The Grimes Files

In 1982, Patty Vaughan vanished in the mountains of West Virginia. For more than a decade, the only story anyone heard was Doug Sager’s: that he dropped her at a truck stop along I-81 and never saw her again. But inside Doug’s own family, another story began to surface. His nephew, Ralph, claimed Patty never left at all—that he saw her body in the downstairs shower. Decades later, hikers stumbled...

At 18 years old, Patricia “Patty” Vaughan ran away from her home in Connecticut to escape abuse. She and a friend hitchhiked south, eventually ending up in rural Mathias, West Virginia, where Patty moved in with long‑haul truck driver Galen “Doug” Sager. Not long after arriving, Patty was last seen with a black eye. Her friend left. Patty stayed. And she was never seen again. For more than 40 year...

One week after Helen Eskew was found murdered in her home, a neighbor told police something shocking: a man had confessed. His name was known. His record was violent. His connection to Helen undeniable. But what followed wasn’t an arrest. It wasn’t even a search warrant. Instead, the case began to drift—despite multiple burglary reports, named suspects, and fingerprints collected from inside Helen...

On October 14, 1998, 12-year-old Miranda Eskew came home from school to find her mother, Helen, bludgeoned to death on the bedroom floor. There were no signs of forced entry. No one heard a scream. And the killer may have only been steps away. In the premiere episode of The Grimes Files, we dive deep into the chilling, unsolved murder of Helen Eskew—an ordinary waitress living in a small Georgia t...