a violent attack in her own home. She called 911. She told the truth. And how would the system  repay her for her troubles?  This week on The Black Docket we cover the case of Thomia "Mia" Hunter a story about domestic violence, self-defense law, battered woman syndrome, and what happens when the criminal justice system fails a Black woman who did...

What happens when the person responsible isn’t a stranger… but someone already inside the circle? This week on The Black Docket , we break down the case of Chad Choice, a missing child investigation that didn’t end with a search, but with years of unanswered questions. As robberies unfold and a shocking murder shakes the community, investigators begin to realize this story isn’t what it first seem...

Some cases shake a community. Some cases shake a family. And some cases force you to ask a question nobody ever wants to ask… What happens when home becomes the most dangerous place in the room? On this episode of The Black Docket, we walk through the heartbreaking and complicated case of Jasmiyah and Tasmiyah Whitehead, the Georgia twin sisters at the center of one of the most disturbing family c...

What happens when survival is treated like a crime? In this episode of The Black Docket , we break down the case of Chrystul Kizer , a teenage girl who was trafficked, groomed, and controlled by an older man, and later charged with homicide after killing him. What followed wasn’t just a trial, but a legal battle that forced Wisconsin courts to confront a question they’d never had to answer before:...

What started as a simple ride home ended in a murder that shook Fairburn, Georgia and exposed how quickly ordinary decisions can turn fatal. In this episode of The Black Docket , we break down the case of De’Asia Page and Jared Kemp , two teenagers whose relationship became dangerously unbalanced and ultimately led to the killing of Toni Abad , a mother, grandmother, and coworker known for helping...

A 1962 murder in New Jersey. A teenage defendant. A prison escape. A 1970s airline hijacking. A man who disappeared for decades. And a courtroom battle that forced two countries to answer the same impossible question: what is justice after half a lifetime? In this episode of The Black Docket, we unpack the extraordinary true crime case of George Wright, one of the most complex fugitives in America...

On January 1, 2006, Richmond, Virginia woke up to a crime that would change the city forever. In this season premiere of The Black Docket , we will take listeners inside the story of Ricky Gray and Ray Dandridge — two men whose names became permanently tied to one of the most haunting crime sprees in Virginia history. What begins as a quiet New Year’s morning unravels into a layered, courtroom-cen...

This week on The Black Docket , we’re telling the story of Christie Neely and her son, Jordan Neely a family whose name the country learned years apart, under very different circumstances. We begin where this story actually starts: with Christie . A Black mother. A New Yorker. A woman working to build stability for herself and her child in a system that never made it easy. From there, the story un...

Step into 1990s Washington, D.C., a city surviving a storm the rest of the country barely understood. In this episode of The Black Docket , We take you deep inside a true story shaped by trauma, poverty, policing, and the young lives caught in between. This is a case about a generation raised in the aftermath of the crack era… a city where childhood ended early… and where one split-second decision...

In this gripping deep dive, The Black Docket takes you inside one of the most controversial serial murder cases in the American South: the story of Carlton Michael Gary, the man Georgia labeled “The Stocking Strangler.” From Columbus, Georgia to Albany and Syracuse, New York, this episode uncovers decades of unanswered questions, racial power dynamics, missing evidence, DNA surprises, and a death...

A Pennsylvania judge goes from “All rise” to “Guilty” – but this time, she’s the one on the other side of the bench. In this episode of The Black Docket, we dive into the rise and fall of former Dauphin County Judge Sonya McKnight, a Black woman who beat the odds, won a magisterial seat in Harrisburg, and built a reputation as the judge who “understood the community.” But behind the robe, the stor...

A Florida lottery winner is found dead in his own van on a dead-end road, one shot to the back of the head. The headlines call it a “lottery curse” but with this case , the trail doesn’t lead to strangers. It leads straight into the family. In this episode of The Black Docket , Tammi and Kendell break down the murder of Jeffrey Dampier , a Black lottery winner who moved to Florida for a fresh star...

A decorated Army veteran disappears without a trace. Her family knows something is wrong. Her command knows something is wrong. But the system doesn’t move fast enough. And when the truth finally surfaces, it’s already too late. This episode examines what happens behind closed doors when love turns into control, and silence becomes dangerous. We follow the timeline, the investigation, and the cour...

They called him The Grim Sleeper. For decades, women vanished from the streets of South Central Los Angeles. The city barely noticed. Years would pass between murders. Then, more bodies would appear. They said he was dormant, but the Grim Sleeper was never really sleeping. On this episode of The Black Docket, we descend into one of LA's most chilling cases. How did Lonnie Franklin Jr. live a doubl...

On this episode of The Black Docket , we dive into the chilling and heartbreaking case of Shelie Turner—a rising high-school track star from Philadelphia, whose promising future was abruptly cut short when she disappeared without a trace. Join us as we unpack how Shelie’s story went from winning major track events to being the center of a complex missing-person investigation. We’ll explore high sc...

A Black Docket deep dive into Malachi Z. York, from Brooklyn storefront sermons to the 476-acre Tama-Re compound in Eatonton, Georgia. We trace the reinventions (Imam Isa → Dr. York → Malachi Z. York), the shifting banners (Ansaaru Allah Community, Holy Tabernacle Ministries, United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors), the migration south with roughly 300 followers, and the investigation that ended in a 13...

On this episode of The Black Docket , we’re taking it straight to Harlem to tell the story of Trevell Coleman, the man the world knows as G-Dep. He had gold records, Bad Boy hits, and a seat at the table during one of hip-hop’s most iconic eras.  But in 2010, he shocked the world! We dig deep into what happened that night in Harlem, why Trevell kept that secret and what made him finally tell the t...

Six young Black men were murdered in Atlanta between December 1985 and October 1986 shot, stabbed, and left in alleys, parks, and abandoned buildings. Their names barely made the news. Their deaths were dismissed as “street violence." But there was a pattern. And behind that pattern was one man: Michael Terry . In this episode of The Black Docket , we dive deep into the Atlanta of the mid-80s...

Anthony Sowell known as the Cleveland Strangler turned his Imperial Avenue home into a house of horror that shocked Ohio and the nation. In this episode of The Black Docket , we uncover the chilling story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers. From survivor stories to police missteps, we explore how a convicted sex offender slipped through the cracks and continued killing women in Clev...